 | BombaySapphire: | Dec 7th, 2011 at 06:23 GMT | | 32 points    |
| Outstanding convention for dealing with the 300-line limit. I have a feeling this will become the industry standard. Bravo!!! |
 | tk_go_giants: | Dec 7th, 2011 at 08:35 GMT | | 34 points |
| Never realized until now that "Mercedes bends" was a play on words. |
 | adhair: | Dec 7th, 2011 at 10:28 GMT | | 21 points |
| Decades of hearing this song, and I'm surprised at how many I misheard. Somebody send Don Henley to elocution lessons. |
 | gnatural: | Dec 7th, 2011 at 16:02 GMT | | 6 points |
| GREAT idea for a quiz. |
 | Minkaro: | Dec 7th, 2011 at 16:22 GMT | | 37 points |
| As soon as I wrote in those final lines, I had to air-guitar the solo. |
Comment below threshold: show it | ArtOfNoise: | Dec 7th, 2011 at 16:26 GMT | | -19 points |
| since when was it a Mercedes "bends"-definitely not a thing. |
| Havok3595: | Dec 7th, 2011 at 16:44 GMT | | 7 points |
| Grrr, foiled by "So" from a perfect score. Although, like adhair, I needed to think a lot about a few of them that I apparently have misheard for decades. |
 | rockgolf: | Dec 7th, 2011 at 17:35 GMT | | 18 points |
| Using the hint column for article is such an elegant solution that there are dozens of us all saying "Now why didn't I think of that. Great song with lots of semi-obscure words. And 19 straight 5 Orb scores (so far) is nothing to sneeze at. |
| IanMich: | Dec 7th, 2011 at 18:19 GMT | | 6 points |
| I love this quiz. Hotel California is one of my favorite songs. |
 | trivial: | Dec 7th, 2011 at 19:55 GMT | | 4 points |
| OK, I admit it. I always thought he said "timpani twisted." |
Comment below threshold: show it | billymac72: | Dec 7th, 2011 at 20:44 GMT | | -17 points |
| It's Mercedes "BENZ", right?
Great lyrics. They just don't write 'em like this anymore. It's all "yo yo yo get up get down" these days.
Btw, I always loved the expression "I was thinking to myself." Who else would a person be thinking to? |
 | Djibouti: | Dec 8th, 2011 at 00:19 GMT | | 6 points |
| All these years I thought they were stabbing with their steely "eyes" and it was some kind of metaphor for the looks everyone was giving him |
 | Tahnan: | Dec 8th, 2011 at 04:28 GMT | | 15 points |
| For those confused by the bit with the car: the point is that her mind is warped by money, i.e. she's "Tiffany twisted" and has the "Mercedes bends". See? It's a pun! (Don't look at me; I'm the one who told sproutcm that "Mercedes bends" was right, but the one word I missed was "Tiffany". I always thought her mind was "def'nitely twisted".) |
 | brasky645: | Dec 8th, 2011 at 05:39 GMT | | 8 points |
| I too thought it was definitely instead of Tiffany |
 | NagMeNot: | Dec 9th, 2011 at 08:29 GMT | | 6 points |
| So many misheard lyrics in this song. I think 'warm smell of colitas' hits the jackpot for anything from 'one Spanish policeman' to 'one small paraplegic'. |
Comment below threshold: show it | survivorfan2000: | Dec 11th, 2011 at 02:18 GMT | | -28 points |
| It is ''You can check IN any time you like'' |
 | sproutcm: | Dec 11th, 2011 at 02:22 GMT | | 8 points |
| @survivorfan2000 No, the lyrics in the quiz are correct. You're just remembering it wrong. |
 | HillJackBob: | Dec 11th, 2011 at 21:50 GMT | | 4 points |
| Wow, glad I'm not the only one who always thought it was "definitely" twisted. Tiffany ended up being the only world I missed, and while it is my wife's name, I won't tell her that I missed it. :-) |
 | PurpleMonkey: | Dec 12th, 2011 at 12:23 GMT | | 1 point |
| Satan, he hears this... he had me believe... |
