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Got a black magic woman
Ive got a black magic woman
Got me so blind I can't see
That she's a black magic woman
Shes 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
Stop messing round with your tricks
Don't turn your back on me baby
You just might pick up my magic sticks
Got your spell on me baby
Got your spell on me baby
Yes you got your spell on me baby
Turning my heart into stone
I need you so bad, magic woman
I can't leave you alone
Indeed. Santana merged Peter Green's "Black Magic Woman" and Gabor Szabo's "Gipsy Queen" into one track.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?...
(Gabor Szabo: Gipsy Queen)
According to Santana himself, Gabor Szabo (originally Gábor Szabó), a legendary Hungarian jazz guitarist emigrating to the US in 1958, was a great influence on his and other great guitarists' music at the time (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...):
“We all wanted to be B.B. King when we grew up. But as soon as we grew up, we went to Gábor. [.…] B.B. had me in a spell. When I heard Gábor, I knew there were other possibilities with the guitar.”
Here's a youtube link where Santana talks about Szabo:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?...
And here let me share two other links where you can immerse yourselves in Gabor Szabo's musical world. It's worth a try, believe me:
A live performance on TV where Szabo plays with fellow Hungarian jazz musicians during his first visit back to his home country in 1974
And my personal favorite album from Gabor Szabo: Dreams
Man, I really dig the fact that you know Gabor Szabo! Yeah, he really PLAYED guitar, like it was a possession..
It just kicks ass!!!!!!!
And its 51 years old!!!!
So imagine a song from 1920, having the same impact in 1970. No freaking way.
I don't know that. Those orchestral bands before microphones had singers really belt it out. You can hear their legacy in singers like Grace Slick and Florence+ Machine.
Imagine someone who grew up in 1920 still being in charge in 1970. No freaking way!
(retire boomers, you've had your time, now we need to fix everything you've ruined - we all hear about progressive this and that, but who are our most likely choices for US president in 2024? Two 80+ year old white guys)
I'll cut your some slack the whatever-your-generation-is produces music this good.
get high from the last 1/3 of song.
oh no...I'm in a trance! Its those bongos.
Though I've always liked this, I'm liking the Fleetwood Mac original version better these days. Nice cover, Santana.
RP needs to play Peter Green's song. Since it doesn't get much airplay, I am not familiar with it.
There was a hit movie called The Sting that came out in the 1970's that featured Scott Joplin ragtime music and the title track called "The Entertainer" became a hit for a while. That music was at least 50 years old at the time.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...
And that is still a great piece of music.
Cool! It's always right and good to admire the amazing Gabor Szabo!
I've been hoping Bill would tack the original by Szabo onto the end of the Fleetwood Mac version when it gets played.
Indeed. Santana merged Peter Green's "Black Magic Woman" and Gabor Szabo's "Gipsy Queen" into one track.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?...
(Gabor Szabo: Gipsy Queen)
According to Santana himself, Gabor Szabo (originally Gábor Szabó), a legendary Hungarian jazz guitarist emigrating to the US in 1958, was a great influence on his and other great guitarists' music at the time (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...):
“We all wanted to be B.B. King when we grew up. But as soon as we grew up, we went to Gábor. [.…] B.B. had me in a spell. When I heard Gábor, I knew there were other possibilities with the guitar.”
Here's a youtube link where Santana talks about Szabo:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?...
And here let me share two other links where you can immerse yourselves in Gabor Szabo's musical world. It's worth a try, believe me:
A live performance on TV where Szabo plays with fellow Hungarian jazz musicians during his first visit back to his home country in 1974
And my personal favorite album from Gabor Szabo: Dreams
Cool! It's always right and good to admire the amazing Gabor Szabo!
It just kicks ass!!!!!!!
And its 51 years old!!!!
So imagine a song from 1920, having the same impact in 1970. No freaking way.
Imagine someone who grew up in 1920 still being in charge in 1970. No freaking way!
(retire boomers, you've had your time, now we need to fix everything you've ruined - we all hear about progressive this and that, but who are our most likely choices for US president in 2024? Two 80+ year old white guys)
Crank it. Get high.
Got a black magic marker
Got a black magic marker
Is that you Santley?
The Gypsy Queen part of the track is favorite (credit to Hungarian guitarist Gabor Szabo)
Indeed. Santana merged Peter Green's "Black Magic Woman" and Gabor Szabo's "Gipsy Queen" into one track.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?...
(Gabor Szabo: Gipsy Queen)
According to Santana himself, Gabor Szabo (originally Gábor Szabó), a legendary Hungarian jazz guitarist emigrating to the US in 1958, was a great influence on his and other great guitarists' music at the time (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...):
“We all wanted to be B.B. King when we grew up. But as soon as we grew up, we went to Gábor. [.…] B.B. had me in a spell. When I heard Gábor, I knew there were other possibilities with the guitar.”
Here's a youtube link where Santana talks about Szabo:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?...
