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Matt Group: Admins Posts: 1186 Joined: Nov. 2002 Posted: Nov. 27 2007, 16:04 Found a blast from the past earlier. The sax solo from Dire Straights "Romeo and Juliet" live on Mandela Day many years ago. Sax solo is about 5:45 minutes in on this youtube link. Video is choppy unfortunately but I can still remember how fantastic that solo was. Anyone got their own favorite sax solos (no snarky comments about Tres Lunas allowed! ). p.s. at the end of the solo I think the look on Mark Knopflers face is classic, as though you can see him thinking "you B*****D, you've just completely upstaged me..." -------------- "I say I say I say I say, what's got three bottles and five eyes and no legs and two wheels" Back to top

larstangmark Group: Members Posts: 1767 Joined: Mar. 2005 Posted: Nov. 27 2007, 17:11 Elton Dean's sax solo on Soft Machine's "All White" (from "Fifth")! I think the sax is overrated as a melodic instrument (especially the soprano sax), but it's good for more adventurous and atonal soloing. It's also good for playing riffs, like in the middle section of Gong's "You Can't Kill Me" (from "Camembert Electrique") where the sax plays the riff together with the bassist and vocalist while the guitar (played by David Aellen!) goes into wild soloing. -------------- "There are twelve people in the world, the rest are paste" Mark E Smith Back to top

Ugo Group: Members Posts: 5495 Joined: April 2000 Posted: Nov. 27 2007, 19:38 I've got several, these are some. - "Careless whisper" - "Baker Street" - "Old and wise" (The APP) - "Year of the Cat" (Al Stewart, and AP again) - "Lily was here" (Instrumental piece by Dave Stewart & Candy Dulfer, 1995) - "Turtle Island" from Tr3s Lunas. -------------- Ugo C. - a devoted Amarokian Back to top

Sir Mustapha Group: Musicians Posts: 2802 Joined: April 2003 Posted: Nov. 27 2007, 19:50 Dunno if I can name the best one, but THIS is close to the top. -------------- Check out http://ferniecanto.com.br for all my music, including my latest albums: Don't Stay in the City, Making Amends and Builders of Worlds. Also check my Bandcamp page: http://ferniecanto.bandcamp.com Back to top

Ugo Group: Members Posts: 5495 Joined: April 2000 Posted: Nov. 28 2007, 09:08 @ Sir M.: sorry, I don't like the Lurie piece. I think it's horrible. -------------- Ugo C. - a devoted Amarokian Back to top

larstangmark Group: Members Posts: 1767 Joined: Mar. 2005 Posted: Nov. 28 2007, 09:16 Quote (Sir Mustapha @ Nov. 27 2007, 19:50) Dunno if I can name the best one, but THIS is close to the top. That was very good! Does his music generally sound like that? -------------- "There are twelve people in the world, the rest are paste" Mark E Smith Back to top

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