Urban Legends of Hotel California

Every guitarist know the song 'Hotel California' by Eagles and the one who tried to learn to play guitar, like me.

 This song won the 1977 Grammy for 'Record of the year', the band did not show up to accept the award, as Don Henley did not believe in contests. According to a reader submitted for 'Guitar World Magazine', the guitar solo for this dong is ranked 8th out of 100. Due to confusing and strange lyric, there are several strange theories and urban legends about the song.

Eagles member Don Henley put the rumor about a real "Hotel California" to rest during an interview. "I don't know where people get the idea that there is a real Hotel California," said Henley. "We made the whole thing up as a symbol. The song's just about Satanism. I don't know why people have to twist its meaning all up."
That the song is about the Church of Satan is obvious from both the lyrics and the Hotel California album cover. Consider the following:

• The Eagles were well-known Satan worshippers.
• "The Eagles" can be rearranged to spell "gales (of) heet," meaning the winds of hell.
• An old Christian church in California was abandoned in 1969 and taken over by the Church of Satan. It is this church that is referred to by the lyrics, "We haven't had the spirit here since 1969," and "This could be Heaven, this could be Hell."
• It is in this church that Anton LeVey (referred to as "the master" in the song) wrote The Satanic Bible, and because he let his followers stay there while he was writing, it became known as the Hotel California.
• The lyric, "They stab it with their steely knives, but they just can't kill the Beast," refers to the enduring power of Satan.
• Members of the Church of Satan often have to lie about their membership (just as they are encouraged to lie as a matter of course), and this is referred to in the lyric, "What a nice surprise, bring your alibis."
• Church of Satan members take an oath that is binding even after their death, hence the lyrics, "You can check out at any time you like, but you can never leave" and "We are all just prisoners here of our own device."
• On the Hotel California album jacket, High Priest of the Church of Satan Anton LeVey appears in one of the windows.
• On the back of the album cover a dead man -- sacrificed by LeVey himself -- is shown propped up by a mop.
• The Hotel California album was a best seller, which it couldn't have been without help from the forces of darkness.

 HOTEL CALIFORNIA
"On a dark desert highway, cool wind in my hair
Warm smell of colitas, rising up through the air
Up ahead in the distance, I saw a shimmering light
My head grew heavy and my sight grew dim
I had to stop for the night
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’
Then she lit up a candle and she showed me the way
There were voices down the corridor,
I thought I heard them say...

Welcome to the hotel california
Such a lovely place
Such a lovely face
Plenty of room at the hotel california
Any time of year, you can find it here

Her mind is tiffany-twisted, she got the mercedes bends
She got a lot of pretty, pretty boys, that she calls friends
How they dance in the courtyard, sweet summer sweat.
Some dance to remember, some dance to forget

So I called up the captain,
’please bring me my wine’
He said, ’we haven’t had that spirit here since nineteen sixty nine’
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
Such a lovely place
Such a lovely face
They livin’ it up at the hotel california
What a nice surprise, bring your alibis

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 the feast
The stab it with their steely knives,
But they just can’t 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 programmed to receive.
You can checkout any time you like,
But you can never leave!"