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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scorpa said:
I believe it's a cover of a 9 inch nails song. Thanks for the video.

Yes it was originally NIN. Heres a good version they did live.

 
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brian tyler - Inama Nushif

 
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radou said:
But no one can convince me that there is not at least one (!) lick during these 24 minutes which requires a decent level of guitar playing technique.
That's true of everybody who has been playing long enough, though. There is stuff that I toss into bluesy leads that I've done for so long that they're second nature, and they come off really smooth. Once, after a lead that came off particularly well, a guitarist that I respect (and who is a FAR more skillful player overall) asked me "how do you do that bend?", and I had to guess which one he meant, so I said "this one?" and played a simple simultaneous full-stop bend on the G and B strings. That was it. He could pull it off with some difficulty because he doesn't have my hand strength, but he certainly couldn't incorporate that move into a run without a lot of practice, even though he strings up with .009s and I use .0105s. Getting your hand in position quickly to supply the necessary leverage, picking the strings simultaneously with the pick and a fingernail and bending the strings so that the notes stay in tune with each other throughout the bend (all lasting maybe a second or less) is a complex set of stuff to learn just to play a quick pair of notes, and you don't have time to think about it while improvising a lead. So while I agree with you that there are licks in that lead that would take some time to copy, there's nothing in there that a proficient guitarist would have trouble with, given a little time.

Now Brent Mason...he's another story entirely.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oeJHnkUKg_M&mode=related&search=
 
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turbo-1 said:
That's true of everybody who has been playing long enough, though. There is stuff that I toss into bluesy leads that I've done for so long that they're second nature, and they come off really smooth. Once, after a lead that came off particularly well, a guitarist that I respect (and who is a FAR more skillful player overall) asked me "how do you do that bend?", and I had to guess which one he meant, so I said "this one?" and played a simple simultaneous full-stop bend on the G and B strings. That was it. He could pull it off with some difficulty because he doesn't have my hand strength, but he certainly couldn't incorporate that move into a run without a lot of practice, even though he strings up with .009s and I use .0105s. Getting your hand in position quickly to supply the necessary leverage, picking the strings simultaneously with the pick and a fingernail and bending the strings so that the notes stay in tune with each other throughout the bend (all lasting maybe a second or less) is a complex set of stuff to learn just to play a quick pair of notes, and you don't have time to think about it while improvising a lead. So while I agree with you that there are licks in that lead that would take some time to copy, there's nothing in there that a proficient guitarist would have trouble with, given a little time.

Now Brent Mason...he's another story entirely.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oeJHnkUKg_M&mode=related&search=
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I get your point. Well, actually, after looking at the Brent Mason video, the metal-ish style does appear a bit dry, I must admit. :bugeye: Great stuff, will try to get it.
 
  • #306
Cyclovenom said:
Guys nice choices, but how come nobody said anything about Liquid Tension Experiment, even though you guys mentioned Dreamtheater! :mad:

Here

Liquid Tension Experiment - Paradigm Shift

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9VMTpigz4ww"

One of the things I have on my hard disk, but never actually get to listen to it properly. :smile:
 
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Malmsteen is so fast that even looking at him play seems a hard job.
 
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turbo-1 said:
You might want to look at Junior Brown. Some of his stuff has so much Hendrix influence, it's incredible!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sFGeKu6guGk&mode=related&search=

Interesting! The thing that was even more interesting is the female rhythm guitar player to his left. That's a rare sight, cool!
 
  • #311
radou said:
Interesting! The thing that was even more interesting is the female rhythm guitar player to his left. That's a rare sight, cool!
That's his wife.
 
  • #312
I haven't listened to most of the music that's been made over the last couple of decades (most of the little that I have heard struck me as vanilla, noise, or simply not music). Recently though, I came across this quite interesting piece that I'd like to share.

Crazy, by Gnarls Barkley - http://www.virginmedia.com/music/musicvideos/gnarlsbarkley_crazy_hi.php

Incidentally, the artist was inspired by the compositions of Ennio Morricone, who wrote the music for Il Buono, Il Brutto, Il Cattivo (TG, TB & TU), which also, if I recall correctly, appeared earlier in this thread (or the Youtube classics thread).
 
  • #315
'Crazy' is really nice, I play it a lot.
Thank you evo for introducing me to 'Magnetic Fields', I can't believe I hadn't heard of them. The edgy music is great, and the voice - gorgeous! (I'd been thinking of mentioning 'In diesen heil'gen Hallen').
Some interesting female voices, the clips are fun to watch, too-


Kate Bush, Wuthering Heights

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sf-YKwyU2Qg&mode=related&search=
astrud Gilberto


Nouvelle Vague
 
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  • #316
Desert Rose by Sting

youtube link deleted by Viacom

When are they going to realize this is free advertisement that encourages people to go out and buy CD's they might have never heard of otherwise?
 
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has anyone mentioned the great romantic tune: "louie louie"? or "long tall sally, built for speed", I will not continue with the slightly risque lyrics, by 1955 standards, involving uncle john, which follow)? not to mention the unusually creative "little nash rambler", or as mr. ohnat put it; :"hinky dinky doo, was the highly interesting song that he sang".
 
