17 Janvier 2019
Glen Frey, guitariste et l'un des fondateurs du groupe Eagles est mort à l'âge de 67 ans.
Glenn Frey : 06 novembre 1948 à Détroit / 18 janvier 2016 à New York
Will you find the passage back to the place you were before ? RIP
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Michel Tournier, écrivain est mort à l'âge de 91 ans. REP.
Michel Tournier : 19 décembre 1924 à Paris / 18 janvier 2016 à Choisel
eMmA MessanA
Dans la série #Mes anges
Quel choc quand Hotel California est sorti.
J'avais vingt ans, et j'ai tellement adoré me plonger régulièrement dans cette ambiance enigmatique et inspirante.
Le décor de cet hôtel installé au milieu de nulle part a été le théâtre de pas mal de mes rêves, entre grands espaces américains réels ou inventés, murmures et personnages vagabondant entre folie et réalité.
En quelques minutes, c'est un roman ou un film qui s'imprime durablement dans la mémoire.
Ce tube mythique co-écrit par Glenn Frey est à jamais indémodable.
Mon album existe toujours, je le garde jalousement.
Il côtoie en vrac et entre autres, les vinyles de Bob Dylan, Fleetwood Mac, Carly Simon, Pink Floyd, Mike Oldfield, Cat Stevens, Neil Young, Randie Newman, Robert Palmer, Elton John, ELO, Deep Purple... Un trésor qui m'accompagne dans tous les déménagements et qui en fera d'autres, d'autant que la technologie permet à présent de réécouter les 33 tours correctement...
Eagles, Hotel California (1976)
Glenn Frey, Don Henley et Don Felder
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 Benz
She 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 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!