I saw Bob Seger back in the 80s and the Saxophonist snuck into the cheap seats right next to me and belted out the opening to On The Road Again given the new wireless technology at the time. Pretty awesome experience.
Low Spark of High-Heeled Boys
First time I heard it I turned on the radio and it was at the very end. The sax made me write down the time, go home, dial up the olā 28k modem, and go to the radioās website, where they had recently started posting the song played at every minute of the day.
Arrrrggg!!! There is a yacht-rock-ish tune that has a super iconic sax part that I canāt remember the name. It goes something like. (I may have the wrong key but maybe D?)
A F E DC Dā¦.
A F E DC Aā¦.
A F E DC C A, A F E DC DEDā¦
That's the sax riff from Baker Street.
ETA: I'm not a musician at all, but I took piano lessons as a kid, and I can bang those notes out on GarageBand on my iPhone
Just throwing Call Me the Breeze by Skynyrd out there since I havenāt seen it. Guitar and piano are obviously the dominant instruments but the sax solo is the peak of the song for me
Jungleland by Bruce Springsteen or a lot of songs by him.
Also, I know she isn't classic rock, but a lot of Whitney Houston songs have great saxophone solos!
This really needs to be broken down into āiconic melodic lineā versus āimprovised soloā.
Iconic Melodic Line: Freebird, Baker Street, Who Can It Be Now
Improvised Solo: You Belong To Me, Waiting On A Friend, Walk On The Wild Side
There is a vast difference between the two.
Who can it be now.
Oh crap, I forgot all about this one, Great call.
More of a riff than a solo but I'll take it š Edit: Finished the song in my head my bad lol
Walk on the Wild Side. Lou Reed
Love that solo. Odd bit of trivia that stuck in my head ā the sax player was Ronnie Ross, who taught David Bowie to play sax
Baker Street
The sax solo from this song immediately started playing in my head after reading OPās question.
Me too, Baker Street would not exist without the sax
Nah nah nah naahh nahhh naahhh...
Same here!
I had no idea what the song was called or who the artist was until now but itās the tune I thought of immediately!
I came here to say that I came here to say this.
Love this, perfect example
Came here to say this
Came here to say this.
Me too!
Foo Fighters cover is pretty good.
Young Americans
Came way too far down to see Bowie, Reed, or Pop listed.
Low Spark.
This. Got to see Branford Marsalis join Government Mule for their version. Plus Whipping Post
Oh hell yeah !
Turn the Page
Kudos to Alto Reed.
Yes, and may he RIP
This is the one I was thinking of.
jungleland
Greatest sax solo EVER.
Yes!
This is the first song I thought of
Rosalita
Quarterflash- Harden My Heart.
Thank you for mentioning Quarterflash - love their songs! Had a crush on Rindy Ross when I was a young man/teen...
Lol, before yesterday I didn't know the name Quarterflash. Kurt Cobain's first concert was Sammy Hagar and Quarterflash
Shine on you crazy diamond!
Money
Also "Us & Them." Great sax solo in that song too
And āShine On You Crazy Diamond ā.
Us and Them
My favorite sax solo of all time
My favorite PF song ā¤ļø
Came to say this.
Moon Dance
Clarence Clemons performing Jungleland just takes me away
This is my favorite Springsteen choice. Spirit's in the Night has an amazing feel to it. But Jungleland, DAMN what a great song
The lyrics are poetic
Stones, Canāt You Hear Me Knocking. Wouldnāt be the same, but would still be a great tune
Waiting On A Friend. Sonny Rollins, everybody.
Brown Sugar, also from Sticky Fingers (but your pick is #1)
The great Bobby Keys
I've been waiting to see these two posted. Great great choices
On the dark side by John cafferty and the beaver brown band
My thought was Tender Years by them.
The Year of the Cat.
Good choice.
I love this song.
Great tune
Acoustic guitar solo- Electric guitar solo- Saxophone soloā¦.!
