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در این اپیزود یکی از محبوب ترین و مشهور ترین ترانه های تاریخ موسیقی رو با هم خواهیم دید. ترانه هتل کالیفرنیا از گروه ایگلز. 

ترانه ای در مذمت  زندان مصرف گرائی و با نگاهی منتقدانه به مکتب هدویسم, سکس, مواد و فرار از واقعیت. 

[Verse 1: Don Henley]

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

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

[Chorus: Don Henley]

"Welcome to the Hotel California

Such a lovely place (Such a lovely place)

Such a lovely face

Plenty of room at the Hotel California

Any time of year (Any time of year)

You can find it here"

[Verse 2: Don Henley]

Her mind is Tiffany-twisted

She got the Mercedes Bends

She got a lot of pretty, pretty boys

She calls friends

How they dance in the courtyard

Sweet summer sweat

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 1969"

And still those voices are calling from far away

Wake you up in the middle of the night

Just to hear them say

[Chorus: Don Henley]

"Welcome to the Hotel California

Such a lovely place (Such a lovely place)

Such a lovely face

They living it up at the Hotel California

What a nice surprise (what a nice surprise)

Bring your alibis"

[Verse 3: Don Henley]

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!"

[Guitar Solo]

Released: February 22, 1977

Genre: Rock/ Soft rock
Songwriters: Don Felder / Don Henley/ Glenn Frey

امشب با هم یک موسیقی از لئونارد کوهن بزرگ رو تماشا میکنیم. بارانی آبی مشهور از آلبوم "ترانه های عشق و نفرت" که در سال ۱۹۷۱ منتشر شده. ترانه ای به شدت شخصی که در قالب یک نامه نوشته شده و در آخر با اسم خود لئونارد امضا شده. 

[Verse 1]
It's four in the morning, the end of December
I'm writing you now just to see if you're better
New York is cold, but I like where I'm living
There's music on Clinton Street all through the evening
I hear that you're building
Your little house deep in the desert
You're living for nothing now
I hope you're keeping some kind of record

[Chorus]
Yes, and Jane came by with a lock of your hair
She said that you gave it to her
That night that you planned to go clear
Did you ever go clear?

[Verse 2]
Oh, the last time we saw you you looked so much older
Your famous blue raincoat was torn at the shoulder
You'd been to the station to meet every train
But then you came home without Lili Marlene
And you treated my woman
To a flake of your life
And when she came back
She was nobody's wife

[Chorus 2]
Well, I see you there with the rose in your teeth
One more thin gypsy thief
Well I see Jane's awake
She sends her regard

[Verse 3]
And what can I tell you my brother, my killer?
What can I possibly say?
I guess that I miss you. I guess I forgive you
I'm glad you stood in my way
If you ever come by here
For Jane or for me
Well, your enemy is sleeping
And his woman is free

[Chorus]
Yes, and thanks for the trouble
You took from her eyes
I thought it was there for good
So I never tried
And Jane came by with a lock of your hair
She said that you gave it to her
That night that you planned to go clear
Sincerely, L. Cohen