I made a quick run through my mp3 collection and picked out some songs to start the collection.
Quarterflash -- Harden My Heart
Gerry Rafferty -- Baker Street
Dan Fogelberg -- Same Old Lang Syne
Frozen Ghost -- Should I See
Kate Bush -- The Saxophone Song
Nena -- ? (Question Mark Song)
Alan Parsons Project -- Don't Answer Me
Styx -- Why Me?
I know Styx has some other songs with a sax part, but that's the only one I could remember offhand. Psychedelic Furs also have at least a few, but I don't have them all converted to mp3 yet. I know that one of the Hawkwind guys played sax, but I don't think their sax is all that prominent. Everything tends to meld together into a sort of single, cohesive big sound with them. And then of course there's Captain Beefheart. I have a CD of "Trout Mask Replica," but boy, it's been a while since I listened to it.
The collection I'm aiming for are pop songs (or rock, or perhaps even country) that have a sax part. Suggestions are welcome. I'm sure I have some that I've forgotten about.
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- Violence; Mott the Hoople
- Rat Trap; The Boomtown Rats
- Welcome to the Machine; Pink Floyd (or one of those songs on that album -- actually, I think it was in the transition between two tracks)
John Hiatt has used the sax, but a specific track doesn't come to mind. (Irrespective of that, if you haven't heard him do "Ridin' With the King", you need to.)
For country (or crossover/blues/swing -- whatever you want to characterize it) there's Lyle Lovett. "Here I Am" is da bomb.
"Brown Sugar" by Rolling Stones.
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