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.
  • #951
psss... Do not tell astronuc about this video.

just found it.

might be a joke. I loved it. I love Satriani.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=<object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/6TIq6GwejJE&hl=en&fs=1"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/6TIq6GwejJE&hl=en&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object>
 
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  • #952
65Gh0U0wkBs[/youtube] I like this one.
 
  • #953
Jeff Buckley - Last Goodbye
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NEiieZ50_yc Fiona Apple - Forever is a Promise
 
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  • #954
I've been listening to this version of this song for a few months. Odd to imagine she wrote this when she was in her 20's.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=<object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/tKQSlH-LLTQ&hl=en&fs=1"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/tKQSlH-LLTQ&hl=en&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object>

I think I told Lisab that I wanted this played at my funeral, because it reminded me of me.
 
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  • #955
Fleet Foxes - Mykonos

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7TbmLkwMHwo

Keller Williams - Best Feeling

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QHDupqwy-nA
 
  • #956
B. Elliott said:
Keller Williams - Best Feeling

Ah! Don't get me started on acoustic guitar...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=<object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/xdEAccE7BMs&hl=en&fs=1"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/xdEAccE7BMs&hl=en&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object>

Unfortunately, I'd never heard of these guys, and missed half their set when they came to the OCF. This song was playing as I approached the main stage.
 
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  • #957
OmCheeto said:
Ah! Don't get me started on acoustic guitar...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=<object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/xdEAccE7BMs&hl=en&fs=1"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/xdEAccE7BMs&hl=en&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object>

Unfortunately, I'd never heard of these guys, and missed half their set when they came to the OCF. This song was playing as I approached the main stage.

A punk band called Toy Dolls does a great version.. if you can stand punk. ;-)
 
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  • #958
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=arZDB-7osXQ

What Is And What Should Never Be by Led Zeppelin
 
  • #959
The Yardbirds, "Heart Full of Soul."Early Jimmy Page...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f9mQkFpkShg&feature
 
  • #960
Renaissance - Prologue


Annie Haslam had an incredible vocal range, and I've never heard any other artist reach the high notes like she does.

Annie Haslam - Sounds of the Sea - Renaissance


Renaissance - Ocean Gypsy


My favorite tune by Renaissance is 'Ashes Are Burning' from their live double LP album Live from Carnegie Hall. Jon Camp plays a great bass solo.

Renaissance-Ashes Are Burning part 1 (studio version)
-pt1
- pt2


One of my favorite and more mellow rock pieces (from former Procol Harum members)

Crawler Stone Cold Sober
 
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  • #961
FrancisZ said:
The Yardbirds, "Heart Full of Soul."


Early Jimmy Page...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f9mQkFpkShg&feature
Jeff Beck who was the last guitarist of the tumultuous Yardbirds can be seen here about 1:12 in. Page was the engineer/bassist in the very last incarnation of the group, and it is unlikely that he would have been featured in a TV spot. Look for a skinny geek.
 
  • #962
This is probably an acquired taste admittedly but this is Black Winter Day by Amorphis. All of the bands music is based on the Finnish national epic that I can't remember the name of.

 
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  • #963
Xiva said:
This is probably an acquired taste admittedly but this is Black Winter Day by Amorphis. All of the bands music is based on the Finnish national epic that I can't remember the name of.



Hahaha... the Mjolnir necklace was a nice touch.

I'd have to say that the orginal Black Sabbath album is still my all time favourite. Slayer's Count Down to Extinction is one that I have a hard time not liking still, maybe since they were a part of my high school years.
 
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  • #964
Its nothing particularly amazing but this is the song that made me love the blues.
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  • #965
TheStatutoryApe said:
Hahaha... the Mjolnir necklace was a nice touch.

I'd have to say that the orginal Black Sabbath album is still my all time favourite. Slayer's Count Down to Extinction is one that I have a hard time not liking still, maybe since they were a part of my high school years.

you mean Megadeth's? Not bad albums though I agree.
 
