Risking My Channel lol! First Time Hearing Eagles - Hotel California (Live 1977) | REACTION

[@maryhanrahan]

I was 17 when this came out - Whenever I hear it - it takes me back to my youth more than any other - it's so distinctive. The lyrics we always thought were not about a literal Hotel but instead a lifestyle of excess, drink, drugs, money - of California at the time. Once you were in it was hard to escape again.

[@davidw7005]

It's too bad the Don Henley is so aggressive with copyright protections. These reactions introduce the Eagles to new generations. Good luck!

[@shannonherb2048]

Sad for sure

[@Tijuanabill]

Narrator from the future: He did not in fact have good luck, and the video was blocked.

[@neillenet291]

He's not just aggressive, he's a certified dick.

[@kperry1969]

Don had always been incredibly protective of his output and lyrics. He doesn't play games and has a hard persona overall ha

[@hous2tim964]

True. played this song to a lot of young people and they liked it. Personally I prefer this live version to the studio version. KZbin is a great tool for introducing older songs to the younger generation, artists should not be so aggressive in protecting rights.

[@AuthorLaurieAnnSmith]

I was 12 when this song dropped and I grew up listening to all The Eagles tunes! This song is one of my favorite songs. My best friend and I would sing this song and jam and get stoned and laugh our a$$'s off. This song has a ton of meanings and it's really up to you to choose. The guitarist with the bandana is Joe Walsh and he is a phenomenal guitarist. I grew up in New Mexico and was always going to California during summer vacation. I swam in the Pacific when I was 10 years old and I loved California but I also know a lot about how the Hollywood scene and the famous and wealthy are not always the happy people they seem to be as they smile for the cameras because their lives end up so messed up. I always took the lyrics to mean that Hotel California is like a destination that calls to people and it looks fabulous with all the glitz and the glam and the drugs and the non-stop party scene. Then that lifestyle drags them in and it is really a life of death that they can never really leave.

[@CBB672]

One of the best songs ever

[@MaryM-xz5fs]

Hotel is a CLASSIC!! Pure vocals, no auto-tune!!

[@MarkRichter-j2l]

this song has been played as often as Led Zeppelin-Starway to Heaven on Rock Radio....probably more

[@rosemarywatson1231]

Anything Eagles is good for me.

[@roger5322]

Hotel California is your mind. Thats why you can check out {change the things you do} . But you can never leave {your past behind}. "Tiffany twisted mind" is a metaphor for all she can think about is the bling. expensive purse, diamond rings, pink champagne ect. and you have to remember this was the 70s and they was a lot of drugs being used. We used to have a saying back then...."a mind once expanded never returns to its original dimensions"

[@lisazaccardimeunier8378]

The greatest song by the greatest band. It’s about the excesses and trappings of Hollywood.

[@Pokafalva]

They're good, but the Beatles are the greatest...

[@neillenet291]

​@Pokafalva they're good but Led Zeppelin is the greatest...next? 😅

[@Pokafalva]

@@neillenet291 Yeah, Jimmy the Thief and Plant the Screamer claiming a whole host of songs written by other people as their own. LZ are a poor man's Cream. NEXT!!!

[@neillenet291]

@Pokafalva LOL...next?

[@Music-Is-Real-Love]

It was about the excesses about the music industry itself, actually. Why would reviewing this risk this channel?. That part made no sense in the headline.

[@jamesanderson5268]

Best guitar duet EVER.

[@MarkRichter-j2l]

guy with bandana on his head is JOE WALSH

[@kperry1969]

Freebird has entered the chat

[@papercup2517]

Next best, or equal best rock duet would be the spine-tingling piano/ guitar duet as Freddie Mercury and Brian May duke it out between them in the middle of White Queen - Live at Hammersmith Odeon, 1976 (?-ish) Highly recommended, for anyone who hasn't seen it.

