cranshaw62 said:

Its a credit to narada that u guys like his early, more organic stuff and I love his later, more poppy stuff. Narada has been around for a long time eh?

cranshaw62 said:

Ndeed!! It's a shame, though. I used to wonder why I never got to hear him anywhere except on Narada's and Stanley Clarke's albums...
...I thought it was a nice contrast to have both Ray Gomez and Carlos Santana on Narada's compositions, "Awakening Suite part 1" and "The Awakening"...Ray Gomez plays beautifully on the Suite, and then Carlos opens up on the actual song....a great showcase for both players....actually, on his early albums, Narada featured the guitar so much, I thought he was a guitarist, .....



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thesexofit said:

Yeah, I kinda like that he has a chameleon-like quality---you can't really pigeon-hole him, although I'm sure that probably annoys a lot of people, too....


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paligap said:

Last production I saw of him was on tevin campbells 1999 album. Narada could get alot outta tevin (VOCALLY).

thesexofit said:

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paligap said:

U know, i had no idea narada was gay until I saw him interviewed. Plus after writing something like "put your mouth on me" for eddie murphy, I shoulda really seen that one coming.

thesexofit said:

Actually, he's not, but he is way, way too happy....


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paligap said:

He is gay. Or as u said just very, very camp. Hey, iam camp too but come on.

I just re-read the thank yous on tevins first album. Narada says

"p.s. baby, u can drive my car- you heartbreaker you!"

Hmmmmm Sure narada is playing (as tevin was proberly not legal yet in US), but that is a very camp thing to say.

U know, i had no idea narada was gay until I saw him interviewed. Plus after writing something like "put your mouth on me" for eddie murphy, I shoulda really seen that one coming.[/quote]

Huh? WTF?

A) I didn't know he wrote that. And B) I always saw him with lovely ladies. I thought he was married.

I mean yeah he does look VERY enlightened.

I just thought that Sri guy had everybody like that. L. Ron Hubbard must have been pissed off to lose that "entertainer money"

Narada and Walter A had a dispute because on Mariah's stuff Walter would do all the tracking and mixing.

Narada would come in from a "religious retreat" listen to it and say "I'm such a genius." and claim credit for it.

Oh well.

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He's not gay. Quite the opposite in fact.

Narada's 1976 composition, First Love, is actually about an affair he had as a teenager with a woman who wasn't getting along with her husband. Narada said that that woman was actually his first love...

anyway, he's in his second marriage now....

But Yeah, his perpetual smile has more to do with being one of those Sri Chinmoy disciples....Santana used to give off that look when he was with that Group....McLaughlin, too....



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But Yeah, his perpetual smile has more to do with being one of those Sri Chinmoy disciples....Santana used to give off that look when he was with that Group....McLaughlin, too....


Have you ever checked out the CD McLaughlin and Santana did called " Love Devotion Surrender"? They are dressed like tennis players in a Annie Hall cult.

Crank it up and check it out. You neighbors might not understand but they go off into guitarland. I like to hear "A Love Divine"

cranshaw62 said:

This was a weird period for Santana.His wife Deborah recently wrote a book ("Space Between The Stars") about her life.She talks alot about the early 70s when she and Carlos were following the guru.Carlos even changed his name to "Devadip".Fortunately,some great music came from this spiritual phase.

DavidEye said:

Who's the guy in the dress?

paligap said:

Yeah,I once saw him on a "Video Soul" interview with Donnie Simpson,and I mistakenly thought he was gay.

cranshaw62 said:

that would be the guru (Sri Chimnoy),but you already knew that,right?

cranshaw62 said:

That's Sri Chinmoy...

but yeah, that's where they all got those names -- John McLaughlin was given the name , "Mahavishnu", Carlos Santana was given "Devadip", and Michael Walden was given "Narada".....


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cranshaw62 said:

Ndeed!! That's a slammin' album! those are some ridiculous photos, though, ....



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paligap said:

Carlos must have thought so too.The original album cover (from 1974) included the photo of Sri Chinmoy with his arms wrapped around Carlos and John.However,this photo is nowhere to be found on the remastered CD that was released a few years ago.

I blame him for ruining Angela Bofill's music. Her first 2 albums produced by Dave Grusin were GREAT! Then Narada produced the next, veering away from the jazz influence and her music never again reached those lofty heights.