Mystery Behind Hotel California Song~!!!

djHiran

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    Ansh

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    KORADA !!!:D:D:D:P:P:P
     

    lahirumam

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    This is what WIKIPEDIA has to say:

    The song's lyrics describe the title establishment as a luxury resort where "you can check out anytime you like, but you can never leave." On the surface, the song tells the tale of a weary traveler who becomes trapped in a nightmarish hotel that at first appeared inviting and tempting. The song is generally understood to be an allegory about hedonism and self-destruction in the Southern California music industry of the late 1970s; Don Henley called it "our interpretation of the high life in Los Angeles".[2]

    The abstract and metaphoric nature of the song has led listeners to their own interpretations over the years, including some claims, spread by word of mouth and e-mail, of Satanic aspects. Other rumors suggested that the "Hotel California" was a mental hospital, a real hotel run by cannibals, or a metaphor for cancer. These claims have been consistently refuted by the band.[3]

    The term "colitas" in the first stanza of the song is a Spanish term for "little tails." This is a reference to the buds of the Cannabis plant.[4]

    The use of the word "steely" in the lyric (referring to knives) was a playful nod to band Steely Dan, who had included the lyric "Turn up the Eagles, the neighbors are listening" in their song Everything You Did, according to Glenn Frey's liner notes for The Very Best of the Eagles.

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hotel_California_(song)
     

    Ansh

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    This is wut Reversespeech had 2 Say !!!!

    [FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Backward messages in music (commonly known as Backward Masking) have been a controversy ever since the late 60s, when messages were found backwards on some Beatles' albums that hinted Paul McCartney had died. The controversy raged extensively in the late 70s and early 80s when religious fundamentalists claimed that Satan possessed the minds of singers, causing them to insert messages backwards into albums. As we now know, many of these backward messages were in fact examples of Reverse Speech in music. Speech reversals occur naturally in all forms of speech, sung or spoken. This site lists some examples of Reverse Speech in music.[/FONT]​

    [FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Backward Masking: First of all, some examples of Backward Masking - a recording studio technique where backward messages are deliberately superimposed on the soundtrack. They can be recognised as gibberish forwards - not to be confused with Reverse Speech which is the natural occurrence of backward messages. The term Backward Masking has been mistakenly given to all forms of backward messages in music whereas in fact there are 2 types - (1) Backward Masking, which is the deliberate insertion of backward messages (2) Reverse Speech, the naturally occurring form of backwards messages, or phonetic reversals.[/FONT]

    [FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif] The Beatle's song "Help" contains an interesting backward message. This song was recorded at around the time the Beatles began to experiment with drugs. The reversal says. "Now he uses marijuana." There is no superimposed soundtrack and the chorus also sings marijuana in the background

    Source : http://www.reversespeech.com/music_reversals.htm
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    Ansh

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    ywicky said:

    This is wut Reversespeech had 2 Say !!!!

    [FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Backward messages in music (commonly known as Backward Masking) have been a controversy ever since the late 60s, when messages were found backwards on some Beatles' albums that hinted Paul McCartney had died. The controversy raged extensively in the late 70s and early 80s when religious fundamentalists claimed that Satan possessed the minds of singers, causing them to insert messages backwards into albums. As we now know, many of these backward messages were in fact examples of Reverse Speech in music. Speech reversals occur naturally in all forms of speech, sung or spoken. This site lists some examples of Reverse Speech in music.[/FONT]​

    [FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Backward Masking: First of all, some examples of Backward Masking - a recording studio technique where backward messages are deliberately superimposed on the soundtrack. They can be recognised as gibberish forwards - not to be confused with Reverse Speech which is the natural occurrence of backward messages. The term Backward Masking has been mistakenly given to all forms of backward messages in music whereas in fact there are 2 types - (1) Backward Masking, which is the deliberate insertion of backward messages (2) Reverse Speech, the naturally occurring form of backwards messages, or phonetic reversals.[/FONT]

    [FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif] The Beatle's song "Help" contains an interesting backward message. This song was recorded at around the time the Beatles began to experiment with drugs. The reversal says. "Now he uses marijuana." There is no superimposed soundtrack and the chorus also sings marijuana in the background

    Source : http://www.reversespeech.com/music_reversals.htm
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