英文歌詞隱喻之：Hotel California

好的歌詞為何能所有人的內心，在所有的頻率上，在所有的隱秘的角落，與你共鳴回響？

Hotel California

老鷹樂隊最廣為流傳的一首名曲。今天不分析音樂，專說歌詞。看看大家從歌詞裏看出什麽來的。

Hotel California

Eagles

 

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 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

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 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 place)
Such a lovely face
They livin' it up at the Hotel California
What a nice surprise (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
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! "

所有跟帖： 

• 這歌我總聽。不懂啥意思 -妖妖靈- ♀ (0 bytes) () 10/15/2021 postreply 12:06:07

• 多數英文歌曲，聽歌也許不需要知道歌者要說啥，聽歌更重要的是自己聽到啥。這首歌千人千譯。 -楓林曉- ♂ (0 bytes) () 10/15/2021 postreply 20:17:55

• 攜帶3好-唱的好- -青鬆站- ♀ (572 bytes) () 10/15/2021 postreply 12:10:47

• 青鬆看大的很多。曆史視角的宏大背景！讚 -楓林曉- ♂ (0 bytes) () 10/15/2021 postreply 20:19:42

• 東方有橄欖樹-西方也是有亞柏ABBA和西門他們等等 -青鬆站- ♀ (1251 bytes) () 10/15/2021 postreply 23:14:53

• 嬉皮士時代也是美國最富有魅力最自信的時代。任何一個社會，真的能嬉皮起來，也是要有實力的。現在，我不看好西方的嬉皮能力。 -楓林曉- ♂ (0 bytes) () 10/16/2021 postreply 07:08:54

• 我這次去德州碰到了一個真正的嬉皮~~~ -雪晶- ♀ (71 bytes) () 10/16/2021 postreply 09:56:54

• 我也好喜歡這首歌~~~ -雪晶- ♀ (156 bytes) () 10/15/2021 postreply 12:48:08

• 雪晶看到了際遇，看到了沉溺。感性的視角！ -楓林曉- ♂ (0 bytes) () 10/15/2021 postreply 20:21:03

• 可以提個意見嗎？名字~~~可以再仔細一點嗎~~~ -雪晶- ♀ (0 bytes) () 10/16/2021 postreply 09:54:44

• remember what the poet/father said about windflowers, making u p -AP33912- ♂ (0 bytes) () 10/15/2021 postreply 14:01:09

• powerless. -AP33912- ♂ (0 bytes) () 10/15/2021 postreply 14:25:00

• this is what the band members said about this song -心存善念- ♀ (2789 bytes) () 10/15/2021 postreply 16:20:42

• 忘了大家會放狗了。的確，這是此歌的正解。不過呢，他們內部對歌詞的理解好像也有不同。很有意思。 -楓林曉- ♂ (0 bytes) () 10/15/2021 postreply 20:22:19

• "This could be Heaven or this could be Hell"， 天上人間？：-） -陶陶三- ♂ (0 bytes) () 10/15/2021 postreply 16:27:48

• 我家領導曾經說過~~~ -雪晶- ♀ (370 bytes) () 10/15/2021 postreply 17:31:33

• 雪哥，你不知道“天上人間”是什麽啊。緣分天注定，上天安排的最大~~~ -陶陶三- ♂ (0 bytes) () 10/15/2021 postreply 17:36:34

• 好像知道啊，是有很多昨天三哥視頻裏那樣的美人兒嗎？ -雪晶- ♀ (0 bytes) () 10/15/2021 postreply 17:37:58

• 哈哈，你還看了。好像是有不少營養不良的，昨天視頻裏那個營養豐富一點。 -陶陶三- ♂ (0 bytes) () 10/15/2021 postreply 17:44:15

• 尤其是凶器啊~~~營養豐富得簡直壯觀啊~~~哈哈~~~ -雪晶- ♀ (0 bytes) () 10/15/2021 postreply 18:03:05

• 笑壇的朋友們，偷偷看了好多遍。我說了，每人僅限看一次，他們不聽勸。重點是褲子，他們卻不認為這是重點。 -陶陶三- ♂ (0 bytes) () 10/15/2021 postreply 18:20:15

• 雪晶果然感性，根植在生活的感性。讚，那他現在是在天堂還是地獄呢？ -楓林曉- ♂ (0 bytes) () 10/15/2021 postreply 20:24:43

• 天上人間~~~天意吧~~~ -雪晶- ♀ (0 bytes) () 10/15/2021 postreply 21:09:36

• 天上人間，你昨晚做夢了吧。：）夢醒了發現，是天堂和地獄。 -楓林曉- ♂ (0 bytes) () 10/15/2021 postreply 20:23:22

• 冷暖自知啊 -心存善念- ♀ (0 bytes) () 10/15/2021 postreply 16:37:23

• 放狗之後，關於加州旅館的釋義討論竟然高達 About 117,000,000 results -楓林曉- ♂ (0 bytes) () 10/15/2021 postreply 20:27:23

• 1000個 -初一- ♀ (95 bytes) () 10/15/2021 postreply 22:23:41

• 歡迎初一來美壇玩，歡迎參加美壇活動，有量身定做的頒獎典禮：） -beautifulwind- ♀ (0 bytes) () 10/16/2021 postreply 09:45:46

• 這首歌野獸之前，美女說了一句“We are all just prisoners here, of our own device -楓林曉- ♂ (287 bytes) () 10/15/2021 postreply 20:40:50

• 唉，怎麽這麽複雜，這麽負麵：）我就知道這首歌真帥，真好聽：） -妖妖靈- ♀ (0 bytes) () 10/15/2021 postreply 21:54:30

• 我說負麵，就是因為，正麵的東西，幾乎從來不需要隱喻！這是文學上一個奇特的現象，每當我們看到隱喻，幾乎都是負麵的。 -楓林曉- ♂ (167 bytes) () 10/15/2021 postreply 23:18:41

• prison -Mililani- ♀ (0 bytes) () 10/15/2021 postreply 23:38:00

• 歡迎Mililani來美壇玩，歡迎參加美壇活動，有量身定做的頒獎典禮：） -beautifulwind- ♀ (0 bytes) () 10/16/2021 postreply 09:45:09

• 還以為是老外誤入了按摩店。 -wlwt123- ♂ (0 bytes) () 10/16/2021 postreply 07:51:00

• 這叫破綻，也可以叫爽點！ -楓林曉- ♂ (0 bytes) () 10/16/2021 postreply 08:38:05