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Santana — Guajira
Album: Santana 3
Avg rating:
7.3

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Total ratings: 2277









Released: 1970
Length: 5:41
Plays (last 30 days): 2
Vamonos guajira
Vamos a bailar

Carinito
Vamonos guajira
Vamos a bailar
Que lo que quiere guajira
Si tu quieres bailar.
Yo te a garro la mano
Y vamos a bailar.

Vamonos guajira
Vamos a bailar

Si morena
Vamonos guajira
Vamos a bailar
Que lo que quiere guajira
Si tu quieres bailar
Ben be len ben be len ben be len ben
Y vamos a gozar.

Vamonos guajira
Vamos a bailar
Primorcito
Vamonos guajira
Vamos a bailar.

Backing Vocal for Piano Solo:

Guajira . . .
Te quiero . . .
Guajira . . .
Te quiero . . .
Guajira . . .
Te quiero . . .
Guajira . . .
Te quiero . . .
Guajira . . .
Te quiero . . .
Guajira . . .
Te quiero . . .

Vamonos guajira
Vamonos bailar
Vamonos guajira
Vamonos bailar.
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i moved to London in 1970 and was blasted by Santana in a big way, been playing percussion on and off ever since,after Elvis in the 50's and the Beatles in the 60's Carlos Santana was the main influence in my musical life
 joejennings wrote:
GREAT TUNE!!  ...How about a translation of the lyrics!   


Google Translate, copy/paste. But why? Takes all the romance away!
GREAT TUNE!!  ...How about a translation of the lyrics!   
 Marr wrote:

53 years after it was released and this cut is still just as hot as it was then :D 



Hot, like thermonuclear... 

9
 Dapps wrote:

Trying to sit still - not happening   ❤️




Give up!  Quit trying!   
53 years after it was released and this cut is still just as hot as it was then :D 
Trying to sit still - not happening   ❤️
 cogbehaviour1 wrote:

 'Saw them play last night!  Great show with Earth, Wind,  and Fire opening.  Miraculous Supernatural Tour 2022.  Cindy Blackman on drum kit.  They all delivered messages of hope and  peace.  I am grateful I could  attend.  



You Lucky Duck!!  I wish I was there!!
 'Saw them play last night!  Great show with Earth, Wind,  and Fire opening.  Miraculous Supernatural Tour 2022.  Cindy Blackman on drum kit.  They all delivered messages of hope and  peace.  I am grateful I could  attend.  
memzmerizing guitar

thanks carlos
The only thing more insufferable than the endless 'licks', are the Santana fan boys who cannot abide even a moment of debate about their guitar hero.
AY CARLITOS!!!!!
DIOS MIIIIIIIIIO!
i only like old school Santana, the collaborations with say, Rob Thomas, were too slick.  i'll take 70s Santana any day!
 coloradojohn wrote:

A year ago, I was enjoying the hell out of exactly this kind of music in Cafe Havana in Cartagena -- discovered it two years before and had to go back...now I am here and Yinna is there and I know the music is happening there still, and will be forever in my heart, mind and soul...




Guajira Guantanamera
 TrevorWGoodchild wrote:

God I love this song..brings back memories. Makes me want to find a way to include it in my start up blog 

Sounds like you are old enough to know better!

Blow that horn, mofo...!
EXCELLENT!!!
A Santana track that I can go along with...but you can stick that Oye Como Va where the sun don't shine...(sorry, even having to type that induces a medium amount of rage)...
 idiot_wind wrote:

OK folks...here we go.

Carlos S. and Neil S. just freakin rock on this and the ryhthmn section is mind blowing. You get high on the guitar work and moving the body on the tempo.

This is what R&D is about!!!

This song is 40+ years old! 



Half a century now.  OMG.
wasn't a fan Of Santana as a kid when these were all new . Now acknowledge there huge contribution to bringing latin rhythms to the Rock scene of its day and appreciate them much more. 
that's what happens when you get older and wiser i quess
 terrapin52 wrote:
Why don't we give this a high rating only because it's Santana, when we everything else is telling us it sucks.
 

Oh, I forgot I was on teh intarwebz for a split second! 
Straight up Latin rock from Carlos. And that album cover!
More cowbell!!! 
Some very tasty chops from Carlos.
God I love this song..brings back memories. Makes me want to find a way to include it in my start up blog 
 kevrey wrote:
This brings back HS memories. Not knowing a word of Spanish I absolutely loved this song. Where does that guitar feeling come from?
 
