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Gipsy Kings & Michael Jackson
September 26, 2010, 03:02:51 PM
There were some articles in which media said Michael used to close himself in his Beverly Hills mansion-room and listen to Gipsy Kings....was it a joke or..? what can the connection be ?

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Re: Gipsy Kings & Michael Jackson
September 26, 2010, 05:14:02 PM

Yes that's true, I almost forgot.

Next to their own songs, they also covered "Hotel California" and as I skim through the lyrics now I find them pretty interesting.

On a dark desert highway, cool wind in my hair
Warm smell of colitas, 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
And 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, she got the mercedes bends
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
The 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 night man,
We are programmed to receive.
You can checkout any time you like,
But you can never leave!

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Re: Gipsy Kings & Michael Jackson
September 26, 2010, 05:41:40 PM
Quote from: "~Souza~"

Yes that's true, I almost forgot.

Next to their own songs, they also covered "Hotel California" and as I skim through the lyrics now I find them pretty interesting.

On a dark desert highway, cool wind in my hair
Warm smell of colitas, 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
And 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, she got the mercedes bends
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
The 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 night man,
We are programmed to receive.
You can checkout any time you like,
But you can never leave!



I've always loved this song by The Eagles. It was written by band members Don Felder, Don Henley and Glenn Frey. People have come up with many interpretations of the meaning behind the lyrics.  I found this website where the members of the band who wrote the song talk about why they wrote it and the meaning behind it.,,,

"Hotel California has seen many different interpretations over the year. The band, more than once, confirmed that the song was about excess and materialism. Don Henley for instance said in the London Daily Mail “It was really about the excesses of American culture and certain girls we knew. But it was also about the uneasy balance between art and commerce”

The underlying theme of the song is the corruption and decadence of the Los Angeles music industry which is described as a prison that artists seek and freely enter [And she said "we are all just prisoners here, of our own device"] to later discover that they cannot escape it anymore [But you can never leave!][/b][/size]

Colitas is a Spanish word translated to Henley by the Eagles Mexican-American road manager meaning “Little Buds,” and is a reference to marijuana.

What Hotel California does not mean

•it is not a reference to Satan or the Church of Satan
•it is not about a real hotel with the (nick)name Hotel California
•Hotel California is not a mental hospital or prison."


hotelcaliforniameaning.com/
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Re: Gipsy Kings & Michael Jackson
September 27, 2010, 08:16:19 PM
The last two lines of the song "Hotel California" describes how I feel about this forum.  ;)
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Re: Gipsy Kings & Michael Jackson
September 28, 2010, 01:18:24 AM
Quote from: "mjjveritas"
The last two lines of the song "Hotel California" describes how I feel about this forum.  ;)
:lol:  :lol: Amen!
I always wondered about that song's lyrics. Good song.

I've thought a lot about why I truly love being here, and why it's hard to leave. Many times throughout my life, I've longed for being in a debate club (though I'm shy and not the brainiest, I love exploring ideas), or at least amongst people that aren't only about one rigid way of thinking. In most of the groups I've been in there are certain unspoken rules about what topics are safe. Either that or most people simply aren't interested in lots of interesting topics. Don't get me wrong, I love my few friends, and family, other people in my life, but the thing about this site is--you can visit everyday, even in your pyjamas, visit the topics that interest you, walk away from what bores or bothers you, and more. Michael, his hoax, and this site is truly satisfying to my soul.
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Re: Gipsy Kings & Michael Jackson
September 28, 2010, 01:04:38 PM
[youtube:2xyvi30b]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vz6RwoESOn4[/youtube:2xyvi30b]

( sorry ,I cant help it...)
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Re: Gipsy Kings & Michael Jackson
September 30, 2010, 08:38:46 PM
:lol:  :lol:  :lol:  :lol:  too funny Glinda !!!

I love the Gypsy Kings and just warmed my heart a little that Michael liked them too.....but it said that the Gypsy Kings were not Michael's thing.    Well that is if I actually believe the article and their sources!!!!
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And they will live forever on it."
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Re: Gipsy Kings & Michael Jackson
October 01, 2010, 02:08:07 AM
Dr.Freemason has made an interesting analysis of Hotel California :

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[youtube:1x90dj0u]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2AEi6BgdS0s&NR=1[/youtube:1x90dj0u]
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Re: Gipsy Kings & Michael Jackson
October 01, 2010, 06:40:13 AM
Quote from: "Le Papillon Bleu"
There were some articles in which media said Michael used to close himself in his Beverly Hills mansion-room and listen to Gipsy Kings....was it a joke or..? what can the connection be ?

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Oh my  :lol:  :lol:

I could never imagine MJ listening to Gypsy Kings...I thought that only Spaniards and Gypsy Frenchs would listen to them!!!