| devilsfan15: | Dec 22nd, 2011 at 02:36 GMT | | 4 points |
| Little hint. Don't try playing this game when the TV is playing other music. I had so much trouble trying to hear the song in my head with the Christmas music from "Elf" on the tube. (I did know Tiffany twisted and Mercedes bends, thogh) |
 | altoonaeaglesfan: | Dec 31st, 2011 at 11:19 GMT | | 2 points |
| my favorite song of all time. great job! nominated. |
| altoonaeaglesfan: | Jan 29th, 2012 at 21:00 GMT | | -4 points |
| i would have preferred to type in the whole song in order though. |
 | stormofthedragon: | Feb 20th, 2012 at 06:54 GMT | | 5 points |
| Not enough time. Love this song, and i would have only missed a few words. Love the quiz though. Wish I had been able to finish it. |
| TheRook: | Apr 5th, 2012 at 00:43 GMT | | -4 points |
| 289/293 |
 | aella: | Aug 11th, 2012 at 20:47 GMT | | -4 points |
| 293/293 Best song EVER written! :D |
Game published: Nov 24th, 2012 at 17:00 GMT
 | WyattsTorch: | Nov 24th, 2012 at 17:48 GMT | | 61 points |
| Mercedes "bends"? Who knew!? |
 | save_ferris15: | Nov 24th, 2012 at 18:18 GMT | | 1 point |
| "The Eagles suck."
"GET OUT OF THE CAR!" |
 | Q_Pheevr: | Nov 24th, 2012 at 18:45 GMT | | 25 points |
| So, I took the suggestion on the front page and had a look at the reviews of this place on Yelp. Lots of people mentioned that although the check-out process went smoothly, they were unable to find an exit. (I think some of them—maybe all?—were actually posting these reviews from the lobby of the hotel itself.) Very odd. |
Comment below threshold: show it | Arcylix: | Nov 24th, 2012 at 18:58 GMT | | -19 points |
| Erm, it's "Benz", not "Bends"... and why did it take me five times to type "them"? :( |
Comment below threshold: show it | jtrichey: | Nov 24th, 2012 at 19:13 GMT | | -17 points |
| I don't know, but it does have to be Benz, doesn't it? |
 | mccabebabe: | Nov 24th, 2012 at 19:57 GMT | | -1 points |
| :-( I missed gathered because my mind insisted it should be gather. duh. |
 | Meltha: | Nov 24th, 2012 at 19:57 GMT | | 36 points |
| It is indeed "she got the Mercedes bends." It's a pun on getting the bends, like when you come up too fast from diving. It goes along with her mind being "Tiffany twisted." Both refer to too much wealth warping a person and making them "sick" in some way. |
 | LisaSimpsonOH: | Nov 24th, 2012 at 20:42 GMT | | 31 points |
| I either need more time or to sing faster. Guitar solos slow things down too. |
 | chikka2: | Nov 24th, 2012 at 21:02 GMT | | 20 points |
| I always thought her mind was "definitely" twisted |
| MoreLikeFiction: | Nov 24th, 2012 at 21:31 GMT | | -1 points |
| I'd never been able to figure out the "programmed to receive" line. Now I know! |
 | Glim: | Nov 24th, 2012 at 22:00 GMT | | -3 points |
| @Q_Pheevr Love it....sounds like the beginning (or end) of a Hotel California-Stephen King mash-up movie! |
 | ARandomBattery: | Nov 24th, 2012 at 23:18 GMT | | -2 points |
| Only missed "What a nice surprise". Definitely a nice surprise. |
Comment below threshold: show it | munga: | Nov 25th, 2012 at 00:26 GMT | | -13 points |
| Jeebus man, can you change the channel? I hate the freakin' eagles, man. |
Comment below threshold: show it | NJSB: | Nov 25th, 2012 at 00:35 GMT | | -8 points |
| Best. Karaoke. Song. Ever. |
 | chriskotx: | Nov 25th, 2012 at 01:19 GMT | | -3 points |
| I'm not sure what "the smell of colitas" (little tails?) is. I always thought it was "caliche". |
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