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>> narrator: HERE'S A LOOK AT
THE RESULTS OF VH1.COM'S POLL
FOR ROCK'S GREATEST ALBUM
COVERS.
■
>> Bridges: NEXT IS ONE OF
ROCK'S GREAT SURVIVORS.
IN 1999, HE TEAMED UP WITH
MATCHBOX TWENTY'S ROB THOMAS
ON A SONG THAT STAYED IN THE
NUMBER ONE SPOT FOR 12 WEEKS.
BUT ROB WASN'T EVEN BORN WHEN
THIS ALBUM TOPPED THE CHARTS IN
1970.
>> narrator: WITH A
REVOLUTIONARY MIX OF SALSA,
JAZZ, BLUES, AND ROCK,
LED BY CARLOS SANTANA'S FLOWING
LEAD GUITAR, SANTANA WON
UNIVERSAL ACCLAIM WITH
THE RELEASE OF ABRAXAS IN 1970.
>> ♪♪ GOT A BLACK MAGIC WOMAN. ♪
♪♪ GOT A BLACK MAGIC WOMAN. ♪♪
>> narrator: ABRAXAS FEATURED
THE SONGS THAT WOULD BECOME
SANTANA CLASSICS, INCLUDING A
THOROUGH REINVENTION OF THE
FLEETWOOD MAC
TUNE BLACK MAGIC WOMAN
AND A COVER OF TITO PUENTE'S
OYE COMO VA.
>> I WERE PLAYING THE BLUES, BUT
WHEN WE HEARD THE CONGAS COMING
INTO THE BLUES, WE KNEW THAT WE
HAD SOMETHING THAT THE OTHER
BANDS DIDN'T HAVE, 'CAUSE, YOU
KNOW, USUALLY THE BLUES, YOU
KIND OF LISTEN TO IT, YOU KNOW.
BUT WITH CONGAS, YOU GOTTA GET
UP AND SWEAT AND PARTICIPATE.
>> ♪ OYE COMO VA, ♪
♪ MI RITMO. ♪
♪ BUENO PA GOSAR. ♪♪
>> CLASSIC SANTANA--THAT'S THE
PERIOD WHERE SANTANA JUST REALLY
HIT ME OVER THE HEAD AND SAID,
"THIS GUY'S GREAT.
IT'S SO SIMPLE, AND THE BAND IS
JUST WAILING AWAY."
[playing Oye Como Va]
♪ ♪
>> TECHNICALLY, HE'S A FANTASTIC
GUITAR PLAYER.
YOU GET A GREAT FEEL FROM HIM.
HE'S POURING OUT HIS HEART AND
SOUL ■HEN HE'S PLAYING.