From a great musical soul. How many kick your ass angels can dance that gracefully on the head of a pin? 

I always wondered who played that anemic trumpet solo about half way through. Very uncharacteristic of this band.
This brings back HS memories. Not knowing a word of Spanish I absolutely loved this song. Where does that guitar feeling come from?
Best of early Santana's albums. Jeden z najlepszych albumów Santany z początku dzialalnosci
Guajira es una cancion muy viva. El cantor esta rogando a la chica guajira bailar con el. A bailar todos!
I'll see those 34 and raise it 25. 


Pedro1874 wrote:
Only 34 tracks in the Library - more please Bill {#Sunny}

  
Pedro here is a GENUINE Santana fan.
The guitars, the guitars, the guitars......get high.  
This was Santana's funkiest album, the bass player David Brown laid some sweet stuff down
 Pedro1874 wrote:
Only 34 tracks in the Library - more please Bill {#Sunny}

 
Pedro here, like me, is a GENUINE Santana fan.
 MentalWedgie wrote:
Thanx, this one really hits the spot.

 
same here... first i thought "oh.... santana." but it is perfect for the moment..... and followed by a thievery corporation/david byrne collab.? please. perfect sunday nite.
Thanx, this one really hits the spot.

más cencerro
 terrapin52 wrote:
Why don't we give this a high rating only because it's Santana, when we everything else is telling us it sucks.
 
ummm did you proof read this comment, or just fart it?. the only sucking sound i hear is obummer doing the bush...
 dc_zee wrote:
 
 
shouda seen brozmans walls.........{#Arrowu}..( lots of them gitfiddles)
Bill, you need to add Santana's "Aqua Marine" from the Marathon album. You cannot go wrong, instrumental all through out, I know you have heard it!!! 
All the best!
{#Sunny} 
 inindian wrote:

I wonder when Bill's gonna play it then?!



 
EVERY DAY, ALL DAY LONG........for more years than I care to admit......(in my ear 1970)
 bentonian wrote:
Endless. And like you're stuck in a dentist chair endless, not enjoying a wonderful movie endless.

 
so, get UP  off yo BUTT,  and LEAVE.....{#Dance}
 terrapin52 wrote:
Why don't we give this a high rating only because it's Santana, when we everything else is telling us it sucks.

 
you are soul impaired......{#Eek}
 terrapin52 wrote:
Why don't we give this a high rating only because it's Santana, when we everything else is telling us it sucks.

 
That's somewhat drastic, or hyperbolic.  Which everything else are you referring to? My everything else is that this is a track one hears en route to musical heaven.
A year ago, I was enjoying the hell out of exactly this kind of music in Cafe Havana in Cartagena -- discovered it two years before and had to go back...now I am here and Yinna is there and I know the music is happening there still, and will be forever in my heart, mind and soul...
Only 34 tracks in the Library - more please Bill {#Sunny}
 terrapin52 wrote:
Why don't we give this a high rating only because it's Santana, when we everything else is telling us it sucks.

 
Had your medication today, turtle?
OK folks...here we go.

Carlos S. and Neil S. just freakin rock on this and the ryhthmn section is mind blowing. You get high on the guitar work and moving the body on the tempo.

This is what R&D is about!!!

This song is 40+ years old! 
Why don't we give this a high rating only because it's Santana, when we everything else is telling us it sucks.
 calypsus_1 wrote:

 

Supernatural Santana by Nikkorz
Kyle Greenwell
https://www.flickr.com/photos/nikkorz/

Carlos Santana's Supernatural concert at The Joint in the Hard Rock Hotel in Las Vegas.

Copyright All rights reserved
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This is Mr. Carlos Augusto Santana Alves, Mexican, 63 years old, songwriter, rock musician and is virtuous guitarist, Gibson SG Special with P-90 ( Woodstock 76´),  PRS Santana II, Gibson SG Custom,  Yamaha SG 175B,  classical guitar, the Alvarez Yairi CY127CE. which pioneered rock, salsa and jazz fusion. Their way of being simple, warm and human and numerous collaborations with other artists made him one of the most popular artists on the planet Earth.          
In this album participated in the total 16 musicians.

