What is the Best Saxophone Song?

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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.
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12 Girls Band - Shanghai


The Er-hu (Erhu) is one of my favorite instruments.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erhu

Yangqin - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yangqin
The trapezoidal yangqin (Simplified Chinese: 扬琴; Traditional Chinese: 揚琴; Pinyin: yángqín) is a Chinese hammered dulcimer originally from the Middle East (Persia (modern-day Iran)). It used to be written with the characters 洋琴 (lit. "foreign zither"), but over time the first character changed to 揚 (also pronounced "yáng"), which means "acclaimed". It is also spelled yang quin or yang ch'in. Hammered dulcimers of various types are now very popular not only in China, but also Eastern Europe, the Middle East, India and Pakistan. The instruments are also sometimes known by the names "santur" and "cymbalom".

The yangqin was traditionally fitted with bronze strings, which gave the instrument a soft timbre. This form of instrument is still occasionally heard today in the hudie qin (蝴蝶琴, lit. "butterfly zither") played in the traditional silk and bamboo genre from the Shanghai region known as Jiangnan sizhu (江南絲竹), as well as in some Cantonese music groups. The Thai and Cambodian khim are nearly identical in their construction, having been introduced to those nations by southern Chinese musicians. Since the 1950s, however, steel alloy strings (in conjunction with copper-wound steel strings for the bass notes) have been used, in order to give the instrument a brighter, and louder tone.
It's a very cool instrument. Composer/vocalist Lisa Gerrard has used this instrument in some of her performances, which one can see in Dead Can Dance's performance of Rakim from their work Toward the Within posted by Evo at the top of page 24.

Twelve Girls Band - Carnival (Live)


12 girls band - ceilinjan


12 girls band - the quarter moon is rising


Lisa Gerard - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lisa_Gerrard
Born April 12, 1961 in Melbourne, Lisa Gerrard grew up in the multi-ethnic suburb of Prahran with her Irish immigrant parents, where she was exposed to Greek, Turkish, Italian, Irish and Arab cultures. Her upbringing in this diverse suburb had a large influence on her music, particularly on later Dead Can Dance albums and in her solo and collaborative work.
Cool! :cool:
 
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  • #453
Evo said:
Not many of you have probably ever heard this Viet Nam era song.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J-Gdfe-Glxc&NR=1
Not too many folks around here may recognize a young Dick Smothers doing the intro. Talk about nostalgia.
 
  • #454
My daughter introduced us to Loreena McKennitt, who has a very beautiful voice.

Loreena McKennitt - The Mystic's Dream - LIVE



Loreena McKennitt - The Mummer's Dance
(LIVE) - shows instruments


Loreena McKennitt - La Serinissima


Loreena McKennitt- Beneath a Phrygian Sky


Loreena McKennitt - The English Ladye and the Knight


Loreena McKennitt - Bonnie Portmore (Highlander series)


Lorena Mckennit prologue
 
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  • #455
The Lady of Shalott (Long version 10:00)


Loreena McKennitt - The Lady of Shalott (LIVE) 4:14


On either side of the river lie
Long fields of barley and of rye,
That clothe the world and meet the sky;
And thro' the field the road run by
To many-towered Camelot;
And up and down the people go,
Gazing where the lilies blow
Round an island there below,
The island of Shalott.

Willows whiten, aspens quiver,
Little breezes dusk and shiver
Thro' the wave that runs forever
By the island in the river
Flowing down to Camelot.
Four grey walls, and four grey towers,
Overlook a space of flowers,
And the silent isle imbowers
The Lady of Shalott.

Only reapers, reaping early,
In among the bearded barley
Hear a song that echoes cheerly
From the river winding clearly
Down to tower'd Camelot;
And by the moon the reaper weary,
Piling sheaves in uplands airy,
Listening, whispers "'tis the fairy
The Lady of Shalott."

There she weaves by night and day
A magic web with colours gay,
She has heard a whisper say,
A curse is on her if she stay
To look down to Camelot.
She knows not what the curse may be,
And so she weaveth steadily,
And little other care hath she,
The Lady of Shalott.

