英文歌词隐喻之：Hotel California

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Hotel California

老鹰乐队最广为流传的一首名曲。今天不分析音乐，专说歌词。看看大家从歌词里看出什么来的。

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! "

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• 这歌我总听。不懂啥意思 -妖妖灵- ♀ (0 bytes) () 10/15/2021 postreply 12:06:07

• 多数英文歌曲，听歌也许不需要知道歌者要说啥，听歌更重要的是自己听到啥。这首歌千人千译。 -枫林晓- ♂ (0 bytes) () 10/15/2021 postreply 20:17:55

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

• 青松看大的很多。历史视角的宏大背景！赞 -枫林晓- ♂ (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 -青松站- ♀ (1251 bytes) () 10/15/2021 postreply 23:14:53

• 嬉皮士时代也是美国最富有魅力最自信的时代。任何一个社会，真的能嬉皮起来，也是要有实力的。现在，我不看好西方的嬉皮能力。 -枫林晓- ♂ (0 bytes) () 10/16/2021 postreply 07:08:54

• 我这次去德州碰到了一个真正的嬉皮~~~ -雪晶- ♀ (71 bytes) () 10/16/2021 postreply 09:56:54

• 我也好喜欢这首歌~~~ -雪晶- ♀ (156 bytes) () 10/15/2021 postreply 12:48:08

• 雪晶看到了际遇，看到了沉溺。感性的视角！ -枫林晓- ♂ (0 bytes) () 10/15/2021 postreply 20:21:03

• 可以提个意见吗？名字~~~可以再仔细一点吗~~~ -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

• 忘了大家会放狗了。的确，这是此歌的正解。不过呢，他们内部对歌词的理解好像也有不同。很有意思。 -枫林晓- ♂ (0 bytes) () 10/15/2021 postreply 20:22:19

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

• 我家领导曾经说过~~~ -雪晶- ♀ (370 bytes) () 10/15/2021 postreply 17:31:33

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

• 好像知道啊，是有很多昨天三哥视频里那样的美人儿吗？ -雪晶- ♀ (0 bytes) () 10/15/2021 postreply 17:37:58

• 哈哈，你还看了。好像是有不少营养不良的，昨天视频里那个营养丰富一点。 -陶陶三- ♂ (0 bytes) () 10/15/2021 postreply 17:44:15

• 尤其是凶器啊~~~营养丰富得简直壮观啊~~~哈哈~~~ -雪晶- ♀ (0 bytes) () 10/15/2021 postreply 18:03:05

• 笑坛的朋友们，偷偷看了好多遍。我说了，每人仅限看一次，他们不听劝。重点是裤子，他们却不认为这是重点。 -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。赞，那他现在是在天堂还是地狱呢？ -枫林晓- ♂ (0 bytes) () 10/15/2021 postreply 20:24:43

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

• 天上人间，你昨晚做梦了吧。：）梦醒了发现，是天堂和地狱。 -枫林晓- ♂ (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

• 放狗之后，关于加州旅馆的释义讨论竟然高达 About 117,000,000 results -枫林晓- ♂ (0 bytes) () 10/15/2021 postreply 20:27:23

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

• 欢迎初一来美坛玩，欢迎参加美坛活动，有量身定做的颁奖典礼：） -beautifulwind- ♀ (0 bytes) () 10/16/2021 postreply 09:45:46

• 这首歌野兽之前，美女说了一句“We are all just prisoners here, of our own device -枫林晓- ♂ (287 bytes) () 10/15/2021 postreply 20:40:50

• 唉，怎么这么复杂，这么负面：）我就知道这首歌真帅，真好听：） -妖妖灵- ♀ (0 bytes) () 10/15/2021 postreply 21:54:30

• 我说负面，就是因为，正面的东西，几乎从来不需要隐喻！这是文学上一个奇特的现象，每当我们看到隐喻，几乎都是负面的。 -枫林晓- ♂ (167 bytes) () 10/15/2021 postreply 23:18:41

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

• 欢迎Mililani来美坛玩，欢迎参加美坛活动，有量身定做的颁奖典礼：） -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

• 这叫破绽，也可以叫爽点！ -枫林晓- ♂ (0 bytes) () 10/16/2021 postreply 08:38:05