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| unclehud (now 50 feet above the planet in Boston) | Posted: Mar 13, 2013 - 13:56 YEAH BABY! All us old guys are up from our hemorrhoid cushions, dancing inside our walkers, and checking that our pacemakers are keeping up! Hope somebody's bringing the ibuprofen and liniment for afterwards! |
| Jelani (Home of the freak, land of the vague) | Posted: Dec 09, 2012 - 11:58 That was the longest intro to "Black Magic Woman" I've ever heard. And then they didn't even play the song. I feel so abused. |
| sajitjacob (Christchurch NZ) | Posted: Oct 07, 2012 - 18:16 Hah! Great segue from Zero7 to this. When I was a kid (in the 70s and early 80s) I hated this kind of easy listening elevator music. It was typical of the music played during the daytime testcard on the BBC and my brother and I would have to endure it while waiting for the children's programs to start. I still don't 'get' Santana but I have all Zero7's albums (even 'another late night' which is rubbish.) Perhaps the sound of Santana turns me back into that impatient 7 year old. We will fix it we will mend it we will make it new new new, |
| Proclivities (Carrboro, NC) | Posted: Jul 05, 2012 - 06:56 Guodlca wrote: Only Santana can manage to use such an unpleasant guitar tone. I don't find it particularly unpleasant, but it seems to be the only guitar tone he has ever used. |
| ziakut (Albeit In The Meantime) | Posted: Jun 03, 2012 - 11:31 Guodlca wrote: Only Santana can manage to use such an unpleasant guitar tone. lol...and I might add...for a long duration of time too. |
| Guodlca | Posted: Jun 03, 2012 - 11:27 Only Santana can manage to use such an unpleasant guitar tone. |
| pparry24 (Warrington) | Posted: Apr 01, 2012 - 00:41 great track |
| Gatlinburger | Posted: Nov 26, 2011 - 03:54 4merdj wrote: Every once in a while, I peel the the cardboard, and the plastic off of the vinyl, and play this LP ... I then listen to the following set of tunes without interruption (as they were meant to be appreciated) while admiring the sensual power of that amazing woman on the cover who is offering the dove a warm and moist nest ... Singing Winds, Crying Beasts ; Black Magic Woman / Gypsy Queen; Oye Como Vá; Incident at Neshabur; Se acabó (a.k.a. "Se a cabo" ... not Spanish ;-)) ... and I go back to that time that will never ever be again ... god bless us humans for our brains  Whoa... I hear ya! |
| ecyfoto (Tampa) | Posted: Oct 25, 2011 - 13:22 My first multi-channel experience was this tune........... Discreet 4 channel tape. Wow! |
| bachbeet | Posted: Sep 23, 2011 - 21:06 From their best album. |
| DrLex (Belgium) | Posted: May 01, 2011 - 09:41 Why do I keep reading “Crying Breasts”? Maybe it's the album cover. |
| Rotterdam | Posted: Jan 27, 2011 - 00:19 helgigermany wrote: For me, one of their Best,ever! Me too |
| Jeff09 (Gainesville, Florida) | Posted: Dec 14, 2010 - 18:25 4merdj wrote: Every once in a while, I peel the the cardboard, and the plastic off of the vinyl, and play this LP ... I then listen to the following set of tunes without interruption (as they were meant to be appreciated) while admiring the sensual power of that amazing woman on the cover who is offering the dove a warm and moist nest ... Singing Winds, Crying Beasts ; Black Magic Woman / Gypsy Queen; Oye Como Vá; Incident at Neshabur; Se acabó (a.k.a. "Se a cabo" ... not Spanish ;-)) ... and I go back to that time that will never ever be again ... god bless us humans for our brains I hear you. I understand. I agree. |
