First Ever Reaction To Eagles Hotel California | I'm Packing My Bags Now!!

[@leonthornton1839]

The dueling guitars at the end is one of the greatest song endings ever....

[@whiterabbit201]

Lynyrd Skynyrd Free Bird........... hold muh beer. lol!

[@terrianneharrison5669]

The picture on the album is from Camarillo State Mental Hospital. It is now closed. I was there once for an inlaw who was admitted. Creepy, creepy place. Dim, dark, smelled of urine. To me this is about people admitted there battling their own demons. You can check out any time you like but you can never leave ....

[@RadJarrettTheIntrovert]

Wow, that’s deep

[@sfalmbrjax]

It’s The Beverly Hills Hotel.

[@Harlem2SoCal]

@@sfalmbrjax same difference...lol

[@TheCkent100]

According to John Kosh, who shot the cover photo, it is the Beverly Hills Hotel. The photo was taken from atop a cherry picker on Sunset Blvd. in Beverly Hills.

[@karenj3611]

Best drummers that also sing, Don Henley(Eagles). Roger Taylor (Queen) Phil Collins (Genesis) also solo career. Dave Grohl (Foo fighters) and Nirvana)

[@karenj3611]

Saw them live shortly before Glen Frye passed away, so glad I did. They are amazing.

[@stonemansteveiii3135]

One of the greatest guitar solos in rock 'n' roll history!!!

[@JanS1]

They all sang lead at various times. Don Henley (drummer) and Glenn Frey (guitar) were lead most often. Fantastic band! But don't forget...you can never leave the metaphorical Hotel California.

[@megdelany5688]

Please react to: The Eagles: -Seven Bridges Road -I Can't Tell You Why -Life in the Fast Lane -Take it Easy -Thanks!!!

[@RadJarrettTheIntrovert]

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[@darkomtobia]

7 Bridges Road really showcases their harmony.

[@jamesblank4115]

Amen of all their music I never heard one song that wasn't fantastic, and I've heard them all LOL from they're beginning

[@henriknielsen1253]

"The Sad Café" from their successor to HC "The Long Run" is another sadly overlooked Eagles gem.

[@moniqueleroux2198]

This band is filled with singers and guitar players! A talented bunch of guys!

[@RadJarrettTheIntrovert]

Very!

[@RadJarrettTheIntrovert]

Very!

[@davidowens8336]

You’re not wrong!

[@leosag816]

They started out as Linda Ronstadt’s band. Clearly she understood their awesome talent & graciously sang and made a hit lit of “Desperado”, one of their early masterpieces, & encouraged them to go on their own . Check out Linda if you haven’t already. She was amazing.

[@marniethedyslexic6445]

Great reaction. The Eagles are a band that are top notch. Everyone on that stage can sing and harmonize. They take turns being the lead singer and they’re all awesome.😀👍❤️✌️🌼

[@sallysharp3845]

This was a great show. I was there at the Capital Centre when they filmed this. Eagles killed that night. The Eagles are worth a deep dive.

[@RadJarrettTheIntrovert]

I agree!

[@christinawoolley6206]

Oh! Joe Walsh on guitar added that delightful ditty at the end when they were writing the song. It was a practice which he made up while rehearsing to limber up his fingers 😹 Man! What a gift!

[@RadJarrettTheIntrovert]

Talent will turn anything into a gem 🙌🏽

[@RobGamesOn]

Actually, Don Felder came up with all of the music for this song. The song you're thinking of where Joe Walsh would warm up playing the lick was "Life in the Fast Lane". Glen Frey heard Joe warming up and told him, "that's a song!" The lyrics came from Frey who was riding shotgun with his buddy in a corvette and the guy was going like 130mph. Glen is like, "whoa dude!" His buddy is like, "Life in the Fast Lane, man!"

[@Mel684]

@@RobGamesOn Christina is correct. If you go back and watch the history of the eagles - Felder credits Walsh for creating the ditty. Felder says he couldn’t come up with an ending and Walsh was like “what if we did it like this?”…and the rest was history.