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  • #318
There beat this:



Dear god make it stop make it stop!
 
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cyrusabdollahi said:
There beat this:



Dear god make it stop make it stop!


:smile: That was truly awful! Though, at least it's a bit different than all the Bollywood movies I've seen that look more like douche commercials (with women running around in fields of flowers, sometimes joined by men running around and jumping through the flowers with them).
 
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Love him or hate him, he had the best music videos ever made.

Smooth Criminal
Do the lean, do the lean,...there it is...:approve: (:smile: Richard pryor is in there!)

Thriller

Remember the Time
(eddie murphy, magic johnson)

Beat It

Billy Jean

You rock my world
(Chris Tucker, Kishaya Dudley, Marlon Brando, Michael Madsen, and Billy Drago.)

Bad
(Wesley Snipes, Roberta Flack ) -guy moonwalking on roller skates- priceless.
 
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Evo said:
Desert Rose by Sting

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OhdmQHXHabA&mode=related&search=

How about The Russians and Fragile and The shape of my Heart and Seven days.

Fragile



Russians: very poetic inditement of the cold war.



Can't find a free play but the lyrics are great.

Seven Days lyrics

"Seven Days" was all she wrote
A kind of ultimatum note
She gave to me, she gave to me
When I thought the field had cleared
It seems another suit appeared
To challenge me, woe is me
Though I hate to make a choice
My options are decreasing mostly rapidly
Well we'll see
I don't think she'd bluff this time
I really have to make her mine
It's plain to see
It's him or me

Monday, I could wait till Tuesday
If I make up my mind
Wednesday would be fine, Thursday's on my mind
Friday'd give me time, Saturday could wait
But Sunday'd be too late

The fact that he's six feet ten
Might instill fear in other men
But not in me, The Mighty Flea (flee?)
Ask if I am mouse or man
The mirror squeaked, away I ran
He'll murder me in time for his tea
Does it bother me at all
My rival is Neanderthal, it makes me think
Perhaps I need a drink
IQ is no problem here
We won't be playing Scrabble for her hand I fear
I need that beer

Monday, I could wait till Tuesday
If I make up my mind
Wednesday would be fine, Thursday's on my mind
Friday'd give me time, Saturday could wait
But Sunday'd be too late

Seven days will quickly go
The fact remains, I love her so
Seven days, so many ways
But I can't run away

Monday, I could wait till Tuesday
If I make up my mind
Wednesday would be fine, Thursday's on my mind
Friday'd give me time, Saturday could wait
But Sunday'd be too late
Do I have to tell a story
Of a thousand rainy days since we first met
It's a big enough umbrella
But it's always me that ends up getting wet

And Shape of my heart, incidently it's the music at the end of Leon the movie.

He deals the cards as a meditation
And those he plays never suspect
He doesn't play for the money he wins
He doesn't play for the respect
He deals the cards to find the answer
The sacred geometry of chance
The hidden law of probable outcome
The numbers lead a dance

I know that the spades are the swords of a soldier
I know that the clubs are weapons of war
I know that diamonds mean money for this art
But that's not the shape of my heart

He may play the jack of diamonds
He may lay the queen of spades
He may conceal a king in his hand
While the memory of it fades

I know that the spades are the swords of a soldier
I know that the clubs are weapons of war
I know that diamonds mean money for this art
But that's not the shape of my heart
Thats not the shape, the shape of my heart

And if I told you that I loved you
Youd maybe think there's something wrong
Im not a man of too many faces
The mask I wear is one
Those who speak know nothing
And find out to their cost
Like those who curse their luck in too many places
And those who smile are lost

I know that the spades are the swords of a soldier
I know that the clubs are weapons of war
I know that diamonds mean money for this art
But that's not the shape of my heart
Thats not the shape of my heart
 
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  • #323
Incubus

I miss you



Wish you were here

 
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  • #325
The Cranberries - Linger

 
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  • #326
fi said:
'Crazy' is really nice, I play it a lot.
Thank you evo for introducing me to 'Magnetic Fields', I can't believe I hadn't heard of them. The edgy music is great, and the voice - gorgeous! (I'd been thinking of mentioning 'In diesen heil'gen Hallen').
Some interesting female voices, the clips are fun to watch, too-


Kate Bush, Wuthering Heights


That's a great song!
But Faith Brown's version isn't bad, either..:wink:
 
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  • #328
Speaking of Kate Bush:-

Hounds of Love. Very good.



Futurehead's version - different but also very good.



Really like this song as well. InMe: Firefly

 
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  • #329
Swedish punk rock; Imperiet's "Fred":
 
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  • #330
cyrusabdollahi said:
Love him or hate him, he had the best music videos ever made.

Smooth Criminal
Do the lean, do the lean,...there it is...:approve: (:smile: Richard pryor is in there!)

