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歌曲的名字 Death On Two Legs(Dedicated To...)
歌曲信息(3:43) Written by Freddie Mercury
歌词 Aah
You suck my blood like a leech
You break the law and you preach
Screw my brain till it hurts
You've taken all my money- and you want more
Misguided old mule
With your pigheaded rules
With your narrow-minded cronies who are fools
Of the first division
Death on two legs
You're tearing me apart
Death on two legs
You never had a heart of your own
Kill joy, bad guy
Big talking, small fry
You're just an old barrow-boy
Have you found a new toy to replace me
Can you face me
But now you can kiss my ass goodbye
Feel good, are you satisfied?
Do you feel like suicide(I think you should)
Is your conscience all right
Does it plague you at night
Do you feel good- feel good
Aah
Talk like a big business tycoon
But you're just a hot-air balloon
So no one gives you a damn
You're just an overgrown school-boy
Let me tan your hide
A dog with disease
You're the king of the'sleaze'
Put your money where your mouth is Mr. know all
Was the fin on your back part of the deal...(a shark!)
Death on two legs
Tearing me apart
Death on two legs
You've never had a heart of your own
(You never did, right from the start)
Insane, you should be put inside
You're a sewer-rat decaying in a cesspool of pride
Should be made unemployed
Make yourself null-and-void
Make me feel good
I feel good
歌曲的名字 Lazing On A Sunday Afternoon
歌曲信息(1:07) Written by Freddie Mercury
歌词 I go out to work on Monday morning
Tuesday I go off to honeymoon
I'll be back again before it's time for sunny-down,
I'll be lazing on a Sunday afternoon
Bicycling on every Wednesday evening
Thursday I go waltzing to the zoo
I come from London Town, I'm just an ordinary guy
Fridays I go painting in the louvre
I'm bound to be proposing on a Saturday night
(There he goes again)
I'll be lazing on a Sunday
Lazing on a Sunday
Lazing on a Sunday afternoon
歌曲的名字 I'm In Love With My Car
歌曲信息(3:04) Written by Roger Taylor
歌词 Oooh
The machine of a dream, such a clean machine
With the pistons a pumpin', and the hubcaps all gleam
When I'm holding your wheel
All I hear is your gear
With my hand on your grease gun
Mmm it's like a disease son
I'm in love with my car, gotta feel for my automobile
Get a grip on my boy racer rollbar
Such a thrill when your radials squeal
Told my girl I'll have to forget her
Rather buy me a new carburettor
So she made tracks saying this is the end now
Cars don't talk back they're just four wheeled friends now
When I'm holding your wheel
All I hear is your gear
When I'm cruisin' in overdrive
Don't have to listen to no run of the mill talk jive
I'm in love with my car(love with my car), gotta feel for my automobile
I'm in love with my car(love with my car), string back gloves in my automolove
歌曲的名字 You're My Best Friend
歌曲信息(2:48) Written by John Deacon
歌词 Ooh, you make me live
Whatever this world can give to me
It's you, you're all I see
Ooh, you make me live now honey
Ooh, you make me live
Oh, you're the best friend
That I ever had
I've been with you such a long time
You're my sunshine
And I want you to know
That my feelings are true
I really love you
(Ooh) Oh, you're my best friend
Ooh, you make me live
Ooh, I've been wandering round
But I still come back to you(still come back to you)
In rain or shine
You've stood by me girl
I'm happy at home(happy at home)
You're my best friend
Ooh, you make me live
Whenever this world is cruel to me
I got you, to help me forgive- oo oo ooh
Ooh, you make me live now honey
Ooh, you make me live
Oh, you're the first one
When things turn out bad
You know I'll never be lonely
You're my only one
And I love the thing
I really love the things that you do
Oh, you're my best friend