[@RobGamesOn]

@@Mel684 here you go... kzbin.info/www/bejne/p3XIoHaQrMR_e5I

[@Mel684]

@@RobGamesOn Play from 4:35 I own the DVD of the history of the eagles and here's what Felder said on there...

[@melinakristinmercury9586]

This is Eagles Masterpiece..wow I remember first time I heard it, I react the same way now. If you hear at the lyrics, I think you dont whant to go to that hotel, if you go in, you can go out again….maybee they sing about a hotel who is very creepy, or something else…..omg he does a big job lead-singer and drummer, snd the guitar players wow I must say, this is a nr 1!!

[@sarahjane7865]

This is one of my childhood favourites, I still remember every word ❤️

[@debbieadams334]

Me too. Even if you haven't heard it in ages, you still remember every word. I love it

[@sarahjane7865]

@@debbieadams334 ❤️

[@RadJarrettTheIntrovert]

Timeless music ❤️

[@bernakeene126]

The Eagles were absolute perfection in the studio and live!! I wore out my Eagles albums in the 70's!! They are all lead vocalists but the drummer..Don Henley is my favorite!! His voice is so unique. The song Desperado really shows his vocal talent !

[@RadJarrettTheIntrovert]

Yes i like his voice too

[@dennisgreene6832]

One of the greatest songs of all time from one of the greatest bands.

[@amelirachelmcqueen]

I've never seen this live - and they sound just like the record version. Classic Classic song right here... definitely puts you in a chill mood when you hear it.

[@RadJarrettTheIntrovert]

Definitely had me in one. 🙌🏽

[@marniethedyslexic6445]

Amy McQueen If you ever get a chance. Watch the Eagles farewell live from Melbourne Australia. The whole concert is magnificent.❤️✌️🌼

[@amelirachelmcqueen]

@@marniethedyslexic6445 Will do!!! Thanks for the suggestion!!

[@timmclaughlin7195]

Once you realise that The Hotel California is the place you go to in your mind when your high, and all the lyrics are about drug addiction, it takes on a whole other perspective. "you can check out, but you can never leave". Genius.

[@RadJarrettTheIntrovert]

😅 you’re right!

[@ndpioneers]

I saw on an interview one time that they said it was about moving to California to get their career off the ground. When they got there, it was a big party. People were from everywhere, mostly with the same goal of getting famous. He said California (in that area) WAS the hotel.

[@RadJarrettTheIntrovert]

This makes sense too

[@debbiedebster5806]

I'm amazed how flawless they always were live! Always gave me that jam session around a bonfire feeling... if all my friends kicked serious ass 😉hahaa

[@RadJarrettTheIntrovert]

Haha! No lies here!

[@toodlescae]

From interviews I've seen, it's deceptively difficult to drum and sing at the same time. This was my teen years era of music...lol.

[@RadJarrettTheIntrovert]

Even visually it just looks hard to do. Impressive!

[@darkomtobia]

The Sound Of Silence cover by Puddles Pity Party (it's a dude in a clown suit and grease paint...not kidding). The same song, covered by Disturbed which will just blow your mind.

[@RadJarrettTheIntrovert]

Interesting!

[@WobblyBiped]

Ah, this is the sound of the 1970s to me. I had stacks and stacks of 33 rmp vinyl that I played constantly. New albums were about $3.75. I still have a very few, but I got so tired of lugging them around every time I moved as a student. Eagles are a classy act.

[@RadJarrettTheIntrovert]

🙌🏽🙌🏽 did you sell them?

[@WobblyBiped]

@@RadJarrettTheIntrovert Embarrassing to admit, but I don't remember where they went. I'm more likely to give things to friends, so I'm guessing that I found a good home for them. I kept my favorite Chopin recordings by Artur Rubenstein, but I don't have a turntable anymore. Go figure.

[@RadJarrettTheIntrovert]

@@WobblyBiped I’d imagine their value has gone up dramatically?

[@yvetteadshead4212]

Classic song, fantastic live, cannot tell the difference between them live or from their records. Two of my favourites are "Wasted Time" and "I can't tell you why".

