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WilliamPitt

(58,179 posts) Sun Apr 17, 2016, 10:13 AM Apr 2016

How the Eagles predicted Donald Trump [View all]

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 ...

-- Hotel California

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How the Eagles predicted Donald Trump [View all] WilliamPitt Apr 2016 OP

Sounds about right to me. In_The_Wind Apr 2016 #1

Hey, Will!! hlthe2b Apr 2016 #2

Me too. lark Apr 2016 #3

▶ "In Memory of Glenn Frey " The Eagles Hotel California ... In_The_Wind Apr 2016 #10

The general with Trump or Cruz will be apocalyptic. Mary Mac Apr 2016 #4

Yep griloco Apr 2016 #5

sounds like they were singing tk2kewl Apr 2016 #6

always thought that stanza was a reference to the Manson murders.... lastlib Apr 2016 #7

Cue to King Crimson shadowmayor Apr 2016 #8

... yuiyoshida Apr 2016 #9

Did the Eagles actually name him in a book on divination, years ago? Jeffersons Ghost Apr 2016 #11