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Santana — El Farol
Album: Supernatural
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Released: 1999
Length: 4:27
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Moving delicious guitar that will live forever. 
Posted 2 weeks ago by desertvu    [ Reply ]
 dctrpunda wrote:

next up, Chuck Mangione, only here on KBAY, the Bay Areas soft rock station



Nothin wrong with Chuck, 'cept the hat.
Posted 3 months ago by bimmerfan739    [ Reply ]
Oh mannn, elevator music's get'n such a bad rap here,
Posted 6 months ago by spetrie    [ Reply ]
 sfuller wrote:

Knew this was Santana w/o even looking at the screen. Whether or not you like the song, his tone and style are immediately recognizable.




I agree, Carlos' music is usually spot-on identifiable in less than 5 notes! A prized gift to several generations now.
Posted 6 months ago by spetrie    [ Reply ]
 laserace wrote:

Anyone who hears this Santana Instrumental, knows it as the light that shines and guides our soul.



Very nice!
Posted 10 months ago by bimmerfan739    [ Reply ]
Anyone who hears this Santana Instrumental, knows it as the light that shines and guides our soul.
Posted 1 year ago by laserace    [ Reply ]
just beautiful 
Posted 2 years ago by carmelmike    [ Reply ]
 sailorgirl wrote:
{#Sleep} Is 


  C
Posted 2 years ago by Bultaco    [ Reply ]
i love this. i'm not sure i knew it was santana. beautiful.
Posted 2 years ago by lily34    [ Reply ]
SEXY!!!
Posted 2 years ago by jmgarcia    [ Reply ]
 Geecheeboy wrote:

I had to pause in my work and dance with my wife. 




Totally Cool!   
Posted 3 years ago by joejennings    [ Reply ]
I had to pause in my work and dance with my wife. 
Posted 3 years ago by Geecheeboy    [ Reply ]
 smartn1 wrote:

I think all businesses should use this their on hold music. I wouldn't mind being put on hold so much




You bet!!   
Posted 3 years ago by joejennings    [ Reply ]
I think all businesses should use this their on hold music. I wouldn't mind being put on hold so much
Posted 3 years ago by smartn1    [ Reply ]
feels like an older one. Would've fit nicely on Caravanserai. 7
Posted 3 years ago by phlattop    [ Reply ]
Getting better & better, every time I hear this tune!!!  Thank You RP!
Posted 3 years ago by joejennings    [ Reply ]
 kingart wrote:

osted 11 years ago by LowPhreak:

What crappy muzak. When is this elevator gonna move?




As soon as you get off it.



I agree! ...Too funny!
Posted 3 years ago by joejennings    [ Reply ]
The more I hear this tune, the more I like it!!!  
Posted 3 years ago by joejennings    [ Reply ]
EXCELLENT
Posted 3 years ago by joejennings    [ Reply ]

Posted 3 years ago by sunflowerbee    [ Reply ]
 mac.knowles955 wrote:

Throwing this in while I was shouting along to Moody Blues "Tuesday Afternoon" is exquisitely delicious.




Even 1 year later it's still a good mix
Posted 3 years ago by tinypriest    [ Reply ]
This song perfect as we cruise up the Murray River in South Australia. First holiday from WA in so long a time it seems.
Posted 3 years ago by jab49    [ Reply ]
the song means the lighthouse, but automatic generated pictures show iguanas and winter landscapes... interesting..
Posted 3 years ago by alien    [ Reply ]
osted 11 years ago by LowPhreak:CatFitz wrote:

What crappy muzak. When is this elevator gonna move?




As soon as you get off it.


Posted 4 years ago by kingart    [ Reply ]
I hope that Bill is playing this because today is July 20. 

Santana was born in Mexico on July 20, 1947. He learned to play the violin at age five and the guitar at age eight, under the tutelage of his father, who was a ... 

Say a prayer and light one up for one of the greatest guitarists, musicians and passionate citizens of modern times. Began the journey in 1966, had a great band early on with huge and awe-inspiring tracks, and is still going touring playing recording with angels and thunder. That is blessed and rare. Carlos, you da man!

