― righteousmaelstrom (righteousmaelstrom), Thursday, 13 October 2005 19:45 (eighteen years ago) link
What was that? I've only hear the Foofs version once, and I wasn't paying close attention.
― Joseph McCombs (Joseph McCombs), Thursday, 13 October 2005 23:36 (eighteen years ago) link
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― Joseph McCombs (Joseph McCombs), Friday, 14 October 2005 04:03 (eighteen years ago) link
Foos' "Down In The Park" is indeed fun. The original pwns, is all.
― rogermexico (rogermexico), Friday, 14 October 2005 06:10 (eighteen years ago) link
― bobby bedelia (van dover), Wednesday, 7 February 2007 08:22 (seventeen years ago) link
Weird thing about Baker Street is it seems to follow DBC Pierre's concept of the "fate song". It always seems to pipe over the radio when I'm
a)on my ownb)feeling vaguely melancholy, andc)in a smoky pub or otherwise atmospheric location that perfectly suits the sax intro.
― Phil Knight (PhilK), Wednesday, 7 February 2007 11:05 (seventeen years ago) link
― Frogm@n Henry (Frogm@n Henry), Wednesday, 7 February 2007 11:57 (seventeen years ago) link
...And everytime this thread revives, I have no choice but to immediately play it, often twice. (I just did.) Unforgettable song (whether you love or hate it).
― Monty Von Byonga (Monty Von Byonga), Wednesday, 7 February 2007 17:55 (seventeen years ago) link
― Haikunym (Haikunym), Wednesday, 7 February 2007 17:59 (seventeen years ago) link
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― Phil Knight (PhilK), Wednesday, 7 February 2007 18:52 (seventeen years ago) link
― Elvis Telecom (Chris Barrus), Wednesday, 7 February 2007 18:54 (seventeen years ago) link
Great song.
― The stickman from the hilarious "xkcd" comics, Sunday, 3 August 2008 08:35 (fifteen years ago) link
Right Down The Line is great, too, except for that awkward part where I think he's trying to squeeze the lyric ''You've been as constant as the Northern Star (the brightest star that shines),'' into too short a period of time in the song. So I always hear it as ''You've been as const as the Northern Star.'' Otherwise, aces.
― Daniel, Esq., Sunday, 3 August 2008 09:12 (fifteen years ago) link
I may have started a "versus" thread with Rafferty's two hits facing off.
― Alfred, Lord Sotosyn, Sunday, 3 August 2008 13:17 (fifteen years ago) link
I dislike this song. it's too inoffensive to be hated, but it's too boring to be liked.
― Bo Jackson Overdrive, Sunday, 3 August 2008 14:06 (fifteen years ago) link
Always way more fucking EPIC than I remember.
I have never passed thru Baker Street tube and not thought of this song.
― Raw Patrick, Sunday, 3 August 2008 18:14 (fifteen years ago) link
^this
― The stickman from the hilarious "xkcd" comics, Sunday, 3 August 2008 18:18 (fifteen years ago) link
I like the song, but it would have been better with something else instead of the sax.
― Geir Hongro, Sunday, 3 August 2008 18:20 (fifteen years ago) link
Yeah, some sort of drum break.
― The stickman from the hilarious "xkcd" comics, Sunday, 3 August 2008 18:22 (fifteen years ago) link
I like the song, but it would have been better with something else instead of the sax. -- Geir Hongro, Sunday, August 3, 2008 6:20 PM
How does this fit your theory?
― I know, right?, Sunday, 3 August 2008 18:33 (fifteen years ago) link
Geir would have preferred barbershop vocal harmonies there instead
― Bo Jackson Overdrive, Sunday, 3 August 2008 20:55 (fifteen years ago) link
yeah this is an OK song.
dont like the sax solo though!
― bakerstreetsaxsolo, Sunday, 3 August 2008 23:48 (fifteen years ago) link
thread with Rafferty's two hits facing off.
There's also "Stuck In The Middle With You."
Like all three, but I'd still vote for "Baker Street," no contest.
― xhuxk, Monday, 4 August 2008 00:27 (fifteen years ago) link
Baker Street is awesome
― Herman G. Neuname, Monday, 4 August 2008 00:30 (fifteen years ago) link
great song
― rockapads, Monday, 4 August 2008 00:53 (fifteen years ago) link
Rafferty hits vs. Boz Scaggs hits
― Eazy, Monday, 4 August 2008 01:20 (fifteen years ago) link
RIP
― i love you but i have chosen snarkness (Steve Shasta), Tuesday, 4 January 2011 23:27 (thirteen years ago) link
RIP s trife
RIP hstencil
― i love you but i have chosen snarkness (Steve Shasta), Tuesday, 4 January 2011 23:28 (thirteen years ago) link
I like Baker Street. Carry the torch.
― pomp la familia (Hurting 2), Tuesday, 4 January 2011 23:30 (thirteen years ago) link
― Geir Hongro, Sunday, 3 August 2008 18:20 (2 years ago)
?!?!?!?!??!?!??!
Great great song anyway, one of the greatest guitar solos on a hit single ever
― Satantango! (Matt #2), Tuesday, 4 January 2011 23:52 (thirteen years ago) link
gear wanted beatboxing there i think
― zvookster, Tuesday, 4 January 2011 23:53 (thirteen years ago) link
geir i mean
― zvookster, Tuesday, 4 January 2011 23:54 (thirteen years ago) link
geir prefers the foo fighters version
― Hans Peter Cutlassin' (crüt), Tuesday, 4 January 2011 23:56 (thirteen years ago) link
The musician behind one of the most recognisable saxophone solos - on Gerry Rafferty's hit Baker Street - has died.
http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-devon-29700432
Raphael Ravenscroft, 60, who found fame almost overnight following the release of the 1978 track, died following a suspected heart attack early on Sunday.
He was reportedly paid only £27 for the session with a cheque that bounced while the song is said to have earned Rafferty £80,000 a year in royalties.
In a radio interview in 2011, Ravenscroft said the song annoyed him.
"I'm irritated because it's out of tune," he said.
― curmudgeon, Tuesday, 21 October 2014 15:11 (nine years ago) link
I prefer the Foo Fighters version.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BO1qcWa6blQ
― Loud guitars shit all over "Bette Davis Eyes" (NYCNative), Tuesday, 21 October 2014 21:35 (nine years ago) link
flag post
― polyphonic, Tuesday, 21 October 2014 21:37 (nine years ago) link
no kidding
― Johnny Fever, Tuesday, 21 October 2014 21:39 (nine years ago) link
You'll get over it.
― Loud guitars shit all over "Bette Davis Eyes" (NYCNative), Tuesday, 21 October 2014 21:39 (nine years ago) link
http://imagizer.imageshack.us/a/img904/8673/J866yB.jpg
― mattresslessness, Tuesday, 21 October 2014 21:42 (nine years ago) link
xp I think the out-of-tuneness kind of makes it
― my jaw left (Hurting 2), Tuesday, 21 October 2014 21:47 (nine years ago) link
It's no 'Baker Dick'
― Welcome To (Turrican), Tuesday, 21 October 2014 22:04 (nine years ago) link