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.
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Also, check out Tim Exile's Gabbaret Lounge parts 1 and 2:

http://www.timexile.com/pre/stuff/The_Gabbaret_Lounge_Part_1.mp3
http://www.timexile.com/pre/stuff/Tim_Exile_The_Gabbaret_Lounge_2.mp3

Part 1 is much better, and longer.
 
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  • #142
Gokul43201 said:
Speed Licks:

1. Paco de Lucia, Al Di Meola & John McLaughlin - Mediterranean Sundance (from Friday Night in San Francisco)

http://youtube.com/watch?v=HEZrB_FDw4c&mode=related&search=
I had been following McLaughlin, Coryell and others for a number of years, although I wasn't interested in playing their kind of music. My lady-friend and I got to the venue early to secure front-row seating for a concert featuring John McLaughlin and the Mahavishnu Orchestra, the Blue Oyster Cult and the Byrds. There were two shows that night, and although we had tickets for the second show, we were early enough to have been down-front for the first. We were sitting there hugging and talking with our legs under the risers whe the Byrds came out. I said "what the hell - the headliners come first?" and resisted the urge to jump up and attack Skip Batten when he made eyes at my girl from a few feet away all through the concert. Next came the BOC, who were incredibly loud. Luckily Harriet was smoking filtered cigarettes at the time, so we had a ready supply of ear plugs. Finally, we were waiting for McLaughlin to come out (whom I really wanted her to hear live) and I was complaining that with all the previous noise, his nicely nuanced jazz guitar would be lost on us. He strode out on stage with a black Les Paul Custom, plugged directly into a Twin Reverb with every knob seemingly set to 10, and proceeded to rip the place up. Being in Maine, we got to be on the starting or finishing ends of a lot of groups' US tours. That was one hell of a beginning! Deafness begins at home.
 
  • #143
"New Year's Prayer" by Jeff Buckley
(To hear, go to to www.box.net;[/URL] enter account [email]mavonn@yahoo.com[/email], password is physics)

Oooooo, Fall in light, fall in light. Fall in light, fall in light
Feel no shame for what you are
Feel no shame for what you are
Feel no shame for what you are
Feel no shame for what you are
Feel no shame for what you are
As you now are in your blood
Fall in light

Feel no shame for what you are
Feel no shame for what you are
Feel it as a water fall
Fall in light, ooh
Fall in light, fall in light, Fall in light, ooh
Fall in light, fall in light, fall in light
Grow in light

Stand absolved behind your electric chair, dancing
Stand absolved behind your electric chair, dancing
Past the sound within the sound
Past the voice within the voice

Leave your office
Run past your funeral
Leave your home, car
Leave your pulpit
Join us in the streets where we
Join us in the streets where we
Don’t belong, don’t belong
You and the stars
Throwing light

Ooooooh
Fall, fall
Ooooooh
Fall in light, fall in light. fall in light
Oooooh
Fall in light, fall in light fall in light
Grow in light[/CENTER]​
 
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  • #144
This thread desperately needs a Pixies song:

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Quicksilver Messenger Service
[MEDIA=youtube]syOL3JJFguM[/MEDIA][/URL]

Oooooh - Have another hit! Fresh Air.
[PLAIN][MEDIA=youtube]3ygH6prkcIs[/MEDIA][/URL]

Some rare video - Quicksilver Messenger Service LIVE 1967
[PLAIN][MEDIA=youtube]bqVVnExlX9c[/MEDIA][/URL]
People were subdued back then. :rolleyes: The vocals could have been better emphasized.

John Cipollina was one guitar players. Unfortunately he died in his early 40's from a respiratory problem.
[url]http://www.johncipollina.com/Samples.htm[/url]
The audio selections include MP3s. The one for Smokestack Lightning is rather poor - sounds like it skips - but it's interesting to compare that with the version by the Yardbirds.
 
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  • #147
There's a lot of great rock and roll on here, but few play it the way it was originally meant to be played. Mathwonk already mentioned some of the old-time greats, so let's zero in on some of the shining stars:

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Great song, great performance.

Then, of course, the 50s also had its Michael Jackson (check his [PLAIN]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jerry_Lee_Lewis" entry if you don't know what I'm talking about):

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And let's not forget the king...

