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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I am sure that opera is not the favourite music of most people, but it sure is for me. Here's the one and only Luciano Pavarotti with "Una furtiva lagrima" (basically : "a secret or well hidden tear") :

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marlon
 
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  • #202
How 'bout this big time Mozart Action : Queen of the Night from the Magic Flute. This entire opera is just a sequence of musical masterpieces...

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This is another extract from the Magic Flute with "die drei Knaben" that guide Pamina, Tamino and Papageno. I am the small guy on the right. I WAS 11 BACK THEN :smile:

The soprano is Kathleen Battle, she is hot...

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marlon
 
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  • #203
We've just had the Jewish new year and soon we'll have Yom Kippur. Every year at this time http://www.blogmusik.net/?urlIdSong=31643" sticks in my head. It's based on a prayer that's recited twice in the new year services and once on Yom Kippur. I'm very secular but both the song and the prayer that inspired it are very touching. Here's a translation of the relevant part of the prayer:
On Rosh Hashanah will be inscribed and on Yom Kippur will be sealed how many will pass from the Earth and how many will be created; who will live and who will die; who will die at his predestined time and who before his time; who by water and who by fire, who by sword, who by beast, who by famine, who by thirst, who by storm, who by plague, who by strangulation, and who by stoning. Who will rest and who will wander, who will live in harmony and who will be harried, who will enjoy tranquillity and who will suffer, who will be impoverished and who will be enriched, who will be degraded and who will be exalted.

Congregation aloud, then chazzan:

But REPENTANCE, PRAYER and CHARITY

Remove the Evil of the Decree!

Congregation and chazzan:

For Your Name signifies Your praise: hard to anger and easy to appease, for You do not wish the death of one deserving death, but that he repent from his way and live. Until the day of his death You await him; if he repents You will accept him immediately.

Chazzan:

It is true that You are their Creator and You know their inclination, for they are flesh and blood. A man's origin is from dust and his destiny is back to dust, at risk of his life he earns his bread; he is likened to a broken shard, withering grass, a fading flower, a passing shade, a dissipating cloud, a blowing wind, flying dust, and a fleeting dream.
 
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  • #204
Thankyou for posting the opera, and lovely choices. They are hard to match, and there’s so much to choose from, but I can’t help adding some more all the same. Following the lead with Donizetti and Mozart, and adding Bizet, here are
Bizet,
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sublime Mozart, [PLAIN][MEDIA=youtube]zEDnmGnYb6I[/MEDIA][/URL]
and [PLAIN][MEDIA=youtube]wd5nFd3utLg[/MEDIA][/URL]
and Donizetti, the sextet,
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  • #205
I'd had to go quickly, forgot to add that I liked Yonoz's song and it was nice to learn about, and also, was that really Marlon as a child? Sweet.
 
  • #206
fi said:
and also, was that really Marlon as a child?

Yes

Sweet.

Thanks
 
  • #207
Show me heaven...by Tina arena

A whole new world...Aladdin

Truly Madly Deeply...by cascada

I don't want to miss a thing...Aerosmith

Hero...enrique

Ain't too proud to beg...by rolling stones(although i heard a better version by someone i
don't know)

^ yeah I am a bit of a romantic if u havn't guessed :)


Old time rock n roll...by some guy i can't remember
 
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  • #208
arildno said:
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:
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I was going to put this even before I saw your post. I agree it is a great song, but Bowie doesn't do my favorite version of it. I don't even speak Portugese, but there is a guy named Seu Jorge who did a bunch of Bowie songs in portugese on an acoustic guitar and I love em. Here are my favorites:
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  • #209
tribdog said:
I was going to put this even before I saw your post. I agree it is a great song, but Bowie doesn't do my favorite version of it. I don't even speak Portugese, but there is a guy named Seu Jorge who did a bunch of Bowie songs in portugese on an acoustic guitar and I love em. Here are my favorites:
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  • #210
Here's a few more Bowie classics:
Queen B*tch:
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Cat People(Putting out Fire) (the best version of course!)
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Oh, you Pretty Things:
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  • #211
And one of the truly great German hits, by Nena:
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EDIT:
Here's a full version of Cat people today; 6 and half glorious minutes of it:
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  • #213
Great song by a one-hit wonder, B-Movie. The video per se is truly characteristic of a B-movie, rather Frankenstein-esque.

B-Movie - Nowhere girl
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  • #214
The band doesn't have the video but it is still a good song nonetheless.

www.myspace.com/thekovenant

The Kovenant-- Mirrors Paradise
 
  • #215
I can't believe I'm missed posting Nightwish this whole time!

