Baker Street isn't a sax solo. Like the sax on Careless Whisper, it's a riff, or motif. Bobby Keys on Brown Sugar however IS doing a solo. An amazingly obvious choice (but a fantastic one).
Not the best known but one of my favourite sax solos is by the inimitable Bobby Keys on Jim Carrol’s When The City Drops Into The Night. Enjoyed your repartee, as always.
When I think back to my childhood, and the song that really got me interested into listening to music, I tend to gravitate to The Beatles' "I Should Have Known Better". I'm sure it's the bridge (if that's what it is called) that caught my interest as I sang along to the radio. The part on saxophone solos is interesting. And I concur that Plas Johnson's (Pink Panther) must be better known than John Coltrane's (Giant Steps). However, your discussion reminds me of a comment that I believe Michael Brecker made. Despite his technical brilliance on many jazz records, he was especially proud of his solo on Dire Straits' "Your Latest Trick". The reason was that he received feedback from music stores stating that "Your Latest Trick" had become the most likely piece of music saxophonists chose to play when shopping for a new instrument.
The greatest sax solo, YMCA, musical one-night stands and Tom Hanks’ wise advice 1651pm 14.12.24 skint, mate. anyhow; Antarctica showcased a marathon... and some dude shot a rocket into space made from condoms. the world beggar's belief!!!
Than you for pointing out that 'Beatles '^64' was a documentary with a badly disguised hole in it; Apple did not/could not/would not pay for the full rights to use all the Ed Sullivan Show footage and make that tell the story better. I had wondered if the soundtrack to the Ed Sullivan show, demixed and remixed for 2024, might ever appear on the Apple label as a stand alone audio release. But Apple won't even deliver the rooftop '69 concert as audio-and they have the rights to that. It is possible to imagine Apple pairing the Ed Sullivan show performances and the rooftop concert as the autumnal archival release one year. But nobody is holding their breath for that.
It'll never be on any greatest list, but my favourite sax solo is Ed Manion's 15 second little masterpiece on Little Steven & The Disciples Of Soul's song ''Forever''....👌
The greatest sax solo, YMCA, musical one-night stands and Tom Hanks’ wise advice 1704pm 14.12.24 so what do you think about these old dudes chatting their chit...? probably of my ilk seeing as it, the duo, created or wrote for various music publications. and, let's face it, some of us hung around with kiddies older than ourselves and listed to inane bollox.. ad nauseum.
@@SamLowryDZ-015 - I saw them play in Edinburgh, Scotland around 1989 - was working w/ a friend putting on bands; they were really friendly guys and put on a great show. Really enjoyed their releases on Alt. Tentacles.
The greatest sax solo, YMCA, musical one-night stands and Tom Hanks’ wise advice 1653pm 14.12.24 terminal cheesecake - not being a Johnny come lately in such matters as TC, i can allow you to share my appreciation...never got to see it, though, as it always seemed to be stuck in amsterdam, playing over there... it might have played the old boardwalk, Manchester for about 2 quid - but no one told me. so called mates, eh!? alice donut? saw it play boardwalk (in the aforementioned manchester) along with snuff and nomeansno. i can assure you i was there. they shelved the liverpool gig, allegedly, and came to play manchester - and i can tell you now - that upping of sticks was very much appreciated. as for alternative tentacles - i agree. it was an important label. not so now. all samey bands churning out the samey old shit. war pigs was an alice donut cover. dog faced hermans did a decent cover of peacewarrior... the live skits totally shits on the studio version from a great height. nonmeansno!!!? bitches brew cover - worth you guys listening having a listen to... as you sip some xmas purchased whisky tumblers... torture garden - japanese and john zorn fucked up jazz thrash metal skits. check that out, dude. p.s i dont take my cue from anyone, sir.... they tap me up for infotainment details to look good with their mates...
All ridiculous compared to the sax solo by Clarence Clemons before the bridge section in Born To Run: short, punchy and gets out of the way before anyone gets annoyed.
@@Smudgie You mean a middle eight isn't always eight bars? Very true... Some take 'bridge' to mean 'the bridge to the chorus', which is how I've always seen it. Just isn't done very much in modern songwriting.
Peel impression was superb.
Baker Street isn't a sax solo. Like the sax on Careless Whisper, it's a riff, or motif. Bobby Keys on Brown Sugar however IS doing a solo. An amazingly obvious choice (but a fantastic one).
Take 5 has a pretty iconic sax part...Baker st has that intro bit too..
Not the best known but one of my favourite sax solos is by the inimitable Bobby Keys on Jim Carrol’s When The City Drops Into The Night. Enjoyed your repartee, as always.
When I think back to my childhood, and the song that really got me interested into listening to music, I tend to gravitate to The Beatles' "I Should Have Known Better". I'm sure it's the bridge (if that's what it is called) that caught my interest as I sang along to the radio.
The part on saxophone solos is interesting. And I concur that Plas Johnson's (Pink Panther) must be better known than John Coltrane's (Giant Steps). However, your discussion reminds me of a comment that I believe Michael Brecker made. Despite his technical brilliance on many jazz records, he was especially proud of his solo on Dire Straits' "Your Latest Trick". The reason was that he received feedback from music stores stating that "Your Latest Trick" had become the most likely piece of music saxophonists chose to play when shopping for a new instrument.
