What is the Best Saxophone Song?

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This thread explores various songs featuring saxophone and guitar, with participants sharing their favorites and links to performances. The discussion includes a mix of personal opinions on the quality of songs, performances, and artists across different genres, including rock, blues, and progressive metal.

Discussion Character

  • Exploratory
  • Debate/contested

Main Points Raised

  • Some participants highlight "Baker Street" by Gerry Rafferty as a top saxophone song.
  • Others mention Leo Kotke's "Vaseline Machine Gun," noting the quality of available recordings.
  • Bruce Springsteen's "Tunnel of Love" is also suggested as a notable song.
  • One participant expresses admiration for Dream Theater, particularly their song "Octavarium," citing its progressive nature.
  • Several participants discuss the guitar work of artists like Erik Mongrain and Tommy Emmanuel, with varying opinions on their styles and contributions to music.
  • There are mixed opinions on Guns N' Roses' "Sweet Child O' Mine," with some praising its guitar riff and others criticizing Axl Rose's vocals.
  • Participants share links to various songs, including works by Pink Floyd, Iron Maiden, and David Bowie, indicating a wide range of musical tastes.

Areas of Agreement / Disagreement

The discussion features multiple competing views on what constitutes the best saxophone or guitar songs, with no clear consensus emerging among participants.

Contextual Notes

Some participants express difficulty in finding links to specific songs, and there are mentions of varying quality in recordings shared. Additionally, personal preferences and subjective opinions on artists and songs are prevalent throughout the discussion.

Who May Find This Useful

Music enthusiasts, particularly those interested in saxophone and guitar performances, as well as fans of rock, blues, and progressive metal genres.

  • #2,161
anyone suggested Big Bopper ?



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4b-by5e4saI
 
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  • #2,162
jim hardy said:
anyone suggested Big Bopper?

Not before you.
 
  • #2,163
Here is a single by Reggae Legend Bob Marley. Its called One love.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cp-6g_CdpJs



Btw, the small kids in the video are just adorable. Lol, i love children. :blushing: hehe.

Oh and mind the spanish subtitles, was the best video on can find on youtube for this single, and it happens to have spanish subtitles lol.
 
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  • #2,164
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=piUWIqWSthA

Good night America.

Until morning. :smile:
 
  • #2,165
Orianthi is a great guitarist in the style of Satriani and Vai.

Orianthi - Highly Strung ft. Steve Vai
 
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  • #2,166
Astronuc said:
Orianthi is a great guitarist in the style of Satriani and Vai.

Orianthi - Highly Strung ft. Steve Vai
Too cute! Vai is a bit over-the-top as usual, but the video is great.

I'd love to see an extended live showdown between Vai and Ry Cooder (the lineup of head-cutters in Crossroads). Vai is very flashy and showy. Cooder is guts and guitarist-glory-skill without the showmanship.
 
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  • #2,167
Astronuc said:
Orianthi is a great guitarist in the style of Satriani and Vai.

Orianthi - Highly Strung ft. Steve Vai
Very nice. Good composition. Is Orianthi a group (there was a guy and girl in the video) or just the girl? Anyway the girl is much too talented to be that good looking, or vice versa. It's just not right. It's not fair.

EDIT: Oh, I think I see now. The guy is Steve Vai?
 
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  • #2,168
ThomasT said:
Very nice. Good composition. Is Orianthi a group (there was a guy and girl in the video) or just the girl? Anyway the girl is much too talented to be that good looking, or vice versa. It's just not right. It's not fair.

EDIT: Oh, I think I see now. The guy is Steve Vai?

Orianthi is a female guitarist who was handpicked by Michael Jackson as the lead guitarist for his "This Is It" tour not long before his death. She's widely recognized as one of the best (male or female) around today. She has a line of expensive guitars named after her. I don't know if she has a business interest in them.

http://www.sweetwater.com/store/det...hi&adpos=1t1&gclid=CNe6pquzkK4CFQ8yhwodP0Yagw
 
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  • #2,169
Carole King is 70 today - Happy Birthday!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XHlcW_lKPl4
 
  • #2,170
lisab said:
Carole King is 70 today - Happy Birthday!
HB, Carole! She wrote or co-wrote so many popular songs of the 60s!
 
