What is the Best Saxophone Song?

[fuzzyfelt]

it had a picture of a big stair going into the sky all covered in grass and flowers and stuff, 12 million views, ended with a bunch of short bits of other various led zeppelin songs

Nice, Shiskabob! I wonder which the other bunch of led zep songs were, too.

 

[nazarbaz]

A song for bad people...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SxM31OwxJjE&feature=relmfu

 

[seaofghosts]

Since we're on a rock/metal kick... I get all environmentally conscious when I listen to this. Dio's voice is incredible.

Black Sabbath - Children of the Sea

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DJQQWbr4cXM

 

[ImaLooser]

My vote for best song of the 21st century so far.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=larU5S-r7pc

Emilie does all the singing and all the instruments. Unbelievable. Best solo act ever. And you haven't even heard her violin playing, which redefines the rock solo.

Second 21st century prize goes to Indonesia's Peterpan. Deepest groove ever, especially the two interlocking guitar players. Beautifully done. They have plenty of tunes like this. They even had a hit in India! when Bollywood stole one of their songs.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4PfC8bkDwXE

The title means "What's the Matter with You?" And yes, chess is popular in Indonesia.

I hardly ever listen to 20th century stuff anymore. If I did, it would be the Beatles. But why? I've heard it already.

 

[seaofghosts]

I adore Emilie Autumn for just being her... her style, attitude, etc... but for whatever reason I can't get into her music and I'm not sure why.

 

[seaofghosts]

I haven't been able to stop listening to this song lately.

Mind.In.A.Box - 8 Bits

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

 

[trueo]

I'd love you to want me

and here, the best "I'd really love to see you tonight"
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[Adyssa]

Here's a song by Yppah. He's an interesting fellow. His music has a nice guitar based but electronically manipulated shoegaze kind of sound. He's from Texas. It's not the kind of music I associate with Texas, but it's nice to have your preconceptions adjusted. By the way, read his name backwards. :)

 

[Ivan Seeking]

In honor of the new Prophet Haha, heehee, hoho...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DxVkAhto0Ag

 

[OmCheeto]

I suppose, I should eventually, stop posting, this video.

But these, are the images, and music, of my life.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yN4Uu0OlmTg

Good night, and god bless you, good peeps.

 

[drizzle]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=60CxCXHa0eA

 

[WannabeNewton]

In honor of the new Prophet Haha, heehee, hoho...

Gotta love that Alex =D.

 

[Synchronised]

I have 3 songs, I never get bored of them !

 

[nazarbaz]

Moustique Moustique ah tu es un salaud...

 

[lisab]

I know I've posted this before, but I just heard Dave Brubeck died

Here he is on piano in 1959:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0HUEiUOCLeI

 

[dlgoff]

I know I've posted this before, but I just heard Dave Brubeck died

Here he is on piano in 1959:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0HUEiUOCLeI

Maybe we should all https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nzpnWuk3RjU

 

[turbo]

I saw Brubeck with two sons, and Jerry Mulligan on sax, back in college. The ticket cost me $1.50. Thank the land-grant progenitors for student activity funds!

 

[dlgoff]

I saw Brubeck with two sons, and Jerry Mulligan on sax, back in college. The ticket cost me $1.50. Thank the land-grant progenitors for student activity funds!

I use to watch these guys for about the same cost. And later did do some partying with Robbie; as he was a good friend of the piano player in our little band.


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

 

[SW VandeCarr]

"Three to Get Ready" is the first tune on the "Time Out" album. It alternates between 3/4 and 4/4 time and 'sort of' prepares you for the more unconventional time signatures to follow like 9/8 and 5/4. I really like Brubeck's restrained piano solo here. He does move into some heavy block chords late in the solo, but not too excessively. It all works very nicely with Paul Desmond's great lyrical alto sax. Paul died prematurely in 1977 of lung cancer.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DVCx5AA_usQ

Here's one of my favorite "old" songs. I've never heard Brubeck do this haunting melody before.

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

 

[SW VandeCarr]

I stumbled across this version of Brubeck/Desmond's "Take Five" by Brittni Paiva (who I've never heard of before). I thought 'some amateur's video', but I was curious so I listened. Some amateur! She looks to be 15 but she is actually 23 now. No Wiki article yet, but she deserves one. She plays the ukulele (another reason not to listen,...until you listen). I think this is worth a double post.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4tNdNFACU00

http://worldmusiccentral.org/2010/08/23/ukulele-fire/

 

[ImaLooser]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4tNdNFACU00

She swings!

The best jazz musicians these days seem to be Japanese women. Here's my fave Take Five.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Gtt1rxO-R8

 

[SW VandeCarr]

She swings!

