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.
  • #901
Hiya! I do not really have any exact favourite songs, but my favourite bands are Muse and Sigur Ros! Anyone listen to them?

Tim
 
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  • #902
This'll make anybody want to get up and boogie...


"The Sound of Philadelphia,"


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VtrWbBGOv5k&feature



And On Soul Train...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2s02l3fudK8&feature
 
  • #903
Iron and Wine is great too.
 
  • #904
I've always been a sucker for ballads.

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

"Last Kiss" is a song that was written by Wayne Cochran in 1962 and originally performed by Wayne Cochran & the C.C. Riders, although their version of the song had little success.[1] The song was later covered by J. Frank Wilson and the Cavaliers, Wednesday, Pearl Jam, and several international artists, all of whom had success with the song.

...Wayne Cochran was initially inspired to write the song after having lived near a dangerous highway where several accidents had occurred yearly.[1] Cochran began writing the song in 1956. He came up with the song's chord progression, first verse, and chorus, although five years would pass before Cochran finished the song.[1]

Cochran based the rest of the song on an incident in which several teens were killed and two seriously injured when their car struck a flatbed logging truck.[2] Sixteen-year-old Jeanette Clark was out on a date in Barnesville, Georgia on December 22, 1962, the Saturday before Christmas. She was with a group of friends in a 1954 Chevrolet. J. L. Hancock, also sixteen, was driving the car in heavy traffic and while traveling on Highway 341, collided with a trailer truck. Clark, Hancock, and another teenager were killed, and two other teens in the car were seriously injured.[3] Cochran finished the song, which he titled "Last Kiss", and dedicated it to Clark.
-wiki

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5oNLj6fQTmM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zMTPHa7HWGs
 
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  • #905
Speaking of ballads, this is an old favorite of mine.

THE BALLAD OF DANNY BAILEY - ELTON
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SPgFE7eJCVc
 
  • #906
FrancisZ said:
This'll make anybody want to get up and boogie...


"The Sound of Philadelphia,"


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VtrWbBGOv5k&feature

Yeah baby! I'll call your scary 70's and raise you a Hustle. The author of this song agonized over the lyrics for years before finally completing his masterpiece.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gFz2WkVAk38
 
  • #907
Sufjan Stevens-For the widows in paradise, For the fatherless in Ypsilanti
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=<object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/d4tkiGvV_ek&hl=en&fs=1"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/d4tkiGvV_ek&hl=en&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object>
Sufjan is one of my newest fav. artists. I'm learning his stuff on banjo.
 
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  • #909
Absolution said:
Hiya! I do not really have any exact favourite songs, but my favourite bands are Muse and Sigur Ros! Anyone listen to them?

Tim

Sigur Ros is great. You've got to see them live, if that hasn't already happened.
 
  • #910
This one is for Ivan. (and no, it's not because of Sting's weird hair!)



BTW, this song was getting heavy rotation in country-themed juke joints even before Toby Keith glommed onto it.
 
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  • #911
  • #912
turbo-1 said:
This one is for Ivan. (and no, it's not because of Sting's weird hair!)



Heh, at first I thought you meant the title: I'm So Happy I Can't Stop Crying

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C72oi6iMO2M
 
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  • #913
check this one, something different, way different…………hope you don’t mind





o:)42
 
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  • #915
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qswKeWhjaUc

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S7D65IomNYY
 
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  • #916
For MIH

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rsn4KZkUBeg

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9oYrOtdlPsc

Donny & Marie Osmond - Morning Side Of The Mountain
http://hannyiesz.multiply.com/video/item/123/Donny_Marie_Osmond_-_Morning_Side_Of_The_Mountain
 
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  • #917
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2xh1DHlXjEY&NR

"What will you celebrate" by Ricardo Padua (Disney Commercial)
 
  • #918
Thanks, Ivan! That brought back memories!
 
  • #919
Math Is Hard said:
Thanks, Ivan! That brought back memories!

I think the screams of that crowd [Go Away Little Girl] approach the maximum frequency of human hearing! :biggrin:

I remember my sister playing this stuff for hours on end.
 
  • #920
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mfYkhQblYjY
One of my favourite songs of course..:smile:
 
  • #921
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6yGCHPmfqT0

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xm5DPlNCmtk

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4LNH27s5ULE
 
  • #922
Gah, wtf. All the vids for Nirvana's stuff have the "embed disabled by request".
 
  • #924
I noticed recently that someone posted a couple of songs done by an old buddy of mine.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wrHoa36xRFk

This was by far Jeff's biggest hit - We'll never have to say goodbye again. It was ultimately released by england dan & john ford coley and did very well on the charts - I think it was number one for a time.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BocR0Pu25Kk

Jeff was also responsible for some of the music in the movie, Midnight Cowboy, and much of his stuff was done by other artists. Years later he returned to school, at which time I drug his butt through chemistry. :biggrin: We had been buddies for about six months when I first visited him at home. At that point I knew nothing of his music career, so you can imagine my surprise when I walked into his livingroom and saw I think six gold albums hanging on the wall!
 
