Hotel California

[dario fgx]

Diciamocelo pure: 2 o 3 serate di san remo mi hanno già abbondantemente saturato lo sc... . Cosi' mi sono rifugiato in cameretta ed ho coperto i gemiti provenienti dalla tv prima con santana , poi con gli scorpions e poi ho riascoltato x l'ennesima volta hotel california... qundo mi è venuta volgia di tradurla ho ripreso il testo in inglese, la traduzione nonostante mi sia risultata piuttosto semplice nel suo risultato finale nn sembra affatto di senso compiuto...qualcuno mi sa spiegare il significato del testo?

[giovane acero]

Da una traduzione sul web...

Su un'autostrada buia e deserta, con il vento fresco tra i capelli
un caldo profumo di colitas, si solleva nell'aria
più avanti in lontananza, vidi una luce scintillante
la mia testa divenne pesante e la mia vista si indebolì
dovetti fermarmi per la notte

Lei stava sulla soglia
ed io udii il campanello d'allarme
mentre pensavo tra me
'potrebbe essere il paradiso o potrebbe essere l'inferno'
poi lei accese la candela e mi mostrò la strada
si udivano nelle voci nei corridoi
e credevo che dicessero....

Benvenuto all'Hotel California
un posto così amabile
un volto così amabile
ci sono tante camere all'Hotel California
in ogni momento dell'anno puoi trovarne una

La sua mente è perversa, ha le curvature di una Mercedes
ha tanti bei ragazzi che chiama amici
danzano nel cortile, sudati per la dolce estate
alcuni danzano per ricordare, altri per dimenticare

Chiamai il Capitano,
'Per favore, mi porti del vino',
lui disse 'non abbiamo quel tipo di bevanda dal 1969'
ed ancora quelle voci si facevano udire da lontano
ti svegliavano nel mezzo della notte
solo per sentirle sussurrare...


Benvenuto all'Hotel California
un posto così amabile
un volto così amabile
si stanno divertendo molto all'Hotel California
che bella sorpresa, ti porge le sue scuse

Specchi sul soffitto
champagne rosato sul ghiaccio
e lei disse
'Noi siamo tutti prigionieri del nostro nuovo congegno'*
e nella camera del padrone
si sono raccolti per il banchetto
lo trafiggono con i loro coltelli in acciaio
ma non possono uccidere la bestia

L'ultima cosa che ricordo
è che stavo correndo verso la porta
cercai il passaggio che mi riportasse
indietro nel posto in cui ero prima
'Rilassati' disse l'uomo della notte**
noi siamo programmati per ricevere
tu puoi lasciare l'albergo quando vuoi,
ma non potrai mai abbandonarci***

*qui avrei tradotto 'siamo tutti prigionieri di noi stessi'
** l'addetto al turno di notte dell'albergo
*** ma non puoi andartene

bella canzone in ogni caso...

[Super Vegetto]

Come potrai leggere in giro nel web questa canzone è famosa anche per il suo sospetto, nonchè probabile, senso satanico. Nulla di stravolgente, comunque. L'Hotel California (di cui ci sono anche delle foto in giro) è un Hotel abbastanza sperduto nel quale si mormora che in passato avvenivano sedute sataniche, era un po' un punto fisso per gli amanti di queste allegre combricole. Sembra anche poi che il cantante degli Eagles al tempo della canzone era avvezzo a queste pratiche o quanto meno attirato dall'indubbio fascino malefico del diavolo. Conferme ufficiali naturalmente non ce ne sono, ma i rumors circolanti sono ben più che dei "sentito dire".
E se rileggi il testo in questa seconda ottica, capirai come il fascino sinistro della cretura ("..the beast...") sia presente dall'inizio alla fine, con l'Hotel California che diventa come una trappola seducente da cui, una volta entrati, non si riesce più ad uscire. Le tentazioni sono le solite: la donna, i soldi, la macchina (la Mercedes), la voglia di piacere, etc...
Tra i tanti doppi sensi io segnalo quello bellissimo "'...non abbiamo quel tipo di bevanda dal 1969...", nel quale bevanda (più alcool che bevanda, in realtà...) in inglese è "spirit", che è anche un palese segno religioso...Ma tutta la canzone giocata su questa ambivalenza è stupenda

[dario fgx]

direi anche che wine si traduce vino, alias il sangue di cristo!

[dario fgx]

qualche link?

[dario fgx]

raga scaricando il testo della canzone con evilLyrics...guardate un po' che trovo:
il testo

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;
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 face
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 bends
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 face
They livin\' 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
The 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 checkout any time you like,
but you can never leave!

e poi anche questo:

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Wasted Time
Well baby, there you stand
With your little head, down in your hand
Oh, my God, you can\'t believe it\'s happening
again
Your baby\'s gone, and you\'re all alone
and it looks like the end.