The best jazz musicians these days seem to be Japanese women. Here's my fave Take Five.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Gtt1rxO-R8

Well, there's no questioning her technical virtuosity and, for the most part, I enjoyed her interpretation. But maybe you could explain to me why talented jazz musicians, mostly pianists, like to throw in such harsh dissonant chords and break the rhythmic flow. Is it to shock, or maybe wake up the audience? Brubeck used do that too. Only Thelonious Monk could do that and make it work, IMHO.

 

[ImaLooser]

Well, there's no questioning her technical virtuosity and, for the most part, I enjoyed her interpretation. But maybe you could explain to me why talented jazz musicians, mostly pianists, like to throw in such harsh dissonant chords and break the rhythmic flow. Is it to shock, or maybe wake up the audience? Brubeck used do that too. Only Thelonious Monk could do that and make it work, IMHO.

I think it sounds great. But I'm a jazz musician who loves novelty, so I'm in a tiny minority.

 

[SW VandeCarr]

I think it sounds great. But I'm a jazz musician who loves novelty, so I'm in a tiny minority.

Oh. I see. What do you play? Still, I suppose slamming your fist down on the keyboard every once in a while is novel, but is it music? (At least that what it sounded like to my uneducated ear.)

 

[OmCheeto]

Oh. I see. What do you play? Still, I suppose slamming your fist down on the keyboard every once in a while is novel, but is it music? (At least that what it sounded like to my uneducated ear.)

I was formally educated in music from the 3rd thru 7th grades, at which point I decided for some reason that playing the violin was not cool. So I'm not sure I have a properly educated ear either. But George Harrison's "naughty chords" comes to mind:

... Composers use tension to keep the listener interested. It puts you into the song and makes you want, however subconscious it may be, the song to go a certain way. Harrison's use of rhytmic and harmonic tension is what keeps us hooked in every song. It is the reason we listen to it and find joy in it because he was a master at it. He was a master of directing us through each of his songs, taking our emotions and manipulating them with naughty chords and time changes but always taking us back home in the end. As long as this entry has been, I have only begun to scratch the surface of Harrison's masterful songwriting. In future updates I will discuss what production aspects give him his distinct sound as well as analyise his most impressive compositions so that we can all explore, together, the inner workings of brilliant music.
...

If you think this quote is long, the original article is 20 times longer, and I think you'd need a PhD in music to comprehend it all.

Without getting into the details of how to construct each chord, I'll show you examples. A Cmajor chord is built on the note C-E-G. The distance from C to E is a major third (hence a major chord). A Cminor chord is built on the notes C-Eb(b=flat)-G. The distance from C to Eb is a minor third.

Without getting into the details? It's like being in math chat.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xnx87LIDO9k​

People always say I'm the Beatle who changed the most, but really that's what I see life is about. You have to change.

 

[ImaLooser]

Oh. I see. What do you play? Still, I suppose slamming your fist down on the keyboard every once in a while is novel, but is it music? (At least that what it sounded like to my uneducated ear.)

I play electric bass and a little bit of piano.

Playing music changes your brain (really) so musicians hear music differently than ordinary people, and highly trained musicians hear differently from casual ones. It's like learning a language, so yeah, we have got our own secret world. Very beautiful, but lonely.

Music is strictly for fun, so is what I hear "better" than what you hear? No, just different. You might even say that all that training is a waste of time. It has no practical use, that's for sure.

As to the "It's all cultural conditioning" theory, that's a load. You'd be amazed at how much agreement there is amongst musicians as to what is good and what is bad.

 

[ImaLooser]

I was formally educated in music from the 3rd thru 7th grades, at which point I decided for some reason that playing the violin was not cool. So I'm not sure I have a properly educated ear either. But George Harrison's "naughty chords" comes to mind:
If you think this quote is long, the original article is 20 times longer, and I think you'd need a PhD in music to comprehend it all.
Without getting into the details? It's like being in math chat.

I've skimmed that article and think it is BS. (The references to "his lose timing" and "mark of genious" don't help.) Diminished and augmented chords were common in pop music from 1920 to 1960. That's what the Beatles grew up with. It used to be completely normal, so anyone can learn that stuff.

"Here Comes the Sun ... Harrison shifts from 4/4 to 3/8 to 5/8 to 2/4. It's craziness unmatched anywhere else in rock music but it's brilliant." This is hogwash. It's especially silly because it applies to some John Lennon or Led Zeppelin but not George. Listen to "Good Morning" or "Black Dog" or "The Ocean." This guy is full of it.

Basic harmony is pretty simple, but if you don't know it it might as well be algebraic topology. There is harmonic theory but I find it of limited use. The ear is all that really matters. Beatles tunes are very pleasing to the ears, but sometimes contradict theory.

