Rapper FIRST time REACTION to EAGLES - Hotel California (Live 1977) !! W/

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Rapper FIRST time REACTION to Eagles - Hotel California (Live 1977) !! w/ @Donjuanabe
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[@BlackPegasusRaps]

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[@ConspiracySmurf]

I did and it's good y'all, check it out!

[@loumorrow0903]

You CANNOT!!!! pause during one of the best guitar solo ever! And then didn't go back to get all. Disrespectful!

[@4thlinemaniac356]

When one is high on Heroin you are checked into The Hotel California an old slang term for feeling golden The song is about Heroin Addiction is iconic.

[@brentkick1560]

@@loumorrow0903THIS! Joe Walsh is/was the only tolerable thing about this self-indulgent tedious mess of a band. And that solo is classic and, again, the only redeeming part of the song (and TBH, the band's catalog, save "Take It Easy," which had to be mostly Jackson Browne's doing.

[@salvatorebaleno9807]

The acoustic live version is great too. A nice little flamenco style intro, and the acoustic sound is great.

[@someoldatheist6712]

It's metaphoric. there is no hotel. The hotel is California. People go to chase their dreams but get bogged down and stuck there in the addiction, greed, sex etc etc.

[@yvonnemassey3658]

Well put.

[@4thlinemaniac356]

When One is high on Heroin one is checked in at the Hotel California an.old term.And atheist @ Mauro Biglino & the 5Th kind channels no God but aliens.

[@billkuhels7225]

This

[@4thlinemaniac356]

Checked in at the Hotel California is being high on Heroin feeling golden an.oldvslang term.

[@joeykopack]

👍🏻

[@darkiee69]

Noooooooooooooooo!!!!!! You NEVER stop in a guitar solo, especially this one, the beautiful duet between a Gibson SG and a Fender telecaster.

[@lrsrosebud]

Facts!! This!!⬆️⬆️

[@leeyaferguson9019]

YEP!!

[@kualua6612]

Too hung up on the lyrics😂

[@blakelejeune368]

It always kills me when someone is so distracted to enjoy the solo and they pause it. 😂

[@katboss4886]

That’s one of the reasons I have a problem with reactors that think their voice is more important than the music they should be reacting to

[@joemaldonado9231]

Man, brother, you were so hung up on the meaning of this song that you failed to appreciate THEE most famous performance OF this legendary song. The spooky vibe, the KILLER musicianship, the gorgeous background vocals, the excellent drumming, and the iconic dueling guitars. You can always look up the meaning later. Also, who cares what it REALLY means? This is poetic storytelling with some abstract imagery. Like a painting where you could derive your OWN meaning. Stop and smell the roses, brother!

[@mlbw1966]

Exactly, generations are so out of touch lmpwao

[@patriciaalvareztostado8170]

Everybody is different, some people like to analyze the meaning of song, not yo hear the song....

[@soude85]

Ok, go and tell the songwriter you don’t give a f* for his poetic storytelling…? Nobody cares about the background vocals.

[@patriciaalvareztostado8170]

@@soude85 Is not that, I know the music is very important, and this is a classic song and timeles song, but they are focus in understanding the meaning they are not disrespect to the music, they wanted to understand the meaning of the song, you could hear the music, later,

[@sassy59750]

I can't even...... Paused during the guitar solos! WHAT???? Wow. Just wow.

[@ericreese7792]

Gotta remember, KZbin is a robotic police state.

[@ceejay1794]

Calm down, you’ll blow a gasket

[@sassy59750]

@@ceejay1794 ok, boomer

[@ceejay1794]

@@sassy59750 it’s definitely not a bad thing ✌️😎😂

[@SomethingScotty]

Get over it. You wanna listen to the song go listen to it by yourself. We're here to get their reaction. We can listen to the song itself someplace else if we wanted to.

[@tessasnow]

Never pause during a guitar solo…it’s sacrilegious 🖖🏻🇨🇦

[@samuelhow1645]

Its "Never pause a David Gilmour guitar solo".. 🎸

[@planelvr07]

D.e.f.i.n.i.t.e.l.y!!!!!

[@ga_patriot279]

I’ve always believed Hotel California is a metaphor for the music industry. They draw you in with the beautiful women, drugs, jewels and money. Then young naive artists sign their lives away. You can check out any time you like but you can never leave. Your contract gives them possession of your name, likeness, voice and art in perpetuity throughout the universe.

[@TwinPinesFarms]

That's exactly what I read.

[@Reblwitoutacause]

Don Henley has said more or less as much intheir documentary on The Eagles.

[@Leogoth68]

It is a metaphor for the Hollywood lifestyle. They bring you in and trap you. A lot of this is coming out in todays headlines.

