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
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 (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