EAGLES - HOTEL CALIFORNIA | FIRST TIME REACTION

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    Artist: Eagles
    Song: Hotel California
    Album: Hotel California
    Released: 1977
    Genre: Rock, Soft Rock
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  • @snakelite61
    @snakelite61 3 года назад +121

    The Eagles, especially Henley, are infamous blockers. Especially this song so congrats for getting it on your channel.

    • @alabhaois
      @alabhaois 5 месяцев назад +1

      I can believe it-- what is his problem??

  • @tomcallahan5907
    @tomcallahan5907 8 месяцев назад +3

    They won record of the hear at the Grammys for this song.

  • @deathchronicles6960
    @deathchronicles6960 Год назад +6

    The drumming,singing,bass, rhythm,duet guitar solo is way too perfect heavy in my chemistry periodic table

  • @lisamorrison2149
    @lisamorrison2149 3 года назад +59

    One of the best songs ever! Joe Walsh and Don Felder battling out with their guitars at the end of the song is iconic.🎸🌟🔥

  • @ernestquinch3395
    @ernestquinch3395 3 года назад +59

    It's an allegorical song about the 'high life' in Los Angeles.

    • @ghostedwight
      @ghostedwight 3 года назад

      i was always under the impression that it was about a old hippy commune/cult camp, that don henley once visited with a old girlfriend he had, where she came from and who went out trying to get new recuits.

    • @itsallgood4093
      @itsallgood4093 3 года назад +3

      @@ghostedwight I have to go with what I've read, it's about living in LA.

    • @PenelopeRoberts9212
      @PenelopeRoberts9212 3 года назад +3

      @@itsallgood4093 I agree - that's how I've always seen the meaning - California the metaphorical hotel.

    • @clab5864
      @clab5864 3 года назад

      Yep. 'Prisoners of our own device ' and 'Just can't kill the beast', says it all.

  • @dannycasson1551
    @dannycasson1551 3 года назад +40

    People can debate where this song stands in rock history but that
    guitar solo (two guitars!) is legendary! I have always loved Joe Walsh’s
    sound. He added a lot to a band that was already awesome. 🎶🎸

    • @neekerbreeker
      @neekerbreeker 3 года назад +4

      I agree! They were great but to me they were starting to have a country sound. Joe was just what they needed to stay a rock band. I wish I'd been old enough to see them on this tour.

  • @loridavis4974
    @loridavis4974 3 года назад +4

    The song is about the transition from innocence to experience.

  • @mso4433
    @mso4433 4 месяца назад +2

    Rock and roll doesn't get any better. Thanks for sharing.

  • @sydhunt337
    @sydhunt337 9 месяцев назад +3

    The BIG 5 OF ALL TIME: 1. Bohemian Rapsody. 2. Stairway to Heaven. 3. Hotel California. 4. Sultans of Swing. 5. Unchained Melody. Anyone of these songs will be the best ever written.

  • @stevealdrup9359
    @stevealdrup9359 3 года назад +14

    Won the Grammy for Record of the Year in 1978. Love the entire album.

  • @tomcallahan5907
    @tomcallahan5907 8 месяцев назад +2

    It is about the journey to California to hit the big time in music. And they find out that it isn’t quite as they imagined.

  • @stevetanner3019
    @stevetanner3019 3 года назад +16

    The drummer is killing it, and he’s also singing lead on this song

  • @tomtrahan8485
    @tomtrahan8485 3 года назад

    I enjoy watching you guys...... Thanks

  • @uomoragno74
    @uomoragno74 Год назад

    Love the bass line so much!

  • @geffryg
    @geffryg 3 года назад +16

    saw them on the Hotel California tour in 1977 @ Norfolk Scope. Ticket to see them was $8 !! This was General Admission price. Still have ticket stub!