[@4thlinemaniac356]

Wake ZUp Hotel California is about Heroin Addiction when You are high on Heroin you are checked into the Hotel California. "They stabbed it with their steely knives but the just can't kill the beast".

[@757optim]

Until you become Eagles or Metallica. The power flips.

[@MuiGG]

Never, ever stop in the middle of a guitar solo, you will hear it from many, it's sacrilege.

[@renyauger4560]

You don’t pause or ignore the greatest guitar jam in music history. It was always good but when the already legendary Joe Walsh joined the band (the one without the double neck guitar) his genius turned good into greatness that famous bands still try to replicate to this day. Those two men, with Walsh adding a spark created an aural masterpiece I could listen to forever and you don’t even hear it.

[@laurier8131]

Absolutely spot on!

[@daveloboda1769]

Definitely

[@gacdogs8282]

Joe Walsh is actually the other guy, not the double neck guitar guy.

[@gacdogs8282]

shit i reread and just saw the "without", i swear that was not there a minute ago. damn.

[@paulmonk4545]

You will hear this time and again, but, never break away in the middle of a guitar solo 😢

[@budmaynard5952]

Major party foul!

[@orangeandblackattack]

especially Joe Walsh. lol

[@kimberlymonsini2604]

6:22 sacrilegious

[@ericreese7792]

*tiny violin.gif*

[@silversagerae6353]

BTW yes Don Henley is in the group he IS the drummer. And no he was not "the" lead singer. Nearly every member of this group sang lead. This particular timeline featured Don Henley, Glen Frey, Joe Walsh, Don Felder,, and Randy Meisner. All brilliant artists.

[@vlharmon]

And dont forget about Timothy B. Schmidt

[@silversagerae6353]

@vlharmon He's not on that stage lol he replaces Meisner in a later time line in 1977

[@AllenToman-mw6ww]

Don actually become the lead singer through the years, Glen thought he had a more appealing vocals compared to himself

[@mamabear9325]

way back with Linda Ronstat. I think they were The Stone Ponies?

[@UseByDate-Expired]

@@mamabear9325 No, they were not the Stone Poneys. Not a single member of any Eagles configuration were ever in The Stone Poneys. Ronstat gets much credit for discovering Glen and Don, but really, they got known through hanging out at the Troubadour Club, like many others at that time.

[@Agislife1960]

We'll probably never see another band get together with that much raw talent and that was 77

[@GavinMaGrath]

E-Street band........50 yrs later still selling out venues including 60 and 80,000 fans in Europe. Bruce will go on til he dies

[@scottsmith6631]

The Eagles were known for studio quality live performances, tight 5-part harmonies and dueling lead guitars (one Gibson and one Fender). One of America's greatest bands who imploded in front of our eyes over a couple decades due to money and power.

[@generationjones60]

Good God! You stopped the iconic guitar solo to discuss the lyrics! Those of us who were teenagers in the 70's just went with the vibe and figured it out for ourselves as to what we thought it meant. Same with "Stairway".

[@tneff3845]

Seriously, that’s what music is all about, how it speaks to each individual!

[@Judj1678]

I was a senior in high school in 1977 and I think it was what you said. Everyone figured it out for themselves. I think it can be compared to lots of things.

[@mardyroux8136]

@@Judj1678 Same. My senior year was 1977. This is my life, and yours!

[@drieuxkoeppel8152]

I was also a senior in 1977. My life has been in fast forward since. I graduated in 1980 with a Degree in Dental Hygiene. I got married in 1982; my sons were born 1984 & 1987. Now my 39 year old is a College Dean, my 36 year old is married and they own their own home… and I’ve been married 42 years! Whattttt?

[@apexshaver7301]

I feel like you guys were so caught up in the lyrics you didn't really listen to the music itself it's one of the most amazing live performances you'll ever hear!

[@andaisshadows5285]

Sigh, did they even listen to the song/melody?

[@tobhomott]

Must be the case. Impossible to pause it during the closing guitar solo/duet otherwise. I scream at the car radio when they start the next song before the album version fades all the way out.

[@redzwestisbest]

it is mixed well

[@randytate9094]

You missed by a mile . AND you paused it during the greatest guitar dual ever recorded. I'm not sure if I can forgive you both.

[@johnemmerich7075]

I totally agree. Nothing about the actual music

[@melindareynolds9757]

My dear gentlemen, you do not stop one of this most great guitar solo(s) in the histoty of time!

[@taylordmyterko1930]

Take It To The Limit, you'll love it. You can never go wrong with The Eagles. Also America is another amazing band from this era.

[@doubledeerussell4005]

Every member of the band is a lead singer.

