This song brings so much summer nostalgia for me. I distinctly remember driving to a softball tournament with my dad in summer and listening to this song. I remember when I was learning guitar someone played this song at our summer concert and I was blown away that someone could just whip up a guitar solo on the spot. The first thing I thought when I heard this song was how weird the lyrics are. So, for my blog post I decided to look up some of the history behind this song. There is a lot of different interpretation in Hotel California. One take is that the song is a metaphor for weed, which was really popular in southern California at the time. Another way to look at the song is by what The Eagles said- “it is about the jaded, blasé, hedonistic lifestyle that characterizes California” the song shows the high life of southern California, including lines about nice cars, expensive alcohol and expensive living.
Aside from the lyrics, the score of this song is fantastic. It is very true to the 70s and early 80s style. The guitar solos are famed all over and seem to represent the song in its own way. The instruments have an eb and flow of high, upbeat to hollow and distorted sounds that support the lyrics or the verse/chorus relationship.
This song kind of gives me summer vibes as well. Not really like happy and carefree summer vibes, but like lonely summer vibes. Like you're alone on a summer night, with all the freedom in the world, but you entirely lack the capacity to enjoy it. I also find the guitar super impressive.
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