| 4merdj (donde el viento se devuelve) | Posted: Oct 12, 2010 - 07:49 Every once in a while, I peel the the cardboard, and the plastic off of the vinyl, and play this LP ... I then listen to the following set of tunes without interruption (as they were meant to be appreciated) while admiring the sensual power of that amazing woman on the cover who is offering the dove a warm and moist nest ... Singing Winds, Crying Beasts ; Black Magic Woman / Gypsy Queen; Oye Como Vá; Incident at Neshabur; Se acabó (a.k.a. "Se a cabo" ... not Spanish ;-)) ... and I go back to that time that will never ever be again ... god bless us humans for our brains |
| scraig (Santa Barbara, CA) | Posted: Sep 22, 2010 - 13:59 agaran wrote: I lost my cherry while listening to this album, in about, uh, 1969. (I was 14.) Great memories. Thanks.  thanks for sharing! |
| Dave_Mack (Five bus, Jive bus!) | Posted: Sep 22, 2010 - 13:56 The beginning of this really reminds me of the beginning of Les Miserables, for which I just played in the pit orchestra. I bet the guy who composed that had listened to this. |
| jagdriver (Just a nod and a wink south of Paradise) | Posted: Sep 10, 2010 - 13:19 helgigermany wrote: For me, one of their Best,ever!  |
| helgigermany (Germany) | Posted: Aug 21, 2010 - 13:31 For me, one of their Best,ever! |
| Albert1967 (Leusden, the Netherlands) | Posted: Apr 16, 2010 - 04:29 raga wrote: Ok Carlos, now you can start... PLEASE!!!  LOL! |
| ginniet (Spokane, WA) | Posted: Mar 15, 2010 - 14:28 mgkiwi wrote: Wow, not heard this in many a moon. Takes me way back, way back to a very peaceful place, a place where we had values and respect.  I hadn't heard it in a very long time, either, but I recognized it immediately! It took me back to my college days. |
| swell_sailor (The Gorge) | Posted: Mar 03, 2010 - 19:00 nampelkafe wrote: It's a kind of mantra for me. It doesn't get anywhere 'cause it takes you to nowhere. Look at the title, he's not promising an easy 3 minutes song. It gets somewhere as side one of the lp. Not quite the same played as a single. |
| nampelkafe (al sur del sur) | Posted: Mar 03, 2010 - 18:52 Jelani wrote: Q: What goes on and on and on and on and on and never gets anywhere? A: A Santana tune. It's a kind of mantra for me. It doesn't get anywhere 'cause it takes you to nowhere. Look at the title, he's not promising an easy 3 minutes song. |
| swell_sailor (The Gorge) | Posted: Mar 03, 2010 - 18:46 I wish this was a two-fer |
| Danny_G (Lima) | Posted: Dec 30, 2009 - 20:25 Third World - Satta Massagana  Santana - Singing Winds, Crying Beasts  |
| Jelani (Home of the freak, land of the vague) | Posted: Nov 29, 2009 - 11:26 Q: What goes on and on and on and on and on and never gets anywhere? A: A Santana tune. |
| raga (Italy - Como) | Posted: Oct 09, 2009 - 06:47 Ok Carlos, now you can start... PLEASE!!! |
| jagdriver (Tunin' in from the aptly-named Grass Valley, CA) | Posted: Jul 06, 2009 - 13:45 mgkiwi wrote: Wow, not heard this in many a moon. Takes me way back, way back to a very peaceful place, a place where we had values and respect. Like when slower drivers made certain to get over in right lane as quickly as possible? |
| mgkiwi (French Alps - rivet rivet) | Posted: May 04, 2009 - 01:36 Wow, not heard this in many a moon. Takes me way back, way back to a very peaceful place, a place where we had values and respect. |
| nagsheadlocal (North Carolina, the new New Jersey) | Posted: Apr 22, 2009 - 06:15 HarrO wrote: I love Santana but this has always been the really long intro to Black Magic Woman for me. Heh - me too. When the DJs cut it off I always find myself humming the first few bars of Black Magic Woman. |
| nimesay (los angeles) | Posted: Apr 02, 2009 - 12:45 time to turn the volume down. |
| tiggers | Posted: Jan 29, 2009 - 10:10 radiojunkie wrote: I can name that song in two notes! Pity it's any longer than 2 notes - another meandering overly long dirge |