The video in the closet has some flamenco steps in it and MJ meet Joaquín Cortés when going to one of his shows.
I believe then that he liked Spanish/ Andalusian Music and dances!
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("Minkin güerveeeee")
Michael pls come back


"Why a four-year-old child could understand this hoax. Run out and find me a four-year-old child. I can't make head nor tail out of it"

Re: Gipsy Kings & Michael Jackson
October 02, 2010, 04:55:05 PM
Thanks for the replies you guys! i love "hotel California"song allot..Hmm i really don't believe he listened to GK but i am sure there's a clue in this "gossip" and that Ian Halperin has something to do with it also...he "appeared" in the picture at the same time with the Dr.Death news...and all those important clues.
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Re: Gipsy Kings & Michael Jackson
October 03, 2010, 04:49:33 AM
Quote from: "AminahYasmina"
Dr.Freemason has made an interesting analysis of Hotel California :

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[youtube:1b6g0v9j]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2AEi6BgdS0s&NR=1[/youtube:1b6g0v9j]

"Don Henley and Glenn wrote most of the words. All of us kind of drove into LA at night. Nobody was from California, and if you drive into LA at night... you can just see this glow on the horizon of lights, and the images that start running through your head of Hollywood and all the dreams that you have, and so it was kind of about that... what we started writing the song about. Coming into LA... and from that Life In The Fast Lane came out of it, and Wasted Time and a bunch of other songs.":

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Re: Gipsy Kings & Michael Jackson
October 03, 2010, 05:22:57 AM
Quote from: "Glinda"
Quote from: "AminahYasmina"
Dr.Freemason has made an interesting analysis of Hotel California :

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[youtube:3ohx3z5m]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2AEi6BgdS0s&NR=1[/youtube:3ohx3z5m]

"Don Henley and Glenn wrote most of the words. All of us kind of drove into LA at night. Nobody was from California, and if you drive into LA at night... you can just see this glow on the horizon of lights, and the images that start running through your head of Hollywood and all the dreams that you have, and so it was kind of about that... what we started writing the song about. Coming into LA... and from that Life In The Fast Lane came out of it, and Wasted Time and a bunch of other songs.":

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That's pretty much what I understood from the lyrics...
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Re: Gipsy Kings & Michael Jackson
October 03, 2010, 07:20:49 AM
I always thought the song it's about death....(?)
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Re: Gipsy Kings & Michael Jackson
October 03, 2010, 07:36:03 AM
[youtube:sn0cbf55]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X6jvhfKm6Ko[/youtube:sn0cbf55]
or
[youtube:sn0cbf55]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lwlogyj7nFE[/youtube:sn0cbf55]

L.A... better stay far away from it!  
(Unless you are a tourist  :lol:  )
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Re: Gipsy Kings & Michael Jackson
October 03, 2010, 07:58:19 AM
Quote from: "Le Papillon Bleu"
I always thought the song it's about death....(?)

Or a divorce ?  Who knows ....
But what has the song to do with Michael Jackson ?

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An alternative interpretation of the meaning of the lyrics is that the song is a description of the journey from Need to Love and Marriage to Divorce and ultimately to the impossibility of regaining the life and happiness of the pre-divorce state.
Initially the traveler is feeling the need of a relationship ("My head grew heavy and my sight grew dim, I had to stop for the night"). The traveler meets his love and gets married ("There she stood in the doorway. I heard the mission bell"). A marriage commitment opens up the possibility of happiness but also the traveler is aware and vulnerable to the possibility of intense unhappiness ("And I was thinking to myself, this could be heaven or this could be hell")
Unfortunately the marriage dissolves and his love becomes obsessed with money ("Her mind is Tiffany-twisted") where Tiffany" refers to the very expensive jewelry store, Tiffany & Co. With the divorce there is the division of property - she got the Mercedes Benz. After the breakup when he sees her with any guys she reassures him that the pretty, pretty boys" are just friends." In this new world of being single the other singles he meets do their dance in the courtyard" of life. They generally fall into two groups: There are those who can't stop talking about their Ex ("Some dance to remember") and there are those who don't what to say anything at all about their past marriage ("some dance to forget").
Now in this world of being divorced he longs to return the pre-divorced state of happiness ("So I called up the captain, please bring me my wine"), but he finds that his happiness is now irrevocably in the past ("We haven't had that spirit here since 1969").
Deep into the post-divorce single's scene with "mirrors on the ceiling, the pink champagne on ice" he is reminded that "we are all just prisoners here, of our own device." He and others want this divorce nightmare to be over, yet - "they stab it with their steely knives, but they just can't kill the beast." Now frustrated, he panics and is "running for the door. I had to find the passage back to the place I was before" But he is brought up short when the night man informs him that "You can checkout any time you like (commit suicide), but you can never leave" (become pre-divorced).
There are two choruses in the song and each mention the "Hotel California." Around the time the song was written, California was experiencing the highest divorce rate in the nation. Each chorus has lines that remember his past marriage ("Such a lovely place") and his past lover ("Such a lovely face"). The first chorus indicates that there can always be more divorces ("Plenty of room at the Hotel California, any time of year, you can find it here"). The second chorus points out that as a part of divorce you will always "bring your alibis." (thanks, David - Redwood City, CA)
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