  • #966
Xiva said:
you mean Megadeth's? Not bad albums though I agree.

Ha! See how much I love metal? You are right it is Megadeth.
I also used to really enjoy Type O Negative. Their songs seem so much more cheesy now.
And I still have the soundtrack for The Crow which I think I mentioned earlier in this same thread. Some of those songs are much more hardcore than I am used to but I still love them.
An old member from here that hasn't been around a while now said that in her experience people tend to maintain a preference for music from when they were teenagers. I think to some degree she is right since I don't think I would like Helmet or Rollins Band if I heard them now.

Classic Type O Negative...
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Now I think I like it for how cheesy it is.
 
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  • #967
TheStatutoryApe said:
Ha! See how much I love metal? You are right it is Megadeth.
I also used to really enjoy Type O Negative. Their songs seem so much more cheesy now.
And I still have the soundtrack for The Crow which I think I mentioned earlier in this same thread. Some of those songs are much more hardcore than I am used to but I still love them.
An old member from here that hasn't been around a while now said that in her experience people tend to maintain a preference for music from when they were teenagers. I think to some degree she is right since I don't think I would like Helmet or Rollins Band if I heard them now.

Classic Type O Negative...
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Now I think I like it for how cheesy it is.

I'm not a big fan of American/british metal these days (I was in high school). it's too bluesy. I mostly listen to proggy stuff like tool, beatles, and smashing pumpkins, and then there's the aforementioned european metal lol. here's one of my favorite videos. weird in a different way of course;

 
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  • #968
Xiva said:
I'm not a big fan of American/british metal these days (I was in high school). it's too bluesy. I mostly listen to proggy stuff like tool, beatles, and smashing pumpkins, and then there's the aforementioned european metal lol. here's one of my favorite videos. weird in a different way of course;



Interesting video. Like a Lynch-Burton collaboration. I didn't much care for the intro music. It sounded like Enya on prozac.

Here's a link to a song with one of my favorite intro's:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=abZlWqVeLzg&feature=related
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Sorry about being able to understand the lyrics.
 
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  • #969
Strange moods and confusion make the best songs.


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  • #970
Ooops. Missed fathers day again.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=<object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/Q29YR5-t3gg&color1=0xb1b1b1&color2=0xcfcfcf&hl=en&feature=player_embedded&fs=1"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowScriptAccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/Q29YR5-t3gg&color1=0xb1b1b1&color2=0xcfcfcf&hl=en&feature=player_embedded&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" allowScriptAccess="always" width="425" height="344"></embed></object>
 
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  • #971
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yIqrvUqp7Ok
Classic stuff right there
 
  • #972
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DwPwOawuhBc
 
  • #973
Once in awhile, I find a remix, that reconnects me with my youth.

I used to listen to Napalm Beach, the Wipers, Christian Death, and such.

I guess it's not odd that I very much like this song that I found today.

Does anyone know the name of the genre of this type of music I used to listen to? Labels have always eluded me for some reason. I'm guessing grunge angst non-glitter goth metal rock. But that looks like everything, so I'm guessing that I'm a bit off.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=<object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/oxonqyWgTuE&hl=en&fs=1&"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/oxonqyWgTuE&hl=en&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object>
 
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  • #974
Clocks by coldplay, such smooth, relaxing and reflective music. brilliant!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ESixOodDWXw

Edit by Ivan: Link fixed
 
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  • #975
math_04 said:
Clocks by coldplay, such smooth, relaxing and reflective music. brilliant!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ESixOodDWXw

I don't see the video..

Some of mine:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y8qj2MzIlJw
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GM0zSACpMto
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Usfy6PP3RI and Enya!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f7UVoUW-xw8
 
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  • #976
rootX said:
I don't see the video..

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ESixOodDWXw

Fixed :biggrin:
 
  • #977
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ECyAATeNH3E

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S7D65IomNYY



Links fixed by Ivan. Only post the video code and not the entire link. :biggrin:
 
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  • #978
Note to all: If you are posting a YouTube video, only include the video code, and not the entire link, between the YouTube delimiters.
 
