What were the songs with a sax in the 10s? All I can think of is that one Katy Perry song.Â
Edit: I think people are forgetting this is about Billboard #1s which is a US based chart. So most of the replies aren’t really correct.Â
Swing/ska resurgences?
>Sharp decline after 1981
Damn it, Reagan!
In 1981, pop sax peaked with Urgent by Foreigner. It was so gnarly that other bands kept trying for a bit, but eventually just gave up.
Edit: I know it never hit number 1 pop, but it still shook the world and changed the course of history.
Thrift shop started a short trend
Skill issue. Sax is really hard to play and master. Electronic Sax sounds bad. Really Sax players are expensive to hire, because it’s hard to play. Solution: just not putting Sax in music at all.
Is the 2010’s revival in any way related to epic sax guy
Sam Fender has a few absolute bangers featuring sax
I do miss all the unprotected sax of the early 80s.
Now I know why the 1975 are the 1975– John Waugh for the win
Sax in metal is on the rise
Romanian Popcorn/Romanian 2010s House has a decent amount of sax
Who else has Baker Street stuck in their head right now?
Clarence Clemmons.
Springsteen was at his most popular in the seventies and eighties. Everyone wanted his sound and a large part of that was the E Street Band.
But Bruce broke up the E Street Band after the Tunnel of Love tour, and of course grunge/alternative wasn’t melody/solo driven in the same way as what came before so interest died off.
Then Clarence Clemmons’ death in 2009 caused a lot of people to reflect on his life’s work which reintroduced people to saxophone solos and brought about a resurgence of interest in the sound. It lasted about five years.
That’s my story and I’m sticking to it. Even though I made the story to fit the data and have no proof either way. Did it really happen that way? I don’t know, but as a Springsteen fan I have to say it would be cool if it did.
Who cares we can blast Baker Street at any time we want
In 1992, President Clinton played the saxophone on the Arsenio Hall Show. There was initial excitement that the president seemed so cool but I think the clip aged like milk and people cringed at the video a few years later.
Yes! Where are all the Sax solos?! The 1975 band have a dedicated Sax player and their live shows give a lot of space for the saxophonist to shine. Their live album in Apple Music at the moment is very good for sax middle 8s; highly recommend.
Sax? Heck! Bring back clarinet solos!
At the end of the Fires of St Elmo movie the main character jumped on a bus to make a career in NYC as a sax player. Ironic.
Sax expertise requires years of practice, then jobs are quite limited, people have families and need to pay rent and bills.
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Source: Billboard, My Ears
Tools: Excel, Datawrapper
I wrote a small blurb about this trend [here](https://www.cantgetmuchhigher.com/p/why-did-we-stop-using-saxophones).
Sax doesn’t sound good when sampled – and modern producers are too cheap to actually pay for musicians…
Kenny G. got old.
the decline of the sax…[It’s just not logical](https://youtu.be/low6Coqrw9Y?feature=shared&t=112)!
Carly Rae Jepsen’s influence in the 2010s!
What were the songs with a sax in the 10s? All I can think of is that one Katy Perry song.Â
Edit: I think people are forgetting this is about Billboard #1s which is a US based chart. So most of the replies aren’t really correct.Â
Swing/ska resurgences?
>Sharp decline after 1981
Damn it, Reagan!
In 1981, pop sax peaked with Urgent by Foreigner. It was so gnarly that other bands kept trying for a bit, but eventually just gave up.
Edit: I know it never hit number 1 pop, but it still shook the world and changed the course of history.
Thrift shop started a short trend
Skill issue. Sax is really hard to play and master. Electronic Sax sounds bad. Really Sax players are expensive to hire, because it’s hard to play. Solution: just not putting Sax in music at all.
Is the 2010’s revival in any way related to epic sax guy
Sam Fender has a few absolute bangers featuring sax
[My Favorite: The Borders](https://youtu.be/j2EKkWl7K1A?si=J-CQrsDd2PTvKRYx)
I do miss all the unprotected sax of the early 80s.
Now I know why the 1975 are the 1975– John Waugh for the win
Sax in metal is on the rise
Romanian Popcorn/Romanian 2010s House has a decent amount of sax
Who else has Baker Street stuck in their head right now?
Clarence Clemmons.
Springsteen was at his most popular in the seventies and eighties. Everyone wanted his sound and a large part of that was the E Street Band.
But Bruce broke up the E Street Band after the Tunnel of Love tour, and of course grunge/alternative wasn’t melody/solo driven in the same way as what came before so interest died off.
Then Clarence Clemmons’ death in 2009 caused a lot of people to reflect on his life’s work which reintroduced people to saxophone solos and brought about a resurgence of interest in the sound. It lasted about five years.
That’s my story and I’m sticking to it. Even though I made the story to fit the data and have no proof either way. Did it really happen that way? I don’t know, but as a Springsteen fan I have to say it would be cool if it did.
Who cares we can blast Baker Street at any time we want
In 1992, President Clinton played the saxophone on the Arsenio Hall Show. There was initial excitement that the president seemed so cool but I think the clip aged like milk and people cringed at the video a few years later.
Yes! Where are all the Sax solos?! The 1975 band have a dedicated Sax player and their live shows give a lot of space for the saxophonist to shine. Their live album in Apple Music at the moment is very good for sax middle 8s; highly recommend.
Sax? Heck! Bring back clarinet solos!
At the end of the Fires of St Elmo movie the main character jumped on a bus to make a career in NYC as a sax player. Ironic.
Sax expertise requires years of practice, then jobs are quite limited, people have families and need to pay rent and bills.
There’s not enough money in sax these days.
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