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Santana — No One To Depend On
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Released: 1971
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I ain't got nobody that I can depend on
I ain't got nobody that I can depend on

Ain't got nobody that I can depend on
Ain't got nobody that I can depend on

Ain't got no one (no tengo a nadie)
That I know of (no tengo a nadie)
That I can depend on (no tengo a nadie)

Ain't got no one (no tengo a nadie)
Got nobody (no tengo a nadie)
That I can depend on (no tengo a nadie)

I ain't got nobody that I can depend on (no tengo a nadie)
I ain't got nobody that I can depend on (no tengo a nadie)
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 joejennings wrote:



Actually, Wheel in the Sky is on the RP playlist.  RP should add more.

To my ears, Look into the Future (the title track and the album) was a stupendous, unusual stoner rocker epic.  I still have the album, I bought it new in '75 or '76 in a Boston record store for chump change.  Now that you remind me, Apple is my next stop for several tracks on it.  The delivery of music may change, but some tunes are timeless. 
Posted 5 months ago by kingart    [ Reply ]
Santana is a dish best served LOUD!
Posted 1 year ago by amcostigan88    [ Reply ]
 molson wrote:
Hey Bill & Rebecca, I would sure love to hear Journey tunes here, but pre-Steve Perry when Gregg was singing and Neal was rocking hard. All 1st 3records were incredible!! One of the best Rock N Roll bands of all time!



Actually, Wheel in the Sky is on the RP playlist.  RP should add more.
Posted 1 year ago by joejennings    [ Reply ]
It strikes me how quickly time goes by! I was 15 when this album came out, it wasn’t until ‘72 that I was really introduced to it. Man…
Posted 2 years ago by keenevision    [ Reply ]
Hey Bill & Rebecca, I would sure love to hear Journey tunes here, but pre-Steve Perry when Gregg was singing and Neal was rocking hard. All 1st 3records were incredible!! One of the best Rock N Roll bands of all time!
Posted 2 years ago by molson    [ Reply ]
Ain't got no one that I can depend on (cocaine white lightning)? 
Posted 3 years ago by woodchuk    [ Reply ]
I was introduced to Santana back in the 80s through Mexican-American friends in the military. Two of them died in the service of our country. I always think of them when I hear this. I saw Santana live in 2011 and I dedicate that memory to them. Saludos!
Posted 3 years ago by bahalana    [ Reply ]
More Cow Bell! 
Posted 3 years ago by sunybuny    [ Reply ]
Wearing headphones & trying to work.
I think I have just been thoroughly Santana'd!!
Posted 3 years ago by hellsgardener    [ Reply ]
Those first four Santana albums were so good. Takes me back to 70`s
Posted 3 years ago by nickodgers    [ Reply ]
 wiegandshawn wrote:
 the_jake wrote:

Just the right amount of Cow Bell    MOO

Needs MORE Cow Bell!   (lol)     
 
Never enough cow bell.
Posted 3 years ago by bruceandjenna    [ Reply ]
This is a damn fine bunch of musicians. Neal Schon came on board on this album, only 17 years old. When I started buying albums as a young teen, Santana was one of the first three. I still have it, half a century later, and never tired of it.
Posted 4 years ago by all_ears    [ Reply ]
 the_jake wrote:

Just the right amount of Cow Bell    MOO
 
i think it needs more
Posted 4 years ago by More_Cowbell    [ Reply ]
....The story of my life....



Posted 4 years ago by wiegandshawn    [ Reply ]
On headphones, this is just incredible.
Posted 4 years ago by dflee    [ Reply ]
*pant*pant* gasp. "I need a glass of water please. Maybe a cigarette too."
"You don't smoke!"
She wipes her forehead,
"I do after this."
Posted 5 years ago by Isabeau    [ Reply ]
 the_jake wrote:

Just the right amount of Cow Bell    MOO

Needs MORE Cow Bell!   (lol)     
Posted 5 years ago by wiegandshawn    [ Reply ]
 thewiseking wrote:
Great album cover
 

Really? 'Cause I think the opposite every time I see it...  
Posted 5 years ago by kcar    [ Reply ]
 DeeCee1109 wrote:


Could it have used more cow bell, though?
 