    • @Isleofskye
      @Isleofskye 3 года назад +1

      I saw Led Zeppelin at Wembley North London in 1975 for 75 PENCE or ONE DOLLAR......[ink Floyd play Dark Side Of The Moon at Earls Court West London for £1 or $1.34 and on two successive weeks Creedence Clearwater Revival and Deep Purple at the World famous Royal Albert Hall in West London for 25 PENCE or 34 CENTS EACH.
      So FOUR World-Class Bands for a total cost of £2.25 or $ 2.76...
      YOU WERE ROBBED.....LOL

    • @douglasleinbach6313
      @douglasleinbach6313 3 года назад +1

      20 years later, tickets were $100.

  • @jiffin1
    @jiffin1 2 года назад +4

    The song is about the excesses of the 1970's, which was most evident in Los Angeles at the time (because that was the "center of the rock earth" at the time ... Another song you should check out along the same lines is a tune by David and David, called, "Welcome to the Boomtown"

  • @margaretmaged2584
    @margaretmaged2584 3 года назад

    Seen them 3 times always exiting

  • @mikefetterman6782
    @mikefetterman6782 3 года назад +36

    Don Henley says it is funny how a song about a drunken drive through the desert song, has turned into so many twisted and dark meaning to so many people. Some of the lyrics are just for effect.

    • @singvogel7895
      @singvogel7895 3 года назад +4

      A friendly demurral:
      "She lit up a candle/And she showed me the way"?
      "The stab it with their steely knives/But they just can't kill the beast"?
      To me this bespeaks heroin, you could substitute another dope du jour. Also, and not for nothing, the people who wrote the song, or indeed those who produce any work of art, do not necessarily own a definitive interpretation of it. But I am an unreconstructed modernist! ;-)

    • @mikefetterman6782
      @mikefetterman6782 3 года назад +1

      @@singvogel7895 There were a lot of hedonistic clubs in the seventies where this could have literally meant they were having a ritual of some sort. But probably, Henley wrote this during dinner and it was just a cool spin on the words. Something a teen might say with utensil in their hands.

    • @karolyn8644
      @karolyn8644 3 года назад +2

      @@singvogel7895 "You can check out any time you like" also seems like a drug reference.

    • @singvogel7895
      @singvogel7895 3 года назад +2

      @@karolyn8644 Specifically for OD or suicide, euphemism for death, I agree.

    • @lala_sparkles8035
      @lala_sparkles8035 3 года назад +2

      Colitas = slang for marijuana

  • @curlysreptiles3855
    @curlysreptiles3855 3 года назад +8

    This is my favorite song ever written, I remember my dad playing this album over and over when I was a kid. Was about 6 when I think I heard it for first time and it gave me goosebumps. The song is about California as a whole, back it the 70s alot of people where going their to find the American Dream. It was basically like a hotel, people from all over the states would go there for the Hollywood live, the money, fame and drugs. And you gotta remember Don Henley and Glenn Fry were from small rural towns ( Don actually being a farmer boy from Texas), so this song is about them experiencing California for the first time and learning how dark America can really be, the dark under belly of the American dream, the greed, money, drugs, corruption, etc. The Hollywood life, it sucks you in, but it's almost impossible to escape, hence the quote "you can check-out anytime you like, but you can never leave".
    If you want to listen to a live version, check out the live version from the "Hell Freezes Over" tour. Really different to the original, acoustic vibe

  • @philmead7977
    @philmead7977 3 года назад +19

    If i've got a long drive ahead on a hot sunny day, the Eagles will always be my choice of passengers🌞🚗✌👌

  • @musicaddict5076
    @musicaddict5076 3 года назад +6

    My favorite thing about reaction videos from all over the world is it just shows you how incredibly universal music can be. Timeless tune. Great reaction.

  • @emanwelschembri6720
    @emanwelschembri6720 3 года назад

    One of the best tracks ever

  • @mikefetterman6782
    @mikefetterman6782 3 года назад +5

    My mom only let me hear country western music when I was very young. When I was six, I went to my friends house, and his older sister had this on the living room record player, I though it was magic. I was in love with rock from then on.

