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| kingart (Brooklyn NY) | Posted: May 09, 2013 - 16:34 HEAVEN! This is music that changed my outlook and my life halfway through the first hearing. It was the very definition of exquisite timing. I had never heard anything like it. Spoke to me in vast volumes. I believe he was only 23 years old when he cut this. |
| juanos (Somewhere between the US and Guatemala) | Posted: Apr 08, 2013 - 12:39 long time no hear.... oh what a great song!!! |
| km888888 | Posted: Oct 02, 2012 - 06:19 Great memory. Dropped a hit of acid and rode the tune through. Fitting that the name of the next tune on the album is "Hope Your Feeling Better". I sure was...... |
| Briangswing | Posted: Sep 11, 2012 - 06:30 I remember back in the day when I saw Carlos and the boys play at Winterland to a full house. Nothing quite does it like his guitar excellence. Still a favorite - timeless. |
| johnjconn (chicago land) | Posted: Aug 31, 2012 - 17:30 Makes my San Tana stand at attention  |
| bokey | Posted: Jul 31, 2012 - 07:40 In high school they'd play this as the intro to the morning PA announcements. |
| cinziacursio (Holland) | Posted: Jul 31, 2012 - 07:30 If you can't escape the reality listen this and you will fly .. at least for a bit :) |
| lily34 (lexvegas) | Posted: Jul 31, 2012 - 07:29 WonderLizard wrote: It is fairly well known (and documented) that Carlos idolized Gabor Szabo, and that "Samba Pa Ti" is an homage to him. It's always struck me as remarkable that a Hungarian guitarist would have so much influence on Brazilian pop, especially the bossa nova of the early '60s. Fittingly, Carlos dedicates a samba to him. BTW, Szabo's work with Chico Hamilton is killer stuff. thanks for this. i didn't know. |
| WonderLizard (2,755.46 mi. due east of Paradise) | Posted: Apr 27, 2012 - 06:23 It is fairly well known (and documented) that Carlos idolized Gabor Szabo, and that "Samba Pa Ti" is an homage to him. It's always struck me as remarkable that a Hungarian guitarist would have so much influence on Brazilian pop, especially the bossa nova of the early '60s. Fittingly, Carlos dedicates a samba to him. BTW, Szabo's work with Chico Hamilton is killer stuff. |
| DeeCee1109 (People's Republic of A2) | Posted: Apr 27, 2012 - 06:11 Awesome. |
| zenhead (Maine) | Posted: Apr 27, 2012 - 06:08 i've always thought this was a gorgeous melody, and a wonderful arrangement. one of my favorite santana tunes. |
| Dinges,_the_Dude (below sea-level, N52°22', E4°52') | Posted: Mar 26, 2012 - 12:40 Great song! It always takes me back to when I was still a child in the '70s. Sweet memories. |
| coloradojohn (Tokyo till Jan. 29, then it's back to Rocky Mtn Way!) | Posted: Jan 23, 2012 - 03:30 THIS is one of those songs...can bring a reverential hush to any gathering...which is cool, because when the guitar really starts to sing and the melody takes off, it shifts the whole thing into another gear, whether it's Red Rocks or a candle-lit bedroom...ROCK ON! |
| unclehud (300 feet above the planet) | Posted: Dec 22, 2011 - 09:34 I always thought it was "Samba Par-Tee" ... |
| sunward (British Columbia) | Posted: Jul 17, 2011 - 16:30 sunward wrote: Sublime! I remember a time when a friend and I were at a restaurant in Toronto. There was a jukebox and I played this song. When I returned to the table, our relationship went to a whole other level. I always think of that when I hear this beautiful piece. |
| tpastor (Manchester, CT) | Posted: Jul 17, 2011 - 16:24 Can never get enough of Santana. Love to hear some deep cuts off Borboletta. |
| sunward (British Columbia) | Posted: Jul 17, 2011 - 16:14 Sublime! |
| PeeBee (Down South in The Netherlands) | Posted: Mar 13, 2011 - 08:06 Superb tunes never grow old! |
| agkagk (Aurora, Ontario, Canada) | Posted: Nov 07, 2010 - 07:33 Instant goosebumps! |
| cohifi (Denver) | Posted: Oct 06, 2010 - 18:59 number54dsg wrote: I sense a warm breeze blowing somewhere else |
| number54dsg | Posted: Aug 14, 2010 - 13:17 Xstar wrote: Blues for Salvador  |
| Xstar (Florence, Kentucky) | Posted: Jun 01, 2010 - 01:50 Blues for Salvador |
| 4merdj (donde el viento se devuelve) | Posted: Apr 30, 2010 - 09:15 In the 'Time Capsule' ... 4-evah!
