Best saxophone in a song. I'll start

[Flaxbee]

Not that these are the only two - I know there are tons - but I just heard "Urgent" and then had to add "How Sweet It Is" - sax courtesy of Junior Walker:

Add yours!

[BlueStreak]

1. Anything that Michael Brecker ever played

But if I had to pick one solo, I guess it would be Phil Woods on Billy Joel's Just the Way You Are.

[nolabear]

2. Clarence.

[antiquie]

30. More Clarence.

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[Throd]

3. Traffic "Low Spark of High Heeled Boys"

[nolabear]

5. Absolutely.

Brilliant.

[OriginalGeek]

4. one of my faves

I like the Foo Fighters version too

[cemaphonic]

9. I have mixed feelings about this one

On the one hand, it really is one hell of an awesome sax riff, but it was also directly responsible for all of the other horrible sax solos that producers kept shoehorning into songs all through the 80s.

[OriginalGeek]

11. lol, good point

That's prolly why I started listening to thrash/death metal in the 80s

[Flaxbee]

13. I can hear the opening bars of that song, and instantly be a kid again riding

around in the back seat of my older sisters' car in San Clemente, California, windows down, going to the beach. I love the song, but the nostalgia is so strong sometimes I feel like I'm going to keel over.

Love the sax in it. Love it.

[progressoid]

19. Same here.

Although my memories are of a swimming pool in a small town in Iowa.

[Throd]

6. FEAR "New York's Alright If You Like Saxophones"

[nolabear]

7. And of course, there's this...

[Flaxbee]

14. How have I lived this long and never heard this??

How, I ask you??!! I'm prime Sesame Street vintage, having been a kid in the 70s...

[nolabear]

16. Cutting edge, man.

And philosophical, too!

[OriginalGeek]

8. But good god I need to find this on vinyl

[Brother Buzz]

10. Johnny Otis' Harlem Nocturne

Rene Bloch on Alto Sax

[vanlassie]

20. Fantastic. Wonderful. Love it! Thanks!

[JeffHead]

12. The first D Uer that posts Turn the Page by Bob Seger instantly earns an ignore..

I you spent as much time in bars in Indiana as I did in the 80's and 90's, You can relate with the absolute hatred I have for that gawd awful song.

[opiate69]

18. Lemme just see your "Page" and raise yoy an "Old Time Rock & Roll"

No, really. Just leave those records right there on the fucking shelf, Bob.

[Flaxbee]

15. I'm home now and can't listen to all of these; I will as soon as I

get to my office tomorrow. Keep 'em coming. Thanks for all the music!

[opiate69]

17. Black Sabbath "Breakout/Swinging the Chain"

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[progressoid]

21. Homer Simpson?

[orleans]

22. john klemmer - barefoot ballet n/t

[progressoid]

23. Should probably have some 80's ska in here...

The English Beat - "Mirror In The Bathroom"

[vanlassie]

24. One of three solos by Van Morrison on Poetic Champions Compose

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All great.

[olddots]

25. " The Look Of Love " by Dusty Springfeild

tenor sax by I think Stan Getz = pure sex with no show boating .

Memphis Soul Stew by King Kurtis and of course Still Crazy After All Of These Years ( alto by I think David Sanborn )

I love everything people have come up with so far

[Crabby Appleton]

26. OK

Once Upon a Time by Jay McShann, Jim Galloway on sax

[Tom Ripley]

27. John Coltrane "Psalm", Bobby Keyes "Brown Sugar", whoever played on "Sea Cruise", Ronnie Ross...

"Walk on the Wild Side"

[sharp_stick]

28. Be My Baby Cover by Hey Ocean

This little Indi-pop band from Vancouver did a really nice cover of Be My Baby. I've always liked the sax in the original as well.

[blogslut]

29. The saxaphone makes all songs better.

Just the same, I'll add this one to the mix:

[malthaussen]

31. Presumably, you aren't talking about jazz.

But if you like sax, why not listen to jazz? Charlie Parker never backed up a rock band...

-- Mal

[lastlib]

32. You Belong to the City

[CBGLuthier]

33. Dick Morrissey and Vangelis Love Theme from Bladerunner

[annabanana]

34. BAKER STREET!

hands down

[sarge43]

40. Second that. nt

[kwassa]

35. "Shotgun" the other great Junior Walker song

again, assuming we are not talking jazz, which blows all rock sax out of the park.

Great opening riff. Great song.

good live performance

[progressivejazzredux]

36. Charlie Parker in

"Night in Tunisia". The only one who could come close was John Coltrane. Unfortunately, "Night in Tunisia" is almost impossible to find.

[Callmecrazy]

37. I liked this one...

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[Tom_Foolery]

38. "Harden My Heart" by Quarterflash...

[bluesbassman]

39. Can't You Hear Me Knockin' - Rolling Stones w/ Bobby Keys on sax

Absolute Rock masterpiece.

[Kingofalldems]

41. What Does It Take--Jr Walker & The All Stars

[zappaman]

42. The Stranglers

[Dyedinthewoolliberal]

43. Then there's this;

the sax makes this song

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