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[Cunth]

I’ve always loved the sound of the saxophone. I’d like to buy one but got damn they are expensive. Any songs with good saxophone parts that stand out to you?

My favourite would have to be the sax solos in Shine on you crazy diamond. That’s some soulful shit. I could get stoned and just listen to that part of the song on repeat. I love the contrast of the two different types of saxophone too.



A runner up for me would be the rocking sax solo in Can’t you hear me knocking

 

[Nymphae]

I love sax & sax solos. This is one of my favourite uses, really simple too but sax always hits hard

 

[Nester99]

Baker street

 

[MetalAlien]

Come on man nothing will ever beat the Lost Boys.

Spoiler

 

[Woffls]

 

[mcjmetroid]

Maybe not a rock song. But I love this track. ( It's from a movie I can't remember the name)
It's a 80's Irish track. It has sax all over it and the second half of the song is all sax.

Give it a try you might be suprised.

 

[Dural]

Baker street

First song I thought of, love it!

If you think of the song Careless Whisper, the sax is probably what you think of.

 

[Cunth]

Maybe not a rock song. But I love this track. ( It's from a movie I can't remember the name)
It's a 80's Irish track. It has sax all over it and the second half of the song is all sax.

Give it a try you might be suprised.

Dats some good sax

 

[Cunth]

First song I thought of, love it!

If you think of the song Careless Whisper, the sax is probably what you think of.

 

[mcjmetroid]

First song I thought of, love it!

If you think of the song Careless Whisper, the sax is probably what you think of.

What would you consider to be the most most recognisable sax solo in pop/rock music?
It's either careless whisper or Baker street isnt it?

A few years ago I would have said baker street hands down but the internet kinda popularised careless whisper I'd imagine.
Vidoes like this:

 

[Cravis]

Come on man nothing will ever beat the Lost Boys.

Spoiler

And we are done here.

I’ve met Tim Capello a couple times. Really awesome dude.

 

[Jon Neu]

Best sax solo of all time.

RIP Big Man.

 

[Jezbollah]

This thread is tremendous work.

Carry on

 

[The Pleasure]

First song I thought of, love it!

If you think of the song Careless Whisper, the sax is probably what you think of.

This is so lonely porn.

 

[Happosai]

Maybe not the best but it's up there.

Traffic-Low Spark of the High-Heeled Boys

 

[kingbean]

Dunno if it count since it's an instrumental, but the Arashi No Saxophone tracks from King of Fighters are really excellent.

 

[Rien]

I’ve always loved the sound of the saxophone. I’d like to buy one but got damn they are expensive. Any songs with good saxophone parts that stand out to you?

My favourite would have to be the sax solos in Shine on you crazy diamond. That’s some soulful shit. I could get stoned and just listen to that part of the song on repeat. I love the contrast of the two different types of saxophone too.



A runner up for me would be the rocking sax solo in Can’t you hear me knocking

Good shit Cunth! The Saxophones you hear are a baritone and tenor saxophone (could be a alto but I lean more into tenor).

Their expansive indeed, but for 1K or a bit more you could have a very good starter and you can play a long time on that before upgrading. Or maybe a rental to see f you like it. I did the same. I love it!

As for the topic itself I agree with Cunth as well with Pink Floyd. The rest mentioned here his making my hair stand up of cornyness. I generally dont like sax in rock music unless the rock music is a bit experimental.

Sax in jazz tho... now that is fucking sexy.

 

[#Phonepunk#]

 

[Jesus Carbomb]

 

[Mitsuda Maniac]

Easily Deacon Blues by Steely Dan

"Learn to work the saxophone
I play just what I feel
Drink Scotch whiskey all night long
And die behind the wheel
They got a name for the winners in the world
I want a name when I lose
They call Alabama the Crimson Tide
Call me Deacon Blues"

 

[Pejo]

Probably lesser known, but this is a cool sax part in a rock song. It comes near the very end of the song, but it's worth a listen anyways.



Great idea for a thread by the way, everything's better with a little sax.

Also, am I allowed to post ska?

 

[Pumpkin Seeds]

No Ska allowed.

Here's some Coogan's Bluff

 

[etp_1]

 

[DrJohnGalt]

Just a small part, but it makes the song.

 

[Mitsuda Maniac]

Sorry to keep posting the Dan, but this is equally as good as Deacon Blues.

 

[Richard Packer]

Best sax solo of all time.

RIP Big Man.

He was amazing. RIP.

My favorite.

 

[Manus]

 

[spandexmonkey]

Morphine were great

 

[synchronicity]

Lots of great options. Since no one has listed this, I'll add it:



and this:

 

[LegendOfKage]

I'd say nothing tops Careless Whipser, but this probably comes closest:




This also comes to mind:

 

[pauljeremiah]

 

[Pejo]

Not even posting the sequel (Ultra sax guy)...

 

[Maestr0]

The best combo

 

[#Phonepunk#]

saxophone was used a lot in early rock n roll. that's where Roxy Music takes it and bring it into outer space.

 

[Fret Runner]

One of my personal faves

 

[MastAndo]

EDIT: Dammit, "Urgent" already posted.

 

[Rest]

 

[Kadayi]

Maybe not the best, but any excuse for a Bateman gif

 

[Men_in_Boxes]

Remember that one time Cunth made a Clarence Clemons tribute thread but felt he needed to change the title to appeal to the "lesser thans"?

Let's goooooo!!

 

[Liljagare]

"Fortress around your heart" by Sting. Branford Marsalis played sax on the entire album (The Dream of the Blue Turtles).



"House of fun" by Madness. (Not technically rock but fun)

 

[#Phonepunk#]

Born to Run imo is the best use in a rock song yet tho these are all great.

Otis Redding - Satisfaction




Little Eva - Loco-motion




Harry Nilsson - You're Breakin' My Heart (Fuck You)

 

[Deleted member 17706]

This is all I ever think of when I hear saxophone.

 

[Lionel Richie]

Morphine perfected the sexy sax sound in rock music. It's sleazy as fuck like all rock music should be, it's the sound of dating a girl 10 years younger than you.

 

[cyber_ninja]

 

[abercrombie]

Many great songs with sax by The Midnight.

I’ll add a fun one from Gunship:

 

[Sign]

My favorite is when the Sax just comes out of nowhere.

 

[frostyxc]

Come on man nothing will ever beat the Lost Boys.

Spoiler

It only took three replies to the OP to get this piece of cinematic art. Sex-o-phone, amirite? Delicious.

I have to second Morphine; they did some cool stuff with the saxophone. Other than that, I'm going to put Midnight City up here because I like the song. The saxophone is just fine, but it's not the best ever.

 

[Schattenjäger]

 

[Scotty W]

Wait for itt...

 

[MetalAlien]

I never knew I wanted something so much... you have opened a door I didn't even know was there...