And you\'re back out on the street.
And you\'re tryin\' to remember.
How will you start it over?
You don\'t know what became.
You don\'t care much for a stranger\'s touch,
But you can\'t hold your man.

You never thought you\'d be alone this far
down the line
And I know what\'s been on your mind
You\'re afraid it\'s all been wasted time

The autumn leaves have got you thinking
about the first time that you fell
You didn\'t love the boy too much, no, no
you just loved the boy to well, Farewell
So you live from day to day, and you dream
about tomorrow, oh.
And the hours go by like minutes
and the shadows come to stay
So you take a little something to
make them go away
And I could have done so many things, baby
If I could only stop my mind from wondrin\' what
I left behind and from worrying \'bout theis wasted time

Ooh, another love has come and gone
Ooh, and the years keep rushing on
I remeber what you told me before you went out on your own:
\"Sometimes to keep it together, we got to leave it alone.\"
So you can get on with your search,baby, and I can
get on with mine
And maybe someday we will find , that it wasn\'t really
wasted time
Mm,hm
Oh hoo, ooh, ohh,
Ooh,ooh, mm

Pretty Maids All In A Row
Hi there,
How are \'ya?
it\'s been a long time
My, but we learn so slow
and heroes, they come
and they go
and leave us behind as if
we\'re s\'pposed to know why
Why do we give up our hearts to the past?
and why must we grow up so fast?

And all you wishing well fools
with your fortunes
someone should send you a rose with
love from a friend,
it\'s nice to here from you
again
And the storybook comes to a close
Gone are the ribbons and bows
Things to remember places to go
Pretty Maids all in a Row
Oh, oh oh, oh......

I Can\'t Tell You Why
Look at us baby, up all night
Tearing our love apart
Aren\'t we the same two people who live
through years in the dark?
Ahh...
Every time I try to walk away
Something makes me turn around and stay
And I can\'t tell you why

When we get crazy,
it just ain\'t to right,
(try to keep you head, little girl)
Girl, I get lonely,too
You don\'t have to worry
Just hold on tight
(don\'t get caught in your little world)
\'Cause I love you
Nothing\'s wrong as far as I can see
We make it harder than it has to be
and I can\'t tell you why
no, baby, I can\'t tell you why
I can\'t tell you why
No,no, baby, I can\'t tell you why
I can\'t tell you why
I can\'t tell you why

New York Minute
Harry got up
Dressed all in black
Went down to the station
And he never came back
They found his clothing
Scattered somewhere down the track
And he won\'t be down on Wall Street
in the morning

He had a home
The love of a girl
But men get lost sometimes
As years unfold
One day he crossed some line
And he was too much in this world
But I guess it doesn\'t matter anymore

In a New York Minute
Everything can change
In a New York Minute
Things can get pretty strange
In a New York Minute
Everything can change
In a New York Minute

Lying here in the darkness
I hear the sirens wail
Somebody going to emergency
Somebody\'s going to jail
If you find somebody to love in this world
You better hand on tooth and nail
The wolf is always at the door

In a New York Minute
Everything can change
In a New York Minute
Things can get a little strange
In a New York Minute
Everything can change
In a New York Minute

And in these days
When darkness falls early
And people rush home
To the ones they love
You better take a fool\'s advice
And tak care of your own
One day they\'re here;
Next day they\'re gone

I pulled my coat around my shoulders
And took a walk down through the park
The leaves were falling around me
The groaning city in the gathering dark
On some solitary rock
A desperate lover left his mark,
\"Baby, I\'ve changed. Please come back.\"

What the head makes cloudy
The heart makes very clear
The days were so much brighter
In the time when she was here
But I know there\'s somebody somewhere
Make these dark clouds disappear
Until that day, I have to believe
I believe, I believe

In a New York Minute
Everything can change
In a New York Minute
You can get out of the rain
In a New York Minute
Everything can change
In a New York Minute

The Last Resort
She came from Providence,
the one in Rhode Island
Where the old world shadows hand
heavy in the air
She packed her hopes and dreams
like a refugee
Just as her father came across the sea

She heard about a place people were simlin\'
They spoke about the red man\'s way,
and how they loved the land
And they came from everywhere
to the Great Divide
Seeking a place to stand
or a place to hide

Down in the crowded bars,
out for a good time,
Can\'t wait to tell you all,
what it\'s like up there
And they called it paradise
I don\'t know why
Somebody laid the mountains low
while the town got high

Then the chilly winds blew down
Across the desert
through the canyons of the coast, to
the Malibu
Where the pretty people play,
hungry for power
to light their neon way
and give them things to do

Some rich men came and raped the land,
Nobody caught \'em
Put up a bunch of ugly boxes, and Jesus,
people bought \'em
And they called it paradise
The place to be
They watched the hazy sun, sinking in the sea

You can leave it all behind
and sail to Lahaina
just like the missionaries did, so many years ago
They even brought a neon sign:\"Jesus is coming\"
Brought the white man\'s burden down
Brought the white man\'s reign

