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Rhythm	9.7
Melody	9.6
Instruments	9.7
Lyrics	9.6
Vocal	9.8
This song has been reviewed 55 times. Overall score for this song, 9.7.

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The Eagles - Hotel California Lyrics

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Song details
Title	Hotel California
Artist	The Eagles
Album	Hotel California (1976) , Track 1 , Greatest Hits Vol. 2 (1982) , Track 1 , Hell Freezes Over (1994) , Track 6 , Selected Works 1972-1999 (2000) , Track 5 Disc 3, Selected Works 1972-1999 (2000) , Track 1 Disc 4, Selected Songs From Selected Works (2000) , Track 1 , The Very Best Of The Eagles (2003) , Track 17 , The Eagles [Live] (1980) , Track 1
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Song lyrics

Send "Hotel California" ringtones to your cell

Artist : Eagles, The 
Title : Hotel California 
----------------- 
On a dark desert highway, 
cool wind in my hair 
Warm smell of colitas, 
rising up through the air 

Up ahead in the distance, 
I saw a shimmering light 
My head grew heavy and my sight grew dim 
I had to stop for the night 

There she stood in the doorway 
I heard the mission bell 
And I was thinking to myself 
This could be Heaven or this could be Hell 

Then she lit up a candle 
and she showed me the way 
There were voices down the corridor 
I thought I heard them say 

Welcome to the Hotel California 
Such a lovely place 
Such a lovely place 
Such a lovely face 
Plenty of room at the Hotel California 
Any time of year 
Any time of year 
You can find it here 

Her mind is Tiffany-twisted, 
she got the Mercedes Benz 
She got a lot of pretty, pretty boys, 
that she calls friends 

How they dance in the courtyard, 
sweet summer sweat 
Some dance to remember, 
some dance to forget 

So I called up the Captain, 
Please bring me my wine 
He said, 'we haven't had that spirit here since nineteen sixty nine' 
And still those voices are calling from far away 
Wake you up in the middle of the night 
Just to hear them say 

Welcome to the Hotel California 
Such a lovely place 
Such a lovely place 
Such a lovely face 
They're livin' it up at the Hotel California 
What a nice surprise 
What a nice surprise 
Bring your alibis 

Mirrors on the ceiling 
The pink champagne on ice 
And she said 'we are all just prisoners here, of our own device' 
And in the master's chambers 
They gathered for the feast 
They stab it with their steely knives 
But they just can't kill the beast 

Last thing I remember, I was 
Running for the door 
I had to find the passage back 
To the place I was before 
'Relax,' said the night man 
We are programmed to receive 
You can checkout any time you like 
But you can never leave

