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.
  • #151
Here's another blast from the past - Chuck Berry stole a lot of licks and showmanship (like playing his guitar in odd positions and dancing around on stage) from him, and today there are people like Kid Ramos (former lead player for the Fabulous Thunderbirds) carrying on the West Coast style. The artist is the highly influential T-Bone Walker. This is a relatively low-key tune. I have a lot of his stuff, and he really ripped it up at times, but I couldn't find links to any more.

[MEDIA=youtube]m1vGnF9ZUpw[/MEDIA][/URL]

And here's a link where you can hear samples of songs from Kid Ramos' "West Coast House Party"

[URL]https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00004W5D8/?tag=pfamazon01-20[/URL]
 
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  • #152
Gotta add some Gordon Lightfoot
2 of my favorites...

The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald:
[MEDIA=youtube]RvKYRLtyjzw[/MEDIA][/URL]

Sundown:
[PLAIN][MEDIA=youtube]Rd8GoDfWpsw[/MEDIA][/URL]

-GeoMike-
 
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  • #153
Shpongle. This song isn't my favorite, but still great.

[MEDIA=youtube]o1jPeG1LlaQ[/MEDIA][/URL]
 
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  • #154
GluonZ said:
Shpongle. This song isn't my favorite, but still great.

[MEDIA=youtube]o1jPeG1LlaQ[/MEDIA][/URL][/QUOTE]

Nice! Another goa/psytrance fan. :biggrin:

I'll add Juno Reactor - Pistolero, one of their best songs:
[PLAIN][MEDIA=youtube]G-rC9MSNKsM[/MEDIA][/URL]

-GeoMike-
 
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  • #155
I'm getting impatient. How about getting four great singers together to sing a song. (Great mustaches - :smile: )

[MEDIA=youtube]6gOm__oZL5g[/MEDIA]&NR[/URL]
 
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  • #156
Leaving on a Jet Plane by, get this, John Denver and Mama Cass
[MEDIA=youtube]VVyMGfcV4uA[/MEDIA][/URL]

And, Annie's Song, by Denver.
[PLAIN][MEDIA=youtube]hBSusfv2m_8[/MEDIA]&NR[/URL]
 
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  • #157
[MEDIA=youtube]KwXTWNfUxvY[/MEDIA][/URL]

Giant solo Dream Theater did mid-concert. (Dream Theater like to vary their concerts alot)
 
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  • #158
  • #159
Helplessly Hoping by CSN. A couple of my friends and I used to get together with our acoustic guitars and try to get some of their numbers down. The results were generally disappointing because our harmonies weren't up to this standard.

[MEDIA=youtube]ArczUVXrODQ[/MEDIA][/URL]
 
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  • #161
BobG said:
I'm getting impatient. How about getting four great singers together to sing a song. (Great mustaches - :smile: )

:smile: I was sure this was a lead up to a Crosby, Stills, Nash, & Young song. Oh well, while we're on the topic (along with turbo's link), might as well...

"[MEDIA=youtube[/URL]
 
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  • #162
Johnny Cash, Carl Perkins, and Eric Clapton doing an old blues tune - "Matchbox". You've got a country guy with a tinge of rock, the original rockabilly master, and the reigning blues/rock guitarist together on one stage. I would love to have been there for the rehearsals! Check out Clapton's interpretation of a rockabilly guitar lead.

[MEDIA=youtube]9dJARoP5U2A[/MEDIA][/URL]

Edit: Here is another clip with Derek and the Dominos leading into Matchbox. You've got to love Johnny Cash, Glen Campbell, the Smothers Brothers, etc, for insisting on live performances on their shows when the standard at the time was still lip-synching.

[PLAIN][MEDIA=youtube]Q1fXhLVaBBY[/MEDIA][/URL]
 
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  • #163
Well, here's a classic from Boomtown Rats:
[MEDIA=youtube]gDRxCV8u_S4[/MEDIA][/URL]
 
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  • #164
arildno said:
Well, here's a classic from Boomtown Rats:
[MEDIA=youtube]gDRxCV8u_S4[/MEDIA][/URL][/QUOTE]


That song is based on a real sad fact

One of the catchiest songs of the 80s:

Come on Eileen- Dexy's Midnight runners

[PLAIN][MEDIA=youtube]QbSwYRUpnc8[/MEDIA][/URL]
 
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  • #165
hypnagogue said:
The Velvet Underground

Venus in Furs
http://youtube.com/watch?v=HeOLR2xOHSA

Definitely merits "best songs ever" status.

And some live Velvet Underground stuff I managed to dig up on youtube...