If you don't like my videos because they're metal and you don't like metal but you had to watch one of them then watch this one.Tarja is probably one of the most beautifull women in the world with one of the most beutifull voices ever, you have to listen to this!

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  • #216
Here's a couple of irresistible 80's tunes:
Men at work: Down Under
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Madness: Our House
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  • #217
arildno said:
Here's a couple of irresistible 80's tunes:
Men at work: Down Under
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I've always looooooved his voice!:!)
 
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  • #220
Right now I am listening to:

8:33 pm Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus: Piano Concerto #23
Mitsuko Uchida (piano) ** English Chamber Orchestra ** Jeffrey Tate (conductor)

On the radio. Lovely.
 
  • #221


Cover of Metallica's One by Apocalyptica (Band with 4 cellos in it only!)

It's so beautiful and awesome!
 
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  • #222
Also

Apocalyptica going Hall of the Mountain King! :D
 
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  • #223
La Villa Strangiato-Rush
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-995275192475028323&q=la+villa+strangiato
could only find it on google video

the sound quality sucks though :(
 
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  • #224
yomamma said:
La Villa Strangiato-Rush
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-995275192475028323&q=la+villa+strangiato
could only find it on google video
I'd like that on DVD. That must have been quite a performance. Actually I'd like to be playing the bass and/or guitar. :biggrin:
 
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  • #225
John Barleycorn must die

Low spark of high heeled boys

My three favorite Rollingstones songs Paint It black, Lady Jane and have you seen your mother baby, standing in the shadows.

 
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  • #226
These are some of the songs I 've been listening over and over , n yet not bored , I don't know if they r best songs ever but certainly for me:

Tracy Chapman - Fast Car ( AMazin song)
LinkIN Park - My December (One of the very less famous songs of this commercial band , this song is certainly one of the the most mesmerising for me..)
Wonderwall-Oasis ( this song led to Oasis Vs Beatles comparison ...amazin song//)
Fake Plastic trees - Radiohead ( love the voice)
One Step Behind - LEDZeP
 
  • #227
Going waaaaaaay back, here is one that came up over the weekend. Tsu and I both still love this song - Feed the Birds. [the video itself is completely unrelated, but nothing else came up.]
 
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  • #228
Evo said:
John Barleycorn must die

Low spark of high heeled boys

My three favorite Rollingstones songs Paint It black, Lady Jane and have you seen your mother baby, standing in the shadows.

Finally, someone who appreciates Traffic/Winwood. I like his earlier stuff with the Spencer Davis Group and even the (a bit spotty) Blind Faith material.
 
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  • #229
Evo said:
John Barleycorn must die

Low spark of high heeled boys

My three favorite Rollingstones songs Paint It black, Lady Jane and have you seen your mother baby, standing in the shadows.

Thanks for those. They bring back memories.

Traffic (Live) - Glad


Also - Traffic - Dear Mr. Fantasy LIVE


Steve Winwood - Can't Find My Way Home (Live)


Decent rendition of Can't Find My Way Home


My favorite Stone's tunes are:
Gimme Shelter
You Can't Always Get What You Want
Monkey Man (great piano)

My favorite tune by Robin Trower
Bridge of Sighs

B&W video of live performance, not best quality audio, but it has James Dewar singing. Dewar had an incredible voice and Trower doesn't sound right without his vocals.

My other favorite song by Trower is About to Begin

If you stand in the light, you get the feel of the ride
And the music that plays in your ears
In your head you can hear, a voice so sweet and clear
And the music that plays in your head.
As it flows up from the ground
Taking all who hear that sound
Close your eyes, its about to begin

Hardly daring to breath, a new life you perceive
You try hard not to break the spell
While at once it seems both, so far and yet so close
If you reach out to touch, it will be gone.
As it flows up from the ground
Taking all who hear that sound
Close your eyes, its about to begin (4x)

Then there is Jeff Beck
Cause We've Ended As Lovers from the album Blow by Blow - mournful but beautiful
- Live at Karuizawa, Japan


And let's not forget the Yardbirds -

Over Under Sideways Down - B&W video live


Heart Full of Soul (Live)


Heart Full Of Soul (Video (very 60's :smile: ) with Studio track)


Shapes of Things (Live, B&W video)


(B&W Video with Studio track)


Well you had to have been there - in the 60's. :biggrin:
 
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  • #230
Speaking of Soul, Astro, James Brown died today. (probably belongs in a different thread)
 
  • #231
Gokul43201 said:
Speaking of Soul, Astro, James Brown died today. (probably belongs in a different thread)
Yeah - you'll have to start a James Brown thread -

Anyway for a taste of JB - James Brown - I Feel Good (very 60's audience :rolleyes: ) -
 
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  • #232
Since this has turned out to be a music thread.

