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"Blue Thunder by Galaxie 500. There must other indie fans on fab! Less of this dire straits shite. "
Sorry mate its gonna get worse
Not sure if it's on the original track but there is a live version of Phil Collins Against all odds on utube which has the sexiest sax solo ever (well I think so)  |
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"Anyway are we talking riffs or solos?
When I hear a sax the last thing on my mind is whether it's a riff or solo -whatever the difference may be."
either |
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"Have a listen to Kenny g.......songbird
Brilliant track and full of sax
mmm"
Kenny G is possibly the most talentless man to ever pick up a saxophone, he makes Muzak sound like difficult jazz!
I'd post a rant that Pat Metheny did about him but you'd get bored very quickly |
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Kenny G?!? Yikes! I guess someone might react the same way to my tastes on the opposite side of the spectrum as I am quite into spiritual/free/modal Jazz.. but surely anyone should be able to appreciate Maurice McIntyre's Humility in the Light of the Creator. Powerful stuff.  On a more mainstream level, and probably more relevant, Eddie Money's Take Me Home Tonight  |
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Angel Fingers ...... Wizzard great opening riff
Pretty much any song from Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band
and how about Junior Walker and The Allstars' from Tamla Motown's "Take me girl, I'm ready" |
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"Anyway are we talking riffs or solos?
When I hear a sax the last thing on my mind is whether it's a riff or solo -whatever the difference may be."
Note to self - don't get too technical in forum. |
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Anything that Gilad Atzmon plays, ever! Seriously, probably the best sax player alive today...and he's a lovely bloke but politically a bit nuts!
You may find all 15 minutes of this a little 'difficult'! 
http://youtu.be/jEDjgdjmCfA |
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"Lets face it the Sound of The Sax played well is one of the most beautiful sounds on the planet"
any instrument played well sounds well that includes the voice although my favourite sound is Dave gilmours guitar |
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"Lets face it the Sound of The Sax played well is one of the most beautiful sounds on the planet
any instrument played well sounds well that includes the voice although my favourite sound is Dave gilmours guitar "
I quite like Liam Gallagher's Tamborine |
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Actually just been on youtube to listen to Kenny G and I stand by my decision
Best say player I know of
Certainly not talentless
U should hera him in the studio when writing his songs.......been there
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I see Jungleland and the late great Clarence Clemons have already received a shout so I’ll give a well dreserved call-out to Tupelo Honey and Pee Wee Ellis...  |
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"Actually just been on youtube to listen to Kenny G and I stand by my decision
Best say player I know of
Certainly not talentless
U should hera him in the studio when writing his songs.......been there
x"
Here's the nice bit that Pat Metheny had to say about him...
'Pat Metheny on Kenny G
Question:
Pat, could you tell us your opinion about Kenny G - it appears you were quoted as being less than enthusiastic about him and his music. I would say that most of the serious music listeners in the world would not find your opinion surprising or unlikely - but you were vocal about it for the first time. You are generally supportive of other musicians it seems.
Pat's Answer:
Kenny G is not a musician I really had much of an opinion about at all until recently. There was not much about the way he played that interested me one way or the other either live or on records.
I first heard him a number of years ago playing as a sideman with Jeff Lorber when they opened a concert for my band. My impression was that he was someone who had spent a fair amount of time listening to the more pop oriented sax players of that time, like Grover Washington or David Sanborn, but was not really an advanced player, even in that style. He had major rhythmic problems and his harmonic and melodic vocabulary was extremely limited, mostly to pentatonic based and blues-lick derived patterns, and he basically exhibited only a rudimentary understanding of how to function as a professional soloist in an ensemble - Lorber was basically playing him off the bandstand in terms of actual music.' |
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Kenny G?!? I can't get over it.. not done our homework?! The irony! :D Put Kenny G up against Albert Ayler, John Gilmore, Arthur Jones, Marion Brown, Pharoah Sanders, Shamek Farrah, JOHN COLTRANE! And then get back to me |
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"Kenny G?!? I can't get over it.. not done our homework?! The irony! :D Put Kenny G up against Albert Ayler, John Gilmore, Arthur Jones, Marion Brown, Pharoah Sanders, Shamek Farrah, JOHN COLTRANE! And then get back to me"
I could quote the other half of Metheny's rant, where he really lays into Kenny G
Kenny fucking G FFS! |
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I love kenny g's first album...g force
Also check out gerald albright, boney james, najee
All awesome sax players
Paul hardcastle uses alot of sax in his songs too |
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SunStroke Project and Olia Tira - Run Away. The 2010 Moldova entry in the Eurovision Song Contest.
Features Sergey Stepanov who become known as The Epic Sax Guy.
Here's an edited version of the song, to make him look more EPIC
http://youtu.be/gy1B3agGNxw |
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All good suggestions but without a doubt the best song with a saxaphone riff is 'Eternal Drift' by 'Material'. It is a Jazz/Funk Fusion track and well worth a listen. It is from the album 'Hallucination Engine' and is posted on YouTube by Cookaborra. It starts off slow but the Sax comes in about 1.5 mins in. Let me know what you think? |
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"Hazel O'connor song is stay now, not will you...."
No its will you.
True by spandau ballet is a good one too.
Roxy music is great for sax, bryan ferry is cooler than an ice cube.
The one in hit me with your rythm stick by ian dury is an unusual one.
The hazel o conner one is my favourite though. |
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"Love the sound of SAX,sex too ,what songs do you love that have a great Sax riff.
Your the best thing..Style Council "
I put a spell on you - Nina Simone
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"Baker steet,or 'bluesy' Huey Lewis on dancing in the moonlight,Live n Dangerous"
Live & Dangerous is one of my favourite live albums ever. Huey played gob harp on Baby Drives me crazy. It was John Earle who played the sax on Dancing in the Moonlight. |
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Not been on this thread for ages but cant believe all the bad said against Kenny G
After all it was only my opinion on one track
Bloody hell calm down
I know anyone can have an opinion but why go on and on and on about it when theres better things to rant about
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