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| egroman (chicago) | Posted: Jun 07, 2013 - 16:44 Great set going for fri eve in Chicago going home on da El if anyone is with me on that |
| Foot (NorCal / Wine) | Posted: May 06, 2013 - 21:08 Mostly, all sounds the same...not bad, just the same...since 1970. |
| Hannio (Austin, TX) | Posted: Apr 02, 2013 - 05:10 fredriley wrote: This freneticism jars badly after the serious smoothness of William Orbit. Bill normally does great segues, but IMO this one's a real clunker, a bit like when you're cruising along in 5th and accidentally change down to 3rd. That is known as the moneyshift in BMW circles. |
| rdo (DC) | Posted: Mar 01, 2013 - 18:20 First PSD of the night! |
| westslope (BC coast) | Posted: Feb 01, 2013 - 22:00 fredriley wrote: This freneticism jars badly after the serious smoothness of William Orbit. Bill normally does great segues, but IMO this one's a real clunker, a bit like when you're cruising along in 5th and accidentally change down to 3rd. LOL!
I like this album but man was it overplayed back in the day. |
| Pedro1874 (Newton-le-Willows, England) | Posted: Jan 29, 2013 - 10:39 And I will just make that ninety 10's! Brilliant!  |
| fredriley (Nottingham, UK) | Posted: Jan 29, 2013 - 10:36 This freneticism jars badly after the serious smoothness of William Orbit. Bill normally does great segues, but IMO this one's a real clunker, a bit like when you're cruising along in 5th and accidentally change down to 3rd. |
| colt4x5 (under the scree field.) | Posted: Jan 01, 2013 - 13:59 Outstanding. |
| suesblues (Sydney, Australia) | Posted: Oct 27, 2012 - 09:06 Ha! Santana is playing tonight in Delhi, one of only two Indian concerts. I'm currently in Madras for 8 weeks, and was going to be rash and fly up this morning, but then........it would have cost a week's rent... Incidentally, Santana 65yo has been giving some good interviews on the media here - eg to quote him : “I have listened to Ravi Shankar. It transcends gravity of time, taking you to meditation and having a profound effect on people. I find Indian music very intense, humorous at times. When I listen to the raagas at 3am in the morning, it’s like taking an inner shower,” (Santana's words, not mine) .........at the same time he has been promoting the 'sensitive' side of American culture |
| myersei (Denver, CO) | Posted: Sep 25, 2012 - 21:25 ScottFromWyoming wrote:  At some point I gave this a 4, wtf.2 What??? a 2? To each his own, but I'd love to hear why. This is such an incredible song! |
| ScottFromWyoming (Powell) | Posted: Aug 25, 2012 - 09:19 At some point I gave this a 4, wtf.2 |
| Lichenia, | Posted: Jul 28, 2012 - 10:47 Kaisersosay wrote: Love this song, this album. Summer days as a much younger person learning to appreciate Carlos.
