Some classic rock songs get too little attention. The Eagles' "Hotel California" is not one of those songs but it’s still worth analyzing.

The Eagles' "Hotel California" was supposed to feel like a number of movies. The 1970s band Steely Dan also helped inspire the track.

The creation of “Hotel California” would come back into the ... Henley and Frey, who wrote most of the band’s songs, sometimes with writers like J.D. Souther and Jackson Browne, were the ...