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Santana — Jingo
Album: Santana
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Released: 1969
Length: 4:09
Plays (last 30 days): 1
Jingo
Jingo
Jingo
Jingo Ba
Lo
Ba, Ba, Lo
Ba, Ba, Lo
Ba, Ba, Lo
Ba, Lo
Ba, Ba, Lo
Ba, Ba, Lo
Ba, Ba, Lo
Ba
Jingo
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Twenty years of RP and this awesome song - and even awesomer album cover - and I JUST noticed the legs in the mane.
This track is 'nearly' as old as me. I hope the neighbours are enjoying it as much as I am. 
This was my first exposure to polyrhythms, when I was just a wee lad. Shrieve, Carabello and Areas can do no wrong.
 Laptopdog wrote:

That album cover is wild.



i've looked at it so many times and catch something different each time.
That album cover is wild.
 idiot_wind wrote:

that two guitar lineup was freakin good


Carlos was solo on this 1969 debut album.  Neal Schon joined on the third album and several tracks of the 4th, then he was off to Journey.
Así es como se toca la guitarra 
Hi Bill Tks for you comment to that. Never tried it but can feel some of it. music accompanied me through life. Thanks so much for your work. Love RP
that two guitar lineup was freakin good
the sound of growing up in high school in SF in the 60s - 70s. 
this really is a smoker...especially in stereo

not much studio engineering, pure music

especially that guitar

or is it that crazy cat percussion 
 eileenomurphy wrote:

Can somebody translate the lyrics?  Seriously, I am curious as to what they mean.



Don’t forget to drink your Ovaltine.
Everybody love the Santana.
And who doesn't play a mean "air Guitar" with Carlos
You are like me.. Santana was superb at those times.  U  are  like me... we saw it all...... beautiful RP.
Jingo
Jingo
Jingo
Jingo Ba
Lo
Ba, Ba, Lo
Ba, Ba, Lo
Ba, Ba, Lo
Ba, Lo
Ba, Ba, Lo
Ba, Ba, Lo
Ba, Ba, Lo
Ba
Jingo

I can't decide if my favourite line is "Lo" or "Ba".
Of course "Ba, Ba, Lo" is just overkill!
Mr. Santana just sold one of his properties in Hawaii for a cool $12mil....In my next life I want to be a rock and roll guitarist!
Man, how did Carlos Santana go from this to doing a collaboration with Matchbox Twenty?
 
Musicians, stay true to your roots!
 On_The_Beach wrote:

rdo wrote:
This week the US Senate passed Immigration Reform. Now, 12 million
criminals have a path to citizenship! Here's to our wonderful congress!




What flavour was that kool-aid you drank?

Orange...
Just saw him, 20 minutes of hits, and then He takes flight for a few hours! Great show
Amazing lyrics..........
Only just noticed the woman on the album cover, well hidden ! nipples covered by the lower incisors!
 rdo wrote:
This week the US Senate passed Immigration Reform.  Now, 12 million criminals have a path to citizenship!  Here's to our wonderful congress!

What flavour was that kool-aid you drank?
 LowPhreak wrote:

You've posted this at least twice - in March then in June. Yeah we get that you think this tune is repetitive. So why don't you start using your 'Mute' button, or go vegetate on some inane YouTube vids for awhile?




i concur just put in some ear plugs and listen to puff the magic dragon
 WeAdmire wrote:

Not bad but if Eirc Calpton is God who are Gniegr Baker and Jcak Burce?
 
You know about the dyslexic agnostic insomniac, right? The one who lay awake all night wondering if there really is a Dog...

😁
 Ando wrote:


Ceram



llo
 WeAdmire wrote:

Not bad but if Eirc Calpton is God who are Gniegr Baker and Jcak Burce?


Ceram
 LowPhreak wrote:

You've posted this at least twice - in March then in June. Yeah we get that you think this tune is repetitive. So why don't you start using your 'Mute' button, or go vegetate on some inane YouTube vids for awhile?


 

Funny that miahfost was being the very thing they were pointing out about Carlos & Co.  ("so frickin' boring and repetitive")
simply heard this song too many times.
 WeAdmire wrote:

Not bad but if Eirc Calpton is God who are Gniegr Baker and Jcak Burce?
From the supergroup Ecram (or was it Dyslexia Lures KO? ). Eirc was Dog, I thought... 

 WeAdmire wrote:

Not bad but if Eirc Calpton is God who are Gniegr Baker and Jcak Burce?
 