I'm Waiting for My Man - a soft acoustic / piano version
http://youtube.com/watch?v=5rhiqI6PlTo

Heroin
http://youtube.com/watch?v=aXbgdj1Pd_w

Venus in Furs (live)
http://youtube.com/watch?v=ayZ8SlU-OuQ

Awesome, any recommendations on VU stuff to get? I only have The Velvet Underground and Nico. (The one with the banana on the front.):cool:
 
  • #166
If you're looking for a sound similar to The Velvet Underground & Nico, you should go with White Light/White Heat. Their other two albums, The Velvet Underground and Loaded, are both great but abandon some of the more experimental, harsh, and jam-ish aspects of the first two. The Velvet Underground (self-titled album) is slower, softer and more contemplative on the whole. Loaded, their last album, has a more traditional and polished pop-rockish sound. Although Loaded sounds rather different from the previous albums, I'd say it's a must have. But really, if you like their first album, I think it's worth it to get all of the other three as well.
 
  • #167
I hate to think of how many times l listened to this one...well DSOTM

Breathe - Floyd
[MEDIA=youtube]lvkPKyMswUo[/MEDIA][/URL]
 
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  • #168
Ivan Seeking said:
I hate to think of how many times l listened to this one...well DSOTM

Breathe - Floyd
[MEDIA=youtube]lvkPKyMswUo[/MEDIA][/URL][/QUOTE]
Nobody I know likes that song...:confused:
 
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  • #169
Don't watch this if you like cute animals!

[MEDIA=youtube]zoIOTbWSVDg[/MEDIA][/URL]

Hunted by a Freak by Mogwai, one of the best British bands from the last 10 years.
 
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  • #171
Endless Sacrifice by Dream Theater
[MEDIA=youtube]P__vSPoUC48[/MEDIA][/URL] Part 1
[PLAIN][MEDIA=youtube]s2o4qRdiDoE[/MEDIA][/URL] Part 2

Part of Hell's Kitchen.
[PLAIN][MEDIA=youtube]4rMcJdxcJvg[/MEDIA][/URL] I just love how crisp and sharp his drums sound.

Cannon in D(Ouble Bass)
[PLAIN][MEDIA=youtube]1IW71M5ND_s[/MEDIA][/URL] - I just think this is really cool :)
 
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  • #172
For Turbo:

Allison Krauss and Union Station performing Man of Constant Sorrow.
[MEDIA=youtube]o6ilN4cFmjk[/MEDIA][/URL]

gives me chills.:smile:
 
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  • #173
Math Is Hard said:
For Turbo:

Allison Krauss and Union Station performing Man of Constant Sorrow.
[MEDIA=youtube]o6ilN4cFmjk[/MEDIA][/URL]

gives me chills.:smile:[/QUOTE]Yes! Dan Tyminski is a great singer and flatpicker and Jerry Douglas (who has his own band, but often appears with AKUS) has got to be the best dobro player ever. Thanks for the video. AKUS has a live 2-CD set that just kills, and I have a couple of live CDs of Tony Rice with Allison in the band. There is some serious talent in that group of folks.
 
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  • #174
Here is a video of Jerry Douglas' band doing a snappy instumental called "Patrick Meets the Brickbats". Note to Allison - it does not seem to have effected his fiddle-playing, but do not get the spiked mohawk.

[MEDIA=youtube]LDLgedB70IQ[/MEDIA][/URL]
 
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  • #175
And one of the best singer-songwriters in the business - Marc Cohn. This is one of his better-known songs, though by far not his best work. I have "Marc Cohn", "The Rainy Season", and "Burnin' the Daze" and there is not a clunker to be found on any of the CDs.

[MEDIA=youtube]mEIqA8-HNgU[/MEDIA][/URL]
 
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  • #176
Ivan Seeking said:
I hate to think of how many times l listened to this one...well DSOTM

Breathe - Floyd
[MEDIA=youtube]lvkPKyMswUo[/MEDIA][/URL][/QUOTE]

finally a man with taste :smile:
 
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  • #177
Anttech said:
finally a man with taste :smile:
if its pink floyd were talking about, i think the best are: time, wish you were here, hey you, the trail.

i just started listening to king crimson they are AMAZING, and to think that they are from the 70's.. they play heavy rock, which probably mean that the style of today was shaped a lot by them...
 
  • #178
I am listening to Ummagumma right now :)
 
  • #179
Anttech said:
I am listening to Ummagumma right now :)
Meddle was one of my favorites.
 
  • #180
I like Velvet underground very much, but British music is what is moving me most at the moment, as I'm missing the UK! Waterloo Sunset, Sympathy for the devil, Gimme Shelter and the Pink Floyd songs were touching, also, I listened to a lot of Belle and Sebastian living there, so humour me: [MEDIA=youtube]3HCox24nrlk[/MEDIA][/URL]
 
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  • #181
turbo-1 said:
Here is a video of Jerry Douglas' band doing a snappy instumental called "Patrick Meets the Brickbats". Note to Allison - it does not seem to have effected his fiddle-playing, but do not get the spiked mohawk.