And moving through a mirror clear
That hangs before her all the year,
Shadows of the world appear.
There she sees the highway near
Winding down to Camelot;
And sometimes thro' the mirror blue
The Knights come riding two and two.
She hath no loyal Knight and true,
The Lady Of Shalott.

But in her web she still delights
To weave the mirror's magic sights,
For often thro' the silent nights
A funeral, with plumes and with lights
And music, went to Camelot;
Or when the Moon was overhead,
Came two young lovers lately wed.
"I'm half sick of shadows," said
The Lady Of Shalott.

A bow-shot from her bower-eaves,
He rode between the barley sheaves,
The sun came dazzling thro' the leaves,
And flamed upon the brazen greaves
Of bold Sir Lancelot.
A red-cross knight for ever kneel'd
To a lady in his shield,
That sparkled on the yellow field,
Beside remote Shalott.

His broad clear brow in sunlight glow'd;
On burnish'd hooves his war-horse trode;
From underneath his helmet flow'd
His coal-black curls as on he rode,
As he rode back to Camelot.
From the bank and from the river
he flashed into the crystal mirror,
"Tirra Lirra," by the river
Sang Sir Lancelot.

She left the web, she left the loom,
She made three paces thro' the room,
She saw the water-lily bloom,
She saw the helmet and the plume,
She looked down to Camelot.
Out flew the web and floated wide;
The mirror cracked from side to side;
"The curse is come upon me," cried
The Lady of Shalott.

In the stormy east-wind straining,
The pale yellow woods were waning,
The broad stream in his banks complaining.
Heavily the low sky raining
Over towered Camelot;
Down she came and found a boat
Beneath a willow left afloat,
And round about the prow she wrote
The Lady of Shalott

And down the river's dim expanse
Like some bold seer in a trance,
Seeing all his own mischance -
With a glassy countenance
She looked to Camelot.
And at the closing of the day
She loosed the chain and down she lay;
The broad stream bore her far away,
The Lady of Shalott.

Heard a carol, mournful, holy,
Chanted loudly, chanted lowly,
Till her blood was frozen slowly,
And her eyes were darkened wholly,
Turn'd to towered Camelot.
For ere she reach'd upon the tide
The first house by the water-side,
Singing in her song she died,
The Lady of Shalott.

Under tower and balcony,
By garden-wall and gallery,
A gleaming shape she floated by,
Dead-pale between the houses nigh,
Silent into Camelot.
Out upon the wharfs they came,
Knight and Burgher, Lord and Dame,
And round the prow they read her name,
The Lady of Shalott.

Who is this? And what is here?
And in the lighted palace near
Died the sound of royal cheer;
And they crossed themselves for fear,
The Knights at Camelot;
Lancelot mused a little space
He said, "She has a lovely face;
God in his mercy lend her grace,
The Lady of Shalott."
 
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  • #456
Loreena McKennitt - Penelope's Song


Now that the time has come
Soon gone is the day
There upon some distant shore
You'll hear me say

Long as the day in the summer time
Deep as the wine dark sea
I'll keep your heart with mine.
Till you come to me.

There like a bird I'd fly
High through the air
Reaching for the sun's full rays
Only to find you there

And in the night when our dreams are still
Or when the wind calls free
I'll keep your heart with mine
Till you come to me

Now that the time has come
Soon gone is the day
There upon some distant shore
You'll hear me say

Long as the day in the summer time
Deep as the wine dark sea
I'll keep your heart with mine.
Till you come to me


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Loreena McKennitt - Dante's Prayer

(many sunsets, mountain and shoreline scenes)
(alt)

When the dark wood fell before me
And all the paths were overgrown
When the priests of pride say there is no other way
I tilled the sorrows of stone

I did not believe because I could not see
Though you came to me in the night
When the dawn seemed forever lost
You showed me your love in the light of the stars

Cast your eyes on the ocean
Cast your soul to the sea
When the dark night seems endless
Please remember me

Then the mountain rose before me
By the deep well of desire
From the fountain of forgiveness
Beyond the ice and fire

Cast your eyes on the ocean
Cast your soul to the sea
When the dark night seems endless
Please remember me

Though we share this humble path, alone
How fragile is the heart
Oh give these clay feet wings to fly
To touch the face of the stars

Breathe life into this feeble heart
Lift this mortal veil of fear
Take these crumbled hopes, etched with tears
We'll rise above these earthly cares