Who will provide the grand design?
What is yours and what is mine?
\'Cause there is no more new frontier
We have got to make it here

We satifsy our endless needs and
justify our bloody deeds,
in the name of destiny and the name
of God

And you can see them there,
On Sunday morning
They call it paradise
I don\'t know why
You call someplace paradise,
kiss it goodbye

Take it Easy
Well, I\'m running down the road
tryin\' to loosen my load
I\'ve got seven women on my mind,
Four that wanna own me,
Two that wanna stone me,
One says she\'s a friend of mine

Take It easy, take it easy
Don\'t let the sound of your own
wheels drive you crazy
Lighten up while you still can
don\'t even try to understand
Just find a place to make your stand
and take it easy

Well, I\'m a standing on a corner
in Winslow, Arizona
and such a fine sight to see
It\'s a girl, my Lord, in a flatbed
Ford slowin\' down to take a look
at me

Come on, baby, don\'t say maybe
I gotta know if your sweet love is
gonna save me
We may lose and we may win though
we will never be here again
so open up, I\'m climbin\' in, so take it easy

Well I\'m running down the road trying to loosen
my load,
got a world of trouble on my mind
lookin\' for a lover who won\'t blow my
cover, she\'s so hard to find
Take it easy, take it easy
don\'t let the sound of your own
wheels make you crazy
come on baby
don\'t say maybe
I gotta know if your sweet love is
gonna save me, oh oh oh

Oh we got it easy
We oughta take it easy

In the City
Somewhere out there on that horizon
Our beyond the neon lights
I know there must be somethin\' better
but there\'s nowhere else in sight
It\'s survival in the city
When you live from day to day
City streets don\'t have much pity
When you\'re down, that\'s where you\'ll stay
In the city,oh,oh.
In the city

I was born here in the city
With my back against the wall
Nothing grows, and life ain\'t very pretty
No one\'s there to catch you when you fall
Somewhere out on that horizon
Faraway from the neon sky
I know there must be somethin\' better
And I can\'t stay another night
In the city,oh,oh.
In the city

Life In The Fast Lane
He was a hard-headed man
He was brutally handsome, and she was teminally pretty
She held him up, and he held her for ransome in the heart
of the cold, cold city
He had a nasty reputation as a cruel dude
They said he was ruthless, they said he was crude
They had one thing in common, they were
good in bed
She\'d say, \'Faster,faster. The lights are turnin\' red.\"
Life in the fast lane
Surely make you lose your mind, mm
Are you with me so far?

Eager for action and bot for the game
The coming attraction, the drop of a name
They knew all the right people, they took
all the right pills
They threw outrageous parties, they paid heavily bills.
There were lines on the mirror, lines on her face
She pretended not to notice, she was caught up
in the race

Out every evening, until it was light
He was too tired to make it, she was too tired
to fight about it

Life in the fast lane
Surely make you lse your mind
Life in the fast lane, everything all the time
Life in the fast lane, uh huh
Blowin\' and burnin\', blinded by thirst
They didn\'t see the stop sign,
took a turn for the worst.

She said, \"Listen, baby.You can hear the engine
ring.We\'ve been up and down this highway;
haven\'t seen a goddam thing.\"
He said,\"Call the doctor. I think I\'m gonna crash.\"
\"The doctor say he\'s comin\', but you gotta pay him cash.\"
They went rushin\' down that freeway, messed around
and got lost
They didn\'t know they were just dyin\' to get off
And it was life in the fast lane
Life in the fast lane

Desperado
Desperado, why don\'t you come to your senses?
You been out ridin\' fences for so long now
Oh, you\'re a hard one
I know that you got your reasons
These things that are pleasin\' you
Can hurt you somehow

Don\' you draw the queen of diamonds, boy
She\'ll beat you if she\'s able
You know the queen of heats is always your best bet

Now it seems to me, some fine things
Have been laid upon your table
But you only want the ones that you can\'t get

Desperado, oh, you ain\'t gettin\' no youger
Your pain and your hunger, they\'re drivin\' you home
And freedom, oh freedom well, that\'s just some people talkin\'
Your prison is walking through this world all alone

Don\'t your feet get cold in the winter time?
The sky won\'t snow and the sun won\'t shine
It\'s hard to tell the night time from the day
You\'re loosin\' all your highs and lows
Ain\'t it funny how the feeling goes away?

Desperado, why don\'t you come to your senses?
Come down from your fences, open the gate
It may be rainin\', but there\'s a rainbow above you
You better let somebody love you, before it\'s too late

E' un errore del programma o centra qualcosa con la canzone?
nn ho ancora avuto modo di tradurre

[Blue Spirit]

è notoriamente una canzone satanista, l' "hotel california" era un albergo californiano in cui si svolgevano regolarmente delle sedute sataniche della setta di LaVey