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Baker Street
« on: February 08, 2019, 01:59:46 PM »
I like this song because it gives a weird vibe to me... a vibe of the nostalgia, and weird...

The Saxophone makes up for it... especially that it's the best part.

I just like old songs in general. ^__^

 
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Re: Baker Street
« Reply #1 on: February 08, 2019, 02:54:22 PM »
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Re: Baker Street
« Reply #2 on: February 08, 2019, 06:14:12 PM »
Baker Street is awesome. I love that song too.
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Re: Baker Street
« Reply #3 on: February 08, 2019, 06:45:33 PM »
So 1978 is the olden days now?

I like that song too.
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Re: Baker Street
« Reply #4 on: February 09, 2019, 03:55:35 AM »
Quote from: Minister of silly walks on February 08, 2019, 06:45:33 PM
So 1978 is the olden days now?
Oh don't say that. I was born in 1977.
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Re: Baker Street
« Reply #5 on: February 09, 2019, 12:26:24 PM »
Quote from: odeon on February 08, 2019, 06:14:12 PM
Baker Street is awesome. I love that song too.

  I love it too!  I first heard it on the radio in December of 1980, and I was enchanted.  8)
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Re: Baker Street
« Reply #6 on: February 09, 2019, 03:29:48 PM »
One of *the* songs of the era.
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Re: Baker Street
« Reply #7 on: February 11, 2019, 08:35:31 PM »
I think the Foo Fighters did a version (or Dave Grohl did) and it sounds much the same.

Edit: no it doesn't sound the same!
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Re: Baker Street
« Reply #8 on: February 11, 2019, 08:38:19 PM »
Whoah. Parking this here so I can come back and listen to it later:

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Re: Baker Street
« Reply #9 on: February 11, 2019, 08:47:13 PM »
So that's the name of that song.  I only recall hearing the intro (sax) not the vocal though.  Maybe from a TV show or two?
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Re: Baker Street
« Reply #10 on: February 11, 2019, 09:25:24 PM »
QV, you probably have heard the sax solo, it's been around a bit. The following is from the Wikipedia page about the song:

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* In 1990 The song of Peri Dazz April Fools Day Flashback John Hughes' Computeropolis
* In 1987 The song was cited by guitarist Slash as an influence on his guitar solo in "Sweet Child o' Mine".[22]
* The song is also heard in the closing scene of "Lisa's Sax," the episode of The Simpsons which recounts how Lisa Simpson received her first saxophone. Lisa performs a brief, cruder rendition of the hook before the music segues into Rafferty's recording.[23]
* Canadian rock musician AC Newman cited the song as an inspiration for his 2012 album, Shut Down the Streets.[24]
* The song's theme was featured in the Season 2 Episode 1 "A Reunion" in Don't Trust the B---- in Apartment 23 as James and June are walking down the street while thinking about the reunion.
* The song is featured in the video game Grand Theft Auto V, as part of the Los Santos Rock Radio track list.[citation needed]
* The song's saxophone line is featured numerous times in the Rick and Morty episode "M. Night Shaym-Aliens!" (Season 1, Episode 4).[citation needed]
* The saxophone line serves as the opening theme to the syndicated US radio program of financial author and motivational speaker Dave Ramsey.
* The opening bars of the song appear at the start and the end of the TV show New Tricks Season 5 episode 6 (Magic Majestic).
* In the Family Guy season 10 episode "Grumpy Old Man" (2011), Peter plays the song with her saxophone, in so-called "phone sax" with Lois.[25]
* The song has been used in a number of films, including: Zodiac, Good Will Hunting, and A Guide to Recognizing Your Saints.
* The song was used by Mike, voiced by Seth MacFarlane, during his street performance in the film Sing.
* In the TV show A.P. Bio, the song is played by Tucker Albrizzi's character in the second episode as a warning signal.
* The song is part of an audio drop whenever the character of Wesley Crusher is mentioned in the Greatest Generation podcast.
* The song is played in Narcos Mexico, episode 2, “The Plaza System” during the party in Tijuana.
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Re: Baker Street
« Reply #11 on: February 12, 2019, 01:45:40 AM »
I went back and listened to the Foo Fighters version.

Ren, you are right. It really doesn't sound the same at all apart from the melody.

Now that I listen to the original again, it's weird how it has these upbeat sax interludes with such fatalistic and depressing lyrics.
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