What is the Best Saxophone Song?

  • Thread starter Thread starter Evo
  • Start date Start date
Click For Summary
The discussion revolves around sharing links to various songs and artists, highlighting personal favorites and recommendations. Participants mention iconic tracks like "Baker Street" by Gerry Rafferty and "Sweet Child O' Mine" by Guns N' Roses, emphasizing their appreciation for guitar riffs and vocals. Dream Theater is frequently praised for its musicianship, particularly the drumming and progressive compositions. Other notable mentions include artists like Yngwie Malmsteen, Tommy Emmanuel, and Mary Black, showcasing a wide range of musical styles. The thread encourages exploration of new music and sharing of lesser-known talents.
  • #121
mathwonk said:
some of us are not savvy enough to know how to produce links but still think we are doing you a favor to provide titles and artists.


talk about inability to delay gratification.
Tsk, mathwonk, go to www.youtube.com and type in either the song title or artist in the search field. :smile:

One of the things I wanted to achieve with this thread was easy links to music so people could discover new music and rediscover music they've forgotten.

I've found new artists I love and some old ones I'd forgotten.
 
Physics news on Phys.org
  • #122
You kids need to remember that your boss also probably rode a dinosaur to school.:smile:

[MEDIA=youtube]0dnIxbi7TwQ[/MEDIA][/URL]

Here is an updated version of the old "Cats in The Cradle" not bad
[PLAIN][MEDIA=youtube]LtrBlXJlyTw[/MEDIA][/URL]
 
Last edited by a moderator:
  • #123
Having grown up watching Jacques Cousteau specials, Calypso by John Denver is also a favorite of mine.
[MEDIA=youtube]-an-SnVo2_o[/MEDIA][/URL]
 
Last edited by a moderator:
  • #124
one of my favorite songs from one of my favorite movies, Hedwig and the Angry Inch:
Wicked Little Town
[MEDIA=youtube]om8ms-ETEk8[/MEDIA][/URL]
The whole soundtrack is wonderful.:!)
 
Last edited by a moderator:
  • #125
Blast from the past - Eric Burden and the Animals, House ofd the rising sun

[MEDIA=youtube]0bJfPLCeyec[/MEDIA][/URL]
 
Last edited by a moderator:
  • #126
Speaking of the Animals, this here is a nice little number, invoking the 60s zeitgeist

Animals - San Franciscan Nights
http://youtube.com/watch?v=DX-yDColyO4

"Walls move, minds do too" - hee hee...

Though this youtube version gets cut off prematurely, too bad.
 
  • #127
hypnagogue said:
Speaking of the Animals, this here is a nice little number, invoking the 60s zeitgeist

Animals - San Franciscan Nights
http://youtube.com/watch?v=DX-yDColyO4

"Walls move, minds do too" - hee hee...

Though this youtube version gets cut off prematurely, too bad.
That was great, the Animals are so overlooked.
 
  • #128
10 cc - I'm not in love (funny song)

[MEDIA=youtube]vZ3CtePvcDE[/MEDIA]&mode=related&search=[/URL]
 
Last edited by a moderator:
  • #129
Evo said:
That was great, the Animals are so overlooked.
No youtube entry yet for "A Girl Named Sandoz." :frown:
 
  • #132
Evo said:
and Space Oddity by David Bowie [MEDIA=youtube]Kxoxqvg3lB0[/MEDIA][/URL]

I don't know what's scarier in that video, his hair or those platform shoes. :bugeye:[/QUOTE]

:smile: :smile: :smile: I probably played that 45 a thousand times. I still have it.

I haven't made it through everything posted yet so forgive any duplicates, but a few more favorites of mine

A Horse With No Name - America
[PLAIN][MEDIA=youtube]kFZsHX712XQ[/MEDIA][/URL]

I think Ian Anderson [Jethro Tull] is incredible! One of my favorite songs is the title song for "Too Old To Rock 'n' Roll: Too Young To Die". Even though I've seen this album trashed as one of his worst, I think some of the songs are great. There was a link for two songs - Quizz Kid and Crazed Institution, with an intro using the title song.
[PLAIN][MEDIA=youtube]eo-L2Ik21AA[/MEDIA][/URL]

Some years ago I saw Anderson interviewed at his home in England. He farms sheep and trout, and he comes off as a very ordinary English sheep farmer and a motivated horticulturist [appropriate to the bands name]. But when the man gets on stage in his home studio, he transforms into this hard rock powerhouse. He is quite an amazing guy.

