Posted on 07/12/2026 5:28:37 PM PDT by Kenny Bania
The list for those that don't want to click through:
1. Jungleland - Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band
2. Baker Street - Gerry Rafferty
3. Born To Run - Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band
4. Young Americans - David Bowie
5. Money - Pink Floyd
6. Urgent - Foreigner
7. The Heart of Rock and Roll - Huey Lewis and the News
8. Turn The Page - Bob Seger and the Silver Bullet Band
9. Deacon Blues - Steely Dan
10. The Logical Song - Supertramp
11. Yakety Yak - The Coasters
12. Can't You Hear Me Knocking - The Rolling Stones
13. Waiting On A Friend - The Rolling Stones
14. Never Tear Us Apart - INXS
15. True - Spandau Ballet
16. Rio - Duran Duran
17. Scenes From An Italian Restaurant - Billy Joel
18. Whatever Gets You Through The Night - John Lennon
19. Us And Them - Pink Floyd
20. Old Time Rock and Roll - Bob Seger and the Silver Bullet Band
21. One Step Beyond - Madness
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Not to mention King Curtis on anything, but especially on the soprano sax “Whiter Shade of Pale” on the Live with Aretha Franklin album (I was privileged to be at that concert and he was stunning).
First one I thought of
What about the flute solo? I’ll start :
1. Bungle In the Jungle - Jethro Tull
No, not Deacon Blues. Wayne Shorter and Steve Gadd on the title track “Aja” is the finest sax and drums ever recorded anywhere.
Tough room.
Give me the oboe.
Plenty of material to work with here. Putting together a playlist to travel with...
Not quite a solo but the sax made a great contribution to J. Geils Band “Centerfold”.
I miss the 80’s, it was a lot of fun.
Indeed.
L
I’d add David Bowie’s “Absolute Beginners” and “Lazarus” (from his last album), to the list.
All of the Classics IV hits had a sexy sax solo.
I object to all this sax and violins in music.
Would add:
Your Latest Trick - Dire Straits & Modern Love - David Bowie
This should be Number 1.
I haven’t watched it since so I don’t know now but those old day with the original SNL group Belushi, Ackroyd, Radner, Curtain, Morris and that sax song they used to play at the end of the show when everyone mulled around the stage as the camera panned out.
The Year Of The Cat and Time Passages by Al Stewart
Two from the Alan Parsons Project
Old And Wise and The Gold Bug.
ELO?
A great sax solo from the late Walter Parazaider, from Chicago V:
Now That You’ve Gone - Chicago
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LxjMxwPaP_c
I was just listening today to “Making Movies”
Well I feel so good ‘cause I feel so good
And I feel so good ‘cause it feels so right
I was made to go with my girl
Like a saxophone was made to go with the night
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