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On the dark desert highway, the cool wind blows my hair.
The air is filled with the warm smell of corn.
I saw a faint light in the distance ahead.
My head became heavy and my vision blurred.
I had to stop for the night.
She stood at the door;
I heard the bell of the mission.
I said to myself.
This may be heaven or hell.
Then she lit a candle and showed me the way.
There's a noise down the hall,
I think I heard them say ...
Welcome to California Hotel.
Such a lovely place
What a lovely face.
Hotel California has many rooms.
You can find it here at any time of the year.
The moon is dark and windy, the desert road is far away, and the guests are homesick.
People are tired and sleepy. When they smell incense, they suddenly see the lights go off.
But when I saw a graceful girl standing, the bell rang like music.
Heaven and hell are forgotten, as if they were on earth,
Holding candles to lead the way through the gallery and welcoming guests noisily:
California inn sincerely welcomes guests and waits for the return of the wanderer.
Her mind was twisted by Tiffany, and she got bent by Mercedes.
She has many beautiful boys, whom she calls friends.
They are dancing in the yard, sweet summer sweat.
Some people dance to remember, others dance to forget.
So I called the captain,
Please bring my wine.
He said, "We haven't had this spirit here since 1969."
Those voices are still coming from afar,
Wake you up in the middle of the night
Just listen to them. ...
Welcome to California Hotel.
Such a lovely place
What a lovely face.
They reveled in the California hotel.
What a surprise. Bring your alibi.
Yu Lang finally came to see you.
The front porch is singing and dancing, and the fragrance is dripping with sweat;
Even if you can be drunk by music, how can you forget your feelings before you forget them?
He asked school officials for wine, but after years of inadequate preparation,
Dream back to the old building at midnight, the voice calls for hearing,
Tired birds have been detained in the deep forest for a long time, and they are happy here without thinking about flying.
The mirror on the ceiling,
Pink champagne on ice
She said,' We are all prisoners here, and we designed them ourselves'.
In the master's room,
They got together for the banquet.
They stabbed it with a steel knife,
But they can't kill wild animals
The last thing I remember is
Run for the door
I must find my way back.
Go back to the place where I have been before
"Relax," said the night watchman.
We are designed to receive.
You can check out at any time,
But you can never leave.
The mirror reflects the candle, and the ice is decorated with red wine.
Guests come to feast together, and beautiful women and wine add luster.
Lips were startled by the light, and I couldn't eat when I broke the cup:
Silver * has a steel knife in his hand, and his demons are still there.
We're in prison, and we're still ignorant.
I heard that I was in a hurry to find the old road. I looked around and couldn't find a place.
Where will the Ming Dynasty go? What's more, talk leisurely and have little rest:
Even if we are separated, we can't forget our lives in this life.
The road ahead is long, and the circle is endless.
California hotel translation
Eagle Hotel California
On the dark desert highway, driving on the dark desert highway,
The cool wind blew through my hair. The cool wind blew through my hair.
The warm smell of colitas, the warm smell of marijuana,
Rise in the air. It is in the air.
Looking up into the distance,
I see a faint light. I saw a faint light.
My head became heavy and my vision blurred. My head became heavier and my vision blurred.
I had to stop that night. I had to stop for the night.
She stood at the door; She stood at the door to meet me.
I heard the bell of the mission. I heard the church bells in the distance.
I was thinking about it myself, I said to myself in my heart.
This may be the best heaven or the best hell. This may be heaven or hell.
Then she lit the candle, and then she lit the candle.
She showed me the way. Show me the way.
There was a voice down the corridor. There were bursts of voices in the corridor.
I think I heard them say ... I think I heard them say. ...
Welcome to California Hotel! Welcome to California Hotel!
Such a lovely place! Such a beautiful place!
What a lovely face! What a lovely face! !
There are enough rooms in the California hotel! There are many rooms in California hotel!
You can find it here at any time of the year! You can find a room here at any time of the year.
Her mind was twisted by Tiffany, her heart was twisted by jewelry,
She bought Mercedes-Benz bends. She owns a luxury Mercedes-Benz.
She has many beautiful boys. She has many beautiful boys.
She called it a friend. She called them friends.
They dance in the yard, they dance in the yard,
Sweet summer sweat. The sweet sweat in summer is bright.
Some dances are to commemorate! Some dances are for memories!
Some dances are to forget! Some dances are to be forgotten!
So I called the captain, called the foreman,
"Please bring my wine." Please give me some wine.
He said, "We don't have that spirit here. He said we don't serve wine here." Since 1969.
Although the sound came from a distance. Their words still come from far away.
Wake up in the middle of the night Wake you up at midnight.
Just listen to them ... just listen to them. ...
Welcome to California Hotel! Welcome to California Hotel!
Such a lovely place! Such a beautiful place!
What a lovely face! What a lovely face!
They are staying at the California Hotel. They're partying at the California hotel.
What a nice surprise, unexpectedly good,
Bring your alibi. Give you an excuse to come here.
Mirrors on the ceiling, mirrors embedded in the ceiling,
Pink champagne on ice. Ice pink champagne
She said, "We are all just prisoners here-she said we are all prisoners here.
-our own equipment. But we volunteered.
In the master's room. In the master's bedroom.
They got together for the party.
They stabbed it with a steel knife. They cut each other with steel knives.
But they just can't kill the beast. But they can't even kill wild animals!
The last thing I remember, the last thing I remember.
I ran to the door. It was me who ran to the door.
I have to find my way back, I have to find my way here,
Go back to my old place. Back to my old place.
"Relax," said the night watchman, who said relax,
"Our program is to receive. We just receive it as usual.
You can check out at any time. You can check out at any time.