  • @Joe-ey7fg
    @Joe-ey7fg 3 месяца назад

    These guys are funny as heck.

  • @boosuedon
    @boosuedon 3 года назад +12

    In a interview with Don Henley and Glen Frye the two said that the song was inspired by a old TV show called Twilight Zone. They wanted to give a mystic feeling to the song. The line about 'stab it with their steely knives but they just cant kill the beast." is a homage to another group that they are friends with, Steely Dan. All of the music was written by one of the guitar players, Don Felder who even wrote the guitar solos. Glen and Don henley wrote the lyrics together.
    This interview is available on RUclips here.

  • @peterfields4801
    @peterfields4801 2 года назад

    No doubt one of the greatest songs of all time & as for the meaning from the first listen I took it that they had died & gone to Heaven or,...............

  • @doplinger1
    @doplinger1 3 года назад +9

    That guitar duet is an awesome thing to see live - Don Felder and Joe Wash standing face to face playing their parts. Best part of the song by far.

  • @alejandraperez3034
    @alejandraperez3034 2 года назад

    Great song !!!! ☺🎸🎶🏨🌄

  • @angiem107
    @angiem107 3 года назад +5

    The guitar 'harmony' gets me everytime! I Love it! We played this album everyday in my 6th grade class! 🤣 😁💖

  • @ziggymarlowe5654
    @ziggymarlowe5654 3 года назад +4

    It is worth watching the live version of this song at Capitol Center 1977. You can see Don Felder & Joe Walsh tear up that solo. You are spot on with the meaning of the song being about the high life of California and how easy it is to fall victim to the hedonism of the time.

  • @barbarakitt5948
    @barbarakitt5948 7 месяцев назад

    Saw them perform this live! Epic!! 🔥🔥

  • @marthaturchi562
    @marthaturchi562 3 года назад +7

    Success always looks good when you're chasing it. When you reach it few can really handle it. We become prisoners of our own device. Money doesn't make you better. It only magnifies who you are. Living the rockstar life always looks great until you can't escape!

  • @edwardwojick6906
    @edwardwojick6906 3 года назад

    You guys are awesome love your analysis

  • @tomtrahan8485
    @tomtrahan8485 3 года назад +9

    (History of the Eagles) -The song writers of Hotel California: Don Henley stated: " It is a song about a journey from innocents' to experience, that's all." Glen Frye co-writer stated that they both enjoyed writing "Hidden Meanings" in their songs - something personal / private that no-one will ever figure out. He further implied that some songs have these personal "Easter Eggs" but not all of them. That's how they responded to the question what is Hotel California about - what is the meaning?

  • @helenwilliams7065
    @helenwilliams7065 3 года назад +6

    This song and Life in the Fast Lane pretty much sums up the scene in the seventies. The "live fast, die young and leave a good-looking corpse" mentality, fueled mainly by copious amounts of cocaine, etc. was fun while it lasted, but left one empty and wrecked. I honestly didn't think I'd live past 30, but here I am, 65 years old, enjoying the music of my youth with a whole new generation. Makes my heart happy.

  • @michaeltipton5500
    @michaeltipton5500 3 года назад

    Listening to songs of my youth.

  • @barbarachieppo8290
    @barbarachieppo8290 3 года назад

    'Boys of Summer' ✌❤

  • @user-br2sd7ul1j
    @user-br2sd7ul1j 2 месяца назад

    Just found your channel, immediately subscribed. Hotel California is a metaphor for the music/movie industry in California.....a story of temptation, greed, sex, addiction....."you can check out anytime you like, but you can never leave.".....the money and fame keeps you invested once you are in the industry.

  • @jacoblemen
    @jacoblemen 3 года назад +3

    Hotel California was a state mental hospital in Camarillo California that had a rehabilitation program for drug and alcohol addiction.. Many famous actors and musicians spent time there..

