Hotel California: The Album in Summary

Hotel California: The Album in Summary

A Poem by Brigid Cooley

Track 1. Hotel California: You know how sometimes you get in your car to drive somewhere, but your mind is on overdrive so you aren't even thinking about where you're going, and then the next thing you know, you're parked outside of your ex boyfriend's childhood home, even though he's away at college in another town and you haven't spoken in months, but you still want to be close to him? 

Track 2. New Kid in Town: He says this is his favorite song on the album. It took me a while to understand why.

Track 3. Life in the Fast Lane: The reason why I don't do drugs.

Track 4. Wasted Time: I once listened to this song 32 times in a row. It hurt just as bad each time.

Track 5. Wasted Time Reprise: Just because you tell other people you've gotten over it doesn't always mean that you have.

Track 6. Victim of Love: Not long ago, I played Vera Claythorne in a stage production of Agatha Christie's And Then There Were None. I listened to this song every night before the start of the show. It turns out that Vera and I have a lot in common.

Track 7. Pretty Maids All in a Row: How old were you when you realized? I was 5. I walked in on my parents wrapping Christmas presents; the ones that were supposed to be from Santa.

Track 8. Try and Love Again: What I've been trying to do for years, but every time I think I have been successful, I end up listening to Track 4, 32 times in a row, and each time it hurts just as bad.

Track 9. The Last Resort: My dad says that anyone who calls themselves a Christian should listen to this song at least once. So, I do every Sunday to remind myself to walk with compassion and to appreciate what is already here.

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