Ugh, Santana is just so gross. Nothing worthwhile in his music.
This tune is OK, but so old, and so overrated, and overplayed.
Ugh.

Nope, Bill has a lot of old Mac´s even a live version of Black Magic Women,so go ahead and RQ if you dare!

It,s a ten.Gonna look for the Mac one,if found I will UL it. Yes it,s on album-The Pious Bird of Good Omen 1969 a very good year.

Ah, those WERE the days.......

Got a black Magic Marker....

Hey, that reminds me.... Anyone else pick up the new Guitar Hero? Awesome.

I never get tired of this song

Oh great it's Carlos Santana!

bokey wrote:

New Rule: Never leave a dialog box open and leave your desk. You never can trust those co-workers!

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handyrae wrote:

I was thinking the same thing. I have told several friends about RP and not a one of them has been anything short of addicted, like me. RP is 'brilliant programing' to say the least. Even the old standards sound renewed.

I signed up to support them last night. I have never done anything like that before. I feel good about it.

bokey wrote:

You do? Where do you keep it? Does the world want it back?

RedGuitar wrote:

I honestly think he's tone deaf. His bends are typically about 10 cents flat, this song is the worst example. He's a great technical guitarist in the "Carlos Santana" genre but damn, his failure to get there on the bends is so painful if you're cursed with excellent relative pitch.

Listening to John Fogerty sing is the same.

I actually prefer this one by Fleetwood Mac.

randall07 wrote:

But that's the beauty of RP. When you hear the songs that you've heard played 1000 times before they're inbetween songs you've only heard a few times, so you can listen to them with fresh ears. At least I do.

Is it true that Carlos Santana started to learn guitar on his own - in the age of 5? I heard some rumours of this kind... - and wouldn't be too surprised if it were true! Doubtlessly, a rock genius!



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RedGuitar wrote:

I used to have arguments with people all the time about Peter Green writing this...even dj's...and finally found the cd in a small music store in ca......it's fun to play for people...they just don't believe it.....FM's version is so great...definitely a 15.

Sometimes songs are just too popular.

RedGuitar wrote:
I gave this a 9 only because the original is a 15

thewiseking wrote:

I hate to see you put the two in the same class. This older stuff is great. Perhaps he has become a parody of himself?

Anyone who says they don't like this because it's so commercially overplayed and that Carlos built a career off the same sound is overly concerned with musicians not making it big and thinks they should be starving artists....it's re-god-damn-diculous! This tune is amazing!!

the sound of santanas guitar has entered the kitsch pantheon. right up there with the whining alto sax of kenny g.

important album at the time, i guess. the sound has now become totally cliche.
we continue to hear santana on the radio over the years and he is a grammy regular because of his tight relationship with the old hack, clive davis.

aflanigan wrote:
totally

I can't rate this.It's just to ingrained to be objective.Sometimes it's not possible to look at things realistically when they are so familiar.I have the worlds largest penis.

I really like this version and for a long time I thought it was written by Carlos. Check out the original version by Peter Green's Fleetwood Mac (back when they were a blues band).

crowhog2000 wrote:

Looks like Animal from the Muppets to me :o)

This is certainly one of the all-time El Smootho Editions...