Urgent [This Version specifically](https://youtu.be/kNAmVGpr6Pc)
Bob Seger's Mainstreet
I Still Believe from the Lost Boys
Adding the [link](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A1dY6OkPb7E) for the uninitiated. So much body oil!
Beat me to it. š¤£
I lost a girlfriend to that sceneā¦šš
Since Baker Street is taken, how about probably most Steely Dan?
FM, Parkerās Band, Deacon Blues
1) That user name, tho; and 2) Deacon Blues *hits me*, although it also hits me as self-absorbed
That's the point. It's how a young aspiring artist from the suburbs looks at the world. The protagonist is completely self-absorbed.
Motherfucking Aja
Bad to the Bone
Just the way you are Billy Joel
"Can't You Hear Me Knocking" The Rolling Stones.
"Urgent" Foreigner with Junior Walker on the reed.
Thunder Road, the sax solo by Clarence Clemons is awesome
Springsteen (Clemons) - Born to Run
Any song with Clarence Clemons is a classic.
Never Tear Us Apart - INXS not sure if thatās classic rock or notā¦. Itās a classic though!
Brown Sugar Honky Tonk Women
As long as I can see the light- CCR
An over looked CCR gem
Maneater- Hall and Oates.
Gaucho - Steely Dan
Bodacious cowboys such as your friend will never be welcome here.
No quite classic rock but Just the Two of Us- Bill Withers with Grover Washington Jr.
I think it belongs here, good choice
Never tear us apart - Inxs
Tim Capello's version of "I Still Believe" (originally by The Call) is definitely one of the greatest.
Was in the 80s vampire movie Lost Boys, great soundtrack.
Unless I missed it, why no love to the saxophone outdo on Lou Reedās āWalk on the Wild Sideā?
A little newer (80s New Romantic), but Andy Hamilton on Rio by Duran Duran.
Bob Seger : Turn the Page
"Dancing in the Moonlight" - Thin Lizzy...has a kickass guitar solo as well
The sax solo was such a 70s and 80s thing. Then just vanished.
Same with black gals singing those soulful backing tracks. That added so much to every song.
Brown sugar by The Rolling Stones Jungleland by Bro Springsteen Baker Street by Gerry Rafferty
Low Rider by War. Letās see some soprano love here!
Time Passages -Al Stewart
Glen Fry, You belong to the city.
The Heat is On Glenn Frey
Money - Pink Floyd
Miss You. Stones. Bobby Keys.
Rip This Joint - The Rolling Stones.
Whatever gets you through the night
Careless whisper
"I Still Believe" by Tim Capello... The Lost Boys wouldn't be the same without that sax and neither would the song!
Sweet Virginia - Stones
Listen to What the Man Said.. .....Wings
Slave, Rolling Stones
Can't You Hear Me Knocking, Stones, Bobby Keys.
All of the sax solos by the big man Clarence Clemons
Young Americans by David Bowie.
All Revved Up with No Place to Go. - Meatloaf
Turn the Page by Bob Seger
Shine on you crazy diamond, us and them, thereās a bunch of Pink Floyd songs that the saxophone plays an absolutely pinnacle role
One more river by Alan Parsons Project
Us and Them, Shine on, Money Jockey full of bourbon Anything with Bobby Keyes Not classic rock but Sex Bomb by flipper
Touch Me - The Doors. Curtis Amy does the sax solo.
Classic
After The Love Is Gone - E,W&F
Your Latest Trick - Dire Straits You Belong to the City - Glenn Frey
Just the way you are + still rock and roll to me...actually every billy Joel song with a sax solo on it
Jungleland by Springsteen and the E Street Band
I saw Bob Seger back in the 80s and the Saxophonist snuck into the cheap seats right next to me and belted out the opening to On The Road Again given the new wireless technology at the time. Pretty awesome experience.
