I chose to review Hotel California by the Eagles because they are very sentimental to me because I grew up listening to them while riding shotgun in my dad’s truck.
This album was released in December of 1976 by Asylum and became one of the Eagles best selling studio albums of all time. In the early part of their career, The Eagles struggled to get a big rock sound. Hotel California unveiled almost a whole new band in terms of sound and energy. This album was very transitory for the band because it was their first album without Bernie Leadon who helped shape the Eagles early sound of country-rock. Without Leadon they brought in Joe Walsh as a guitarist/keyboardist who brought a harder rock sound to the band. This album, compared to their 4 previous albums, …show more content…
Two of the tracks “Hotel California” and “Life in the Fast Lane” really stood out to me for several reasons. One, I remember listening to these songs with my dad when I was little, he would belt out the lyrics while I would play air guitar. The thing I love most about music is that you can have such strong memories attached to a song that every time you listen to it, it transports you back to that point in time. From a technical point of view, the long acoustic/electric overture of “Hotel California” was very dramatic and captured my attention right away. Then right before the vocals kicked in there was a Caribbean/island rhythm and beat that continued into the first verse. However, what made this song classic were the dual electric guitars that strung melodies throughout the verse and chorus. The same guitars took center stage with the long lead to close the song. When I was younger, I always focused on the lyrics of songs more than anything else. This album had some very strong messages. As a whole it really stuck to the theme of the title, and as a listener it
This album was released in December of 1976 by Asylum and became one of the Eagles best selling studio albums of all time. In the early part of their career, The Eagles struggled to get a big rock sound. Hotel California unveiled almost a whole new band in terms of sound and energy. This album was very transitory for the band because it was their first album without Bernie Leadon who helped shape the Eagles early sound of country-rock. Without Leadon they brought in Joe Walsh as a guitarist/keyboardist who brought a harder rock sound to the band. This album, compared to their 4 previous albums, …show more content…
Two of the tracks “Hotel California” and “Life in the Fast Lane” really stood out to me for several reasons. One, I remember listening to these songs with my dad when I was little, he would belt out the lyrics while I would play air guitar. The thing I love most about music is that you can have such strong memories attached to a song that every time you listen to it, it transports you back to that point in time. From a technical point of view, the long acoustic/electric overture of “Hotel California” was very dramatic and captured my attention right away. Then right before the vocals kicked in there was a Caribbean/island rhythm and beat that continued into the first verse. However, what made this song classic were the dual electric guitars that strung melodies throughout the verse and chorus. The same guitars took center stage with the long lead to close the song. When I was younger, I always focused on the lyrics of songs more than anything else. This album had some very strong messages. As a whole it really stuck to the theme of the title, and as a listener it