The Eagles - Hotel California

Hotel California
Lyrics:D.Felder/D.Henley/G.Frey Music:D.Felder/D.Henley/G.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 face
Plenty of room at the Hotel California
Any time of year, you can find it here

Her mind is Tiffany-twisted
she got the Mercedes Benz
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 face
They livin' it up at the Hotel California
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 checkout any time you like
but you can never leave!

還在對於吉他的認識，僅止於台灣的歌手樂團時，我試著利用google搜尋一些吉他參考書上的歌曲，就這樣，老鷹合唱團帶領我進入外國音樂的世界。

這一首Hotel California，在吉他的樂曲中，是公認具代表性的一首曲子，當初聽到這一首歌曲，就像吃了迷幻藥一樣，瘋狂的聽這首歌，整首歌對我來說，可以說是已經聽了不下千次，但每次聽卻都有不同的感受。

這首歌最原始的版本是電吉他版本，而今天放上來的影片，則是1994年Unplugged演唱會的改編曲，使用三把以上吉他，跟原版電吉他樂曲比較，更顯一剛一柔的對比。

前奏的吉他solo，尾奏的雙吉他對位演奏，確實使人痴狂，每當我練吉他在尋找動力時，這部影片就是我的力量來源，在許多歌曲演唱的音樂餐廳或pub中，這一首曲子更是必點的歌曲。在國內，齊秦曾詮釋這首曲子，但與原曲比較，卻又少了一分感覺。今天就讓我介紹這一首我最喜歡的英文歌曲給大家！