Oh, ooh, you make me live
I'm happy(happy at home)
You're my best friend
Oh, oh, you're my best friend
Ooh, you make me live
Oo oo ooh
You, you're my best friend
歌曲的名字'39
歌曲信息(3:30) Written by Brian May
歌词 In the year of'39 assembled here the volunteers
In the days when the lands were few
Here the ship sailed out into the blue and sunny morn
Sweetest sign ever seen
And the night followed day
And the story tellers say
That the score brave souls inside
For many a lonely day sailed across the milky seas
Ne'er looked back, never feared, never cried
Don't you hear my call though you're many years away
Don't you hear me calling you
Write your letters in the sand
For the day I take your hand
In the land that our grandchildren knew
Aah, aah, aah, aah
In the year of'39 came a ship in from the blue
The volunteers came home that day
And they bring good news of a world so newly born
Though their hearts so heavily weigh
For the earth is old and grey, little darling we'll away
But my love this cannot be
Oh so many years have gone though I'm older but a year
Your mother's eyes from your eyes cry to me
Don't you hear my call though you're many years away
Don't you hear me calling you
Write your letters in the sand for the day I take your hand
In the land that our grandchildren knew
Don't you hear my call though you're many years away
Don't you hear me calling you
All your letters in the sand cannot heal me like your hand
For my life
Still ahead
Pity me
Sweet Lady
歌曲信息(3:58) Written by Brian May
歌词 Ooh, I like it
You call me up and treat me like a dog
You call me up and tear me up inside
You've got me on a lead
Ooh, you bring me down
You shout around
You don't believe that I'm alone
Ooh, you don't believe me
Sweet lady
Sweet lady
Sweet lady sweet lady...ooh, stay sweet
You say
"You call me up and feed me all the lines
"You call me sweet like I'm some kind of cheese
"Waiting on the shelf
"You eat me up
"You hold me down
"I'm just a fool to make you a home
"Ooh, you really do me
"When you say
"Sweet lady(sweet lady)
"Sweet lady(sweet lady)
"Sweet lady...ooh, come on, stay sweet"
My sweet lady
Though it seems like we wait forever- oo ah oo
Stay sweet baby
Believe and we've got everything we need(got everything we need)
Ow
Sweet lady
Sweet lady
Sweet lady...ooh, ooh, stay sweet, stay sweet
Oh runaway, come on, yeah yeah, yeah yeah, sweet lady
Wooh
歌曲的名字 Seaside Rendezvous
歌曲信息(2:12) Written by Freddie Mercury
歌词 Seaside- whenever you stroll along with me
I'm merely contemplating what you feel inside- ooh ooh ooh
Meanwhile I ask you to be my clementine
You say you will if you could but you can't
I love you madly
Let my imagination run away with you gladly
A brand new angle- highly commendable
Seaside rendezvous
I feel so romantic- can we do it again
Can we do it again sometime
Ooh, I like that
Fantastic, c'est la vie Mesdames et Messieurs
And at the peak of the season
The Mediterranean
This time of year, it's so fashionable
Duh duh du du du du duh duh du duh
Duh duh du du du du duh duh
Ooh ooh ooh
I feel like dancing- in the rain
Can I have a volunteer?
Just keep right on dancing
What a damn jolly good idea
It's such a jollification- as a matter of fact
So tres charmant my dear
Underneath the moonlight-(wooh ooh)
Together we'll sail across the sea-(shine on silvery moonlight)
Reminiscing every night
Meantime-(and in the meantime baby)- I ask you to be my Valentine
You say you'd have to tell your daddy if you can
I'll be your valentino
We'll ride upon an omnibus and then the casino
Get a new facial- start a sensational
Seaside rendezvous- so adorable
Seaside rendezvous- ooh ooh
Seaside rendezvous- give us a kiss
歌曲的名字 Bohemian Rhapsody
歌曲信息(5:52) Written by Freddie Mercury
歌词 Is this the real life?
Is this just fantasy?