- really interesting guitar playing.

Which reminded me of Michael Hedges - Aerial Boundaries
 
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  • #233
Something back from my past -

Quicksilver Messenger Service - What About Me (FULL)


Fresh Air


Oooo-ooo-oooooh, Have another hit . . . . :cool:


From the same period -
Gimme Shelter


or a live version 28 years later
The Rolling Stones - Gimme Shelter Live 1997



Rolling Stones (live in Tokyo) Monkey Man
- pretty decent version
 
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  • #234
Astronuc said:
Jimi does "Hey Babe" off is album "New Rising Sun". I was disappointed the camera man didn't get Hendrix's fingers on this one.

I don't know whther this guys been posted before, but he does great instrumental versions of Hendrix songs and he's a Diva. Plus you can see what he's doing on the fret board and he has an almost perfect Hendrix style.

http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=carphius
 
  • #235
"transfusion", by nervous norvous;

"bee bop a lula" by gene vincent;

"heart break hotel" by elvis;

"black bird" beatles;

"harlem nocturne", earl bostic;

"fever", peggy lee;

"candy" big maybelle;

"paint my mailbox blue", taj mahal;

"go way from my window" joan baez;

"just like a woman", dylan;

"masters of war" dylan;

"empty bed blues", bessie smith;

"early morning rain", ian and sylvia;

"coffee blues", mississippi john hurt;

"queen of the night", roberta peters;

"we are the champions", queen;

"16 tons", tennessee ernie ford;

"piece of my heart", janice joplin;

"you're out of my life", michael jackson;

"yes, you look wonderful tonight", eric clapton;

"hotel california", eagles;

"stormy monday", bobby "blue" bland;

"amazing grace", jessye norman;

"the pusher", steppenwolf;

"all along the watchtower", hendrix;

"song of isaac", leonard cohen;

"cats in the cradle".
 
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  • #236
carphius is good!

Hey Baby (New Rising Sun)
- :cool:

Now if he good only do the vocals.
 
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  • #237
I know its a bit weird without lyrics and backing but it kind of works somehow. Testament to the depth of Hendrix's songs.
 
  • #238
Kurdt said:
I know its a bit weird without lyrics and backing but it kind of works somehow. Testament to the depth of Hendrix's songs.
I was lucky enough to see Jimi Hendrix perform live at the Houston Colosseum.
 
  • #239
This is a favorite Traffic song but couldn't find it online except here. MSN used to let you listen to songs, but now they use this site. The first 25 songs each month are free.

Rainmaker
 
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  • #241
This is a hometown band. My friend was married to the drummer.

I LOVE THIS SONG.

From 1966 - The 13th Floor Elevators - Splash 1 (I'm Home)

http://play.rhapsody.com/13thfloorelevators/thepsychedelicworldofthe13thfloorelevatorscd1/splash1original?pcode=rpshare_em&cpath=rpshare_em&from=sh_em&sh_em_tp=track
 
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  • #242
The Kinks - Lola This is the real version, there are more recent , "different" versions.

 
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  • #243
Evo said:
I was lucky enough to see Jimi Hendrix perform live at the Houston Colosseum.

Aww damn you oldies :wink: wish I was there.
 
  • #244
"Mad World"- Gary Jules (remake)

"I'm bad" -Michael Jackson. Laugh all you want, MJ has sold almost a billion albums worldwide and OWNS the beatles.


"ace of spades" - Motorhead. Classic anthem for all the metal heads.


"What's Golden" -Jurassic 5. Best hip-hop group of all time


"We didn't start the fire"- Billie Joel. I'm always impressed whenever I hear this song. A ton of research must have been put into this song.

 
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  • #246
For some reason, Evo's link to Lola made me dig this up:

Now here's a real gem...my main man, Mark Knopfler:
 
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  • #248
The Italian singer Spagna singing in English

Easy Lady

There were a lot of Italian bands in the 80s who sang in English, some of which formed the core of the so-called Italo Disco, great stuff
 
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  • #250
Emerson, Lake & Palmer -

Take A Pebble Beat Club (Live) - Shows the complexity of their music.


Keith Emerson has to the finest rock keyboardist of all time.

Still You Turn Me On


Barbarian


From the Beginning


Lucky Man (Greg Lake - Live)


Emerson, Lake & Palmer - Lucky Man live


King Crimson - Epitaph
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6eBcqhMoxRM&NR
 
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