[@Catswithgats]

@@jamesanderson5268 best duet but best solo has to go to David Gilmour in comfortably numb

[@SusanCote-n7z]

California was the entire hotel. It was a state of mind, a presence and an attitude. The hell was drugs, that was also heaven.

[@judybartels4339]

It’s about the dark side of fame.

[@dicktrickle741]

I never realised before that "Hotel California" and "Welcome To The Jungle" were similar songs. Who knew, lol.

[@dougca7086]

The Eagles started from the backup band for Linda Ronstadt when they were ready to go on their own she gave them her blessing

[@laurakali6522]

1977 was an amazing year to to be a teenager. This is when I saw them for the first time. Jimmy Buffett opened up. Yes, my memory is a bit foggy from that night but I do remember it was one of the best concerts ever.

[@rranger1014]

Oh hell yes

[@jahl14]

That would be be Joe Walsh on the single neck

[@owlman621]

The word 'colitas' is Spanish for 'buds' as in cannabis

[@lisapriebe7729]

@@owlman621 thank you for that, never knew what it actually meant although of course I suspected 😂

[@Jimbow-sz9kh]

@@lisapriebe7729music transcends race and cultures. As does weed since it makes the songs sound even better 👍😂😂

[@sammybeck7794]

I heard recently that Don Henley had a change of heart and doesn't mind anybody reacting to their music anymore

[@ramonalfaro3252]

I guess all the young fans showing up changed his mind.

[@mizpahshearer1659]

@ramonalfaro3252 one can only hope .

[@ericarachel55]

the gold standard of classics!

[@melaniebrown4660]

You know this song was played EVERYWHERE when you can hum the guitar solo! Know it by heart!!

[@billc.5861]

Eagles in this song are Don Henley. Lead Vocals/ Drums Glenn Frey. Acoustic Guitar Randy Meisner. Bass Joe Walsh Lead Guitar Don Felder. Double neck Lead Guitar ** The music & idea was written by Don Felder , The lyrics put together with the help of Don Henley and Glenn Frey

[@GaryNoone-jz3mq]

This song is about fame. How once you have it, you can not be rid of it. "We are just prisoners here, of our own device." You work hard to get some place to discover discover that it's not what you thought it was going to be. 😊

[@GaryNoone-jz3mq]

Oh, another thing. If you post a copyright disclaimer just before you post the video, you should be fine with the copyright blocking. The copyright holders are just trying to protect their intellectual property. So posting a disclaimer will tell them you don't want it, and you won't have to hide the video. 😊

[@dalehammers4425]

Absolute masterclass list too.

[@billc.5861]

RIGHT ! there was so much talent in that band. It was completely unfair to others. 😂

[@hopeklemann1]

🌸 I'm so happy for you for the 100,000!! you have become one of my very very favorite reactors and I love what you do and how you do it ...

[@sharonannrees2824]

One of the greatest tunes of all time. The double guitar solo is incredible, incomparable!

[@Briansgate]

i liked the shoutout to Wings of Pegasus. He has interesting stuff.

[@stephenreiner1523]

It's about the hedonistic lifestyle of Southern California.

[@deronhess]

The song is often viewed as a critique of the American Dream, which promises success and fulfillment through hard work but can lead to emptiness and despair. The hotel, which seems like a luxurious and desirable place, is actually a prison of sorts, reflecting the idea that the pursuit of wealth and fame can be hollow and ultimately self-destructive.

[@MugnifyRTS]

This song aged pretty well if that's the case 😂😂😂

[@Lulabee2024]

excellent explanation

[@kristinkeiner6547]

