Was Hotel California based on a Jethro Tull song?

[moxham123]

Was Hotel California based on a Jethro Tull song?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xny0Uj4- ... re=related

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[autumnsky]

No, actually, it was written about a house located near a beach in California. The house, supposedly, had been a place where worshipers of lets say, "non-Christian" beliefs hung out. I had a friend who grew up in Ventura and surfed near this area. His brother also did some security work for The Eagles when they held private parties, so I'm pretty sure that there is a lot of truth to these facts!

[f.sciarrillo]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hotel_California_(song)

[bassist_25]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hotel_California_(song)

In a 2009 interview, Plain Dealer music critic John Soeder asked Don Henley this about the lyrics:

On "Hotel California," you sing: "So I called up the captain / 'Please bring me my wine' / He said, 'We haven't had that spirit here since 1969.'" I realize I'm probably not the first to bring this to your attention, but wine isn't a spirit. Wine is fermented; spirits are distilled. Do you regret that lyric?

Henley responded,

"Thanks for the tutorial and, no, you're not the first to bring this to my attention—and you're not the first to completely misinterpret the lyric and miss the metaphor. Believe me, I've consumed enough alcoholic beverages in my time to know how they are made and what the proper nomenclature is. But that line in the song has little or nothing to do with alcoholic beverages. It's a sociopolitical statement. My only regret would be having to explain it in detail to you, which would defeat the purpose of using literary devices in songwriting and lower the discussion to some silly and irrelevant argument about chemical processes."

Wow, Henley sounds like a major douche there. I still remember reading that Glen Frey said that nobody can suck the fun out of a room quicker than Don Henley.

[tornandfrayed]

If there's a bustle in your hedgerow,
Don't be alarmed now.
It's just a spring clean for the May Queen.
Yes there are two paths that you can go by but in the long.
Your stairway lies on the whispering wind.

Nuff said?

[f.sciarrillo]

If there's a bustle in your hedgerow,
Don't be alarmed now.
It's just a spring clean for the May Queen.
Yes there are two paths that you can go by but in the long.
Your stairway lies on the whispering wind.

Nuff said?

Played backwards maybe ..

[RFBuck]

A tad douche-ish indeed, Paul. But then again over the course of time since that was written how many times do you think he was asked about that? I see his slant. Could have worded it a little less douchey (is that a word? LOL).