Una delle più famose canzoni della storia del rock, gli Eagles ci accompagnano nei pomeriggi estivi sulle note del loro successo più famoso! Ascoltiamo la canzone, facciamo l’esercizio e sogniamo di essere in California!
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Eagles: Hotel California
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 place)
Such a lovely face
Plenty of room at the Hotel California
Any time of year (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 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 place)
Such a lovely face
They livin’ it up at the Hotel California
What a nice surprise (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 night man,
“We are programmed to receive.
You can check-out any time you like,
But you can never leave! “
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shimmering – scintillante, tremolante
dim – fioco, tenue
bell – campana
heaven – paradiso
hell – inferno
candle – candela
courtyard – cortile
spirit – alcool
mirror – specchio
ceiling – soffitto
prisoners of our own device – prigionieri dei nostri stessi dispositivi
chamber – camera
to gather – riunire, raccogliere
feast – festino, banchetto
to stab – accoltellare, pugnalare
steely – duro come l’acciaio
beast – bestia, animale selvatico
to check-out – uscire, fare il check-out
Do you remember the rhymes from the lyrics? Finish the pairs.
1. hair – …..
2. light – …..
3. bell – …..
4. way – …..
5. place – …..
6. year – ……
7. bends – …..
8. sweat – ……
9. wine – …..
10. away – …..
11. surprise – …..
12. ice – …..
13. feast – …..
14. door – …..
15. receive – …..
Key:
1. air
2. night
3. Hell
4. say
5. face
6. here
7. friends
8. forget
9. nine
10. say
11. alibis
12. device
13. beast
14. before
15. leave
