heeps
(England) | | Posted: Mar 29, 2013 - 06:43 | |
my all time favorite band
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kcar
| | Posted: Jun 19, 2012 - 13:44 | |
Sasha2001 wrote:
Hilarious! Stingray I don't know in which part of Europe you reside but I just can't shake this mental image of you as a little boy on the floor of your Bristol living room playing with your Matchbox cars while your father leafs through his prized Cliff Richard album collection.
Is this even close?
Pretty sure he's not English, given some of his awkward grammar and word choices. I'd guess he's German—an unusually blunt and abrasive one, even for that country. I don't agree with some (many?) of your opinions, Stingray, but you are entertaining. A lot of RPers dismiss Santana quite firmly. I've often wondered why his work from circa-Abraxas until the last few albums didn't get much attention in the US. Maybe he was putting out the same stuff over and over... Cliff Richard...spare me. Back around '87 I saw him in a musical in London called "Time." Massively overhyped pseudo-sci-fi dreck. Laurence Olivier had a recurring role as a large floating head—they filmed his performance beforehand and just projected the recording onto a head placed above the stage from time to time. He was the most memorable bit! The applause at the end of the show was pretty tepid...until it was Larry's turn to bow. Olivier was pretty ill at the time with myasthenia gravis, so his pre-filmed projection just nodded and blinked in predicted acknowledgment of applause, but the audience gave him a standing O. |
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Bozo
(Steeler Penguin Pirate land) | | Posted: Jun 19, 2012 - 13:24 | |
lwilkinson wrote:Snappy little tune I used to jam to in college when the vinyl first came out. This is when Santana was at his best and had a long way to go before he later became redundantly repetitive. Plus, the influence the Herb Alpert had on him is pretty apparent here with all the brass in the background and the latin/jazz/jive beats. Pretty good.  To me, this is the best Santana song ever recorded. |
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johnjconn
(chicago land) | | Posted: Jun 19, 2012 - 13:24 | |
This song has a long history of boring me
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kingart
(Brooklyn NY) | | Posted: Mar 16, 2012 - 08:52 | |
Well Stingray doesn't what the f he speaks of. Rubbish. Rubbish of an opinion, perhaps. As for Sinister Dexter thinking this was Spencer Davis — I don't hear no Stevie Winwood vocal here, and no one but no one plays a guitar like that. Thanks for listening.
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SinisterDexter
| | Posted: Feb 13, 2012 - 14:19 | |
I had no idea this was Santana! I always thought it was the Spencer Davis Group, because it sounds a lot like "I'm a Man."
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Misterfixit
(Nashville) | | Posted: Nov 10, 2011 - 07:58 | |
Cynaera wrote:Okay, I thought I'd posted this, but apparently not... I remember back in the 70's (and I couldn't pinpoint a specific year because when one lives in a state where gambling and prostitution is legal and kids are allowed in the casinos to watch the floor shows, time really means very little) I was sitting in the Commercial Hotel Casino showroom, and this young group of women got onstage. They were called the Dae-Han Sisters, from Korea, I think, and they performed this song, with drums, guitars, and some amazing choreography. I was totally dazzled.
Much later, after I'd made the acquaintance of a radio station owner (who shall forever be referred to as "Baby Huey" for reasons best not disclosed here) I was informed by him that there was NO WAY the Dae-Han Sisters could have done that song. Of course, Baby Huey was from Californja and therefore knew everything, so my experience apparently did not happen.
I still can't hear this song without thinking of that smoky casino and those very amazing singer/dancer/musicians who opened their show with "Everybody's Everything." They were in town for a week, and I paid the cover charge every night to see them. Except, apparently, it was all a hallucination.
OMG! Reminds me of a time in Nakhon Phanom, Thailand, sitting in some disgusting little riverside bar and whore house listening to a music group play "Smoke on the Water" which came out as "Smack-ooo onda wattar". Meanwhile there was a war going on less than a mile away across the Mekong River where there WAS smoke on the water. |
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Lrobby99
(Wisconsin, USA) | | Posted: Nov 10, 2011 - 07:54 | |
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RobRyan
(The lovely hills of Anaheim) | | Posted: Oct 09, 2011 - 19:16 | |
Amazing. Like some with The Beach Boys' Sail on Sailor, I had no idea this was Santana, I'd never looked. As God is my witness, I finally did and I truly expected to see that the Artist was Sly and the Family Stone. Oy.
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MojoJojo
(Indianapolis, IN USA) | | Posted: Sep 08, 2011 - 08:57 | |
Sasha2001 wrote:
Hilarious! Stingray I don't know in which part of Europe you reside but I just can't shake this mental image of you as a little boy on the floor of your Bristol living room playing with your Matchbox cars while your father leafs through his prized Cliff Richard album collection.
Is this even close?
I thoroughly enjoy Stingray's comments. I usually reply to them with a simple, "Stingray!". I keep hoping that will catch on. |
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MojoJojo
(Indianapolis, IN USA) | | Posted: Sep 08, 2011 - 08:55 | |
Cynaera wrote:Okay, I thought I'd posted this, but apparently not... I remember back in the 70's (and I couldn't pinpoint a specific year because when one lives in a state where gambling and prostitution is legal and kids are allowed in the casinos to watch the floor shows, time really means very little) I was sitting in the Commercial Hotel Casino showroom, and this young group of women got onstage. They were called the Dae-Han Sisters, from Korea, I think, and they performed this song, with drums, guitars, and some amazing choreography. I was totally dazzled.
Much later, after I'd made the acquaintance of a radio station owner (who shall forever be referred to as "Baby Huey" for reasons best not disclosed here) I was informed by him that there was NO WAY the Dae-Han Sisters could have done that song. Of course, Baby Huey was from Californja and therefore knew everything, so my experience apparently did not happen.
