What is the Best Saxophone Song?

[Schrodinger's Dog]

who sang the song that has the lyrics:

and the first time ever i kissed your lips i felt the earth...something something?

that is a good song!

The first time ever I saw your face. Is the song.

Roberta Flak

The first time ever I saw your face
I thought the sun rose in your eyes
And the moon and stars were the gifts you gave
To the dark and the empty skies, my love,
To the dark and the empty skies.

The first time ever I kissed your mouth
And felt your heart beat close to mine
Like the trembling heart of a captive bird
That was there at my command, my love
That was there at my command.

And the first time ever I lay with you
I felt your heart so close to mine
And I knew our joy would fill the Earth
And last till the end of time my love
It would last till the end of time my love

The first time ever I saw your face, your face,
your face, your face

 

[sara_87]

yes! that's right!
thanx i can now sleep lol

 

[Schrodinger's Dog]

yes! that's right!
thanx i can now sleep lol

You're welcome, now that's poetry and music, quite touching

 

[quantumdude]

Hey, this band ROCKS ! Only heard of the name, but never knew they were so great!

They do a kickass version of Summertime Blues too.

edited to add:
Whoops nevermind, I thought I read "Blue Cheer". Anyway, look that band up too!

 

[quantumdude]

Yes-Starship Trooper
http://youtube.com/watch?v=mBaRqZU-0PI

My best friend LOVES that song. All 3 hours of it. I think it's OK, but it's really awkward when he plays it on the bar jukebox. Everyone gets pissed wondering when the heck it's going to end so they can hear the crap that they played.

 

[turbo]

Well, that must have been a great concert!

Btw, I just downloaded some of the BOC stuff, it's absolutely great. A total refreshment.

Edit: and I just realized they wrote Astronomy.

Radou, get a copy of their first album on CD They really kicked A$$. The stuff you see on youtube does not approximate their early live stuff.

 

[Astronuc]

Radou, get a copy of their first album on CD They really kicked A$$. The stuff you see on youtube does not approximate their early live stuff.

BÖC's first 3 albums are great! And their Live CD "On Your Feet or On Your Knees" is excellent! Their later stuff, Agents of Fortune and so on, was rather disappointing.

Fortunately, when I saw them, they were just releasing Agents of Fortune and were still playing material from their first three albums.

 

[Evo]

I love The Magnetic Fields. But I can't find any of my favorite songs by them online. The two that are on youtube that aren't horrible cover bands have really crappy videos by the people that uploaded them.

This wasn't one of my favorite songs, but the more I listen to it, the more it grows on me. I adore Stephin Merritt's voice. The video isn't bad either.

The Death of Ferdinand de Saussure

 

[radou]

The Death of Ferdinand de Saussure

Both track and video rule !

 

[turbo]

Humble Pie's "30 Days in the Hole" from the "Smokin'" LP - no video, but a nice slide show of their album cover art.


Before Humble Pie, Steve Marriott fronted The Small Faces. They started out as a mod group doing R&B stuff and morphed into the psychedelic pop group seen here. The other singer is bassist Ronnie Lane.


Here's the mod-rocker phase of The Small Faces.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i5rurtwT9RI&mode=related&search=

 

[turbo]

Now for some blues...

Sonnyboy Williamson "Your Funeral and My Trial"


Sonnyboy sitting in with Muddy Waters on "Got My Mojo Working". That's Willie Dixon on bass, and I think that Pinetop Perkins is on piano. Stylistically it sounds like him, and one of the voices in the response is a reedy tenor, which fits.


"Blow Wind Blow" by Muddy and the band. Notice they misspelled Pinetop's name as "Pintup". They must have traveled light to England because they are using Orange amps instead of Fenders.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=shmUOqaHVcs&mode=related&search=

Willie Dixon, master songwriter and bass player, boogieing with a piano.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gBusyR1ot7I&mode=related&search=

"Shake it for Me" by Howlin' Wolf
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O8xSgs7VLNM&mode=related&search=

 

[radou]

A short digression to one of the greatest guitar solos ever:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lZN4fBC2s00"

 

[Schrodinger's Dog]

A short digression to one of the greatest guitar solos ever:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lZN4fBC2s00"

That's quite simply one of the finest guitar solos I've ever heard, the first time I heard it I was like woaah

 

[radou]

That's quite simply one of the finest guitar solos I've ever heard, the first time I heard it I was like woaah

Pure rock anthology.

 

[turbo]

radou, get the first album by the Blue Oyster Cult. Donald Roeser's guitar solo on Cities on Flame with Rock and Roll will hit the top of your list. The solos available on Youtube do not hold a candle to the one on that album. Luckily, they were pretty fresh out of the studio when they started their inaugural tour and Roeser nailed that solo. The applause was deafening.

 

[radou]

radou, get the first album by the Blue Oyster Cult. Donald Roeser's guitar solo on Cities on Flame with Rock and Roll will hit the top of your list. The solos available on Youtube do not hold a candle to the one on that album. Luckily, they were pretty fresh out of the studio when they started their inaugural tour and Roeser nailed that solo. The applause was deafening.