Just the right amount of Cow Bell    MOO
Posted 5 years ago by the_jake    [ Reply ]
Love dat Santana trilogy
Posted 5 years ago by ExploitingChaos    [ Reply ]
Posted 6 years ago by Hyperemesis    [ Reply ]
Posted 6 years ago by sunflowerbee    [ Reply ]
When Santana is playing turn that ish up boy
Posted 6 years ago by TerrorGovernor    [ Reply ]
If you go see them - make sure you wear your tribal dancing shoes!!!  They still rock OMG the percussion.{#Dancingbanana_2}{#Bananapiano}
Posted 6 years ago by khardog145    [ Reply ]
great! at the right moment!
Posted 6 years ago by laurarifo    [ Reply ]
Great album cover
Posted 7 years ago by thewiseking    [ Reply ]
 SquiddlyDiddly wrote:
Back in the day when I was a mobile dj I remember I often used to pop this track on when testing the equipment. i.e. when setting up - get the sound system working 1st and crank up some music while you were working!

It brings back a lot of memories and I have a tingling down my back of the expectation of a night to come full of dancing, beer, spliffs, girls, fun, fights, flashing lights, smoke machines and all that went into those marvellous and simple times. 

 
Awesome memories!  I also remember listening to Santana in my early years of smoking MJ, way back when I was 17/18, and I think I used some of my Columbia House or BMG "freebies" on several Santana discs (and PF and Doors) and something about Santana, with nice headphones, really got me feeling great! 
Posted 7 years ago by lizardking    [ Reply ]
They're playing at "The House of Blues" Vegas- Jan 25-29, 2017, see you there!
Posted 7 years ago by bobcanna1    [ Reply ]
Funny, I was just thinking about how the guitar in the previous John Osborne track had a similar tone to Santana. 
Posted 8 years ago by SECA_Alan    [ Reply ]
The two guitars playing the same riff in different keys is just exquisite!
Posted 8 years ago by idiot_wind    [ Reply ]
 SquiddlyDiddly wrote:
Back in the day when I was a mobile dj I remember I often used to pop this track on when testing the equipment. i.e. when setting up - get the sound system working 1st and crank up some music while you were working!

It brings back a lot of memories and I have a tingling down my back of the expectation of a night to come full of dancing, beer, spliffs, girls, fun, fights, flashing lights, smoke machines and all that went into those marvellous and simple times. 

 
{#Clap}
Posted 9 years ago by LowPhreak    [ Reply ]
I have tickets to see him in August {#Dancingbanana}
Posted 9 years ago by xnavy    [ Reply ]
Back in the day when I was a mobile dj I remember I often used to pop this track on when testing the equipment. i.e. when setting up - get the sound system working 1st and crank up some music while you were working!

It brings back a lot of memories and I have a tingling down my back of the expectation of a night to come full of dancing, beer, spliffs, girls, fun, fights, flashing lights, smoke machines and all that went into those marvellous and simple times. 
Posted 10 years ago by SquiddlyDiddly    [ Reply ]
 unclehud wrote:

Cover art is spellbinding.  OK, maybe you had to be there.  Music is spellbinding, and will be until the day I stop drawing breath.



 
This whole album is spellbinding. Blow your fookin' ears off. I think the best of the Santana bunch, back when it was the classic pulse pounding tidal wave of sound the band and he made their names on. 
Posted 10 years ago by kingart    [ Reply ]

Cover art is spellbinding.  OK, maybe you had to be there.  Music is also spellbinding, and will be until the day I stop drawing breath.


Posted 11 years ago by unclehud    [ Reply ]
 merkin_muffley wrote:
Really should listen to Santana from this period. His current stuff is almost Muzak, the latest in particular.
 

I've been told he has a massive ego. Well, with his godlike playing I suppose that's reasonable.
Posted 11 years ago by funkyalfonso    [ Reply ]
It's Telex.
 
EssexTex wrote:
Is he playing a fax machine in this one?.......
Any hoo it's awful.

 


Posted 11 years ago by msymmes    [ Reply ]
Santana is great I remember when I used to go to outdoor concerts he was the best.  Played all night if you let him. Love his jams his new stuff is real good too
 
Posted 11 years ago by IanThursby    [ Reply ]
Supermusic!
Posted 11 years ago by helgigermany    [ Reply ]
Absolute thumbs up!!
Posted 12 years ago by Shesdifferent    [ Reply ]
 merkin_muffley wrote:
Really should listen to Santana from this period. His current stuff is almost Muzak, the latest in particular.
 