I still can't hear this song without thinking of that smoky casino and those very amazing singer/dancer/musicians who opened their show with "Everybody's Everything." They were in town for a week, and I paid the cover charge every night to see them. Except, apparently, it was all a hallucination. Great story! A wee bit of googling certainly puts credence to the "theory" that the Dae Han sisters were in Vegas back in the day. I used to like Baby Huey, but now I think he's a jerk.  |
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Proclivities
(Carrboro, NC) | | Posted: Sep 08, 2011 - 08:46 | |
Sasha2001 wrote:
Hilarious! Stingray I don't know in which part of Europe you reside but I just can't shake this mental image of you as a little boy on the floor of your Bristol living room playing with your Matchbox cars while your father leafs through his prized Cliff Richard album collection.
Is this even close?
He's not from the U.K. |
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Cynaera
(South of Neanderthal) | | Posted: Jul 07, 2011 - 15:22 | |
Okay, I thought I'd posted this, but apparently not... I remember back in the 70's (and I couldn't pinpoint a specific year because when one lives in a state where gambling and prostitution is legal and kids are allowed in the casinos to watch the floor shows, time really means very little) I was sitting in the Commercial Hotel Casino showroom, and this young group of women got onstage. They were called the Dae-Han Sisters, from Korea, I think, and they performed this song, with drums, guitars, and some amazing choreography. I was totally dazzled.
Much later, after I'd made the acquaintance of a radio station owner (who shall forever be referred to as "Baby Huey" for reasons best not disclosed here) I was informed by him that there was NO WAY the Dae-Han Sisters could have done that song. Of course, Baby Huey was from Californja and therefore knew everything, so my experience apparently did not happen.
I still can't hear this song without thinking of that smoky casino and those very amazing singer/dancer/musicians who opened their show with "Everybody's Everything." They were in town for a week, and I paid the cover charge every night to see them. Except, apparently, it was all a hallucination.
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Sasha2001
(I can see Zabars from my window) | | Posted: Jul 07, 2011 - 15:09 | |
Stingray wrote:No excuse for San Tana!
This is RUBBISH!
BIG TIME!!
ppfffffffffff...!
Hilarious! Stingray I don't know in which part of Europe you reside but I just can't shake this mental image of you as a little boy on the floor of your Bristol living room playing with your Matchbox cars while your father leafs through his prized Cliff Richard album collection. Is this even close? |
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audiophelia
(Pennsylvania) | | Posted: Jul 07, 2011 - 14:54 | |
Bananas everywhere are dancing now! :D
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Orodrigues
(Resende (RJ), Brazil) | | Posted: May 05, 2011 - 09:31 | |
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d-don
(Oregon) | | Posted: May 05, 2011 - 09:30 | |
cohifi wrote:Why is this not a 10?
It is in my vote. |
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cohifi
(Denver) | | Posted: Apr 03, 2011 - 17:47 | |
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Stingray
(EUROPE) | | Posted: Dec 30, 2010 - 15:37 | |
Viv515 wrote:
Yah Bill, play some Zappa. That will really piss off the people who don't like to venture into unconventional musical territory.
Bill obviously hates Zappa! He cannot be excused! Bill is meant! |
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Stingray
(EUROPE) | | Posted: Dec 30, 2010 - 15:35 | |
No excuse for San Tana!
This is RUBBISH!
BIG TIME!!
ppfffffffffff...!
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iTuner
| | Posted: Aug 25, 2010 - 14:45 | |
Songs like these make me yearn for the Pandora skip button.
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crockydile
(Outer Spiral Arm, Milky Way) | | Posted: Mar 19, 2010 - 14:11 | |
EssexTex wrote:I'd rather eat rotten flesh.....
Hmmm...rotten flesh. It's the French in me coming out! Fuqua, nes pas?  |
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EssexTex
(Gitche Gumee) | | Posted: Oct 13, 2009 - 06:46 | |
An explosion in a cutlery factory
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WonderLizard
(2,755.46 mi. due east of Paradise) | | Posted: Jun 08, 2009 - 18:56 | |
What n4ku and Bill said. BTW, I long thought Michael Shrieve was the third teenager (with Rolie and Schon) on this album. But, no, he was a robust, mature lad of...20. Go figure.
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n4ku
(Lex Vegas) | | Posted: Apr 06, 2009 - 12:19 | |
linden wrote:Great little article about this song, from a musician's perspective:
http://blog.seattlepi.nwsource.com/angtime/archives/142671.asp
That is a great article. Thanks for posting the link. |
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lwilkinson
(North Am-Home of the Last of the Rugged Individualists) | | Posted: Apr 06, 2009 - 12:14 | |
Snappy little tune I used to jam to in college when the vinyl first came out. This is when Santana was at his best and had a long way to go before he later became redundantly repetitive. Plus, the influence the Herb Alpert had on him is pretty apparent here with all the brass in the background and the latin/jazz/jive beats. Pretty good. |
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FrankMc
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STEVIE1
(United Kingdom) | | Posted: Feb 02, 2009 - 10:57 | |
If your ever at a loss as to what to play on your stereo reach for any Santana album and that should do the trick.
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linden
(Santa Cruz, CA) | | Posted: Feb 02, 2009 - 10:12 | |
Great little article about this song, from a musician's perspective:
http://blog.seattlepi.nwsource.com/angtime/archives/142671.asp
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inindian
(Sea of joy) | | Posted: Dec 01, 2008 - 04:30 | |
Yeah, how about Peaches en Regalia instead of this! Viv515 wrote:
Yah Bill, play some Zappa. That will really piss off the people who don't like to venture into unconventional musical territory.
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