I ran across this article in another, non-Eagle forum this morning:
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog...#disqus_thread
I believe the author gets the meaning of this song wrong. What do you other Eagles fans think?
I ran across this article in another, non-Eagle forum this morning:
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog...#disqus_thread
I believe the author gets the meaning of this song wrong. What do you other Eagles fans think?
I think some of what he says is right about what they are criticizing is correct but his conclusions are definitely wrong. The band was made up of some fairly strong liberals. I assume the writer was a conservative and was making some conservative points that I don’t think the band would necessarily agree with
I agree with you. In Henley's own words, it's a song about the under belly of the American dream.
I formulated my question incorrectly and should have asked (as you pointed out) if the author's conclusions were correct.
Thanks for your input.
Hotel California is really a conservative song. It paints a picture of a society run amok with hyper-individualism and selfishness that is the end result of a secular (i.e., godless) consumer culture that's rejected the spiritual and conservative values of restraint, tradition, and obligation.
Interesting. I though hyper-indvidualism was beloved by conservatives. I also don't think that restraint, tradtion & obligation are the sole virtue of conservatives.
People might remember the yuppies iin the 80s in the UK, with their lavish lifestyles & excessive spending. Most of those people voted Conservative (for Margaret Thatcher). It is true that was after HC was written.
However I would rather not get into a political discussion. I am not touching the 'godless' stuff.
Last edited by Freypower; 06-28-2018 at 08:12 PM.
Were all of the Eagles liberals? I know Don is, but am just curious. Thanks.
I didn’t know Felder played at a Republican national convention. Interesting. It’s funny I know In the book I know he says he was against the benefit and political events they were involved with but there were times where he called himself a hippie and was concerned about global issues. I don’t have the exact quote on me but I believe he complains about the lack of fire about what was going on at the time with someone. I’ll have to find it