One of the best ending guitar solos of ALL TIME right there.

Seven Bridges Road by the Eagles... must do!

This song is about the [Halfway House] or rehabilitation center of the rich and famous drug and alcohol abusers known as the [Hotel California]. "And I was thinking to myself [this could be heaven or this could be hell]." Refers to what they "The Addict" will be subjecting themselves to during the very painful withdrawal process known as "Cold Turkey." It's the hours long violent and excruciating epileptic like seizures their bodies will be going through. The pain and suffering they will have to endure to rid the body of its drugs and alcohol in their system. "Her mind was tiffany twisted she got the Mercedes Bends. She got lots of pretty, pretty boys she calls friends." Tiffany's is world famous for their fine and very expensive jewelry. Mercedes-referring to rich mans desires. Bends-referring to decompression sickness as being [Dope] sick! She is wealthy with very expensive taste in jewelry. And her friends are actors, models and rich kids. "How they danced in the court yard sweet summer sweat. Some dance to remember some dance to forget." The dance refers to the painful [Detoxing] and gut wrenching withdrawal process one must go through to rid themselves of the drugs and alcohol they have in their system. It's a dance one will never forget. And will never want to do again... "So I called out the captain "please bring me my wine" we haven't had that spirit here since 1969." Refers to the Woodstock era of "Sex, Drugs and Rock & Roll." Woodstock was an open air festival and rock concert that took place back in Bethel N.Y. on Mr. Yasgurs farm in1969 with plenty of "Sex, Drugs and Rock & Roll." "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 what a lovely place what a lovely face. Plenty of room in the hotel California. They living it at the hotel California what a nice surprise bring your alibis." In every Halfway House or Rehabilitation Center. The staff along with past drug and alcohol abusers who are counselors ...Always welcome one with open arms anytime day or night 365 days a year. "What a nice surprise bring your alibis." Refers to the many excuses the abusers will give to the staff. As to the many reasons why they became addicts. "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 master's chambers they gathered for their feast they 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 program to receive you can check out anytime you like but you can never leave!" Mirrors on the ceiling refers to the big room where all the addict gather to receive their drug substitutes to ween them off of the hard drugs. Pink champagne on ice refers to the drug substitute 'Methadone" which is a liquid, and is pink in color. The drug and alcohol addicts are prisoners of their own self destruction. And they themselves are to blame for letting themselves become drug and alcohol abusers. The Beast is the "Drug and Alcohol Addiction." An addict will have to live with the [THE BEAST- THE ADDICTION] for the rest of their lives. The addict will never be rid of the addiction. It will be a constant battle for the rest of their lives to live drug and alcohol free. You can check out anytime you like but you can never leave refers to "ONCE AN ADDICT ALWAYS AN ADDICT." I hope this help those who were always confused by the songs lyrics...Peace!

My first memory of this song was in 1995 I was at a 3 day youth rally and we had a person there who was speaking about "the evils of rock" so when me and my buddies got back to our room we started playing a lot of rock and one of my friends played Hotel California I should mention that the speaker was in the room next to ours lol

According to an interview that I saw with Joe Walsh of the Eagles, the song is about all of the people who go to California to try and make it big and get caught up in the excesses of the California lifestyle at the time that they wrote this song.

If you want harmony Eagles Seven Bridges Row is a must

You can never leave...Ominous feeling. Love the reaction.

One of my favorite songs of all time. Can't get enough. I'll always blast the car radio when it comes on.

Eagles one of the very best groups. In my opinion.

The song is about the L.A Hollywood party scene and drug addiction in the 70s

While there have been many theories that contemplate what the song represents, the Eagles' band members have revealed in multiple interviews that the true meaning behind "Hotel California" is a commentary on the hedonism and self-indulgence of America. “It’s basically a song about the dark underbelly of the American dream and about excess in America, which is something we knew a lot about,” Henley said in a 2002 interview with "60 Minutes."

I think the best explanation I've heard about this song is "an allegory or metaphor about loss of innocence of artists who find themselves ensnared in the “glittering web” of life in the music industry".

I grew up listening to the Eagles, my father loves them along with Jackson Brown, The Hollies & countless others. I've seen the Eagles live twice & they were GREAT💯 Harmonies are insane, great music takes me back to my childhood 😏 Much ❤️🙋 from Bama!!!

I remember this song from my childhood. Yes I’m old. I, in my 7 year old mind with no knowledge of sex, drugs, and rock and roll, thought this was about limbo. I guess because he didn’t know whether it was heaven or hell. You can check out any time you like, but you can never leave. I got older and figured out the real meaning.