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| calypsus_1 | Posted: Apr 28, 2010 - 21:46 Santana - "Samba pa ti" Live |
| papaman (Downstate New Mexico) | Posted: Mar 29, 2010 - 17:36 Semper fi |
| helgigermany (Germany) | Posted: Feb 26, 2010 - 03:42 Very nice!! |
| calypsus_1 | Posted: Nov 04, 2009 - 19:50 Santana - "Samba Pa Ti" Live in Zagreb (1998) |
| DaveInVA (VA) | Posted: Aug 21, 2009 - 12:04 RedGuitar wrote: Just curious, what's the first one? Incident at Neshabur - that song just instantly transports me right back to my teens (for a few minutes anyways) |
| RedGuitar (Iowa, USA) | Posted: Aug 21, 2009 - 09:23 DaveInVA wrote: My second favorite Santana song.... Just curious, what's the first one? |
| Randomax (Wimberley, TX) | Posted: Aug 21, 2009 - 08:39 BLISS |
| cc_rider (Austin Texas. Y'all.) | Posted: Aug 21, 2009 - 08:36 westslope wrote: It is a great song, a classic. But much of Santana makes me think of stoned listeners on the slow dial lookin' for some easy listening.  Hey, if this is the 'easy listening' they're happy with, more power to 'em. |
| audiophelia (Pennsylvania) | Posted: Aug 21, 2009 - 08:36 On my beach with a drink again... :D edit: HAHAHA! RP must have heard me with Marley up next! |
| DaveInVA (VA) | Posted: Aug 21, 2009 - 08:35 My second favorite Santana song.... |
| azdcryan (Sunny Arizona) | Posted: Aug 21, 2009 - 08:33 our first dance, fond memories. |
| joanie (Baltimore) | Posted: Jun 18, 2009 - 22:35 This just might be my favorite song in the whole world! I love every single note. |
| fredriley (Nottingham, UK) | Posted: May 18, 2009 - 04:34 It's Mars Bar time. Explanation: this number would regularly be played at the end of discos in the 'slow smooch' section, together with other clichéd efforts such as 10cc's I'm Not In Love. Cue horde of horny pissed guys descending on the dance floor from their lurking positions at the bar searching, usually in vain, for some poor victim to smooch/snog/grope. Girls came to know this as 'mars bar time', as that's what it felt like was in the guy's pocket as he copped his free clinch. Needless to say, the guys who really managed to get to grips with the girls were those who'd been dancing with them all night, rather than lurking in the dark like dirty old men. This number takes me right back to those days, and as a result doesn't have good associations as I was, sadly, one of the mars bar guys... :( |
| Welly (Vangroovy) | Posted: Apr 16, 2009 - 13:45 Ljenny wrote:  I agree  |
| nagsheadlocal (North Carolina, the new New Jersey) | Posted: Apr 16, 2009 - 13:45 MrDill wrote: Confession Time  I had to hide the original album cover under my bed in case mother saw it, strict Irish Catholic, she'd have gone daft if she'd seen it, bless her Oh, yeah, the Abraxis cover with the strategically-placed dove. I had to hide mine, too! |
| LastChance | Posted: Apr 16, 2009 - 13:44 Right on! |
| Tana (Lancaster, PA) | Posted: Apr 16, 2009 - 13:44 Ha ha! Thought my phone was ringing. Samba Pa Ti is my ringtone  . Sorry if I already mentioned that. |
| jagdriver (Tunin' in from the aptly-named Grass Valley, CA) | Posted: Feb 12, 2009 - 11:28 Ahhhhh.....good.....that Santana "One Trick Pony" guy again! (But WHAT a pony it is! WAIT! Is that a pygmy pony?) (And it seems to me that that Monet guy only ever painted lily pads..........) |
| anotherlistener | Posted: Dec 11, 2008 - 06:38 Sweet Bliss. 10 |
| Baum74 (Düsseldorf, Germany) | Posted: Dec 11, 2008 - 04:57 hmmm ... this music probably will forever remind me of those films in TV late night I watched as a Teenager when my parents were not around. |
| sircharles (Decatur, Georgia) | Posted: Nov 09, 2008 - 15:47 This...is GOOD!  |
| MrDill (Lake Distict U.K.) | Posted: Sep 07, 2008 - 11:08 apd wrote: Was anyone else at the show at Slane Castle in the 80's? Hot summer day, UB40, Dylan... Yep indeed |
| MrDill (Lake Distict U.K.) | Posted: Sep 07, 2008 - 11:05 Confession Time I had to hide the original album cover under my bed in case mother saw it, strict Irish Catholic, she'd have gone daft if she'd seen it, bless her |
| cochlear (Kauai, Hawaii) | Posted: Aug 06, 2008 - 19:58 rhbphoto wrote: Takes me back to Lahaina, HI....1984...enjoying a beer in a surf side bar watching whales with this on in the background.
Been there. Done that.  |
| arserocket (Way down South West Scotland near boredom) | Posted: Jul 06, 2008 - 06:16 I'll I can see is an old man with leather underpants gettin jiggy to this in front of the mirror - its not a good vision for a Sunday |
| rhbphoto | Posted: May 04, 2008 - 07:42 Takes me back to Lahaina, HI....1984...enjoying a beer in a surf side bar watching whales with this on in the background. |
| That_SOB (The Dark Side of the Tune) | Posted: May 04, 2008 - 07:39 Mix in a little Petty, perhaps Clapton jump on I-5 with the top down, and ride baby ride. . . .  |
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