  • @friedrice69
    @friedrice69 3 года назад

    Take It To The Limit!!!

  • @DeadOfMusicWasCasted
    @DeadOfMusicWasCasted 2 года назад +1

    The Hotel California - T H C Every line is metaphor.

  • @helenwilliams7065
    @helenwilliams7065 3 года назад

    Iconic intro.

  • @millyeleven9969
    @millyeleven9969 Год назад

    The drummer is the lead singer😂😂how awesome is that

  • @Terri6868
    @Terri6868 3 года назад +33

    I had this album when it first came out. That’s the drummer singing.🧡

  • @chuckschussman
    @chuckschussman Год назад +1

    Great reaction to a great song! You get a preview of the storyline --- "something dangerous/deadly up ahead" -- 13 seconds into the song with the foreboding rattle, which, for us who live in the California desert, instantly suggests a rattlesnake.

  • @janiemarshall7928
    @janiemarshall7928 Год назад +1

    Wonderful. My favorite 💋Eagles song.
    🖤🖤🖤🤎🤎🤎

  • @justprey411
    @justprey411 Год назад

    Addiction is correct.

  • @tammymorrison7709
    @tammymorrison7709 2 года назад

    Still an awesome song ....💖💖

  • @mateoalvarez3462
    @mateoalvarez3462 3 года назад +19

    “The Last Resort” is amazing. It does not get enough credit but it’s the last track on the Hotel California album.

    • @bellal3270
      @bellal3270 3 года назад +2

      i know!! it’s definitely one of the best eagles songs!

    • @dionisiofavero4554
      @dionisiofavero4554 3 года назад

      BEATIFULL SONG

  • @patrickfreitas3549
    @patrickfreitas3549 3 года назад +2

    I have a personal Joe Walsh story...
    Back in 2012 I was running a small Italian restaurant in NYCs Hells Kitchen neighborhood. Joe Walsh walks in with his wife and an old couple, was either his or his wife's parents. My maitre'd is about 23 yrs old, doesn't recognize him. Seats Joe and his guests at a terrible table by the entrance to the bathrooms. I got to her, ask if she knows she just sat a VIP at a terrible table. She doesn't know who he is, so I cant blame her. I went to the table, and whispered to him that I'd have a corner table in a few moments. But he was super humble! He didn't care at all about the "bad" table. Said he and his family were fine. So later in the night i was back in the kitchen chilling with the chef, when the maitre'd came in and said "that guy on table 43 (Joe's table) is outside and he wants to talk to you." So I rush out. And Joe Walsh tells me he just wanted to tell me he really appreciated that i was looking out for him. We chatted for a while about music and some Eagles stories. A real special moment. One of my favorite celebrity meetings. In NYC I've met so many celebs, from J.Lo to Meryl Streep to Michelle Obama to Daniel Day Lewis and even to Yoko Ono...but Joe Walsh was definitely one of the most memorable because he was such a good guy. I'll never forget meeting him.

  • @davidlbrooking
    @davidlbrooking 3 года назад

    im in sao paulo.. none of my freinds ever heard this song, but like it now

  • @sbalak
    @sbalak 3 года назад +1

    Thanks for the cool reviews Bros. The guitar melody is played on a 12 string electric with a Capo on about the 8th fret so the awesome sound.

  • @dawnmgerner692
    @dawnmgerner692 Год назад +1

    The world was blessed when Joe Walsh survived Keith Moon. 💕

  • @jiffin1
    @jiffin1 2 года назад

    "Stab it with their Steely knives," was a reference to Steely Dan, who had mentioned the Eagles in their tune, "Haitian Divorce"

  • @nidatracy274
    @nidatracy274 5 месяцев назад +1

    You should be watching this light because don henley plays the drums in his singing

    • @nidatracy274
      @nidatracy274 5 месяцев назад

      I ment to say LIVE Don rules

  • @Rockford03
    @Rockford03 3 года назад +10

    Want to hear a mind blowing debut 1976 album "Boston"
    MORE THAN A FEELING Blew me away at first listen when i was 16 Still does🤘🤘🤘🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺👍👍👍

  • @tammymorrison7709
    @tammymorrison7709 2 года назад

    Nobody knows what this song is about, but it's awesome and one of the greatest songs ever ...