The song has been described as being "all about American decadence and burnout, too much money, corruption, drugs and arrogance; too little humility and heart."[9] It has also been interpreted as an allegory about hedonism, self-destruction, and greed in the music industry of the late 1970s.[38] Don Henley called it "our interpretation of the high life in Los Angeles",[39] and later said: "It's basically a song about the dark underbelly of the American dream and about excess in America, which is something we knew a lot about.

The Eagles said in an interview that it was about the high life in LA.

I believe Don Henley has said its about the dark side of fame. Irregardless, it's a great song from a talented group. Great choice.

MRM...the song is about the lure and eventual unrelenting and inescapable hook of drugs, sex and rock and roll of the California scene of the 1970's.

I actually did 28 days in the , Hotel California, Laguna Beach. That was in 2001. Praise God that's behind me now. This song ... I will never forget. "+" 💓

I danced to the eagles all time this is a great song they were very popular.I danced to them and others to forget the things that were going on at home.Thanks for all the old songs you play.I have forgotten them.I am 60years old.

4:53 I love the Timbale break, right after ''kill the beast''. Love the metallic sound of that Afro-Cuban drum.

It's about people making it rich and being basically addicted to wealth and getting caught up in the lifestyle. They're living it up but they're not really happy. And they don't know how to go back to their simple lives.

This band had it all. They could write, sing, play, harmonize. What sets them apart from many bands is the fact they did it at the highest levels. Love me some Eagles.

Damn I love them. Sooo many hits. This is my fave. Three songs defined my youth - this one, Bohemian Rhapsody and Stairway to Heaven..

Probably the best band of all time.

@Modern Renaissance Man. I went to high school in the 1970s and grew to love Reggae. I always wished that a Reggae artist would have done a great job with this song. It has a built in vibe that would be great in Reggae.

My all time favorite group ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️ fan since early 70’s

Been listening to this band since their first album, they only got better with time. It's still my go to when I need music to chill.

Use your imagination...... poetry, metaphor, duality, paradox. It's not THAT complicated.

The song is about drugs. Don Felder wrote and played the famous guitar riff...

I have a list in my head of the top 7 guitar solos of all time, and this one is on that list. 🎸

Oh man love the Eagles and this intro!!!! The Eagles rock! First time I heard this song I would have been 12 or 13 yrs old in the late 70’s doing a school report on a famous Australian bushranger Ned Kelly, fell in love with the band and their music 💕

So many of their songs are hits. Even the songs that never made the radio are great. Very few bands fill the whole record with hits.

Glen fry said the song was about the seedy underside of la.

It's a haunting melody and the guitar riffs at the end are to die for, I could listen to it a thousand times and never get tired of it.

Not only a great song but a great album. Every song on that album was a masterpiece. I was away at college in 1976 when the album debuted. Many great times listening to The Eagles.

Glenn Frey and Don Henley were part of Linda Ronstadt's touring band before they formed the Eagles. Check out some early Linda.

If you really listen to the lyrics this song is like a Psychological thriller movie. Surprised it has not been turned into a movie yet.

One of the greatest dual guitar solos ever created

Thank you so much for being honest and real

Give a listen and react to The Last Resort also by the Eagles. A deeply meaningful and beautifully composed/performed song.

Oh my goodness. This is going to be great. I have not seen anyone do a reaction to this one. I don't know why. It is a classic. And I, to this day, have no idea what it is about. Maybe it is someone having a nightmare. lol But the instrumentals are awesome as are the vocalist. The Eagles have never sung a band song. Each and every one of them can and has stood on their own. They are all lead singers and lead instrumentalist.

One of the singular greatest songs ever recorded.....beyond just being a masterpiece.

'What a nice surprise, bring your alibis' means celebrities give fake names when they enter rehab. You can check out any time you like but you can never leave is a double or triple entendre. One meaning is that once you are addicted and have gone through rehab, you are still an addict even if you never take it again. Another is that you never actually leave rehab even after you check out. Another meaning, like the rest of the song, is a reference to the abusive Hollywood culture and the way it shackles you. Even in death 'checking out', they still drag your name through the mud and cause your family drama. Even suicide makes it worse.

You should react to Aaron Tippin got to stand for something or stars and stripes were the eagle flys or waht this country needs

Another song I love

Great song, one of the best guitar solos ever...a song for Cataloging. So happy you did this. To many Eagle hits to list,

The Eagles are one of my most favorite groups. When they were doing their thing I was blowing trumpet at North Texas St. U. Did a version of this song for jazz band. (if you are unfamiliar with the jazz music program at NTS please do research.. The school puts more musicians on non-electronic instruments, i.e., trumpet, trombone, saxes, etc. in the music recording studios than any other school). We used to decompress listening to the Eagles, drink some cheap beer, go to sleep, get up, go to class, rehearsals, and do it all over again. Bring back the mid to late 70s. I would be a young man again! Good times had by all for sure.

