帖一首很久以前的老歌。。。。

hotel california - eagles - freezing heel
eagles

on a dark desert highway,
cool wind in my hair
warm smell of colitas (大麻),
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 (教堂的钟声)
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 (华丽的珠宝),
she got the mercedes bends (梅塞德斯•奔驰)
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
they 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 nightman,
'we are programmed to receive,'
'you can checkout any time you like,'
'but you can never leave'

 

【注】：

1）"lit up a candle"是一个吸毒的常用语

2）1969年的伍德斯多克（woodstock），被视为摇滚的颠峰聚会。spirit同时有烈酒和精神之意，歌词暗示在伍德斯多克之后，无论看起来多美丽，摇滚的精神已经不再存在了。

3）进入七十年代以后，美国社会正在经历前所未有的困难，从政治到经济，没有一项尽如人意。水门事件，能源危机，通货膨胀，越南兵败……。这些社会危机让整个美国的国家自信像自由落体运动似的，直线下降。在社会深层，这些危机连同高涨的犯罪率，社会动荡。使得整个美国乌烟瘴气。也是在这时，一场全球规模的经济危机爆发了。人们恐惧的面对着这场经济萧条，在此期间，通货膨胀率一度达到11％。这意味着，如果你把你的工资存在一个特定的帐户中，随着美元贬值，你的100美元一年后就剩下89美元了。美国人学会了如何在价格高涨之前就把东西赶紧预订了，等到通货膨胀时再付钱。"随着成倍的通货膨胀，"波士顿大学的斯库曼教授说："勤俭节约只能吃哑巴亏。"也就是在这时，美国人荒淫奢侈的生活开始了。没有人再关心政治了，只有世风日下，只有混沌与散漫的社会风气。人们吸毒，然后疯狂或是想回忆过去，或是为了忘记现实，"Some dance to remember, some dance to forget"正是表达的这个意思，其中的some不是修饰dance的，而是代词，指某些人。这些人想超脱于现实生活，但是又陷入毒瘾与物欲中无法解脱。大家在阴霾的七十年代痛苦的挣扎着。