[唱英文歌曲活動] -- Hotel California 加州酒店 -----

遊泳的雨 · 2011-09-29 18:51:09Z

[唱英文歌曲活動] -- Hotel California 加州酒店 -----簡介

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順著美風班長的腳步來到這裏，先跟大家問個好。。。。

其實我偶爾也是會跑到這裏來給自己充電，所以也想趁這個機會，用這首自己翻唱的歌向大家表示感謝。。。

這首歌的前奏和後奏都比較長，不過很多的評選都把這首歌作為“One of the Best Guitar Solo Ever“。。　所以希望沒有浪費大家太多時間。。。

下麵是從網上搜來的歌曲介紹中摘錄出來的一段文字：

《Hotel California》是二十世紀最著名的流行音樂作品之一。這首歌可以說是Eagles在最佳狀態、最佳組合之下完成的一首曠世之作，這首《Hotel California》在1977年連續8周獲得全美排行榜冠軍的位置。在《滾石》評出的最偉大的100首英文歌曲中名列第十一。 Eagles是美國乃至美國文化波及到世界最為雅俗共賞的樂隊，有人說他們是搖滾樂隊，也有人說他們是合唱組，反正他們最拿手的，便是鄉村搖滾的五重奏加上五重唱，鄉村的傳統情懷、搖滾的適當的動感、一層層吉它鋪墊出的細致空間、一重重人聲疊加的豐富和聲，便是他們左右逢源的秘密。關於Eagles的“Hotel California”的介紹幾乎多到泛濫。從六七十年代搖滾樂的繁榮上升時期以來，數不清的人們被這首絕世佳作深深地打動。有些樂隊不但多產，而且精品甚多。Eagles也是這樣，但是正因為這首“加州旅館”太過出色，以至人們隻記得Eagles是唱"加州旅館"的樂隊。這首歌被人們演繹過的不同版本數不勝數。但普遍認為最動人最經典的，還是Eagles自己演繹的Unplugged版本(94版?)，隻有吉他，鼓聲伴奏。步入中年的Eagles，光芒四射的舞台，唯一被人們記住的“Hotel California”，歌詞裏如同宿命般斷言：你永遠也離不開“Hotel California”了，Eagles的終生成就，似乎就隻有這首“Hotel California”。霜華染鬢，怕見人去，燈影車流中，穿越喧囂繁華，現場歌迷們的喝彩聲浪裏，是不被真正理解的Eagles的寂寞。借用中國的一句古語“成也蕭何、敗也蕭何”，可能是《Hotel California》太成功了，以後，The Eagles再也沒有創作出超過《Hotel California》的作品。或許是聽眾們太苛刻了，他們對這首歌曲近乎於崇拜的喜愛已使他們忽略了The Eagles其他的單曲。更有甚者，傳說The Eagles到日本舉行演唱會，演唱會第一支曲子就安排的是《Hotel California》，但演唱完了這首曲子之後，音樂會就走了近一半的人。

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...

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 bends
She got a lot of pretty, pretty boys, that 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 nineteen sixty nine’
And still those voices are calling from far away,
Wake you up in the middle of the night
Just to hear them say...

Welcome to the hotel california
Such a lovely place
Such a lovely face
They livin’ it up at the hotel california
What a nice surprise, bring your 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
The 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 checkout any time you like,
But you can never leave!