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Offline LieLowTheWantedMan

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Re: Favourite saxophone solos
« Reply #35 on: November 06, 2014, 10:26:50 PM »
Gong - Master Builder

Also one of my favourite drumming tracks.
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Re: Favourite saxophone solos
« Reply #36 on: November 07, 2014, 01:14:23 AM »
Quote from: KevShmev on November 06, 2014, 05:29:02 PM
Is Baker Street really a solo?  I always thought of it as more of a lead, especially since its the main melody of the song and never really veers from it.

Oh boy!  :facepalm: :facepalm: :facepalm:

If we're going to be this pedantic about it, I'm just after people's favourite parts of rock music that feature one or more saxophones in it.
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Re: Favourite saxophone solos
« Reply #37 on: November 07, 2014, 01:58:50 AM »
There are some cool sax solos on Am Universum by Amorphis, but I think my #1 is Porcupine Tree's Don't Hate Me.
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Re: Favourite saxophone solos
« Reply #38 on: November 07, 2014, 08:40:09 AM »
Quote from: RoeDent on November 07, 2014, 01:14:23 AM
Quote from: KevShmev on November 06, 2014, 05:29:02 PM
Is Baker Street really a solo?  I always thought of it as more of a lead, especially since its the main melody of the song and never really veers from it.

Oh boy!  :facepalm: :facepalm: :facepalm:

If we're going to be this pedantic about it, I'm just after people's favourite parts of rock music that feature one or more saxophones in it.

When you get down to "lead part played by a solo instrument" instead of just saying "fuck it, it's a solo", you're really splitting hairs, Kev  :rollin
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Re: Favourite saxophone solos
« Reply #39 on: November 07, 2014, 11:03:36 AM »
Green Day side project Fox Hot Tubs have a fantastic sax solo on their album courtesy of Jason Freese.

https://open.spotify.com/track/2XznOnmMnUNvB0zAJleUN1   :metal
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Re: Favourite saxophone solos
« Reply #40 on: July 26, 2015, 10:25:24 AM »
Quote from: lucky7 on November 06, 2014, 02:51:51 AM
I love the sax in popular songs like The Power of Love (Hewey Lewis), Sledgehammer (Peter Gabriel) but my fave is
I don't believe anymore by Icehouse.

There are heaps more, these just came to mind straight away.

Where do The Power of Love or Sledgehammer have a sax solo??
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Re: Favourite saxophone solos
« Reply #41 on: July 26, 2015, 10:34:00 AM »
TesseracT - Calabi-Yau
Riverside - Deprived
Thank You Scientist - Absentee (and there's a sax/trumpet interplay in Carnival that's even cooler <3 )
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Re: Favourite saxophone solos
« Reply #42 on: July 26, 2015, 10:36:27 AM »
Quote from: Mebert78 on November 06, 2014, 02:36:22 PM
Tesseract - "Of Reality: Calabi-Yau" (2013): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oSMmr3xOF74

I don't know many sax solos, but I love the sound, and this track is definetely awesome.
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Re: Favourite saxophone solos
« Reply #43 on: July 26, 2015, 10:48:39 AM »
Aja -- Steely Dan.


If you've never listened before do do.  the drum break is killer also.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fG2seugAgnU
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Re: Favourite saxophone solos
« Reply #44 on: July 26, 2015, 10:56:53 AM »
I'm not the biggest sax fan out there, but the solo in Tesseract's Calabi-Yau blew my mind when I first heard it.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oSMmr3xOF74

edit: oh, now I see it has been mentioned a few times already. Oh well. It deserves to be heard.


Oh, and epic sax guy.  :lol

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Re: Favourite saxophone solos
« Reply #45 on: July 26, 2015, 11:27:32 AM »
Not a lot of sax solos in my playlist, but I'll go with any Van der Graaf Generator stuff.

Oh yeah, and some Floyd songs like Shine on and Money.
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Re: Favourite saxophone solos
« Reply #46 on: July 26, 2015, 11:29:16 AM »
Not really a solo -


Mark Knopfler - Going Home.

Half The Song basically.

https://youtu.be/H2vCScBgf6s?t=2m29s
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Re: Favourite saxophone solos
« Reply #47 on: July 26, 2015, 11:30:54 AM »
Tried to find an old Queensryche song to post a Geoff Tate solo... couldn't do it.  :D
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Re: Favourite saxophone solos
« Reply #48 on: July 26, 2015, 01:26:04 PM »
Not solos, but the sax sections on Casualties of Cool and Ulver's Perdition City are amazing  :hefdaddy
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Re: Favourite saxophone solos
« Reply #49 on: July 26, 2015, 02:13:58 PM »
Quote from: Sacul on July 26, 2015, 01:26:04 PM
Not solos, but the sax sections on Casualties of Cool and Ulver's Perdition City are amazing  :hefdaddy
Oh RIGHT.

Casualties of Cool - Moon

^the best for sure no contest right
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Re: Favourite saxophone solos
« Reply #50 on: July 26, 2015, 09:28:12 PM »
Quote from: LieLowTheWantedMan on November 06, 2014, 10:26:50 PM
Gong - Master Builder

Also one of my favourite drumming tracks.

Props for Gong!  But the first one that came to my mind was their song The Isle Of Everywhere. 
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Re: Favourite saxophone solos
« Reply #51 on: July 26, 2015, 09:54:52 PM »
branford marsalis did a version of a love supreme that is absolutely fantastic. he used some of the more major modes and made it his own without jeopardizing the structural integrity of the song.
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Re: Favourite saxophone solos
« Reply #52 on: July 27, 2015, 05:35:19 AM »
As mentioned earlier,Supertramp' s The Logical Song is one ,but the band featured John A.Helliwell,who could play a mean sax and he played  some superb solo's with the band
Other great sax solo:
Alan Parsons Project-Old and Wise (featuring Mel Collins who produced great sax with King Crimson and Camel)
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Re: Favourite saxophone solos
« Reply #53 on: July 29, 2015, 02:40:48 PM »
Quote from: MrBoom_shack-a-lack on November 06, 2014, 04:35:18 AM
I love the instrument but can't really say what's my favourite although this being DTF i'll have to say Through Her Eyes alt. version is pure ear candy.

Btw the Saxtuba needs to be a thing again:



How about a contrabass saxophone instead?
 
https://www.metmuseum.org/about-the-museum/museum-departments/curatorial-departments/musical-instruments/of-note/2015/contrabass-saxophone
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Re: Favourite saxophone solos
« Reply #54 on: July 29, 2015, 08:01:45 PM »
Pink Floyd- Money

It's probably the most iconic sax solo in rock music and for good reason. It's an incredible solo.
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Re: Favourite saxophone solos
« Reply #55 on: July 29, 2015, 08:13:51 PM »
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Re: Favourite saxophone solos
« Reply #56 on: July 29, 2015, 10:14:29 PM »
My mind immediately jumped to Jungleland, probably because it's one of my dad's all-time favorite songs ever. However the nods to Van der Graaf Generator are spot-on too. :hefdaddy
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