| jagdriver (Tunin' in from the aptly-named Grass Valley, CA) | Posted: Jan 29, 2009 - 10:08 Not too shabby for a "one-trick pony."  |
| MojoJojo (Indianapolis, IN USA) | Posted: Jan 29, 2009 - 10:08 Now see, I like this. I play the wind-chimes too, so I can really dig it, in my own special way. |
| silverghost57 (Pennsylvania) | Posted: Jan 29, 2009 - 10:07 My needle actuallly made a new groove on this LP ,When I was young. Burn this whole album into my DNA |
| pdjpirate (Near the Graveyard of the Atlantic!) | Posted: Jan 17, 2009 - 11:39  |
| radiojunkie (Don't get out much) | Posted: Dec 28, 2008 - 19:19 I can name that song in two notes! Okay, I'm lying. I actually thought it was another song until I heard the first tinkling sound. |
| Canoe52 (Normal, IL) | Posted: Dec 16, 2008 - 21:14 Always and forever one of my favorites!  |
| redstorm (East Coast!........ Lou!) | Posted: Nov 15, 2008 - 07:35 this is what "Third World" music is when it intermarries with electric instruments, sweeeeet! |
| HarrO (Florida) | Posted: Oct 26, 2008 - 15:29 I love Santana but this has always been the really long intro to Black Magic Woman for me. |
| Jelani (Home of the freak, land of the vague) | Posted: Aug 24, 2008 - 10:39 Please, make it stop!!! |
| Kokoloco53 (Safford, AZ) | Posted: Aug 12, 2008 - 14:17 Om! Ay Dios! Que musica de los cielos! Santana mixes the spirits together so well. Viva los 60's! Cuando la musica tenia sentido y inteligencia. |
| Chumbawamba-1984 | Posted: Jul 23, 2008 - 18:31 When Carlos Santana gets inspiration! |
| gobits (New York, NY) | Posted: Jun 10, 2008 - 10:48 I saw Santanta at a concert in Göteborg, Sweden. They were opening for Bob Dylan who was the reason I went. I was not a Santana fan at the time. After seeing them live I was hooked. The energy was amazing! Carlos simply rocked.  |
| fredriley (Nottingham, UK) | Posted: Jun 10, 2008 - 10:47 thewiseking wrote: Breaking Wind, Cutting Cheese.
schlock rock defined. I wouldn't go that far, but this one goes in one ear and out the other - 3 tops. Out of the last 14 numbers I've not rated one higher than 5, and most are 3 or less. This surely has to be one of the worst stretches I've ever suffered on RP. Either that, or it's that time of the month... |
| thewiseking (New York, New York) | Posted: Jun 10, 2008 - 10:44 Breaking Wind, Cutting Cheese. schlock rock defined. |
| luca77 (Melbourne,Australia) | Posted: May 10, 2008 - 00:37 tigerbeetle wrote: A guitar is the same instrument for one and all. How can an artist achieve such a trademark sound, as Carlos has?
Jimi may have been the greatest but Carlos has surely prefected, above all, an all-time identifiable guitar signature -- the sign of ultra-excellence. Yeah, true...like the other responses though...you can pick Pagey, Hendrix,Knopfler, Roy Buchanan, Clapton, Beck's sounds a mile away whatever song they're playing. But I agree Santana's is the most instantly recognisable and inimitable. Shame he's a bit too commercial in his old age. |
| Bleyfusz | Posted: Apr 08, 2008 - 12:36 rtkmusic wrote: More wind chimes! How about cowbell? |
| Ericac (Lakeville, MN) | Posted: Apr 08, 2008 - 12:28 ginniet wrote: Ahhh--memories of college days in the '70s (and everything that went with that)!
 Right on, I'm with you on that thought.  |
| handyrae (Zero Point Field) | Posted: Apr 08, 2008 - 12:28 Oh man, this whole set is really making me wish it were July and that I were slowly floating around my pool with a cold drink! |
| silverghost57 (Pennsylvania) | Posted: Apr 08, 2008 - 12:26 first album I owned out right, played it till it warped. the best Santana. Then made a fresbiee out of it one after noon |