Hotel California (song)

secondhandchain · #1 12-23-2020, 11:35 PM

[QUOTE=HomerMcvie;1262878]So you don't have History of the Eagles? It's FANTASTIC. I've watched it probably 50 times. I've made DVD copies for probably a dozen people. I have a set in my car right now, because I was talking to an old man at a bar last week, and he was telling me how much he loved The Eagles. I told him I'd have him a Xmas present the next time I saw him(even though I'd never met him before). Hey, Don Henley's got plenty of money!

Honestly, I've just never given Steely Dan a chance. I don't own any, either. My prejudiced take on it is that it's probably too jazzy for me. With Christine being a big fan, you'd have thought I'd have tried it. Nope!

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HomerMcvie · #2 12-24-2020, 01:11 AM

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Originally Posted by HomerMcvie

So you don't have History of the Eagles? It's FANTASTIC. I've watched it probably 50 times. I've made DVD copies for probably a dozen people. I have a set in my car right now, because I was talking to an old man at a bar last week, and he was telling me how much he loved The Eagles. I told him I'd have him a Xmas present the next time I saw him(even though I'd never met him before). Hey, Don Henley's got plenty of money!

Honestly, I've just never given Steely Dan a chance. I don't own any, either. My prejudiced take on it is that it's probably too jazzy for me. With Christine being a big fan, you'd have thought I'd have tried it. Nope!

OH David Steely Dan is AWESOME!!!!!! You are missing some great music.

What's their best album? I'll look for it. Do they have a greatest hits? (Totally off my radar)

sue · #3 12-24-2020, 04:06 AM

I always thought ..Hotel California was about drug addiction, you know.
“You can check out anytime you like, but you can never leave”
I’m not a big Eagles fan, but they wrote some bloomin good songs.

Though Hotel California sounds a bit like a Jethro Tull track.

BombaySapphire3 · #4 12-24-2020, 01:56 PM

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Though Hotel California sounds a bit like a Jethro Tull track.

I never would have thought of that association. IMO Hotel California's closest musical relative is Poco's Rose of Cimarron which came out just before the former. It was recorded a couple of years before Timothy B. Schmitt jumped ship from Poco to the Eagles.I never understood why it wasn't a hit for them.

sue · #5 12-24-2020, 03:06 PM

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Originally Posted by BombaySapphire3

I never would have thought of that association. IMO Hotel California's closest musical relative is Poco's Rose of Cimarron which came out just before the former. It was recorded a couple of years before Timothy B. Schmitt jumped ship from Poco to the Eagles.I never understood why it wasn't a hit for them.

The song ..”We should know “ by Jethro Tull is similar sounding, to Hotel California....but the Ian Anderson song is from a 1969 Album...Stand up

BombaySapphire3 · #6 12-24-2020, 04:36 PM

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Originally Posted by sue

The song ..”We should know “ by Jethro Tull is similar sounding, to Hotel California....but the Ian Anderson song is from a 1969 Album...Stand up

Wow I just listened to it .While the Poco song I mentioned is similar in that it is a nearly 7 minute country rock song with vocals from soon to be Eagle Timothy B Schmitt the Jethro Tull song has a guitar part that sounds like the Eagles sampled it..Maybe they had shared a bill with Tull before writing it .

sue · #7 12-24-2020, 06:04 PM

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Originally Posted by BombaySapphire3

Wow I just listened to it .While the Poco song I mentioned is similar in that it is a nearly 7 minute country rock song with vocals from soon to be Eagle Timothy B Schmitt the Jethro Tull song has a guitar part that sounds like the Eagles sampled it..Maybe they had shared a bill with Tull before writing it .

The Eagles were the support act for Jethro Tull....1971-1972...
Maybe it just oozed into their pores ...via osmosis.....hahaha

I never really liked the Eagles tho I did appreciate their bigger hits.