What is the Best Saxophone Song?

[Andre]

Best songs ever? Ever is a long time. Would anybody fancy some medieval song, Scarborough fair? revived I believe by Simon and Garfunkel a dozen decades ago. The performance of Sarah Brightman is not bad either. I guess, I'm too old.

 

[wilgory]

Is there anyone that doesn't like this song?

 

[Huckleberry]

Is there anyone that doesn't like this song?

Eh, it's a bit campy, but it's alright. I prefer the Slipknot version.

 

[marlon]

I got stripes

marlon

 

[Evo]

Evo,

Sorry if this was already pointed out to you, but here is the Authorative Vaseline Machine Gun

It's the last in a short medley.

Good sound too.

I :!) Leo Kottke!

Thanks Chi for that video, that was awesome!

 

[Evo]

I was reminded of this song when I heard a version of it played by a local Phoenix band Gloritone. I hadn't heard it since the 80's. I like this song. Your link seems to be dead. Here's a new one
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mo40aTe_3JM&mode=related&search=

No, you have to listen to the original version, it's all the soft background sounds that make it so funny when you listen to the contrasting words.

 

[Huckleberry]

Hey, that is different. I remember that version of the song from way back. Haven't heard that in a while. Did they drop the "Be quiet, big boys don't cry" from the newer version? That part stood out as unfamiliar to me.

"I'm not in Love" is a weird song. It's like an anti-love song, but at the same time it is a love song. When I hear it I feel regret. I get the impression that every word in the song means exactly the opposite of what it says, and that it is someone attempting to convince himself the words are true for consolement.

 

[Huckleberry]

I love listening to the electric guitar and here are a few of my favourite rock songs that have either infectious riffs or breathtaking solos.

Stairway to heaven - Led Zeppelin
Freebird - Lynrd Skynrd
Comfortably numb - Pink Floyd
High hopes - Pink Floyd
Highway Star - Deep Purple
Smoke on the water- Deep Purple
Machine gun - Jimi Hendrix
Iron man - Black Sabbath
One - Metallica
Fade to black - Metallica
Enter Sandman - Metallica
Sweet child of mine- Guns N Roses
Hallowed be thy name - Iron Maiden
You got another thing comin - Judas Priest

I have a lot more but these are currently my favourites. Any additions to this list are most welcome. Rock on!

I love all these songs. You've got great taste.

That reminds me, I got tickets to Ozzfest 2007 at the Gorge in WA in July. I'm so psyched to be going, even though I've never heard of the musicians that will be playing this year. Last Ozzfest I went to was in 2000 in Phoenix. I knew all the bands then. I must be getting too old to keep up with the latest music trends.

 

[Evo]

Hey, that is different. I remember that version of the song from way back. Haven't heard that in a while. Did they drop the "Be quiet, big boys don't cry" from the newer version? That part stood out as unfamiliar to me.

"I'm not in Love" is a weird song. It's like an anti-love song, but at the same time it is a love song. When I hear it I feel regret. I get the impression that every word in the song means exactly the opposite of what it says, and that it is someone attempting to convince himself the words are true for consolement.

Yeh, it's a love/anti lovesong. That's the best I've heard it described. The original with all the soft background lulls you into thinking that it's a love song, but if you listen to the words, it jerks you out of that. It's rather sad.

I've always loved this song.

 

[Evo]

Evo,

Sorry if this was already pointed out to you, but here is the Authorative Vaseline Machine Gun

It's the last in a short medley.

Good sound too.

It starts at 2:11

Back in the 70's I was dating the sound guy at Liberty Hall in Houston and B B King and Muddy Waters were playing that night. My boyfriend left me in charge at intermission and I played Vaseline Machine Gun over the PA and got an uproarious applause after it played. It just wasn't that well known, it still isn't and it's such a shame.

 

[Evo]

I think the thread is large enough that I need to split it into different genres.

First, there will be the Evo genre.

Seriously, does someone want to help me split the songs up? Then I can link them in the GD Classics thread.

I know Astronuc likes Moody Blues as much as I do (I think).

Here's one I think we missed.

Watching and waiting



Forever Autumn

 

[Evo]

Night's in White Satin

 

[radou]

Madredeus, a great band from Portugal. My dad brought their CD some day and I can't stop listening to it:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MI5a2JxlJbw"

Edit: and btw, the singer is beautiful, which makes them even a greater band.