  • @keithboyd9582
    @keithboyd9582 3 года назад

    Don Henley said in a interview about what the song is about. He said he still doesn't know what it's about. He said that while they were working on this album guitarist Don Felder was just playing around then he started playing the intro to this song. Don tells him "wait a minute, play that again" Don couldn't really remember all of the cords but they had everything recorded. He played it back and then while listening he said out loud "I see a hotel" And he wrote the entire song based on the intro.

  • @imRehnzy
    @imRehnzy Год назад +3

    Theres something about the guitar in this song. It's like an extension of the lyrics. It's not just mindless riffing to pull off a crazy solo. Every single note should be there, has to be there. It keeps telling the story.

  • @karenscigliano9787
    @karenscigliano9787 2 года назад

    Yes, it's about a state of mind, or a lifestyle that can lead you down a tempting hedonist path. But there actually is a Hotel California in Santa Barbara. We stumbled on it once and stayed there... nice hotel on ocean

  • @bibes777
    @bibes777 3 года назад +4

    Saw them in Edmonton AB in June 1972. The Eagles led off for Jethro Tull. I was in row 1!

  • @williamcabell142
    @williamcabell142 3 года назад +2

    My favorite groups: Zeppelin, the Beatles, the Eagles, Traffic, SRV & Double Trouble, Jethro Tull, CSN! 😎👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏

  • @Pamsmith59
    @Pamsmith59 Год назад

    Addiction sucks you in but looks sooooo glamorous coming at you. I'm thinking of young Maurice Gibb of the Bee Gees whose first drink ever was a rum and coke offered to him by none other than John Lennon, and led him to losses he could never have imagined.

  • @malcolmadams2105
    @malcolmadams2105 3 года назад +5

    My songs that I write may mean one thing in the beginning but they can and do take on many other shapes as time passes. And that is the Beauty of music.

    • @itzel1735
      @itzel1735 3 года назад +1

      Absolutely. Don’t you think music might have layers of meaning even the writer isn’t consciously aware of. Plus there are all the meanings individual listeners bring to a song. It’s a lovely thing.

  • @itzel1735
    @itzel1735 3 года назад +1

    One of the best songs from one of the best records of the late 70’s and an iconic bit of guitar work. Love it.
    Some of us old timers from Detroit remember 12 string guitarist and co-lyric writer Glenn Frey from way back, when he was a 19 year old kid. In 1968, he played acoustic guitar and sang backup on his friend Bob Seger's single, "Ramblin' Gamblin' Man". Humble beginnings for both musicians.

  • @byronmitchell3784
    @byronmitchell3784 3 года назад +4

    THE GREAT JOE WALSH JOINED THE EAGLES WITH HIS AWESOME GUITAR. MORE 70'S MAGIC. THEY HAVE MANY SONGS. ONE OF FAVORITES "WITCHIE WOMAN" SOME OTHER GREAT JOE WALSH WHEN HE WAS WITH THE JAMES GANG, "FUNK 49".. "WALK AWAY", "THE BOMBER"... SOLO SONGS "ROCKY MOUNTAIN WAY", "THE CONFESSOR", "LIFE'S BEEN GOOD SO FAR", "IN THE CITY"..

  • @dawnmgerner692
    @dawnmgerner692 Год назад

    Guitars wars at its finest.