The first 4 albums are bona fide classics (and yes, I gotta agree, some of the later stuff is pretty lame).
Posted 12 years ago by On_The_Beach    [ Reply ]
Really should listen to Santana from this period. His current stuff is almost Muzak, the latest in particular.
Posted 12 years ago by merkin_muffley    [ Reply ]
I love it when the bottom just drops right out in the middle of the intro then it all kicks back in hard, like A Ton of Blue Bricks! Kinda like the situation the dude is in here. It all sure resonates Deep and Blue through Life, too!
Posted 12 years ago by coloradojohn    [ Reply ]
 LowPhreak wrote:


We could easily make that same argument for 99% of music that's not improv. Depends on what you personally consider boring and predictable.
 

Good point.
Posted 13 years ago by Proclivities    [ Reply ]
Love Santana's old stuff {#Guitarist}
Posted 13 years ago by luca77    [ Reply ]
 mfassett wrote:
I doubt if that middle guitar solo is carlos... can anyone verify?  Just doesn't sound like him... he's not repeating himself and doing those cliche licks he usually does.  Is that when Neil Schon was in the band?  The guitar at the end sounds like him though.... 
 
Neil Schon does all the "wah wah" stuff and in general has a wilder sound. 

Posted 14 years ago by capandjudy    [ Reply ]
Now that's what I call MUSIC!

Rock on!

Will always sound good. So good. So damn good!
Posted 14 years ago by mxdcec    [ Reply ]
really cool
Posted 14 years ago by Sternenteufel    [ Reply ]
Nice!
Posted 14 years ago by helgigermany    [ Reply ]
A tad 'busy' for this time of day.
Posted 14 years ago by garycha    [ Reply ]
 AdyMiles wrote:
oh my goodness, Santana all sounds the same! and it's all boring and predictable
 

We could easily make that same argument for 99% of music that's not improv. Depends on what you personally consider boring and predictable.
Posted 14 years ago by LowPhreak    [ Reply ]

{#Yell}  "no tengo a nadie!"

I like Santana, in general. However, I must admit his improvisations tend to be a tad predictable ... this particular track is a little cheesy ;-) {#Sunny}


Posted 14 years ago by 4merdj    [ Reply ]
Not a big Santana fan, but have always dug this one.{#Clap}
Posted 14 years ago by sirdroseph    [ Reply ]
Is he playing a fax machine in this one?.......
Any hoo it's awful.
Posted 14 years ago by EssexTex    [ Reply ]
 AdyMiles wrote:
oh my goodness, Santana all sounds the same! and it's all boring and predictable
 

Are your ears painted on? This isn't their best, but Santana has made a few almost perfect songs.
Posted 15 years ago by wyoguy    [ Reply ]
 jimbaca wrote:
There is never any mistaking Carlos' soaring rifts.  Anyone who has seen him in concert (five times for me) will know the reason why he has been around for so long.  Being a resident of New Mexico, we know that no wedding is complete without his music to dance to. 

Please play "Samba Para Ti" at my funeral.

To Carlos:  We love you and the charitable work you do for the children!
 
It's always nice to hear when successful artists give back! {#Sunny}
Posted 15 years ago by peter_james_bond    [ Reply ]
oh my goodness, Santana all sounds the same! and it's all boring and predictable
Posted 15 years ago by AdyMiles    [ Reply ]
I'll tell ya, get on yur bicycle and turn this one up and you're good for another 10 miles!  Never gets old to me, and I'm old.
Posted 15 years ago by hasben    [ Reply ]
I'd forgotten this album.... had it when I was a kid. Cool!!!
Posted 15 years ago by Limpopoking    [ Reply ]
good old Carlos Santana..............{#Motor}
Posted 15 years ago by Felix_The_Cat    [ Reply ]
I doubt if that middle guitar solo is carlos... can anyone verify?  Just doesn't sound like him... he's not repeating himself and doing those cliche licks he usually does.  Is that when Neil Schon was in the band?  The guitar at the end sounds like him though.... 
Posted 15 years ago by mfassett    [ Reply ]
 More_Cowbell wrote:
I feel this way about the election.
 
Am I to presume you are satisfied with the amount of cowbell on this one?


