Actually I just remembered I don't actually mind the sax solo in walk on the wild side, just from sheer repetition in the context of a brilliant song.
Saxophone solos in songs
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Steel Icarus
ersatz maven
I don't much like rock sax but the solo in The Cure's A night like this always seemed tolerable tbh
Steel Icarus
ersatz maven
In fact The Cure's use of it now I think about it is quite good
Steel Icarus
ersatz maven
Clarence Clemons' solo in Jungleland is phenomenal, I don't care how uncool it might be deemed. Apparently it was written note by note by Brooce and The Big Man in an all nighter, each note judged for maximum effect.
Saxophone is one of my favorite instruments; I intend to buy one and take lessons - even at this advanced stage of life.
''I'll learn to work the saxophone,
I'll play just what I feel,
Drink Scotch Whisky all night long
And die behind the wheel.''
Deacon Blues, Steely Dan.
ska invita
back on the other side
i was going to call that one...its one of the most famous sax solos in "pop" i reckon, and played by Ronnie Ross, one of the UKs greatest jazz saxophonists...but i guess its a jazz song on many levels
The ska era is a goldmine for this... a verse a brass solo then another verse...though ska is basically vocal big band jazz music so i guess doesnt count for the thread
fair to say sax and rock dont really go...i do remember seeing a punk band fronted by a sax player in the early 90s...grinderman? something man...cant rememebr the name now.
BARREDPage two and the words Baker and Street appear not to have been mentioned.
yeah I absolutely have no problem with saxophone in (real) ska
James white and the blacks/james chance and the contortions maybe? he got away with it ok. I guess.
ska invita
back on the other side
Simply not true - the greatest rock album ever made (Fun House, by The Stooges) features sax, and is all the better for it. Loads of noise rock bands around atm throwing sax into the mix too. It's not always an easy instrument to fit into a rock context, but when it does fit, it fits.
ska invita
back on the other side
im not saying there arent exceptions, but on a law of averages its usually done cheesily
rule of thumb: if it's noisy, it's usually ok.
Particularly as it was the SECOND time that song had been mentioned already arhhhhh
on that tip, it's clarinet rather than sax, but Death Sentence: Panda! are/were great.
existentialist
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Shades of Ruddy Yurts, there...
PaoloSanchez
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I do like the sax in Careless Whisper but that's probably not what the OP wants
pseudonarcissus
fluttering and dancing
I'm amazed Gerry Rafferty and Baker Street hasn't been mentioned....it used to be completely ubiquitous
Page two and the words Baker and Street appear not to have been mentioned.
Literally no mentions.
pseudonarcissus
fluttering and dancing
oops...teach me only to search on Rafferty...I couldn't actually remember the name of the song when I thought of it...sorry
I love Careless Whisper all the way through. Great tune, great lyrics.
Dr. Furface
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well yes but reading the thread before posting is so last year.
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