Don't Fear the Reaper vs. Hotel California

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it was just a song that i had always been aware of and wondered about. i didn't know what the hotel was supposed to be: a haunted hotel? a brothel? a cult? the ambiguity was engrossing. i also didn't really know much about the eagles and what rock critics thought of them... maybe i knew their lead singer was named don henley, but it's unlikely.

Treeship, Monday, 22 September 2014 23:46 (nine years ago) link

i don't remember what the other kids chose. i have a dim memory of "hair pie" by capatain beefheart being chosen by this especially cultured student but i am not sure how possible that is.

Treeship, Monday, 22 September 2014 23:49 (nine years ago) link

one month passes...

Automatic thread bump. This poll is closing tomorrow.

System, Thursday, 30 October 2014 00:01 (nine years ago) link

Automatic thread bump. This poll's results are now in.

System, Friday, 31 October 2014 00:01 (nine years ago) link

didn't vote but i would've put an earnest vote for hotel california. i'm no eagles fan but there is something intriguing about the song. i think there is some thread like "what exactly is going on in hotel california" that breaks it down musically and it's a really good ILM thread!

marcos, Friday, 31 October 2014 00:15 (nine years ago) link

don't fear the reaper doesn't do much for me imo. i didn't even really know the song, i had to look it up. didn't realize blue oyster cult was even a 70s band, for some reason i thought they were some bunch of jerkoffs like primus or something. oh shit that's because of oysterhead! man that band sucked

marcos, Friday, 31 October 2014 00:17 (nine years ago) link

no it's not that one, let me find it.

marcos, Friday, 31 October 2014 00:20 (nine years ago) link

and just what the hell is going on in "Hotel California"?

marcos, Friday, 31 October 2014 00:20 (nine years ago) link

You gotta endure Howard 'n' Robin but here's Don Felder discussing the composition of HC:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Jc8cPStgRQ

guess that bundt gettin eaten (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 31 October 2014 00:23 (nine years ago) link

didn't know Don Felder was a full partner, unlike poor slaves Schmitt and Walsh, hence the lawsuit.

guess that bundt gettin eaten (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 31 October 2014 00:26 (nine years ago) link

accurate results

LIKE If you are against racism (omar little), Friday, 31 October 2014 00:40 (nine years ago) link

hey the data don't lie

Pontius Pilates (m coleman), Friday, 31 October 2014 00:52 (nine years ago) link

Yeah, legally Felder had a leg to stand on. He was part of eagles inc.

I liked hearing (dimly in the background) felder's reggae rhythm box instrumental demo for HC in the eagles doc. Is there a leak/boot of it anywhere?

a drug by the name of WORLD WITHOUT END (Jon Lewis), Friday, 31 October 2014 14:06 (nine years ago) link

BOC forever btw

a drug by the name of WORLD WITHOUT END (Jon Lewis), Friday, 31 October 2014 14:06 (nine years ago) link


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