Need to watch ROCKY MOUNTAIN WAY live from Maryland.. Joe Walsh WAS the Eagles...and Don Felder

The Eagles are frequently in my playlist. Great music, and Hotel California is possibly the greatest tune in their catalog. I also like the harmonies from their acapela version of "Seven Bridges Road". Here's a bit of trivia for ya, Travis Tritt brought the bang together after they broke up with his remake of "Take It Easy", and Joe Walsh did an episode of CMT Crossroads that was pretty cool. I grew up listening to their tunes, and always thought they were country, even though they were more on the rock side of things. Just think of the words of the song as literal, in which case, the Hotel California is sorta like a place for a cult. Now, translate that to other things that have the same theme as a cult. It could be drugs, it could also be the music industry. The part in the song referring to "steely knives" kinda relates to another band at the time, Steely Dan. So you can kinda transpose that meaning over to the music industry. It's a very multi-layered song in meaning, and also one of the greatest guitar solos ever, so great they had to double up and do it as a duo!

I always thought it was about a person/man who let his vices control his actions and ended up in a purgatory sort of place where he could never go back or leave,but was free to continue living with the consequences of his actions.

This takes me back to Sophomore year in High School, Southern California....sneaking over to my boyfriend’s house instead of studying at the library! You can bet every kid in High School knew these lyrics by ❤️The Eagles were the soundtrack of my teen years!

Best song ever next to stairway to heaven.I hope this is the live version from the early days

I believe it's about addiction! In the early days they were into drugs, alcohol, and sex really heavy. I think the "beast" is a metaphor for addiction!

Ah, the sound of my youth. I was born in the 80's, but my parents had/have awesome taste in music. I'm proud to say that I have inherited their vinyl collection, and there's at least 2 Eagles albums 😁

I've heard this many,many times, even live in their concerts and I get something new. LOVE the bass, even during the ending solo. I agree that the song is about excesses of fame, money that they THOUGHT they wanted.

Dude ,watch the live version from ‘77. Awesome.

You like meanings in songs you should listen to their song Lying Eyes.

The Eagles had so much talent it was incredible.

R.I.P. Glenn Frey November 6, 1948 - January 18, 2016. You could feel a change in the group with him, huh??

I think it’s about drug addiction

Wonder how quick it will get blocked

...such a haunting melody

They harmonize so well together is many of their songs. Don Henley and Glenn Frey knew what they were doing. Great band. Definitely one of my top 3 bands.

My favorite song from the is The Last Resort.

Personally I think you should do lyric videos whenever possible. Many times the video is distracting more than helpful.

Great song by The Eagles, There another great song that I like n u should here also is called One Of These Nights. RIP Glen Frey. The Eagles will never be the same without U. God Bless

your intro is so humble this is why we like you!!

Please...Please...Please react to Strawberry Letter 23 by The Brothers Johnson

some people think it's evil but it's like Sabbath War Pigs supposedly devil worship but only a anti war song

This has to be one of the best songs ever written

Love me some Eagles...one of my top 5 of all time...well maybe you just needed to be alive at the time and live those days....nothing better than Rock and Roll from 66 to 75

Stabbing the "beast"(drug withdraws) with their "steely knives" (needles) you can try to leave but their addictions will bring them back. Think of the song as being about the daily life of an heroin addict.

do "heartache 2nite"

My all time favorite.

When I heard this song as a child, I figured this related to purgatory. Although I was raised in a religion that doesn't believe in hell or purgatory, what the song describes never really related to heaven or hell in my mind. It did, however, paint a vivid picture of being caught in limbo. As I've gotten older I can relate it to addiction as well. The lady that's addicted to jewellery, brand names, and men. The unkillable "beast"... There's also references to the seven deadly sins for those that care to hear them. This is why the song is timeless. Many people can relate to it for so many different reasons and it grows and changes as our experiences and knowledge grows.

I think the lyrics refer to that time in Southern California in the 70’s when anything a rockstar wanted was available and excess was common. During the 70s when the Eagles were soaring with success, they experimented with all kind of drugs and lived to tell about it as older men. Many great musicians and singers during those years were lost to drugs and I think that lifestyle is the “hotel” they checked into. Unfortunately, some were never able to leave but became “prisoners of their own device” and we lost them too soon.

Love this song and guy your doing a great job!!

While there have been many theories that contemplate what the song represents, the Eagles' band members have revealed in multiple interviews that the true meaning behind "Hotel California" is a commentary on the hedonism and self-indulgence of America. “It’s basically a song about the dark underbelly of the American dream and about excess in America, which is something we knew a lot about,” Henley said in a 2002 interview with "60 Minutes." Henley further explained the meaning of the song to Rolling Stone magazine, “We were all middle class kids from the Midwest," Henley said. "'Hotel California' was our interpretation of the high life in L.A.”