 

[Astronuc]

Guitarist Dominic Frasca playing 10 a... Guitarist Dominic Frasca playing 10 and 6 string.


Different but complex - Incredible Guitar player totally awsome - kind of like Satriani

 

[Astronuc]

I know Astronuc likes Moody Blues as much as I do.

Yep. They were one of the first groups I collected in total - their earlier material actually. Their mix of rock and symphony is a benchmark.

I guess I need to build that time machine.


One of my favorite Moody Blues tunes is Gypsy


another favorite - only on one of their live albums
Justin Hayward/Moody Blues/What Am I Doing Here?


And yet another - Candle Of Life (1970)



Here is something a little more rowdy.

Cream - Crossroads live 1968


Cream-White Room


Cream was Eric Clapton (guitar, vocals), Jack Bruce (bass, vocals) and Ginger Baker.

 

[Astronuc]

I shared one of my favorite Moody Blues songs with my 19-yr old daughter.

Her response was - "They really can't sing. Those are some of the worst vocals I've ever heard. But I love the lyrics."

She doesn't like Justin Hayward's vocals.

On the other hand, I do. I like what I like, and that's what counts.

It is nice however when one can share music with others who also appreciate the same music.


Then later, my daughter writes -

Justin King - Guitar Master. Pretty impressive playing.
http://www.i-am-bored.com/bored_link.cfm?link_id=24052


"Don't be mad at me Dad, but this guy is better than Hendrix.

I love his playing. Upbeat, in major chords - it has a positive, "happy" vibe. And an acoustic is always good."

Well - no he's not better than Hendrix. He's different - like the late Michael Hedges, but King is not better than Hendrix.

Hendrix is Hendrix - there's not better. That's like saying red it better than blue is better than green.


IMO, Stevie Ray Vaughn is as great and very close to Hendrix in some respects, but again different. Satriani is equally great, but different.


I don't know why people need to select the greatest or the best or number one. In the end, it doesn't really matter.

 

[SiTuCrois]

Aqua "Goodbye to the circus"

 

[chaoseverlasting]

Guns 'n Roses-Knocking on Heavens Doors



Iron Maiden-The Dance of Death



Pink Floyd-Comfortably Numb



Pink Floyd-The Dark Side of the Moon



Pink Floyd-Welcome to the Machine



System of a Down-Chop Suey



System of a Down-Spiders



Train-Drops of Jupiter



Marilyn Manson-Sweet Dreams



Marilyn Manson-Coma White



David Bowie-The Man Who Sold the World



Hope they haven't been posted already... didn't go through all the posts.

 

[DeadWolfe]

Well - no he's not better than Hendrix. He's different - like the late Michael Hedges, but King is not better than Hendrix.

Hendrix is Hendrix - there's not better. That's like saying red it better than blue is better than green.

That might make some sense if you mean to compare them as composers, but as performers it makes a lot of sense to say one is better than the other. And this guy is a more capable performer than Jimi Hendrix.

 

[B. Elliott]

Night's in White Satin

Dually. For some reason, what I consider some of the greatest songs of all time could be interpreted as sounding just a bit depressing. I can't count the number of times that while I was listening to Night's In White Satan, someone would ask me if I'm feeling ok.

One group that I've been in love with since the second I heard them was Pink Floyd. I just can't get enough of that ethereal guitar.

Pink Floyd - 'Echoes'
Part1 -
Part2 -

David Gilmour - 'Coming Back To Life'


Bill Withers - 'Ain't No Sunshine'

 

[Astronuc]

Some of the more mellow Satriani - live

Joe Satriani - Always With Me, Always With You (Live 2006)



Joe Satriani - Love Thing (Live in San Francisco)



Joe Satriani - Until we say goodbye (Live in San Francisco)

 

[moe darklight]

black like me from the new spoon album is so great.

they let u listen to the whole album here:
http://www.mergerecords.com/gagagajuke/

ga ga ga ga ga has to be their best album.

 

[Kurdt]

Edgar Cruz with Bohemian Rhapsody for the solo guitar. Very annoying audience though:

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=ZHSmjrjpoaI&mode=related&search=

And here's a guy that does a fantastic version on solo guitar learned from Edgar Cruz.

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=RxR7dVPKnD4&watch_response

Some of the most fantastic chords you'll ever see played on a guitar.