[PLAIN]"[MEDIA=youtube[/URL]It was great while it lasted, but sadly, true rock and roll died on February 9, 1964. Watch, and enjoy:

[PLAIN]"[MEDIA=youtube[/URL]
 
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  • #148
More than "honourable mention" must be awarded to the folllowing:
Genesis: "Mama"
[MEDIA=youtube]fc_6idxhMzA[/MEDIA][/URL]
Peter Gabriel:
"Shock the monkey"
[PLAIN][MEDIA=youtube]B1Zo1-U73UE[/MEDIA][/URL]
"Sledgehammer"
[PLAIN][MEDIA=youtube]NaPYQysTHtA[/MEDIA][/URL]
 
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  • #149
Here's a couple songs from Dave Carter and Tracy Grammer.

http://www.signaturesounds.com/ulf/multimedia/23/Disappearing.ram (Nice violin and cello piece)

http://www.signaturesounds.com/ulf/multimedia/57/Tanglewood.ram
 
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  • #150
Since Space Tiger is digging out the oldies-but-goodies, here is one I used to holler along with when I was a kid - when it was a new song getting heavy rotation. Carl Perkins' "Blue Suede Shoes" - the original rockabilly hit.

[MEDIA=youtube]GKQ0RU0aKnc[/MEDIA][/URL]
 
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  • #151
Here's another blast from the past - Chuck Berry stole a lot of licks and showmanship (like playing his guitar in odd positions and dancing around on stage) from him, and today there are people like Kid Ramos (former lead player for the Fabulous Thunderbirds) carrying on the West Coast style. The artist is the highly influential T-Bone Walker. This is a relatively low-key tune. I have a lot of his stuff, and he really ripped it up at times, but I couldn't find links to any more.

[MEDIA=youtube]m1vGnF9ZUpw[/MEDIA][/URL]

And here's a link where you can hear samples of songs from Kid Ramos' "West Coast House Party"

[URL]https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00004W5D8/?tag=pfamazon01-20[/URL]
 
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  • #152
Gotta add some Gordon Lightfoot
2 of my favorites...

The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald:
[MEDIA=youtube]RvKYRLtyjzw[/MEDIA][/URL]

Sundown:
[PLAIN][MEDIA=youtube]Rd8GoDfWpsw[/MEDIA][/URL]

-GeoMike-
 
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  • #153
Shpongle. This song isn't my favorite, but still great.

[MEDIA=youtube]o1jPeG1LlaQ[/MEDIA][/URL]
 
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  • #154
GluonZ said:
Shpongle. This song isn't my favorite, but still great.

[MEDIA=youtube]o1jPeG1LlaQ[/MEDIA][/URL][/QUOTE]

Nice! Another goa/psytrance fan. :biggrin:

I'll add Juno Reactor - Pistolero, one of their best songs:
[PLAIN][MEDIA=youtube]G-rC9MSNKsM[/MEDIA][/URL]

-GeoMike-
 
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  • #155
I'm getting impatient. How about getting four great singers together to sing a song. (Great mustaches - :smile: )

[MEDIA=youtube]6gOm__oZL5g[/MEDIA]&NR[/URL]
 
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  • #156
Leaving on a Jet Plane by, get this, John Denver and Mama Cass
[MEDIA=youtube]VVyMGfcV4uA[/MEDIA][/URL]

And, Annie's Song, by Denver.
[PLAIN][MEDIA=youtube]hBSusfv2m_8[/MEDIA]&NR[/URL]
 
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  • #157
[MEDIA=youtube]KwXTWNfUxvY[/MEDIA][/URL]

Giant solo Dream Theater did mid-concert. (Dream Theater like to vary their concerts alot)
 
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  • #159
Helplessly Hoping by CSN. A couple of my friends and I used to get together with our acoustic guitars and try to get some of their numbers down. The results were generally disappointing because our harmonies weren't up to this standard.

[MEDIA=youtube]ArczUVXrODQ[/MEDIA][/URL]
 
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  • #161
BobG said:
I'm getting impatient. How about getting four great singers together to sing a song. (Great mustaches - :smile: )

:smile: I was sure this was a lead up to a Crosby, Stills, Nash, & Young song. Oh well, while we're on the topic (along with turbo's link), might as well...

"[MEDIA=youtube[/URL]
 
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  • #162
Johnny Cash, Carl Perkins, and Eric Clapton doing an old blues tune - "Matchbox". You've got a country guy with a tinge of rock, the original rockabilly master, and the reigning blues/rock guitarist together on one stage. I would love to have been there for the rehearsals! Check out Clapton's interpretation of a rockabilly guitar lead.

[MEDIA=youtube]9dJARoP5U2A[/MEDIA][/URL]

Edit: Here is another clip with Derek and the Dominos leading into Matchbox. You've got to love Johnny Cash, Glen Campbell, the Smothers Brothers, etc, for insisting on live performances on their shows when the standard at the time was still lip-synching.