Pop music for some reason has devolved to being very, very simple in every way. So yeah, ordinary pop tunes from 1940 are PhD material in comparison.

 

[OmCheeto]

I've skimmed that article and think it is BS. (The references to "his lose timing" and "mark of genious" don't help.) Diminished and augmented chords were common in pop music from 1920 to 1960. That's what the Beatles grew up with. It used to be completely normal, so anyone can learn that stuff.

"Here Comes the Sun ... Harrison shifts from 4/4 to 3/8 to 5/8 to 2/4. It's craziness unmatched anywhere else in rock music but it's brilliant." This is hogwash. It's especially silly because it applies to some John Lennon or Led Zeppelin but not George. Listen to "Good Morning" or "Black Dog" or "The Ocean." This guy is full of it.

Basic harmony is pretty simple, but if you don't know it it might as well be algebraic topology. There is harmonic theory but I find it of limited use. The ear is all that really matters. Beatles tunes are very pleasing to the ears, but sometimes contradict theory.

Pop music for some reason has devolved to being very, very simple in every way. So yeah, ordinary pop tunes from 1940 are PhD material in comparison.

hmmm...

I disagree with everything except for the fact that current pop music all sounds like "mary had a little lamb" lately.

ps. This is supposed to be kind of like an MTV thread, only with music, unlike MTV...

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

Oh but now old friends are acting strange
and they shake their heads, they say I've changed
well something's lost but something's gained
in living every day

kill your drama!

pps. Did I self sensor, or did someone delete my repost of Arildno's Opera piece?

I don't know if I've posted this before, but Diana Damrau's performance as The Queen of the Night is just magical:

Or is there a music counter? I offered my bartender $5! if he'd play that the other day. He said; "No Opera!"

...

kids...

 

[OmCheeto]

I'm very glad my younger brother bought me a mandolin for my birthday 7(?) years ago.

I can play along with music anytime I want.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zXwR0JGUCFI​

 

[turbo]

Get on your bikes and ride!

 

[dlgoff]

I figure Greg is my PF "Pusher Man". Thanks for the fixes man.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XAM6-my_JcA

BTW: Thanks Evo for the extra "Push". :!)

 

[dkotschessaa]

And I suppose you don't understand what they say?

Oh, of course I have a general idea what it's *about* I guess, but no, no idea what they are saying specifically, though I know that a lot of it is their version of scat singing so it's not translatable.

I like Sufi music too, only a different type-- Turkish sufi music. Which rely mostly on the instrument ney/flute [my favourite instrument]. This piece is called 'quiescence':

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J_xFkfK4OEg

I'll have to see if that works in my study playlist. :)

I also adore Sufi poems, here's one by Ibn Al Rumi (Jelalludin Rumi):

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QqVBGv2hpQ4

VERY cool. I love Rumi also. Though I haven't got theistic inclinations, Rumi's poetry has always resonated with me in a special way.

 

[dkotschessaa]

That's beautiful. In north Africa, there is a more primal form of esoteric "music" called gnawa or diwan. I'm a disciple of it. It's part of some shamanistic rituals brought up by the descendents of african slaves in the northern shores of the continent. Beauty is not what they look for, they go far beyond it to the deepest layers of our brains and minds. In my view, it's one of the most sophistcated and powerful grooves you can find on the planet.

Master Hmida Boussou

Master Benaissa


This is the soul of a people.

Thanks. This has the kind of groove I'm looking for. For whatever reason this stuff kind of tunes my brain into a contemplative/concentration mood, whereas western music causes me to go into a kind of analytic mode (I'm a classical and jazz guitarist), which is distracting.

Another one that comes up on my Jango playlist based on Nusrat's stuff is this one:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QFTw0c9ew3k

I have no idea in what tradition it's originally based, (obviously it's now in a pop tradition, but I don't know where it might be rooted). Have no idea what language it is or what they are even saying, but it's beautiful.

-Dave K

 

[nazarbaz]

Thanks. This has the kind of groove I'm looking for. For whatever reason this stuff kind of tunes my brain into a contemplative/concentration mood, whereas western music causes me to go into a kind of analytic mode (I'm a classical and jazz guitarist), which is distracting.

Another one that comes up on my Jango playlist based on Nusrat's stuff is this one:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QFTw0c9ew3k

I have no idea in what tradition it's originally based, (obviously it's now in a pop tradition, but I don't know where it might be rooted). Have no idea what language it is or what they are even saying, but it's beautiful.

-Dave K

That's what gnawa is all about. The full effect cannot be reached before several hours of playing or listening and the guidance of a master. Some jazz musicians, like Randy Weston, got interested in it for the same reasons you mentionned and made very good stuff of it.
Thank you for sharing.

 

[turbo]

Got to take them as they come.