Wednesday, July 14, 2010

Black Magic Woman - Santana

This song is pretty much a musical orgy in your ears. One of the slickest guitar riffs ever recorded, coupled by some of the best backing to ever exist is the only real way to describe the quality of music in this song. The solos are stunning and beautiful, the bass is powerful and driving, while the drums are light but with a solid bongo line to keep the rhythm. The lyrics are heartfelt and delivered with just as much passion as one would expect from the music. Unbelievably, although most people are familiar with Santanas version, which is clearly the best, it was surprisingly enough a Fleetwood Mac song, which has an entirely different feel to it together. Although both are worth a listen, Santanas version will always be the better in my opinion, although Fleetwoods is an incredible version in its on way.

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