jw021993 Posted July 5, 2009 Report Share Posted July 5, 2009 Hello, I am looking for some good easy going sax songs. If you happen to know any it is greatly appreciated. Example of the types of songs I am looking for: "Your Latest Trick" by Dire Straits, and "Baker Street" by Gerry Rafferty. Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MindCrime Posted July 5, 2009 Report Share Posted July 5, 2009 Hi JW, these are a few that come to mind... Miss You - Rolling Stones (album version with extended sax solo.) Reminiscing - Little River Band Urgent - Foreigner Tender Years - John Cafferty & Beaver Brown Band Anything by Bruce Springsteen & E Street Band Turn the Page (live version) - Bob Segar Rio - Duran Duran (has a sax solo, though it is short) There should be a Saxophone category on the main Songfacts page, but there isn't. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pinkstones Posted July 6, 2009 Report Share Posted July 6, 2009 Us and Them - Pink Floyd Shine On You Crazy Diamond - Pink Floyd Red Sky at Night - David Gilmour Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lea Posted July 6, 2009 Report Share Posted July 6, 2009 (edited) Harden My Heart - Quater Flash The Logical Song - Super Tramp Edited July 6, 2009 by Guest Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phil Posted July 6, 2009 Report Share Posted July 6, 2009 Touch Me - The Doors Can't You Hear Me Knocking - The Stones Respect - Aretha Franklin What Does It Take - Junior Walker Hope That helps. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
c_s_1987 Posted July 6, 2009 Report Share Posted July 6, 2009 (edited) The first one I thought of was The Boys In The Band by Gentle Giant, though the saxophone is only one of many instruments that play a very important part in that instrumental. Oh, you said easy going. Sorry. Edited July 6, 2009 by Guest Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edna Posted July 6, 2009 Report Share Posted July 6, 2009 New York State of Mind - Billy Joel or Mark-Almond version Solo saxos on "Sticky Fingers", "Goats' s Head Soup" or "Exile on Main Street" (Stones) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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MindCrime Posted July 7, 2009 Report Share Posted July 7, 2009 INXS has a saxophonist. I heard "Never Tear Us Apart" earlier while I was at the mall and this thread immediately came to mind while the sax solo part was playing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blind-fitter Posted July 7, 2009 Report Share Posted July 7, 2009 "Sister Europe" by The Psychedelic Furs is a good song, and it features some nice sax. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blind-fitter Posted July 7, 2009 Report Share Posted July 7, 2009 "Germ-Free Adolescents" by X-Ray Spex: a classic punk single. And perhaps a pleasant surprise? And, for the less discerning new-wave customer: "Will You" by Hazel O'Connor, with sax by Lyn Fredericks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Farin Posted July 7, 2009 Report Share Posted July 7, 2009 pretty much anything by Madness has a saxophone in it One Step Beyond eg another ska example: Mirror in the Bathroom by the (English) Beat and then there's Jungle Boogie? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MindCrime Posted July 7, 2009 Report Share Posted July 7, 2009 Rump Shaker - Wreckx-n-Effect (Not often do you hear sax in rap) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brad_M Posted July 7, 2009 Report Share Posted July 7, 2009 "Strokin'" by Clarence Carter has lots of sex in it. Enjoy! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cyberjudge Posted July 7, 2009 Report Share Posted July 7, 2009 any song by Kenny G (some of my favorites are: Songbird, Forever in Love, Silhouette, and he does a great cover of Junior Walker's What Does It Take to Win Your Love) Just the Two of Us by Grover Washington Jr. (any Grover song would be good; one of the greatest sax players I've ever heard/seen) Careless Whisper by Wham Who Can It Be Now by Men at Work Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MindCrime Posted July 7, 2009 Report Share Posted July 7, 2009 "Strokin'" by Clarence Carter has lots of sex in it. Enjoy! In that case, I probably will! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RonJonSurfer Posted July 7, 2009 Report Share Posted July 7, 2009 All American Alien Boy - Ian Hunter Soul Love - Bowie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beanochris Posted July 7, 2009 Report Share Posted July 7, 2009 Suede - Stay Together (full length version builds up to an epic sax climax) The Hold Steady - Atlantic City (what Nebraska would've been like had the E Street Band been involved) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Levis Posted July 11, 2009 Report Share Posted July 11, 2009 I don't own the full length Stay Together. Now that I hear it I feel like I'd been living these past 22.5 years with some sort of void I was unaware of Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MindCrime Posted July 11, 2009 Report Share Posted July 11, 2009 types of songs I am looking for... "Baker Street" by Gerry Rafferty I don't think any song can beat the sax in that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steel2Velvet Posted July 15, 2009 Report Share Posted July 15, 2009 Smooth Operator - Sade (the original) Spooky - Mike Sharpe Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bazooka Posted July 17, 2009 Report Share Posted July 17, 2009 Saxophones - Jimmy Buffet Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kevin Posted July 17, 2009 Report Share Posted July 17, 2009 Just about any album from the cool Boston group Morphine . Good for a party and dancing or just as BGM. An ex. I think their albums are better than live shows though as they can tweak everything. ... and ,of course, my favorite; The Stones and "Can't You Hear Me Knocking " - but you gotta wait for it ! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w2ybQuhQv8g&feature=related Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blind-fitter Posted July 17, 2009 Report Share Posted July 17, 2009 Aside from being one ofthe coolest, grooviest UK #1 hit singles EVER, Ian Dury & The Blockheads' "Hit Me With Your Rhythm Stick" contains some legendary sax-playing, courtesy of Davey Payne. Both the single and its accompanying music video featured Davey Payne simultaneously playing dual saxophones during his solo, in evident homage to jazz saxophonist Rahsaan Roland Kirk, whose 'trademark' technique this was. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chutzpah Posted July 17, 2009 Report Share Posted July 17, 2009 "All the way from Memphis" -Mott the Hoople "The Low Spark of high heeled boys"- Traffic Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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