[@RadJarrettTheIntrovert]

Now that’s talent

[@christinawoolley6206]

I love the connection between the guitar players! Enjoying the experience for true. Other bands with drummer/ singers, The Band and Genesis ( Phil Collins). The Weight by the Band, In The Air by Collins are great ones to check out, if you so desire. Thank you for sharing young man!😽🎶

[@moniqueleroux2198]

The Weight...last waltz (with the Staples)!

[@christinawoolley6206]

@@moniqueleroux2198 Oh yes!!! That's my favorite version too! Love The Staple Singers...I'll Take You There🎶

[@RadJarrettTheIntrovert]

Thank you! 🤗

[@neonpark1874]

@@christinawoolley6206 Mavis Staples is a national treasure.

[@babygirlgibbs]

I've always loved this song. What I picture in my head listening to the words would make a great horror movie though. Am I the only one that was playing the air guitar at the end. Couldn't help myself. Good times, good times.😎😘

[@anniem169]

Don Henley, Phil Collins, Karen Carpenter, Levon Helm are legendary drummers who can really sing. It was different back then... No autotune or computer generated corrections. You had to actually be a musician not just an entertainer. I'm so blessed to have experienced all of it live. Although, full disclosure, there was a lot of LSD involved in every one of my Eagles concerts back in the day so the memories are a bit fuzzy. 🥴 Thank you, Rad, for allowing me to see it through your eyes. I so enjoy you 😁

[@RadJarrettTheIntrovert]

Haha sounds like you had the best times!

[@patriciac814]

Roger Taylor, as well.

[@doplinger1]

And Rare Earth, Grand Funk Railroad…

[@somanysons5768]

LSD, indeed 😅

[@terryhuwe2184]

I watched an interview with them. They said Hotel California was about the state. California is very different from the rest of the United States. It's about the feeling you get when you're there. Each band member is a genius in his own right! I saw them in concert 1976. Wonderful concert ❤❤❤.

[@doplinger1]

That guitar face off at the end is everything.

[@sherryheim5504]

One of my favorite bands. This is such an outstanding song and this is a top tier band, every member is a star in their own right. I love Joe Walsh on guitar and always have (the guy with the bandana on his head). He is one of the top rated guitarists of rock and roll. This is one of those songs that have never been explained by the writer. Drums not only require attention they require a lot of physical energy just like singing does.

[@RadJarrettTheIntrovert]

Yes! Very very impressive!

[@juliecollins1486]

I saw them live in Salt Lake City Utah. Had backstage passes to their Hell Freezes Over tour. My husband is cousin to Timothy B. Schmidt. Got autographs, saw the tour bus. Timothy used to be in the band Poco. His middle name is Bruce. So when registering at hotels, he often uses the name Bruce Wayne (Batman). They sound so amazing live! They’re going on tour soon.

[@annheckenbach7358]

I see it as metaphorical. It's about the Ca. Vibe. Mostly, I've always thought, about the decadent L.A. scene. The drugs, the parties,the "beautiful" people-actors musicians, writers, etc...how many people have crashed and burned, how you can never get out of that scene and be who you were before.

[@saltypepper6526]

One of the Greatest Bands in recent history Their Legacy is a “Huge Body of Work” Each became legends for gods sakes

[@wild8757]

Hotel California is one of the best-selling albums of all time. It has been certified 26× Platinum in the US, and has sold over 32 million copies worldwide, The whole album is incredible you need to check it out

[@Peter-oh3hc]

I add my vote to seven bridges. Also, southern rock often has two lead guitars. Marshall Tucker, allman brothers and others.

