result #130939 - WHAT IS THE SONG "HOTEL CALIFORNIA" ABOUT?

choices : music radio : WHAT IS THE SONG "HOTEL CALIFORNIA" ABOUT?

[+] serious ballot by RunsWithScissors
ACTIVE Oct 11,2008 - Thu Jul 07, 11

The Eagles released Hotel California in 1976, leaving the mysterious lyrics up to the listener to decide the meaning of the song.

Eleven years after this song was released, Don Henley said "It was really about the excesses of American culture and certain girls we knew. But it was also about the uneasy balance between art and commerce." A few weeks later, Henley was also quoted as saying "It's a song about the dark underbelly of the American Dream, and about excess in America which was something we knew about."

What do you think the meaning of the song is?

A Dream	2
The Camarillo State Hospital near Los Angeles	1
Devil worship	1
Drug addiction	2
An Inn by the same name	0
Aleister Crowley's mansion	2
Materialism and excess	2
Entrapment by one's own debauchery	2
A mental institution	1

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COMMENTS:
Voted : A Dream
How I always looked at it.

by Truthseeker013 on Sat Oct 11, 08 2:19pm [+]

Voted : Drug addiction
it was about heroin addiction.

by LCD on Sat Oct 11, 08 2:42pm [+]

Voted : A Dream
It always seemed to me like it was either a dream or a high.

by RunsWithScissors on Sat Oct 11, 08 3:33pm [+]

Voted : Materialism and excess
It's an allegory about hedonism and self-destruction in the Southern California music industry of the late 1970s, according to Don Henley. He called it "our interpretation of the high life in Los Angeles."

All the other choices are popular myths from the weirdo's who don't rest easy with simplicity.

by britvic55 on Sat Oct 11, 08 5:02pm [+]

That "American dream" thingy always makes me laugh. Reminds me of that film the Island, where all the clones are led to believe that they can win a weekly lottery to go live on a Paradise Island, just to give them something to live for. (The real "Winners" were off to be used as spare parts :o) Carrot on a stick anyone?... anyone?

by britvic55 on Sat Oct 11, 08 5:04pm [+]