Terry Blanton wrote: > Speaking of UFOs on a slow Sunday, this guy has a very interesting > interpretation of the lyrics to "Hotel California": > > http://www.inthe70s.com/generated/lyricsmeaning.shtml > > The Eagles's "Hotel California" Although I think many of you have hit > upon some very interesting ideas about the lyrics here (and > justifiable ones at that -- especially the "in limbo" entries, as that > is my 2nd choice regarding the meaning), nobody as yet has suggested > that the song is about an alien abduction (yes, I believe in UFOs). [* > Note well - the aliens' UFO/planet/people have apparently recreated > the look of earth and earthlings to gain confidence and complicity by > the abductees.] Here are arguments regarding my theory. > > 1) First off, the very opening lines certainly point to an abduction > -- "On a dark desert highway, cool wind in my hair; Warm smell of > colitas rising up through the air. Up ahead in the distance I saw a > shimmering light -- My head grew heavy, and my sight grew dim; I had > to stop for the night." Dissecting these lines, we find the following: > > 2) 'On a dark desert highway' = aliens nearly always take and perform > their experiments at night, and pick remote areas to do so. > > 3) 'UP' (ahead...) suggests he saw something 'ABOVE' another thing > (his car)-- i.e., in this case, the "something" being the spacecraft. > > 4) smell of colitas = some abductees report a strange odor emanating > from the aliens or in the craft itself (possibly a formaldehyde-like > substance??).
Nah, all wrong. It's actually all a big mondegreen. Here's the straight skinny, taken straight off a web page so you know it's got to be true: "There was this fireworks factory just three blocks from the Hotel California . . . and it blew up! Big tragedy. One of the workers was named Wurn Snell and he was from the town of Colitas in Greece. One of the workers who escaped the explosion talked to another guy . . . I think it was probably Don Henley . . . and Don asked what the guy saw. The worker said, "Wurn Snell of Colitas . . . rising up through the air."