[@andrewschliewe6392]

Gotta watch the really short video clip of the 5 of them warming up before going on stage and they are in one of the locker room showers, the 5 part harmony even in those terrible conditions is absolutely amazing.

[@jwgtx5841]

​@andrewschliewe6392 yes, I think they sing Seven Bridges Road.

[@andrewschliewe6392]

@@jwgtx5841 kzbin.info/www/bejne/hXLRaaOfhbWLlbs

[@frankvaughn33]

Except Felder. Glenn Frey was crystal clear on that point.

[@karenpostelwait6508]

There is no dead wood on that stage.

[@micheleleach9964]

Here is what the band said the meaning is behind the song: While there have been many theories that contemplate what the song represents, the Eagles' band members have revealed in multiple interviews that the true meaning behind "Hotel California" is a commentary on the hedonism and self-indulgence of America. “It’s basically a song about the dark underbelly of the American dream and about excess in America, which is something we knew a lot about,” Henley said in a 2002 interview with "60 Minutes." In 2005, Henley further explained the meaning of the song to Rolling Stone magazine, which placed "Hotel California" at no. 49 on its list of the 500 greatest songs of all time. “We were all middle class kids from the Midwest," Henley said. "'Hotel California' was our interpretation of the high life in L.A.”

[@4thlinemaniac356]

Grow Up when you are high on Heroin You're checked into the Hotel California. Geez Miami vice did a show about in the the 1980's.

[@classic-kool]

They totally missed it because they wanted a literal meaning instead of the intended metaphors....

[@lt.spears1889]

The irony signing of greed and excess, I suppose given they were living it at the time, their perspective gives the song way more weight.

[@charlessarver8350]

Well Glen Frey's explanation was far simpler "We decided to create something strange just to see if we could do it. Any meaning it has is unintended rather than hidden." In other words just nonsense like some of the Beatles tunes. I kind of think Henley's version was just to give an answer to shut everyone up or at most that was the meaning he had behind it. But in the same interview with Frey he said "The atmosphere of a man in an unfamiliar rural setting, unsure about what he's witnessing, mimics - says Frey - the 1965 novel The Magus."

[@julieCA58]

Thank you

[@mikebzdusek8754]

The meaning of the lyrics of the song has been discussed by fans and critics ever since its release, the Eagles themselves described the song as their "interpretation of the high life in Los Angeles."[10] In the 2013 documentary History of the Eagles, Henley said that the song was about "a journey from innocence to experience ... that's all."[11

[@barbkrettler1944]

Don Henley says it's going from innocence to experience. It's not haunted. Everybody has their own interpretations. Eagles are my favorite band and Don Henley, the lead singer is my favorite Eagle, his voice is amazing! He's not the only lead singer but he sings most of their songs.❤😊

[@peterm4486]

Guys…the frigging guitar solo is epic…just sit back and take it in!!!

[@bikeboysyd292]

Glossed over one of the most captivating guitar solos ever

[@misstlc7136]

Rap guys

[@nickbarber3315]

@@misstlc7136yep, one of my issues with rap, no one plays instruments.

[@debnbhuy]

@@nickbarber3315 Thanks for the warning I will stop watching before they get to that point ............bloody disrespectful eejits !!

[@shilohauraable]

I cannot BELIEVE you did that! Wow! 😮😒

[@familywands1207]

@@misstlc7136who understands those rap guys anyway?

[@danrieke9988]

Had the great privilege of seeing them live in Las Vegas years back. They performed this in an encore. Entire audience went insane! What a one-in-a-lifetime moment! From someone who had the original vinyl album and has to this day the original 45 disk.

[@crmlcd]

The Eagles had a multitude of talent. Writers, musicians and vocals by the individuals in the group. Just one of the reasons their music has stood the test of time. Such outstanding talents.

[@alastairmcintyre4752]

Much as I enjoy your insights - PLEASE don't stop songs in the middle of guitar solos - especially one of the most iconic solos OF ALL TIME ! 😉🤣

[@DannySawyer60]

It's a shame that no one in the comments even mentioned Don Felder, he's the one who deserves more credit here!

[@regnetexitium2247]

100% He wrote the music and solos for this

[@mary-janem1535]

Agreed. Fuck Don Henley. I love this guitar duet, one of the best ever. Love Joe Walsh so much too.

[@matteoedwardes2876]

True. The biggest thing to me is the dueling guitars. So important to rock music history.

[@markmyers6472]

AMEN! One of the least appreciated guitarist out there....

[@grannyLynnsCreations]

He was my favorite member... and yeah, no one remembers him. I saw them live at the Forum in 1975 and they were great

[@Edera7795]

This is one of my favorite EAGLES songs. I took my on to a concert a few years back. When they played this song, my son pulled me into the isle and danced with me. It is a memory I hope I naver forget.