Damned guitars at the end are mesmerized.

I looove this song, and I love how you listen. 😊🦋

Absolutely have always loved the Eagles

Written by the drummer. The line, "you can check out any time you like but you can never leave" he is eluding to Hell!

The song is about drug addiction. In the masters chambers we gathered for the feast (of coke)... stab it with you steely knives but you just can't kill the beast (cut up lines but don't kill addiction). Or the watchman said we are programmed to receive, you can check out anytime you like but you can never leave. In other words people are always addicted to their vice. You can die anytime you like, but you're always an addict. Or We haven't had that spirit here since 1969... likely referring to acid.

The actual Hotel California, used in the photos for the album cover, is in Lareto, Mexico. I took a cruise once and part of the tour ( one of the tours anyway) was to see the hotel. They played this song over, and over, on the hotel sound system.

Eagles have a amazing first album, and several great songs beyond.

You just heard one of the greatest guitar riffs in rock and roll history.

Don Henley the most talented in the group, drummer singer, any type of percussion grew up in a small town called Linden, Texas which is about 20 miles from where I sit typing. Henley won't come out and say what it's truly about, he says it means different things to different people. Personally, since the song was written back in the mid 70's or so and the Eagles were heavy into the drug scene. Who wasn't back then ? I was too young, just a kid. Anyway, some people think it the place (which is a real Hotel but not named Hotel California) was the Eagles dabbling with the Occult. I will say this about Don Henley. He is as good of a person as you will find. Henley comes back to Linden (population 3,000) each year to do a weekend festival with some of the original Eagles tagging along, and they donate every dollar to the local hospital and the children who are of parents who cannot pay their medical bills. In conclusion, they are now, since having grown older along with the death of Glenn Frey, have become more somber and none are on drugs. Don Henley, the drummer, is perhaps the greatest all around talent America has produced as far as writing songs, singing and singing quite well while playing difficult rhythms on his drums and I know for sure, Don is one of the nicest and most giving people who have made it to the top. PFA

In "History of the Eagles," Don Henley said it was, at the essence of it, a journey from innocence to experience. Have to give props to Randy Meisner for the bass line in that song.

It was the 70's, Living on "California st" in a beach city, OC, Ca. The apartment complex was Spanish design. Apts surrounded the pool all sides One arched entrance to the complex. Mostly surfers lived in the units. Surf boards, skateboards, & dirt bikes leaned up against walks. We were maybe 1/8th block from southside shore. I was 7 months with my 1st. My husband shaped boards downstairs for a living, also pro surfer. I'd layout at beach. Strips, slaps, smell of cocoa butter & coconut surf wax filled the air. Someone always playing music on transistor radios. Eagles obviously in random play. At home, no one closed their doors. Randy... upstairs, would put speakers at door, blasting music over complex. that was our jam. We'd claim "Hotel California" our home anthem... Although it was about drugs. Almost everyone in complex smoked pot. I didn't. Never did like it. But even still, I was pregnant. My fav song on the Album? "Victim of Love" & also loved "Life In The Fast Lane" I know, guess I related to both in weird sort of way. That's what comes to mind when I hear Hotel California. Every fav song, from past to present signifies a very specific memory in my life. It was. And always has been a major player in my life's past, present, and I'm sure future. I love it all. 💞🙏

This reaction was priceless. I laughed out loud. Don't feel bad Ty. Nobody knows what it means. The mystery is part of the charm. The song originated off of guitar riffs that Don 'Fingers' Felder recorded at home and brought to the band. Frey & Henley did their lyric writing magic and then of course Henley's voice - he could sing the phone book. The "Eagles Greatest Hits" album was the #1 seller of the 20th Century. One of the greatest bands of all time & as with many "artists", a lot of jerkdom involved.

They stated in an interview that it’s about the dark side of the American Dream.

One of the best pop songs of all time. Much better than anything on now.

Supposedly the inspiration for the song was an offhand comment by Joe Walsh. It was near the end of a tour, and someone said that they couldn't wait to get home. Joe replied "All these years, and California still doesn't feel like home. But after all these years in California, no where else feels like home, either. "

What it's about, according to Don Henley, the writer, drummer and lead singer, is "a journey from innocence to experience."

Felder and Walsh going to town on them guitars is just amazing!

Love, love this song! Their song Life In The Fast Lane leaves no doubt what they were talking about on this album!

One of the the greatest songs of all time!!!!!

Eagles. Hell freezes over. Best concert ever.

Don Henley, who co wrote the lyrics says all this song means is someone going from innocence to experience.......