  • @DSBac
    @DSBac 3 года назад +3

    Technically, the guitar bit at the end would be called a duet, rather than a solo. And it’s probably the most recognizable duet in rock music.
    As for the song’s meaning, Don Henley says it’s, “about a journey from innocence to experience.” I like that he leaves some room for interpretation of the song. Though there have been some pretty wild interpretations of the song over the years. Lol

  • @timwhitnell7145
    @timwhitnell7145 3 года назад

    The guitar work is extraordinary but the lyrics are as or more important. A perfect song with a strong message about the living to excess (constant drugs and partying) with fame and money. I see the hotel as a metaphor for the lifestyle of excess and trying to get back to a simpler, less pressurized time. "You can check out (that is die) anytime you want but you can never leave (that way of life)."

  • @room2180
    @room2180 3 года назад +1

    there are two hotels in california, that fit this song. The first in Beverley Hills, which I believe was the inspiration. The second, along I-5 in Santa Nella, Ca.

  • @debbiechang5781
    @debbiechang5781 3 года назад +4

    This song is a masterpiece regardless of how you look at it. Seeing them do it live is a total out of body experience. Congrats for slipping it in under the radar. They usually get blocked.

  • @jillw4983
    @jillw4983 3 года назад +7

    Yeah, he doesn't know when he enters if it will be heaven or hell. He's confused, but lured in.

  • @susanjarvinen7322
    @susanjarvinen7322 3 года назад

    We make our own innermost Hell!!! Most likely within our own minds and then manifests into reality!!!

  • @MrBlurryeyes
    @MrBlurryeyes 3 года назад +1

    My favourite band, seen them in concert live, just pure class. This record I know inside out after playing it so many times. Listen to the acoustic version on 'hell freezes over' album. Never studied the lyrics but after this reaction I think I will. 👍👍

  • @bahadronuk7376
    @bahadronuk7376 3 года назад +1

    ❤️❤️🙏🏿🙏🏿

  • @gr8fulted49
    @gr8fulted49 3 года назад

    The Allman Brothers also use twin lead guitars. Try Whipping Post or One Way Out (The Fillmore East Live)

  • @heyhuey4429
    @heyhuey4429 3 года назад

    Henley's "Boys of Summer" (1984) is another great song about a break up with a girl. btw....please do "Victim of Love" from this album. Henley is the greatest singing drummer ever....followed by Phil Collins.

  • @louierivera7512
    @louierivera7512 3 года назад

    In an interview with Don Henley, Henley comments on the meaning of the famous song Hotel California, “The song is about this who live in excess and who are never satisfied

  • @standupp2885
    @standupp2885 3 года назад +1

    There are a whole lot of bands and rock music from the late 60's to the mid 80's. Only about 10 bands can truly be called top tier, the Eagles are definitely one of them.

  • @giselamesquita5124
    @giselamesquita5124 2 года назад +1

    The Lyrics are related to the adiction , the drogs world... All the Lyrics are about that ...

  • @septictopix4797
    @septictopix4797 3 года назад

    I don't understand why people speculate on what this song is about> The authors of it are still alive (well one of them is) and have in countless interviews told exactly what the song is about. Start with wikipedia and go from there. It's a metaphorical journey from innocence to the music business and all that comes with that lifestyle.

  • @stevedietrich8936
    @stevedietrich8936 Год назад

    George, you had a couple of interesting theories about what you thought this song might have been about, but my take has always been that it is about drugs and addiction. Walsh and Felder are superb and this song really showcases their guitar work.

  • @LloydChristmas-fg3ny
    @LloydChristmas-fg3ny Год назад

    I was listening to you guys then an add popped up and made me buy headphones I didn't need, all in all I'm haapy

  • @wattsup7673
    @wattsup7673 3 года назад +22

    Listen and react to "Lynyrd Skynyrd" - Free Bird. And listen to 3 lead guitarists. It's kind of like The stairway to heaven for southern rock. They have many great songs as well. I know every word to every song they've ever put out.

    • @matthewdrake4385
      @matthewdrake4385 3 года назад +3

      Good call on Skynyrd and showing these Georgia boys( the country, not the state) some classic southern rock. Skynyrd, Allman Bros, Marshall Tucker, 38 Special, etc.