[@lindas2606]

Although the band has never wanted to explain their lyrics, they say they want the audience to find their own interpretation, it helps to analyze them through the lens of time - 1976. The hard drug culture - cocaine, heroin, LSD had almost an entire generation struggling with addiction. The Eagles’ guitarist, Joe Walsh, famously battled “the beast”. Have a good listen to the lyrics again. This is not a hotel you want to visit: “...you can check out any time you want (“checking out” is a euphemism for dying), but you can never leave (once you’re addicted you’re always addicted). It’s safe to say that if you look at 70s and 80s music from a drug culture perspective, you’ll get to the truth of the song 80% of the time. I saw the Eagles in concert a couple of years ago, they still sound great, their live performances and studio albums are pretty much identical quality-wise. Glenn Frey’s passing in 2016 has left a gap that they’ve filled with Glenn’s son and the addition of the legendary Vince Gill to the band. I wept when they played this song, I was in grade 12 when it was first released. It’s the stuff of musical legacy.

[@RadJarrettTheIntrovert]

I have since unpacked my bags 😅😅

[@babygirlgibbs]

@@RadJarrettTheIntrovert 😂

[@donfette5301]

Not a real hotel. A metaphorical one: California with all of its excesses. And they do it right: the extended metaphor is so concrete and specific that the distinction between the real and ideal, between life and art gets blurred to the point that one can easily be confused for the other. That’s poetry!! So damned good!!

[@RadJarrettTheIntrovert]

Very good!

[@kimberlygrimm7007]

The whole Band all know how to play guitars and most know how to play several other instruments!

[@deennaemilio]

Legendary guitar dual between Felder and Walsh contributes to the iconic status of this song.

[@Terri6868]

There are 5 lead singers. Evan the bassist sings lead. The song is about excess in there lives & the toll on them. Check out Joe Walsh Rocky mountain way” Glen Fry RIP said Joe is a great bunch of guys, never knew which one is going to show up. 🔥🔥🔥

[@RadJarrettTheIntrovert]

Hi Teresa! And interesting! Thought the dummer was lead. I guess i just need to hear more of their music to see the others. And taking notes 📝 hope all is well!

[@SteveStone-r1d]

It's not about an actual hotel, but I believe there is a Hotel California in Mexico.

[@williamwilburn7924]

I’ve watched many of your reaction videos and enjoyed them. I’ve noticed that you appreciate good musicianship so I wanted to suggest some instrumental videos you might like. There are many great drummers (Neil Peart from Rush and Danny Carey from Tool to name a couple) but I think you might really have fun with Godsmack doing a drum battle. Their precision really amazes me. Here’s the link to check out kzbin.info/www/bejne/n3ubXqWVnclohrs Also, you’ve reacted to Stevie Ray Vaughn (one of the all-time great guitarists) but a couple of others I recommend are Buckethead (Soothsayer) and Tina S. (Moonlight Sonata) again. I’m confident that you’ll really love them both.

[@RadJarrettTheIntrovert]

Thanks William, i will definitely check these out 🙌🏽🙏🏽

[@stenekedahl4446]

The Eagles actually started as the band behind Linda Ronstadt.

[@troysandel6320]

Check out some songs from their “unplugged” album. All songs are awesome! Thank you 🙏

[@RadJarrettTheIntrovert]

Taking notes Troy 🙏🏽📝

[@carollandrum9223]

The two guitars at the end are Joe Walsh (bandana) and Don Felder, the singer/drummer is Don Henley, the acoustic guitar is Glen Frye (deceased), and the bass is Randy Meissner. All extremely talented! Don Henley is notorious for blocking and having videos taken down so I'm glad this has stayed up. They're so many Eagle's songs to react to, I hope you get to them.

[@Elizabeth-yp8re]

Hell Freezes Over album has an acoustic version of this that’s even better in my opinion...

[@RadJarrettTheIntrovert]

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[@Elizabeth-yp8re]

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[@Elizabeth-yp8re]

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[@RobGamesOn]

I can concur. It's a beautiful rendition with Don Felder doing a prolonged intro on classical acoustic.

[@Elizabeth-yp8re]

@@RobGamesOn Exactly! Just artfully done!

[@timetravellingone]

Awesome band and song check out the studio version as well also "Lyin eyes" "Take it to the limit" "Witchy woman" "One of these nights" "Tequila sunrise" "New kid in town" "Heartache tonight" "In the long run" "Desperado" "The best of my love"

[@RadJarrettTheIntrovert]

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[@lynnhoffman247]

@@RadJarrettTheIntrovert Hustle! 😂

[@mikimike]

Love your reactions, but why are none of your video's in stereo? They're all coming across KZbin in mono.

