What is meant "Hotel California"?

[Riff Raff]

What kind of fool would remember some ******* yellow submarine if he didn't play it 1000 times in a row? It's like remembering how john smith farted.

Oh, I for one distinctly remember that time when John Smith farted!

 

[bodecea]

One time, James and my brother were way up in the mountains and stopped at this little bar to get a drink (and probably ask directions, but James would die before admitting it)

Anyway- there were about a dozen fellas in there and as they walked in, the chatter stopped. They all stared at James and Matt. Someone locked the door and another guy put Hotel California on the jukebox. James said he got sweaty and was reaching for a bar school when the laughter erupted and they said it was one of their favorite pranks.

They're lucky those were his pre-carry days.

That frightened, eh?

 

[shoshi]

Glen Frye said back then California was seen as the promised land because it was capital of the entertainment industry. That is where the song title idea came from