But you can never leave! "But you can never leave!
Analysis: What exactly does California Hotel mean? Where is it?
Some people think that the California hotel in the song does exist, and there are three versions: hotel, drug rehabilitation center and mental hospital.
Those who think this hotel really exists can find everything they need in Todos Santos, a small town in southern California. The town is next to the desert of the Southern California Highway. In town, there is a hotel with a similar record cover. There is a church not far from the hotel, which will ring the bell in the middle of the night, and this.
In the past, there were secret sex transactions in hotels.
The hotel owner claimed that this was the "California Hotel" in the song, but in the history of the town, the name change of the hotel only happened in the 1980s after the song became popular. In the late 1990s, several newspapers began to publish this authentic story of "Hotel California", which finally attracted the songwriter don henley in the second part.
In 2000, the official denied that members of the Eagles had never been here.
The song itself hints at drugs several times, which is also the source of the statement that the California Hotel was originally a drug rehabilitation center. According to this statement: California Hotel is a voluntary drug rehabilitation center beside the highway in Southern California, and the experience of the Hawks taking drugs in hospital is the source of the lyrics.
At the beginning of the lyrics, Coritas suggested that top-heavy feeling is the characteristic of smoking marijuana. "Lighting a candle" is a common expression of drug abuse, and dancing in the backyard is an uncontrollable epileptic seizure after drug abuse.
This kind of voluntary drug rehabilitation center is mainly for the middle class, between sanatorium and drug rehabilitation center, and promiscuity is a normal phenomenon after the middle class debauchery in the 1970 s. Drug addiction can make you recover and leave the drug rehabilitation center within a certain period of time, but you can never get rid of the shadow of repeating the same mistakes. This is the portrayal of "you can check out for a while, but you can never leave".
The strangeness of lyrics may be the source of the statement of mental hospital. The related hints in the lyrics are: there are always auditory hallucinations of distant voices; Heaven and hell refers to some evil human nature such as demons in mental patients and pure unconsciousness such as heaven; In the backyard, the patient danced like a demon; The distortion of the mind is the straight language of mental illness; The prisoner of his own thoughts is also a code word; A psychotic illusion that you want to kill the devil but you can't kill him. Of course, mental illness and drugs are the same. You can feel normal for the time being, but you can't guarantee that you will be normal in the future, and you will never leave that shadow.
The seventies were the time when horror films were popular in the film industry, and this lyric was exactly the story frame. A lonely man on a remote desert road, a beautiful woman holding a candle in front of the door, a mysterious foreman in a bar, a demon dance in the backyard, a demon who wants to kill but can't kill, even if it's over, someone will always remind me behind the scenes that the sequel will end. All these make the lyrics have a ghostly feeling, and in horror movies, mental hospitals are often the main background places.
Compared with the on-site search, the logo of California Hotel is obviously more convincing. But what does this symbol mean? There are at least three views: music, life in Los Angeles and American society.
The 1960s was a period of free music creation in the United States, and the popularity of rock music became a symbol of freedom and rebellion in the 1960s. However, its grand occasion also brought infinite greed to businessmen. Drug abuse and promiscuity became almost every rock musician's degenerate road in the 1970s, while money and pleasure became the new image of rock music in the 1970s. ..
Eagle, two musicians, saw this fact, but there was nothing they could do. Musicians have regarded this fascinating life as the normal state of the music industry. Rock musicians always have beautiful faces and beautiful places around them. They always forgive themselves for questioning from the outside world: relax, we are naturally tempted. The music industry can't kill the devil of money, even if some individuals can temporarily end it, they will never get rid of it.
1969 Woodstock Music Festival is considered as the peak of rock music. Spirit also means spirit. The lyrics imply that after Woodstock, no matter how beautiful it looks, the rock spirit no longer exists.
People who think this song symbolizes American society understand 1969 in this way: 1969 is the last year of the 1960s, saying that there is no such spirit after 1969, which refers to the spirit of freedom, peace and equality in the 1960s in the United States.
As soon as the United States entered the 1970 s, it encountered the Middle East oil crisis, the defeat of the Vietnam War, the Nixon Watergate incident and so on. Overnight, America's mental outlook changed from struggling youth to vulgar and decadent middle age.
Two or three years ago, stanley kubrick made a film "Eyes Wide shut". After watching this movie, the audience can find many plots similar to this lyric. It is also the same drug abuse, the same bohemian, the same devil worship complex, and the same shadow that cannot be shaken off. This film is like an interpretation of this song, telling the unbearable state of American society.
The story of Los Angeles is the answer given by the Eagles themselves after numerous questions. Although songs, like novels, have to be interpreted by the audience after leaving the author, don henley explained this way: "We are a group of young people from middle-class backgrounds in midwestern States, and the California Hotel is our understanding of the upper class in Los Angeles. It can be seen as a symbol of the United States, which always pursues a luxurious life, not just about California and Beverly Hills. " Bilihua Mountain is one of the richest areas in Los Angeles, where Hollywood movie stars live.
("We are all middle-class children from the Midwest," Henry said of the Eagles. "'Hotel California' is our interpretation of upper-class life in Los Angeles. This is a metaphor for America, because this country has always been known for its excesses. This doesn't mean it's just about California or Beverly Hills. )
Hotel California has attracted many questions and criticisms since its publication. Although no one dares to boast that his understanding is a positive version, the obvious hints of drug abuse, promiscuity and cult in the lyrics still arouse the dissatisfaction of moral guards and are resisted by religious groups in many States in the United States. However, the classic guitar melody, strange and inexplicable lyrics and touching sad feelings in the song Hotel California make this song forever mysterious and become people's favorite.