What is the Best Saxophone Song?

[turbo]

I'm not a huge fan of Billy Squier, but this song just knocks me out. Stupid DJs around here are slack about announcing the title and artist after each song (a MUST back in the days of payola), so it took me a while to find out that this wasn't Jimmy Page and Robert Plant. Voice and guitar, Squier's a one-man show. Hard to believe this song is ~30 years old.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tKlu3A3BBgE&feature=search

 

[Ivan Seeking]

Never get tired of this oldie. It is one of the greatest soft-rock songs ever written, imo.

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

 

[ThomasT]

I don't know if Jethro Tull has been presented in this thread (it's a long thread) but here's some good stuff.



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w3Q2L1Tt1Hk&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KgUw6t3b6oE&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HxpcSKqlies&feature=related

I'll have a lot of fun exploring this thread, so thanks to the many posters.

And here's some Jeff Beck doing a beatles song:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TZlFTbvfKPE&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pNSSQycQpCw&feature=related

and wang chung to live and die in la



and greg phillinganes behind the mask



and chaka khan & rufus Aint nobody



and larry carlton la - ny



and stevie winwood hold on



some vintage neil young old man



and the allegro moderato from Bach's Brandenburg Concerto #3
this group plays it particularly well, energetically, like it's supposed to be played
turn your volume up -- can you believe that 10 acoustic musicians can make this sound?
it isn't flawless, but it is wonderful



now, some piano stuff
nobody plays Ravel like Ravel

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jDIAnwjFVVA&feature=related

cool guitarist michael hedges



a couple of versions of gf handel's unto us a child is born from the Messiah
and no I'm not a 'religious' person, but I love handel's stuff and this is powerful music
compare the two versions, the first is a somewhat smaller ensemble, but still very dynamic



this, the second, is the best version I've ever heard of this -- you will be moved by it

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TN5BaOGTmGs&feature=related

 

[rootX]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rdG618TMc5E

 

[Borek]

Never get tired of this oldie. It is one of the greatest soft-rock songs ever written, imo.

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

Just looking at them makes me laugh - 70's were crazy

Wow, checked in wikipedia - 3 out of 4 already dead

 

[Ivan Seeking]

Just looking at them makes me laugh - 70's were crazy

Wow, checked in wikipedia - 3 out of 4 already dead

That was 1965.

Michelle Phillips was so hot! She is still acting.

Never caught this before

She has made guest appearances on programs such as...Star Trek: The Next Generation (where she appeared in the episode "We'll Always Have Paris" as a former love-interest of Captain Picard).

Phillips began acting in the 1970s and continues to act in movies and in television. She was introduced in 1973's Dillinger as John Dillinger's girlfriend, Billie Frechette. In 1974 she was featured in The California Kid with Martin Sheen. In 1977, she played Rudolph Valentino's second wife Natacha Rambova in Ken Russell's film Valentino. Phillips also played the mermaid princess Nyah in three episodes of Fantasy Island.

She has made guest appearances on programs such as Spin City and Star Trek: The Next Generation (where she appeared in the episode "We'll Always Have Paris" as a former love-interest of Captain Picard). She had a guest role on the television series The Magnificent Seven, where she played Maude Standish, the mother of one of the Seven. Phillips' most recent serious acting job has been a recurring role on the WB drama 7th Heaven as Lily Jackson, sister of family matriarch Annie Jackson Camden (Catherine Hicks). She played Laura Collins in the 1996 television movie No One Would Tell.