[@Tenchis75]

mi cancion favorita..! todo les quedo chido en esta cancion. la bateria, las guitarras, como empieza como acaba.. es divino escucharla

[@FallingGalaxy]

I like how thoughtful you are with your reactions. I subscribed. Also, I think it's cute that you took the song literally. Art can be like that, misleading with metaphors.

[@triciaromano583]

Phil Collins is another definite you need to hear

[@RadJarrettTheIntrovert]

Taking notes 📝

[@yesiamawildflower]

Loved this reaction! The Eagles remind me of being a kid. Music was always around. From what I have read Hotel California is the record industry and how hard it its to get through, especially in the 60's and 70's. This is a song i never get tired of hearing. It was fun watching you see for the first time :)

[@RadJarrettTheIntrovert]

Lol well that sounds a little better from the rehab center some ppl were saying it was lol

[@triciaromano583]

And it's my favorite song 😍

[@rubenzalacain3745]

Excelente reacción amigo !SALUDOS DESDE ARGENTINA !😀😀😀👍👍👍

[@rayc2993]

GREAT REACTION. There was no actual Hotel California It is a metaphor. Here is the history of the song. I am older, I am 72 years old. I lived through this. This was my era and my generation. The cry of our ERA, was "SEX, DRUGS AND ROCK AND ROLL" The reference to 1969 was WOODSTOCK. See, the hippie and yippie movement started in California. It was the time of "FREE LOVE and WEED and DRUGS.." Hotel California offered and provided EVERYTHING you wanted or needed. "We are all just prisoners here of our own device." Mirrors over the beds, sex. Alcohol, "The FEAST on the bed, was cut with a knife" the BEAST was DRUGS. (FEED YOUR ADDICTION, (THE DRUG OF THAT DAY WAS HEROIN) Stay as long as you want or leave anytime, (but you NEVER leave your ADDICTION behind). In 1977 they sang about these things in code or EXAMPLE, AND METAPHORS, for words that you could not record in 1977, or they would have been CENSORED and never played on any radio station. In an interview in 2007 the Eagles admitted they themselves were drowning in these temptations, just as ALL of California was. GO BACK AND LISTEN AGAIN TO THE SONG, Listen for the lyrics of, this can be heaven or hell. You will see that I am correct.

[@janicelucas8561]

Saw these guys in Auburn, AL in 1978!! EPIC!! GREAT Rock band EVER!! 21,000 lighters went up for this one!! Gr

[@lauracasey6222]

Love the Eagles. Seen them 2x in concert. One of my favorite bands. My 2nd video with you. 👍

[@Coolrockndad]

The 3 biggest albums in the U.S. are #1 The Eagles Greatest Hits", #2 "Thriller" by Michael Jackson and #3 "Hotel California" by The Eagles.

[@kimberlygrimm7007]

There's no lead singer of the Eagle's! The whole band as individuals all had a "lead singer" role with different songs! A majority of the band members also have/had solo albums! Don Henley wrote and dueted with Stevie Nicks! The Eagles has sold more albums than any band in HISTORY!! They also held the "Most albums sold in HISTORY" all across every genre until Michael Jackson took that title 1982!

[@lauriemccomas1578]

If you want to hear another band whose drummer is the lead singer, try 1960's Dave Clark Five. "Catch Us if You Can" "Over and Over" "Because I Love You" Etc.

[@gr8fulted49]

Another band that has double lead guitars is The Allman Brothers Band--try Whipping Post or One Way Out. Another VERY good band with a drummer who does lead singing is The Band. Try The Weight--the version with The Band with The Staple Singers--incredible.

[@josephmilsark123]

Hotel California was released in 1976 on the album of the same name. It was the first album to feature current member Joe Walsh and the last album to feature original bass player Randy Meisner. The song is NOT about an ACTUAL hotel! According to drumming lead vocalist Don Henley, it’s about the excess of American culture. He admitted in a later interview, the song is about the American Dream and it’s dark underside. Meaning that the American Dream can sometimes turn into the American nightmare and how life can go from innocence to experience.