Caught in a landslide
No escape from reality
Open your eyes
Look up to the skies and see
I'm just a poor boy, I need no sympathy
Because I'm easy come, easy go
A little high, little low
Anyway the wind blows, doesn't really matter to me, to me
Mama, just killed a man
Put a gun against his head
Pulled my trigger, now he's dead
Mama, life had just begun
But now I've gone and thrown it all away
Mama, ooo
Didn't mean to make you cry
If I'm not back again this time tomorrow
Carry on, carry on, as if nothing really matters
Too late, my time has come
Sends shivers down my spine
Body's aching all the time
Goodbye everybody- I've got to go
Gotta leave you all behind and face the truth
Mama, ooo-(anyway the wind blows)
I don't want to die
I sometimes wish I'd never been born at all
I see a little silhouetto of a man
Scaramouch, scaramouch will you do the fandango
Thunderbolt and lightning- very very frightening me
Gallileo, Gallileo,
Gallileo, Gallileo,
Gallileo Figaro- magnifico
But I'm just a poor boy and nobody loves me
He's just a poor boy from a poor family
Spare him his life from this monstrosity
Easy come easy go- will you let me go
Bismillah! No- we will not let you go- let him go
Bismillah! We will not let you go- let him go
Bismillah! We will not let you go- let me go
Will not let you go- let me go(never)
Never let you go- let me go
Never let me go- ooo
No, no, no, no, no, no, no-
Oh mama mia, mama mia, mama mia let me go
Beelzebub has a devil put aside for me
For me
For me
So you think you can stone me and spit in my eye
So you think you can love me and leave me to die
Oh baby- can't do this to me baby
Just gotta get out- just gotta get right outta here
Ooh yeah, ooh yeah
Nothing really matters
Anyone can see
Nothing really matters- nothing really matters to me
Anyway the wind blows...
歌曲的名字 Good Company
歌曲信息(3:21) Written by Brian May
歌词 Take good care of what you've got
My father said to me
As he puffed his pipe and baby B.
He dandled on his knee
Don't fool with fools who'll turn away
Keep all good company
Oo hoo oo hoo
Take care of those you call your own
And keep good company
Soon I grew and happy too
My very good friends and me
We'd play all day with Sally J.
The girl from number four
Very soon I begged her won't you
Keep me company
Oo hoo oo hoo
Oo hoo oo hoo
Come marry me for evermore we'll
Be good company
Now marriage is an institution sure
My wife and I our needs and nothing more
All my friends by a year
By and by disappeared
But we're safe enough behind our door
I flourished in my humble trade
My reputation grew
The work devoured my waking hours
But when my time was through
Reward of all my efforts my own
Limited company
I hardly noticed Sally as we
Parted company
All through the years in the end it appears
There was never really anyone but me
Now I'm old I puff my pipe
But no-one's there to see
I ponder on the lesson of
My life's insanity
Take care of those you call your own
And keep good company
歌曲的名字 Love Of My Life
歌曲信息(3:31) Written by Freddie Mercury
歌词 Love of my life- you've hurt me
You've broken my heart and now you leave me
Love of my life can't you see
Bring it back, bring it back
Don't take it away from me, because you don't know
What it means to me
Love of my life don't leave me
You've taken my love,(all of my love) and now desert me
Love of my life can't you see
(Please bring it back) bring it back, bring it back(back)
Don't take it away from me(take it away from me)
Because you don't know(ooh ooh ooh know means to me)
What it means to me
Who will remember
When this is blown over
And everything's all by the way-(ooh yeah)
When I grow older
I will be there at your side to remind you
How I still love you-(i still love you)
Ooh, back- hurry back
Please bring it back home to me
Because you don't know what it means to me
Love of my life
Love of my life
Ooh, ooh
歌曲的名字 The Prophet's Song
歌曲信息(8:20) Written by Brian May
歌词 Oh oh people of the earth
Listen to the warning
The Seer he said
Beware the storm that gathers here
Listen to the wise man
I dreamed I saw on a moonlit stair
