Song Meanings and Facts

Song Meanings and Facts

Tagged: Don Henley

Hotel California

Eagles

Is “Hotel California” by the Eagles about devil worship?

Is “Hotel California” really about devil worship? The answer to the question above is a big NO! Absolutely not. The Eagles’ “Hotel California” has nothing to do with devil worship. This interpretation is interestingly...

King of Hollywood

Eagles

Eagles’ “King of Hollywood” Lyrics Meaning

Asylum Records released “King of Hollywood” on 24 September 1979 as part of The Eagles’ LP “The Long Run”. That was actually the last studio album the group put out before going on an extended hiatus in 1980,...

Learn to be Still

Eagles

“Learn to be Still” by Eagles

We already know based on past research that when it comes to dropping palpably-deep lyrics, few rock musicians, if any, are as consistently effective as Don Henley. In other words, in tracks like “Learn to Be Still” for...

Watching TV

Roger Waters

“Watching TV” by Roger Waters

“Watching TV” is a pretty-interesting piece as far as protest songs go. And that’s because the vocalist spends a significant portion of the lyrics, i.e. most of the first verse really, in admiration of ‘his...

New Kid in Town

The Eagles

“New Kid in Town” by Eagles

Even without resorting to the Eagles’ explanation of “New Kid in Town”, it becomes pretty obvious what they’re speaking to. And that would be how baseless, if you will, infatuation actually is. To illustrate this point, in...

Workin' It

Don Henley

Don Henley’s “Workin’ It” Lyrics Meaning

In more recent times, Don Henley looks like your standard matured musician. In other words, looking at him now and especially back when “Workin’ It” was dropped, you’d never know that he was once part...

Seven Bridges Road

Eagles

“Seven Bridges Road” by Eagles

The Eagles are a band whose most-successful single is 1977’s “Hotel California“, and relatedly they are in fact from Los Angeles. So it may seem kinda weird that they dropped a song like “Seven Bridges Road” based on...