I have a question for you all.
What the heck is it about an accoustic guitar and the ever sexy sax that get’s you feeling all warm and fuzzy inside?
Okay some aren’t into the accoustic guitar but certainly you are prone to the sexy sax! If you aren’t should your legs be wrapped around a buffalo’s hump and your arms be attached to a goat’s genitals. Visualize that!
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I am in a goofy mood tonight!
This is totally mundane and totally pointless but I wonder…
Actually, the sax doesn’t really get it done for me, but I just got ahold of Nick Drake’s Pink Moon album. I’m listening to it until my ears bleed. I’m starting to think I’m obsessing over it.
Yeah, personally I think a saxophone sounds kind of cheesy. It’s almost a parody of itself.
But I do like the acoustic guitar, especially if it’s a simple tune with plucking, no strumming. Very effective.
Ankh_Too: Ooo… Nick Drake is THE MAN. And the Volkswagon commercial was so much cooler with Pink Moon in it!
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What do you think sent me searching for weeks to find the damn album? Even without the song it would be one of the best commercials i’ve ever seen. With it, it may top the list.
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I don’t know what the name of the instrument is, but it’s a kind of guitar that does it for me. Dobro, maybe, or some kind of steel guitar, or just a certain style of acoustic? Very sweet, smooth and shimmery. Common in Gary Allan’s music and neotraditionalist roots-country ballads.
Pedal-steel guitar eh.
/gliss
Personally, I prefer the oh-so-loverly sound of a kazoo.
Are we talkin’ John Coltrane or SaxFace sax playing, or are we talkin’ 1980’s cliche saxaphone solos that show up in songs by Wham!?
First one, sexy. Second, the OPPOSITE of sexy.
first one = BOTH John Coltrane and SaxFace, lest that be misconstrued in any way.
As an extension of what magdalene said, I think you’ve been listenin’ to the wrong sax players. Kenny G bad. Coltrane good. Morphine good. At least as far as I’m concerned. I seem to recall that SaxFace doesn’t like them, though I never caught why.
Yes you must hear the correct music to enjoy the sexy sax as it should be played.
Shoot even in some classic rock there is some good sax that will melt your soul.
Well, you could say that about anything, couldn’t you?
“I like this, do you?”
“No.”
“You must be listening to it wrong.”
Guano,
Stop being difficult.
Luxy, I LOVE Morphine. I just think Mark Sandman’s lyrics are cheesy. The music, however, is DIVINE!
Magd, I love that you compared me to Coltrane - that is really funny and totally ludicrous. I don’t consider Coltrane to be a sexy sax player anyway - I hear him as more of a disciplined powerhouse. Although on his album with Johnny Hartman, mmmmmmmmm…
Guano, it’s cool if you don’t love the saxophone - more for me.
I like Nick Drake’s album, too, but since a song is now on that VW commercial, I’m getting annoyed at associating the album with VW’s. Same thing happened to Gomez’s song on that Philips commercial.
Sexy sax players? My favorites are Hank Mobley and Benny Carter. For the record, my #1 sexy sax song is “How Deep is the Ocean” on the Tenor Conclave album. Open a window when listening to that song - you’ll fog up the room.
Ben Webster. Ben Webster on tenor saxophone. You feel him on the insides of your thighs. Ooooooooooooh, baby.
Accoustic guitar - yes, I love it.
Saxaphone - OK in small doses, but I don’t get into “honking” sax, ala 1950’s rock 'n roll.
What gets me is accoustic piano, particularly when it’s used in contrast to the prevailing instrumentation. a good example is U2’s New Years Day, and I absolutely bliss out when I hear Pink Floyd’s Great Gig in the Sky from Dark Side of the Moon.
DVous Means said:
What about the sax on The Coasters’ song “Young Blood”? That is what sex is all about, baby!
Yeah, I love the Coasters’ sax player. King Curtis, for a lot of it, right?
I have an old vinyl double LP anthology called ATLANTIC HONKERS. Great sax-based rock n’ roll.
Great Gig in the Sky… god… that is one track that would inspire you to make love to your SO with for hours on end to.
Best Bliss out moment, when the piano intro stops and theat beautiful, beautiful voice starts to rise…mmmmmmmmmmmm.