 

[Astronuc]

Supertramp - Downstream (some mellow tramp)


Supertramp = Crime of the Century (live)


Supertramp - Hide in Your Shell - 1977


Supertramp Breakfast in America (live)



Supertramp incorporated a saxphone into several of the compositions

Supertramp - give a little bit (live)

Give a little bit
Give a little bit of your love to me
Give a little bit
I'll give a little bit of my love to you
There's so much that we need to share
So send a smile and show you care

I'll give a little bit
I'll give a little bit of my life for you
So give a little bit
Give a little bit of your time to me
See the man with the lonely eyes
Take his hand, you'll be surprised

Give a little bit
Give a little bit of your love to me
I'll give a little bit of my life for you
Now's the time that we need to share
So find yourself, were on our way back home

Going home
Don't you need to feel at home?
Oh yeah, we got to sing

Supertramp - Take The Long Way Home (great harmonica and sax)

(keep this track turned down for the first few seconds)

So you think you're a romeo
Playing a part in a picture-show
Take the long way home
Take the long way home

Cos' youre the joke of the neighborhood
Why should you care if youre feeling good
Take the long way home
Take the long way home

But there are times that you feel youre part of the scenery
All the greenery is comin' down, boy
And then your wife seems to think youre part of the
Furniture oh, it's peculiar, she used to be so nice.

When lonely days turn to lonely nights
You take a trip to the city lights
And take the long way home
Take the long way home

You never see what you want to see
Forever playing to the gallery
You take the long way home
Take the long way home

And when you're up on the stage, its so unbelievable,
Unforgettable, how they adore you,
But then your wife seems to think you're losing your sanity,
Oh, calamity, is there no way out?

Does it feel that you lifes become a catastrophe?
Oh, it has to be for you to grow, boy.
When you look through the years and see what you could
Have been oh, what might have been,
If you'd had more time.

So, when the day comes to settle down,
Who's to blame if you're not around?
You took the long way home
You took the long way home...

Supertramp - Even in the Quietest Moments
(fitting video)

Even in the quietest moments
I wish I knew what I had to do
And even though the sun is shining
Well I feel the rain --- here it comes again, dear
And even when you showed me
My heart was out of tune
For there's a shadow of doubt that's not letting me find you too soon
The music that you gave me
The language of my soul
Oh lord, I want to be with you.
Won't you let me come in from the cold?

Don't you let the sun fade away
Don't you let the sun fade away
Don't you let the sun be leaving
Won't you come to me soon

And even though the stars are listening
And the oceans deep, I just go to sleep
And then I create a silent movie
You become the star, is that what you are, dear?
Your whisper tells a secret
Your laughter brings me joy
And a wonder of feeling I'm natures own little boy
But still the tears keep falling
They're raining from the sky
Well there's a lot of me got to go under before I get high

Don't you let the sun disappear
Don't you let the sun disappear
Don't you let the sun be leaving
No, you can't be leaving my life
Say that you won't be leaving my life
Say that you won't be leaving my life
Say won't you please, stay won't you please
Say won't you please, stay won't you please
Lord, won't you come and get into my life
Lord, won't you come and get into my life
Say won't you please, stay won't you please
Say won't you please, stay won't you please
Lord, don't go

And even when the song is over
Where have I been --- was it just a dream?
And though your door is always open
Where do I begin --- may I please come in, dear?

Supertramp - The Logical Song

 

[Echo 6 Sierra]

ONLY the best blues song EVUR sung! The best of the 3 kings.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zWOi_R7bxfA

Peter Green, when Fleetwood Mac was actually cool.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ivS5wjwGbn8

Ladies & Germs...Johnny Winter...even if you don't like him you've just GOTTA dig the hat. I forget, did he do drugs?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-SeLISb0xyg

 

[turbo]

The best/worst song for me was "For a Dancer" by Jackson Browne. I was suffering through the brain-cancer and death of a sweet lady who had hooked up with a fellow guitarist that had been my friend for over 30 years, and I stumbled onto a live version of this song, done by Browne and David Lindley, and I could not stop sobbing. The song captures her perfectly. Linda was a member of a Chicago improv group, and could take a second to turn any circumstance into a statement or deflate a pompous idea with a pin-prick. I miss her.