@@MugnifyRTS, it’s not. The song is literally about California, Beverly Hills and the Beverly Hills Hotel, to be specific. Henley decided on the theme of "Hotel California", noting how The Beverly Hills Hotel had become a literal and symbolic focal point of their lives at that time. Henley said of their personal and professional experience in LA: "We were getting an extensive education, in life, in love, in business. Beverly Hills was still a mythical place to us. In that sense it became something of a symbol, and the 'Hotel' the locus of all that LA had come to mean for us. In a sentence, I'd sum it up as the end of the innocence, round one. Frey came up with a cinematic scenario of a person who, tired from driving a long distance in a desert, saw a place for a rest and pulled in for the night, but entered "a weird world peopled by freaky characters", and became "quickly spooked by the claustrophobic feeling of being caught in a disturbing web from which he may never escape. Part of the lyrics, such as "Her mind is Tiffany-twisted, she got the Mercedes bends / She got a lot of pretty pretty boys she calls friends", are based on Henley's break-up with his girlfriend Loree Rodkin. According to Frey's liner notes for The Very Best Of, the use of the word steely in the lyric "They stab it with their steely knives, but they just can't kill the beast" was a playful nod to the band Steely Dan, who had included the lyric "Turn up the Eagles, the neighbors are listening" in their song "Everything You Did". Frey had also said that the writing of the song was inspired by the boldness of Steely Dan's lyrics and its willingness to go "out there", and thought that the song they wrote had "achieved perfect ambiguity.

[@kylewhite2985]

Congrats Sir that is literally the dumbest interpretation I've ever seen anyone give to this song, I've seen drugs, mental health, Hollywood depravity, purgatory but this "muh america bad" horsecrap was the first time, I guess some people won't miss a chance to shit on their country and I'm not even American or live there.

[@brandallblack5833]

You guys got it both wrong there is awhole video breaking it down. To simplify it ,it's about Hollywood it could be heaven or it can be hell.

[@cyndiereese6909]

dude. I felt every beat of your reaction. thank you. the memory of the first time I heard this song is so powerful. well-done you!

[@wentibbetts7833]

Eagles, one of the greats. They excel at harmonies, they all sing. Home boy on drums is the copyright striker. Wish he'd ease up. There are plenty of new generations that should learn and appreciate their music. Hope it works out for you. ✌🏽

[@rhondabeaulieu4633]

🫶🏻 the Eagles! Thanks for sharing Mugnify 🫶🏻

[@MugnifyRTS]

You bet!

[@SA-hf3fu]

My first time here. I came in because I was a teen in the 70's and when I saw "Eagles", I was here! Try not to be too influenced by what your followers want. You do you. Some will drop off. Others will find you. Great reaction! 🥰🙏

[@DaTo-k1o]

It's about getting caught up in California and all of its excesses in the mid 70s

[@markdecker6190]

Your comments about how we need more music like this, and more talent without the embellishments of studio trickery (and god knows what AI is going to do to it) got me thinking. Today's music is a lot like shopping for food. Much of today's popular music is like prepackaged processed food in the store. It might taste good but it's full of crap that tricks you into thinking it's something good. But when someone can sit down with an instrument and and a mic and make you feel something special that's like cooking from scratch at home.

[@encrypter46]

That is a sharp comparison!!! Worthy of a tiny Grammy.

[@stephenhuber1219]

Don Felder (with the double guitar) wrote the music and Henley (Drummer) wrote the lyrics. Don Felder was teaching guitar in a music store when 13yr old Tommy Petty came in for lessons.

[@DaTo-k1o]

Seriously? If that's true, it's super cool......

[@yert1989]

@@stephenhuber1219 Well he wrote the beginning guitar part but not sure he wrote the melody.

[@757optim]

In Gainesville, Florida.

[@johnbordach4195]

Very goog analysis. Especially the "Woodstock" referene. Spot on.

[@ivanvera4199]

This is, in my opinion, THE super group of their era. Nothing bad from these guys.

[@marleneobstnash5517]

In my junior year '77 we would argue who's the best - Eagles, Fleetwood Mac, Journey , Steely Dan etc, ect. We had fantastic talent in the 70s!!!

[@ramonalfaro3252]

Cola means tails (Colitas - Little Tails) in Spanish and it refers to Marijuana Buds growing on the end of the stem.