Spreading his hands on the multitude there
A man who cried for a love gone stale
And ice cold hearts of charity bare
I watched as fear took the old men's gaze
Hopes of the young in troubled graves
I see no day, I heard him say
So grey is the face of every mortal
Oh oh people of the earth
Listen to the warning
The prophet he said
For soon the cold of night will fall
Summoned by your own hand
Oh oh children of the land
Quicken to the new life
Take my hand
Ooh, fly and find the new green bough
Return like the white dove
He told of death as a bone white haze
Taking the lost and the unloved babe
Late too late all the wretches run
These kings of beasts now counting their days
From mother's love is the son estranged
Married his own his precious gain
The earth will shake in two will break
And death all around will be your dow'ry
Oh oh people of the earth
Listen to the warning the seer he said
For those who hear and mark my words
Listen to the good plan
Oh oh oh oh- and two by two my human zoo
They'll be
Running for to come
Running for to come
Out of the rain
Oh, flee for your life
Who heed me not, let all your treasure make you
Oh, fear for your life
Deceive you not the fires of hell will take you
Should death await you
Oh, oh, people can you hear me(oh, oh, people can you hear me)
(Oh, oh, people can you hear me)
Now I know(now I know)(now I know)
Now I know(now I know)(now I know)
Now I know(now I know)(now I know)
Now I know that you can hear me(now I know that you can hear me)
(Now I know that you can hear me)
Now I know(now I know)(now I know)
Now I know(now I know)(now I know)
Now I know(now I know)(now I know)
Now I know(now I know)(now I know)
Now I know(now I know)(now I know)
Now I know(now I know)(now I know)
Now I know(now I know)(now I know)
Now I know(now I know)(now I know)
Now I know(now I know)(now I know)
Now I know(now I know)(now I know)
The Earth will shake in two will break in two will
Shake in two will break in two
(the earth will shake in two will break in two will
shake in two will break in two)
(the earth will shake in two will break in two will
shake in two will break in two)
Doubts all around around around around around around around around
(Doubts all around around around around around around around around)
(Doubts all around around around around around around around around)
Now I know(now I know)(now I know)
Now I know(now I know)(now I know)
Now I know(now I know)(now I know)
Now I know(now I know)(now I know)
Now I know(now I know)(now I know)
Now I know(now I know)(now I know)
Now I know(now I know)(now I know)
Now I know(now I know)(now I know)
Now I know(now I know)(now I know)
Now I know(now I know)(now I know)
Now I know(now I know)(now I know)
Wow ooh wow ooh wow ooh wow ooh wow ooh wow ooh wow ooh wow ooh
(Wow ooh wow ooh wow ooh wow ooh wow ooh wow ooh wow ooh wow ooh)
(Wow ooh wow ooh wow ooh wow ooh wow ooh wow ooh wow ooh wow ooh)
Listen to the wise(listen to the wise)(listen to the wise)
Listen to the wise(listen to the wise)(listen to the wise)
Listen to the wise(listen to the wise)(listen to the wise)
Listen to the wise(listen to the wise)(listen to the wise)
Listen to the wise man(listen to the wise man)(listen to the wise man)
Laa laa- la la la la laa laa(laa laa- la la la la laa laa)
La la la la laa laa(la la la la laa laa)
La la la la laa laa(la la la la laa laa)
La la la la laa laa(la la la la laa laa)
La la la la laa laa(la la la la laa laa)
La la la la laa laa(la la la la laa laa)
La la la la laa laa(la la la la laa laa)
La la laa laa(la la laa laa)
La la laa laa(la la laa laa)
La la(la la)
Come here(Come here)
I you come here(I you come here)
I you come here(I you come here)
I you(aah)
Aah(aah)
Ahaa(ahaa)
Aah(aah)
Ahaa(ahaa)
Listen to the mad(Listen to the mad)
Listen to the man(Listen to the man)
Listen to the mad(Listen to the mad)
Listen to the mad man(Listen to the mad man)
God give you the grace to purge this place
And peace all around may be your fortune
Oh oh children of the land
Love is still the answer, take my hand
The vision fades, a voice I hear
"Listen to the madman!"