And here let me share two other links where you can immerse yourselves in Gabor Szabo's musical world. It's worth a try, believe me:
A live performance on TV where Szabo plays with fellow Hungarian jazz musicians during his first visit back to his home country in 1974
And my personal favorite album from Gabor Szabo: Dreams
It just kicks ass!!!!!!!
And its 51 years old!!!!
So imagine a song from 1920, having the same impact in 1970. No freaking way.
I was 18....still have the album--timeless.......
It just kicks ass!!!!!!!
And its 51 years old!!!!
So imagine a song from 1920, having the same impact in 1970. No freaking way.
There was a hit movie called The Sting that came out in the 1970's that featured Scott Joplin ragtime music and the title track called "The Entertainer" became a hit for a while. That music was at least 50 years old at the time.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...
It just kicks ass!!!!!!!
And its 51 years old!!!!
So imagine a song from 1920, having the same impact in 1970. No freaking way.
Hummm, let's see what was popular in the 1920s. A few tunes come to mind:
- Rhapsody In Blue - Paul Whiteman featuring George Gershwin
- Ain't Misbehavin' - Fats Waller / Louis Armstrong
- Ol' Man River - Paul Robeson / Al Jolson
- Makin' Whoopee - Eddie Cantor/ Paul Whiteman (Bing Crosby)
- My Blue Heaven - Gene Austin / Paul Whiteman
- It Had To Be You - Isham Jones / Marion Harris
And I agree with you that Black Magic Woman kicks ass!!!
Peter Green!
Yup! I grew up thinking this was a Santana original until I listened to some early Fleetwood Mac, when they were a blues band, and then it was "whut the hey?!"
I love both versions equally!
It just kicks ass!!!!!!!
And its 51 years old!!!!
So imagine a song from 1920, having the same impact in 1970. No freaking way.
Or a song we still will play in 2070?
And its 51 years old!!!!
So imagine a song from 1920, having the same impact in 1970. No freaking way.
you can say what I always say: ¡ Santana es muy bueno !
Try to be wondrous instead.
Yes, very often played. Pervasive. Once or twice a DAY would suffice.
Agreed and double that!
When my son was learning to play electric guitar I bought him one of those multi-effects pedals to give him some encouragement. The Zoom device had a dial to select different sounds/styles e.g.Deep Purple, Hendrix, Satriani, Santana etc.
Some of them were close to the original sound - especially the Carlos Santana one.
After much practice my son learned a few licks and they sounded pretty good and I got to really 'know' the Santana tone - except that Carlos did not just have one sound and listening closely to his records over his career you can hear that the tone changed significantly either due to changes in guitars or amplifiers or just because he evolved his sound and liked to mix it up a bit.
Having closely listened to guitarists over many years I would say Carlos is probably the most accomplished and rhythmic of all the guitarists IMHO. I hesitate to say 'best' because that it too subjective :)
Very cool.
On this song, nothing like hearing his fingers screach on the strings. That means....it's real! It's alive!
When my son was learning to play electric guitar I bought him one of those multi-effects pedals to give him some encouragement. The Zoom device had a dial to select different sounds/styles e.g.Deep Purple, Hendrix, Satriani, Santana etc.
Some of them were close to the original sound - especially the Carlos Santana one.
After much practice my son learned a few licks and they sounded pretty good and I got to really 'know' the Santana tone - except that Carlos did not just have one sound and listening closely to his records over his career you can hear that the tone changed significantly either due to changes in guitars or amplifiers or just because he evolved his sound and liked to mix it up a bit.
Having closely listened to guitarists over many years I would say Carlos is probably the most accomplished and rhythmic of all the guitarists IMHO. I hesitate to say 'best' because that it too subjective :)
The thing with this song is that it was not over produced in the studio.
You can hear the "finger scratch" noise right before his hits a power chord.
I think that's why this sounds so freakin good. This ain't the band Boston paying something that was initially called music but got regergatated by the sound boards and transfomred into something fake.
When my son was learning to play electric guitar I bought him one of those multi-effects pedals to give him some encouragement. The Zoom device had a dial to select different sounds/styles e.g.Deep Purple, Hendrix, Satriani, Santana etc.
Some of them were close to the original sound - especially the Carlos Santana one.
After much practice my son learned a few licks and they sounded pretty good and I got to really 'know' the Santana tone - except that Carlos did not just have one sound and listening closely to his records over his career you can hear that the tone changed significantly either due to changes in guitars or amplifiers or just because he evolved his sound and liked to mix it up a bit.
Having closely listened to guitarists over many years I would say Carlos is probably the most accomplished and rhythmic of all the guitarists IMHO. I hesitate to say 'best' because that it too subjective :)
A great tune reduced to line-dance music.
Bob?
Got a black magic marker
Put the cap on it baby
Put the cap on it baby
or the tip will dry out and get hard...
And Carlos has now got me do this tangential thinking on heteroskadicity of auto correlated variables. Cool stuff, man.
Uh here we go into the groooooove.
Well, I never ever expected to read the words 'Carlos' and 'heteroskadicity of auto correlated variables' in one sentence. I think that neither would he. Perhaps you could run the Trump Treasury and Carlos could play 'Winning' and 'Migra' all day long.