[@RB-og8rn]

NEVER pause during a guitar solo! Especially this one!

[@001spring]

"You can check out any time you like but you can never leave". Amazing lyric

[@ZeeZee9]

Classic

[@theodoreritola7641]

Have you 2 Checked out Stair Way to Heaven by Led Zeppelin live Madison Square Garden 1973 Another huge 70s masterpiece, Enjoy the 70s

[@marfmang511]

They got the line Tiffany on my mind wrong it is She is definitely out of her mind.

[@ZeeZee9]

@@theodoreritola7641 will do!

[@caseyafternoon3545]

Pauses mid solo, 'Hotel California is purgatory' 🤣

[@blakelejeune368]

Pausing during a solo is purgatory 😂

[@jotham777]

And the real California is hell.

[@rogerstarkey5390]

I'd go further. The whole album is a metaphor for the failing "American dream" . What's crazy, and sad is that it was written mid 1970s and it's actually (still) coming true. . Edit. Listen to "The Last Resort".

[@windysmith4489]

​@rogerstarkey5390 big Eagles. Know everyone of their songs, I thought anyway. I found last resort years later. That song is a great story

[@rick5482]

Henley isn't just the drummer. He so much more in this band. You can't not love this song!

[@thisthatandtheother1057]

Addictions is spot on. Glen Fry, Joe Walsh and Don Henley on the same stage! Amazing.

[@JayCapone37]

Nope that's not what this songs about ! It's nit about no drugs , It's about A woman Ghost lost and don't know where she's at nor knowing she's A Ghost

[@b1bmsgt]

Geez, guys. NEVER stop the video in the middle of the guitar solo!!!!!!!!😔😨

[@b1jou123]

Can't believe you guys didn't mention the amazing musical talent on display in this performance! Yes, the lyrics are brilliant, but it can't be denied that they were also a phenomenal live band. The kind of ability to sound that great live is rare these days. Once again, it makes me feel so lucky that I grew up with music from the 60's, 70's and 80's!❤ (Yes, I'm an old lady😅)

[@josmith4405]

@b1jou123 From one old lady to another, they were here in KY a few months ago. Sad that Glenn Frye wasn't with us but his son, Deacon, was and sound pretty close. It was an awesome night. Vince Gill was playing Glenn's part. Vince did it well. Joe Walsh and Timothy Smidt (sp) were spot on as well. UT was an awesome night.

[@b1jou123]

​@@josmith4405 WOW, sounds like an amazing event!

[@user-nf9he8od5t]

We are never old 😉

[@user-nf9he8od5t]

Watch itvagain guys, kick back and feel it. You will get it then. 😊

[@teknikel]

You people have known this song for 50 years and you know what to expect. BP is hearing it completely for the first time. He said before it started he wanted to know what it was about. That was his focus. He will get to the music the next time. We may not see it but, oh well.

[@user-wr8xz8wp5x]

This song is a reunion to the musical industry that y it's so good just can't kill the beast

[@mrtim5363]

You'll hear 50 different translations, all are correct. I was there, here's mine. California is Hotel Ca. - San Francisco to LA it drew in people by the thousands. Many wishing to become famous. "We are all just prisoners here of our own device." (addiction) "Then she lit up a candle & showed me the way" (Showed me how to do it.) "They stab it with their steely knives" (Needles) "But they just can't kill the beast." (Drug addiction.) "You can check out any time you like." (die) "But you can never leave." (California)

[@jameydupuy9280]

Yes. Said it way better than me! [Drug addiction. Heroine. 😂]

[@kd8199]

Stab it with their steelie knives could also be a razor cutting coke on a mirror. There are lines on the mirror and lines on my face.

[@CC-jt4su]

I remember it as taking a “trip”.

[@Thatgirl1973]

"You can check out any time you like. but you can never leave." I don't think this is about death, I think 'checking out' is about walking away from that lifestyle with the illusion of 'getting clean', but in reality most are likely to relapse, so 'you can never leave'...i.e. kick the addiction.

[@jteal6251]

I like your description. The only thing I would add and that's the older predators taking advantage of the young and innocent. Think Matt Gaetz and his wingman paying young college girls to come to parties for drugs and sex.

[@angieday5183]

One of the most famous guitar solos in rock history

[@stephenhuber1219]

Don Felder was working in a music store when a 13-year-old Tommy Petty came for guitar lessons. What if you could tell them both they would be in the Hall Of Fame

[@jennhurl]

Tom & Don used to play out on the lawn at Tom's house & in local dives here in Gainesville - we miss our son

[@connieburns4837]

1977! What a great year! I was 17. Best decade for music ever!

