[quote=bearishgurl] “Relax,” said the night man, “We are programmed to receive
You can check out any time you like but you can never leave”
The last stanza, IMO, is quite appropo for California, lol!
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Allan, I don’t know if living in “Lahaina” would satisfy most “defecting Californians,” lol.
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Bearish: I’ve been a huge Eagles fan since I was old enough to love rock and roll. Being a California kid, their songs always resonated with me, especially “Hotel California” (although, I didn’t fully understand this song till I was older).
My remark about Lahaina was less geared to the place, and more towards the sentiment it expressed in the song and the poignancy of the lyric. The whole song is imbued with a tremendous weight, with references to Providence (not the place, but the spirituality); its revulsion towards hypocrisy, especially of the religious sort; and the recognition that we’ve reaped as we’ve sown (“brought the white man’s burden down, brought the white man’s reign”).
