It's a tale as old as ... well the 1970s, when the Eagles were flying high (pun intended) on hits like "Take it Easy" and "Peaceful Easy Feeling." Then came "Hotel California," the dark, sprawling tune with the ominous, two-minute instrumental outro. It was and continues to be one of the most notable songs in rock 'n' roll. But over the years, a contingent of people came to hate the song and the band that created it. Why? We dig into it from a variety of perspectives. First, a few notes:
’Stairway to Heaven’: Do the Lyrics to the Led Zeppelin Classic Really Mean Anything?
’American Idiot’: Green Day’s Protest Hit That Almost Never Was
’We’re Not Gonna Take It’: Twisted Sister’s Evergreen Anthem
’Down Under’: Men at Work’s Quirky Australian Hit with a Sad Ending
’God Save the Queen’: Were Johnny Rotten and the Sex Pistols Just Joking Around?
’Wagon Wheel’: Bob Dylan Meets Old Crow Medicine Show at the Song We Love to Hate
’The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald’: Gordon Lightfoot and the Ultimate Story Song
’Money For Nothing’: Dire Straits’ Misunderstood MTV Classic
’Jack and Diane’: From Johnny Cougar to John Mellencamp in One Stroke
’That Thing You Do!’: The Wonders, Tom Hanks and the Greatest ’Fake’ Song Ever
’Come On Eileen’ by Dexys Midnight Runners: Greatest One-Hit Wonder Ever?
Queen’s ’We Will Rock You’ and ’We Are the Champions’: Forever Connected
‘Smells Like Teen Spirit‘: How Nirvana‘s Unlikely Hit Changed Everything
‘Stacy‘s Mom‘: Lost Interview With Fountains of Wayne Frontman Chris Collingwood
‘Don‘t Stop Believin‘‘: Journey‘s Universal Hit That Won‘t Quit
'Walk This Way': Did Run DMC and Aerosmith Change the Course of Rock?
AC/DC's 'Back in Black': A Band Reborn With Brian Johnson
'My Sharona': The Knack's 'Golden Albatross'
Van Halen's 'Jump': Hello Synthesizers, Goodbye David Lee Roth
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