Comments on: Availability Of Spirits at Hotel California

By: Don

Don — Mon, 23 May 2011 21:16:20 +0000

Actually, you are correct ….

By: ZOMGWTFBBQ

ZOMGWTFBBQ — Thu, 23 Sep 2010 23:33:34 +0000

That’s how I interpreted it.
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*runs away to Songmeanings.net*

By: Skuny

Skuny — Sat, 21 Mar 2009 17:41:56 +0000

WIN.

By: riri

riri — Sat, 09 Aug 2008 13:20:28 +0000

With 80% beer and 70% champagne in ’75, it seems like the hotel California has had > 100% for a while.

By: elfinugget

elfinugget — Fri, 11 Jul 2008 22:29:28 +0000

oh!! *song takes on new meaning* wow!!

Wine is technically a spirit though you almost always see it separate (“wine and spirits”) I thought he was using some kind of code-word. “when I say ‘wine’, what I mean is, ‘high-proof tequila, got it?’”

By: Fish

Fish — Thu, 10 Jul 2008 09:35:37 +0000

Honestly, I’ve always questioned that myself.

By: A 14 year old

A 14 year old — Thu, 10 Jul 2008 02:43:48 +0000

I don’t remember Beer being said at any point in the song. My parents don’t get it ether.

By: wykkedfae

wykkedfae — Sun, 06 Jul 2008 20:28:05 +0000

Actually, wine is considered a spirit, as is any other alcoholic beverage. However, you may still have a valid point.

By: Big Steve

Big Steve — Sun, 06 Jul 2008 06:27:59 +0000

I never quite took it that way myself, but now the you mention it, it seems quite probably that that may have been their intention.

By: Meh

Meh — Sat, 05 Jul 2008 06:10:43 +0000

I thought the same thing, don’t feel bad..

By: Carolyn J.

Carolyn J. — Fri, 04 Jul 2008 21:57:20 +0000

They were smoking “colitas” of course.

By: Overture

Overture — Fri, 04 Jul 2008 08:57:28 +0000

Erm….am I the only one who thought spirit was meant in terms of “That’s the spirit”?
i.e. “Bring me my wine!”
“We haven’t had that spirit here since 1969″
Emphasis on the hedonistic ways, summer of 69, free love, partying etc.

Especially given that wine and spirits are generally separate on the beverage classification table.

Or am I just missing the irony?

By: Erica

Erica — Fri, 04 Jul 2008 06:55:20 +0000

Nice job proof reading before submitting. Availablitiy?

By: Jane

Jane — Fri, 04 Jul 2008 01:39:39 +0000

Yeah, but the whole never leaving thing means you would have put a damper on things. Not to mention the drop in available spirits.

By: Kyler

Kyler — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 19:20:08 +0000

’65 seems to have been the year to stay at Hotel California.

By: Boter

Boter — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 17:12:22 +0000

It may be potential of each. Say, a storeroom for beer was only 75% full in ’66. They know there’s no more wine not because they have to look through all the spirits in a single storeroom, but because the wine cellar has been empty for that long.

It’s been a while, I wonder if they got wine in again… surely the song alerted the world to their plight! I bet there was a relief effort!

By: Daniel Z

Daniel Z — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 16:30:08 +0000

I submitted the same thing a while back (except only for wine). I was robbed

By: tain

tain — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 15:55:38 +0000

Pink Champagne on ice?

By: Jane

Jane — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 15:04:44 +0000

No, I think it’s just at 100% before 1966.

By: garrito

garrito — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 13:58:38 +0000

This graph clearly shows spirits in excess of 100% before 1966. Not. Possible. No matter how tiffany-twisted you are.