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Genre: Music
Date of upload: Nov 1, 2018 ^^
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This song literally saved my life. Growing poor in Mexico, we didn't have much, but my dad kept a temperamental Ford Mustang that was way past its prime. On the night I got a scorpion sting on my neck, was the one night the car decided to work. I was losing consciousness and in full-blown panic attack, when my mom started playing this song. To keep me calm, my mom started singing this song because she know I would sing along, so I did. I managed to keep along until I fainted, just in time as we arrived at the hospital. That was 25 years ago. I still thank this song for saving my life.
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My Dad used to listen to this when I was a kid. He had been in Vietnam, and he was hurting during those years trying to put it behind him. He told me this song was about the war, and for years I believed that. Some of the lyrics made sense and the way he explained it seemed plausible. I found out years later that this song was about different themes, mostly with "the high life in Los Angeles" as the Eagles themselves said. It just goes to show how song lyrics can mean different things to different people, and no way of interpreting a song is wrong. Listening to it seemed to give my Dad some measure of peace back then, so I'm glad that's what he always thought it was about. So thanks Dad for introducing me to this song. Every time I hear it I think of you and what you went through over there for our country. RIP Dad....
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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 thinkin' 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, uh
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 1969"
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 check out any time you like
But you can never leave!"
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@NownFlew
3 days ago
2050 anyone?
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