Ooh, but still I fear and still I dare not
Laugh at the madman
喜爱英文歌曲的fans没有几个不知道《Hotel California（加州旅馆）》，这首非常经典的吉他曲是二十世纪最著名的流行音乐作品之一，它造就了一批Hotel California的超级fans。因为是这首单曲太有名了，风头甚至盖过了它的创造者“老鹰乐队”（The Eagles）。
这首歌可以说是Eagles在最佳状态、最佳组合之下完成的一首旷世之作，这首 Hotel California在1977年连续8周获得排行榜冠军的位置，歌曲特殊之处在于Don Felder与Joe Walsh所的双吉他效果。
在《滚石》评出的最伟大的100首英文歌曲中名列第十一。
注：加州，美国的加利福尼亚州。位于美国的最西南端，详见
Hotel California(The Eagles)
On a dark desert highway.行驶在昏黑的荒漠公路上。
Cool wind in my hair.凉风吹过我的头发。
Warm smell of colitas.温馨的colitas香。(注：colitas一词有争议，有人凭借上下文的想象译作大麻)
Rising up through the air.弥漫在空气中。
Up ahead in the distance.抬头遥望远方，
I saw a shimmering light.我看到一丝微弱的灯光。(从这一句开始往下可理解为吸毒后的感觉)
My head grew heavy and my sight grew dim.我的头越来越沉,视线也变得模糊。(吸毒症状)
I had to stop for the night.我不得不停下来过夜。
There she stood in the doorway.她站在门那儿等候我。(毒品的诱惑)
I heard the mission bell.我听到远处教堂的钟声。(可以理解为一种警钟，就是心底的良知在呼喊。可还是没抵抗住诱惑。)
And I was thinking to myself.我在心里暗自嘀咕。
"This could be Heaven or this could be Hell".这里也许是天堂也可能是地狱。(毒品的天堂地狱)
Then she lit up a candle.她点燃了蜡烛。(点燃大麻)
And she showed me the way.并给我引路。(引向幻境)
There were voices down the corridor.走廊深处传来阵阵说话声。
I thought I heard them say.我隐约听到他们在说……
Welcome to the Hotel California!欢迎来到加州旅馆！(毒品的诱惑)
Such a lovely place!多么美丽的地方！
Such a lovely face!如许可爱的面容！！(毒品让人感觉很亲切)
Plenty of room at the Hotel California!这就是永远迎客的加州旅馆！
Any time of year.一年的任何时候
You can find it here!你都能在这找到你需要的房间。(毒品随时可以满足你的需要)
Her mind is Tiffany-twisted,她的心为珠宝所扭曲。(吸食毒品后的放纵！)
She got the Mercedes-Benz.她拥有豪华的奔驰车。(拥有的满足感！)
She got a lot of pretty,pretty boys.她有许多漂亮的男孩。(毒品如此的受欢迎！)
That she calls friends.她称之为朋友。(毒品是朋友！)
How they dance in the courtyard.他们在庭院里翩翩起舞。
Sweet summer sweat.甜蜜夏日,香汗伶俐。
Some dance to remember!有人翩翩为回忆！
Some dance to forget!有人翩翩求忘却！(吸食毒品的目的！)
So I called up the Captain.于是我叫来领班。
"Please bring me my wine."请给我来些美酒。
He said"We haven't had that spirit here.（他说:我们这再不供应烈酒）
since nineteen sixty nine."自从1969年起。
And still those voices are calling from far away.远处依然传来那些话语。(仍然可理解为幻听)
Wake U up in the middle of the night.在半夜将你惊醒。(对这种放纵生活的惶恐)
Just to hear them say-只听到他们在说……
Welcome to the Hotel California!欢迎来到加州旅馆！
Such a lovely place!多么美丽的地方！
Such a lovely face!如许可爱的面容！
They livin' it up at the Hotel California.他们在加州旅馆尽情狂欢。
What a nice surprise!一切都美好得令人吃惊！
Bring your alibis.使你有了来到这里堕落的借口。
Mirrors on the ceiling.天花板上镶嵌着的镜子。
The pink champagne on ice.粉红色的香槟浸着冰块。
And she said"We are all just prisoners here-然而她却说我们在这都是囚徒。
of our own device".但都是我们自愿在这为欲望而负债的。
And in the master's chambers.在主人的卧房里。
They gathered for the feast.他们为欲望的盛宴而聚在一起。
They stabbed it with their steely knives.他们彼此间用钢刀相互挥刺。(内心的挣扎)
But they just can't kill the beast.但却杀不死心中的恶魔！
Last thing I remember.我所记得的最后一件事就是-
I was running for the door.我拼命跑向大门口。
I had to find the passage back.我必须找到来时的路。
To the place I was before.回到我过去的地方。
"Relax",said the night man.守夜人叫我放宽心.
