In 1998, the band Santana was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame with Carlos Santana, José "Chepito" Areas, David Brown, Gregg Rolie, Mike Carabello, and Michael Shrieve The band has earned nine Grammy Awards and three Latin Grammy Awards, the latter all in 2000. Carlos Santana won a Grammy Award as a solo artist in 1988. The band has sold more than 100 million records worldwide, making them one of the world's best-selling groups of all time. In 2013, Santana announced a reunion of the classic line-up for a new album, Santana IV, which was released in April 2016. They are tied for having the most won Grammy Awards in one night.
Love Supreme
Santana Lyrics
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A love supreme
Supreme, supreme
The lyrics to Santana's song Love Supreme are highly reflective of the title. The lines "A love supreme" and "Supreme, supreme" are repeated in a chant-like fashion throughout the song. It is almost as if the lyrics are a meditation, with the repeated phrases serving as a mantra. Santana is expressing the ultimate form of love and reverence for something, perhaps an ideal or deity. The repetitive nature of the lyrics drives home the intensity of this feeling.
The idea of love as a spiritual, almost religious entity is not new in music. However, the way Santana presents it in Love Supreme is unique. There are no other lyrics to the song, only this one repeated phrase. This drives home the point that love is the focus of the song and that it is truly "supreme". The chanting nature of it also reminds us that love can be a form of meditation that brings peace and mindfulness.
Line by Line Meaning
Chant-like
In the style of a repeated chant or mantra
A love supreme
A love that is all-encompassing and powerful
Supreme, supreme
Reinforcing the strength and significance of the love being described
Lyrics © Wixen Music Publishing, Universal Music Publishing Group, WORDS & MUSIC A DIV OF BIG DEAL MUSIC LLC, Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
Written by: JOHN COLTRANE
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@RaulDiaz-lq7vt
The 90 ppl who didn’t like this song don’t know anything about music
@peacelove9194
TRUE ... 🤫
@juliotorres6868
Ostinato is what people don’t like especially with the absence of improvisation, a waste of talent considering in this case for John who is much technical than Carlos
@augustbeck8288
John one of the greatest guitarists ever.
@Trower22
Un des plus complets jazz flamenco
@Deebz270
The most understated bit of guitar humbleness from the Maestro himself. Beautiful.
@song-rz6hi
This is above all a love song to God, Supreme, by two lovers of God. This is joyous kirtan.
@walkerpeterson1149
Hare Krishna
@jameskennedy721
Im so glad these two did some reunion shows . The rest of the band are obviously impressive too .
@michaelwallden7261
I saw Mclaughlin with his band in Stockholm twice.....magic stuff