In a nnutshell |
| rpdevotee (San Jose, CA) | Posted: Jul 24, 2012 - 23:14 Thanks for this one Bill and Rebecca... I know it is on your RP playlist, but it is definitely not one of the other worn out Santana songs we've been hearing on mainstream radio for years! |
| Sloggydog (UK) | Posted: Jun 27, 2012 - 00:31 I remember listening to Abraxas at Coffeeshop Abraxas in Amsterdam. Good times. |
| vaiodon (Halfway to Paradise) | Posted: Jun 23, 2012 - 12:25 A few weeks ago I had the pleasure of seeing Santana play live, wonderful. If anyone's passing thru Last Vague Guess, catch him at the House of Blues thru August I think. |
| coding_to_music (Beantown) | Posted: May 22, 2012 - 16:48 martinc wrote: Like this one even when Schoeder from Peanuts jams in on piano. Ha |
| Kaisersosay (Mighty Mighty Bostown) | Posted: Mar 27, 2012 - 11:31 Love this song, this album. Summer days as a much younger person learning to appreciate Carlos. |
| kurtster (Back in Ohiya, for now ...) | Posted: Jan 20, 2012 - 07:28 Had to see who this was. It may be Carlos, but its a ripoff of the Status Quo's Pictures of Matchstick Men riff. I kept waiting to hear a real laid back version of Pictures. Very disappointing. |
| martinc (Ottawa Canada) | Posted: Dec 23, 2011 - 08:26 Like this one even when Schoeder from Peanuts jams in on piano. |
| mistabird (frei republik allgäu) | Posted: Dec 19, 2011 - 13:07 D A N K E sehr schön |
| Danny_G (Lima) | Posted: Nov 21, 2011 - 14:54 ¡Mi favorita! gracias tío Billg  |
| GawgaBoy (State of Confusion) | Posted: Nov 17, 2011 - 19:19 back in the day when this came out, my local JC Penny put big price stickers all over this album to cover up the female body parts. |
| unclehud (300 feet above the planet) | Posted: Nov 14, 2011 - 08:57 Last four songs have been oldies; newest was recorded in 1996. I'm not complaining (enjoyed them tremendously, in fact) but imagine some of the young whippersnappers will soon start whipping and snapping. As for this one ... brings back warm summer evenings on the Robinson Hall dormitory rooftop, listening on eight speakers stolen from the local drive-in movie theater. |
| Otomi (La orilla de la civilización) | Posted: Aug 15, 2011 - 07:37 On_The_Beach wrote: Artist Mati Klarwein also did the artwork for Miles Davis' Bitches Brew in 1969 (same year as Abraxas) . . . . . . and Live Evil in 1970 Image source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Miles_Davis_Live-Evil_Back.jpg |
| Proclivities (Carrboro, NC) | Posted: Aug 15, 2011 - 07:08 pherthyl wrote: This just puts me on edge.. It only has one speed and that's manic. No thanks. I generally change the channel or deploy the PSD button when this tune comes on, but it certainly has more than "one speed". The tempo changes several times in this song. |
| Byronape (Snorkeling in the River Styx) | Posted: Aug 11, 2011 - 22:10 fredriley wrote: Quite. Carlos Santana is the noodling king, right enough, and technically the dog's bollox, but most of his stuff failed to grab me 3 decades ago, and I still elude its grasping claws. The Nottingham jury's attitude to most Santana stuff would be that of Ford Prefect's: aggressive indifference. Fred, one of these day's I'd love to buy you a Pan-Galactic Gargle Blaster. |
| MojoJojo (Indianapolis, IN USA) | Posted: Jul 11, 2011 - 13:24 Sounds like that other Santana song... |
| Shaker (Canada) | Posted: Jul 11, 2011 - 13:24 Yes. len17 wrote: It is as close as you can get to going back to a time when we felt nothing existed but the moment.... it was a very good feeling.. |
| pherthyl (Victoria, BC) | Posted: Jul 11, 2011 - 13:20 This just puts me on edge.. It only has one speed and that's manic. No thanks. |
| On_The_Beach (Vancouver BC, Bud) | Posted: May 12, 2011 - 17:56 oofus521 wrote: one of the best album covers ever..stuff that wild dreams are made of Artist Mati Klarwein also did the artwork for Miles Davis' Bitches Brew in 1969 (same year as Abraxas) . . .  . . . and Live Evil in 1970  |
| fredriley (Nottingham, UK) | Posted: May 09, 2011 - 06:53 Nerubo wrote: Offensively inoffensive. Quite. Carlos Santana is the noodling king, right enough, and technically the dog's bollox, but most of his stuff failed to grab me 3 decades ago, and I still elude its grasping claws. The Nottingham jury's attitude to most Santana stuff would be that of Ford Prefect's: aggressive indifference. |
