Parrot Posted December 19, 2005 Share Posted December 19, 2005 http://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/meast/12/19/iran.music.ap/index.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ranjith Posted December 19, 2005 Share Posted December 19, 2005 Isn't that a little harsh? I mean, everyone knows music is very influential but to ban all western music? wow Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Timmikid Posted December 19, 2005 Share Posted December 19, 2005 Well what's Hotel California worth anyway if you are not allowed to drink or smoke 'stuff'? Freedom is hard to find, even in the socalled 'Free World'! When they made this album, lyric sheets and amps were covered in 'snow' and other goodies. Not that I want to promote all that, but it seems very hypocritical that cigarettes are legal (nicotine is just as addictive as heroin, causes most cancer) and that alcohol is legal (a hard drug that killed innumerable on the streets and at home), while marihuana is very illegal. A very recent reseach showed that it hardly influences your ability to drive if not mixed with alcohol (when you should not drive anyway). A war on drugs is a joke if you only tolerate the ones that create a tax income! Xcuse me I need a drink and yes I do feel for the people in Iran and other countries who are allowed even less!!! As I said I don't want to promote all this, I prefer a nice beer, glass of Scotch, or a good wine myself, but I do like the occasional 'puff'. [6] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mobile homeless Posted December 19, 2005 Share Posted December 19, 2005 "Songs such as George Michael's 'Careless Whisper,'.....have regularly accompanied Iranian broadcasts, as do tunes by saxophonist Kenny G. Iran's Supreme Cultural Revolutionary Council, ordered the enactment of an October ruling by the council to ban.... music. " Strange, I banned these in my own home years ago..... What took them so long? heh. kh Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D-MAN Posted December 19, 2005 Share Posted December 19, 2005 Well what's Hotel California worth anyway if you are not allowed to drink or smoke 'stuff'? Freedom is hard to find, even in the socalled 'Free World'! When they made this album, lyric sheets and amps were covered in 'snow' and other goodies. Not that I want to promote all that, but it seems very hypocritical that cigarettes are legal (nicotine is just as addictive as heroin, causes most cancer) and that alcohol is legal (a hard drug that killed innumerable on the streets and at home), while marihuana is very illegal. A very recent reseach showed that it hardly influences your ability to drive if not mixed with alcohol (when you should not drive anyway). A war on drugs is a joke if you only tolerate the ones that create a tax income! Xcuse me I need a drink and yes I do feel for the people in Iran and other countries who are allowed even less!!! As I said I don't want to promote all this, I prefer a nice beer, glass of Scotch, or a good wine myself, but I do like the occasional 'puff'. [6] I reread this attempting to extract some (or any) meaning that I might have missed, but I failed twice. Can I have the time I spend on it back? DM Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fish Posted December 19, 2005 Share Posted December 19, 2005 Great,I'm havin' a great day and some Iranian Rednecks are startin' it.We all should know where this is goin'but whata you gonna do? Joy to the World,all the Boys and Girls.Edit. HA! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Timmikid Posted December 19, 2005 Share Posted December 19, 2005 Sorry, no one can give back time. I am sorry my post wasted yours, it was an attempt, maybe a very single minded one to express that freedom comes from inside not from leaders, systems or countries. I just wanted to express that Iran has a long way to go and so do we. The subject was drugs, but it could have been another subject as well. Hypocricy on drugs is although very high. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
filmboydoug Posted December 19, 2005 Share Posted December 19, 2005 Well, I for one think the song should be banned everywhere until someone can tell me just what the heck a "Colita" is. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sunburnwilly Posted December 19, 2005 Share Posted December 19, 2005 Well, I for one think the song should be banned everywhere until someone can tell me just what the heck a "Colita" is.Colita is not what they singing . LOL Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Parrot Posted December 19, 2005 Author Share Posted December 19, 2005 Well, I for one think the song should be banned everywhere until someone can tell me just what the heck a "Colita" is. From straightdope.com: OK, back to colitas. Personally I had the idea colitas was a type of desert flower. Apparently not. Type "colitas" into a Web search engine and you get about 50 song-lyric hits plus, curiously, a bunch of citations from Mexican and Spanish restaurant menus. Hmm, one thinks, were the Eagles rhapsodizing about the smell of some good carryout? We asked some native Spanish speakers and learned that colitas is the diminutive feminine plural of the Spanish cola, tail. Little tail. Looking for a little . . . we suddenly recalled a (male) friend's guess that colitas referred to a certain feature of the female anatomy. We paused. Naah. Back to those menus. "Colitas de langosta enchiladas" was baby lobster tails simmered in hot sauce with Spanish rice. One thinks: you know, I could write a love song around a phrase like that. Enough of these distractions. By and by a denizen of soc.culture.spain wrote: "Colitas is little tails, but here the author is referring to 'colas,' the tip of a marijuana branch, where it is more potent and with more sap (said to be the best part of the leaves)." We knew with an instant shock of certainty that this was the correct interpretation. The Eagles, with the prescience given only to true artists, were touting the virtues of high-quality industrial hemp! And to think some people thought this song was about drugs. OUR SUSPICIONS CONFIRMED This E-mail just in from Eagles management honcho Irving Azoff: "In response to your [recent] memo, in 1976, during the writing of the song 'Hotel California' by Messrs. Henley and Frey, the word `colitas' was translated for them by their Mexican-American road manager as 'little buds.' You have obviously already done the necessary extrapolation. Thank you for your inquiry." I knew it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sunburnwilly Posted December 19, 2005 Share Posted December 19, 2005 Wow , I allways thought it was coitus . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Timmikid Posted December 19, 2005 Share Posted December 19, 2005 Heheh, this time, whether I like it or not, parrot droppings are mixed with the droppings of a flying (not high this time) Dutchman. [] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
codhead Posted December 19, 2005 Share Posted December 19, 2005 Well, I for one think the song should be banned everywhere until someone can tell me just what the heck a "Colita" is.Colita is not what they singing . LOL That's an easy one. It's Joey Buttafuco's lover, Amy Fisher (a.k.a. The Long Island Colita). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sunburnwilly Posted December 19, 2005 Share Posted December 19, 2005 Maybe they were actualy singing about Carnitas , a delectible Mexican dish of braised pork . It has a wonderfull slightly musky aroma . [] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wstrickland1 Posted December 19, 2005 Share Posted December 19, 2005 Maybe they were actualy singing about Carnitas , a delectible Mexican dish of braised pork . It has a wonderfull slightly musky aroma . [] hey Willie, do they serve that at Mag's? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sunburnwilly Posted December 19, 2005 Share Posted December 19, 2005 Maybe they were actualy singing about Carnitas , a delectible Mexican dish of braised pork . It has a wonderfull slightly musky aroma . [] hey Willie, do they serve that at Mag's? Nope , but on occasion I serve it at home with some spicy black beans and rice . YUMMY [] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cmdridq Posted December 19, 2005 Share Posted December 19, 2005 Well, I for one think the song should be banned everywhere until someone can tell me just what the heck a "Colita" is.I saw an interview with the Eagles where they stated that it was just a word they made up to fit into the lyrics. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deang Posted December 19, 2005 Share Posted December 19, 2005 Anyone here still have the album jacket. If so, open it up and look at the top of the Balcony. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jacksonbart Posted December 19, 2005 Share Posted December 19, 2005 Fascinating [:|] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrMcGoo Posted December 19, 2005 Share Posted December 19, 2005 Banning western music is the least of Iran's problems. The same fellow that banned the Eagles has denied that there ever was a Holocaust. Unfortunately, we will be hearing more from these folks and it will not be nice. Bill Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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