Send "Hotel California" ringtones to your cell

lyrics corrected on 15-04-2008

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27-04-2004 15:47 metaloca1st
395 posts	what's the deal man???????
27-04-2004 15:47 elinor1
6,657 posts	i think he means the lyrics is wrong..
27-04-2004 15:51 dismissed
10,611 posts	theres ..................... another topic just like this!
28-06-2004 02:31 Sweetpiggy108
1 posts	rhythm melody instruments lyrics vocal I don't get this song. Can someone please explain!!
28-06-2004 07:21 ignacio
14,843 posts	This song owns
07-07-2004 15:04 VvL
1 posts	rhythm melody instruments lyrics vocal This song is just great. <3
11-07-2004 02:06 sunrae9
299 posts	i love this song...and i love the eagles.. well i cant exactly explain it....but it's been said that its about drugs, its also been said that its about satan, but i dont think thats it....
11-07-2004 02:34 DaRkSiDe
21,558 posts	good song tho
17-07-2004 17:40 stanclimbfll
205 posts	hotel california is one of the best rock songs ever.
17-07-2004 17:50 New_Born
1,552 posts	rhythm melody instruments lyrics vocal It's a classic
18-07-2004 05:24 stuckeybowler
330 posts	rhythm melody instruments lyrics vocal I've loved this song, ever since I was a little kid. I was obsessed with California, so that might've been part of it.
27-07-2004 22:16 foxylady_jh
6 posts	rhythm melody instruments lyrics vocal This song is amazing. I've been listening to it since i was really young and ive never stopped liking it. Hands down, one of the craziest songs ever written
27-07-2004 22:23 Sunflower
1,171 posts	<3
30-07-2004 13:54 anjiejacksoff
104 posts	rhythm melody instruments lyrics vocal this song totaly rocks, the lyrics feels like a dream, nd its amazin... the guitar solo! WOW how can any1 b that gud?? thats jus weird i bow down 2 their feet! WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
06-08-2004 04:51 versace89
104 posts	rhythm melody instruments lyrics vocal
09-08-2004 13:37 AgentBeAuTiFuL6
1 posts	Ok, what this song means is that there is this guy in hell, but he just doesn't know it until the lady that brought him in tells. It's a great song, but It's the weirdest song I've ever heard. If you want the lyrics you can just look up William Hung's version of it, it's exactly what The Eagle's lyrics are. (I'm pretty sure, I listened to William Hung's version and it didn't sound exactly right.) These are just one of these artists that want you to find out the meaning by listening to the words,and not reading them.
09-08-2004 13:41 rawkerNoNagal
9,981 posts	Addiction
14-08-2004 23:58 MissBeatle
96 posts	rhythm melody instruments lyrics vocal I never get tired of this song. It's awesome!
19-08-2004 16:24 mamasboy
1,369 posts	rhythm melody instruments lyrics vocal what's this song really about anyway?
23-08-2004 20:03 AntiQwerty4Life
1 posts	the hotel california wasnt actually a hotel at all...it was an old abondoned church that was adopted and turned into the first public satanic church...thats why the song says..."There she stood in the doorway; i heard the mission bell. And i was thinking to myself "this could be heaven or this could be hell"...he was in a church but it was converted stanic...when u walked in the door there was a carpet of jesus' face to wipe your feet on...if u listen to the song it mentions many times in there of people selling their souls to get something (ie: luxury, lust, or fame)...so thats the real meaning...kinda wierd, but all very true
26-08-2004 06:43 whongho
483 posts	rhythm melody instruments lyrics vocal I used to step into the mall and hear this song playing by some hi end.
31-08-2004 04:17 MisfitsChick
84 posts	rhythm melody instruments lyrics vocal I love this song,
07-09-2004 21:55 macabremaker
2 posts	rhythm melody instruments lyrics vocal i thought i would say something about what the song really means. the truth is that nobody truly knows wha it means....there are many theories, but nobody can say if one is true or not, but here are some of the theories: 1) its a real hotel and the song is a hard look at the hotel industry which is plagued by guests who "check out any time they like, but then never leave" 2) the hotel california is a mental hospital 3) like the guy said earlier, its about satanism 4) its about a drug addiction..." you can check out any time you like but you can never leave." also, warm smell of colitas......colita is actually the tip of a marijuana leaf...the most potent part. this theory was actually stated by one of the coauthors. 5) it about the dangers of living in southern california in the 1970s 6) and here is my most favorite one.....a man from vancouver has said...." there was a fireworks factory just three blocks from the hotel california....and it blew up. a big tragedy. one of the workers was named Wurn Snell and he was from the town of Colitas in Greece. One of the workers who escaped the explosion talk to another guy......his name was don and don asked what the guy saw. the worker replied, "Wurn Snell of Colitas......rising up through the ari." but anywa, in all seriousness, personally i believe the drug theory......colitas has to do with drugs and the whole song doesnt make sense and makes you feel like youre in a dream....and for those of you who have taken drugs no what i mean. while i will say the satanic thing sounds kind of cool, it just doesnt make since to me, so im going to go with the drug thing. but regardless of what it means, its an awesome song!!
02-12-2004 14:06 purschka
1 posts	I don't exactly know what this song is about but there is one bit that reminds me of William Golding's novel "Lord of the Flies": „in the master’s chambers they gathered for the feast they stab it with they steely knives but they just can’t kill the beast“ In the novel the guys have this feast where they are dancing ecstatically around a fire and in the end kill one of their fellows, Simon. Before they had al beenl afraid of a "beast" that probably didn't exist at all. It was Simon who, before his death, had claimed: "Maybe the beast is inside us" and therefore they actually couldn't kill it. Does anybody know if that's an intended conncetion between the novel and the song?
04-12-2004 01:49 thunderstruck23
24 posts	rhythm melody instruments lyrics vocal I grew up listening to this song but I never understood it untill the first time I listened to it stoned. It has to be about drugs (smell of colitus) anyway it is a great song whatever its about