Cast your eyes on the ocean
Cast your soul to the sea
When the dark night seems endless
Please remember me
Please remember me
 
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  • #457
One of the most beautiful pieces of Rock music ever written and performed.
Spirit - Taurus - 1968 - (slideshow)



SPIRIT / FRESH-GARBAGE / TAURUS


Spirit - I Got A Line On You
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bs7qUw3cuY

Spirit - Nature's Way


Spirit - Mr. Skin



Documentary - Innovative rock at the time, contemporaries of Hendrix, Yardbirds and QSM,
predecessors of Led Zepplin

Spirit - The Video History - Part 1 of 6


Spirit - The Video History - Part 2 of 6 (includes a decent All Along the Watchtower)


Spirit - The Video History - Part 3 of 6


Spirit - The Video History - Part 4 of 6


Spirit - The Video History - Part 5 of 6


Spirit - The Video History - Part 6 of 6



I saw Spirit twice in the 1970's.


All Along The Watch Tower - Night of the Guitars


Jimi Hendrix - All along the watchtower (Live)


Jimi Hendrix All Along The Watchtower (Studio version) - turn it down at the end.
 
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  • #459
An Irish national treasure, Mary Black. Why did my ancestors leave? Oh, right, they were starving.

 
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  • #461
This isn't one of the best songs ever, but it is a demonstration of how one of the best blues bands in England (Fleetwood Mac) weathered defections, breakdowns, and religious conversions by its most talented front-men (Peter Green, Jeremy Spencer, and Danny Kirwan) and settle for being the back-up band for Buckingham and Nicks. I bought this album in a cut-out bin for maybe $1 at about the time that they joined Fleetwood Mac.

 
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  • #463
I'm currently in love with the new "They Might Be Giants" song, "I'm Impressed".
http://www.spin.com/video/2007/09/070914_theymightbegiants/
 
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Math Is Hard said:
I'm currently in love with the new "They Might Be Giants" song, "I'm Impressed".
http://www.spin.com/video/2007/09/070914_theymightbegiants/
Wow, TMBG are still around? I love them.

Great video.

Astronuc said:
]Red Rum has great taste in music. Thanks for sharing this.
He has a very varied taste in music.
 
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  • #466
Evo said:
Wow, TMBG are still around? I love them.

Great video.

Yeah, they are a lot of fun! I love their quirkiness. I heard them interviewed on the radio the other day and it sounds like they have been into all kinds of things. They went off and did children's albums for a while, they did music for commercials, and that Malcolm in the Middle theme was a pretty decent hit for them. Glad they are still into making music for grownups.

He has a very varied taste in music.
Well, sure. I can't imagine you making him any other way!
 
  • #467
Math Is Hard said:
Well, sure. I can't imagine you making him any other way!
He *is* real. :frown: He just travels a LOT. Like weekly. He's planning a trip to Kilimanjaro now. But he's the kind to hop on a plane to Paris just to watch a rugby game. Or was it soccer? I never know what city/country/continent he is in on any given day.
 
  • #468
Think of it, Evo... Astronuc and I can vouch for one another. We're real, and can share phone calls, etc. Lots of other people we have to take on faith in this on-line social mash-up. You could be a Blade-Runner-type replicant for all we know, with implanted memories and photographs to match. What's your incept date?
 
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Evo said:
He *is* real. :frown: He just travels a LOT. Like weekly. He's planning a trip to Kilimanjaro now. But he's the kind to hop on a plane to Paris just to watch a rugby game. Or was it soccer? I never know what city/country/continent he is in on any given day.

Maybe he has gone to Istanbul (Not Constantinople).
 
  • #470
turbo-1 said:
Think of it, Evo... Astronuc and I can vouch for one another. We're real, and can share phone calls, etc. Lots of other people we have to take on faith in this on-line social mash-up. You could be a Blade-Runner-type replicant for all we know, with implanted memories and photographs to match. What's your incept date?

:smile: :smile:

Btw, is there some Red Rum-recipe in the food thread, too? :-p
 
  • #471
Math Is Hard said:
Maybe he has gone to Istanbul (Not Constantinople).
That's nobody's business but the Turks'.
 
