Wednesday, June 15, 2011

is it cool to like "Hotel California"?

I kind of like the song, but I hear that hipsters make fun of it.  What about the Eagles in general? 

Reasons "Hotel California" is uncool:
  • Covered by Gypsy Kings, hairy-chested Mediterranean singing group whose CDs supplied the soundtrack to the nervous third dates of 45-ish divorcees in mid-90s California. 
  • Hipsters say so, but then again, the song's an easy target, so maybe it's cool after all.
  • Last heard in dental office
Reasons "Hotel California" is cool:
  • Don Henley's solo career
  • In April 2001, when the Navy spyplane collided over China with a fighter jet, the captured American sailors sang it to their captors (the first foreign policy crisis of Bush administration)
  • It makes you think of adult contemporary, mullets, hottubs, divorcees, and fake tans.

1 comment:

  1. I once stayed in a Hotel California while in Madrid. I think they did have a liberal check in policy, but ironically, I was able to leave.

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