What is the Best Saxophone Song?

[Char. Limit]

You want the best songs ever? I present to you the Battle of Wizna.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=epeQwq-aYV0

And as a bonus, some power metal with an extremely fast guitar.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7qN9sHGEPdE

 

[SW VandeCarr]

You want the best songs ever? I present to you the Battle of Wizna.

When I first saw this, my first thought that some inde group had appropriated that name without knowing that it was a real battle. Of course, it was a real battle where some 720 Polish troops held off German tanks, aircraft and about 43.000 invading German troops for three days in September, 1939. None of the Polish defenders were known to have survived. Most people don't know that the conquest of Poland was costly to the Germans and would have been more costly had not Soviet forces invaded from the east as allies of Germany.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Wizna

 

[Char. Limit]

When I first saw this, my first thought that some inde group had appropriated that name without knowing that it was a real battle. Of course, it was a real battle where some 720 Polish troops held off German tanks, aircraft and some 43.000 invading German troops for three days in September, 1939. None of the Polish defenders were known to survive. Most people don't know that the conquest of Poland was costly to the Germans and would have been more costly had not Soviet forces invaded from the east as allies of Germany.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Wizna

Well I hope when you watched it, you were pleasantly surprised!

 

[SW VandeCarr]

Well I hope when you watched it, you were pleasantly surprised!

War is never pleasant to watch, but the Polish people are quite justified in taking great pride in this extraordinary feat of valor and patriotism. Hopefully such circumstances will never again arise in Europe.

 

[SW VandeCarr]

Warning. This song may be hazardous to your (mental) health. Obviously probably millions of people have watched this video without any problems (or at least no new problems). In any case: caution, you are about to enter the twilight zone. If anyone has any idea what it means, please tell me. (I've already read the wiki article and some other sources. It's just a lot of speculation.)

http://letras.terra.com/nirvana/28514/

Well, I guess morbid madness sells.

 

[AJKing]

I love mashups :).

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UTfdE-CG0SE

 

[TheStatutoryApe]

Warning. This song may be hazardous to your (mental) health. Obviously probably millions of people have watched this video without any problems (or at least no new problems). In any case: caution, you are about to enter the twilight zone. If anyone has any idea what it means, please tell me. (I've already read the wiki article and some other sources. It's just a lot of speculation.)

http://letras.terra.com/nirvana/28514/

Well, I guess morbid madness sells.

A lot of alternative bands had songs and music videos like that. It was a sort of neo-beatnik thing I think.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3mbBbFH9fAg&ob=av3e

 

[SW VandeCarr]

A lot of alternative bands had songs and music videos like that. It was a sort of neo-beatnik thing I think.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3mbBbFH9fAg&ob=av3e

I know, but this song seems more extreme for an alternative rock band that went mainstream (in terms of commercial success). NIrvana's chord structures and progressions are fairly simple and easy to play. Nearly all the songs written by Cobain are based on these structures. Some, like "The Man Who Sold the World" have interesting lyrics, but that song is a cover (of David Bowie). Most of Cobain's lyrics seem like they were cut and pasted at the last minute, random thoughts roughly held together by some theme. In fact, according the wiki article, they were in many cases. It seems that Nirvana's success is largely based on its willingness to be nonsensical and outrageous. Take Jesus (always a good draw), put him in a hospital bed with a skeletal human fetus (or something) in his IV bottle; have him climb onto a cross, crows and all; add a little blond blue eyed girl, a fat lady and embryos growing on a tree and slug your much larger bass guitarist for no apparent reason, and you've got a smash hit.

I admit, it's original and probably took some effort to put together, but I'm willing to hear arguments as to why Nirvana was such a great band (other than being outrageous).

 

[AVReidy]

The best songs ever include Eleanor Rigby, A Day In the Life, Here There and Everywhere, and In My Life.

 

[BWV]

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

 

[SW VandeCarr]

Joe Cocker, Leon Russell, "Feeling Alright"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aqF0b84nkI0&feature=related

 

[Finkle]

King Crimson anyone?

 

[Kurdt]

Warning. This song may be hazardous to your (mental) health. Obviously probably millions of people have watched this video without any problems (or at least no new problems). In any case: caution, you are about to enter the twilight zone. If anyone has any idea what it means, please tell me. (I've already read the wiki article and some other sources. It's just a lot of speculation.)

http://letras.terra.com/nirvana/28514/

Well, I guess morbid madness sells.

He was obsessed by birth, death and bodily functions. Look up some of his artwork.

 

[FlexGunship]

123 Pages?? Almost 2000 posts?! And still no consensus. So... what're the best songs ever? I've for $3.79 in iTunes credit and I want to make sure I buy the three best songs.