Keep a fire burning in your eye
Pay attention to the open sky
You never know what will be coming down
I don't remember losing track of you
You were always dancing in and out of view
I must have thought youd always be around
Always keeping things real by playing the clown
Now youre nowhere to be found

I don't know what happens when people die
Cant seem to grasp it as hard as I try
Its like a song I can hear playing right in my ear
That I can't sing
I can't help listening
And I can't help feeling stupid standing round
Crying as they ease you down
cause I know that youd rather we were dancing
Dancing our sorrow away
(right on dancing)
No matter what fate chooses to play
(theres nothing you can do about it anyway)

Just do the steps that youve been shown
By everyone youve ever known
Until the dance becomes your very own
No matter how close to yours
Anothers steps have grown
In the end there is one dance youll do alone

Keep a fire for the human race
Let your prayers go drifting into space
You never know what will be coming down
Perhaps a better world is drawing near
And just as easily it could all disappear
Along with whatever meaning you might have found
Dont let the uncertainty turn you around
(the world keeps turning around and around)
Go on and make a joyful sound

Into a dancer you have grown
From a seed somebody else has thrown
Go on ahead and throw some seeds of your own
And somewhere between the time you arrive
And the time you go
May lie a reason you were alive
But you'll never know

 

[Kummer]

Die Miestiersinger von Nurnberg

 

[[x]Bby-Latina[x]

I do-98 degrees ...i luv this song;)

 

[Kurdt]

I searched the thread and didn't see this song posted.

Dave Brubeck Quartet - Take Five

 

[DeadWolfe]

I can't believe there isn't more Zappa. "The Adventures Of Greggory Peccary", I probably the best song ever.

 

[Astronuc]

12 Girls Band - Shanghai


The Er-hu (Erhu) is one of my favorite instruments.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erhu

Yangqin - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yangqin

The trapezoidal yangqin (Simplified Chinese: 扬琴; Traditional Chinese: 揚琴; Pinyin: yángqín) is a Chinese hammered dulcimer originally from the Middle East (Persia (modern-day Iran)). It used to be written with the characters 洋琴 (lit. "foreign zither"), but over time the first character changed to 揚 (also pronounced "yáng"), which means "acclaimed". It is also spelled yang quin or yang ch'in. Hammered dulcimers of various types are now very popular not only in China, but also Eastern Europe, the Middle East, India and Pakistan. The instruments are also sometimes known by the names "santur" and "cymbalom".

The yangqin was traditionally fitted with bronze strings, which gave the instrument a soft timbre. This form of instrument is still occasionally heard today in the hudie qin (蝴蝶琴, lit. "butterfly zither") played in the traditional silk and bamboo genre from the Shanghai region known as Jiangnan sizhu (江南絲竹), as well as in some Cantonese music groups. The Thai and Cambodian khim are nearly identical in their construction, having been introduced to those nations by southern Chinese musicians. Since the 1950s, however, steel alloy strings (in conjunction with copper-wound steel strings for the bass notes) have been used, in order to give the instrument a brighter, and louder tone.

It's a very cool instrument. Composer/vocalist Lisa Gerrard has used this instrument in some of her performances, which one can see in Dead Can Dance's performance of Rakim from their work Toward the Within posted by Evo at the top of page 24.

Twelve Girls Band - Carnival (Live)


12 girls band - ceilinjan


12 girls band - the quarter moon is rising


Lisa Gerard - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lisa_Gerrard

Born April 12, 1961 in Melbourne, Lisa Gerrard grew up in the multi-ethnic suburb of Prahran with her Irish immigrant parents, where she was exposed to Greek, Turkish, Italian, Irish and Arab cultures. Her upbringing in this diverse suburb had a large influence on her music, particularly on later Dead Can Dance albums and in her solo and collaborative work.

Cool!

 

[Evo]

Not many of you have probably ever heard this Viet Nam era song.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J-Gdfe-Glxc&NR=1

In the 60's I loved The Association

Cherish http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9B73gPftJBw&mode=related&search=

Never my love http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OmcHlZwo0Zw&mode=related&search=

 

[Astronuc]

Not many of you have probably ever heard this Viet Nam era song.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J-Gdfe-Glxc&NR=1

Not too many folks around here may recognize a young Dick Smothers doing the intro. Talk about nostalgia.

 

[Astronuc]

My daughter introduced us to Loreena McKennitt, who has a very beautiful voice.

