At the beginning of the Eagles' song 'Hotel California' they sing about 'Warm smell of something rising up in the air'. What is this stuff?

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Daioni says: The word is 'colitas', and there's an explanation of that and the rest of the song at http://www.straightdope.com/classics/a5_001.html Thu Aug 22 17:30:30 CDT 2002 (Delete Entry) (Reposted to fix link - McG) Aug 23 02, 8:53 AM

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