[@stevesnow315]

The actual verse says "she got the Mercedes bends" as in nitrogen narcosis. That goes well with her Tiffany twisted mind. Congratulations in advance for 100k subs. 🤘😎❤

[@MarthaYoung-ju1lk]

Don Felder & Joe Walsh - Greatest guitar duet ever! I love this song and I love this live version.

[@joymoore1904]

The “Steely Knife”reference in this song is a shout out to Steely Dan who mentions the Eagles in their song “Everything You Did” off of the Royal Scam album.

[@kevinmarshall854]

The greatest song from the greatest American rock and roll band ever!!!! Their live performances are sounds as good and clear as the studio album does. An amazing band with one of the greatest guitar solos at the end. Unforgettable!!!!

[@randystalnaker6700]

❤❤❤ Amen

[@juneevans8647]

My top 5 Eagles songs "I can't Tell You Why"

[@ivanvera4199]

Don't worry my friend. This is the most debated song on meaning. Addiction is the most popular. Heroine in particular "She lit up a candle, and showed me the way..."

[@rodneyfrazer2424]

Maybe purgatory?

[@brendahipsher273]

Ive watched reactions for this song so many times. You cant believe everything you hear. Its been reacted to alot. They never got checked by utube. Maybe in the beginning, but alot of artist haved changed their thoughts on utube. It is just really a promotion of the artists.

[@woodch]

You may not be able to survive the copyright onslaught, but the guitar work of Don Felder and Joe Walsh, featured on this and many Eagles songs, are worth checking out. They both compliment each other's styles so well in The Eagles, and individually they sound really great, too. But my favorite thing about them is a quote about Joe Walsh, where someone referred to him as "an interesting bunch of guys."

[@MugnifyRTS]

Just help me get to 100k and that's a fair transaction 😂😂😂

[@flogg8635]

You said Johnny Winters. Oh shit !

[@tinapatterson5022]

That Song is Still A Groove! ✌

[@ramonalfaro3252]

Growing up in Southern California in the 1970' and hearing this song, California Dreaming, Going to California, LA Women, & other Cali related jams always made me feel like I was very lucky and like I was living in a song.

[@myrdozer]

I check you out when I see you reacting to a song I like, but never subscribe till I have a good reason. And since your Birthday is Saturday, and mine is Friday (69), I'll try to help you to 100K. Happy Birthday!

[@MugnifyRTS]

😂 appreciate sir and happy early B-Day

[@allenlocke1935]

Back in the day... this is about a P Diddy style party at The Hotel California 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 You gotta hear the studio version of "One Of These Nights" it's a clinic on writing, recording and mixing a mega hit song! 🔥

[@johnsrensen3366]

Legends❤ my big brother bought this album back in 1977 i was 14 years young and fall in love with Eagles and 2024 they are still one of my favorite bands

[@LindaAtchison-qi2fm]

I love when you make reference to other artists. It shows your attention to the music and performance.

[@blindriv3r]

The album cover photo was of an estate in LA, the same one used for the exterior shots in the Godfather, when Tom went there to threaten the movie producer

[@katherinemcguire9059]

Captain is the wine steward - they are experts in wine and serve it to table- as opposed to the waiter.

[@dantallman5345]

This reminds me of Twilight Zone, Outer Limits, or Night Gallery tv shows with strange, often cautionary with ironic twists.

[@IAMisLove]

👍👍An awesome band and performance🔥🔥. 🖖❤

[@tobybostick5570]

I'll never understand how Lebowski hated The Eagles?

[@elizabethetheridge176]

If you want to hear great Eagles harmony listen to Seven Bridges Road.

[@MikeOstrowski-iq8wf]

……taking a big chance with this one !!! 🤞🏻 ty for going for it !!! Eagles we’re the sounds of the 70’s & 80’s ❤️ the 2nd guitarist is Joe Walsh 🎸

[@timafterhours7062]

12:15- Colitas Colitas directly translates to English as "little tails" but it's usually used as slang to refer to Marijuana buds with the lil hairs and leaf tips looking like lil tails. 😎👍

[@poncandn1]

YO bro, insight! I'm liking the way you thinkin'!

