This was born ready to burst with fertility.
Earthy. Primal. Raw. Tribal. Intoxicatingly Medicinal.
INFECTIOUS AND THERAPEUTIC ROCK!

This was born ready to burst with fertility.
Earthy. Primal. Raw. Tribal. Intoxicatingly Medicinal.
INFECTIOUS AND THERAPEUTIC ROCK!

just so you know what this album is for me; 16th B-day, friends 'kidnapped' me by throwing a blanket over my head and shuffling out the door into the station wagon. blanket off- presented me with this fantastic newly released album, we all went to the drive in and sat in horror at Night of the Living Dead....then a slumber party.   one of the best birthdays ever....and that's a lot of birthdays!  Plus Santana played at my high school (Los Altos High)  before he was a superstar.  a great time and place to be!

 aelfheld wrote:

Oh, you mean like the Kos Kiddies, Media Matters, Center for American Progress, SDS, the Weathermen, &c.ad nauseam.

Sounds like you've just mounted a hobbyhorse. Jingoism, at least in the UK, is used exclusively to refer to nationalist zealots and bellicose patriots. Rabid patriotism is not a characteristic of left-wing movements. It would simply make no sense to refer to, say, Noam Chomsky or Michael Moore (quit hissing at the back there!) as 'jingoists'. You'll have to dig out a more appropriate insult, I'm afraid. 

Santana. Any day. Any time. Rocks my world! 

It's not our roots, but it is cultural. Some people are closed to alternate cultural values. (For them, Paul Simon is pushing the envelope.) They lose, we win. 

After reading all the negative comments on this song below, I have to wonder if it's a cultural thing. Perhaps those of us who have Latin American or African roots appreciate Santana's music more because it stems from our own ancestral rhythmic and musical "roots"?

After reading all the negative comments on this song below, I have to wonder if it's a cultural thing. Perhaps those of us who have Latin American or African roots appreciate Santana's music more because it stems from our own ancestral rhythmic and musical "roots"?

After reading all the negative comments on this song below, I have to wonder if it's a cultural thing. . . .

After reading all the negative comments on this song below, I have to wonder if it's a cultural thing. Perhaps those of us who have Latin American or African roots appreciate Santana's music more because it stems from our own ancestral rhythmic and musical "roots"?

I can't understand what people see in Santana. He is so frickin' boring and repetitive.

I can't understand what people see in Santana. He is so frickin' boring and repetitive.

Jingoism is like hyped-up activism, like the Tea Party on steroids, vigilantes on the Mexican border, that type of thing.  A common word in the '60's but dont know that jingo itself is a 'real' word.  I think it sums up the frenetic quality of the music pretty good tho.

Jingoism is like hyped-up activism, like the Tea Party on steroids, vigilantes on the Mexican border, that type of thing.  A common word in the '60's but dont know that jingo itself is a 'real' word.  I think it sums up the frenetic quality of the music pretty good tho. 

What is Jingo?  Its not a spanish word.  Slang for Jingle?

Not if you have papers.

Not a big Santana fan, but this one is ok.

With many of my friends I argue pro "new music"

Sometimes I wonder if I am right!
...when hearing old Santana, for example
(though "JINGO" - despite being a classic - is not their best).

The boring-boring boys (!) of Decemberist have
a higher avrage rating than Santana?
Not comparable...?
EXACTLY!

I'm pretty sure it's illegal to play this song in Arizona.

I'm pretty sure it's illegal to play this song in Arizona.

I'm pretty sure it's illegal to play this song in Arizona.