[@maverick2242]

Never never interrupt a Guitar solo, this song is code, others have said it, but this is another one of the greatest songs of all time, its not just the lyrics, or the vocals its a total package and its freakin live, the instrumentals harmonies vocals its insane! I can still remember my Geography teacher playing this song to us on a VHS and TV in class, why Geo you say, I have no idea he was out there, we even watched the America's cup in his class, he brought the TV in and everything, he tried to explain this song to us, then, I don't think anyone understands this song straight off. but its still amazing today, Eagles are in the top bands of all time!

[@MrRondonmon]

Colitas was a slang Mexican tern for a Cannabis plant or Buds, so the Smell of buds, or Mary Jane.

[@johndeeregreen4592]

No, it's a strong smelling flower that only blooms at night. You can smell them on the wind while traveling in the Mojave at night.

[@TheGILBERTnetwork]

@@johndeeregreen4592wrong Colitas are Bud, when talking about the quality of it. You ask about the colitas and the size let’s you know

[@johndeeregreen4592]

@@TheGILBERTnetwork, probably a double entendre then. Given the other desert references (colitas being something everyone from the desert is familiar with) and Don Henley being big into drugs, I can see that.

[@4thlinemaniac356]

@@johndeeregreen4592 and high.on Heroin is checked in at The Hotel California an old slang term for feeling golden.

[@freakiestshayms]

WIKIPEDIA The term "colitas" in the first stanza ("warm smell of colitas, rising up through the air") has been interpreted as a sexual slang or a reference to marijuana. "Colitas" means "little tails" in Spanish; in Mexican slang it refers the flowering buds of the cannabis plant.

[@ls1959]

The Eagles were a very tight band musically. The two guitar players, Don Felder and Joe Walsh, are among the greatest guitar combinations in rock history. Both are guitar virtuosos. Hearing them play together, especially on a classic song like this, is magical.

[@beckygrant2258]

This is the Eagle’s biggest Masterpiece! It’s about California, and the lure of it, with all the beautiful people, sex, drugs, rock and roll, addiction. But it is also by far the best guitar performance….and specifically, the guitar duet between Joe Walsh and Don Felder who are playing the same pattern but the notes are a third apart from each other….the preciseness of the triplet rhythm. Eeach is competing with the other until they come together in that triplet rhythm duet part! Gives you a head rush…instrumentally, musically, this song is so sophisticated! Don Henley has a separate mic on each drum, which is why it sounds so great! Brilliant move! And his drum fills blow your mind! He’s got such a unique voice.

[@darrenshoults4620]

Oh, l love the dueling guitars. The dude in black, and the red kerchief is a showman. He's wailing on that thing, making it scream. Talented artists all around.

[@melod7670]

Joe Walsh is the guy in the bandana. He has some solo work and was in the James Gang

[@jamesknox7171]

In the line "they stabbed it with their "Steely" knives"... it was their tip of the hat to the band Steely Dan.

[@richardcramer1604]

Correct, Steely Dan mentioned the Eagles in one of their songs, so it's a round about way to return the shout out.

[@randyhochstein8455]

Stopped in the middle of the guitar solo 🎸 (which may very well be the best part of the song), to discuss the meaning of a song that even Don Henley doesn’t know. 😅✌🏼😎

[@loripond1839]

👍😅😂

[@cornelioandyourcat4709]

😳 imagine being a rapper, and dare talking during, than pausing during this awesome guitar solo 🫣

[@margarethegan8318]

I was in my 20’s in the 70’s. The music oh the music. The best time to grow up.

[@chrisruiz612]

One of the best lines ever, "You can check out anytime you like, but you can never leave."

[@JaquelineGoodspeed]

You all blew this reaction. Im actually disappointed you stopped the guitar solo and took a very simplistic view of the legendary group and song. You should have to do a redo

[@valeriedrushella5801]

Thank you for taking me back to a balmy night at the Miami baseball stadium in 1977 attending an eagles concert. Do not read too much into the lyrics of this song. We were not deep thinkers back then. However, we were a lot of fun.

[@MadDuckofAus]

NEVER STOP IN THE MIDDLE OF A GUITAR SOLO!

[@kevinmarshall854]

Don Henley as well as Phil Collins are two of the greatest drummer/lead singer's that have ever been. PERIOD!!!

[@matthewsewell8997]

Don’t forget Levon Helm

[@chilakillverde1371]

NO PAULINA VILLAREAL IS IN THAT LEVEL OF BETTER.

[@edminchau811]

Karen Carpenter.

[@Yes.its_me]

Phil could play a single snare drum & sound better than Don playing a full set !

[@terrycornelius3279]

Yup...cannot forget Levon Helm nor Karen Carpenter.