  • #979
Ivan Seeking said:
Note to all: If you are posting a YouTube video, only include the video code, and not the entire link, between the YouTube delimiters.

thank you sir!
 
  • #980
a song for that special someone. I love Armstrong's voice!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4cHsPCAZlP4
 
  • #981
My friends and I sometimes play guess that song and I could not believe that they did not even recognize Ray Charles voice.

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  • #982
The Verve - Bittersweet Symphony
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zx3m4e45bTo

Interesting story behind this song. The violin instrumental was part of an old 60's tune, an instrumental variation of the Rolling Stone's "The Last Time" done by the Andrew Oldham Orchestra in 1966. The Verve had problems with the song.
Allmusic.com said:
Even at their peak, however, the curse of the band's past lingered on, as legal hassles awarded 100 percent of the song's publishing rights to ABKCO Music, which controlled the Stones' back catalog.

The Andrew Oldham Orchestra - The Last Time
 
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  • #983
Great live performance. Got into a groove and soared off into the stratosphere.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dHq4laFwAEM
 
  • #984
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YZ87TSn7RLg

Unfortunately, I can't find "Call me a train" which I like best.
 
  • #985
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QXzg2y6qmAM

Lyrics and the mood are bad but her voice / the music is so beautiful.
 
  • #986
Borek said:
Unfortunately, I can't find "Call me a train" which I like best.

That's really cool Borek.
Have you ever seen/heard a japanese drum team?
I got to hear one from a local japanese school at my step grandparents anniversary several years ago. They were really amazing.

Here's a good looking video I found...
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  • #987
drudkh is a fairly new band, but please listen to this:

don't look at the video though
also this:
i like it coz i am such a big metallica fan
is pretty good
agalloch:

forrest stream:
http://www.last.fm/music/Forest+Stream/_/Autumn+Elegy i couldn't find a proper link to it
swallow the sun:

these are new bands and i don't think many have listened to them but they're awesome
 
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  • #988
George Jones said:
Great live performance. Got into a groove and soared off into the stratosphere.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dHq4laFwAEM

Woah, the lead singer of that band looks like new crazy rapper Joaquin Phoenix.
 
  • #989
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  • #990
Ten years after - I'd love to change to world
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jzrUqAtUcpU

Stealers Wheel - Stuck In The Middle With You
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gy6cqFIljQo

Portishead - Glory Box
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qnUFhrmk3Os
 
  • #991
B52s - Rock lobster
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Ard8V_EV6o&feature=PlayList&p=2695784921033803&playnext=1&playnext_from=PL&index=45
 
  • #992
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zU97n-HuAJA

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P_NpxTWbovE
 
  • #993
Astronuc said:
The Verve - Bittersweet Symphony
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zx3m4e45bTo

Interesting story behind this song. The violin instrumental was part of an old 60's tune, an instrumental variation of the Rolling Stone's "The Last Time" done by the Andrew Oldham Orchestra in 1966. The Verve had problems with the song.

The Andrew Oldham Orchestra - The Last Time


As much as I like Bittersweet Symphony and sympathise, I think The Last Time has a lot that Bittersweet Symphony lacks. It was great to listen to them one after the other, thanks for that!
 
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  • #994
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=<object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/GUn4jXZko5E&hl=en&fs=1&"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/GUn4jXZko5E&hl=en&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object>

Symphony X - Set the World on Fire - Metal, sounds like Dream Theater. The guitarist is amazing!


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=<object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/TQJ1k2HMoRU&hl=en&fs=1&rel=0"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/TQJ1k2HMoRU&hl=en&fs=1&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object>

Classical Gas as played by Tommy Emmanuel.. I someday wish to be that good at guitar lol Original song is by Mason Williams, which is an excellent version as well, but I like Tommy's better.