Thriller

Remember the Time
(eddie murphy, magic johnson)

Beat It

Billy Jean

You rock my world
(Chris Tucker, Kishaya Dudley, Marlon Brando, Michael Madsen, and Billy Drago.)

Bad
(Wesley Snipes, Roberta Flack ) -guy moonwalking on roller skates- priceless.

Each single one of those video's is a piece of genius. I adore Michael Jackson.
Billie Jean. Pfff, one of the greatest songs EVER. What a beat .

marlon
 
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Well, I've posted this before, I think, but that doesn't make this brilliant song by David Bowie any worse:
 
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Good song, Maroon 5.
 
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Another great group from the 70's

The Who :cool: :approve: :biggrin:

Who Are You -

The Who - Won't Get Fooled Again - (live)


The Who - Bargain (not too bad for some old guys)


Who - Baba O'Riley (live)


The Who - Love, Reign O'er Me (no video, just a great tune)
 
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  • #336
bee bop a lula, gene vincent; little nash rambler, ??; topsy part 2, cozy cole; heartbreak hotel, elvis; transfusion, nervous norvous; empty bed blues, bessie smith; coffee blues, mississippi john hurt; like a woman, bob dylan; she's outa my life, michael jackson; mozart's queen of the night, roberta peters; fishin' blues, taj mahal; tenbrooks and molly, ian and sylvia; 16 tons, tennessee ernie ford; i don't care if you don't want me, I am yours, screamin jay hawkins; think, aretha franklin; dock of the bay, otis redding;
 
  • #337
Astronuc said:
Another great group from the 70's

The Who :cool: :approve: :biggrin:

Who Are You -

The Who - Won't Get Fooled Again - (live)


The Who - Bargain (not too bad for some old guys)


Who - Baba O'Riley (live)


The Who - Love, Reign O'er Me (no video, just a great tune)

My personal favorite: The Who - Behind Blue Eyes
 
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  • #338
whole lotta shakin goin on, j.l.lewis.
 
  • #339
Why not just change the name of the thread to "What're You Listening To" since everyone has different taste in music and you can't really ask for best song. I'd have like 500 if I had to make a list.

Anyways, I'm listening to Keane (English band) right now. Their first album, Hopes & Fears is nice.
 
  • #342
This is a very nice thread and I want to add a link to a favorite of a dear friend that became my favorite and brings back memories. It is devine.

Time to say goodbye (Con te partirò)
http://youtube.com/watch?v=qCqBhbcXOVg&mode=related&search=

Something I noticed in this topic was so many times the video is not there anymore. I was taught a 'trick' to download from youtube.com were you add 'kiss' to the address in this manner shown below;

http://kissyoutube.com/watch?v=qCqBhbcXOVg&mode=related&search=

Now you can download instead of only watching.
 
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  • #343
Time to say goodbye (Con te partirò)
Very beautiful and very appropriate for someone special.
 
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Since this thread has turned into personal faves I guess I wanted to post the music of a local musician. I love his work and he is complimented very well by a guy called Ed Lauret who is a young guitarist and also my friend. Anyway the guys website has a few songs from his first album to listen to and they are superb.

http://www.thebluesfather.com/music.html
 
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  • #345
Toward the within "Rakim"

My Irish friend sent me this. I remember Dead can Dance. I love the hammered dulcimer, which is what she is playing. What language is that? Since my friend usually sends me Irish music, I at first thought it might be Irish, but the band is Australian, and the song reminds me of the Arabic influence found in Sicily. And again it doesn't.

I thought Astronuc might like this. I *LOVE* this kind of music.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=itwL5y0He-k&mode=related&search
 
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Evo said:
My Irish friend sent me this. I remember Dead can Dance. I love the hammered dulcimer, which is what she is playing. What language is that? Since my friend usually sends me Irish music, I at first thought it might be Irish, but the band is Australian, and the song reminds me of the Arabic influence found in Sicily. And again it doesn't.

I thought Astronuc might like this. I *LOVE* this kind of music.
:!) Thanks Evo, that is great! I love the hammer dulcimer, which sounds a lot like the Indian Sitar, which I love.

I think the vocals are Arabic initially then the second part is English.

I'll be keeping an eye open with respect to their performances.

Let me counter with -
Dead Can Dance - Desert Song
 
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  • #347
best song would have to be "all the young dudes" by matt the hoople

sorry no link
 
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Evo said:
My Irish friend sent me this. I remember Dead can Dance. I love the hammered dulcimer, which is what she is playing. What language is that? Since my friend usually sends me Irish music, I at first thought it might be Irish, but the band is Australian, and the song reminds me of the Arabic influence found in Sicily. And again it doesn't.

I thought Astronuc might like this. I *LOVE* this kind of music.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=itwL5y0He-k&mode=related&search

I own this DVD. Advice: BUY IT. :wink: It's outstanding.

Here, another few great videos from the DVD:

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

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h7A6Tqr8kK8"

Absolute masterpieces.
 
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tehno said:
never heard of that group before.
must be I'm getting old... :frown:

Nah, you aren't, since the group isn't specially famous. :smile:
 

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