Mindboggling? On this site? You must have missed threads such as “Semolina vs Farina.”
I only really appreciated this song within the last decade. I remember hearing it as a kid and thinking of it as that boring saxophone song. Then I heard (or noticed) Right Down the Line on the radio for the first time and wanted to hear more of Rafferty’s stuff. And I’ll be damned, Baker Street was pretty awesome.
I always thought I knew a fair bit about rock bands but admittedly was very surprised when a trivia opponent informed me Baker Street and Stuck in the Middle were by the same guy.
On a Tarantino movie score CD he’s reflecting before the song saying in effect he doubts Gerry Rafferty had the Michael Madsen torturing of the kidnapped security guard warehouse scene from Reservoir Dogs in mind when he first wrote Stuck in the Middle With You. Heh, no, probably not but it’s forever associated with it now.
He was a minor talent.
But check out “Star” by Stealers Wheel. It was written by the other guy, Joe Egan.
Fuck, I just watched that episode of Rick and Morty for the first time last night. I only opened this thread because of that closing line.
No, I thought that too as a lad of tender years. Of course, while the vocals might be Harrison-esque, the guitar-work certainly is not.
A great song, regardless. Hearing it takes me back to my freshman high school year. Well, that’s hardly a ringing endorsement. :dubious:
As much as I don’t care if I ever hear Baker Street again, I will take this moment to commend the awesome guitar tone on that brief solo that breaks out. What a piercing, ouchie, mean tone that guitar has!
My man! The song is (barely) older than me, so I’d only heard it before on rare occasions. The lyrics are lost on me (as is typical), but the sax solo is good and memorable.
I was a senior in high school. I didn’t like the song much, but my buddy Daryl the Trombone Player – a much better jazzman that I was at the time – thought the sax part was great.
Last night I was all…“Fuck, why is Rick humming the saxophone solo from ‘Baker Street?’”
I enjoyed hearing the song at the time of its release.
Was 1978 “The Year of the Cat”? Yeah, those two guys sound very similar to me.
No, Year of the Cat was a couple years later, '78 would have been Time Passages. Though, Al Stewart was not really anything like Gerry Rafferty. He was more like Marc Bolan on Quaaludes.
Year of the Cat came out in 1976.
I love that whole album, and I love “Baker Street.” There’s a whole group of songs from the '76-'78 era that make me happy whenever I hear them. They remind me of a happy, carefree time in my childhood, mostly summers spent reading stacks of books. But IMO both are great songs.
Like the others said, that was a couple years earlier.
I heard “Year of the Cat” while walking at the mall a few days ago. 
Agreed.
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Can i have My Money Back** is Gerry in a more raw form. just as good IMHO.
I’m surprised no one has mentioned Lisa Simpson playing the saxophone solo from “Baker Street.”
Agreed. But it also had a great sax solo.
The whole Year of the Cat album was something special. The title track was amazing and hitworthy, but “On the Border” deserved more respect than it got. IMHO.
Thus far and no mention that Gerry Rafferty used to be in Scottish folk band The Humblebums with Billy Connolly before Connolly did stand-up? For shame, I say!
“Baker Street” is one of my all-time favorite tunes 
The soundtracks to Saturday Night Fever and Grease were the soundtracks to my last two years in high school. I’ll want to start dancing or singing along with either if I hear them, LOL.
Absolutely to all this. “Year of the Cat” is one of the best short stories set to music, with every line evocative. And the production work for “On the Border” was especially awesome. Listen to the beginning as the instruments chime in one by one like paint added to a canvas.