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Thread started 05/06/12 11:06am

leecaldon

Prince's most Santana-like songs?

What P songs sound most similar to Santana?

I've heard "Damned If I Do" mentioned.

No points for saying "Santana Medley" smile
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Reply #1 posted 05/06/12 11:17am

ludwig

Listen to the guitar solo of "when I lay my hands on u" (studio version).

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Reply #2 posted 05/06/12 11:51am

Romeoblu

The Sensual Everafter.

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Reply #3 posted 05/06/12 12:16pm

bigbrother

3 come to mind: Te Amo Corazon (not just because it's got a Spanish title but the overall vibe is kind of mellow Santana); Fury;the guitar solo in The Everlasting Now form the Aladdin dvd.

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Reply #4 posted 05/06/12 12:23pm

irreverence

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ludwig said:

Listen to the guitar solo of "when I lay my hands on u" (studio version).

He even says so himself in the song:

"I ill touch u in the softest manner

Like Europa in the hans of Santana"

and then a very Santana solo...

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Reply #5 posted 05/06/12 1:33pm

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bigbrother said:

3 come to mind: Te Amo Corazon (not just because it's got a Spanish title but the overall vibe is kind of mellow Santana); Fury;the guitar solo in The Everlasting Now form the Aladdin dvd.

I agree with the guitar solo on 'The Everlasting Now' (on The Rainbow Children and live), which begins with a latin american percussive style breakdown too.

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Reply #6 posted 05/06/12 2:25pm

Uptowner

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The guitar solo in The Question of U.

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Reply #7 posted 05/06/12 2:32pm

KeithyT

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The solo in The Everlasting Now always reminds me of Santana but I think lots of Prince's solos are generally. I'm sure I've read guitar players on here say that prince is very like Santana style wise.
Just somewhere in the middle,
Not too good and not too bad.
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Reply #8 posted 05/06/12 3:41pm

datdude

no one has mentioned Hey Valentina!!! I know ppl here don't dig MPLSound much but THAT guitar solo sounds like Santana himself!!!

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Reply #9 posted 05/06/12 7:22pm

mzsadii

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All those mentioned above are spot on correct. cool

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Reply #10 posted 05/06/12 7:50pm

thepope2the9s

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The guitar riff for Bambi always reminded me of Santana

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Reply #11 posted 05/06/12 8:37pm

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thepope2the9s said:

The guitar riff for Bambi always reminded me of Santana


maybe but guitar bass riff on Interactive is pure santana
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Reply #12 posted 05/07/12 5:19am

rudeboy4711

Joy in Repetition. That guitar solo at the end is very influenced by Santana
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Reply #13 posted 05/07/12 7:11am

leecaldon

Some great suggestions there. Seems like there are many more examples of P doing Santana-esque guitar solos than songs.

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Reply #14 posted 05/07/12 10:40am

tobydavies

In A Spanish Villa ... off the Appollonia 6 album.

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Reply #15 posted 05/07/12 1:47pm

iloveannie

I put the rainbow children on at work once and someone made a comment along the lines of "get this santana shit off".
I like trc but santana makes me want to boil and eat my own testicles
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Reply #16 posted 05/07/12 3:02pm

chestro18

First time I played Purple rain the song, my dad ran downsrairs and said who's that? I told him Prince and he said, "ah, shit" and went and got two Santana's lps (dude is a santana fanatic) and played them.

At that time I was like come on man, I dont hear it (i'm thinking prince was god) but as I got older and my ears expanded, I can clearly hear Santana influence at the end of Purple rain. That whole sonic/space/interlude is pure Santana 2/Abraxas.

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Reply #17 posted 05/07/12 3:06pm

thebanishedone

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iloveannie said:

I put the rainbow children on at work once and someone made a comment along the lines of "get this santana shit off".
I like trc but santana makes me want to boil and eat my own testicles

Strange,since you said you like melodic guitar solos.maybe you think on recent Santana.i suggest you listen to 70's Santana,i suggest songs lilke Soul Sacrifice,Jungle Strat,Jingo and especially Europa
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