Hotel California

HolyMoly wrote: Psychedelic Paul wrote: Probably the most common Internet abbreviation which I see all of the time is "LOL",  meaning "Lots of Laughs". or “laughing out loud”

Or "laugh out loud." When I first noticed this initialism, which was in response to a post of mine in my early internet posting days, I assumed she meant "Lots of Love". It also stands for Lower Operating Limit, Lots of Llamas, Lunatics on Line, Leaning Over Laughing, Load of Lard, Lets Order Linguini, Lord of Lords, Lewd Obscene Language, Less of Lip, Lick Orange Lolipops and Lesbians of Love among many other things, but usually it stands for laughing/laugh out loud in Netspeak.

^ I actually can't take credit for any of those and should have cited my source: https://acronyms.thefreedictionary.com/LOL

My response to her perceived "Lots of Love" ended up being rather awkward. At least I didn't quote from Led Zeppelin's "Whole Lotta Love" by way of response.

No no no, The Eagles are a top tier band, and YES I'm bringing this topic up from the dead.

I remember learning Hotel California for a cover band. I had heard the song on the radio for years , but ignored it. The band asked me to learn it and after focusing on the song it sounded to me as if there were several guitar overdubs. I asked the other guitarist in the band to play a harmony lead with me and it started sounding pretty good..but it was definitely missing something.

We started performing the song and received standing ovations. I didn't realize the song was that popular. As a cover band we began getting a reputation for playing Hotel California and people began showing up to our gigs just to see if we could.

Two female vocalists in our band covered the vocals such as trading off and harmonizing throughout the song. People in the bars began treating the situation like a religion. When we announced that we were going to play the song...they would gather around the stage and act as if we were Gods because we played an Eagles song. When we harmonized the guitar leads people screamed and roared. When we left the stage people followed us around telling us that we were Gods because we played that song so well.

This got on my nerves and I began to hate playing the song. I wasn't too fond of it anyway. It was basically the same chord progression that Jethro Tull used for "We Used To Know" about 4 years earlier.

Everyone in the bars acted fanatical about The Eagles. I started getting the impression that they worshipped The Eagles in the same way that people worship Christ. That's how they came across. They kept on asking questions about Hotel California and raving over the guitar solo at the end. I began saying..."Omg!! There are other guitar players ! Other bands!! "What is this?" "What is it suppose to mean?"

I grew hateful of the song and how it was overrated. It was all such a lie to me. The mentality was too fanatical and it was overblown. It didn't have anything to do with honest appreciation for music. The way in which those people reacted is not truly what music is all about. It's not about one band...one path... So I just packed up my bags and left ....because it was a phony situation for me.

Never owned an Eagles album (I do however have Joe Walsh's album with Life's Been Good on it). Quite funny to read some of the vitriol on the thread towards them. In the USA they outsold Pink Floyd for a while ( that takes some doing) but back in the UK they are just another 70's band with some great tunes. I don't listen to radio much but I am fond of Hotel California and Life In The Fast Lane on the very rare occasions they crop up. Beyond that I have zero interest.

^I agree with your ratings, except for 'The Long Run' I think it's a fantastic record, easily 4 stars

 1972: The Eagles - Eagles - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_mvLVGUjdjhtDWv3X6NfDY7-qSW58xktpg

Frets N Worries wrote: I just got the Live at the Forum '76 on vinyl. Sounds great.. except James Dean.. that one skips around a lot

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Edited by Psychedelic Paul - December 27 2023 at 07:56