And Carlos has now got me do this tangential thinking on heteroskadicity of auto correlated variables. Cool stuff, man.
Uh here we go into the groooooove.
What gives?
How old is Carlos and he must be in good shape. It that trippy guitar playing. Keeps a person young.
The great guitar is Peter Green's tone, lifted by Santana.
Sorry, don't crucify me all at once! The faster bit towards the end (I believe that's the technical term for it) is quite listenable, though parts resemble the sound of my kitchen drain. Hmm, there's no hope, I'm going to get crucified, I'm sure.
But hey, you did it in a nice way. Say what you will - Santana introduced an incredible new sound and style that endures (for many) to this day, nearly 50 years later. Not bad for kitchen drain music. I love this song, and much of his music. And there are millions of us. He's incredible.
Sorry, don't crucify me all at once! The faster bit towards the end (I believe that's the technical term for it) is quite listenable, though parts resemble the sound of my kitchen drain. Hmm, there's no hope, I'm going to get crucified, I'm sure.
Sure, no problem. We'll cut pieces off you and crucify each separately
Sorry, don't crucify me all at once! The faster bit towards the end (I believe that's the technical term for it) is quite listenable, though parts resemble the sound of my kitchen drain. Hmm, there's no hope, I'm going to get crucified, I'm sure.
Nah, I feel ya. A joke I've been telling for years.
Did you know santana died in 1973? Yah, they've just been releasing the same song for 40 years.
He started with Les Negresses Vertes. No less impressive.
Sorry, don't crucify me all at once! The faster bit towards the end (I believe that's the technical term for it) is quite listenable, though parts resemble the sound of my kitchen drain. Hmm, there's no hope, I'm going to get crucified, I'm sure.
no we aren't going to crucify you, just smother you in love, go get Santana's "Caravanseria" album/cd and you will be converted
Sorry, don't crucify me all at once! The faster bit towards the end (I believe that's the technical term for it) is quite listenable, though parts resemble the sound of my kitchen drain. Hmm, there's no hope, I'm going to get crucified, I'm sure.
No kidding...well maybe a little. .
I don't much about Santana, apart from this album and his work with Rob Thomas. And yes I've already heard some of you say that there's not much in between. But Abraxas is a fukkin' great album.
Yeah. Great album. So is Santana III (maybe the best of the catalogue). So is Santana I. So is Caravanserai. So is Zebop. You should not discount one of the great musicians of our time. Just sayin.
Funny, that's the same segue I've hit the "9" button on both songs today; a year and a bit down the line.
Segue's still strong. With a nice lead-in from PG - The Rythm of the Heat.
I don't much about Santana, apart from this album and his work with Rob Thomas. And yes I've already heard some of you say that there's not much in between. But Abraxas is a fukkin' great album.
Funny, that's the same segue I've hit the "9" button on both songs today; a year and a bit down the line.
rotate thyself, please........
This is such a great song.
It makes me sad, though to think this music is dying out in the 21st century. There just aren't many (if any) guitar players that come close to Carlos and the band.
It RnR on the same road as jazz? Destined to belong in a museum?
Totally agree - 9 for me
And it would be a fine thing if Santana chose to cover 50,000 Miles Beneath My Brain. An Alvin Lee axe masterpiece that would shine with Carlos redoing it.
I am getting old fast these days. This song will never age, however.
I don't much about Santana, apart from this album and his work with Rob Thomas. And yes I've already heard some of you say that there's not much in between. But Abraxas is a fukkin' great album.
There are some very nice headphones and headphone-amps that can improve the music experience...
If you can afford the phone and data stream then the headphones and amp should be easy carry...
Audio Technica, Martin Logan, Koss and a couple others make headphones specifically for phones with easy controls to pause, converse, adjust volume right on the cord or headphone... I don't know all, or even that much compare to some people. My interests are in a different direction, electro-static headphones, amps, speakers... A few searches with Bing and reading the various audio boards (www.head-fi.org) and review sites will give a quick education... Between RP and various audio equipment/review sites...My budget is skewing in new directions..
stevendejong wrote:
You wrote this two years ago, and it is more relevant now than ever. I don't understand why phone manufacturers decided to torture humanity by allowing people to play music on their phones WITHOUT a head set. Indeed, the sound quality is UTTER crap, and generally the dumb shits that listen to music in this way prefer atrocious commercial hiphop, Lady Gaga, or trash metal.
Nice to have some background informations! Thank you!
Why yes, I am especially grumpy today.
You wrote this two years ago, and it is more relevant now than ever. I don't understand why phone manufacturers decided to torture humanity by allowing people to play music on their phones WITHOUT a head set. Indeed, the sound quality is UTTER crap, and generally the dumb shits that listen to music in this way prefer atrocious commercial hiphop, Lady Gaga, or trash metal.
Found it - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mj8rHPEyPU4
...and they thaught you to lie?
Yeah, sure, less good than tokyo hotel obviously !
40 years for me. Still fresh as the first time I heard it.
What the?...
HERETIC! Ready the stake and the bonfire! (Who's got a match?)