Where is the hotel california from the eagles song. The senior eagles glenn frey and don henley quietly tolerated walshs destruction but when it was their turn to write about. It sold over 16 million copies in the us. Alone and was on the billboard hot 100.
Trademark for the name of the hotel. Writing credits for the song are shared by don felder music don henley and glenn frey lyrics. Hotel california is the fifth studio album by american rock band the eaglesthe album was recorded by bill szymczyk at the criteria and record plant studios between march and october 1976 and then released on asylum in december.
The eagles original recording of the song features henley singing the lead vocals and concludes with an extended section of electric guitar interplay between felder and. Songs in the air 1235606 views. The word colitas in the song has been interpreted as sexual slang or a nod to marijuana.
Hotel california is arguably the eagles most iconic song. The hit tune was a billboard chart topper. Hotel california is the title track from the eagles album of the same name and was released as a single in february 1977.
It was their first album with guitarist joe walsh who had replaced founding member bernie leadon and is the last album to feature bassist randy meisner. Colitas means little tails in spanish while in mexican slang it refers to buds of the cannabis plant. Media caption hotel california was one of the bands biggest hits.
Other claims suggested that the hotel california was the camarillo state mental hospital. Hotel california educational lyrics 1976. The california referred to on this track is both the famous west coast state specifically los angeles and a symbolism of american materialism.
Hotel california is the title of one of the most famous songs by the american band eagles.