Posted 4 years ago by kingart    [ Reply ]
 kingart wrote:

You love -- the music, or the divorce? Inquiring minds want blah blah 
 
Both really. It's a laid back tune to listen to while wearing rose-tinted glasses !!

The Walker Brother's "No Regrets" is probably a far more apt piece of music for when the cold glare of reality hits my un-shaded eyes
Posted 4 years ago by Ben_D_Wire    [ Reply ]
I just don't understand how anyone can rate this a 1.  Is it something about Mr Santana's arrogance or something else not related to the music he creates?
Posted 4 years ago by pfagerlund    [ Reply ]
 Ben_D_Wire wrote:
Reminds me of my divorce - I love it! {#Chillpill}
 
You love -- the music, or the divorce? Inquiring minds want blah blah 
Posted 4 years ago by kingart    [ Reply ]
Throwing this in while I was shouting along to Moody Blues "Tuesday Afternoon" is exquisitely delicious.
Posted 4 years ago by mac.knowles955    [ Reply ]
 benfitch523 wrote:
It sounds like an elevator version of Fly Me to the Moon, but it's still quite nice
 
I thought the same thing - lots of notes and timing in common. Still a nice piece.
Posted 5 years ago by stevesaw    [ Reply ]
Love this from Santana. Wish there was an updated band pic for 2020 on the Wikipedia info.
Posted 5 years ago by 2Hawks    [ Reply ]
Great and smooth. Go on.
Posted 6 years ago by radeza    [ Reply ]
 Ben_D_Wire wrote:
Reminds me of my divorce - I love it! {#Chillpill}

 
That doesn't sound like any of the divorces most of my friends (and one of my ex-gfs) has experienced. 
Posted 7 years ago by kingart    [ Reply ]
I will sleep in the office at 2 p.m.
Posted 7 years ago by mcan543    [ Reply ]
elevator music

going down 
Posted 7 years ago by robin_at_domani    [ Reply ]
Reminds me of my divorce - I love it! {#Chillpill}
Posted 8 years ago by Ben_D_Wire    [ Reply ]
This doesn't rock out like other cuts of his, but here, Carlos expresses the pure Essence of Latin Rock with nuances that astound me...
Posted 8 years ago by coloradojohn    [ Reply ]
Am I the only person who goes to the elevator to listen to music?

 
Posted 8 years ago by jbuhl    [ Reply ]
Nope, he can only make very boooooring songs like this one...

oldman wrote:
As far as I'm concerned, Mr Santana can do no wrong

 

Posted 8 years ago by frank_eindhoven    [ Reply ]
 sailorgirl wrote:
{#Sleep}
 
Can I add any more Zzzz's to this? I'm tryin'...I really am.
Posted 14 years ago by ziakut    [ Reply ]
 chyk5 wrote:


Agreed; he's a very talented guy, but this is elevator music.
 
Two people at opposite ends of the office said "elevator music?"


Posted 14 years ago by Pieter    [ Reply ]
Uncle Alvarez Santana.
Posted 14 years ago by Jelani    [ Reply ]
As far as I'm concerned, Mr Santana can do no wrong
Posted 15 years ago by oldman    [ Reply ]
 DrLex wrote:
Is this Diet Santana (or Santana Light for Europeans)?
It's not bad, just... bland. 

 

Agreed; he's a very talented guy, but this is elevator music.
Posted 15 years ago by chyk5    [ Reply ]
{#Sleep}
Posted 15 years ago by sailorgirl    [ Reply ]
To wired for the elevator...Suggestion: good for Staples Superstore as background.  {#Stop}
Posted 15 years ago by Zappamann    [ Reply ]
Where did i put that No Doz?

This is not rock — smooth jazz, ick.

-1 star
Posted 15 years ago by vesta0424    [ Reply ]
Simply beautiful. Carlos rocks when he rocks, but he is so smooth when he's just blusin' out.

