Chapter 255: Hotel California

Onadarkdeserthighway,coolwindinmyhair

The cold wind blew in my hair on the dark and desolate highway

Thereshestoodinthedoorway;

Iheardthemissionbell

She stood there in the doorway

I heard the church bells

AndIwasthinkingtomyself,

ThiscouldbeHeavenorthiscouldbeHell

I told myself in my heart

It would be hell or heaven

WelcometotheHotelCalifornia

Suchalovelyplace

Suchalovelyface

PlentyofroomattheHotelCalifornia

Anytimeofyear,youcanfindithere

Welcome to Hotel California! What a lovely place! What a lovely face!

Suchalovelyplace

Suchalovelyface

What a lovely place!

"Hotel California", the song that Li Youyang took out at this time is "Hotel California". A divine comedy that can definitely be called a miracle in the history of human music on earth! It is also the birth of the guitar as an instrument, all latecomers, as long as you really want to learn the piano. A guitar single that is absolutely unavoidable, there is no one!

At the same time, this "HotelCalifornia" is the pinnacle of the famous American country rock band Eagles in the 70s of the 20th century, the single was released in February 1977 and included in the band's fifth studio album "HotelCalifornia". The song is ranked No. 49 in The500GreatestSongsofAllTime, and has been going on for decades. Ranked 8th in the 2004 GuitarWorld Magazine's 100 Greatest RockGuitarSolos!

At that time, this song can be said to be a masterpiece completed by the Eagle Band in the best state and the best combination, and it is a diamond-level golden song full of weird and moving melodies. Just looking at the lyrics, with just a few strokes, almost all the sadness and confusion of the 70s of the last century were wiped out. The song "Hotel California" topped the charts for eight consecutive weeks in 1977, and the song was distinguished by the double guitar effect played by DonFelder and Joe Walsh. Ranked 11th on the list of the 100 greatest English songs by Rolling Stone.

In particular, the meaning of the lyrics has been savored by generations after them from multiple perspectives. Until Li Youyang and this world become one. There are still countless musicians on the planet who are obsessed with it and want to find out what lies in the lyrics of this song. What exactly does Hotel California mean, is it a physical object or a symbol? Until now, the question has been unsettled among Eagle fans and all those who love Hotel California.

Her heart is twisted like a glass thread, and she has Mercedes Benz

She has many friends, all of whom are beautiful boys

They dance in the backyard, beads of sweat on a sweet summer day

Some people just want to forget. Some people just want to remember

I instructed the foreman

Please give me some wine

He said we haven't had spirits since 1969

1969!

It can be said to be a stroke of genius in this song, and it also directly points out the background of the whole song. And the confusion of that era, the United States!

What exactly is Hotel California and where is it?

Some people think that the Hotel California in the song does exist, and there are three kinds of theories: a hotel, a drug rehabilitation center, and a mental hospital. So, after the song on Earth, there are many believers of this song who have searched for the place in the lyrics more than once.

But the vicissitudes of life, compared to the actual search, the California Hotel is obviously more convincing as a symbol of the imaginary finger. But what does this symbol mean? There are at least three ways to say it: the music industry, the life in Los Angeles, and the American society.

Therefore, people suddenly noticed the year 1969 in the lyrics!

Because the sixties were a period of free creation in the American music industry, the popularity of rock music became a symbol of the liberal and rebellious ideas of the sixties, but its pomp and circumstance also brought the eyes of businessmen to the boundless greed. Drug addiction and ** became the same depraved path that almost every rocker took in the seventies, and money and pleasure became the new image of rock music in the seventies.

So, the Eagle Orchestra, which is also a musician, saw such a fact, but could not do anything about it. Musicians have come to see this obsessive life as the norm in the music industry, and rock musicians are always surrounded by beautiful faces and beautiful places. They always forgive themselves for doubts from the outside world: take it easy, we are naturally seduced. The music industry has been unable to kill the demon of money, and even if some individuals can end it temporarily, they can never get rid of it.

Woodstock in 1969 was seen as the pinnacle of rock 'n' roll. Spirit is also spiritual, and the lyrics imply that after Woodstoker, no matter how beautiful it may seem, the spirit of rock 'n' roll no longer exists.

Those who think that this song symbolizes American society understand 1969 in this way: 1969 is the last year of the 60s, and to say that there has been no such spirit since 1969 refers to the spirit of freedom, peace, and equality in the United States in the 60s.

As soon as the United States entered the seventies, it was hit by the Middle East oil crisis, the defeat of the Vietnam War, and Nixon's Watergate scandal. In just one night, the spiritual outlook of the United States changed from struggling youth to vulgar and decadent middle-aged.

In particular, there was a Stanley Kubrick film 'Eyewideopen' later on Earth, and viewers who have seen this movie will find many similar plot content in the content of this lyric. It is also the same drug addiction and depravity, the same sexual immorality, the same demon worship complex, and the same shadow that cannot be shaken off. The film is like a commentary to the song, about the already unbearable state of American society.

So what exactly this song means, even the Eagles themselves don't know anymore. Songs are like novels that are left to the listener to interpret after leaving the author, as Don Henley, the band's soul lead singer, explains: "We are a group of young people from middle-class backgrounds in the Midwestern states, and Hotel California is our understanding of the upper class of Los Angeles." It can be seen as a symbol of the United States, which has always pursued a life of luxury, and not just about California and the mountains of Billie. The Billy Hills is one of the richest areas of Los Angeles and home to Hollywood's movie stars, which is the famous Los Angeles saying, and it is also an answer from the Eagles themselves after countless questions, but this answer still does not solve anything.

Just as there are a thousand Hamlets in the eyes of a thousand people, there are a thousand "Hotel California" songs in the hearts of a thousand people!

"Hotel California" is more like an allegory, a mysterious sleepwalk, on the side of the dark desert highway, the Hotel California is at home with everything you need, the lights are bright and beautiful, but when 'I' want to leave, I am told: 'You can pay for it at any time, but you can never leave.'" There is also a saying in the song, "We are all prisoners in the cage of self-control," which sounds like a cautionary tale. However, once the music sounds, when the singing voice blooms, the preaching is gone, the sadness appears, and the people who look at the world with cold eyes are full of pain, as if the Tang monk, who has no power to return to the sky, is pouring out the injustice and beautiful misfortunes in the world to the gods, and the layers of Zhengran guitars and gentle vocals create a formal beauty - the auditory anesthesia like a net.

Suchalovelyplace

Suchalovelyface

What a lovely place!

Please give me some wine

He said that we haven't had spirits since 1969 (to be continued. )