Transcript
A (0:00)
Guys, thanks for helping me carry my Christmas tree.
B (0:02)
Zoe, this thing weighs a ton. Drew Ski, lift with your legs, man.
C (0:06)
Santa.
D (0:06)
Santa, did you get my letter?
B (0:07)
He's talking to you britches. I'm not.
A (0:10)
Of course he did.
B (0:11)
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A (0:25)
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B (0:32)
It as a gift.
A (0:33)
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B (0:37)
Nice. My side of the tree is slipping. Kimber, the holidays are better.
E (0:41)
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D (0:45)
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E (0:46)
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B (1:02)
Welcome to the behind the Song podcast, taking you deeper into classic rock's most timeless tunes. Here's your host, Janda.
D (1:11)
I'm Janda. And in this bonus episode of the behind the Song podcast, let's check into rock and roll hotels. Accommodations that have become as infamous as the bands that have stayed there, partied there, and in some cases, done incredibly crazy things there. Oh, if these walls could talk. Let's start with the Continental Hyatt House in Los Angeles. Situated in a prime spot off the Sunset Strip, this hotel had a reputation for being forgiving to rock star's bad behavior, and so was frequently the preferred booking for bands. And so much so that it was nicknamed the Riot House. It was most notoriously associated with Led zeppelin in the 70s, who rented out whole floors of the hotel and threw foam parties in the pool. They traveled with their accountant, who was ready at checkout to deal with the damages. John Bonham rode motorcycles down the hallways and they trashed rooms regularly. One story goes that when an employee of the hotel told him how he wished he could destroy a room too, they told him to pick one and go crazy and add it to their bill. They weren't the only ones to love it. Jim Morrison dangled himself out of a window of the hotel over the Strip and Spinal Tap were interviewed there, lounging by the pool in the classic this Is Spinal Tap movie. It also of course, makes an appearance in Cameron Crowe's film Almost Famous. Keith Richards and Keith Moon dropped TVs out of its windows. I'm not sure that's what Gene Autry, the singing cowboy, had in mind for it when he opened it in 1963. Since its wildest days, it's undergone rehab and is now the Andaz West Hollywood. But you can still enjoy a little bit of the hotel's checkered past by eating in the restaurant, which has been named affectionately the Riot House. Just down the Sunset Strip, tucked away from the street is the Sunset Marquis Hotel. It's still kind of a mecca for rock stars and actors, a place known for discretion and handling things internally. Gene Simmons and Paul Stanley allegedly wrote Rock and Roll All Night while staying there, and the song fits the establishment, especially during its peak Anything Goes days, rock stars were known to mill around the pool and try to outdo one another in terms of antics. Rob Halford told the story of someone in a room neighboring his trying to play music louder than him. So he cranked up his boombox and as it was the newest model at the time, won the volume war. Put a point on the board for the Metal God did you know you.