[@HofHearted7]

Bad time to break😮one of the most recognised guitar solos ever. 🎉

[@ericreese7792]

You literally have to do things like that or KZbin will never allow it.

[@bartholland4224]

I graduated high school in 81 and the best bud you could get in the Socal @ the time was either Christmas tree sens (said just like since) or Colitas. (I'm spelling it phonicaly) When the song came out we all knew what he was refer-ING to! I'm enjoying your reactions, thanks for putting in the time. Your new found love of ALL music has really begun to shine! Keep the faith brother!

[@laurier8131]

Yes, colitas is another word or slang term for marijane. ❤

[@thatfishindude5459]

You guys are right on point! Don Henley was asked ….. what is the meaning of the song…. He said “ it’s whatever you interpret it as “

[@mysticeyes10000]

Hotel California is open to interpretation. It’s what ever you want it to be.

[@michellegroff7168]

I am 61 yrs old. You young ones need to remember what time in society this was. All of us were told told that smoking pot would make you jump Off a building from tripping and this generation decided that guys could have long hair and girls could have short hair and once we discovered that smoking pot didn’t make you crazy it was a place that you could “check out of, but never leave “. This was TRULY the greatest time to grow up in.

[@chip6147]

I'm 62 and totally agree, This was an amazing time to grow up, especially for the music, cars and a much more simple life.

[@edwardpate6128]

NEVER pause a video in the middle of a guitar jam!

[@sherriandwaynejohnson3185]

First of all this song is a masterpiece! Secondly, every member of the band sings and that’s what makes this band so special besides the instruments voices, etc. every member sings so everything always sounds unique and different. When you said hotel California is purgatory that was a perfect description!

[@markwinstanley9901]

Hotel California is about the entrapment that fame brings... All these cool things seem to be happening, until you realise you are in the belly of the beast. But when you try to escape... "You can check out any time you like, but you can never leave" A cautionary tale

[@dannypalazzo1969]

Nailed that shit! Comment WIN!

[@Scary__fun]

California was the center of the hippy movement... peace, freedom, sex, drugs. 1969 was the Woodstock festival and pinnacle of more socially relevant music... but by the time this song was released in 1977, the hopes of the baby boomer generation were disappearing. Instead, lives of excess were what they ended up striving for with greed for possessions, big homes, and cars. He's definitely feeling trapped in the current situation and wants to go back to the earlier hopes.

[@marquisdelafayette1929]

always thought it was the. best metaphor for drugs. Like once your hooked it’s a wrap. “Heaven or hell” “Some dance to remember.. others to forget” “Prisoners of our own device” “You can stab with our steely knives but can’t kill the beast” “You can check out anytime but can never leave”

[@russelllane7551]

Don henley said it was simply a song about the journey from innocence to experience in the LA music scene in the nineteen seventies.

[@mrjackpots1326]

Glen Frey passed away in 2016 so you'll never see the Eagles again. He was the heart of the band. I was blessed to see them perform live and the show was amazing. Joe Walsh had beaten his addiction problems and all the old tensions within the group had faded away with maturity. Listening to them sing a song a capella in perfect harmony was the finest ear candy I ever had. We won't see their like again because American bands aren't willing to work as hard as they did to achieve perfection. I look to South Korea and Japan now because that kind of work ethic still exists there.

[@angiehill5884]

It was funny listening to them in my teenage years. I loved many songs on the radio then found out most were by the Eagles!! Just different singers on different songs 😂 Don Henley was my teenage crush!! 💜

[@Jerralyng49]

"Life In The Fast Lane" , great Eagles song too.

[@danabroich3643]

I just kept wanting you to recognize the legendary Joe Walsh!

[@rogerstarkey5390]

"An interesting bunch of guys" 😉

[@daveloboda1769]

The Don Felder/Joe Walsh guitar at the end just gets better every time I hear it, which is a lot.

[@K-Spear2]

Drug addiction. “You can check out any time you want, but you can never leave”. That line is everything to the meaning

[@ramontieso1208]

My favorite line “ you can check out anytime you like but you can never leave” that always tells me that once you have gone there, it’s with you forever. Remember, he was trying to find his way back to where he was before this experience. And that’s when the Nightman told him he could check out, but he can never leave.

