Can you help me name this song? (1 Viewer)

[cafink]

There's a song I've heard on the radio many times. I like it but I have no idea who sings it or what it's called. I was hoping some of the HTF's music fans could help me identify the piece, the main complication being that I can't recall any of the songs lyrics.

The song is not new, I would say it's at least ten years old but probably more like fifteen or more, maybe as much as thirty or so (a pretty broad range, I know).

I don't really know music that well, so please forgive me for not being able to describe it well. I would call it a light, slow song. The most distinctive part is the song's opening saxophone solo.

If you know of any song with a strong saxophone solo towards the beginning, I would really appreciate it. I know it's a fairly popular song (or at least was in its time), so hopefully we can figure it out.

Thanks for any help you might be able to give.

 

[ChrisP]

Baker Street by Gerry Rafferty? First thing that popped into my head from your description.

The Foo Fighters did a great cover of it a few years back.

 

[Jeffrey Wiffen]

Um...I heard this song on the radio the other day. Can you tell me what its called?

 

[Jack Shappa]

Geez, a light, slow song with a sax solo at the beginning, that is 10-15 years old?

Careless whisper by George Michael?

- Cryo

 

[Jeffrey Wiffen]

Sorry for the sarcastic comment.

The first song that I thought of was Baker Street too!

 

[LarryDavenport]

Can you throw some lyrics our way Carl?

 

[cafink]

Wow, that was quick! I used Google to search for "Baker Street" and found the lyrics, and reading them over, it is indeed the song I was thinking of. I couldn't recall them off the top of my head but I definitely recognize them.

Thanks a ton!

 

[Henry Gale]

I don't really know music that well, so please forgive me for not being able to describe it well.

I'll forgive you, millions wouldn't.
About those forgettable lyrics, are they sung by a male or a female, or is it more of a Wayne Newton thing?
So far we have sax solo between 1973 and 1993.


Jim

 

[cafink]

Seriously, this is why I love the Home Theater Forum so much.

Rereading my own post, I gave just about the most vague, awful description one could possibly imagine, yet I got a correct answer in just twenty mintutes! Amazing… You guys rock.

 

[MatS]

well I'm a little late to the thread but "Baker Street" was what I thought of when I read your first post. Guess your description wasn't that bad after all