Artist：The eagles
Song：Hotel California
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 when 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
There's 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 Benz
She's 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 1969"
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 live 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
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 nightman, We are programed to receive.
You can check out any time you like, but you can never leave
在流行音乐历史上，仅凭借一支单曲就足以红遍全球的乐队或者歌手非常罕见，但是The Eagles(老鹰)乐队就是这样一支成就辉煌的乐队，他们的单曲《Hotel California(加州旅馆)》可以说是除了美国国歌以外最为著名的美国歌曲，即便是时间过去了三十年之后，这首歌依然没有丝毫褪色，他已成为了美国具有象征性的音乐作品之一，乐队本身也已进入了摇滚乐名人堂，The Eagles代表着一个时代。
他们不仅是70年代最畅销的乐队之一，而且他们1976年发行的两张作品，精选集《Eagles: Their Greatest Hits 1971-1975》和专辑《Hotel California》双双进入了美国唱片工业协会(RIAA)历史十大最畅销专辑行列，《Eagles: Their Greatest Hits 1971-1975》仅在美国本土的销量就超过了两千八百万张，平均每十个美国人就拥有一张他的唱片，被RIAA认证为美国历史上的销量最高的唱片，大大高于Micheal Jackson的《Thriller》的两千六百万和Pink Floyd的《The Wall》的两千三百万。
专辑《Hotel California》的销量超过一千六百万张，同时，他们的另一张精选集《Greatest Hits, Volume II》销量也超过了一千万张，同样成为了钻石唱片(RIAA规定，美国本土销量达到50万张鉴定为金唱片，100万张为白金唱片，1000万张就被授予钻石唱片的奖励称号，此外还有多白金唱片的鉴定)。乐队本身也以总计超过8600万张唱片的销售纪录成为了美国历史上第三大畅销的乐队，仅次于披头士乐队 (the Beatles)和齐柏林飞船乐队(Led Zeppelin)。