Santana - All I Ever Wanted

From the 1979 album Marathon.
Carlos Santana - Guitars
David Margen - Bass
Chris Rhyne - Keys
Alan Pasqua - Keys
Armando Peraza - Congas, Bongos
Graham Lear - Drums
Alex Ligertwood - Lead Vocals
Chris Solders - Guitar

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Music

Tags:

• Santana
• Rock
• Marathon
• Carlos
• Alex
• Ligertwood
• David
• Margen
• Chris
• Rhyne
• Alan
• Pasqua
• Armondo
• Peraza
• Graham
• Lear
• Solders

[igrowhigher]

Congas aside, this sounds EXACTLY like Boston.

[rickyon]

I think you grew too high!

[igrowhigher]

@rickyon That IS funny (I do have a sense of humor), but when this album was released Boston was HUGE, and clearly there was some attempt to capitalize on what the market wanted commercially. There is none of the latin rock feel that Santana is king of, or the jazz feel that Carlos loves. I'd listen to Santana over Boston anyday, but I gotta tell it like it is.

[rickyon]

I will grant you that Boston was huge at the time and this has only a light latin rock feel (that is undeniable) and is less jazzier than Santana can make a song (not all, he was and is very versatile). I will also agree that I choose Santana over Boston but I'm not denigrating Boston in any way but the bottom line is this does not sound like Boston so I go back to my original statement: I think you grew too high! I gotta tell it like it is, in my opinion.

[igrowhigher]

@rickyon If you don't hear the similarity, there's nothing I can do to force you to hear it. I used to know someone who claimed that he couldn't hear any Creedence Clearwater Revival in The Hollies' Long Cool Woman In A Black Dress, in spite of the fact that it sounds EXACTLY like Creedence Clearwater. I have a friend who is unable to hear any Dylan influence in mid-period Beatles songs such as You've Got To Hide Your Love Away and I've Just Seen A Face, and other songs.

[rickyon]

You're problem is you are too definitive with your observations. Everyone has different tastes and hear things differently. You take something that you hear from a certain song and turn it into "this sounds exactly like....." when that couldn't be further from the truth. You just did it again with the CCR/ Hollies reference. There may be a small part of that song that reminds you of CCR but to say it sounds exactly like CCR is ludicrous. Influence is a different story.

[itsyesme]

What a fucking great song!! Heavy as fuck guitar, vocal -guitar harmonies , FUCKEN

great drumming-- THE WORKS!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[syphen90125]

Graham Lear on drums.

[yumyumcat]

Brings back some great memories...That was def by far one of my favourite releases by him. I remember when i first was released and I worked in a record store and got it as the promo...I was like "I'm one lucky person to have had the honour of hearing this before many...but couldn't wait to share it with everyone...I think I drove ppl crazy due to playing it non stop lol!! Alex's vocals just blew my mind as well as all the players, the dynamics etc...He didn't leave one leaf unturned musically!

[muvitup1]

This has more of a high intensity edge than Boston..guitars are similar

[igrowhigher]

@rickyon No, I understand the difference. There aren't any Beatles songs that sound EXACTLY like Bob Dylan, but a distinct influence can be heard in certain songs (perhaps strongest in the two I mentioned), and John Lennon fully admitted such. And that Hollies song doesn't just have a "small part" that sounds like CCR, it's the entire track.