American Pie - Don McLean
[PLAIN][MEDIA=youtube]QHkT2YfqHE4[/MEDIA][/URL]

Vincent - Don McLean
[PLAIN][MEDIA=youtube]mhsL41qoCWI[/MEDIA][/URL]

Sounds of Silence - Simon and Garfunkel
[url]http://youtube.com/watch?v=uH4wkkbsHsk[/url]

Bridge Over Troubled Water - Simon and Garfunkel
[url]http://youtube.com/watch?v=XGbnOmOzW-o[/url]

Levon - Elton John
no link

Sunrise, Sunset - Fiddler on the Roof
When Tsu and I got married, this was one of songs chosen for our wedding - played on a harp. My grandmother was dying, and only with great effort on everyone's part did she make it to the wedding of her first born grandchild. She died while we were on our honeymoon. So, obviously, this song will always have special meaning to Tsu and I.

[quote](Tevye)
Is this the little girl I carried?
Is this the little boy at play?

(Golde)
I don't remember growing older
When did they?

(Tevye)
When did she get to be a beauty?
When did he get to be so tall?

(Golde)
Wasn't it yesterday
When they were small?

(Men)
Sunrise, sunset
Sunrise, sunset
Swiftly flow the days
Seedlings turn overnight to sunflowers
Blossoming even as we gaze

(Women)
Sunrise, sunset
Sunrise, sunset
Swiftly fly the years
One season following another
Laden with happiness and tears

(Tevye)
What words of wisdom can I give them?
How can I help to ease their way?

(Tevye)
Now they must learn from one another
Day by day

(Perchik)
They look so natural together

(Hodel)
Just like two newlyweds should be

(Perchik & Hodel)
Is there a canopy in store for me?

(All)
Sunrise, sunset
Sunrise, sunset
Swiftly flow the days
Seedlings turn overnight to sunflowers
Blossoming even as we gaze

Sunrise, sunset
Sunrise, sunset
Swiftly fly the years
One season following another
Laden with happiness and tears[/quote]

From the Original London Cast of Phantom of the Opera
Phantom of the Opera
Angel of Music
Music of the night
[PLAIN][MEDIA=youtube]yOAMjckiDps[/MEDIA][/URL]

We saw the opening of this in Los Angeles. It was SPECTACULAR! I don't care for this phantom [linked] as much as the original - Michael Crawford.
 
Last edited by a moderator:
  • #133
Math Is Hard said:
Wicked Little Town
[MEDIA=youtube]om8ms-ETEk8[/MEDIA][/URL][/QUOTE]

Yes! I love that song. They never seem to have the version I like, though...
 
Last edited by a moderator:
  • #134
Garden Party - Rick Nelson
[MEDIA=youtube]ZffSfOAepJs[/MEDIA][/URL]
 
Last edited by a moderator:
  • #135
Ivan Seeking said:
Garden Party - Rick Nelson
[MEDIA=youtube]ZffSfOAepJs[/MEDIA][/URL][/QUOTE] That song was so over-played, and it was just too mellow for me.

I was pretty much Led Zeppelin, Jimi Hendrix, Robin Trower, QSM, EL&P, Yes, Pink Floyd, Deep Purple, Black Sabbth, . . . .

Those were the good old days or Rock and Roll


Speaking of David Bowie, does anyone remember the movie "The Man Who Fell to Earth" (1976).

As for the Stones - "Given Shelter"
[url]http://youtube.com/watch?v=y0YJ9X_JnpE[/url]

"Midnight Rambler", "Monkey Man" and "You Can't Always Get What You Want" from the Album "Let it Bleed" are my favorite Stones tunes.

Midnight Rambler - [PLAIN][MEDIA=youtube]V0HJTQSghmk[/MEDIA][/URL]
 
Last edited by a moderator:
  • #136
Astronuc said:
That song was so over-played, and it was just too mellow for me.

I couldn't get enough but they did play it to death.

We used to jump the fence at night and stay at [among others] David Nelson's private beach in Laguna. Never got caught. :biggrin:

Speaking of David Bowie, does anyone remember the movie "The Man Who Fell to Earth" (1976).

Yes; a very interesting movie. I saw it for the first time only a few years ago.
 
  • #137
Aaron Neville and Linda Ronstadt "I Don't Know Much" - a great duet.

