See how everything builds and gets bigger and bigger as the song goes along? The last two lead vocal lines are also joined by a higher harmony vocal. On the 4rth verse yet another guitar harmony line is introduced, this time in a higher register than the original, which still continues to play. On the 3rd verse the harmony lead guitars continue and are joined by another 12 string playing a whole note strum on every chord. The first chorus has a three part harmony based around the melody line, with electric guitar fills in the vocal spaces, which is identically repeated on the second chorus. The verse keeps the same chord pattern, but now the drums enter, the bass plays a reggae line, and a new electric guitar on the right side plays reggae style muted chord "chucks." On the next verse a harmony guitar line is introduced with each of the electric guitars panned to a different side of the soundfield.
Once again half-way through you hear light cymbal and high hat splashes emphasizing the downbeat of the chords.
The second intro begins with the addition of a a long acoustic guitar strum which occurs every other chord, along with a new guitar counter line on the far left side. By the way, see if you notice a little bit of guitar noise that was left in the space at the end of the second bar. Take notice to the high-hat roll that appears on the right channel at the end of the 4rth bar (half-way through the first intro). The beginning of the first intro has one 12 string acoustic guitar on the left side with a second 12 string acoustic on the right playing a slightly different line, along with the bass playing whole notes that outline the chord changes. The song was originally cut with all band members playing together, then layered from there. "Hotel California" has an exquisitely crafted arrangement that features both many layers and some major song dynamics. That said, they are extremely well crafted, a trait that the band's songs are noted for.
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The lyrics by Don Henley and Glenn Fry were actually inspired by Steely Dan, who's vague lyrics they called "junk sculpture." Fry remarked in a BBC radio interview that "one of the things that impressed us about Steely Dan was that they would say anything in their songs, and it didn't necessarily have to make sense." As a result, the lyrics consist of a series of cinematic one shots that can be interpreted in a variety of ways. As was the case with many songs from the rock era of the 70's, the song ends with a long fade. Take notice that there's no bridge, and instead of another chorus at the end of the last two verses, the song goes into the solo and outro lead lines. The intro, solos and lead lines are played over the same verse chord pattern. Solo, solo, solo, lead line, lead line, fade The main verse chord pattern of Bm, F#, A, E, G, D, Em, F# isn't used much in popular music, although it is a variation of a famous Flamenco guitar chord progression. "Hotel California" has both an interesting chord pattern and song form. In fact, the master tape of the song had 30 edits!Īs with all song analysis, we'll look at the form of the song, the arrangement, the sound and the production. The third and final version with both the music and the lyrics now more refined was cut at Criteria in Miami and was actually made up of the best pieces out of 5 takes. The second version, also cut at the Record Plant, only had a smattering of lyrics, but was deemed too fast.
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The song began it's life as a 12 string demo on guitarist Don Felder's home studio 4 track and was dubbed with a working title of "Mexican Reggae." The first full version was cut at the Record Plant in Los Angeles, but it turned out to be in the wrong key. asked for an analysis of what has become an iconic song, The Eagles " Hotel California." It's the title song from the album of the same name that went on to sell over 16 million and was number 1 around the world. Hotel California is actually the Beverly Hills Hotel
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