[@justme2]

If you listen to the words people call it...'Hotel Hell' 7:32 I still get goosebumps watching Felder & Walsh 'bouncing' off of each other...Also noticed @ 8:40 Glenn Fry looks over there KNOWING they are lighting it up...

[@janicelucas8561]

Grateful 4 the opportunity!! BEST ROCK band forever!!!!

[@henriknielsen1253]

No, "She's got the Mercedes bends" - clever little pun there from Don Henley (singer & drummer) & Glenn Frey (choir & acoustic western guitar ), who cowrote the lyrics. No, it's not a real hotel as such - it's a metaphor for the dark side of the American dream and the crazy lifestyle of California in the 70s in their circles.

[@whiterabbit201]

Metaphor for moving to and living in California in the 60s-70s, and the sex and drug scene. "You can check out (die), but you can never leave".

[@jojordan5868]

Check out Levon Helm /The Band. One of the great drummers and singers! Ed Sullivan show, Night They Drove Old Dixie down.

[@stonewall554]

Another Singer/Drummer you would like is The Band, Levon Helm was incredible. Recommend The Wieght from The Last Waltz with the Staples. As far as the meaning of the song, I always felt it was about addiction, I dont think that was what the Eagles said it was about but it just fits to me. The "Hotel" seems like an oasis, and initially its great, nice cars, pretty girls, wine, mirrors on the ceilings, pink Champaign on ice, and "some dance to remember, some dance to forget" some take drugs to remember and some to forget. but then once you are addicted you cant ever get enough, you cant ever satisfy the craving "in their masters chamber's, they gather for the feast, they stab it with their steely knives but they just cant kill the beast", and once your addicted you are always addicted, even if you manage to quit, you will always have that addiction inside you "you can check out anytime you like, but you can never leave"

[@davidbanachek7966]

Eagles were one of the biggest bands of the 1970s. Probably none bigger than The Eagles in the 70s other than Led Zeppelin. The Eagles also had multiple lead singers and they had successful solo careers too. You should find and react to Phil Collins live version of In the Air Tonight. There is a great HD live version with over 100M views.

[@kimkoula1005]

Another great reaction to another iconic band. My new favorite channel

[@RadJarrettTheIntrovert]

🙏🏽🤗 thanks Kim!

[@EvilSnipa]

Hotel Califoria is rehab

[@christopherfletcher5384]

If you want a great example of drumming and singing try The Last Waltz "The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down" by The Band.

[@kellydelay18]

It’s about going to rehab

[@lisax3331]

One of my all time favorite groups! :)

[@RadJarrettTheIntrovert]

🙌🏽🙌🏽

[@henriknielsen1253]

Please do NOT forget to check out their original version, nor the stunningly beautiful acoustic version from the Hell Freezes Over concert in 1994. 😎

[@tomtrahan8485]

The song is about: "A Journey from Innocents to Experience" according to the song writer Don Henley. (See History of the Eagles)

[@ep61611]

According to the two authors of the song, it has no specific meaning. Any meaning inferred by the listener is something from the listener's own imagination. There is no actual Hotel California - the "hotel" could be a bad drug experience. It could be an insane asylum. It's a collection of meaningless nothing and offered to the listener as the same. It's all up to personal interpretation. The song was such a successful mix of imaginary hodgepodge (it's still played every 11 minutes on average), that they made the mistake of trying to top it with an even better song - and this was one of the reasons they broke up.

[@billkant849]

Once upon a time...I went to Milpitas California for a class. I got there, checked into the hotel, called my wife and said "Grab a plane, come on down and we'll spend the weekend in San Francisco. I'm staying at the Hotel California." Because that's what the place looked like. Oh yeah, she got there, and they had a fire in the kitchen. We got to spend about an hour standing around in the parking lot. But there was an upside...the hotel opened up the bar for free drinks and pizza! Great trip.

