Hotel Babylon

Did you ever wonder what the song Hotel California by the Eagles meant? They have been notoriously closed-mouth on the meaning. But they did say that the song is an “interpretation of the high life in Los Angeles.”

Our modern consumer society is certainly typified by Los Angeles.

You can leave Hotel Babylon if you wish, but it is difficult. As the song says, if you are a prisoner there, it is by your own device.

BTW, according to the Wiki article on the song, “the term “colitas” in the first stanza of the song is a Spanish term for “little tails” and in Mexican slang it is a reference to the buds of the Cannabis [marijuana] plant.” This is another part of the modern Los Angeles culture you can leave if you wish.