  • #925
One of the best songs ever has got to be Metallica's Master of Puppets.

 
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  • #926
One afterthought: Jeff was also a comedian, which comes across in much of his music. I have a rare copy of his song I found your number on the bus stop restroom wall. He finds a number on the restroom wall and calls it in hopes of getting lucky. But at the end of the song he realizes that the number is his own and he's talking to his wife. :smile:

On the flip side is the reason for giving me a copy. He wrote something like "this is just to show how I feel about all of the invaluable help that you have given me this year". The song is called So ****ing what. That song was part a comedy routine he did at nightclubs. He was a lot of fun to have around... I remember him running about the Chem lab one day yelling "My cock is leaking! My cock is leaking!". He meant his petcock, of course. :biggrin:

Here's what he's doing now.
http://www.drjeffbooks.com/author.html
 
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  • #927
bad religion - struck a nerve

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

bad religion - i want to conquer the world

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h-VyWe0sm0I
 
  • #928
Manometer by the Muppets:
Manometer do do do do do
Manometer do do do da
Manometer do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do da
M a a a a a a nometer manometer manometer
(to be sung to the tune of manometer)
I forget the other words but they are very moving and bring a tear to the eye.
Does anyone think It a good idea for this forum to get involved in some community singing?
 
  • #929
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=joB2-baMCBg
 
  • #930
I'm not sure if these were posted, I definitely rank these as some of the best songs...




It still sends me chills down my back when I listen to it. I still I can't believe I was there.

EDIT: The funny part is like 30-40 seconds into the second video. Watching him, and then at that moment live you're like... what's he doing... then...!
 
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  • #931
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nI7gzXz1cHo
 
  • #932
It is amazing what survives on the internet. I remembered that Jeff was in the movie, Phantom of the Paradise, when I saw it listed on netflix. It turns out that he played three parts. Sure enough; found part of the movie on YouTube. He is the guy with the dark glasses singing [and passing around the Cheech & Chong joint. :rolleyes:]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xd4IxRHlNVQ

At one time he was roommates with Paul Williams, who starred in the movie and was a popular musician back in the 70s. Jeff told me a few stories about his life back then - rich and wild and living the hollywood life. He also told me about some hit songs that were stolen from his locker, but I probably shouldn't say more.

I had never seen the movie [thought I had] so it was kind of cool to see it.
 
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  • #933
I don't think that i can say what is my best song, because after some time it will get boring, but one of my favourite songs is nightwish will smith-men in black :wink:
 
  • #934
Speaking of Roberta...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wHC5B3dqZws
 
  • #935
White Flag, by Dido.

and the lyrics are amazing...
 
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  • #936
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NNk40ETqQJk
 
  • #937
Theme from Il Postino

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mh-qb_pYw7Y (guitar and bandoneon)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AA3yIp3_8Jw (a more orchestral version)
 
  • #938
Here's one for the old-time computer programmers - reminds me of my days with Fortran. One of my favorite live Stan Rogers songs. No video, but it's a a cute song, from "Between the Breaks". You'll recognize the lead-in and lead-out identifying this number as an out-take from a Dr. Demento program. "You've got an appointment!"

 
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  • #939
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=<object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/8bFgxKov8Ts&hl=en&fs=1"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/8bFgxKov8Ts&hl=en&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object>

Plug in your good headphones for this one.
 
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  • #940
One more thing about Jeff came to mind that I wanted to mention. He was also buddies with Lorne Michaels, who came to Jeff one day with another one of his wacky ideas about some nightime comedy show that he wanted to do - ultimately called Saturday Night Live. He offered Jeff a part in the original cast, but he was pretty busy at the time so he turned it down.
 
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  • #941
Clair de Lune - Claude Debussy

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LlvUepMa31o
 
  • #942
  • #943
How about a little change of pace? Anyone else a fan of jazz? Here's a little Django for ya...

AEzsPGHsi90[/youtube]
 
  • #944
I don't know if anyone picked this one yet since I didn't read all of the 58 previous pages but I think Metallica's cover of "Loverman" is the best.
 
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  • #945
Back in the 70's there was a band, Mountain. Well, they're still around - after 37 years.
http://www.mountainrockband.com/main.php

Some good tunes. They have a Mountain Radio App on the site. It started with Mountain's Masters of War with Ozzie Osborn.
 
  • #946
I love Mountain. One of the best trios ever, though it should be acknowledged that Felix Pappalardi laid on a lot of studio contributions. He produced Cream, so it wasn't a stretch to see him guide Mountain through their early offerings.

I absolutely LOVE Corky! Great drummer. One could argue that Bonzo was better, (and I might take that side), but Corky got far less credit than was due.
 
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  • #947
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F9oeBVlm3gw

My favorite song and a good (Jap) movie I watched few months ago (about a girl who grows up and forget her dog) - but above video doesn't flow well along with the song.
 
  • #948
Ivan Seeking said:
Speaking of Roberta...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wHC5B3dqZws
Video removed by the user.

 
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  • #949
"Miracles," by Jefferson Starship...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7tCrBF71JCU
 

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