It’s Theatre of Hate
The bridge in Guns n Roses' Welcome to the Jungle' is a good one. A bridge immediately before a guitar solo is clever.
My fave sax solo is the short but brilliant one by Steve Marcus on the Larry Coryell song ‘Are You Too Clever?’
I saw Alice Donut in Brighton. I think they were on Alternative Tentacles.
5) Take Five -Dave Brubeck, (Paul Desmond)
4) I Feel Good- James Brown, (Maceo Parker)
3) Tequila- The Champs, (Danny Flores)
2) Respect- Aretha Franklin, ( King Curtis)
1) Yakety Sax- (Boots Randolph)
The greatest sax solo, YMCA, musical one-night stands and Tom Hanks’ wise advice 1651pm 14.12.24 skint, mate. anyhow; Antarctica showcased a marathon... and some dude shot a rocket into space made from condoms. the world beggar's belief!!!
Than you for pointing out that 'Beatles '^64' was a documentary with a badly disguised hole in it; Apple did not/could not/would not pay for the full rights to use all the Ed Sullivan Show footage and make that tell the story better. I had wondered if the soundtrack to the Ed Sullivan show, demixed and remixed for 2024, might ever appear on the Apple label as a stand alone audio release. But Apple won't even deliver the rooftop '69 concert as audio-and they have the rights to that. It is possible to imagine Apple pairing the Ed Sullivan show performances and the rooftop concert as the autumnal archival release one year. But nobody is holding their breath for that.
It'll never be on any greatest list, but my favourite sax solo is Ed Manion's 15 second little masterpiece on Little Steven & The Disciples Of Soul's song ''Forever''....👌
The greatest sax solo, YMCA, musical one-night stands and Tom Hanks’ wise advice 1704pm 14.12.24 so what do you think about these old dudes chatting their chit...? probably of my ilk seeing as it, the duo, created or wrote for various music publications. and, let's face it, some of us hung around with kiddies older than ourselves and listed to inane bollox.. ad nauseum.
Yackety Sax by Boots Randolph
Americans of a certain age will know this as the Benny Hill chase music.
Re: song bridges. 'This One' by Paul McCartney. Elevates a good song to something great.
"Time Is Tight" by the Clash has a good solo
No Yakkety Sax??
Night Train by Jimmy Forrest
Baker St, end of
re; Stackwaddy >> What about ... Terminal Cheesecake ...? [Alice Donut were really good! On Alternative Tentacles - J. Biafra's label].
Their version of War Pigs was a club fav back int he 90s
@@SamLowryDZ-015 - I saw them play in Edinburgh, Scotland around 1989 - was working w/ a friend putting on bands; they were really friendly guys and put on a great show. Really enjoyed their releases on Alt. Tentacles.
The greatest sax solo, YMCA, musical one-night stands and Tom Hanks’ wise advice 1653pm 14.12.24 terminal cheesecake - not being a Johnny come lately in such matters as TC, i can allow you to share my appreciation...never got to see it, though, as it always seemed to be stuck in amsterdam, playing over there... it might have played the old boardwalk, Manchester for about 2 quid - but no one told me. so called mates, eh!? alice donut? saw it play boardwalk (in the aforementioned manchester) along with snuff and nomeansno. i can assure you i was there. they shelved the liverpool gig, allegedly, and came to play manchester - and i can tell you now - that upping of sticks was very much appreciated. as for alternative tentacles - i agree. it was an important label. not so now. all samey bands churning out the samey old shit. war pigs was an alice donut cover. dog faced hermans did a decent cover of peacewarrior... the live skits totally shits on the studio version from a great height. nonmeansno!!!? bitches brew cover - worth you guys listening having a listen to... as you sip some xmas purchased whisky tumblers... torture garden - japanese and john zorn fucked up jazz thrash metal skits. check that out, dude. p.s i dont take my cue from anyone, sir.... they tap me up for infotainment details to look good with their mates...
Possibly the greatest bridge is in Born To Run, no argument.
There have been two attempt to bring back The pink panther, the last with Steve Martin. they didn't work. (Alan Arkin did it as well)
The best sax solo is Will You? Hazel O'Connor. End of.
💯 classic 🎷🙂👍
And when it's played on the radio, they cut it before the sax solo at least 50% of the time. There should be a law against that.
I love the sax on the outro to Ultravox's Hiroshima Mon Amour.
Urgent by foreigner...is a good one imo
Good one!!
The great Junior Walker.
All ridiculous compared to the sax solo by Clarence Clemons before the bridge section in Born To Run: short, punchy and gets out of the way before anyone gets annoyed.
I recently watched a video with Tom Hanks where he was sharing his wisdom that Donald Trump will NEVER be President of the United States.
Non familial harmony - Paul Heaton + a n other in The Beautiful South
The greatest sax solo, YMCA, musical one-night stands and Tom Hanks’ wise advice 1652pm 14.12.24 !!!
No bridges and no codas either. Lazy, lazy songwriting of today.
What's all this 'bridge' stuff? We're English - it's a 'middle eight'.
A bridge isn't always eight bars.
@@Smudgie You mean a middle eight isn't always eight bars? Very true... Some take 'bridge' to mean 'the bridge to the chorus', which is how I've always seen it. Just isn't done very much in modern songwriting.
If you want modern songs with bridges try Taylor Swift, all her songs have bridges