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.

  • #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:
[PLAIN][MEDIA=youtube]c8yh9nekKjg[/MEDIA][/URL]
 
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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
[MEDIA=youtube]o7O2g-Jbtu8[/MEDIA][/URL]
 
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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!

[MEDIA=youtube]Y6M19uaDaJE[/MEDIA][/URL]
 
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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
[PLAIN][MEDIA=youtube]LKRU_ubm2pc[/MEDIA][/URL]
 
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  • #217
arildno said:
Here's a couple of irresistible 80's tunes:
Men at work: Down Under
[MEDIA=youtube]OjyHQ5z-ooY[/MEDIA][/URL]
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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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