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And of course, like a true devoted metal-head (for the most part anyway lol), Pantera - Floods.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=<object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/tWLw7nozO_U&hl=en&fs=1&rel=0"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/tWLw7nozO_U&hl=en&fs=1&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object>

Stevie Ray Vaughan - Texas Flood


So many others... But I'll end it there.. lol
 
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  • #995
fuzzyfelt said:
As much as I like Bittersweet Symphony and sympathise, I think The Last Time has a lot that Bittersweet Symphony lacks. It was great to listen to them one after the other, thanks for that!
They are really two different songs. IMO, the Verve did a very different song and used a very small part of the Andrew Oldham Orchestra. Oldham version of The Last Time was dormant for 30 years. The company who owned the rights to the Rolling Stones Tunes should not have gotten 100% royalties, and IMO The Verve should have fought it.

The point of copyright is to protect the author/creator, and to ensure that the author/creator gets reasonable compensation for his or her creativity. However, in modern times, the laws have changed to protect the 'owner' rather than the creator, and that leads to a loss of innovation. Owners do not create - they simply make money - for themselves.
 
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  • #996
Astronuc said:
They are really two different songs. IMO, the Verve did a very different song and used a very small part of the Andrew Oldham Orchestra. Oldham version of The Last Time was dormant for 30 years. The company who owned the rights to the Rolling Stones Tunes should not have gotten 100% royalties, and IMO The Verve should have fought it.

The point of copyright is to protect the author/creator, and to ensure that the author/creator gets reasonable compensation for his or her creativity. However, in modern times, the laws have changed to protect the 'owner' rather than the creator, and that leads to a loss of innovation. Owners do not create - they simply make money - for themselves.

I agree and had expressed myself badly- putting thoughts that didn’t follow into the same sentence. They are two different songs, and unrelated to the case, I just feel the Verve’s song misses the discords of the bells, for example. I’d like to hear a greater combination of the songs.
 
  • #997
Astronuc said:
The point of copyright is to protect the author, and to ensure that the author gets reasonable compensation for his or her creativity. However, in modern times, the laws have changed to protect the 'owner' rather than the creator, and that leads to a loss of innovation. Owners do not create - they simply make money - for themselves.
That factor really ticked me off when Michael Jackson and others bought the rights to the Beatles' songs and traded them like investments. It's pretty standard these days, and it's sad. As a musician, I know how much personal effort and sacrifice (as well as joy) can go into composing music, and it ticks me off when I see corporations and millionaires making fortunes off the creative talents of others.

In one particular band line-up, we relied on lots of guitar-work similar to the Allman brothers or Molly Hatchet and the other lead player was using a humbucker-equipped Gibson and a tube amp, just as I was. Our rhythm guitarist was using a cleaner guitar through a SS amp (think Doobie Brothers) so we could pick him out of the mix pretty well. The complications came when we played back the reel-to-reels of our rehearsals and Dave and I couldn't figure out which one of us played which leads. It's like we were bluesy-rock twins and were so in-tune and synched that 2 guitars could sound like one. During the play-back of rehearsal tapes either he or I would often say "wow! I can't believe you pulled that off", and the other would say "no, that was you there".

Somehow I don't see the CEO of SONY, MJ, or others who control corporate copyright holdings in that position. They are just pushing the bucks around, and the artists get pennies. It was much worse decades ago, when musicians (especially poor black blues players) would get paid a flat sum to play in a recording studio and the studio would rake in big bucks on the hits. Bonnie Raitt has been on a campaign for about 20 years or so to try to get these musicians (performers and composers) some money. Ain't happening.
 
  • #998
I don't understand. Didn't the creators of the music get paid already? If they sell their rights to the music, I don't see what is unfair about it. It would seem that they just made a bad business decision and went for the short buck.

Also, not to be underestimated is the risk associated with promoting music. THAT risk is [historically] taken by the record companies. It is a bit like the inventor who thinks inventing is how money is made. Wrong! Sales is where money is made. And making sales means taking risks.
 
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I don't know if I've posted this before, but Diana Damrau's performance as The Queen of the Night is just magical:
 
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Martin Sexton - Diner (Scrubs)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_66FSnIUc3Q
 

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