The set will also include the original album, plus a Blu-ray disc containing a new high-resolution stereo mix of the record. Per the Los Angeles Times, the live version of “Hotel California” is one of 10 tracks recorded at the Forum that will appear on the second disc of the Hotel California 40th anniversary deluxe edition. Onstage, Don Henley’s vocals carry grit against the band’s backing harmonies, while Joe Walsh and Don Felder tear through their closing guitar duel with precision and surprising flair. Recorded at the Forum in Los Angeles in October 1976 – just months before the album’s release – the live rendition of “Hotel California” finds the Eagles in expert form, with electric guitar injecting a new kind of mystique into the song’s distinct opening acoustic melody. The initial success and enduring appeal of "Hotel California" illustrate exactly how it captures the imagination, especially for a song that defies commercial viability by being over 6 minutes long with a 1-minute opening, and a 2-minute, air guitar-inducing final solo.The Eagles unveiled a remarkable live version of their classic, “Hotel California,” which will appear on the upcoming 40th anniversary deluxe edition of Hotel California, out November 24th. The "full sensory experience" of song description, as Felder said, is intentional, as is the choice to have the song take place in California: a place nearly mythologized for its idyllic beauty and cabal of Hollywood celebrity. As described in Song Facts, it was written based on a series of chord progressions that guitarist Don Felder wrote on the beach. "Hotel California" won 1977's Grammy for Record of the Year. As the song progresses, and the singer encounters stranger characters and situations, the song's sense of entrapment grows and grows. The dreamy, acoustic opening segues into a sliding, dark bass that invites the listener to dream of contrasting worlds: what is seen, and what is real. Its lyrically vivid descriptions of pink champagne, shimmering lights, dark desert highways, and voices in the night conjure images of a journey that is superficially glamorous, but hides something lurking and insidious. "Hotel California" by the Eagles has inspired more than its fair share of theories and discussion since its release in 1976.
You can check out any time you like / But you can never leave
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