Hotel California

  For this weeks blog I chose a song I grew up listening to and this class was just able to remind me about it. The amount of memories I have listening to this song with my dad just as we would go on Sunday drives are endless. Hotel California is such a strong memory in my mind but it was not until now that I really listened to this song. As you listen to it you can really hear there is a negative view towards California. In the first verse of the song the person singing it states that “This could be Heaven or Hell”. This is really a bold statement to be making especially with the stereotype that California has around it. But other than the lyrics being interesting the song in general is. One thing that I did not realize was the long guitar solo at the end of the song that lasts the last two minutes of the song. I think this is interesting because as a listener I would get sick of this song at this point. It is not the length of the song that bothers me it is that it is straight guitar and there is nothing to sing along too. So as the listener at this point I would usually press skip and go to the next song. But overall I really like this song and the vibe it gives off.

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  1. BradyNovember 2, 2021 at 5:46 PM

    Alriiiight! Hotel California is an awesome song! I’m very glad you chose it! It’s pretty wild how we both had experiences growing up listening to hotel California. The long guitar solo part not being your cup of tea is understanding. Considering we have to listen to it 3 times. Yeah. That’s going to get old real fast. Anyway, great blog!

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