Posted 15 years ago by bearheart    [ Reply ]
 MikeCloud wrote:
very possibly the best rock and roll album ever. only competition is sargent peppers.  
 
Best ever?!?  I know everyone's entitled to their own opinion, but DAMN - we might need to make an exception for you!

Posted 15 years ago by window    [ Reply ]
{#Frustrated}

Please make it stop.  This is the first time in years I actually thought about changing stations mid song.


Posted 15 years ago by Bobasaurus    [ Reply ]
Is this Diet Santana (or Santana Light for Europeans)?
It's not bad, just... bland. 

Posted 15 years ago by DrLex    [ Reply ]

Carlos Santana II by ~razvanmaiden
©2009-2010 ~razvanmaiden

greeeeeeeeeat !!!



Posted 15 years ago by calypsus_1    [ Reply ]
remove from playlist please
Posted 15 years ago by beigebe    [ Reply ]

Carlos Santana & Dave Matthews - "Love of My Life" Live:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0R0DcUywBrY
Posted 15 years ago by calypsus_1    [ Reply ]
 CatFitz wrote:

What crappy muzak. When is this elevator  gonna move?


 

As soon as you get off it. 
Posted 15 years ago by LowPhreak    [ Reply ]

What crappy muzak. When is this elevator  gonna move?


Posted 15 years ago by CatFitz    [ Reply ]
negative
Posted 15 years ago by raga    [ Reply ]
Jimi, Frank and Carlos...........
Posted 15 years ago by nigelr    [ Reply ]
This is one of my 10(if you dont mind schmalzy)!?  Maybe i give it a 10 because it is classical?

Posted 16 years ago by helgigermany    [ Reply ]
 keller1 wrote:
Schmaltzy.
 

10 - Beach Boys - Good Vibrations {#Stupid}
Posted 16 years ago by a_genuine_find    [ Reply ]
Schmaltzy.
Posted 16 years ago by keller1    [ Reply ]
 MikeCloud wrote:
very possibly the best rock and roll album ever. only competition is sargent peppers. it's called a ballad — it's supposed to be mellow. If you haven't played this song either during or after sex, you really can't understand it.
 
{#Beat}

Posted 16 years ago by planet_lizard    [ Reply ]
zzzzzzzzzzzzz
Posted 16 years ago by DaveInSaoMiguel    [ Reply ]
 oscar_driver wrote:
weird that this was maybe cool back in the day and now it's just pretty bad .... i love Santana but this is pure "smooth jazz" almost ,,, but then .. if this is the original ... then i respect .. OScar
 
Does originality justify it then?

Posted 16 years ago by planet_lizard    [ Reply ]
I love Santana, but this is not good...
Posted 16 years ago by Felix_The_Cat    [ Reply ]
Quoting the good lady wife:

"What on earth is this? Sounds like something off Top Gun."

I rarely feel the need to say anything negative on RP, but on this occasion, it's a definite {#Puke}
Posted 16 years ago by planet_lizard    [ Reply ]
{#Arghhh} booooooooooo!!!!!!!

Posted 16 years ago by cactus7709    [ Reply ]


Posted 16 years ago by ce    [ Reply ]
 sfuller wrote:
Knew this was Santana w/o even looking at the screen. Whether or not you like the song, his tone and style are immediately recognizable.
 
Right on!  He may use the same scales a lot (Dorian mode and harmonic minor a la "Smooth," and so sounds a bit samey, but I still love his playing.
Stuff like "Europa" live, where he hangs that note in the air for like, minutes.  Some cool stuff.