[@mikefetterman6782]

Don Felder (double guitar) wrote the music to this. Don Henley had a tape of the chord progression playing over and over on his car deck. He left the Whiskey A go-go one night, drunk, and drove to Needles CA to find some peyote. On the way there, he wrote these lyrics. Passing by lots of Teddy bear cholla, and lonely desert hotels, he came up with a story about someone losing their innocence. Going from adolescence to adulthood, and knowing once you do, you cannot go back. The Eagles have MANY LEAD SINGERS, depending on the song. Don Henley, Glenn Frey, Randy Meisner (their biggest hit Take it to the limit) or Timothy Smith, and Joe Walsh all sing lead on songs that have hit it big. Like the Beatles, if you cannot sing or write, you are not good enough for the group. Ringo Starr, Roger Taylor (Queen), Phil Collins, and Levon Helm (The Band) all were singing drummers.

[@aliciahager2961]

Vince Gill, too, an excellent musician, toured with the band in recent years.

[@cindyluis4054]

And Dave Grohl

[@annecox944]

Karen Carpenter Sheila E.

[@Gwennedd]

@@annecox944 , sigh...they always forget the extraordinary women drummers who sing spectacularly, too.

[@hollycaron3567]

Karen Carpenter,

[@terrystrong7762]

Seen them live in Hell Freezes Over Tour. They got back together to do this tour. Made millions. Been a fan of the Eagles since way back in the 70s. Seen Don Henley 2 times as a solo artist. He is absolutely amazing. Texas boy! He sounds the same in person as in the recording studio. A true talent. I believe this song is about Hell! He is in Hell in the song and can not leave. He Has so many good songs on his own. Check out In A New York Minute.... It is beautiful... Just found your station. Great job...

[@JennWithNoFilter]

Musically all gifted and their harmonies are breathtaking

[@paulalloyd8860]

Best dueling guitar solo

[@kallsop2]

Agreed, and years ago before I saw this video since the solos are played in different channels you can tell who's playing by the sound.

[@lovestreet2675]

Yeah love it! Boston is equally amazing with the dueling guitar masterpieces!

[@kallsop2]

@@lovestreet2675 I was 13 when this came out and still look back in amazement at the music and the groups that came out or really made the careers back then. There was always something coming out almost every month.

[@arnodobler1096]

Yes, and they didn't say a word about it!😭

[@johndeeregreen4592]

And, what a lot of people don't realize, the second half of the solo is a harmonized improvisation and not even the way it was recorded. That makes it even more epic; they changed it up while playing live. For one guitarist to do that is impressive enough, they had to synch up their playing to continue to harmonize, all while Don Felder set the stage for the improv... and Joe followed suit like it was nothing.

[@melissatomlin13]

In the 70’s concept albums ruled. The album was about California and how it changed from happy and easy going to the greed and darkness. Think of 70s emerging from free love that shifted to Manson, to the 80s and greed is good.

[@reitalincoln743]

Henley called it "our interpretation of the high life in Los Angeles,"[48] and later said, "It's not really about California; it's about America. It's about the dark underbelly of the American dream. It's about excess, it's about narcissism. It's about the music business. ..

[@mrjackpots1326]

It's about California and even back in 1977 they knew where it was going. It was Paradise and now it's Purgatory.

[@meditationlifeskills]

Quit thinking about 70's music so hard! It's only rock and roll, and I like it!

[@elizabethfranco1284]

Glen Fry and Don Hendly started as Linda Ronstadt back up band

[@loydingle7088]

The stone ponies

[@elizabethfranco1284]

@@loydingle7088 no this was after she left them and started her solo career

[@andreadeamon6419]

​@elizabethfranco1284 but they started off with her. It was her idea to do their own thing. She basically said go or I'll fire you so you will

[@elizabethfranco1284]

@@andreadeamon6419 I know that what’s your point? They still weren’t in the Stone Ponies

[@UseByDate-Expired]

No they didn't start as her back up band.. It just never happened. And no Eagle was ever in The Stone Poneys, or a member of Ronstats band. She introduced them around the Troubadour during the era when most all the stars and rising stars played and hung out there, sat in on each other's sets on stage, partied, went to each other's houses. They were known before they ever became a group.

[@joans5619]

I was lucky Enid to see them in concert three times. They’re my favorite band. I was 16 when this song came out.

[@user-xl4zf5bk6c]

I'll be 70 next month. 1973 I hitchhiked to San Jose from Seattle. Loved the sun, the vib and the hippies I hung with. Never will be another time like that.

[@Galantus1964]

NEVER EVER stop in the middle of a frekkin Solo/ duet and this is one of the best.. wtf dude.. "Pro YT'er"

[@garyherman7391]

Never stop a guitar solo with talking about the lerics you should of went back and watched the solo after the b s. The best duol of two guitars ever and you blew it.

[@boosuedon]

You can't take the lyrics literally! Don Henley said in a interview along side Glen Frye that they wanted to give the song a "mystical" feeling, drawing from an old TV show in the 60s called "Twilight Zone". I think they did one hell of a job!