Phillips starred for several seasons on Knots Landing as Anne W. Matheson Sumner, playing the mother of future Desperate Housewives star Nicollette Sheridan (a role which Phillips returned to for the 1997 TV movie Knots Landing: Back to the Cul-de-Sac). In the mid-1990s she played Abby Malone, mother of Valerie (Tiffani-Amber Thiessen) on Fox's Beverly Hills, 90210.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michelle_Phillips#Acting_career

 

[vorcil]

Can anyone please refer me to some songs like this,

also if I were choose a song to best represent science or the earth, or humanity, this would be it,
unless you can find something better :P

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bYrboZoTj7c

songs like the one above

 

[cronxeh]

Best. song. evar. Fwap Fwap.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lHCf5vZZ0zE

 

[sponsoredwalk]

Apologies if this song is posted already

I usually hate pop music, find very few songs that are actually good but this
song has so much to it! I know I'd hate it if I heard it on the radio 50
times a day in work but I don't!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KDKva-s_khY&ob=av2e



To make up for this I present you with a short bombshell of a punk song

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1TL5yyh9nsY

To add to the California Dreaming-ness

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iVm-pTiyC48

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H-ThPN8ZY4I

(This one is best listened to in a park on a windy day)

 

[cronxeh]

Ohh man.. wow I almost turned smurf from laughing

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-VVqbwfKyJ0

 

[vorcil]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CiEyKrUl5yQ

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bYrboZoTj7c

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d1ni1sVCgEk

 

[Andre]

The successor of Sarah Brightman? Mirusia Louwerse





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[lisab]

She had a beautiful voice, Andre.

For something completely different - those of you who like 60's style folk songs, you'll love this new one, from Ray LaMontagne. Beg Steal or Borrow:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T6a_1R3w5i4

Sounds very Crosby Stills & Nash, to my ears.

 

[Astronuc]

Louis Armstrong - Kiss to Build a Dream On

 

[cronxeh]

Wow what a song.. This is really a gem of a song

Salt 'N' Pepa - Whatta Man
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8-WFNbMohTQ

 

[cronxeh]

Now don't get me wrong.. I'm not into hip-hop/rap/RnB. But everyonce in a while something amazing comes along, and whether it is techno/trance or hiphop, it deserves an acknowledgment. I nominate "Nelly - Just A Dream" to be among the best songs. It spoke for me, about me, to me, and soothed me.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8QPX-o7Decw

 

[turbo]

Best old-fashioned geek song out there. From the days of punch-card programming.

 

[FrancisZ]

Sounds very Crosby Stills & Nash, to my ears.

Speaking of which...


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nP0VBB7BO64


What an awesome tune. Always thought they were better with Neil Young.

 

[ThomasT]

I've been working slowly through the posts in this thread. Lots of no longer available links, but this lady, Mary Black, was mentioned by one of the first few posters. A real nice song by her:

 

[G037H3]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-jAAcY2ZfMU"

 

[turbo]

This song is on the AKUS live double CD. Highly recommended!

 

[lisab]

I wish Pink would step outside the Pop genre more often - this is beautiful:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jY7luanS150

 

[sachinism]

nothing els ematters - mettalicamy all time favourite song

 

[ViewsofMars]

Sade - Soldier Of Love
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IR5_rTCi-Bo

 

[sponsoredwalk]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XZrBzj9YwpI
Pretenders doing a Ramones cover, great song.

Another one of this album that just shakes you up is:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=93rzEBvB3lM

 

[rootX]

both are similar. I love both.

 

[preluderacer]

Im currently listening to matt and kim


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WgBeu3FVi60

 

[The legend]

Eminem - lose yourself (everyone must, MUST see this video!)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PRRn9NoZs8s

if you can't view it here go to this link


Edit by Ivan: Link fixed

 

[cronxeh]

Best. Song. Ever.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7645WX3xvHc

 

[The legend]

Thanks for fixing the link Ivan!

 

[G037H3]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M5Ziw09s1Jk&feature=related

 

[G037H3]

ah omg how do i embed vids Q_Q

 

[The legend]

Linkin Park - In The End
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1yw1Tgj9-VU&feature=related

hey and how do i embed videos?

 

[Watson]

brantley gilbert= beast

 

[The legend]

Finally... put in the video!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1yw1Tgj9-VU