Posted 16 years ago by RedGuitar    [ Reply ]
next up, Chuck Mangione, only here on KBAY, the Bay Areas soft rock station
Posted 17 years ago by dctrpunda    [ Reply ]
I could listen to Santana all day...I think I just did.
Posted 17 years ago by copymonkey    [ Reply ]
garthwb wrote:
A bit like "Fly me to the Moon", punctuated by a Latin interlude... Thank God no cheesy Rock-boy or RnB vocals on this track though!
Glad to know I'm not the only one who heard "Fly Me to the Moon" in this.
Posted 17 years ago by vivakitty    [ Reply ]
weird that this was maybe cool back in the day and now it's just pretty bad .... i love Santana but this is pure "smooth jazz" almost ,,, but then .. if this is the original ... then i respect .. OScar
Posted 17 years ago by oscar_driver    [ Reply ]
A bit like "Fly me to the Moon", punctuated by a Latin interlude... Thank God no cheesy Rock-boy or RnB vocals on this track though!
Posted 17 years ago by garthwb    [ Reply ]
I remember when I danced to this years ago and was shy and beginning to love for the first time.
Posted 17 years ago by poetjen    [ Reply ]
Knew this was Santana w/o even looking at the screen. Whether or not you like the song, his tone and style are immediately recognizable.
Posted 17 years ago by sfuller    [ Reply ]
Think what ya want , likely the last Santana Cd I'll ever buy. Bought many before , but none since
Posted 17 years ago by silverghost57    [ Reply ]
meghan89 wrote:
This is music that they play in department stores.
I......must.......shop........
Posted 17 years ago by handyrae    [ Reply ]
catmaven wrote:
soporificizing
Johray63 wrote:
Even Google lets me down on this one :-k Well, if one thing, this word doesn't sound supernatural to me.
Why, it's a perfectly cromulent word, and describes the track very well. Most of Santana's music, actually.
Posted 19 years ago by spaceman    [ Reply ]
very possibly the best rock and roll album ever. only competition is sargent peppers. it's called a ballad -- it's supposed to be mellow. If you haven't played this song either during or after sex, you really can't understand it.
Posted 19 years ago by MikeCloud    [ Reply ]
guitars at his best. he did a private show in marin one night, he was electrofying...
Posted 19 years ago by solrac    [ Reply ]
This is music that they play in department stores.
Posted 19 years ago by meghan89    [ Reply ]
Borderline insulting... :headache.gif:
Posted 20 years ago by SpaceCowboy    [ Reply ]
Just one of many boring santana tunes... - his old stuff was nice, but with the years he became very monotonous
Posted 20 years ago by beetFreeQ    [ Reply ]
elevator music. carlos has gotten a little too mellow with age, methinks.
Posted 20 years ago by rah    [ Reply ]
Reminds me of "Close Your Eyes" - the melodramatic Buffy & Angel love theme from "Buffy the Vampire Slayer". Not necessarily a bad thing, mind you - I'm a big Buffy fan - but "Close Your Eyes" isn't on my list of favorite Buffy tunes.
Posted 20 years ago by winter    [ Reply ]
Listen to his guitar tone!
Posted 20 years ago by mezzanine    [ Reply ]
WAIT A MINUTE!!! B&R are probably from SoCal- thus explaining the lean toward Latin music... ...or maybe not, I could just be full of taquitos.
Posted 20 years ago by trekhead    [ Reply ]
lisa_bisa wrote:
Think "Fly me to the moon...blah blah blah with the stars. blah blah blah blah blah blah jupiter and mars" that's what it sounds like to me. Not really doing it for me i'm afraid.
This is exactly what I thought.
Posted 20 years ago by fureanbode    [ Reply ]
lisa_bisa wrote:
Think "Fly me to the moon...blah blah blah with the stars. blah blah blah blah blah blah jupiter and mars"
Yup, that is what I thought too after hearing a few seconds of this song as well. "Wait, isn't this..." :-k 8O :nodhead:
Posted 20 years ago by Darkmatter    [ Reply ]
Posted 20 years ago by Danny_G    [ Reply ]
catmaven wrote:
soporificizing
Even Google lets me down on this one :-k Well, if one thing, this word doesn't sound supernatural to me.
Posted 20 years ago by Johray63    [ Reply ]
