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The Eagles - Hotel California

老鷹合唱團 - 加州旅館



「加州旅館」是流行音樂史上的一首搖滾經典，這首歌曲於1976年推出以後，不僅很快的佔據排行榜冠軍，也使得老鷹合唱團在美國的地位更加鞏固，樂評界一致稱許該團為美國本土最偉大的搖滾樂團。



　 寫作並主唱這首歌的團員唐亨利表示，歌詞內容是反映他們生活在好萊塢必須面對的殘酷現實，那段日子對他們而言，每天都像是萬聖節一樣，充滿了性、毒品與精神上的各種試煉。然而，這首長達六分多鐘的作品，在當時 卻引起許多衛道人士的攻訐，原因是經過六十年代越戰以及嬉皮運動啟蒙的美國社會，風氣日漸開放，吸食大麻、迷幻藥以追求自我解放的年輕人日益增多，流行音樂界有許多藝人靠著迷幻藥來尋找創作靈感，更是做了最不良的示範。70年代的美國樂壇，就有好幾位重量級的藝人因為吸食過量而斃命，包括「門戶合唱團」（The Doors）的主唱吉姆莫里森（Jim Morrison）、吉米罕醉克斯（Jimi Hendrix）、珍妮絲賈普琳（Janis Joplin）。許多衛道人士憂心世風敗壞，紛紛指陳搖滾樂腐蝕人心，教唆青少年吸毒犯罪，呼籲電台禁播這類歌曲，甚至在街頭當眾銷毀大批的搖滾唱片。「加州旅館」這首當紅的歌，成了眾矢之的，衛道者指責這首歌，就是在描述一個吸毒者的天堂，是撒旦的大本營。



　事過境遷，這首歌的魅力不曾稍減，經過時間的沈澱，它成為西洋音樂中一首不可不聽的傑作，末尾那一段雙吉他的演奏尤其成為典範，更動任何一個音符，都會影響其精彩的程度。











＊歌詞:



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 dimmer



　　I had to stop for the night



　　There she stood in the doorway



　　I heard the mission bell



　　And I was thinking to myself



　　'This could be heaven or this could be hell'



　　Then she lit up a candle



and she showed me the way



　　There were voices down the corridor



　　I thought I heard them say---



　　Welcome to the Hotel California



　　Such a lovely place (such a lovely face)



　　Plenty of room at the Hotel California



　　Any time of year,



　　you can find it here



　　Her mind is Tiffany-twisted



　　She got the Mercedes Benz



　　She got a lot of pretty, pretty boys



　　That she calls friends



　　How they dance in the courtyard



　　Sweet summer sweats



　　Some dance to remember



　　Some dance to forget



　　So I called up the Captain



　　'Please bring me my wine'



　　He said, 'We haven't had that spirit here



since nineteen sixty nine'



　　And still those voices



are calling from far away



　　Wake you up in the middles of the night



　　Just to hear them say---



　　Welcome to the Hotel California



　　Such a lovely place (such a lovely face)



　　They living it up at the Hotel California



　　What a nice surprise, bring you alibis



　　Mirrors on the ceiling



　　The pink champagne on ice



　　And she said



　　'We are all just prisoners



here of our own device'



　　And in the master's chambers



　　They gathered for the feast



　　They stab it with their steely knives



　　But they just can't kill the beast



　　Last thing I remember



I was running for the door



　　I had to find the passage back



　　To the place I was before 'Relax',



　　said the night man



　　'We are programmed to receive



　　You can check out any time you like



　　But you can never leave'



中文翻譯:



http://www.tacocity.com.tw/abs1984/h5.htm