[@VNOltec]

He speaks as California as the entire state. You may want to leave but it captivates you back.

[@klancykat]

I am 75 and I never really tried to dissect the song. Just enjoy the incredible song,.

[@conniedaniels7753]

I was born in 1961 and never thought that much into it!!😂

[@JaquelineGoodspeed]

We were too busy listening.

[@johntegan51]

Also about the band… the growth & evolution of the band… the in fighting & hard feelings

[@SweetPea1970]

Don explained the story behind the song to him, and said he was amused at the wide varieties of interpretations the song had developed over time. According to the source, The "Hotel California" is actually, L.A. itself. The song and album take you on a trip though the music industry in L.A. in the late sixties early seventies, when agents and studios controlled artists like puppets. Back in the late sixties, 1969 to be exact, there was a major onslaught of artists being signed left, right and center, and artisit at the time were often known to basically "sell their soul" to a record company executive in order to get a recording contract. Many times these artists were given little if anything for their music, and thus ended up basically a victom to their love of music. Just imagine the scene at the time, it's late 60's, you are on your way to L.A. to strike it big with dreams of glamour and fame...and you basically are prepared to sell your soul of you have to to attain it. I must admit, when I first heard this explaination, I was a little skeptical...but trust me....listen to the WHOLE album again, start to finish and keep this definition in mind when you do it. Every song ties together in one big story, finishing off with the Last Resort which gives you a clear summery of the whole album and idea. I don't deny that drugs and addiction have a lot to do with the lifestyle and results of the quest for fame. All I ask is to keep an open mind and think of "The Hotel California" as L.A., and you may be surprised.

[@dorenandsara]

The drummer in this song is Don Henley. Most of the time he is standing at the microphone singing. Sometimes he plays the drums while singing. Henley, Randy Meisner (RIP- on the far left of the stage), Glenn Frey (RIP- next to Meisner) are mostly the lead singers. When Meisner left the group then Timothy B Schmit took over and sang lead vocals in many songs. Joe Walsh and Don Felder are the two dynamite guitar players in the band.

[@SAM-dg3vd]

Every time I ever saw them in concert (and I saw them a lot), Henley was the drummer. I NEVER saw him standing at a mic. Where did you see him do this? I'm fascinated - and who was drumming? Very cool

[@kidpoker007]

@@SAM-dg3vd Exactly he's the drummer not the Lead singer...Yes he sings a lot songs but so does Glen Frey

[@jamescurfman3284]

@@SAM-dg3vd Their tiny little reunion tour sometime in the 90's, Don sat on a stool just like everybody else. I have no idea who was on the drums but Don still sang this song while doing nothing with his hands. There was a joke spoken into the mic by one of the guys, about 'the band never broke up; we just went on hiatus...for...fourteen years...' lol

[@teresaa.7584]

"You can check out any time you like, but you can never leave" became part of pop culture.

[@thesaturdaymorningcowboy4198]

Hey, Black Pegasus, enjoyed the reaction! I saw the Eagles perform this at Penrose Event Center during their 1976 tour. Blue Oyster Cult also performed that same night there. Great show.😊

[@rohwermarc8993]

They’ve got several #1s as singles and albums, witchy woman, tequila sunrise…. View the song as metaphoric what people in general get sucked into

[@aura81295]

I love when BP decided that Hotel California is purgatory. Yep it sure could be. That's the thing about these more "abstract" lyrics that you seem to get hung up on sometimes. They are whatever the "receiver" makes of them and why they can speak to so many people anywhere anytime.

[@4thlinemaniac356]

When high on Heroin you are checked into The Hotel California is a slang term for feeling golden.

[@danpals7678]

She lit up a candle because she didn't want him to see what he was walking into. The voices are temptations from the entertainment industry. You can check out anytime you want but you can never leave means that you can kill yourself but you can't get away from them. Don understood this at the time. That's why he is so protective of his art.

[@Sjeeh]

Love this song, i was 10 years old when i heard this for the first time. Still love it.

[@kittensugars]

Don Henley is one of my favorite vocalists ever. Look up a song called "the end of the innocence".

[@Ph4n_t0m]

BP I gotta say I really _really_ appreciate this discovery tour you're on. Not only is it all to your credit and shows what a great character you have in being open to learning but the integrity in exposing your 'natural' ignorance (by that I mean it's simply a matter of circumstance and exposure) but also the dedication and diligence you show in hitting the greats to make sure you miss as little as possible. By all means keep it up - we love it coz it tickles all the nostalgia spots so we here for it right with you

[@donnaabbato508]

I was at this concert in Philadelphia! PHENOMENAL!👍👍👍

[@TheDrawde21]

Colita is a flower. NEVER interrupt an iconic guitar solo