I do dig Santana, but this is not one of my favorites. Nice playing, but overall it's just a bit too "easy-listening" for me. :-({|=
Posted 21 years ago by Dais    [ Reply ]
catmaven wrote:
I agree with Spieler. I don't like any Santana I have heard yet. This is different from most, but not therefore superior at all. I guess I don't like repetitive and soporificizing music. (Yes, I coined one word.)
Well... What you lack in musical taste, you more than make up for with your phantasmagorical locution, pussylover!
Posted 21 years ago by lotus_65    [ Reply ]
Pyro wrote:
I completely agree with you. I also think Mark Knopfler can really make a guitar sing.
I add to the comments...a guitar full of soul and inspiration... introspection and latin ancient roots
Posted 21 years ago by masterhead    [ Reply ]
GregX59 wrote:
One of my favorite guitarists. Others may have better technical chops, but nobody can make his axe talk like Carlos. What he does he does so well...
I completely agree with you. I also think Mark Knopfler can really make a guitar sing.
Posted 21 years ago by Pyro    [ Reply ]
spieler wrote:
Ick. Sounds too much like a soundtrack to cheesy romantic German TV-movies. Sorry Carlos.
I agree with Spieler. I don't like any Santana I have heard yet. This is different from most, but not therefore superior at all. I guess I don't like repetitive and soporificizing music. (Yes, I coined one word.)
Posted 21 years ago by rKokon    [ Reply ]
One of my favorite guitarists. Others may have better technical chops, but nobody can make his axe talk like Carlos. What he does he does so well...
Posted 21 years ago by GregX59    [ Reply ]
maxal wrote:
Santana Brothers album have more songs of that kind. Play them, please.
Seconded. That is one of my favorites for both passive and active listening. Simply a beautiful album.
Posted 21 years ago by bigpomp    [ Reply ]
Ick. Sounds too much like a soundtrack to cheesy romantic German TV-movies. Sorry Carlos.
Posted 21 years ago by spieler    [ Reply ]
This is actually nice. I've been annoyed by the Santana stuff like the songs he does with these quasi-rock-boy-bands like Matchbox 20 and the other guy with the gravely voice "every time I try to tell you the words come out wrong" ... songs that Clearchannel stations play every other song! I prefer Santana playing on his own.
Posted 21 years ago by CaptTofu    [ Reply ]
Wail on forever, Carlos!
Posted 21 years ago by drH    [ Reply ]
Suave.
Posted 21 years ago by hunters    [ Reply ]
Traden < View Profile > Location: Fredericton, NB Posted: Thu Apr 04, 2002 10:19 am -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Makes me feel like I waiting in an elevator. oh, if only elevators had this type of music in them.
Posted 21 years ago by sandyeggo    [ Reply ]
Absolutely tasteless.
Posted 22 years ago by Milo    [ Reply ]
Posted 22 years ago by Skyhawk    [ Reply ]
Whomever or whatever it may sound like, it is ohhhhh soooooo smooooooooooooth. ;)
Posted 22 years ago by rgj13    [ Reply ]
The light is el calmar, alisa y sofisticado. I like it.
Posted 23 years ago by justlistening    [ Reply ]
Originally Posted by lisa_bisa: Think "Fly me to the moon...blah blah blah with the stars. blah blah blah blah blah blah jupiter and mars" that's what it sounds like to me. Not really doing it for me i'm afraid.
Lisa, good call! Now that I hear this song again I do hear strains of Fly Me To the Moon . No matter what though, Carlos' guitar speaks to me on a spiritual level.
Posted 23 years ago by Leslie    [ Reply ]
Santana Brothers album have more songs of that kind. Play them, please.
Posted 23 years ago by maxal    [ Reply ]
Hmm...I have supernatural, but for some reason I was thinking this was an old song that Santana was covering...guess I\'ll have to go look at the liner notes.
Posted 23 years ago by kevinc    [ Reply ]
Too much Santana for too long now and I\'m saturated. Never heard this though, and I\'ll admit I didn\'t recognize it from the first note.
Posted 23 years ago by ScottFromWyoming    [ Reply ]
This is on Supernatural?! Guess I need to buy that disc, this is amazing.
Posted 23 years ago by zaknafein    [ Reply ]