Santana
Bella
Blues for Salvador
(1987)

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Xstar
Oct 09, 2011 - 04:14
old_shep wrote:
I would bet that if this tune was not identified as Santana, but by some unknown new indie group, the rating would double.

Beautiful song.


Yep




socalhol
Sep 07, 2011 - 18:11
Eeeewheww — no thanks on this one, too much of that cheesy "smooth jazz" sound for me. {#Headache}


anabel
Sep 07, 2011 - 18:09
On_The_Beach wrote:
Carlos' guitar is nice, but the rest of the band is too cheesy, especially that 80s keyboard sound.

you nailed it-



LowPhreak
Aug 07, 2011 - 09:17
Businessgypsy wrote:
LowPhreak wrote:
tlew
Aug 07, 2011 - 08:56
Hasan wrote:
What a delicious sound.

I'd suggest RP play it back-to-back with Stevie Ray Vaughn's Riviera Paradise.

What a great idea!


Andy_B
Jun 05, 2011 - 08:53
Cliched and dated or not, this IS Carlos Santana at the top of his game. Absolute classic, post "Black Magic Woman" era. .


Hasan
Jun 05, 2011 - 08:51
What a delicious sound.

I'd suggest RP play it back-to-back with Stevie Ray Vaughn's Riviera Paradise.



Businessgypsy
Jun 05, 2011 - 08:50
LowPhreak wrote:
...So what should we do - throw everything out that you can tell came from a certain time period?...I'll toss you a clue...Duh.
Where's that bran-muffin emoticon? Just yankin' yer chain, LowPhreak, I'm sure I could use it myself from time to time.




LowPhreak
Jan 30, 2011 - 08:40
hamer12string wrote:
I like this... but it's an instant reminder of that cliched e-piano sound that dates so much stuff from this period!


Name a "period" of pop music that didn't have its own instruments or "cliche'd" sound. So what should we do - throw everything out that you can tell came from a certain time period?

I'll toss you a clue: music generally reflects the times it's written for and played in. That's kinda what it's for. Also, musicians use what instruments and techniques they have available at the time to produce it, not what they don't yet have from some point in the future.

Duh.




old_shep
Jan 30, 2011 - 08:26
I would bet that if this tune was not identified as Santana, but by some unknown new indie group, the rating would double.

Beautiful song.



tiefsnow
Nov 28, 2010 - 08:16
borkborkbork wrote:
For those moments when you want to feel like you're in an elevator. Next up? Yanni.

there are times when hearing song in a closed room does not do the song justice

i.e.: an elevator

try hearing this on the north rim looking southeast or on the coast north of port alberni during a good storm



diannemck56
Oct 27, 2010 - 16:00
One of my favorite scenes in Desperado!! {#Kiss}


helgigermany
Jul 24, 2010 - 00:06
AlexDinamo wrote:
And what did you expect? I masterpiece for very song for every album? You guys seem like you listen just a couple of bands, and just a couple of albums and just a couple of songs which are "master pieces". Just don't come shouting when you get bored.

Agree! For me, this is a very nice song!



sirdroseph
May 21, 2010 - 07:34
This sounds like a John Hughes movie! {#Lol}


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May 07, 2010 - 14:25

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AlexDinamo
Apr 19, 2010 - 13:38
And what did you expect? I masterpiece for very song for every album? You guys seem like you listen just a couple of bands, and just a couple of albums and just a couple of songs which are "master pieces". Just don't come shouting when you get bored.


crockydile
Apr 19, 2010 - 13:25
{#Crashcomp}


TimeWaster
Apr 19, 2010 - 13:22
On_The_Beach wrote:
Carlos' guitar is nice, but the rest of the band is too cheesy, especially that 80s keyboard sound.


Yep, sounds like the ol' Yamaha DX-7. Keys players get a bad reputation because of the DX-7. Horrible sound.


On_The_Beach
Mar 18, 2010 - 23:14
Carlos' guitar is nice, but the rest of the band is too cheesy, especially that 80s keyboard sound.


borkborkbork
Mar 18, 2010 - 23:12
For those moments when you want to feel like you're in an elevator. Next up? Yanni.


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