LOL LOL LOL
That's just brilliant, the segue from Papa Wemba to Santana's Jingo.   I am suddenly filled with expectant delight.  What's next?  Is this a mini set trio?  I can't even begin to posit the next song
Classic. Can never tire of hearing this. Reminds me of so many weddings 
Sometimes I remember that in 1999 the Powers That Be hitched Mr. Santana here to Matchbox 20, produced maybe one of the worst turds ever to be broadcast 1 billion times, and then we were all just cool with it
I had a friend that called him Satana for close to a year after being introduced to his music. We were all gutted when someone corrected him.
 LowPhreak wrote:

"You've posted this at least twice"  fixed. Brevity adds clarity and humour.
 

 dwhayslett wrote:

You know ... Eirc Calpton.
 
Not bad but if Eirc Calpton is God who are Gniegr Baker and Jcak Burce?
One of the best album covers. Paper tickets for some of the shows had the album cover on the stub.

 
Isabeau wrote:
My parents had this album and I remember being utterly fascinated by the album artwork. 
 

It's Carlos Santana. He's a lucky man.
 crstnwlsh wrote:
I like this one, but it's no Olatunji
 

The Baba with whom Santana the guitarist played and recorded multiple times....
 h8rhater wrote:

Or the OP could just stop being boring and repetitive.
 
Or you could just go away and leave us alone genius 
 h8rhater wrote:

Or the OP could just stop being boring and repetitive.
 Or you could just find another station and give the rest of us a break.
 LowPhreak wrote:

You've posted this at least twice - in March then in June. Yeah we get that you think this tune is repetitive. So why don't you start using your 'Mute' button, or go vegetate on some inane YouTube vids for awhile?


 
Or the OP could just stop being boring and repetitive.
I like this one, but it's no Olatunji
Yawn...
 eveliko wrote:

Me too, although I know many guitar players who find him clumsy, approximative and too pentatonic-addict. But for me, his sound goes straight to the heart.
 

heh, you didn't click the link
It has that effect, given that, there is a need to accept Santana as an experience.
 

My parents had this album and I remember being utterly fascinated by the album artwork. 
 kingart wrote:

Calpton God? Never heard of him. 
 
You know ... Eirc Calpton.
 pierpod wrote:
Très fort Carlos but  Calpton is God.

 
 
Calpton God? Never heard of him. 
This continues to age very, very well.  Love the Leslie-powered organ!
The intro totally reminds me of Stevie Wonder's  Another Star  
perfect for getting Dave Mathews out of my head


Oh chalk and cheese! This coming after Ry Cooder? Like bleach after a fine red wine - Santana kills all known germs - Dead! (That's one for the British 40-somethings)
The Lion looks kind of nosey parker.
 Will62 wrote:
Let me guess - next up - The Kinks "Victoria"

 

Ha Ha.  You are right again.  {#Cheesygrin}
But, speaking of Santana, the lyrics to this song that has the philosopher in me mesmerized.  Much food for thought. 
me gusta muchisimo!
 Will62 wrote:
Let me guess - next up - The Kinks "Victoria"

 
And again. How'd you know that?
The definition of paradigm shift.
 ziggytrix wrote: 
Me too, although I know many guitar players who find him clumsy, approximative and too pentatonic-addict. But for me, his sound goes straight to the heart.
 {#Bananajam}pierpod wrote:
Très fort Carlos but  Calpton is God.

 
 

Très fort Carlos but  Calpton is God.

 
Simply amazing.
God I love Santana!{#Lol}
 idiot_wind wrote:
This guy Santana, who ever he is, plays too many notes...too much soul...too much syncopation.

Just dumb it down to 21st century style. You know..."thud and drone".     

 
ha ha.....yep, way too intellectual for some of these power chord, excessive bass, low IQ, ADD listeners I'm afraid.
Boogie chillun'.  {#Drummer}  {#Bananajam}
This guy Santana, who ever he is, plays too many notes...too much soul...too much syncopation.

Just dumb it down to 21st century style. You know..."thud and drone".     
 Will62 wrote:
Let me guess - next up - The Kinks "Victoria"

 
Yep - it is
Let me guess - next up - The Kinks "Victoria"
One of the best versions of Carlos' solo you'll hear.  And yes, I worded that carefully.
 annie_fannie wrote:
everyone in my house is dancing right now.

 
......... mine to    {#Bananasplit}  {#Dancingbanana}  {#Bananasplit}  {#Dancingbanana}
 annie_fannie wrote:
everyone in my house is dancing right now.

 
......... mine to
 rdo wrote:
OMG I THINK WHERE GONNA NEED A BIGGER BARF BUCKET

ARRE SHE BLOWS!!!! 
 