[@Ladytraytre]

One of my favorite songs!! Drumming and singing at the same time 😮. That's talent!

[@revaflowers3115]

Love the reaction. I have always felt that the line'you can check out at any time,but you can never leave' was referring to those 'own devices' that keep you that prisoner. You can indulge in your vice(what ever it is),until you are passed out,comatose,stoned ,or dead. All of those infer 'checking out' but to leave, or cure yourself of those addictions aren't going to happen at the 'Hotel California' cause everyone knows 'in California' they try every new thing that comes along. The Eagles are one of my favorite bands. They always seem to come up with lyrics that hit home or ring true in their story telling.

[@PWLGOZ]

The Eagles: One of the best selling bands (albums) of all time. I think they have 2 albums in the top 10 best selling albums of all time. I've seen them live several times in the past 5 years. They're mostly all in their mid-70s in age. They sound just as good, both vocally and instrumentally.

[@stephenreiner1523]

First time, really? You're really going to like this. It came out the year I graduated in 77.So many classic tracks during this time period. 😮😮😮

[@things.mostlytrue]

wings of P Rock

[@lovesmusic0845]

Don Henley (who co-wrote HC and sang lead) said in their 2013 documentary History of the Eagles, “My simple explanation is that it’s about a journey from innocence to experience. That’s all.” Glenn Frey (the other co-writer) said that he and Don like to write songs with “hidden deeper meanings” and then they just sent them out to the world. The Eagles’ musical and personal histories are one of the longest lasting, successful and chaotic in the last fifty years. They are currently doing a residency in Las Vegas.

[@WilliamWarlick]

Love Joe!!

[@LeanneAnderson-e5c]

You never want that guitar dual to end!

[@Krampus676]

Oh yea lone this reaction, thanks mate! Back in the tien when people really mastered their instrument and had proper fun! Well done, thanks 🤘

[@terrigabriel582]

Respect Your Stepping Out to Do This 👍 All this "Fear Mongering " Needs to Stop ❤

[@jodieasterling1992]

Love Hotel California in Palm Springs.

[@TedWinton-w2p]

I could have seen them in high school (1977). Instead, I saw them in Lubbock in October 2010. Well worth it! Don Henley said it was about the California music scene in the 1970's. This was making Los Angeles the new music capital. The addiction of fame.

[@Noelle0026]

I wore out my original vinyl copy of Hotel California. The whole album is 🔥

[@hopeklemann1]

🌸 last comment..lol one of my very favorite eagles songs is called I can't Tell you why I think you would really enjoy that one if you choose to react to it

[@kperry1969]

Classic rock 101 Many, many Eagles songs in your future, I hope. Maybe my favorite is Victim of Love from this same release. The album Desperado that preceeded this is my fave of theirs. They're so American 🇺🇸 Thank you for the reaction My first of yours, I'll check out more

[@wpollock1]

"You can check out" (die) "anytime you want / but can never leave". Hotel California and the excesses (drugs, alcohol) will kill you.

[@BlairandGeorgie]

What a fantastic song to see you react to. They have so many great songs. Tequila Sunrise is my favorite. Great reaction!! 😊

[@scottnorvell2955]

Ok. You got my sub! The Eagles baby!

[@alanbarger7712]

Great reaction. Very deep song.

[@thomasherron5809]

A sub for your courage. You would think that some of these big acts would benefit from the publicity received over these reactions given on these platforms. The Eagles are epic and one of the best. Good reactions and great job brother.

[@hous2tim964]

Indeed, we can interpret this song differently and that's what makes it interesting. Some think he is talking about purgatory, others about hell, still others about the world of showbiz or why not about addiction to a particular drug. I'm not sure people will ever agree on the real meaning of this song. For me it is one of the most beautiful songs I have listened to. I must have listened to it hundreds of times I think and it still has an effect on me.

