California itself was a hotel from which interlopers came and went like it was a revolving door. The emigrating throngs grew more desperate and then.left. Self-styled "green" people from intellectual heartland of America (blue-collar, bald-eagle respect for this country), they were appalled by the lies, deceit, and trickery that was an integral part of contemporary rock-and-roll culture.Ĭalifornia was itself a hotel with many Midwesterners and East-coasters taking planes, trains, and buses looking for gold, only to find easy success not easy. At least that's the physical part of what's happening: The deeper take revolved around the band's experiences with the self-servicing narcissism they encountered rampant in Hollywood. The ballad tells a removed, hauntingly-distanced story of a guy driving along the highway, getting tired, and stopping at a hotel that ends up being a pleasure palace with a sinister side. It remains one of the more recognized songs in all of rock and it's the Eagles' signature song. Its signature intro played in everything from high strung electric guitar to cold-room acoustic to bongo drums for fans of elevator music signal a warning which has grabbed attention since the song was released as part its namesake album. "Hotel California" is a ballad, an anthem, and a mouthwatering masterpiece by America's greatest band whose observations on the shallowness of pop culture in the '70s and '80s are painfully relevant today.
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Hotel California Introduction In a Nutshell