You puke. 
I'll rock.
After you hurl, invest in some spelling and listening lessons.  Por favor. 
makes me want to take off my clothes and dance in the mud . . . and I don't know why . . .
OMG I THINK WHERE GONNA NEED A BIGGER BARF BUCKET

ARRE SHE BLOWS!!!! 
 rdo wrote:

This week the US Senate passed Immigration Reform.  Now, 12 million criminals have a path to citizenship!  Here's to our wonderful congress! {#Cheers}



 
Those people you call criminals are the backbone of US economy. Take them away and the country would simply fall. They work for low wages and clean up you s@@t.. Be grateful. Prick!
I was in the 6th grade when this was new.
Hey, that ain't werkin', banging on them bongos like a chimpanzee.
 rdo wrote:

This week the US Senate passed Immigration Reform.  Now, 12 million criminals have a path to citizenship!  Here's to our wonderful congress! {#Cheers}



 

deport all non native peoples or shut the f@ up.....
 rdo wrote:

This week the US Senate passed Immigration Reform.  Now, 12 million criminals have a path to citizenship!  Here's to our wonderful congress! {#Cheers}



 

I'll drink to that!


But, I really don't care for Santana...  
Geez, what absolutely fabulous music. Fits into my 'classical music' category. To me, this is timeless and elemental.
 rdo wrote:

This week the US Senate passed Immigration Reform.  Now, 12 million criminals have a path to citizenship!  Here's to our wonderful congress! {#Cheers}



 
... I can't even express how utterly out of place this comment is...

This week the US Senate passed Immigration Reform.  Now, 12 million criminals have a path to citizenship!  Here's to our wonderful congress! {#Cheers}


 coloradojohn wrote:
This was born ready to burst with fertility.
Earthy. Primal. Raw. Tribal. Intoxicatingly Medicinal.
INFECTIOUS AND THERAPEUTIC ROCK!

 
What he said!
Like all of the first 3 albums and a large chunk of all subsequent. But nothing in his/their large subsequent catalog beats the initial trilogy.  
 coloradojohn wrote:
This was born ready to burst with fertility.
Earthy. Primal. Raw. Tribal. Intoxicatingly Medicinal.
INFECTIOUS AND THERAPEUTIC ROCK!
 
CJ, you always take the words right outta my mouth! Well done,  sir, well done!
 Highspirits wrote:
just so you know what this album is for me; 16th B-day, friends 'kidnapped' me by throwing a blanket over my head and shuffling out the door into the station wagon. blanket off- presented me with this fantastic newly released album, we all went to the drive in and sat in horror at Night of the Living Dead....then a slumber party.   one of the best birthdays ever....and that's a lot of birthdays!  Plus Santana played at my high school (Los Altos High)  before he was a superstar.  a great time and place to be!
 
I was just playing this out of my collection. 16th b-day sounds about right.....
just so you know what this album is for me; 16th B-day, friends 'kidnapped' me by throwing a blanket over my head and shuffling out the door into the station wagon. blanket off- presented me with this fantastic newly released album, we all went to the drive in and sat in horror at Night of the Living Dead....then a slumber party.   one of the best birthdays ever....and that's a lot of birthdays!  Plus Santana played at my high school (Los Altos High)  before he was a superstar.  a great time and place to be!
everyone in my house is dancing right now.
This was born ready to burst with fertility.
Earthy. Primal. Raw. Tribal. Intoxicatingly Medicinal.
INFECTIOUS AND THERAPEUTIC ROCK!
Ginko...Biloba
 fredriley wrote:
 aelfheld wrote:

Oh, you mean like the Kos Kiddies, Media Matters, Center for American Progress, SDS, the Weathermen, &c.ad nauseam.

Sounds like you've just mounted a hobbyhorse. Jingoism, at least in the UK, is used exclusively to refer to nationalist zealots and bellicose patriots. Rabid patriotism is not a characteristic of left-wing movements. It would simply make no sense to refer to, say, Noam Chomsky or Michael Moore (quit hissing at the back there!) as 'jingoists'. You'll have to dig out a more appropriate insult, I'm afraid. 
 

I don't think jingoism as personified by nationalist zealots and bellicose patriots is purely a right wing frame of mind.  It is more a symptom of human nature.   Stalinist Russia and Maoist China come to mind, both of which were far left and quite jingoistic.  North Korea is an extreme case.

 
 rdo wrote:
Palin 2016
 

"Jingo ... NO VA ... NO VA VA ... NO VA ..." 

 
Palin 2016
Wow! Very first album from Carlos Santana—Bill just said!! Superb!!

 
i love this album cover.
Damn good song!  Got me going this morning!
It's all good!
 bev wrote:
Santana. Any day. Any time. Rocks my world!  {#Drummer}

 

Don't ya know it! Love those licks from Carlos!

Cool
 colt4x5 wrote:

It's not our roots, but it is cultural. Some people are closed to alternate cultural values. (For them, Paul Simon is pushing the envelope.) They lose, we win. 
 