Posted 15 years ago by Wizzuvvoz    [ Reply ]
I hear you loud and clear!!!!!
Posted 15 years ago by mr_toad    [ Reply ]
 MojoJojo wrote:
Sweet, delicious cow bell...
Who are the all-time great virtuoso cowbell players?
I wonder how many years of practise it takes to really wring a
full, rich, warm tone out of a cowbell? And I heard that the cowbells with the
best tone have spent at least five years around the neck of a Swiss cow
exposed to the driving rain, blistering sun and levee mud of the hillsides
around Bern and Zurich.
 


Posted 15 years ago by ThePoose    [ Reply ]
Same old Carlos........Still leaving tracks in the sand, that no one else can follow.....{#Cheers}
Posted 15 years ago by redstorm    [ Reply ]
There is never any mistaking Carlos' soaring rifts.  Anyone who has seen him in concert (five times for me) will know the reason why he has been around for so long.  Being a resident of New Mexico, we know that no wedding is complete without his music to dance to. 

Please play "Samba Para Ti" at my funeral.

To Carlos:  We love you and the charitable work you do for the children!
Posted 16 years ago by jimbaca    [ Reply ]
Weird the car radio followed me into the house. If I feed it will it go away?
Posted 16 years ago by vit    [ Reply ]
I feel this way about the election.
Posted 16 years ago by More_Cowbell    [ Reply ]
 Misterfixit wrote:


Did you check with your headphones on? I am right now switching between the RP stream and the flac format rip from the CD. Same . Cowbell in the right ear along with lead guitar. Bongos on the left and the rest of the band in the back center right. Drums in the middle back. Ah, now the separation just changed between the flac copy and RP. Maybe a transmission anomaly? Still with headphones it sound very together and not muddled. OK, now I just switched to the Klipsch speaker system using 7.1 sound ... pretty much the same here.

Beats me, bro ...

Can't depend upon anything these days ... Nada!

Cheers,

Dave
 

Could it have used more cow bell, though?
Posted 16 years ago by DeeCee1109    [ Reply ]
I'm trippin' on this one................... y'all dig the bass work (and everything the heck else) on this mutha'


