i was just wondering about your age because if you were in 9th gr, that would be...2003?
I did an art project in ninth grade where I listened to Hotel California on repeat for three class periods and drew whatever images came to mind that weren't literally connected to the lyrics. (We were able to pick the song we used.)
why did you choose "hotel california" at that age (and in that year)?! what did the other students choose?
― cross over the mushroom circle (La Lechera), Monday, 22 September 2014 23:27 (nine years ago) link
rock 'n' roll never forgets
― mookieproof, Monday, 22 September 2014 23:29 (nine years ago) link
Felder tells that much differently (and I'll take Felder's word over Walsh's any day of the week, heh):
Yeah, I would too, particularly as Walsh was pre-sobriety when he told the story (and his speech was so slurred, it sounded like he'd had a stroke).
― Montgomery Burns' Jazz (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Monday, 22 September 2014 23:30 (nine years ago) link
xp LL
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
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
the only thread that counts: A Good Day In Hell - The Official ILM Track-By-Track EAGLES Listening Thread
― guess that bundt gettin eaten (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 31 October 2014 00:18 (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"?
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