What does Hotel California mean?

This song reflects the loneliness, emptiness, and helplessness of the American youth in the 1970s. Is Hotel California the only hell? no. As long as they are awake, everywhere is hell. Only singing, dancing, drinking and sex can bring some stimulation to their numb souls and give them a feeling of "heaven". Hotel California seems to be such a paradise, where a group of lonely young people gather (a lot of pretty boys mentioned in the song). They meet a beautiful girl "friend" and dance in the summer backyard. The dance is so tempting. However, there are several dances that the protagonist cannot remember. What numbs their spirits is not alcohol, but a wonderful thing provided by the hotel to relieve the pain in the world - drugs.

Drugs are not mentioned in the lyrics, but from the atmosphere of the music, we can vaguely see that Hotel California is an underground place for drug addicts - a paradise for drug addicts - 1969 Since then, they have abandoned the backward anesthetic "alcohol".

Under the stimulation of drugs, the emptiness seemed to be thrown away by them. But what replaced it was weakness, with a bright knife, but it could not kill the beast. The emptiness has not actually been thrown away. Drugs actually give people endless emptiness. You can check out at any time, but you can never leave because you are already deeply trapped.

One of the functions of rock and roll is to use a few shocking notes to express people's helplessness and helplessness, to show the fragile side of human nature, to give people inspiration, and to guide people to escape from difficulties.