| Nerubo (Denver, CO) | Posted: Mar 10, 2011 - 12:36 Offensively inoffensive. |
| HazzeSwede (Vinyl Land) | Posted: Feb 07, 2011 - 04:33 ick wrote: The album cover looks like a bad acid trip and this is one of the few Santana pieces that I can actually enjoy. Just not my cuppa I suppose, although I think I can understand the appeal to others. Album cover is a classic. You can find some thoughts on this here ! |
| ottojschlosser (Coarsegold CA) | Posted: Jan 03, 2011 - 13:11 Capping a long instrumental set with this is one of my favorite stretches of RP goodness *ever*. |
| helgigermany (Germany) | Posted: Dec 02, 2010 - 22:37 Whole album = Perfekt!! |
| Toke (Bournemouth UK) | Posted: Nov 04, 2010 - 13:41 Jeez I remember this when it was released everybody, Yes everybody had to have a copy of this and I remember taking this to parties to inform the unitiated .. about Carlos. One of the all time greatest tracks in the history of Pop if thats what you could call it more like a classic afro cuban. Thanks Bill for recalling Happy Happy memories.  |
| ubuntourist (Washington, DC) | Posted: Nov 04, 2010 - 13:41 ick wrote: The album cover looks like a bad acid trip and this is one of the few Santana pieces that I can actually enjoy. Just not my cuppa I suppose, although I think I can understand the appeal to others. Bad acid trip?  Au contraire! (And the music is fine too.)  |
| ick (S.E. La Jolla) | Posted: Nov 01, 2010 - 06:29 The album cover looks like a bad acid trip and this is one of the few Santana pieces that I can actually enjoy. Just not my cuppa I suppose, although I think I can understand the appeal to others. |
| shutter (You can't get here from there) | Posted: Nov 01, 2010 - 06:24 unclehud wrote: Release date of 1970? Wow. That's 40 years ago. I'd say it's held up pretty well as a composition. This has always been one of my favorite Santana pieces. |
| vluvlu | Posted: Nov 01, 2010 - 06:24 Excellent song. |
| anabel | Posted: Jun 26, 2010 - 18:08 this song resonates quite nicely- satisfies on so many levels! |
| gatorade (Ocean Park, WA) | Posted: Jun 26, 2010 - 18:05 Toke wrote: Now were cooking .. one of my old time favourites ...Full Marks RP. Bumping it UP! |
| calypsus_1 | Posted: May 06, 2010 - 23:46  Carlos Santana by ~JSaurer ©2008-2010 ~JSaurer Carlos Santana airbrush, water colours & pencils, 2000 |
| RedGuitar (Iowa, USA) | Posted: Apr 27, 2010 - 13:52 krich58 wrote: Album certainly was an art form. From Two Virgins to Their Satanic Majesties Request. What's the coolest CD art? The Talk is Cheap special edition? Any others? Anything by Hipgnosis. They did a lot of covers for Pink Floyd, Yes, Budgie, Roxy Music, and many, many others. There's a coffee-table book of some of their best covers; not sure if it's still available. It's fun to look at some of the covers that came out over the years. |
| ziakut (Chicago, IL) | Posted: Apr 27, 2010 - 13:39 This is what Santana should have really stuck to. The instrumental jam! It's great...but ever notice that when he did those blasted duet type tunes in the early nineties with vocalists like Michelle Branch, Rob Thomas etc...he doesn't know when to shut up. He's constantly playing...doesn't give the lyrics a chance to breathe. Maybe it was his way of sayin'..."Hey...I wanna play!" This tune is great...tho. |
| jkhandy (Near the ocean (in my mind)) | Posted: Mar 26, 2010 - 22:26 jimbaca wrote: This is definitely one of Santana's best songs. It does put you in a nice place. Yes, I totally agree.  |
| jimbaca (Albuquerque) | Posted: Mar 23, 2010 - 14:25 This is definitely one of Santana's best songs. It does put you in a nice place. |
| nagsheadlocal (North Carolina, the new New Jersey) | Posted: Mar 23, 2010 - 14:13 Oh, hells yeah. |
| len17 | Posted: Jan 19, 2010 - 14:28 It is as close as you can get to going back to a time when we felt nothing existed but the moment.... it was a very good feeling.. |
| lmic (Harmless Little Bunny) | Posted: Jan 19, 2010 - 14:15 Inamorato wrote: Sometimes it seems like Santana has been playing the same licks for 40 years, but hearing this refreshes my memory about why I loved his playing and band to begin with. And actually, this doesn't strike me at all as "standard" Santana... interesting  |
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