Eagles

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Das Dokument beschreibt das Lied „Hotel California“ von der Band Eagles. Es werden die Bandhistorie, die Musik und der Text des Liedes behandelt. Der Text wird als vielschichtig beschrieben und es werden verschiedene mögliche Interpretationen aufgeführt. Es wird angedeutet, dass das Hotel California ein Treffpunkt einer okkulten Sekte sein könnte. Der Autor des Dokuments betont die interessante Struktur des Liedes und die vielen Details im Text.
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Eagles: The band was founded in 1971 by Glenn Frey, Don Henley, Bernie Leadon and Randy Meisner. It has its roots in the American Folk- and Country music. From the beginning on their singles and LPs were very successful. Some of the famous singles at that time were Desperado , Tequila sunrise and Best of my love . The LP Hotel California with the identically named single was published in 1976. Both of them, single and album, reached the first position in the US-charts. The LP stayed in the US-charts for 107 weeks and has been sold more than eleven million times. And also after that the eagles had a lot of success. In spite of that the band was dissolved for over ten years, until, in 1994, the LP with the title hell freezes over appeared. Since the foundation of the band some of the members had left it; there came Don Felder, Joe Walsh and Tim B.Schmitt for Bernie Leadon and Randy Meisner. Structure: As you can see, the song consists of six verses and to refrains with some little variations. Two verses are followed by one refrain. The structure of the song is unusual; there s a very long intro (about one minute) and also a quite long outro with a solo. Music: The music is influenced by harmony elements of the Spanish guitar music, the so called Andalusian cadenza (which is also used in the Flamenco) Text: At first, the text may seem to be quite simple. But when you take a closer look at it you can find many hints for a deeper sense. The plot of the text: A husband and his ...
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