"We are programmed to receive.我们天生受诱惑(我们只是照常接待)。
You can checkout any time you like.你想什么时候结束(结帐)都可以。
But you can never leave!"但你永远都无法摆脱！(永远无法离开毒品！)
加州旅馆到底是指什么？它在那里？
有的人认为歌曲中的加州旅馆是确实存在的，而这之中还有旅馆、戒毒所、精神病院三种说法。
认为确实存在这个旅馆的人，在南加州的托多斯桑托斯（Todos Santos）这个小镇算是找到他们需要的一切。小镇在南加州高速公路的沙漠旁边，在小镇内有一座类似唱片封面的旅馆，在旅馆的不远处是会半夜传来钟声的教堂，而这旅馆在以前正是有暗地的色情交易。
旅馆的主人号称这正是歌曲中的“加州旅馆”，不过小镇历史上，旅馆的改名是在歌曲已经流行后的八十年代才发生的。在九十年代后期，数篇报章开始登载这个正宗“加州旅馆”的故事，最后终于引来了歌曲创作者Don Henley在二○○○年的正式否认：老鹰乐队的成员从未到过此地。
歌曲本身的数次对毒品的暗示，是加州旅馆原是戒毒所说法的来源。按此说法：加州旅馆是在南加州公路旁的一个自愿戒毒院，老鹰队员曾经吸毒与入院的经历是歌词的创作来源。
歌词在一开始colitas的暗示，头感到发重是吸大麻烟的特征。“ lit up a candle”是一个吸毒的常用语，在后院跳舞更是吸毒后失控发作的一个现象。
这种自愿戒毒院是主要为中产阶层开的，介于疗养院与戒毒所之间，而淫乱现象更是七十年代中产阶层放荡后的一种常态。毒品的瘾性使得你可以在某段时间痊愈而离开戒毒院，不过却永远无法摆脱那重蹈旧轨的阴影，这正是“你可以一时结账，却永远无法离开”的写照。
歌词的诡异可能是精神病院说法的来源。歌词中与之相关联的暗示有：不断有远处声音的幻听想象；天堂和地狱指精神病人中某些如恶魔的邪恶人性和如天使纯洁无知觉；在后院里病人如着魔般的跳舞；头脑思想扭曲正是精神病的直语；自己思想的囚犯也是暗语；想杀死恶魔却总杀不死的精神病幻觉。当然精神病也和毒品一样，你可以觉得你暂时是正常了，却无法保证将来是正常的，永远无法离开那阴影。
七十年代曾经是电影中恐怖片流行的时候，而这歌词正勾出这样的故事架框。边远沙漠大路上的孤独一人，大门前掌烛的丽人，酒吧的神秘领班，后院的召魔舞蹈，意图杀死却总杀不死的恶魔，即使结束却总有人来在背后提醒还有续集的结尾。这些总总，使得歌词有一种鬼影森森的感觉，而在恐怖片中，精神病院更常是主要的背景场所了。
相对于实地去寻找，加州旅馆是虚指的象征显然更加有说服力。但是这象征是何所指呢？这也至少有音乐界、洛杉矶生活、美国社会三种说法。
六十年代是美国音乐界的自由创作时期，摇滚乐的流行成为六十年代自由与反叛思想的象征，然而其盛况也带来了商人无限贪婪的眼睛。吸毒和淫乱几乎成了每个摇滚手在七十年代走的同一条堕落之路，金钱与享乐成为了摇滚音乐在七十年代的新形象。
同为音乐人的老鹰乐团看到这样的事实，却无能为力。
乐手们已经将这种沉迷的生活看成了是音乐界的常态，摇滚乐手们身边总充满了漂亮的面孔与漂亮的地点。对于外界的质疑，他们总是自我的原谅：放轻松点吧，我们是天生易于被诱惑。音乐界已经无法杀死金钱的这个心魔，即使某些个人可以暂时结束，却永远无法摆脱。