Disliking Santana's music does not automatically make someone "closed to alternate cultural values".  It is likely that there are a certain percentage of people who resist music from other cultures, but probably not so much with Carlos' music - at least not here.  I think a lot of folks are just tired of hearing his tunes for all these years.
A piece of me died while watching this year's New Years festivities in Times Square (on TV).... Carlos onstage with Justin Bieber was more than I could process. o_O 
{#Bananajam} Santana. Any day. Any time. Rocks my world!  {#Drummer}


 sandyclaws wrote:
After reading all the negative comments on this song below, I have to wonder if it's a cultural thing. Perhaps those of us who have Latin American or African roots appreciate Santana's music more because it stems from our own ancestral rhythmic and musical "roots"?
 
It's not our roots, but it is cultural. Some people are closed to alternate cultural values. (For them, Paul Simon is pushing the envelope.) They lose, we win. 
Sounds great to my uneducated ears.
{#Drummer}{#Bananajam}
 sandyclaws wrote:
After reading all the negative comments on this song below, I have to wonder if it's a cultural thing. Perhaps those of us who have Latin American or African roots appreciate Santana's music more because it stems from our own ancestral rhythmic and musical "roots"?
 
Ooh, I think you're opening a Pandora's Box of contention with that innocent post {#Hand}
Noooooooo
 sandyclaws wrote:
After reading all the negative comments on this song below, I have to wonder if it's a cultural thing. . . .
I'm always surprised at the amount of Santana-hate on these boards.
One of my all-time fave guitarists and an incredible live performer.

 sandyclaws wrote:
After reading all the negative comments on this song below, I have to wonder if it's a cultural thing. Perhaps those of us who have Latin American or African roots appreciate Santana's music more because it stems from our own ancestral rhythmic and musical "roots"?
 
Perhaps. Although I can't claim any of the ancestry you mention and I like most of what Santana has performed. {#Dance}
 miahfost wrote:
I can't understand what people see in Santana. He is so frickin' boring and repetitive.
 

Whaaaaat?

Reminds me of the galactic times we shared!! on the beaches of INCREDIBLE GOA!
Wooow!

PS
Again a  lovely-lovely cover design!

 miahfost wrote:
I can't understand what people see in Santana. He is so frickin' boring and repetitive.
 
You've posted this at least twice - in March then in June. Yeah we get that you think this tune is repetitive. So why don't you start using your 'Mute' button, or go vegetate on some inane YouTube vids for awhile?


After reading all the negative comments on this song below, I have to wonder if it's a cultural thing. Perhaps those of us who have Latin American or African roots appreciate Santana's music more because it stems from our own ancestral rhythmic and musical "roots"?
This music hasn't aged well.
I can't understand what people see in Santana. He is so frickin' boring and repetitive.
 aelfheld wrote:

Oh, you mean like the Kos Kiddies, Media Matters, Center for American Progress, SDS, the Weathermen, &c.ad nauseam.

Sounds like you've just mounted a hobbyhorse. Jingoism, at least in the UK, is used exclusively to refer to nationalist zealots and bellicose patriots. Rabid patriotism is not a characteristic of left-wing movements. It would simply make no sense to refer to, say, Noam Chomsky or Michael Moore (quit hissing at the back there!) as 'jingoists'. You'll have to dig out a more appropriate insult, I'm afraid. 


Hey, I used "jingo" in a Scrabble game.  I don't know what it means
Repetitive and dull. 

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 acidreflucks wrote:

Jingoism is like hyped-up activism, like the Tea Party on steroids, vigilantes on the Mexican border, that type of thing.  A common word in the '60's but dont know that jingo itself is a 'real' word.  I think it sums up the frenetic quality of the music pretty good tho.

 
Your definition is not entirely accurate: the Oxford English Dictionary defines "jingoism" as "extreme patriotism in the form of aggressive foreign policy".  The English exclamation "by jingo" goes back to the 17th Century as a polite form of "by Jesus".
Apparently the word has both meanings in Spanish as well.

 acidreflucks wrote:
Jingoism is like hyped-up activism, like the Tea Party on steroids, vigilantes on the Mexican border, that type of thing.  A common word in the '60's but dont know that jingo itself is a 'real' word.  I think it sums up the frenetic quality of the music pretty good tho. 

Oh, you mean like the Kos Kiddies, Media Matters, Center for American Progress, SDS, the Weathermen, &c.ad nauseam.

 netskink wrote:
What is Jingo?  Its not a spanish word.  Slang for Jingle?
 
Jingoism is like hyped-up activism, like the Tea Party on steroids, vigilantes on the Mexican border, that type of thing.  A common word in the '60's but dont know that jingo itself is a 'real' word.  I think it sums up the frenetic quality of the music pretty good tho.