    • @helenwilliams7065
      @helenwilliams7065 3 года назад +3

      I suggest the live version from Oakland Coliseum. It will knock your socks off!

    • @wattsup7673
      @wattsup7673 3 года назад

      @@matthewdrake4385 great reply. I know and love all the bands you mentioned. And there's many more like you said.

    • @matthewdrake4385
      @matthewdrake4385 3 года назад +1

      Skynyrd and Allman is always a good start into southern rock. If they love it, it can be a big rabbit hole.

    • @ramonaalvarez7559
      @ramonaalvarez7559 3 года назад

      @@helenwilliams7065 YES INDEED .. Most definitely the Oakland live version .. think it was in '77. Don't react to this one if you don't do this live video version .. SRSLY!!

  • @kamdynjensen4344
    @kamdynjensen4344 2 года назад

    This song has different varieties of interpretation to different people

  • @PerryCJamesUK
    @PerryCJamesUK Год назад +1

    The line that goes "we haven't had that spirit here since 1969" I've always taken as a reference to the Manson family murders. The end of the peace and love of the 60s cultural scene. Hotel California seems to me to be about the emptiness of modern celebrity and the trappings of fame for fame's sake.

  • @dolphin8077
    @dolphin8077 3 года назад +1

    Still having chill.... after 30 years

  • @peterheath7960
    @peterheath7960 2 года назад +1

    Colitas is the warning, (Mary Jane), stab it with their steely knives (heroin), this song is beautifully DARK!!!

  • @williamthomas1
    @williamthomas1 Год назад

    Think of the movie "Eyes Wide Shut" and you will understand this song perfectly.

  • @mirabaiwalker6610
    @mirabaiwalker6610 3 года назад

    One of these nights by the eagles

  • @sandrasmith7501
    @sandrasmith7501 3 года назад

    And just as brilliant live as they are in the studio.

  • @lisatonzi9728
    @lisatonzi9728 3 года назад

    Don Felder wrote the opening riff. He got screwed by Henley ad Frey

  • @darkomtobia
    @darkomtobia 3 года назад +1

    7 Bridges Road by Eagles is incredible and really showcases their harmony.

  • @757optim
    @757optim 3 года назад

    Intro isn't acoustic. That's Don Felder on a double-neck Gibson. 12 string and 6 string.
    "Hotel CALIFORNIA". It's metaphorical commentary on the lifestyle, by the quintessential "California band" - who weren't from California : )
    Guys, don't forget - Skynyrd used 3 guitars.

  • @heyou702pc
    @heyou702pc 3 года назад +1

    It was said by Henley that this song is about a journey from innocence to experience. There are many interpretations of this song like darkness & light, good & evil, youth & age. I have tickets to see them in Oct 2021 at The Forum in LA. The concert was changed two times this year due to the Covid pandemic. The best version to watch of this song especially if you love acoustic is the live 1994 Hell Freezes Over Concert. Thanks for your reaction.

    • @steveullrich7737
      @steveullrich7737 3 года назад +1

      You're correct the Hell Freezes Over concert has many fantastic live performances.

  • @vinniemoran7362
    @vinniemoran7362 3 года назад

    I'm enjoying watching you guys discovering all the great music of my youth. :)))

  • @debbieplato5107
    @debbieplato5107 3 года назад +3

    Midwestern boy's reacting to the vices of the Californian lifestyle at that time and those people caught up in them.

  • @VIDSTORAGE
    @VIDSTORAGE 3 года назад +3

    There are many stories about this song and it still goes on today about the issue of what this is about.. It never stops.. I could add some things but it probably would be too depressing.

  • @jenniferewing4504
    @jenniferewing4504 Год назад

    ❤❤❤

  • @kyleandrewsmasterson3359
    @kyleandrewsmasterson3359 3 года назад

    I absolutely love you guys and your opinions and lyrical interpretations ❤❤❤🙏🙏