 

[turbo]

Lyle and Allison!

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

 

[MrNerd]

I like a lot of video game music. Then again, I am a rather odd person. But here's some of my favorites:

Liberi Fatali(From Final Fantasy VIII)


Act on Instinct(From some of the Command and Conquer games)


The Landing on Dollet(Also from Final Fantasy VIII)


Holy Butterfly(A remix of some Japanese game series, I think Touhou)


Sparking Slash(Also a remix of the same Japanese game series)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vyCTkh35zbw&feature=related

 

[FlexGunship]

I like a lot of video game music. Then again, I am a rather odd person.

Total Annihilation had an amazing soundtrack!

 

[MrNerd]

Total Annihilation had an amazing soundtrack!

That is some pretty nice music you linked.

 

[SW VandeCarr]

He was obsessed by birth, death and bodily functions. Look up some of his artwork.

Re: post 1955 p123

Yeah, he was. These are pretty big issues for everyone, so it's easy to see how this video would attract some attention. But I don't understand the symbolism with the little girl dressed in a KKK outfit. What kind of message does it send for a blond blue eyed child to be dressed that way?

BTW. I was wrong about the skeletal fetus in the IV bottle. You can see it's a "fresh" human fetus with the umbilical cord and placenta when you stop the video. Kurt had such delicate tastes

 

[Proton Soup]

Re: post 1955 p123

Yeah, he was. These are pretty big issues for everyone, so it's easy to see how this video would attract some attention. But I don't understand the symbolism with the little girl dressed in a KKK outfit. What kind of message does it send for a blond blue eyed child to be dressed that way?

BTW. I was wrong about the skeletal fetus in the IV bottle. You can see it's a "fresh" human fetus with the umbilical cord and placenta when you stop the video. Kurt had such delicate tastes

i'm not sure what it means. except that it apparently involves some kind of woman troubles. but with a lover or his mother? a heart-shaped box is probably one of those keepsake boxes that she stores her memories in - pictures, tokens, and other mementos. and, knowing him, she's somehow driven him to go on a drug bender.

i'm also not a fan of cobain other than i can enjoy some of their tunes for the sound. i certainly don't think of him as a great poet like others do, and probably the reason the lyrics seem so screwed up is because he himself was pretty screwed up and this spilled over into his relationships and everything else.

 

[SW VandeCarr]

i'm also not a fan of cobain other than i can enjoy some of their tunes for the sound. i certainly don't think of him as a great poet like others do, and probably the reason the lyrics seem so screwed up is because he himself was pretty screwed up and this spilled over into his relationships and everything else.

He was miserable most of his short life beginning with his parents' divorce. He spent his teenage years partly with his father and partly with his mother. His mother was in an abusive relationship and his stepmother ignored him after his half-brother was born. Unable to deal with Kurt, his father sent him to live with an evangelical family where he initially was happy but later rebelled. He moved in with his mother but she soon kicked him out. He had a number of difficult relationships with women and later said he was gay. However, this doesn't seem to have been true.

During his later teenage years and early 20's he was in several different bands in Olympia and Seattle and eventually formed the band Nirvana with his friend Krist Novosilec. The band became famous with the release of the album "Nevermind" on Sept 24, 1991. Many celebrated the 20th anniversary of this release recently. He married Courtney Love in 1992 and had a daughter with her named Francis Bean Cobain who recently had a "coming out" as a model and singer.

During most of this time he continued with heavy drug use and apparently suffered from a painful GI disorder (possibly ulcerative colitis). He OD'd on heroin a number of times and Courtney regularly carried an antidote which she became expert at injecting. He also made several deliberate suicide attempts until he succeeded (4/94).

Courtney recently said in an interview that if he (miraculously) returned, she would kill him. She said a bit more. You can read the article.

http://www.wesh.com/r/29421298/detail.html

 

[OmCheeto]

I am a collector of boats built about a mile away from the bridge young Cobain sang about. I went to meet the builder of my boats a few years ago. It was his 90th birthday. He wasn't dead, but the town Kurt grew up in appeared to be.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oqfPMc-3Wks

Oh poop.

Look what's on Curt's tombstone:

sorry... but Evo did forewarn of our/my rants.