[MEDIA=youtube]pFuh2zutXs0[/MEDIA][/URL]
 
Last edited by a moderator:
  • #138
Speed Licks:

1. Paco de Lucia, Al Di Meola & John McLaughlin - Mediterranean Sundance (from Friday Night in San Francisco)

http://youtube.com/watch?v=HEZrB_FDw4c&mode=related&search=


2. Tesla wrote and played some great little guitar pieces in the 80s with lots of neat speed licks - couldn't find much of what I looked for on youtube, but there was this one low quality handycam video that sort of caught my eye . . . Love Song (MIH might like this)

http://youtube.com/watch?v=QsSTNzEgLhE&mode=related&search=

3. G3 - Joe Satriani, Yngwie Malmsteen & Steve Vai. This promo video features Malmsteen and Vai talking cosmology.

[MEDIA=youtube]z4wfLt_6HFo[/MEDIA][/URL]

4. Iron Maiden - Afraid To Shoot Strangers (Fear of the Dark)

[PLAIN][MEDIA=youtube]Np8TP0mZPCo[/MEDIA]&mode=related&search=[/URL]
 
Last edited by a moderator:
  • #139
linkin park and eminem
and J-Z etc.
 
  • #140
Check this out:
http://www.archive.org/details/SR003acrnym
New ep from Acrnym, it's free and so much fun. Check out Pie.

From youtube:
[MEDIA=youtube]TGz_s-l5zEs[/MEDIA][/URL]
Hendrix live at Woodstock. Awesome.

[PLAIN][MEDIA=youtube]EeqdyOjJCcc[/MEDIA][/URL]
12 yo kid does amazing drum solo.

[PLAIN][MEDIA=youtube]hyaFL24Zu8c[/MEDIA][/URL]
Another awesome drum solo.

[PLAIN][MEDIA=youtube]8rjyVF6a4xo[/MEDIA][/URL]
Venetian Snares video, really great.
 
Last edited by a moderator:
  • #141
Also, check out Tim Exile's Gabbaret Lounge parts 1 and 2:

http://www.timexile.com/pre/stuff/The_Gabbaret_Lounge_Part_1.mp3
http://www.timexile.com/pre/stuff/Tim_Exile_The_Gabbaret_Lounge_2.mp3

Part 1 is much better, and longer.
 
Last edited by a moderator:
  • #142
Gokul43201 said:
Speed Licks:

1. Paco de Lucia, Al Di Meola & John McLaughlin - Mediterranean Sundance (from Friday Night in San Francisco)

http://youtube.com/watch?v=HEZrB_FDw4c&mode=related&search=
I had been following McLaughlin, Coryell and others for a number of years, although I wasn't interested in playing their kind of music. My lady-friend and I got to the venue early to secure front-row seating for a concert featuring John McLaughlin and the Mahavishnu Orchestra, the Blue Oyster Cult and the Byrds. There were two shows that night, and although we had tickets for the second show, we were early enough to have been down-front for the first. We were sitting there hugging and talking with our legs under the risers whe the Byrds came out. I said "what the hell - the headliners come first?" and resisted the urge to jump up and attack Skip Batten when he made eyes at my girl from a few feet away all through the concert. Next came the BOC, who were incredibly loud. Luckily Harriet was smoking filtered cigarettes at the time, so we had a ready supply of ear plugs. Finally, we were waiting for McLaughlin to come out (whom I really wanted her to hear live) and I was complaining that with all the previous noise, his nicely nuanced jazz guitar would be lost on us. He strode out on stage with a black Les Paul Custom, plugged directly into a Twin Reverb with every knob seemingly set to 10, and proceeded to rip the place up. Being in Maine, we got to be on the starting or finishing ends of a lot of groups' US tours. That was one hell of a beginning! Deafness begins at home.
 
  • #143
"New Year's Prayer" by Jeff Buckley
(To hear, go to to www.box.net;[/URL] enter account [email]mavonn@yahoo.com[/email], password is physics)

Oooooo, Fall in light, fall in light. Fall in light, fall in light
Feel no shame for what you are
Feel no shame for what you are
Feel no shame for what you are
Feel no shame for what you are
Feel no shame for what you are
As you now are in your blood
Fall in light

Feel no shame for what you are
Feel no shame for what you are
Feel it as a water fall
Fall in light, ooh
Fall in light, fall in light, Fall in light, ooh
Fall in light, fall in light, fall in light
Grow in light

Stand absolved behind your electric chair, dancing
Stand absolved behind your electric chair, dancing
Past the sound within the sound
Past the voice within the voice