[@sharonannrees2824]

Not an actual hotel it's metaphoric! All the band members sing and they were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1999!

[@Isleofskye]

I like you and your 2 reactions I have seen so far and thank you for never pausing during a guitar solo or duet. THAT is sacrilege ..lol I wont spoil it but join 50 Million + viewers of Phil Collins-In The Air Tonight and you will realize why I recommended this legendary performance...:)

[@RadJarrettTheIntrovert]

Lol i did once but learned my lesson 😅

[@Isleofskye]

lol Rad. You are right. World Wars have started for less reason :)

[@uffdabike9503]

It is amazing how few people understand that Hotel California is a commentary on American, and especially Californian, society and culture.

[@XtheMystic244]

If you check out The Band , you will find another drummer who can sing pretty good. I recommend "The Weight"

[@kattphloxworthych]

Don Henley is but one of the lead singers. Guitarist Glenn Frey was the other lead vocalist. As for drummers who are also lead vocalist, Don Henley isn't the only one. Another well-known drummer vocalist is Phil Collins, both with Genesis as well as on his solo career.

[@tuijakantola6550]

I would not recommend that hotel, it is about addiction.

[@RadJarrettTheIntrovert]

😅 welp, let me unpack my bags

[@davidspicer4330]

Drummers who sing .Karen carpenter.dave Clark of the Dave Clark 5.

[@rockycuro7737]

You need to react to more Eagles dude I highly recommend "'one of these nights" or "I can tell you why" to start you off PS: I don't know if you wanna go to the hotel man, place is cursed and haunted.

[@tommyhughes2264]

No no no you do not want to go there.I am there now and i cant leave, i have tried but failed.Listen to the lyrics very carefully Bro, this song is about addiction hence you can check out any time you like but you can never leave.This song is very dark but also the greatest song ever.This is my life story.Addiction is horrible but also a way of life, my life.

[@LiLiJo]

This song is so much deeper than some people understand. The “Hotel” is an example of life. The great thing about most Rock lyrics often means you get your own meaning from the song.

[@botwitaprice]

I prefer the meaning of the Hotel as an "after-life" experience, and not the drug culture. As you may learn, the Hotel you can check in, but you can never leave.

[@TexasMagnolia]

The Eagles has three lead singers, depending on the song. Masters at their craft…had very successful solo careers. My fav, Joe Walsh (red bandana).

[@LesSmith45]

Bro I seen a couple of your Bee Gee reactions regarding their harmonies this bad is just as good. Wanna find out? Just listen to Hole in the World and Seven Bridges Road! Then tell me about the harmonies

[@danpals7678]

You're killing me, lmao, first album I ever bought back in 76 I think.

[@erickjohnson2138]

They could all sing lead and all were great musicians. Had solo careers. One of the most musically gifted bands ever. Try the band and marshall Tucker.

[@JohnWilliams-bt9er]

I haven't checked to see if you've done it already but if you haven't you should react to Lynyrd Skynyrd Free Bird live please

[@RadJarrettTheIntrovert]

I love these names so I’ll add them to my list 🙌🏽📝

[@triciaromano583]

You can NEVER LEAVE

[@maxpolaris99]

Joe Walsh explains what The Hotel California was about in a video on YT. H says it was about a time when California was the musical Mecca that musicians from all over the country were gravitating towards.

[@gabreel8112]

It's a song about the CRC prison in Norco, CA. Where he was once lived. He won't admit it in interviews but that is what it's about.

[@jaylightfoot3303]

To me, Hotel California is about a place of addiction, where all your desires and fantasies are fulfilled but the catch is that this fantasy land then becomes your prison. Hotel California turns into a place of no escape to those who went there to serve their own secret desires. Scary but true! Brilliant song writing!

[@mavfan1]

That really didn't get through to you at all LOL. it's all about drug addiction and how you can't get away from it, not an actual hotel anyone wants to visit. "You can check out anytime, but you can never leave"

[@starman2337]

In a concert by The Carpenters I attended in 1970, the lead singer Karen played drums during the entire performance.