[Closed] Songs with sax appeal

Fortress Around Your Heart by Sting. I don't care what kind of goof he may be. That song is fantastic, and Branford Marsalis on sax is sublime (as always).

Got to be Baker Street

Great track ..but probably the most boring gig I've ever been to ( Gerry Rafferty)

Jungleland by Bruce Springsteen ..the Sax break by big Clarence nearly always brings a tear to my eye

Jungleland by Bruce Springsteen ..the Sax break by big Clarence nearly always brings a tear to my eye

Black Grape - Little Bob

Can't find the album version on YouTube but there are some live takes. Great closer anyway.

Fela Kuti - 'Gentleman' (the drop-in at 2min 22 is one of the best things ever)

Soft Machine - 'Out-Bloody-Rageous' (Elton Dean on sax)

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Tenor and alto sax solos:

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Are you lot ready.....................pin your ****ing ears back and behold the thread winner.

Rattlesnaking that sax.

Ladies and gentlemen.....the band!

Sadly, videos of The Big Bad Horns backing up Little Angels are almost non existent!

Candy Dulfer playing with Dave Stewart
Lily Was Here

Most of Sade's songs

Candy Dulfer playing with Dave Stewart
Lily Was Here

Quite a few of Billy Joel's songs contain a sax (as well as a piano!) - a guy called Mark Rivera - he's pretty good!

Just about anything Bobby Keys did with the Stones.

Young Americans

Jungleland by Bruce Springsteen ..the Sax break by big Clarence nearly always brings a tear to my eye

And the first time Jake plays it is pretty special as well.

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I hate the saxophone but always used to give Dark Side the benefit of the doubt.
However imagine all the saxophone bits replaced with Gilmour's guitars.

Thread needs some Blockheads

NO SPANDAU BALLET PLEASE!! 😆

Ooh, excellent there spud-face!

More excellent is this 😆 Sax line what I leanrt on my bass when my band did a cover. I wuz awesomez

Not heard this classic in ages, but instantly came to mind when reading thread title...

Kendrick Lamar likes a bit a jazzy sax

Wait for it...

Any number of funk tracks to choose from...

Red Snapper - "snapper"...
nice...

Anything by Jr. Walker

and the other one from Pulp Fiction The Revels Comanche

Not sure this has bin dun as the videos aren't visible on my cacktop. Helps that the saxophonist is, very, very attractive, imo of course.

[quote=DezB ]Any number of funk tracks to choose from...
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Ah - was going through our band playlist (we have a sax) and forgot that one has a sax solo. Though I prefer the sax solo on this instrumental version which is what we cover

Anyway, Dire Straits and long sax solo intro

Sax, followed by fake electronic sax, is the sh*ttest musical instrument 🙂

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Muddy_bum's post reminded me of this. Proper sax classic

A 9 minute tease which just builds and builds, all the while accompanied with some brilliantly judged sax playing by Philippe Nadaud. Candidate for the best techno track eva. You're welcome.

Awesome track Rusty Shackleford!

I could go on all day! My old man played sax, probably why I like it. 🙂

Must be the newest thing on here. At 2:30 a second of sax 🙂

and Bowie's last album had lotsa sax

[quote=howsyourdad1 ]Sax, followed by fake electronic sax, is the sh*ttest musical instrument

You opened the thread just to write that?

fake synth sax is indeed rubbish, but real sax is ace (and it's not even the instrument I play, though I keep wishing I'd learned). fake sax not quite as bad as fake trumpet (that is what I play) though IMHO - and there is really awful fake trumpet on some recent tracks.

Ian Dury once said that the sax was the nearest sounding instrument to the human voice.

Definitely not fake sax

Surprised we've got this far without mention of Lou Reed's Walk on the Wild Side, also a strong contender for "most frustratingly premature fade out in music history" as you never get to hear a great sax solo resolved.

snarky puppy is excellent.

Okay how about...

"I'll loin to woik the saxophone...
I'll play just what I feel,
Drink scotch whisky all night long,
And die behind the wheel"

Alternatively...

(Final edit to say bjork singing the Anchor song, unamplified, at the Union Chapel is probably the best live music I've experienced.)

A true classic:

I'm amazed not to have seen this one yet

Some serious joy of sax in there.

Slight suspicion that this might've been "fakesax", but it ain't. 3mins in

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I've recently started playing (trombone) in a Big Band which is educating me in a whole new genre. There's generally about 8 saxes and sometimes they all get a go. Current faves are Sing Sang Sung (more clarinet than sax tbf) and Birdland. Not sure if either of them count as 'songs' but hope you'll let me off.

Getting all those paps, pahs and peowws in the right place is tricky I can tell you!

One of my favourites.

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The Pinkster reminded my of Neneh's early horny band

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The horrorpunk visual hides a cracking tune behind it.

Theatre of Hate and Spear of Destiny both had sax players. A fave from long long ago

That ^^ brought this to mind. Awesome 😀

Motels - Total Control gets my vote.

For it's gonzo sax solo

and another vote for X Ray Spex - Oh Bondage

Is there voting?

I forgot this! This is my vote then

[quote=paul4stones ]Not sure if either of them count as 'songs' but hope you'll let me off.

Well if we're going there, I guess people on here might like Too Many Zooz

What next Moonlight Serenade? 😉

Darts - Don't Let It Fade Away. Class

Sometimes the sax solo doesn't cut it though.

Though the best sax piece I've seen played is Andy Scott's "Dark Rain", a concerto for 2 saxes.

Yousson N'Dour Without a Smile. Off the top of my head this is XXX Marsalis playing along in a new yourk session. Wommat is a great album.

We had anything from Electric Warrior?
Always loved the end of this