Bossy Monkey
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Fri Mar-19-04 02:17 AM
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Poll question: Favorite Santana number |
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Edited on Fri Mar-19-04 02:19 AM by undisclosedlocation
Tricky! Finally an oldies act with actual hits from the last five years! Kinda stinks, 'cause us moldy oldies aren't going to recognize anything after "Smooth" (ok, I'm just speaking for myself), but I had to take off great stuff from decades past 'cause this new stuff constitutes his/their biggest hits ever. Oh well.
Apologies to those who gave me such great suggestions on the earlier nominations thread. It turned out that Santana had so many hits that such a thread was hardly necessary.
Also, I appreciate that I'll be castigated for leaving off Black Magic Woman, but having already left off NSMA's excellent nominee She's Not There, I figured I'd try to avoid covers. (NightTrain, I left off Hold On on the grounds you cited: hardly anybody remembers it, not even me.)
Edit for clarity (hopefully)
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Fri Mar-19-04 02:20 AM
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Fri Mar-19-04 02:23 AM
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Edited on Fri Mar-19-04 02:42 AM by bobthedrummer
so different from the Tito Puente version
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Fri Mar-19-04 02:37 AM
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3. Gotta go with Oye Como Va |
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heck even Tito Puente was into that one
and I forgot..in the "covers" department, he did a great cover of Stormy too! :D
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Fri Mar-19-04 02:38 AM
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4. You've got to change your Evil Ways.......Baby. |
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Fri Mar-19-04 02:51 AM
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5. Where the #$%@ is Black Magic Woman? |
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Yeah I know Fleetwood Mac wrote it, but who the Hell ever actually heard their version of it?
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Fri Mar-19-04 06:00 PM
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18. I have! I have! I've heard the Fleetwood Mac version. |
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The early version(s) of Fleetwood Mac would be my favorite! :-)
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Fri Mar-19-04 03:45 AM
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Good Lord, you left off Samba Pa Ti and Europa?????
What is wrong with you? Santana is always best when his guitar is allowed to tell the story.
No offense, of course, but that just seems all kinds of wrong...
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Fri Mar-19-04 04:19 AM
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8. Put me down for Europa |
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Every time I play that song, the melody sticks in my head for days. It is so smooth and lyrical at the beginning, but turns into a kick-ass solo at the end.
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Fri Mar-19-04 12:20 PM
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On the other hand, as you have a star too, you can always let this one drop off the charts and start your own Santana poll. I'm not the biggest fan in the world; just heard "Everybody's Everything" (which I still can't believe doesn't have a vote) yesterday and thought it would make a fun poll.
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Fri Mar-19-04 03:47 AM
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Cause it's the only one I know. :)
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Fri Mar-19-04 04:56 AM
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9. There is TONS left out of this poll |
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Most notably perhaps Black Magic Woman, which was certainly IMHO the best of his old stuff, at least the old stuff anyone has heard of anyway. In particular there is a video of a concert Santana did in South America, I forget where, in which they play this song in a driving thunderstorm. Good stuff.
But from his new stuff, the stuff he made with current artists, AGAIN you leave off the best of the lot, Europa.
You blew it on this poll but you do get a few bonus points for including the Woodstock live version of Soul Sacrifice.
Nah just kidding ya. Any poll including Santana is ok by me :)
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Fri Mar-19-04 08:43 AM
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11. The Woodstock Soul Sacrifice |
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is absolutely the best of the oldies (I LOVE live music). From the recent era, my absolute favorite is from Supernatural-- it's a hit called "Put Your Lights On".
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Fri Mar-19-04 09:23 AM
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I love to spark one and listen to that.
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Fri Mar-19-04 04:50 PM
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15. Oh what the heck, a kick for Friday prime time |
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so more people can call me an idiot for not including Black Magic Woman. :)
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Fri Mar-19-04 05:28 PM
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16. On your poll I voted for "No One to Depend On" |
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I also really love "Hope Your're Feeling Better".
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Fri Mar-19-04 05:42 PM
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Fri Mar-19-04 06:01 PM
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19. Voted for "Soul Sacrifice" - that's a great one! |
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I also love "Smooth" and "Put Your Lights On" (with Everlast) on "Supernatural."
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Fri Mar-19-04 06:43 PM
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Even better than Marvin Gaye's Let's Get It On for creating a certain ... mood.
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Fri Mar-19-04 07:46 PM
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from the album, "Spirits Dancing In the Flesh". It's a bit cheesy but the dynamic, the change of the guitar tone is expertly done.
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Fri Mar-19-04 07:59 PM
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22. Of what you picked, I went with "Evil Ways." |
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However, I'd have voted for "Black Magic Woman" had it been a choice.
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Fri Mar-19-04 08:39 PM
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I got a Black Magic Woman I got a Black Magic Woman I got a Black Magic Woman She's got me so blind I can't see She's a Black Magic Woman She's trying to make a devil out of me
Don't turn your back on me, baby Don't turn your back on me, baby Yes, don't turn your back on me, baby Don't mess around with your tricks Don't turn your back on me, baby Cause you might just Wake up my magic sticks
You got your spell on me, baby You got your spell on me, baby Yes, you got your spell on me, baby Turnin' my heart into stone I need you so bad Black Magic Woman I can't leave you alone
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Fri Mar-19-04 08:53 PM
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24. Second for Samba Pa Ti |
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Nothing like that for mood.
But I'll make a second for Evil Ways because Carlos played that recently at a concert and dedicated to bu$h, said be better stop his evil ways.
Sonia
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