[@tomcallahan5907]

I saw them sing this in concert 6 days before this was filmed. I haven seen them 11 times. They never disappoint. Don Henley who,sand lead studied literature in college before going to California to search his music career. Lots of his lyrics tell a story. R of the 5 members (at this time sang lead at one time or another. Don Henley and Glenn Frey (acoustic guitar) do most of the lead vocals. They are perfectionists which contributed to their break up in 1980. Check out more of their music ….. they are amazing. I,liked when you said the two home boys looked a like. All us white guys look a like. 😂

[@michael14195]

Tiffany's was a luxury jewelry store, and "Mercedes Benz/ds" is a pun on "Mercedes Benz" the luxury car brand and "The Bends", the potentially fatal injuries divers can get if they swim to the surface too fast. So "Tiffany-twisted" and "Mercedes Bends" mean that she's focused on wealth to the point that it's twisting her mind and making her sick. I suspect that "called up the Captain" is a reference to the duo Captain and Tennille, and that "They stab it with their steely knives" is a call-out to the group Steely Dan, but those are just guesses.

[@stephaniefain1863]

They all sang lead, one one song, or the other. This is a BAND. as an aside, the captain is a concierge.

[@causeitflies]

Another Eagles hit to react to is "I Can't Tell You Why" Official Video.

[@a.bertasso1298]

As someone else said, essentially all of California was "the hotel". But this was also based in part on the legendary hotel the Chateau Marmont in Los Angelos. I know this is from the seventies. But it is also where John Belushi died in the early eighties

[@alanbarger7712]

The wine has a double reference. The drink or communion.

[@loisdubois1229]

My favorite love song NEIL SEDAKA " LAUGHTER IN THE RAIN " ❤❤❤

[@ivansavoie3190]

Speaking of Johnny Winter please check out It's my Own Fault from Live Johnny Winter And if you like blue's at all, Highway 61 Revisited from Johnny Winter Captured Live is a good one also, great reaction

[@MugnifyRTS]

I got a couple Johnny WInter Joints on the channel

[@TheGadgetwiz]

Joe Walsh - Life’s Been Good or Rocky Mountain Way. The Eagles use the Walsh songs to get the concerts rocking when they play live.

[@dougca7086]

Your Johnny Winter look alike is actually Joe Walsh you got to react to Joe Walsh singing life's been good

[@tmsjones4004]

I think the lyrics are of him talking to a ghost.? It's a haunted hotel. Always was my thought. I really like this song and Don Henley. Years later. Thanks for listening with me.

[@AnnaMarie66]

Legends

[@StacyMoore241]

Calling up the Captain is like calling the Metra D in a restaurant

[@chrismellor5879]

Great reaction mate. My first thought of this song was , pergatory

[@brilandmuja6713]

Best song in history period

[@StacyMoore241]

I was there that night. My brother got us middle section floor seats. I was 15 years old. A chubby hippie asked me if I wanted some of his fat joint. When their opening act came out the first thing he said was “IS EVERYONE HIGH TONIGHT “?!!!!!

[@oboogie2]

MR, the song is up to the listener to apply their own meaning, but it was based on getting caught up in the drugs and fame in the 1970s SoCal lifestyle at that time. "They stabbed it with their steely knives, but they just can't kill the beast" and "you can check out any time you like, but you can never leave" lines refer to addiction (of whatever your addiction is).

[@johnrooney1033]

Eagles don't own the rights to this specific video. You're safe with this one.

[@DerEchteBold]

That wouldn't matter, I think, as long as they own the composition they can have it blocked. But someone around here says that Don Henley has decided not to go after reactions anymore, don't know if it's true.

[@Fshtank4167]

Muggs I was too young to be at this concert, but when it existed the Capital Centre was a Great venue to see a concert. 🤘🏽

[@m.thephilosopher]

Better late than never ! But where have you been living ? Behind the moon ??? 🤣🤣🤣

[@snafuagain5268]

The Best🎉