Quote Originally Posted by Houston Debutante View Post
I didn't think he looked pissed off, I thought he was grateful for their help.

The Hotel California is a metaphor for the Hollywood celebrity lifestyle, right?
I always thought too, that it wasn't just the Hollywood lifestyle, but their own lives were feeling a little out of control as well. It's like the line from Sad Cafe about how 'fortune smiles on some and lets the rest go free'. Don says that each album was a statement about how they felt about the music industry. Maybe they were starting to feel a little trapped by fame. They really had no life outside of their careers. And even though it was what they had dreamed of, they didn't realize the price that would be paid as well.