In album "Santana III" (1971)

Personnel

 Additional personnel

** 9 / 10 **

 

(Edited: 08-01-2011)

 Possibly "virtuous", but clearly virtuoso!

 


Big fat 10!!
Endless. And like you're stuck in a dentist chair endless, not enjoying a wonderful movie endless.
Oh yeah!!!
 S-curvy wrote:

Are you on drugs?

 
Clearly not. Perhaps he should be.

Wink
 technohippybiker wrote:
Too much Santana!! Seems every time we listen to RP Santana gets played. Ugh, that ground breaking guitar work just ruins the flow. I know I'm in the minority here but it's just too much.
 
Couldn't agree more! I don't personally think Santana is played too often here on RP...but I do think that whenever there's a great flow going on a tune of which he's anticipating a solo...he's always noodling and filling areas that don't need it. Almost like he doesn't know when to shut up. Especially when there's vocals present. This song isn't too bad though...
 technohippybiker wrote:
Too much Santana!! Seems every time we listen to RP Santana gets played. Ugh, that ground breaking guitar work just ruins the flow. I know I'm in the minority here but it's just too much.
 
Are you on drugs?

Just saw Carlos and band last night. He still puts on a great show.
I never get tired of listening to him play guitar.
Very nice!
Too much Santana!!

Seems every time we listen to RP Santana gets played. Ugh, that ground breaking guitar work just ruins the flow.

I know I'm in the minority here but it's just too much.

Carlos Santana by mboyne
Milton Boyne
https://www.flickr.com/photos/mboyne/

I spent the last year taking portraits of guest appearing on the BBC's Breakfast News, for the programs website. The collection was then turned into a one off, 12x12 book which was auctioned for Children In Need, raising a tidy sum of money for the charity.It was a fun and a challenging project. I thank all the guest who were so generous and patient in allowing me to get the shot I needed. Here are some of those shots.

This photo was taken on September 28, 2010 using a Canon EOS 5D Mark II.


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 calypsus_1 wrote:

 

This is Mr. Carlos Augusto Santana Alves, Mexican, 63 years old, songwriter, rock musician and is virtuous guitarist, Gibson SG Special with P-90 ( Woodstock 76´),  PRS Santana II, Gibson SG Custom,  Yamaha SG 175B,  classical guitar, the Alvarez Yairi CY127CE. which pioneered rock, salsa and jazz fusion. Their way of being simple, warm and human and numerous collaborations with other artists made him one of the most popular artists on the planet Earth.          
In this album participated in the total 16 musicians.

In album "Santana III" (1971)

** 9 / 10 **


(Edited: 08-01-2011)

 

Oh. My. God.

{#Arrowd}
 Rotterdam wrote:
arserocket wrote: los testículos de los perros{#Devil_pimp}
  

 
Felix_The_Cat wrote:

{#Eek} Qué fumaste hermano??

 

Dear Felix,

Not to worry, this was a compliment - an English one. See, the English (we know that Arserocket is English because he says 'arse' and not 'ass') say that something is the ' dog's bollocks'  when they really, really like it. I don't know why that is, but anyway, it was a compliment.

And I love the song, too.

Regards from cold Rotterdam
 
HAHAHA, OK OK, NOW I GOT IT, BEST FROM THE WET (AND A BIT COLD NOW ) BUENOS AIRES

This is head & shoulders my favorite Carlos song.  Dig this one.
arserocket wrote: los testículos de los perros{#Devil_pimp}
  

 
Felix_The_Cat wrote:

{#Eek} Qué fumaste hermano??

 

Dear Felix,

Not to worry, this was a compliment - an English one. See, the English (we know that Arserocket is English because he says 'arse' and not 'ass') say that something is the ' dog's bollocks'  when they really, really like it. I don't know why that is, but anyway, it was a compliment.

And I love the song, too.

Regards from cold Rotterdam

Santana - "Guajira" Live at Montreux (2004)

"Trumpet solo by Bill Ortiz"

"Art Is Resistance"

Tune it dude.
 arserocket wrote:
los testículos de los perros{#Devil_pimp}
 
{#Eek} Qué fumaste hermano??