Loreena McKennitt - The Mystic's Dream - LIVE



Loreena McKennitt - The Mummer's Dance
(LIVE) - shows instruments


Loreena McKennitt - La Serinissima


Loreena McKennitt- Beneath a Phrygian Sky


Loreena McKennitt - The English Ladye and the Knight


Loreena McKennitt - Bonnie Portmore (Highlander series)


Lorena Mckennit prologue

 

[Astronuc]

The Lady of Shalott (Long version 10:00)


Loreena McKennitt - The Lady of Shalott (LIVE) 4:14


On either side of the river lie
Long fields of barley and of rye,
That clothe the world and meet the sky;
And thro' the field the road run by
To many-towered Camelot;
And up and down the people go,
Gazing where the lilies blow
Round an island there below,
The island of Shalott.

Willows whiten, aspens quiver,
Little breezes dusk and shiver
Thro' the wave that runs forever
By the island in the river
Flowing down to Camelot.
Four grey walls, and four grey towers,
Overlook a space of flowers,
And the silent isle imbowers
The Lady of Shalott.

Only reapers, reaping early,
In among the bearded barley
Hear a song that echoes cheerly
From the river winding clearly
Down to tower'd Camelot;
And by the moon the reaper weary,
Piling sheaves in uplands airy,
Listening, whispers "'tis the fairy
The Lady of Shalott."

There she weaves by night and day
A magic web with colours gay,
She has heard a whisper say,
A curse is on her if she stay
To look down to Camelot.
She knows not what the curse may be,
And so she weaveth steadily,
And little other care hath she,
The Lady of Shalott.

And moving through a mirror clear
That hangs before her all the year,
Shadows of the world appear.
There she sees the highway near
Winding down to Camelot;
And sometimes thro' the mirror blue
The Knights come riding two and two.
She hath no loyal Knight and true,
The Lady Of Shalott.

But in her web she still delights
To weave the mirror's magic sights,
For often thro' the silent nights
A funeral, with plumes and with lights
And music, went to Camelot;
Or when the Moon was overhead,
Came two young lovers lately wed.
"I'm half sick of shadows," said
The Lady Of Shalott.

A bow-shot from her bower-eaves,
He rode between the barley sheaves,
The sun came dazzling thro' the leaves,
And flamed upon the brazen greaves
Of bold Sir Lancelot.
A red-cross knight for ever kneel'd
To a lady in his shield,
That sparkled on the yellow field,
Beside remote Shalott.

His broad clear brow in sunlight glow'd;
On burnish'd hooves his war-horse trode;
From underneath his helmet flow'd
His coal-black curls as on he rode,
As he rode back to Camelot.
From the bank and from the river
he flashed into the crystal mirror,
"Tirra Lirra," by the river
Sang Sir Lancelot.

She left the web, she left the loom,
She made three paces thro' the room,
She saw the water-lily bloom,
She saw the helmet and the plume,
She looked down to Camelot.
Out flew the web and floated wide;
The mirror cracked from side to side;
"The curse is come upon me," cried
The Lady of Shalott.

In the stormy east-wind straining,
The pale yellow woods were waning,
The broad stream in his banks complaining.
Heavily the low sky raining
Over towered Camelot;
Down she came and found a boat
Beneath a willow left afloat,
And round about the prow she wrote
The Lady of Shalott

And down the river's dim expanse
Like some bold seer in a trance,
Seeing all his own mischance -
With a glassy countenance
She looked to Camelot.
And at the closing of the day
She loosed the chain and down she lay;
The broad stream bore her far away,
The Lady of Shalott.

Heard a carol, mournful, holy,
Chanted loudly, chanted lowly,
Till her blood was frozen slowly,
And her eyes were darkened wholly,
Turn'd to towered Camelot.
For ere she reach'd upon the tide
The first house by the water-side,
Singing in her song she died,
The Lady of Shalott.

Under tower and balcony,
By garden-wall and gallery,
A gleaming shape she floated by,
Dead-pale between the houses nigh,
Silent into Camelot.
Out upon the wharfs they came,
Knight and Burgher, Lord and Dame,
And round the prow they read her name,
The Lady of Shalott.

Who is this? And what is here?
And in the lighted palace near
Died the sound of royal cheer;
And they crossed themselves for fear,
The Knights at Camelot;
Lancelot mused a little space
He said, "She has a lovely face;
God in his mercy lend her grace,
The Lady of Shalott."