一九六九年的伍德斯多克（woodstock），被视为摇滚的顶峰聚会。spirit同时有精神之意，歌词暗示在伍德斯多克之后，无论看起来多美丽，摇滚的精神已经不再存在了。
认为这首歌象征美国社会的人则这样来理解一九六九：一九六九是六十年代最后一年，说自一九六九就再没有那样的精神了，是指美国六十年代的自由、和平、平等的精神。
然而美国进入七十年代，遇到的是中东石油危机、越战的战败、尼克松的水门事件等。就在一夜间，美国的精神面貌就从奋斗的青年们变成了庸俗与颓废的中年了。
在两三年前有一部斯坦利·库别克（Stanley Kubrick）
拍摄了一部“大开眼界”（Eye wide open），看过这部电影的观众就可以在这部电影内容中发现与这首歌词许多神似的情节内容。也是同样的吸毒堕落，也是同样的荒淫性乱，也是同样的拜魔情结，也有同样的无法摆脱的阴影。这部电影就如同是这首歌的一个解说，讲述那种已经不堪的美国社会状态了。
洛杉矶之说是老鹰乐队自己在人们无数次追问后的一个回答，虽然说歌曲就如同小说一样，离开了作者后要由听者来解释，堂·亨莱（Don Henley）是这样解说的：“我们是一群来自中西部州中产阶层背景的年轻人，加州旅馆是我们对洛杉矶的上流社会的理解。它可看做是对总是追求奢淫生活的美国的一个象征，而不仅仅是关于加州和毕利华山区。”（洛杉矶的一个最富人区）
（"We were all middle-class kids from the Midwest," Henley said of the Eagles."\'Hotel California\' wasour interpretation of the high life in Los Angeles. It was meant to be a metaphor for the United States, for the excesses this country has always been knownfor. It wasn\'t meant to be just about California or Beverly Hills."）
《加州旅馆》自面世开始，立即就引来很多的质疑与批评。尽管谁也不敢夸口说自己的理解是正解版本，但歌词中明显的吸毒、性乱、邪教等暗示还是引起道德卫士的不满，并且在美国数州中受到宗教团体的杯葛。不过，《加州旅馆》歌曲中那成经典的吉他旋律、诡异莫名的歌词内容、感人心弦的悲世情怀，使得这首《加州旅馆》神秘永远，成为最爱。
Hotel California被认定是撒旦教的主题曲,除了指歌词内容涉及灵异事情外,有人说若把歌曲倒转来放的话,便会有多句"Satan"的词。撒旦教教徒还有一个习惯,就是喜欢把字倒转来读,把歌倒转来听。撒旦教是崇拜魔鬼撒旦的一种宗教，撒旦教最具争议性，也最令人感到毛骨悚然的，是教徒在崇拜仪式中常常举行献祭仪式。比较"客气"的，只宰杀猫、狗等动物。至于更可怖的，则是"活人祭"。这种宰杀活人向撒旦表示忠诚的事件，自有撒旦教以来便从未间断过，到20世纪末更有愈演愈烈的趋势，特别是一些年轻的教徒习惯在黑弥撒仪式中吸毒，并且播放震耳欲聋的重金属音乐；一旦他们堕入癫狂状态之后，会变得跟禽兽没什么两样。除了杀人祭之外，撒旦教徒还搞性杂交之类的色情勾当，因而吸引了不少恋童癖和变态色情狂入教。