[MEDIA=youtube]LDLgedB70IQ[/MEDIA][/URL][/QUOTE]
Wow! Mad skillz!
Reminds me of those old Andy Griffith show episodes with the Darling family musical numbers -- Briscoe Darling would say, "Jes jump in where you can, Sheriff, and try ta' hang on!":biggrin:
 
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  • #182
Math Is Hard said:
Wow! Mad skillz!
Reminds me of those old Andy Griffith show episodes with the Darling family musical numbers -- Briscoe Darling would say, "Jes jump in where you can, Sheriff, and try ta' hang on!":biggrin:
Briscoe Darling - "Alright boys! Slimey River Bottom!"

Charlene Darling - "No, Pa! That one makes me cry!"

BTW, the band of slack-jawed silent "boys" was played by The Dillards. The talent was real
 
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  • #183
The Clash:
Best armadillo in the world! :smile:
[MEDIA=youtube]KnUHs0hepaQ[/MEDIA][/URL]

"Should I stay or should I go":
[PLAIN][MEDIA=youtube]qpB7jzALtYQ[/MEDIA][/URL]

"London Calling"
[PLAIN][MEDIA=youtube]giMDOZdpanA[/MEDIA][/URL]
 
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  • #184
turbo-1 said:
Briscoe Darling - "Alright boys! Slimey River Bottom!"

Charlene Darling - "No, Pa! That one makes me cry!"
:smile: :smile: :smile:
 
  • #185
A great song from Chris de Burgh, "Don't pay the Ferry-man":
[MEDIA=youtube]JQ7ukCJifew[/MEDIA][/URL]

And a classic from Roxy Music:
[PLAIN][MEDIA=youtube]1ZBY2ge_3R4[/MEDIA][/URL]
 
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  • #187
Yet another great group: Supertramp

"It's raining again"
[MEDIA=youtube]VAB6pxCRzrA[/MEDIA][/URL]
"The logical song":
[PLAIN][MEDIA=youtube]pBAasek8NR4[/MEDIA][/URL]



This clip is ONLY for the ladies of PF:
[PLAIN][MEDIA=youtube]0CE3GkyAjac[/MEDIA][/URL]
 
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  • #188
arildno said:
Yet another great group: Supertramp

"It's raining again"
[MEDIA=youtube]VAB6pxCRzrA[/MEDIA][/URL]
"The logical song":
[PLAIN][MEDIA=youtube]pBAasek8NR4[/MEDIA][/URL][/QUOTE]

What a coinkidink. I just got my Best of Supertramp CD in the mail last Monday and have been listening to it all week.
 
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  • #189
What an enviable week you've had! :smile:
 
  • #190
Malagueana Salerosa -

as performed by Chingon on Kill Bill
 
  • #191
[MEDIA=youtube]4NkueZm1SfE[/MEDIA][/URL]

Dream Theater - Hell's Kitchen, one of their older songs. Really good.
 
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  • #192
thanks, especially for 'London Calling', Arildno
 
  • #193
Okay, this might not reach quite up to "the best songs ever", but it is at least the best song ever made by Culture Club:
[MEDIA=youtube]kfMmnlU8agw[/MEDIA][/URL]
 
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  • #194
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-460158242229795839&q=Rudess This is a video of Jordan Rudess, Dream Theater's Keyboardist doing an UNBELIEVABLE solo, everything after 1:50 is AWESOME! (Those cameramen must've been like "omg he has l33t skillz!1one". (The first 1:50mins is great but some people might not like it)
 
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  • #195
When did he shave his head?
 
  • #196
I'm not exactly sure, but I like him better with a shaved head then with his long hair.
 
  • #197
If you like stuff by the stones, aerosmith or guns n roses you should have a listen to a band called Hanoi Rocks.

They where an awesome band that got struck down just before they made it big when their drummer got killed in a car crash.
 
  • #198
Holy cow! I just found this one, and though the video quality is poor, the sound is pretty good. Some of the finest rip-em-up bluegrass to be had!

[MEDIA=youtube]yGuKvqShtUo[/MEDIA]&mode=related&search=[/URL]
 
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  • #199
Andy said:
They where an awesome band that got struck down just before they made it big when their drummer got killed in a car crash.

Speaking of getting struck down before hitting it big:

"[MEDIA=youtube[/URL]
 
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  • #200
Here's a gem:
David Bowie's promotional video from 1971 for his classic album "Hunky Dory", singing one of his best songs ever, Life on Mars:
[MEDIA=youtube]SczS83OGxIw[/MEDIA][/URL]
 
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