A give-away line is "we haven't had that spirit here since 1969" - about the time the movement went to shit as crime, prostitution and hard drugs ecliplsed the naive hippie "turn on, tune in, drop out" "spirit" on which the CC was based upon. The Hotel California started of as "such a lovely place", a welcome deviation from the grim journey that society was taking in the 1960s, and turned into an inescapable nightmare. sung or seeing them written out would make their meaning. However, it is neither about praising the devil or glamorizing drugs. Some also misinterpreted the song to be about drugs. "The beast" represents the corruption of the countercultural movement - the beast is everything dark and negative about the CC - it took over, and they can't kill it. attempt to destroy the song Hotel California in a 24-hour sark sic fest performed by bands. Misinterpretation: Hotel California was misunderstood to be a praise about worshiping the devil. This was the central problem they were trying to get at - he "rented a room", meaning that he only intended to indulge in that lifestyle for an indefinate period. The protaginst (representing American culture/society?) came upon the place by accident after a long and tiring journey, and eventually found that he could never leave - you can never go back to the innocent pre-counterculture days- you're trapped in the "Hotel California".
The Hotel California represents the counterculture (started in California, etc). >!insert spoiler here!< Other subreddits you might like: some
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