Eagles: Hotel california

Hay canciones que forman parte de la historia de la música de nuestro tiempo, y sin lugar a duda el "Hotel california" de la banda americana Eagles es uno de ellos. La banda estaba formada por unos músicos virtuosos y de un talento exquisito, fusionando con maestría el country con el pop-rock, y con esta canción de mediados de los años 70 alcanzaron las más altas copas de ventas y popularidad. Son muchos los rumores y enigmáticas historias que purulan acerca de la letra de la canción, pero la realidad es simplemente la existencia de una de las más bellas canciones que podamos escuchar, y una guinda al grupo de mayor éxito de los años 70.

Cuenta con uno de los mejores solos de guitarra, y es considerada por la revista The Rolling Stone como una de las mejores 50 canciones de la historia, formando parte del Salon de la Fama del Rock and Roll desde el año 1998. Sólo queda disfrutar de esta actuación en directo, precisamente en el acto de entrada al salón de los grandes de la música. 

Letra

On a dark desert highway, cool wind in my hair
Warm smell of colitas, rising up through the air
Up ahead in the distance, I saw a shimmering light
My head grew heavy and my sight grew dim
I had to stop for the night
There she stood in the doorway;
I heard the mission bell
And I was thinking to myself,
this could be heaven or this could be hell
Then she lit up a candle and she showed me the way
There were voices down the corridor,
I thought I heard them say...

Welcome to the hotel california
Such a lovely place
Such a lovely face
Plenty of room at the hotel california
Any time of year, you can find it here

Her mind is tiffany-twisted, she got the mercedes bends
She got a lot of pretty, pretty boys, that she calls friends
How they dance in the courtyard, sweet summer sweat.
Some dance to remember, some dance to forget

So I called up the captain,
please bring me my wine
He said, we havent had that spirit here since nineteen sixty nine
And still those voices are calling from far away,
Wake you up in the middle of the night
Just to hear them say...

Welcome to the hotel california
Such a lovely place
Such a lovely face
They livin it up at the hotel california
What a nice surprise, bring your alibis

Mirrors on the ceiling,
The pink champagne on ice
And she said we are all just prisoners here, of our own device
And in the masters chambers,
They gathered for the feast
The stab it with their steely knives,
But they just cant kill the beast

Last thing I remember, I was
Running for the door
I had to find the passage back
To the place I was before
relax, said the night man,
We are programmed to receive.
You can checkout any time you like,
But you can never leave!