I can't find a single flaw with this song. Even the sax solo, the bane of most rock songs, is on point.
I can't find a single flaw with this song. Even the sax solo, the bane of most rock songs, is on point.
I gotta say that I agree! In fact, I'm listening to it right now, and I can discern no obvious flaws.
NO!! This is the greatest song ever:
I remember the good old days, up at 2a.m. alone with a whisky in one hand and a Rollie in the other singin Right down the line!
I read the guitarist put a lot of creative effort into the solo on that song. Listen to it. It's magnificent. And very different from most guitar solos.
After a childhood/adolescence of thinking thid song was 80s schlock, and not hearin this song for probably a decade (and likely that Foo Fighters cover to boot) this song came on the radio about a month ago and it was like my mind was being exploded into a trillion points of light and refracted off the cool golden metal of a saxophone.
So yes I now agree with this statement. Amazing song with so much depth and texture.
One of the best. "Stuck in the Midde" is another classic Gerry Rafferty(with Stealers Wheel) creation
RastaMon wrote:
After a childhood/adolescence of thinking thid song was 80s schlock, and not hearin this song for probably a decade (and likely that Foo Fighters cover to boot) this song came on the radio about a month ago and it was like my mind was being exploded into a trillion points of light and refracted off the cool golden metal of a saxophone.
So yes I now agree with this statement. Amazing song with so much depth and texture.
Mate, it was one of the greatest songs of the '70s.
As much as I love Gerry the sax player, brought the
wrong guitar and brought the sax in to play it.
Little did we know the sax motif was actually written in 1968.
I love how they build up the solo, you're expecting the saxophone for the third time, which eventually occurs but not without a very emotional guitar part before.
And every other little detail is spot on.
It's one of the best songs ever yes.
Obviously a joke. It is a dreadful song.
Part of the soundtrack of my childhood. It always had a sadness about it that was beyond my emotional range at the time and seemed like something from another place. Still love it.
I read the sax player hates hearing it because he was flat.
Gravy wrote:
I can't find a single flaw with this song. Even the sax solo, the bane of most rock songs, is on point.
Night Owl album is also very good, better than City to City overall I'd say.
Sherlock Holmes loved the song so much he bought a flat on it
Whats on John wrote:
Sherlock Holmes loved the song so much he bought a flat on it
He should have bought some land instead.
Bad Wigins wrote:
I read the sax player hates hearing it because he was flat.
Raphael Ravenscroft was the sax player.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raphael_Ravenscroft#Gerry_Rafferty_and_%22Baker_Street%22Raphael Ravencroft said:
I'm irritated because it's out of tune," he said. "Yeah, it's flat. By enough of a degree that it irritates me at best.
didn't make any money from it either.
I hope it doesn't ruin it for everyone that the sax player hates the song and got ripped off.
I kid you not that this song was everywhere when it came out in '78. You could hear that sax solo in stores, schools, swimming pools, car radios, from neighbors homes, etc, etc.
Yes it is damn near perfect. And yes, not a sax fan but this is the quintessential sax song masterpiece. Only other sax song iI love is Wings' "Listen to What the Man Said".
Baker Street is the anthem of so many who post here.
An aged King of Nothing, alone but for the odd night with someone younger who then goes away forever, the window slowly closing.