Thanks for the tip, I'm trying to track down the first album. I'm currently listening to a compilation which seems to contain some older stuff too (including Cities on Flame).

 

[fuzzyfelt]

Just remembered seeing this a few years ago,
Birmingham Rhapsody
http://www.uk-onlineshopping.co.uk/br.htm

 

[radou]

Another masterpiece, Dream Theater's "A Change of Seasons":

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GS2EheOJTqQ"

 

[Kurdt]

A short digression to one of the greatest guitar solos ever:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lZN4fBC2s00"

Its alright but its not very technically demanding

 

[radou]

Its alright but its not very technically demanding

Not very technically demanding? Interesting viewpoint. Arguments?

Edit: and even if it weren't technically demanding, it doesn't really matter, since a track needn't be technically demanding in order to kick ass.

 

[Kurdt]

Well its just the same phrases repeated many times. Apart from cramp in fingers there's not much to it. I like it but I wouldn't say it was the best ever.

 

[imaplanck]

In the mean time - Spacehog

 

[Evo]

Another one by Magnetic Fields. Darn I want my good songs.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZTHoM9uD6nc&NR

 

[scorpa]

Hmmm I have no idea whether I've posted already in this thread or not but lately I have had Johnny Cash's cover of Hurt stuck in my head. I really like that song.

 

[radou]

Well its just the same phrases repeated many times. Apart from cramp in fingers there's not much to it. I like it but I wouldn't say it was the best ever.

Since I posted more than one song in this thread, obviouslly none of them can be 'the best ever'.

If you play a 'classical' instrument, I'll understand what you said, and if you don't, I'll believe you watched only the first two or three minutes of it, which can be completely understood, since you have to have some nerve to watch 24 minutes of something which doesn't really impress you.

Edit:

Another one by Magnetic Fields. Darn I want my good songs.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZTHoM9uD6nc&NR

Whoa, their videos rule!

Hmmm I have no idea whether I've posted already in this thread or not but lately I have had Johnny Cash's cover of Hurt stuck in my head. I really like that song.

It's a great song, amof, I didn't even know it's a cover and I didn't even know its name! Just know it's playing in the background often while my dad's working. Here's the video, btw:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SmVAWKfJ4Go"

 

[turbo]

Not very technically demanding? Interesting viewpoint. Arguments?

Edit: and even if it weren't technically demanding, it doesn't really matter, since a track needn't be technically demanding in order to kick ass.

Kurdt is right, IMO. I am a guitarist and I've played professionally, and hosted open-mike jams at local taverns for fun later in life, and the licks in that lead are falling-off-a-log easy to cop. Very few guitarists would be much impressed by that lead, no matter how much of a crowd-pleaser it is.

Heck! Neil Young had a hit with this simple-minded ditty and it was a popular song at his live concerts. BTW, the version on his album featured a "lead" that was a repetition of a single note played in time to the rhythm section. At least he threw in a few different notes in this live version.


As for Skynard guitar riffs, "I know a Little" is probably their best from the viewpoint of a guitarist. They mix it up pretty good.

 

[radou]

Kurdt is right, IMO. I am a guitarist and I've played professionally, and hosted open-mike jams at local taverns for fun later in life, and the licks in that lead are falling-off-a-log easy to cop. Very few guitarists would be much impressed by that lead, no matter how much of a crowd-pleaser it is.

Interesting, since I know some pretty good guitar players who admire John Petrucci. I guess it's a matter of personal taste, then. But no one can convince me that there is not at least one (!) lick during these 24 minutes which requires a decent level of guitar playing technique.

But on the other hand, I admit, since I don't play so well, it's a lot easier to impress me.

As for Skynard guitar riffs, "I know a Little" is probably their best from the viewpoint of a guitarist. They mix it up pretty good.

This is great, not unlike all LS stuff.

 

[verdigris]

Off the top of my head:
SUPERTRAMP - hide in your shell
CHRIS DE BURGH - Rosanna
COMMODORES - three times a lady
ABBA - winner takes it all
BEETLES - yesterday
JOHNNY CASH - a boy named sue
ELVIS PRESLEY - are you lonesome tonight
GARY NEWMAN - are friends electric
CELINE DION -when there is only love
JONI MITCHELL - sharon
TOM JONES - green green grass of home
MARIAH CAREY - mariah's theme
PINK FLOYD - money
DON MCLEAN - american pie
ELTON JOHN - song for guy

 

[scorpa]

It's a great song, amof, I didn't even know it's a cover and I didn't even know its name! Just know it's playing in the background often while my dad's working. Here's the video, btw:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SmVAWKfJ4Go"

I believe it's a cover of a 9 inch nails song. Thanks for the video.

 

[Kurdt]

Argh Chris De Burgh! I think this sums him up well.



With regards to the technical ability of that solo, I play guitar and although I've never been compelled to play that particular song I could probably work it out as it sounds and looks like a variation on the minor pentatonic scale with a few bluesey notes stabbed in.