  • #472
radou said:
:smile: :smile:

Btw, is there some Red Rum-recipe in the food thread, too? :-p
Of course, he's a fabulous cook. And he is real, I get postcards from him from places like Russia and Brazil... really...

If I was going to make up a guy, I wouldn't make up one with a girlfriend.
 
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  • #473
Another musical treasure from Red Rum. I couldn't resist dancing around the room with the Fruit Bat when I heard this just now. I absolutely LOVE this kind of music!

http://nl.youtube.com/watch?v=D-MrUX03mWM
 
  • #474
Evo said:
Another musical treasure from Red Rum. I couldn't resist dancing around the room with the Fruit Bat when I heard this just now. I absolutely LOVE this kind of music!
Now that would be sight to see. One seems to be in a better mood these days. Arm must be better?

Great tune!
 
  • #475
Astronuc said:
Now that would be sight to see. One seems to be in a better mood these days. Arm must be better?
Everything is getting better. Three weeks and only took 3 pain pills, and those were for my back and neck.

The Fruit Bat really got into the dance, twirling in circles, leaping into the air and biting my knees. I played the song again and he jumped up thinking we were going to dance again. :smile:
 
  • #476
After I looked at that last link to nl.youtube, whenever I went to www.youtube, I got redirected to the nl site.


Anyway, some nostalgia.

Youngbloods - Let's Get Together
- Album cover


Rascals - its a beautiful morning


Rascals - How Can I Be Sure



Three Dog Night ~ Easy to be Hard


And some more modern work


Roberto Cacciapaglia - Lux Libera Nos


Roberto Cacciapaglia - How long
 
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  • #477
Astronuc said:
After I looked at that last link to nl.youtube, whenever I went to www.youtube, I got redirected to the nl site.
Odd, I don't have that problem. Red Rum lives in the Netherlands, which is why his youtube is nl.
 
  • #479
Sakamoto Kyu's "Ue o muite", the fine lyrics of which became perverted into some silly verse about a dish of fish by vulgar Germans is given below the link to the song in a fairly accurate translation:


I look up when I walk
So the tears won't fall
Remembering those happy spring days
But tonight I'm all alone
I look up when I walk
Counting the stars with tearful eyes
Remembering those happy summer days
But tonight I'm all alone
Happiness lies beyond the clouds
Happiness lies above the sky

I look up when I walk
So the tears won't fall
Though my heart is filled with sorrow
For tonight I'm all alone

Remembering those happy autumn days
But tonight I'm all alone
Sadness hides in the shadow of the stars
Sadness lurks in the shadow of the moon

I look up when I walk
So the tears won't fall
Though my heart is filled with sorrow
For tonight I'm all alone
 
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  • #481
Jimmy Page's 20 Greatest Led Zeppelin Studio Solos


You'll just have to go out and buy the albums.
 
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  • #482
And now for something completely different. Jethro Tull had a unique sound. I saw them several times during the mid and late 1970's.


Jethro Tull - A New Day Yesterday - Fillmore East 1969


Jethro Tull - Life's A Long Song, 1971


Jethro Tull - With You There To Help Me


Jethro Tull - Song For Jeffrey


Jethro Tull: To Cry You a Song/A New Day Yesterday (07/31/1976?)


Jethro Tull - Teacher


Jethro Tull - Boureé


Jethro Tull - Requiem


Jethro Tull - The Rover



Jethro Tull: Living in the Past (3/10/1985)



Jethro Tull - Aqualung (Live)


Jethro Tull: Locomotive Breath (02/10/1977)


Jethro Tull: Thick as a Brick (07/31/1976)


Jethro Tull: Thick as a Brick - Part 1 (02/10/1977)



Jethro Tull The Whistler


Jethro Tull - Cold Wind to Valhalla


Jethro Tull - Minstrel In The Gallery (with interview auf Deutsch)

with Ian Anderson's perspective on rock & roll

Jethro Tull - Minstrel in the Gallery (07/31/1976) live - full version


Jethro Tull - One White Duck



Jethro Tull: Songs from the Wood (02/10/1977)


Jethro Tull: Velvet Green (02/10/1977)


Jethro Tull: Hunting Girl (02/10/1977)


