Some dance to remember
Somewhen between the age of 5 and 10 I was sitting in my sister Rebecca’s bedroom, and we were listening to her stereo, and it was playing “Hotel California,” (the one by the Eagles, not Nancy Sinatra), and just when I was losing interest, Rebecca got this crazed look on her face and sang at me, “You can check out any time you like, but you can never leave!”
Spooked me quite a bit, I don’t mind tellin’ ya.
In fact, that song nearly became synonymous with spooky, in the same way I imagine “Here Comes the Rain Again” might still be for my other sister Bridgette.
Now I enjoy the song immensely. Doesn’t matter if the song is in Spanish or sung even by the Gobos. And instead of being spooky, the line about checking out merely confuses me.
Check out any time you like, but you can never leave.
If we were to take the metaphor literally (hooray for contradictions in terms), would that mean that they let you stay at the Hotel for free?
What does it mean? Anyone? Class?
18 November 2002, 20:34
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