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Best Sax Solo Songs

PostPosted: Thu Dec 23, 2010 2:07 am
by S2M
Was listening to Hall & Oates and heard the sax solo on I Can't Go For That and thought of this thread....

In no order:

I Can't Go For That - Hall & Oates
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ccenFp_3kq8
Urgent - Foreigner (Junior Walker just fucking wails!)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZRf8VV_iIwo
Baker Street - Gerry Rafferty
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QF5dtePX5Jk
Time Passages/Year of the Cat - Al Stewart
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vjC15zQ0GTo
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d2FrrzLUkoU&feature=related
Logical Song - Supertramp (John Helliwell smokes on this solo)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OQfjIw3mivc

PostPosted: Thu Dec 23, 2010 2:55 am
by Jeremey
Urgent is up there, I'm more partial to Maneater than ICGFT...

PostPosted: Thu Dec 23, 2010 2:56 am
by brywool
Urgent.


Man, I never "got" Hall and Oates. Blech...

PostPosted: Thu Dec 23, 2010 3:02 am
by Michigan Girl
Bob's dude~Turn The Page ... :wink:

Great choices up there, S&M ...love 'em all!!
Love everything H&O ...

Roxane and Just The Way You Are, also!!

PostPosted: Thu Dec 23, 2010 3:08 am
by RedWingFan
"Say You Love Me or Say Goodnight"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CI2dwvC6iqY

PostPosted: Thu Dec 23, 2010 3:16 am
by G.I.Jim
Tim Capello (Lost Boys soundtrack)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yw3MO4E9gVA

PostPosted: Thu Dec 23, 2010 3:19 am
by S2M
G.I.Jim wrote:Tim Capello (Lost Boys soundtrack)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yw3MO4E9gVA


Couldn't concentrate on the song after seeing Jamie Gertz....sorry. :shock: :shock:

PostPosted: Thu Dec 23, 2010 3:49 am
by steveo777
I don't know about great sax solo, but I enjoy watching this chick play!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jZnM85LZ2fc :D

PostPosted: Thu Dec 23, 2010 3:52 am
by S2M
steveo777 wrote:I don't know about great sax solo, but I enjoy watching this chick play!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jZnM85LZ2fc :D


I said SAX solo....not SEX solo. :lol:

PostPosted: Thu Dec 23, 2010 4:00 am
by Everett
RedWingFan wrote:"Say You Love Me or Say Goodnight"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CI2dwvC6iqY


Never saw this thanks.

PostPosted: Thu Dec 23, 2010 4:13 am
by SF-Dano
Always dug the sax at the end of this song. Performed by the sax player of Spyro Gyra.

Dream Theater - Another Day
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fm7ntyycGbU

PostPosted: Thu Dec 23, 2010 4:15 am
by Jeremey
Positive Touch!!

LOLOLOL!

PostPosted: Thu Dec 23, 2010 4:15 am
by S2M
SF-Dano wrote:Always dug the sax at the end of this song. Performed by the sax player of Spyro Gyra.

Dream Theater - Another Day
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W8CsgKDRQpE


Wrong hyperlink, dude....lol

PostPosted: Thu Dec 23, 2010 4:17 am
by Everett
Styx- She Cares 8)

PostPosted: Thu Dec 23, 2010 4:21 am
by RedWingFan
"It Don't Matter"- Loverboy

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hmyk0hGf1fA

PostPosted: Thu Dec 23, 2010 4:23 am
by SF-Dano
S2M wrote:
SF-Dano wrote:Always dug the sax at the end of this song. Performed by the sax player of Spyro Gyra.

Dream Theater - Another Day
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fm7ntyycGbU


Wrong hyperlink, dude....lol


OOPS!!!! Fixed. :lol:

PostPosted: Thu Dec 23, 2010 4:27 am
by S2M
I think James Labrie jumped the shark after Winter Rose.... :lol: :lol:

PostPosted: Thu Dec 23, 2010 4:34 am
by timstar78
In a rock context sax solos have always seemed a bit left-of center to me. A couple that come to mind that are fun are "Shelter Me" by Cinderella and "I Believe In Me" by the Scream.

In jazz, Cannonball Aderley and John Coltrane's excellent playing on "Kind Of Blue" come to mind.

PostPosted: Thu Dec 23, 2010 6:41 am
by kgdjpubs
the ones here have been really good, but this may be the best use of a sax I've ever heard...

Cold Chisel - Saturday Night
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6DocbEipsq4

the main riff starts at 3:15....unforgettable

PostPosted: Thu Dec 23, 2010 6:51 am
by Don

PostPosted: Thu Dec 23, 2010 6:54 am
by Don
Michael Stanley Band - He Cant Love You

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=44bamW7Z ... re=related

PostPosted: Thu Dec 23, 2010 7:05 am
by Don

PostPosted: Thu Dec 23, 2010 7:06 am
by Don
David Bowie - Young Americans

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G1hvOcd3B7Q

PostPosted: Thu Dec 23, 2010 7:10 am
by Don
Foreigner - When It Comes To Love

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O2wk5Or8IwY

PostPosted: Thu Dec 23, 2010 7:26 am
by Don
Little River Band - Cool Change


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xslO6Qi_kGQ

PostPosted: Thu Dec 23, 2010 7:51 am
by Michigan Girl
Seems G~boy knows good sax ... :shock:

PostPosted: Thu Dec 23, 2010 11:30 am
by WalkInMyShoes
Curtis Stigers "I Wonder Why" 1991

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BfJYVWJVDi0

PostPosted: Thu Dec 23, 2010 11:40 am
by StevePerryHair
Goo Goo Dolls JUST for S2M....about 1:15 they always have a sax solo when they play live :P May not be the best sax solo, but I KNOW how much S2M loves his GGD's ;) :lol:

Goo Goo Dolls- Broadway

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WohXarFE ... ata_player

PostPosted: Thu Dec 23, 2010 12:07 pm
by Deb
INXS ~ Never Tear Us Apart ~ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ryT9OX8ZHi0 Great sax solo near the end.

PostPosted: Thu Dec 23, 2010 12:14 pm
by portland
Deb wrote:INXS ~ Never Tear Us Apart ~ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ryT9OX8ZHi0 Great sax solo near the end. :)



Good one Deb!