What is the Best Saxophone Song?

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In summary, some of the best songs are "Baker Street" by Gerry Rafferty, "Guns N Roses, Sweet Child O' Mine." by Axl Rose, "Bruce Springsteen - "tunnel of love"" by Led Zeppelin, "Honor thy Father" by Dream Theater, and "Octavarium" by Dream Theater.
  • #876
rootX said:
I really love his songs! :approve:

James Blunt - No Bravery

(couldn't find good video:()


That's a good video for that song, even if it's the wrong war. He wrote that song when he was stationed in Kosovo in '99 as an officer in the British military. Then again, if you strip away the reasons, I guess every war is pretty much the same.
 
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  • #877
turbo-1 said:
We lost Levi Stubbs - a real talent. If you can remember the first time you heard this song on AM radio, you might be able to remember the rest of the '60s. I LOVED Motown!



Even though I wasn't around then, my mother was addicted to Motown. It definitely rubbed off on me.

Walker & The All Stars - Shotgun


GOT TO GIVE IT UP - MARVIN GAYE


Marvin Gaye "Ain't That Peculiar" live 1965


Stevie Wonder - Uptight (Everything's Alright)
 
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  • #878
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OQiqnG36nkI
 
  • #879
Sabaton, 40-1

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-z4DZF9pz2I

Hardly BSE, but they got a lot of publicity here lately for obvious reasons.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Wizna

Wiki article states that "The heroic struggle against overwhelming odds is nowadays one of the symbols of the Polish Defensive War of 1939 and is a part of Polish popular culture." IMHO that's not entirely true - battle was not popularly known prior to Sabaton song.
 
  • #881
I love this song. Julia by the Beatles.

 
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  • #882
This is one of my all time favorites "When I touch you" by Spirit.

 
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  • #883
  • #884
Continuing from Enya ->

Enigma - Return to innocence

 
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  • #886
New favorite band (to add to all my other favorites: Rise Against, they're really good.

Oh, also, I must recommend Elliott Smith, he was really amazing, and had about 5 or 6 of his songs on the Good Will Hunting soundtrack.
 
  • #888
I probably posted this already but was reminded this morning of John Denver, who was always a favorite of mine. This was surely one of his best songs:

Very beautiful - Annie's Song
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C21G2OkHEYo

I always loved Calypso, which was dedicated to the work of Jacques Cousteau. Profits went to the Cousteau foundation.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vl7aM3nCqC0
 
  • #889
Once again, a dreadful song...

I don't really know why I like this kind of stuff.



It's so monotonous...
 
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  • #891
A song that I grew up to:

EverLast - What It's like
4z9f9Eybv4I[/youtube] Nothing amazing musically, but the lyrics are good in my opinion.
 
  • #893
Black Flag- Nervous Breakdown

Best musically? Not even close.
Best lyrically? Nope!

Had the biggest impact in my life? Check!

 
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  • #894
Possibly the opportunity to solve the clue for ‘evo’ occurred because Devo may not readily spring to mind for some, so to share, here is a favourite ‘freedom of choice’ -

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=I9hpMgKI_NU
( some wise words from this gem have been quoted previously at pf ).

And interestingly, Devo anagrammised(?) themselves, too, in a different way than Gokul did, when performing for the Church of SubGenius ( pre Flying Spaghetti Monster) as the pseudo Christian soft rock group, Dove (the band of love)-

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=f_k8JAMGXiI&feature=related
 
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  • #895
How about:

Angel-Massive Attack
 
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  • #897
Cat Stevens - Peace Train
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7sjSHazjrWg

Bob Marley - I'm hurting
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hPcotrcdDDk
 
  • #898
Elliott Smith: Shooting Star, Waltz #2, so many others...wish I could get you guys links, but alas...dialup...
 
  • #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
 
  • #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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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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