 

[SW VandeCarr]

I am a collector of boats built about a mile away from the bridge young Cobain sang about. I went to meet the builder of my boats a few years ago. It was his 90th birthday. He wasn't dead, but the town Kurt grew up in appeared to be.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oqfPMc-3Wks

The myth, that Cobain actually lived under this bridge, is probably not true according to his friend and co member of Nirvana, Krist Novoselic. The song "Something in the Way" describes such an existence. Not all of Kurt's whereabouts during his periods of homelessness are documented, but he often stayed with friends and had lived for a time with a girlfriend who worked at a SeaTac airport restaurant. Kurt probably earned some money from gigs but it's not clear what he did with that money. Anyway, his frustrated girlfriend eventually kicked him out (like his mother did).

http://blogs.ocweekly.com/heardmentality/2011/07/kurt_cobains_hometown_to_consi.php

 

[Willowz]

 

[OmCheeto]

The kids at work are always playing strange music. This was a song that I couldn't comprehend, but it had a catchy tune, so I looked it up.

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

If someone could explain the song to me, I would be most grateful.

...

Never mind. I just watched the video about 10 times.

I understand now.

 

[SW VandeCarr]

Never mind. I just watched the video about 10 times.

I understand now.

Good. To help others, here are the lyrics. I think this makes everything clear.

http://www.azlyrics.com/lyrics/awolnation/sail.html

BTW, Another example of Cobain's genius is the opening verse of the Nirvana classic, "In Bloom".

"Sell your kids for food
Weather changes moods
Spring is here again
Reproductive glands"

Enough high culture. I'm going to listen to Jupiter for a while. Thanks Willowz.

 

[ThomasT]

Good. To help others, here are the lyrics. I think this makes everything clear.

http://www.azlyrics.com/lyrics/awolnation/sail.html

I still don't get it.

 

[ThomasT]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UZ4BKX5R1ko&feature=related

 

[ThomasT]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rtwNRyryd7c&feature=related

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[Borek]

None of the Polish defenders were known to have survived.

There are no verifiable information, only estimates, that about 40 people were taken POW and about 40 retreated.

 

[OmCheeto]

gads
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IKy_gTrdXaU
those were happier days...

 

[Evo]

A very sad song.



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fDgokYi-1lI

 

[turbo]

A very sad song.



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fDgokYi-1lI

A favorite!

 

[Saitama]

Here's one of my favourite. I know this one is disliked by many for the reasons i don't know but i love its music. :)

 

[turbo]

Just listened to Pressed Rat and Warthog again. Cream wrote some pretty quirky stuff, at times. This one is a favorite.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZX06inW2hK4

 

[turbo]

Dan Fogelberg wrote and performed some of my all-time "chill" songs. Here are a couple.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZdDwm3QIwfg

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

"The Reach" is especially accessible to Mainers.

 

[OmCheeto]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wHylQRVN2Qs
1985

In his 2010 interview with World Entertainment News Network Sting admitted that the song was inspired by watching the Soviet TV via satellite:

I had a friend at university who invented a way to steal the satellite signal from Russian TV. We'd have a few beers and climb this tiny staircase to watch Russian television... At that time of night we'd only get children's Russian television, like their 'Sesame Street'. I was impressed with the care and attention they gave to their children's programs. I regret...

 

[fuzzyfelt]

The kids at work are always playing strange music. This was a song that I couldn't comprehend, but it had a catchy tune, so I looked it up.



If someone could explain the song to me, I would be most grateful.

...

Never mind. I just watched the video about 10 times.

I understand now.

I don't think much of the lyrics, although we've been enjoying the song. I think I even linked the song in chat some weeks ago.

 

[OmCheeto]

I don't think much of the lyrics, although we've been enjoying the song. I think I even linked the song in chat some weeks ago.

One of the lines from the song; "This is how an angel cries", reminded me of; "This is how it sounds when doves cry".

I think it's a well done version of societal psycho-bombardment and self-imposed human angst.

"Blame it on my ADD" - Doctor's diagnosis of what is wrong with him.
"Sail, Sail, Sail" - Tourettes
"Maybe I should kill myself" - Passive aggressive?
etc. etc. etc.

I'm not a doctor, but he seems to just need a big hug.

But the visual message people are making of this song, says it has a message:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0QS3uyThYCE

Along with the "Aliens" stuff. ALIenS. (anagram!)

 

[DevilsAvocado]

A very sad song.

AHH! Clapton! :!)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kM9jtzCAmf8&hd=1
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kM9jtzCAmf8

[Sonny Landreth must be the best slide guitar player in the world. He’s playing behind the slide!? ]Also sad... Conor...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AscPOozwYA8&hd=1
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AscPOozwYA8

 

[DevilsAvocado]

Just listened to Pressed Rat and Warthog again. Cream wrote some pretty quirky stuff, at times. This one is a favorite.