Posted 16 years ago by nigelr    [ Reply ]
nagsheadlocal wrote:
I was surprised to hear the same poor stereo separation on this as I remember from high school. Is those one of those albums that has yet to be properly remastered?
Did you check with your headphones on? I am right now switching between the RP stream and the flac format rip from the CD. Same . Cowbell in the right ear along with lead guitar. Bongos on the left and the rest of the band in the back center right. Drums in the middle back. Ah, now the separation just changed between the flac copy and RP. Maybe a transmission anomaly? Still with headphones it sound very together and not muddled. OK, now I just switched to the Klipsch speaker system using 7.1 sound ... pretty much the same here. Beats me, bro ... Can't depend upon anything these days ... Nada! Cheers, Dave
Posted 16 years ago by Misterfixit    [ Reply ]
I was surprised to hear the same poor stereo separation on this as I remember from high school. Is those one of those albums that has yet to be properly remastered?
Posted 16 years ago by nagsheadlocal    [ Reply ]
Carlos is a minor god...well, major, musically. Every note is sweet ephemeral beauty.
Posted 16 years ago by joanie    [ Reply ]
rgj13 wrote:
I also met him in a Safeway once. He had on really cool black leather pants, and, being (a) a stupid fame-struck teenager, and (b) stoned out of my skull, I'm pretty sure about all I said was "You f*ckin rock, dude, and those pants are sweeet."
Posted 16 years ago by kazuma    [ Reply ]
xkolibuul wrote:
Oye ninyo, dinos tus porquerias en ingles la proxima vez ya que tu espanol (ni quiero hablar de tus opiniones musicales) es una barbaridad. Desgraciado...
¿Qué carajo es ninyo?
Posted 16 years ago by Danny_G    [ Reply ]
coldatlantic wrote:
Every song is the same, goes on for 10 minutes, and bores me completely to tears.
Couldn't agree more.
Posted 16 years ago by Welly    [ Reply ]
Sweet, delicious cow bell...
Posted 17 years ago by MojoJojo    [ Reply ]
walk wrote:
Name one song that's better than this. One. YOU CAN'T! ;) 10+
Sure I can. The macarena song is better than this.
Posted 17 years ago by Hannio    [ Reply ]
No comment! B r i l l i a n t !!
Posted 17 years ago by Nabla    [ Reply ]
Paul Reed Smith brand "guitar noodle soup".
Posted 17 years ago by lionirons    [ Reply ]
"no one to depend on"... and most everything else by Santana; he's just as amazing in concert as on CD. I never get tired of Carlos..
Posted 19 years ago by WaltK    [ Reply ]
I ain't got nobody..... That I can depend on..... More profound words were never spoken nor sung.
Posted 20 years ago by Patrick    [ Reply ]
jberko wrote:
Ay Carumba! Carlos.. Tu eres un hombre malo y tu guitar is un weapano de mass destruciona!
Oye ninyo, dinos tus porquerias en ingles la proxima vez ya que tu espanol (ni quiero hablar de tus opiniones musicales) es una barbaridad. Desgraciado...
Posted 20 years ago by xkolibuul    [ Reply ]
This is pedestrian Santana. Too bad he has not ventured beyond pop on more occasions.
Posted 20 years ago by fridgepoet    [ Reply ]
coldatlantic wrote:
Every song is the same, goes on for 10 minutes, and bores me completely to tears.
Although he's a great guitarist, I've just never liked the Santana sound. The guitar "solo" here really is outstanding. It's the song on either side that grates on the blackboard: "I ain't got nobody........." Some of the dullest stuff to ever get played ad-nausium on classic rock - a real waste of talent.
Posted 20 years ago by rulebritannia    [ Reply ]
Every song is the same, goes on for 10 minutes, and bores me completely to tears.
Posted 20 years ago by coldatlantic    [ Reply ]
I've liked Santana for years! Great beat.
Posted 20 years ago by artmarcia    [ Reply ]
Name one song that's better than this. One. YOU CAN'T! ;) 10+
Posted 20 years ago by walk    [ Reply ]
Ay Carumba! Carlos.. Tu eres un hombre malo y tu guitar is un weapano de mass destruciona!
Posted 20 years ago by jberko    [ Reply ]
Now he depends on lame jam sessions with slightly modified guitar solos for a quick buck with quasi-rock-boy bands like Matchbox Twenty and that other guy who sings like Bill Cllinton with a sore throat (the guy who they play ALL the time on radio stations "You remind me of who I really am")
Posted 20 years ago by CaptTofu    [ Reply ]
Ahhh... pre sell-out. Excellent!
Posted 20 years ago by Chunk    [ Reply ]
catmaven wrote:
Not readily distinguishable from "Oye como va." I would not mind never hearing Santana again. The "rock" crossover souns merely a guitarish imitatio of Jimi Hendrix.
Now that's just plain stupid.
Posted 20 years ago by drH    [ Reply ]
Carlos forever!!!
Posted 21 years ago by rklein    [ Reply ]
The unmistakable sound of Carlos...not his most inspiring tune, how about a bit of caravanserai...
Posted 21 years ago by charlesr    [ Reply ]
Not readily distinguishable from "Oye como va." I would not mind never hearing Santana again. The "rock" crossover souns merely a guitarish imitatio of Jimi Hendrix. For dancing it would be pretty good. :2dancingbananas: For listening, however . . . :-& :roll:
Posted 21 years ago by rKokon    [ Reply ]
Damas y caballeros, el gran y Santana maravilloso
Posted 21 years ago by Ames    [ Reply ]
Sounds sooo good without the teeny bopper bimbos singing along!
Posted 21 years ago by Pipes    [ Reply ]
Originally Posted by Spliff: I am always surprised at the negative reaction Carlos gets on the comments page. He is an excellent guitar player and anyone who saw a live show back in the seventies can testify to his greatness.
I've seen him twice live, once in the 80s, once in the 90s, and can testify he hadn't lost it then. Still hasn't, IMO, though I like his more recent pop stuff less. I also met him in a Safeway once. He had on really cool black leather pants, and, being (a) a stupid fame-struck teenager, and (b) stoned out of my skull, I'm pretty sure about all I said was "You f*ckin rock, dude, and those pants are sweeet." Ah, memories.
Posted 21 years ago by rgj13    [ Reply ]
I am always surprised at the negative reaction Carlos gets on the comments page. He is an excellent guitar player and anyone who saw a live show back in the seventies can testify to his greatness.
Posted 21 years ago by Spliff    [ Reply ]
Sometimes I wish my brain didn\'t smell like bacon. https://www.propel.ne.jp/~johndoe
Posted 22 years ago by osgo    [ Reply ]