Leave your office
Run past your funeral
Leave your home, car
Leave your pulpit
Join us in the streets where we
Join us in the streets where we
Don’t belong, don’t belong
You and the stars
Throwing light

Ooooooh
Fall, fall
Ooooooh
Fall in light, fall in light. fall in light
Oooooh
Fall in light, fall in light fall in light
Grow in light[/CENTER]​
 
Last edited by a moderator:
  • #144
This thread desperately needs a Pixies song:

"[MEDIA=youtube[/URL]
 
Last edited by a moderator:
  • #145
Quicksilver Messenger Service
[MEDIA=youtube]syOL3JJFguM[/MEDIA][/URL]

Oooooh - Have another hit! Fresh Air.
[PLAIN][MEDIA=youtube]3ygH6prkcIs[/MEDIA][/URL]

Some rare video - Quicksilver Messenger Service LIVE 1967
[PLAIN][MEDIA=youtube]bqVVnExlX9c[/MEDIA][/URL]
People were subdued back then. :rolleyes: The vocals could have been better emphasized.

John Cipollina was one guitar players. Unfortunately he died in his early 40's from a respiratory problem.
[url]http://www.johncipollina.com/Samples.htm[/url]
The audio selections include MP3s. The one for Smokestack Lightning is rather poor - sounds like it skips - but it's interesting to compare that with the version by the Yardbirds.
 
Last edited by a moderator:
  • #147
There's a lot of great rock and roll on here, but few play it the way it was originally meant to be played. Mathwonk already mentioned some of the old-time greats, so let's zero in on some of the shining stars:

"[MEDIA=youtube[/URL]

Great song, great performance.

Then, of course, the 50s also had its Michael Jackson (check his [PLAIN]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jerry_Lee_Lewis" entry if you don't know what I'm talking about):

"[MEDIA=youtube[/URL]

And let's not forget the king...

[PLAIN]"[MEDIA=youtube[/URL]It was great while it lasted, but sadly, true rock and roll died on February 9, 1964. Watch, and enjoy:

[PLAIN]"[MEDIA=youtube[/URL]
 
Last edited by a moderator:
  • #148
More than "honourable mention" must be awarded to the folllowing:
Genesis: "Mama"
[MEDIA=youtube]fc_6idxhMzA[/MEDIA][/URL]
Peter Gabriel:
"Shock the monkey"
[PLAIN][MEDIA=youtube]B1Zo1-U73UE[/MEDIA][/URL]
"Sledgehammer"
[PLAIN][MEDIA=youtube]NaPYQysTHtA[/MEDIA][/URL]
 
Last edited by a moderator:
  • #149
Here's a couple songs from Dave Carter and Tracy Grammer.

http://www.signaturesounds.com/ulf/multimedia/23/Disappearing.ram (Nice violin and cello piece)

http://www.signaturesounds.com/ulf/multimedia/57/Tanglewood.ram
 
Last edited by a moderator:
  • #150
Since Space Tiger is digging out the oldies-but-goodies, here is one I used to holler along with when I was a kid - when it was a new song getting heavy rotation. Carl Perkins' "Blue Suede Shoes" - the original rockabilly hit.

[MEDIA=youtube]GKQ0RU0aKnc[/MEDIA][/URL]
 
Last edited by a moderator:

Similar threads

Strange or bizarre covers of Best Songs .
  • · Replies 30 ·
2
Replies
30
Views
6K
Underrated Songs Because Of Its Popularity
  • · Replies 41 ·
2
Replies
41
Views
6K
Photo Contest - Sing Me A Song, Play Me Some Music (5/21-5/27)
  • · Replies 4 ·
Replies
4
Views
3K
MHB My Failed University Life: Addictions, Depression, and Uncertain Future
  • · Replies 1 ·
Replies
1
Views
2K
The best band you've never heard of
  • · Replies 18 ·
Replies
18
Views
3K
Close Calls from Falling Objects Out of High Rises
  • · Replies 6 ·
Replies
6
Views
2K
I've been feeling lost as of late.
  • · Replies 6 ·
Replies
6
Views
2K
IPhone 7 and AM push button radios....how did we get here?
  • · Replies 16 ·
Replies
16
Views
2K
Something disturbing happened to me
  • · Replies 14 ·
Replies
14
Views
5K
Admissions Advice on how best to spend my time for graduate school applications
  • · Replies 15 ·
Replies
15
Views
2K