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Criminal case over handwritten lyrics to 'Hotel California' goes to trial
Yahoo! - AP ^ | February 21, 2024 at 10:31 AM CST | JENNIFER PELTZ

Posted on 02/21/2024 10:53:56 AM PST by Red Badger

NEW YORK (AP) — A criminal case involving handwritten lyrics to the classic rock megahit “Hotel California” and other Eagles favorites went to trial Wednesday in New York, with three men accused of scheming to thwart band co-founder Don Henley’s efforts to reclaim the allegedly ill-gotten documents.

The trial concerns about 100 pages of drafts of the words to songs from the 1976 release “Hotel California," which is the third-biggest selling album ever in the U.S.

Rare-books dealer Glenn Horowitz, former Rock & Roll Hall of Fame curator Craig Inciardi, and memorabilia seller Edward Kosinski face charges including conspiracy to possess stolen property.

“The defendants were not businessmen acting in good faith, but criminal actors,” Manhattan District Attorney Nicholas Penfold said in his opening. He said they “deceived and manipulated to try to frustrate” Henley's efforts to recover manuscripts that were rightfully his.

The men, all well established in the collectibles world, have pleaded not guilty. Their lawyers have said the case “alleges criminality where none exists and unfairly tarnishes the reputations of well-respected professionals.”

The documents include lyrics-in-development for the songs “Life in the Fast Lane,” “New Kid in Town” and, of course, “Hotel California,” the more than six-minute-long, somewhat mysterious musical tale of the goings-on at an inviting, decadent but ultimately dark place where “you can check out any time you like, but you can never leave.”

If scorned by some as an overexposed artifact of the '70s, the Grammy-winning song is still a touchstone on classic rock radio and many personal playlists. The entertainment data company Luminate counted more than 220 million streams and 136,000 radio plays of “Hotel California” in the U.S. last year.

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To: Seruzawa

Lol!


41 posted on 02/21/2024 1:46:00 PM PST by Zuriel (Acts 2:38,39....Do you believe it?)
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To: Red Badger

The song “Hotel California” is a rip-off of Jethro Tull’s “We Used To Know”


42 posted on 02/21/2024 1:47:57 PM PST by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: Ge0ffrey

Pink Floyd “Money”.


43 posted on 02/21/2024 2:07:31 PM PST by Seruzawa ("The Political left is the Garden of Eden of incompetence" - Marx the Smarter (Groucho))
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To: MayflowerMadam
They did that to Felder yes but they also cheated Felder out of Eagles ownership (it was equal share) and then changed writing credits on greatest hits (I believe). Henley and Frey were complete bastards. They sued him when he wrote his book but they ended up settling out of court.
44 posted on 02/21/2024 2:07:48 PM PST by liberalh8ter ( Ephesians 6:10 - 18)
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To: liberalh8ter

That really sucks. I thought better of Frey. Guess I was wrong.


45 posted on 02/21/2024 2:21:26 PM PST by MayflowerMadam (Fraud vitiates everything." - SCOTUS)
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To: MayflowerMadam; Red Badger
My favorite Eagles songs are Such a Fool and (Will You, Won't You, Can't You) Don't You Want to Be Mine?, which are solid rockers, and far better than "Hotel California."
46 posted on 02/21/2024 4:38:18 PM PST by Fiji Hill
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To: Fiji Hill

Mine is “Life In The Fast Lane”. Also like “The Girl From Yesterday”.


47 posted on 02/21/2024 4:43:20 PM PST by MayflowerMadam (Fraud vitiates everything." - SCOTUS)
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To: dfwgator

They do sound similar.....................

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5EBQ-ljFlt4


48 posted on 02/21/2024 4:47:14 PM PST by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegals are put up in 5 Star hotels....................)
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To: MayflowerMadam

Yes, I always admired Henley’s talent but can’t listen to him anymore knowing what an awful human being he has been. He’s also being looked at for sex with an underage prostitute. It happened a long time ago but it’s all fair game now.


49 posted on 02/21/2024 4:49:40 PM PST by liberalh8ter ( Ephesians 6:10 - 18)
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To: liberalh8ter

I think it was two 16-year-old girls in his hotel room and the kids were doing drugs with him. Guess there could be more incidents; there is rarely just one.


50 posted on 02/21/2024 4:54:31 PM PST by MayflowerMadam (Fraud vitiates everything." - SCOTUS)
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To: MayflowerMadam

He’s an awful human being.


51 posted on 02/21/2024 5:47:25 PM PST by liberalh8ter ( Ephesians 6:10 - 18)
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