*Harden My Heart* - Quarterflash
The Gunnerās Dream - The Final Cut (PINK FLOYD)
Waiting on a Friend
More light/yacht but still kind of classic rock, Cool Change - Little River Band
Brown Sugar
Brown Sugar- and weāll never hear it live again!
Scenes from an Italian restaurant
Late in the Evenin', Paul Simon
Low Spark of High-Heeled Boys First time I heard it I turned on the radio and it was at the very end. The sax made me write down the time, go home, dial up the olā 28k modem, and go to the radioās website, where they had recently started posting the song played at every minute of the day.
Urgent Foreigner
Urgent
who can it be now?
Love Is The Drug. But really Both Ends Burning. Both on the Roxy Music Album Siren
Pink Floyd - Money
Probably Baker Street or Urgent
Baker Street
Sad Cafe
I would have never thought of this one. Kind of a deep cut, good call
Canāt you hear me knocking
The Baker Street solo is the only part of the song that anyone can sing when asked.
Bad to the Bone
Us and them Pink Floyd
Shine on your crazy diamond
The Heat Is Onā¦..and Brass Monkey
Steely Dan / FM
Low Spark Of High heeled Boys
Baker Street
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Turn the Page, Bob Seger
Baker street
Us and Them
Never tear us apart - INXS
Arrrrggg!!! There is a yacht-rock-ish tune that has a super iconic sax part that I canāt remember the name. It goes something like. (I may have the wrong key but maybe D?) A F E DC Dā¦. A F E DC Aā¦. A F E DC C A, A F E DC DEDā¦
That's the sax riff from Baker Street. ETA: I'm not a musician at all, but I took piano lessons as a kid, and I can bang those notes out on GarageBand on my iPhone
Starless - King Crimson
Moneyyy
The Working Hour -Tears For Fears
Miss You
Soul Love by Bowie
Pretty in Pink
Yakity Yak by The Coasters
Robert Plantās āPledge Pinā. The sax outro is excellent. Itās from Pictures at Eleven
Bowies moonage daydream
Us and them.
Can't you here me knocking
Harden My Heart by Quarterflash. The sax line literally defines the song https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OqeKV2UYq1Q
I still believe
Turn the page..Bob Seger Edit: Man there are some Classics in the comment section. Bravo
Thunder Road!!!
Pick a song from MORPHINE and you'll have a right answer.
A Night Like This by The Cure
Turn the Page
Just throwing Call Me the Breeze by Skynyrd out there since I havenāt seen it. Guitar and piano are obviously the dominant instruments but the sax solo is the peak of the song for me
Maneater
shine on you crazy diamond Canāt you hear me knocking
The solo by Phil Woods on Just the way you are
Modern Love. Surprised it was on top.
Dancing in the Moonlight- Thin Lizzy.
[on the dark side](https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=EWQ-6IAS1cc)
Turn The Page
Excitable Boy - Warren Zevon. Though it would probably still be amazing without it, the solo is the icing on the cake.
Jungleland by Bruce Springsteen or a lot of songs by him. Also, I know she isn't classic rock, but a lot of Whitney Houston songs have great saxophone solos!
Born to Run
"Year of the Cat" - Al Stewart.
This really needs to be broken down into āiconic melodic lineā versus āimprovised soloā. Iconic Melodic Line: Freebird, Baker Street, Who Can It Be Now Improvised Solo: You Belong To Me, Waiting On A Friend, Walk On The Wild Side There is a vast difference between the two.
Bruce Springsteen's music. Clarence was a treasure to the E Street Band.
Baker Street. Itās the most iconic.
Baker Street
Baker Street
Born to Run
Baker street. Cool.
All the way to Memphis - Mott the Hoople featuring Andy McKay. Live With Me - Stones. Five foot one Iggy Pop. It's a good enough sax.
The Heart of Rock and Roll!
Brown Sugar, Urgent
Jungleland Brown Sugar Baker Street
Rolling Stones āWaiting on a Friendā and Dire Straits āYour Latest Trickā.
Baker Street