  • #2,172
So I'm pretty branched out on what type of music I listen to. My main is Reggae and Violin dramatic masterpieces. Though the two don't relate at all, lol.

this one is by the very famous clint mansell who i adore and love when his music just sets out on the stage, so dramatic. I heard this soundtrack on a famous series on youtube.

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



warning: the awsomness may affect you and may raise your conscience to have thoughts of fighting in a world wide ending battle that somehow kicks evil people's butts lol.

:)

Peace,
ArcherofScience.
 
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  • #2,173
Clint Mansell is great, and so are Darren Aronofsky's films. The soundtrack to Requiem For A Dream is phenomenal. :)
 
  • #2,174
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qGGzx0ZTCe8
 
  • #2,175
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H9nPf7w7pDI

I wish life had treated you kinder.

Goodnight young lady.

I'll always love you too.
 
  • #2,176
I wish life had treated you kinder.

Goodnight young lady.

I'll always love you too.

I knew she was having problems in recent years, but her death surprised me. She was only 48. Rest in Peace, Whitney.
 
  • #2,177
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iYss3Fw9unQ

I just read that this song is not what I had always interpreted.

Reality again rears its ugly head.
 
  • #2,178
OmCheeto said:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iYss3Fw9unQ

I just read that this song is not what I had always interpreted.

Reality again rears its ugly head.

You mean that's not a Randy Newman song?!

Reality's big ol' head, indeed!

Edit: OK I just checked...yes, Randy Newman wrote it.
 
  • #2,179
lisab said:
You mean that's not a Randy Newman song?!

Reality's big ol' head, indeed!

Edit: OK I just checked...yes, Randy Newman wrote it.

It's about lying to people.

Telling the people of Africa all sorts of lies so they will get onto the ship and sail away to America, where they end up in Charleston Bay, and become slaves...

Charleston was the major point of entry for Africans brought to America in the eighteenth century. Approximately three out of four enslaved Africans came to America through this port city, which had a black majority by 1790. In 1808, the foreign slave trade was abolished, but American-born slaves continued to be bought and sold until the Civil War.

I always interpreted the lyrics metaphorically, as in, it sucks where you are, and it's better in America.

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sponsored by OmCheeto's Black History Month Foundation
 
  • #2,180
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SPptTa3P-Hc
 
  • #2,181
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e3ySnPgKXAg
 
  • #2,182
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dRZCzxI-akU
 
  • #2,183
I'm sure that I've linked this before, but it just popped up on the carousel. Vince Gill and Allison Krause.

 
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  • #2,185
lisab said:
Carole King is 70 today - Happy Birthday!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XHlcW_lKPl4
Yeah, I like this. Had no idea she was older than me. Most of my girlfriends, including my current, have been what might be called Carole King types. By the way, noticing your signature, I have a number of signed first edition Harry Crews books.
 
  • #2,186
turbo said:
I'm sure that I've linked this before, but it just popped up on the carousel. Vince Gill and Allison Krause.

Yeah, that's really good stuff, imho. Their voices go together well. I'm a big fan of all of Alison Krause's music.
 
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  • #2,187
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oA1ezm6gfkg
 
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  • #2,189
Some smooth jazz/blues

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BO_g5Ocr4K0
Julie London, Cry Me a River
 
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Astronuc said:
Some smooth jazz/blues

Julie London, Cry Me a River

Speaking of crying... I've been waiting years to share this. I have the CD of course.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8saEpseR8F8




From one of my top ten favorite albums.
Album title - Nick of Time (Grammy: 1989 Album Of The Year)
Song title: Cry on my shoulder
Acoustic Bass – Chuck Domanico
Backing Vocals – David Crosby, Graham Nash
Drums – Tony Braunagel
Keyboards – Michael Ruff
Percussion – Paulinho Da Costa
Slide Guitar [National] – Bonnie Raitt
Written-By – Michael Ruff
 

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