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Eagles「Hotel California」について
「Hotel California」は、1976年にEaglesが発表した、“アメリカン・ドリームの影”を寓話的に描いた作品として有名です。テーマは、アメリカン・ドリームの裏側、享楽と堕落、閉塞感です。メンバーの Don Henley は、この曲を「アメリカン・ドリームの暗い裏側についての歌」と語っています。
アメリカ文化の象徴として映画・ドラマ・文学で頻繁に引用され、ロック史の“寓話的作品”として研究対象になることも多く、アルバム「Hotel California」はアメリカ国内で2600万枚以上を売り上げ、歴史的ベストセラーの一つに数えられています。
Hotel California
歌：Eagles/詞：Don Felder・Don Henley・Glenn Frey/曲：Don Felder・Don Henley・Glenn Frey
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 place)
Such a lovely face.
Plenty of room at the Hotel California
Any time of year (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 place)
Such a lovely face.
They livin' it up at the Hotel California
What a nice surprise (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
They 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 check out any time you like,
But you can never leave'