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演唱：EAGLES

On a dark desert highway
Cool wind in my hair
Warm smell of colitas
Rising up through the air
Up ahead in the distance
I saw a shimmering light
My head grew heavy and my sight grew dim
I had to stop for the night

There she stood in the doorway
I heard the mission bell
And I was thinking to myself
"This could be Heaven or this could be Hell"
Then she lit up a candle
And she showed me the way
There were voices down the corridor
I thought I heard them say...

Welcome to the Hotel California
Such a lovely place
Such a lovely face
Plenty of rooms at the Hotel California
Any time of year
You can find it here

Her mind is Tiffany-twisted
She got the Mercedes Benz
She got a lot of pretty, pretty boys
That she calls friends
How they dance in the courtyard
Sweet summer sweat
Some dance to remember
Some dance to forget

So I called up the Captain
"Please bring me my wine"
He said, "We haven't had that spirit here
Since nineteen sixty nine"
And still those voices are calling from far away
Wake you up in the middle of the night
Just to hear them say...

Welcome to the Hotel California
Such a lovely place
Such a lovely face
They living it up at the Hotel California
What a nice surprise
Bring your alibis

Mirrors on the ceiling
The pink champagne on ice
And she said "We are all just prisoners here of our own device"
And in the master's chambers
They gathered for the feast
They stab it with their steely knives
But they just can't kill the beast

Last thing I remember
I was running for the door
I had to find the passage back
To the place I was before
"Relax", said the night man
"We are programmed to receive
You can checkout any time you like
But you can never leave"

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我想這首歌應該不用多做介紹了
熟悉西洋音樂的朋友對這首歌一定不陌生, 網路上也能找到非常詳細的介紹

本來對於這首歌的認識, 也僅於最後的雙吉他 Solo
直到前一陣子才發現到原來這首歌的歌詞也有很深的涵義

或許大家還是比較熟悉最原始的版本
但是我發現, 在 1994 年的演唱會中, 不插電的版本給我的震撼更大
透過木吉他特有的音質, 重新詮釋了這首歌曲. 將這首歌發揮到極致
難怪有人說, 只有 EAGLES 才能超越 EAGLES
也只有 EAGLES 才能將 Hotel Colifornia 這首經典的歌曲詮釋得那麼好

這是一首真正百聽不厭的經典好歌