[PLAIN][MEDIA=youtube]Q1fXhLVaBBY[/MEDIA][/URL]
 
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  • #163
Well, here's a classic from Boomtown Rats:
[MEDIA=youtube]gDRxCV8u_S4[/MEDIA][/URL]
 
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  • #164
arildno said:
Well, here's a classic from Boomtown Rats:
[MEDIA=youtube]gDRxCV8u_S4[/MEDIA][/URL][/QUOTE]


That song is based on a real sad fact

One of the catchiest songs of the 80s:

Come on Eileen- Dexy's Midnight runners

[PLAIN][MEDIA=youtube]QbSwYRUpnc8[/MEDIA][/URL]
 
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  • #165
hypnagogue said:
The Velvet Underground

Venus in Furs
http://youtube.com/watch?v=HeOLR2xOHSA

Definitely merits "best songs ever" status.

And some live Velvet Underground stuff I managed to dig up on youtube...

I'm Waiting for My Man - a soft acoustic / piano version
http://youtube.com/watch?v=5rhiqI6PlTo

Heroin
http://youtube.com/watch?v=aXbgdj1Pd_w

Venus in Furs (live)
http://youtube.com/watch?v=ayZ8SlU-OuQ

Awesome, any recommendations on VU stuff to get? I only have The Velvet Underground and Nico. (The one with the banana on the front.):cool:
 
  • #166
If you're looking for a sound similar to The Velvet Underground & Nico, you should go with White Light/White Heat. Their other two albums, The Velvet Underground and Loaded, are both great but abandon some of the more experimental, harsh, and jam-ish aspects of the first two. The Velvet Underground (self-titled album) is slower, softer and more contemplative on the whole. Loaded, their last album, has a more traditional and polished pop-rockish sound. Although Loaded sounds rather different from the previous albums, I'd say it's a must have. But really, if you like their first album, I think it's worth it to get all of the other three as well.
 
  • #167
I hate to think of how many times l listened to this one...well DSOTM

Breathe - Floyd
[MEDIA=youtube]lvkPKyMswUo[/MEDIA][/URL]
 
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  • #168
Ivan Seeking said:
I hate to think of how many times l listened to this one...well DSOTM

Breathe - Floyd
[MEDIA=youtube]lvkPKyMswUo[/MEDIA][/URL][/QUOTE]
Nobody I know likes that song...:confused:
 
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  • #169
Don't watch this if you like cute animals!

[MEDIA=youtube]zoIOTbWSVDg[/MEDIA][/URL]

Hunted by a Freak by Mogwai, one of the best British bands from the last 10 years.
 
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  • #171
Endless Sacrifice by Dream Theater
[MEDIA=youtube]P__vSPoUC48[/MEDIA][/URL] Part 1
[PLAIN][MEDIA=youtube]s2o4qRdiDoE[/MEDIA][/URL] Part 2

Part of Hell's Kitchen.
[PLAIN][MEDIA=youtube]4rMcJdxcJvg[/MEDIA][/URL] I just love how crisp and sharp his drums sound.

Cannon in D(Ouble Bass)
[PLAIN][MEDIA=youtube]1IW71M5ND_s[/MEDIA][/URL] - I just think this is really cool :)
 
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  • #172
For Turbo:

Allison Krauss and Union Station performing Man of Constant Sorrow.
[MEDIA=youtube]o6ilN4cFmjk[/MEDIA][/URL]

gives me chills.:smile:
 
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  • #173
Math Is Hard said:
For Turbo:

Allison Krauss and Union Station performing Man of Constant Sorrow.
[MEDIA=youtube]o6ilN4cFmjk[/MEDIA][/URL]

gives me chills.:smile:[/QUOTE]Yes! Dan Tyminski is a great singer and flatpicker and Jerry Douglas (who has his own band, but often appears with AKUS) has got to be the best dobro player ever. Thanks for the video. AKUS has a live 2-CD set that just kills, and I have a couple of live CDs of Tony Rice with Allison in the band. There is some serious talent in that group of folks.
 
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  • #174
Here is a video of Jerry Douglas' band doing a snappy instumental called "Patrick Meets the Brickbats". Note to Allison - it does not seem to have effected his fiddle-playing, but do not get the spiked mohawk.

[MEDIA=youtube]LDLgedB70IQ[/MEDIA][/URL]
 
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  • #175
And one of the best singer-songwriters in the business - Marc Cohn. This is one of his better-known songs, though by far not his best work. I have "Marc Cohn", "The Rainy Season", and "Burnin' the Daze" and there is not a clunker to be found on any of the CDs.

[MEDIA=youtube]mEIqA8-HNgU[/MEDIA][/URL]
 
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