As was the case with many songs from the rock era of the 70's, the song ends with a long fade. Take notice that there's no bridge, and instead of another chorus at the end of the last two verses, the song goes into the solo and outro lead lines. The intro, solos and lead lines are played over the same verse chord pattern.
Solo, solo, solo, lead line, lead line, fade The main verse chord pattern of Bm, F#, A, E, G, D, Em, F# isn't used much in popular music, although it is a variation of a famous Flamenco guitar chord progression. "Hotel California" has both an interesting chord pattern and song form. In fact, the master tape of the song had 30 edits!Īs with all song analysis, we'll look at the form of the song, the arrangement, the sound and the production. The third and final version with both the music and the lyrics now more refined was cut at Criteria in Miami and was actually made up of the best pieces out of 5 takes.
The second version, also cut at the Record Plant, only had a smattering of lyrics, but was deemed too fast.
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The song began it's life as a 12 string demo on guitarist Don Felder's home studio 4 track and was dubbed with a working title of "Mexican Reggae." The first full version was cut at the Record Plant in Los Angeles, but it turned out to be in the wrong key.
asked for an analysis of what has become an iconic song, The Eagles " Hotel California." It's the title song from the album of the same name that went on to sell over 16 million and was number 1 around the world. Hotel California is actually the Beverly Hills Hotel
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