A marginal improvement on his other dross....but he comes close to spoiling it all at the long awaited end.
This is an incredible album. My sister bought it, didn't like it, and gave it to me!
This is just a perfect compositon of great alternative rock n rooling. It´s like a backwards dinner. Start with a cremebrulé and take roasted duck wth raspbarry souse a rot grante´ng and drrrrag piis. Mums fillibabba!
So good! {#Music}
I guess I just don't like trumpets.


Radio Paradise Station!  The Celebration of Music!



 Shesdifferent wrote:
Sometimes, the perfect song is played at the perfect time.
 
I wonder when Bill's gonna play it then?!


los testículos de los perros{#Devil_pimp}

 

Supernatural Santana by Nikkorz
Kyle Greenwell
https://www.flickr.com/photos/nikkorz/

Carlos Santana's Supernatural concert at The Joint in the Hard Rock Hotel in Las Vegas.

Copyright All rights reserved
.
—————————————————————————————————————

This is Mr. Carlos Augusto Santana Alves, Mexican, 63 years old, songwriter, rock musician and is virtuous guitarist, Gibson SG Special with P-90 ( Woodstock 76´),  PRS Santana II, Gibson SG Custom,  Yamaha SG 175B,  classical guitar, the Alvarez Yairi CY127CE. which pioneered rock, salsa and jazz fusion. Their way of being simple, warm and human and numerous collaborations with other artists made him one of the most popular artists on the planet Earth.          
In this album participated in the total 16 musicians.

In album "Santana III" (1971)

Personnel

 Additional personnel

** 9 / 10 **

 

(Edited: 08-01-2011)

 


:point and lunge:
 jagdriver wrote:
Haven't heard this in.... forever!
 
As I said....nice to hear this again after a bazllion years (what a long trip it's been!).

 Floatinghawk wrote:
Guajira (music), a style of Cuban music, song or dance
— https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guajira
 

Also can be a slang for a person who lives in the country. As in the Yerba Buena song Guajira.
Sometimes, the perfect song is played at the perfect time.
Haven't heard this in.... forever!
Skydog wrote:
I have always loved this song and this album, some very soulful sounds on it.
I'm with you bro!
Moak wrote:
So anyway Tex , you're interested in a monkey's what...?
Well....they are our cousins after all.
EssexTex wrote:
It would mean an end to elevator music
So anyway Tex , you're interested in a monkey's what...?
EssexTex wrote:
It would mean an end to elevator music
Hey, a clever cowboy You're a dying breed.
Moak wrote:
What if there was no Santana?
It would mean an end to elevator music
Wizzuvv_oz wrote:
You know, I think the guitar comes across as a little "clinical" sometimes. Maybe if they moved him backward on the sound a little and brought up the band some.
That was a joke, right?
What if there was no Santana?
Wizzuvv_oz wrote:
You know, I think the guitar comes across as a little "clinical" sometimes. Maybe if they moved him backward on the sound a little and brought up the band some.
Or maybe they should have just asked him to leave the studio?
Guajira (music), a style of Cuban music, song or dance -- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guajira
What is guajira?
eastcoast wrote:
How come the Santana bashers haven't chimed in yet?
You know, I think the guitar comes across as a little "clinical" sometimes. Maybe if they moved him backward on the sound a little and brought up the band some.
eastcoast wrote:
How come the Santana bashers haven't chimed in yet?
Sorry, had trouble distinguishing this from the construction noise outside.
wondered why I rated this an eight. Probably is, but not on quiet (work) speakers
How come the Santana bashers haven't chimed in yet?
love the live version of this song better...this not bad though
OMG!!! I'm all alone in my office today... and just found myself dancing!
fajita....yum!
I have always loved this song and this album, some very soulful sounds on it.
34bogas wrote:
¡COMPADRE, QUÉ A CASO SOMOS LOS UNICOS QUE ESCUCHAMOS ESTA CANCION
No te preoccupes, hay otros que lo disfrutan. Quizás es que no estamos seguro como bailar a esta linda musica...
Danny_G wrote:
Vámonos guajira, vamos a bailar
¡COMPADRE, QUÉ A CASO SOMOS LOS UNICOS QUE ESCUCHAMOS ESTA CANCION
I love all of Santana's songs.
YO TE AGARRO LA MANO Y VAMOS A BAILAR ...¿QUÉ ES LO QUE QUIERE GUAJIRA?
Vámonos guajira, vamos a bailar