1. A song made famous by the Eagles; one of the most recognizable songs of their career.
2. One of the few songs to give me nightmares as a child due to the imagery the song induced.
3. One of my all-time favorite songs by ANY band.
To me, the song represents a first time using drugs that goes HORRIBLY wrong.
Allow me to clarify. In the first verse, the lines "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" is where he meets the woman who introduces him to this new drug and convinces him to use it. The next lines "Then she lit up a candle / And she showed me the way" is where she actually helps him to use this drug, as he's unfamiliar with it.
In the third verse, the high takes a fast turn for the worse. "In the master's chambers / They gathered for the feast / They stab it with their steely knives / But they just can't kill the beast" marks where the hallucinations take a darker, frightening turn.
"Last thing I remember / I was running for the door" is his natural reaction of trying to escape the horror. "I had to find the passage back / To the place I was before" is the futility of trying to escape the place his mind was dragged to.
"'Relax,' said the night man / 'We are programmed to receive / You can check out any time you like / But you can never leave'" are the final lines to the song, and feed into the paranoia the drugs have induced along with the hallucination.
2. One of the few songs to give me nightmares as a child due to the imagery the song induced.
3. One of my all-time favorite songs by ANY band.
To me, the song represents a first time using drugs that goes HORRIBLY wrong.
Allow me to clarify. In the first verse, the lines "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" is where he meets the woman who introduces him to this new drug and convinces him to use it. The next lines "Then she lit up a candle / And she showed me the way" is where she actually helps him to use this drug, as he's unfamiliar with it.
In the third verse, the high takes a fast turn for the worse. "In the master's chambers / They gathered for the feast / They stab it with their steely knives / But they just can't kill the beast" marks where the hallucinations take a darker, frightening turn.
"Last thing I remember / I was running for the door" is his natural reaction of trying to escape the horror. "I had to find the passage back / To the place I was before" is the futility of trying to escape the place his mind was dragged to.
"'Relax,' said the night man / 'We are programmed to receive / You can check out any time you like / But you can never leave'" are the final lines to the song, and feed into the paranoia the drugs have induced along with the hallucination.
by schizonephilim October 27, 2018
None of the definitions on here are correct about hotel california. Well some are SORT OF correct, but the real story behind hotel california is, before 1969 the one hotel california that they were talking about was a satanist church. If you have ever seen the actual cover of the original album you can see the "leader" of the satanist church anton levey.
Hotel California, One of the popular songs by The Eagles, was about a sort of things. 1. It had references to drugs 2. It had references to sex
and finally
3. The song was about a satanist church that was turned into a hotel in 1969.
and finally
3. The song was about a satanist church that was turned into a hotel in 1969.
by TheSweetChild December 12, 2006
by Assweepay July 16, 2005
An elite group of computer users in Las Vegas, Nevada responsible for any number of technical, graphical, & philosophical advancements over the last 10 years.
by Anonymous March 06, 2005
by wouldaben December 17, 2010
A term describing when a long term couple breaks up, but can't stop getting back together multiple times. Derived from the line in the Eagles song, "You can check out anytime you like, but you can never leave."
My roomate keeps wanting to get back with his ex-girlfriend, but I keep telling him, "Come on dude, check out of the Hotel California once and for all!"
How long have they been going out? It seems like forever! Naw, they're broken up but I think they're gonna start a Hotel California Relationship now.
How long have they been going out? It seems like forever! Naw, they're broken up but I think they're gonna start a Hotel California Relationship now.
by Johnny B Camaro October 07, 2005
Prostrate finger penetration (aka a good ole PEGGING) at Hotel California that detonates a mustard gas fart!
Dee went to check into John’s Hotel California; but when she did enter the masters chamber, she detonated the Del Taco toxic mustard gas fart!!!! Welcome to the Pegging at Hotel California!!! It’s a real SHIT HOLE!!! Wear protective gear!!!
by Cougar Sport Killer November 24, 2020