What is the Best Saxophone Song?

[Absolution]

Hiya! I do not really have any exact favourite songs, but my favourite bands are Muse and Sigur Ros! Anyone listen to them?

Tim

 

[FrancisZ]

This'll make anybody want to get up and boogie...


"The Sound of Philadelphia,"


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VtrWbBGOv5k&feature



And On Soul Train...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2s02l3fudK8&feature

 

[binzing]

Iron and Wine is great too.

 

[Ivan Seeking]

I've always been a sucker for ballads.

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

"Last Kiss" is a song that was written by Wayne Cochran in 1962 and originally performed by Wayne Cochran & the C.C. Riders, although their version of the song had little success.[1] The song was later covered by J. Frank Wilson and the Cavaliers, Wednesday, Pearl Jam, and several international artists, all of whom had success with the song.

...Wayne Cochran was initially inspired to write the song after having lived near a dangerous highway where several accidents had occurred yearly.[1] Cochran began writing the song in 1956. He came up with the song's chord progression, first verse, and chorus, although five years would pass before Cochran finished the song.[1]

Cochran based the rest of the song on an incident in which several teens were killed and two seriously injured when their car struck a flatbed logging truck.[2] Sixteen-year-old Jeanette Clark was out on a date in Barnesville, Georgia on December 22, 1962, the Saturday before Christmas. She was with a group of friends in a 1954 Chevrolet. J. L. Hancock, also sixteen, was driving the car in heavy traffic and while traveling on Highway 341, collided with a trailer truck. Clark, Hancock, and another teenager were killed, and two other teens in the car were seriously injured.[3] Cochran finished the song, which he titled "Last Kiss", and dedicated it to Clark.

-wiki

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5oNLj6fQTmM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zMTPHa7HWGs

 

[Ivan Seeking]

Speaking of ballads, this is an old favorite of mine.

THE BALLAD OF DANNY BAILEY - ELTON
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SPgFE7eJCVc

 

[Ivan Seeking]

This'll make anybody want to get up and boogie...


"The Sound of Philadelphia,"


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VtrWbBGOv5k&feature

Yeah baby! I'll call your scary 70's and raise you a Hustle. The author of this song agonized over the lyrics for years before finally completing his masterpiece.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gFz2WkVAk38

 

[binzing]

Sufjan Stevens-For the widows in paradise, For the fatherless in Ypsilanti
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=<object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/d4tkiGvV_ek&hl=en&fs=1"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/d4tkiGvV_ek&hl=en&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object>
Sufjan is one of my newest fav. artists. I'm learning his stuff on banjo.

 

[OmCheeto]

What I thought I heard Obama say the other day:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VogUm3gZ2X4"

What I thought I heard the right say the other day:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SguOpmkAzWs&feature=related"

this musical advertisement inspired by Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab, Inc.
Because great music, deserves great reproduction.

 

[TeTeC]

Hiya! I do not really have any exact favourite songs, but my favourite bands are Muse and Sigur Ros! Anyone listen to them?

Tim

Sigur Ros is great. You've got to see them live, if that hasn't already happened.

 

[turbo]

This one is for Ivan. (and no, it's not because of Sting's weird hair!)



BTW, this song was getting heavy rotation in country-themed juke joints even before Toby Keith glommed onto it.

 

[SticksandStones]

Right away, Great Captain - Devil Dressed in Blue
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[Ivan Seeking]

This one is for Ivan. (and no, it's not because of Sting's weird hair!)

Heh, at first I thought you meant the title: I'm So Happy I Can't Stop Crying

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C72oi6iMO2M

 

[angel 42]

check this one, something different, way different…………hope you don’t mind





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[Holocene]

Rammstein - Spring

 

[Ivan Seeking]

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

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

 

[Ivan Seeking]

For MIH

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rsn4KZkUBeg

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9oYrOtdlPsc

Donny & Marie Osmond - Morning Side Of The Mountain
http://hannyiesz.multiply.com/video/item/123/Donny_Marie_Osmond_-_Morning_Side_Of_The_Mountain

 

[~christina~]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2xh1DHlXjEY&NR

"What will you celebrate" by Ricardo Padua (Disney Commercial)

 

[Math Is Hard]

Thanks, Ivan! That brought back memories!

 

[Ivan Seeking]

Thanks, Ivan! That brought back memories!

I think the screams of that crowd [Go Away Little Girl] approach the maximum frequency of human hearing!

I remember my sister playing this stuff for hours on end.

 

[~christina~]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mfYkhQblYjY
One of my favourite songs of course..

 

[Ivan Seeking]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6yGCHPmfqT0

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xm5DPlNCmtk

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4LNH27s5ULE

 

[binzing]

Gah, wtf. All the vids for Nirvana's stuff have the "embed disabled by request".

 

[turbo]

Ruby, she comes on the morning. Like sun through the wind she arrives...

My wife lights my life this way. Simple little song with nice lyrics and simple arrangement (a couple of guitars, bass, and flute). It's still a favorite.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=046zKTMo-8w&feature=PlayList&p=B3B15EE594B7489F&playnext=1&index=9

 

[Ivan Seeking]

I noticed recently that someone posted a couple of songs done by an old buddy of mine.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wrHoa36xRFk

This was by far Jeff's biggest hit - We'll never have to say goodbye again. It was ultimately released by england dan & john ford coley and did very well on the charts - I think it was number one for a time.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BocR0Pu25Kk

Jeff was also responsible for some of the music in the movie, Midnight Cowboy, and much of his stuff was done by other artists. Years later he returned to school, at which time I drug his butt through chemistry. We had been buddies for about six months when I first visited him at home. At that point I knew nothing of his music career, so you can imagine my surprise when I walked into his livingroom and saw I think six gold albums hanging on the wall!

 

[w3390]

One of the best songs ever has got to be Metallica's Master of Puppets.

 

[Ivan Seeking]

One afterthought: Jeff was also a comedian, which comes across in much of his music. I have a rare copy of his song I found your number on the bus stop restroom wall. He finds a number on the restroom wall and calls it in hopes of getting lucky. But at the end of the song he realizes that the number is his own and he's talking to his wife.

On the flip side is the reason for giving me a copy. He wrote something like "this is just to show how I feel about all of the invaluable help that you have given me this year". The song is called So ****ing what. That song was part a comedy routine he did at nightclubs. He was a lot of fun to have around... I remember him running about the Chem lab one day yelling "My cock is leaking! My cock is leaking!". He meant his petcock, of course.

Here's what he's doing now.
http://www.drjeffbooks.com/author.html

 

[sandbanana]

bad religion - struck a nerve

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

bad religion - i want to conquer the world

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h-VyWe0sm0I

 

[Dadface]

Manometer by the Muppets:
Manometer do do do do do
Manometer do do do da
Manometer do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do da
M a a a a a a nometer manometer manometer
(to be sung to the tune of manometer)
I forget the other words but they are very moving and bring a tear to the eye.
Does anyone think It a good idea for this forum to get involved in some community singing?

 

[neu]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=joB2-baMCBg

 

[JasonRox]

I'm not sure if these were posted, I definitely rank these as some of the best songs...




It still sends me chills down my back when I listen to it. I still I can't believe I was there.

EDIT: The funny part is like 30-40 seconds into the second video. Watching him, and then at that moment live you're like... what's he doing... then...!