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6 | ->''And it's just like the ocean under the moon\ |
7 | Oh, it's the same as the emotion that I get from you\ |
8 | You got the kind of lovin' that can be so smooth, yeah\ |
9 | Give me your heart, make it real, or else forget about it'' |
10 | -->-- "Smooth" featuring '''Music/RobThomas''' |
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12 | Santana is a Latin rock band formed in San Francisco in 1967 by lead guitarist and namesake Music/CarlosSantana. They first gained recognition after playing at UsefulNotes/{{Woodstock}} 1969, and became famous for their fusion of rock, salsa and jazz music, which is credited with pioneering the Chicano rock sound along with Music/{{War|Band}} and Malo (featuring Santana's brother Jorge Santana). |
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14 | Their popularity dwindled after TheSeventies, but they made a huge comeback in the late '90s with the ''Supernatural'' album and the hit single "Smooth." |
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16 | Throughout their history, Carlos Santana has been the band's only permanent member. In fact, he [[EnforcedTrope preferred]] the RevolvingDoorBand approach, since he desired working with a large lineup of top musicians; these musicians have included percussionist Armando Peraza, bassist David Brown, and drummer/singer Buddy Miles. Also worth noting is that in 1973, former Santana members Neal Schon and Gregg Rolie formed Music/{{Journey|Band}}, which started out as a Santana-like band but went on to become one of the biggest ArenaRock bands of TheEighties. |
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18 | Also, from the ''Supernatural'' album through ''All That I Am'', lead vocals have (mostly) been provided by a rotating roster of guest musicians. |
19 | |
20 | !!Discography: |
21 | * ''Santana'' (1969) |
22 | * ''Music/{{Abraxas|Album}}'' (1970) |
23 | * ''Santana'' (1971)[[note]]often known as ''Santana III'' or ''III'' to distinguish it from the debut album[[/note]] |
24 | * ''Caravanserai'' (1972) |
25 | * ''Welcome'' (1973) |
26 | * ''Borboletta'' (1974) |
27 | * ''Amigos'' (1976) |
28 | * ''Festival'' (1977) |
29 | * ''Inner Secrets'' (1978) |
30 | * ''Marathon'' (1979) |
31 | * ''Zebop!'' (1981) |
32 | * ''Shangó'' (1982) |
33 | * ''Beyond Appearances'' (1985) |
34 | * ''Freedom'' (1987) |
35 | * ''Spirits Dancing in the Flesh'' (1990) |
36 | * ''Milagro'' (1992) |
37 | * ''Supernatural'' (1999) |
38 | * ''Music/{{Shaman}}'' (2002) |
39 | * ''All That I Am'' (2005) |
40 | * ''Shapeshifter'' (2012) |
41 | * ''Corazón'' (2014) |
42 | * ''Santana IV'' (2016) |
43 | * ''Africa Speaks'' (2019) |
44 | * ''Blessings and Miracles'' (2021) |
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46 | ---- |
47 | !!Provides examples of: |
48 | * TheBusCameBack: ''Santana IV'' features the reunion of most of the original Santana band from their first three albums: Santana himself, plus Gregg Rolie, Neal Schon[[note]]Joined for the third album[[/note]], Mike Carabello and Michael Shrieve. |
49 | * CityShoutOuts: When the band played at Woodstock 1969, after the opening song "Waiting", Carlos Santana greeted the crowd and had a brief moment of confusion over what state he was in. |
50 | -->'''Carlos Santana:''' Thanks very much. It's nice to be here in New York. Are we-- we are in New York? Yeah... |
51 | * CoverAlbum: ''Guitar Heaven: The Greatest Guitar Classics of All Time'' |
52 | * CoverVersion: Many of their songs on the early years, including "Black Magic Woman" by Music/FleetwoodMac, "Oye como va" by Music/TitoPuente, "She's Not There" by Music/TheZombies (originally appearing on ''Music/BeginHere''), "Stone Flower" by Tom Jobim and "Promise of a Fisherman" by Dorival Caymmi. |
53 | * EgocentricTeamNaming: He named his band after himself. {{Justified|Trope}} as this was per musicians' union rules requiring an established band leader. |
54 | * EpicRocking: "Soul Sacrifice" and "Dance Sister Dance (Baila mi hermana)", among others. |
55 | ** The entire first side of "Caravanserai" is mixed together as a suite, with the highlight being the 6 minute instrumental "Song Of The Wind", which consists almost entirely of guitar soloing. |
56 | * FakeOutFadeOut: The instrumental "Soul Sacrifice" has one after about five minutes; a repeated keyboard theme fades out, then the guitar brings it back in, going on to a keyboard-hammering sound and a reprise of the main theme, then to another fake outro with a sudden stop, and then the real outro comes in. |
57 | * GenreMashup: Rock, salsa, blues,... it is all mixed together. |
58 | * GenreRoulette: ''Shaman'', big time. |
59 | * IAmTheBand: Carlos Santana is the only stable member. |
60 | * {{Instrumentals}}: A lot of their work. "Soul Sacrifice", "Europa", and "Samba pa' ti" are among the more well known ones. |
61 | * LimitedLyricsSong: "Oye Como Va" from ''[[Music/AbraxasAlbum Abraxas]]'' (1970) only has of these four verses in Spanish, repeated a few times in between many solos: |
62 | --> Oye cómo va |
63 | --> Mi ritmo |
64 | --> Bueno pa' gozar |
65 | --> Mulata |
66 | ** In "Se Cabo" from the same album, the only lyrics are the title, repeated only four times. |
67 | ** "No One to Depend On" only has two verses, each repeated many times |
68 | --> Ain't got nobody that I can depend on |
69 | --> Ain't got no one, no tengo a nadie |
70 | |
71 | * MassiveMultiplayerCrossover: ''Supernatural'' and ''All That I Am'', and even moreso, ''Shaman''. Of course, given Carlos doesn't sing, there's always gonna be many a GuestStarPartyMember, but those were intentionally built on famous collaborators. |
72 | * RevolvingDoorBand: The band's website has a [[http://www.santana.com/Past-Players/ list of the many former members]]. |
73 | * SiameseTwinSongs: "Black Magic Woman" is almost never played on the radio without its outro "Gypsy Queen". They're even indexed as one track on CD versions. On ''Abraxas'', this [[FadingIntoTheNextSong fades into]] "Oye como va", but these are generally played separately on the radio. |
74 | * SongStyleShift: Their version of "Black Magic Woman" speeds up for an epic instrumental outro, due to it being a medley with "Gypsy Queen", originally by Hungarian jazz guitarist Gábor Szabó. |
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