Hotel California Live - Eagles

1976년 그래미상 레코드 부분을 차지했던 이글스 최대의 베스트셀러 음반이자 다섯번째 음반에 수록된 곡으로 이글스란 밴드를 언급할 때 가장 먼저 떠올리는 곡이기도 합니다. 이 앨범에 대해 "우리가 묘사한 것은 엘레강스와 데카당스 , 그리고 건국 200년을 맞이한 미국에 대한 언급" 이라고 멤버 자신들이 말한 것처럼, 이 앨범은 전체적으로 캘리포니아에 대한 환상과 더 나아가서는 미국 전체에 대한 퇴폐를 테마로 하고 있습니다.
캘리포니아 하니까 먼저 아메리칸 드림이 떠오르겠지만 이곡은 출구가 없는 미국의 현실에 대한 비판이 주류를 이루는군요..캘리포니아 호텔인 미국의 출구없는 현실이랄까요..
재작년가을 캘리포니아 호텔에서 결혼했는데...ㅎㅎㅎ

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 face
Plenty of room at the Hotel California
Any time of year, you can find it here

Her mind is Tiffany-twisted, she got the Mercedes bends
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 face
They livin' it up at the Hotel California
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!