Jethro Tull: Jack in the Green (02/10/1977)



Jethro Tull: Broadsword (March 1982)



Jethro Tull: Instumental (Guitar & Drum solo) (07/31/1976)


Jethro Tull: Beethoven's Ninth (07/31/1976)


Jethro Tull: Bach's Double Violin Concerto


Jethro Tull: Elegy (3/10/1985)
 
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  • #484
Astronuc said:
And now for something completely different. Jethro Tull had a unique sound. I saw them several times during the mid and late 1970's.
I've been listening to Tull all day yesterday - 'twas sparked by Radou's comment in the other thread and I realized how long it's been since I've listened to any Tull.
 
  • #485
Diana Damrau as Queen of the Night in "Der Holle Rache"
Great scenic performance as well:


As a comparison, here's Florence Foster Jenkins doing her performance:

:smile:
 
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  • #486
Chi Meson said:
I saw a link to the tune "Ojo" (which I like better than VMG), and OUCH, it's some teenager from God-knows-where!

One should NOT be allowed to attempt this in public.

I am only 12 so I haven't got any idea what most of the songs are that you are all mentioning but I wanted to say that the little baby in the picture is soooo sweet. I have this thing about babies. They are so cute.
About the music topic though,if you are talking about songs of today I think that Kate Nash has a sweet voice. I love her song 'Foundations'.
 
  • #487
arildno said:
Diana Damrau as Queen of the Night in "Der Holle Rache"
Great scenic performance as well:


As a comparison, here's Florence Foster Jenkins doing her performance:

:smile:


Both wonderful in their own way!

Some antipodeans-
Only seen one episode, but I like this ‘Flight of the Conchords’ show so far.



An old favourite, The Saints.
 
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  • #488
When I was 10 I got an AM radio for Christmas and I would fall asleep listening to it every night. Soon after sunset, the big transmitters in Albany and Buffalo would crank up. Albany featured lots of rock and roll, but Buffalo was heavy into Mo-Town, and I loved that sound. Here's one of my favorites. Jackie Wilson's signature song "Lonely Teardrops" was in heavy rotation through the early '60's and beyond. (No video with this one)

 
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  • #489
Always a pleasure to see Enya:





and Sarah




Most beautiful clip ever:



Best song:

 
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  • #490
Technically, they might have been singing one of the best songs ever, but this still was one of the low points in musical history - David Bowie and Marianne Faithfull. I have no idea what the wardrobe folks were thinking.



She actually sings a lot better songs -

Ballad of Lucy Jordan -

Broken English -

Sister Morphine -

Working Class Hero -
 
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  • #491
natia said:
can't find the link, but note - "Sleeping Sun" by "Nightwish"

:!)- awesome I love Nightwish! They will be in SF Nov.2nd I have Tickets! It has been tough adjusting to Anette over the beloved Tarja but here's a link to one of the songs I love.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uEQ9YV9v9Yg

Tool is my all time favorite-(Warning: Hard stuff)
"stinkfist"


and just incase that didnt disturb you enough here is anotherhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hii17sjSwfA
 
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  • #493
The real voice. Ivan Rebroff

 
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  • #494
Sheep May Safely Graze (Schafe können sicher weiden)

One of the most beautiful pieces of classical music
Composed by Johann Sebastian Bach
Performed by Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields
Conducted by Neville Marriner

Sheep may safely graze - B A C (Boys Air Choir)

Outstanding images in the video

Harp - Katrina plays Sheep May Safely Graze - I love the harp



Another favorite piece of classical music

Rachmaninoff 's vocalise played here by Itzhak Perlman
 
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  • #496


she is great and what a smile!

great recorded concert


oh, my...

 
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  • #497
Sia - Breathe me

 
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  • #498
Jackson Browne live with David Lindley on fiddle. "For a Dancer"

 
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  • #499
Andre said:
Best song:

I like that. I just wish she had more dissonance.
 
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  • #500
Not to everyones taste, but some french drum and bass accompanied by powerful visionary art on youtube. This sort of music has a powerful effect on me, similar to african drumming because of its very fast tempo. The art is amazing too, read the users description about the endogenous psychadelic DMT causing dreams and causing the pictures in the video, very interesting.
 
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