Weird... if not knowing, I would have bet $$$ on Monty Python... "atonal apples, amplified heat"... :shy:


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xQycQ8DABvc

 

[rootX]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C7hTAp6KrGY

 

[nobahar]

They have been playing this on Classic FM a lot recently. Great song:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P2K7D-uMH2g

 

[Willowz]

Can't find the yt classics thread, but this song is a classic and a great song too!


Lol

 

[OmCheeto]

I don't think much of the lyrics, although we've been enjoying the song. I think I even linked the song in chat some weeks ago.

I tend to make too much of lyrics sometimes. This song, supposedly about insomnia, I was able to translate into the Arab Spring.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UoNtIkRm1HE

Go without = being poor
till the need seeps in = starving
mumble mumble pedals, stem
eviscerate your fragile frame = self-immolation of Mohamed Bouazizi
a thousand different versions of yourself = scores of copy cat self-immolations across the middle east
and if the old guard still offends = tired of the status quo
they've got nothing left upon which you depend = hopeless for the future
So enlist every ounce, of your bright blood, and off with their heads = Revolution (in the style of the French)
Jump from the hook = take a step back
you're not obliged to swallow anything you despise = decide what you want for yourself

See, those unrepenting buzzards want your life, and they got no right.
As sure as you have eyes,
They got no right.

Just put yourself in my new shoes.
And see that I do all I do.
Because the old guard still offends.
(Their pudgy hearts and slimy hands)
They got nothing left on which we depend.
So enlist every ounce
Of your bright blood.
And off with their heads.

Jump from the hook.
You're not obliged to swallow anything you despise,
That you despise.

Though Mohamed Bouazizi set himself on fire on 17 December 2010, and the album, "Wincing the Night Away", which contained the above song, was released on January 23, 2007. So my interpretation, is probably fueled by madness/insanity.

 

[fuzzyfelt]

One of the lines from the song; "This is how an angel cries", reminded me of; "This is how it sounds when doves cry".

I think it's a well done version of societal psycho-bombardment and self-imposed human angst.

"Blame it on my ADD" - Doctor's diagnosis of what is wrong with him.
"Sail, Sail, Sail" - Tourettes
"Maybe I should kill myself" - Passive aggressive?
etc. etc. etc.

I'm not a doctor, but he seems to just need a big hug.

But the visual message people are making of this song, says it has a message:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0QS3uyThYCE

Along with the "Aliens" stuff. ALIenS. (anagram!)

I tend to make too much of lyrics sometimes. This song, supposedly about insomnia, I was able to translate into the Arab Spring.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UoNtIkRm1HE

Go without = being poor
till the need seeps in = starving
mumble mumble pedals, stem
eviscerate your fragile frame = self-immolation of Mohamed Bouazizi
a thousand different versions of yourself = scores of copy cat self-immolations across the middle east
and if the old guard still offends = tired of the status quo
they've got nothing left upon which you depend = hopeless for the future
So enlist every ounce, of your bright blood, and off with their heads = Revolution (in the style of the French)
Jump from the hook = take a step back
you're not obliged to swallow anything you despise = decide what you want for yourself

See, those unrepenting buzzards want your life, and they got no right.
As sure as you have eyes,
They got no right.

Just put yourself in my new shoes.
And see that I do all I do.
Because the old guard still offends.
(Their pudgy hearts and slimy hands)
They got nothing left on which we depend.
So enlist every ounce
Of your bright blood.
And off with their heads.

Jump from the hook.
You're not obliged to swallow anything you despise,
That you despise.

Though Mohamed Bouazizi set himself on fire on 17 December 2010, and the album, "Wincing the Night Away", which contained the above song, was released on January 23, 2007. So my interpretation, is probably fueled by madness/insanity.

I like your imagination:) ! And agree with the ideas about the "sail" song, in that the repeated lone word seems liberating. Thanks, Om.

 

[DevilsAvocado]

Can't find the yt classics thread, but this song is a classic and a great song too!

Have you seen the Finish version?


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yUdb8Hy1uF4

Hot pants

 

[DevilsAvocado]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wHylQRVN2Qs
1985

In his 2010 interview with World Entertainment News Network Sting admitted that the song was inspired by watching the Soviet TV via satellite:

Sting is one of the best.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d27gTrPPAyk&hd=1
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d27gTrPPAyk
1987

 

[ThomasT]

 

[DevilsAvocado]

Very cool TT!
What’s that "thing" I have never seen anything like it... very cool, me want...


P.S. I will respond to the QM 1+1=3 stuff, promise, it’s these Italian neutrinos that has gotten in the way... and they’re so fast I have a hard time to outrun them... ;)