On Hotel California

Kudos to Eagles for their wonderful pastiche that renders a polyphonic message to all, Ranging from LaVey's Church (of Satan) through marijuana to clandestine corporate world, Which – to think of it in retrospect – forced a war for oil with an add-on motive of double profit, Seeing that the warheads used were American makes all! The lyricists employed a contemporary idiom, echoing Blake, Browning, Eliot, et al And composed, for subliminal appeal, a haunting melody plus a distractor-solo, So that the lilt would easily sink into the subconscious, for the message(s) to follow: Thus this pastiche serves a purpose, which a parable or parody possibly cannot. To deconstruct, a lyric meant to deconstruct commodification Came to be commodified—ironically! — Ram, R. V. Winner (III place) of the Iconic Song contest, sponsored by SO, September 4, 2017.