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what sort of analysis u would like

It's about, to an extent, the Church of satan, (founded california, 1969) and aconverted catholic church used as it's head quarters "please bring me my wine (areference to the wine used as the blood of christ in many christian denominations) we haven't had that spirit (that of christ) since 1969" thats just part theres some more...

No. more of a bawdy and crack house experience...similar to the House of The Rising Sun....

house of the rising sun is about prostitution, so i don't know if it would really fit under madhouse well, mabey.

I firmly believe that what you put into a song is what you get. If you want to see somthing bad then you;ll see it.  For me it's just a cracking song with a good melody and I like it.
If you have to go through life just looking for the bad then that's all you'll see. For me when I think about that song, it's the first time I met my husband and love at first sight. And no amount of doom and gloom will change that. So, if you don't like what you feel is in this song....don't play it!

Everyone knows it's about a 24 hour check in Hotel named California with a dodgy door and windows that don't open!  'enter any time ye like, but ye can never leave!'

Craig.

Don Henly says you're full of beans.  The song is a metaphor for the music industry in Los Angeles.  Musicians enter it of their own accord, and then find they're stuck in that system forever.

They stabbed it with their steely knives..

That is a lyrical shout out to Donald Fagan, of Steely Dan fame.  They had referenced the Eagles in their song "Everything You Did."

All of that has been stated by the guys that actually wrote Hotel California, and are probably best suited to tell us what the song is about.

And it aint SATAN!!!!

henley is an admitted satanist, a group not renown for honesty.

I gnerally don't trust wikipedia, since it's edited buy it's users. but mey souce was apriest who was actually quite in touch with henly for along time.

as i see the song hotel california, has nothing to do with religous purposes nor greed.

i tell ya what i believe it's about. it's about a man traveling round and a woman tempting him into drugs, and its about a man struggling to get off them after he relizes that he got in to deep in drugs. the porter said i havent had that spirit since 1969? thats the conscience saying hey it's uplifting from the drudge of getting off drugs. its obivious

manofgod, I think I wrote it already somewhere, the amazing fact and skill to give critic.
I hate a lot of the so called critic gourous, looking letter after letter to give their opinion,n about lyrics. I swear that I can write a song, lyrics, in 10 minutes, rhyming and fitting well in my song, but full of bullsh**, non sense lyrics. If I was a famous and gifted songwriter, I think, when reading the critics, like are there hidden messages, what does he mean with that phrase, I will drop dead from choking, because I had to much fun and had to laugh. Like the, by the way, beautiful song, A WHITER SHADE OF PALE, by PROCOL HARUM, nobody knew what those lyrics tried to express, they tried everything to find something, but PROCOL had fun, because in fact the song was written (on LSD I think) and he just put lyrics like that. If you want: in 5 minutes I can write a complete crazy lyric, and try to figure out what I wanted to tell to the world

1. I believe Henley has admitted to having had an interest in the occult.  That is not the same thing as being a satanist.  When it comes to accusing, be very careful to be accurate.  Further, having dabbled in the occult does not condemn a man if he comes to Jesus later.  Do you know the current status of Henley's heart?  If not, then I think you should be doubly careful.  Do you know anyone who is a Christian now that did not have a cause for repentence?  I don't. 

2. Your argument makes no sense.  You say that Henley is unreliable, but that a person who knew Henley at one time is reliable when speaking of him.  But where would the person who knew Henley have gotten his information about Henley but from Henley himself?  How does an unreliable source get to be reliable by passing through a third party?  That doesn't pass the BS-meter.  I don't mean to accuse you of lying, but I am suggesting that you think it through from this perspective and see if you'd like to amend your comment.

3. What do you know of Satanists?  There can be no deception without partial truth.  The best lies merely encourage false perceptions to observable facts.   Even if Henley were a Satanist, what would be the reason to sing a song about Satan and then mislead people to thinking it was about something else?  There is no sense to the suggestion.  He would have just not sung the song if he wanted to deceive people.  Or sung about truth, happiness, and butterflies to mislead people.

- Zurf