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Along with synthesizers, I think that saxophones played a big part in 80's music. I think part of the appeal of some great new wave songs were the killer sax solos some of them had. Here's an example of the songs I'm talking about...

Oingo Boingo - Heard Somebody Cry
English Beat - Mirror In The Bathroom
Psychedelic Furs - Danger
Icehouse - Electric Blue
Romeo Void - Girl In Trouble (Hands Down one of the best songs of the 80's)
The Waterboys - A Girl Called Johnny
Boy Meets Girl - Waiting For A Star To Fall (I Know Not New Wave! But a great guilty pleasure nontheless)
Frozen Ghost - Should I See
Foreigner - Urgent (I'm gonna say it...This was the closest Foreigner ever came to recording a new wave song, with "that was yesterday" coming in at a close second")

There's more, but that's all I can think of at the moment. What are some of your favorite new wave or 80's pop songs with saxophones in them?


P.S. I was just joking about Foreigner singing new wave[;)]

Motels - Total Control

Duran Duran - Rio
Belouis Some - Imagination
INXS - The One Thing
Men at Work - Who Can It Be Now?
Wang Chung - Dance Hall Days
Kinks - Come Dancing
UB40 - If It Happens Again
Madness - House of Fun
China Crisis - Tragedy & Mystery
Crazy 8's - Johnny Q
Higsons - Run Me Down (maybe my favorite sax solo of all)

Al Stewart - Time Passages
Bruce Springsteen - Born To Run
Bruce Springsteen - Jungleland
David Bowie - Blue Jean
Gerry Rafferty - Baker Street
Heart - Even it Up
INXS - What You Need
INXS - Never Tear Us Apart
Joan Osborne - Baby Love (released in 2000 but it's a great song)
Lords of the New Church - Open Your Eyes
OMD - If You Leave
Pink Floyd - Money
Rolling Stones - Waiting on a Friend
Supertramp - The Logical Song

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I dont know if you'd consider them "new wave" or not, but:

Men @ Work-Who can it be now?
Quarterflash-Harden My Heart
Haircut 100-Love Plus One/Favorite Shirts

"Keepin the '80s alive!"

PSYC FURS -heartbreak beat
psyc furs -heartbeat
waitresses=Christmas wrapping...I think

As far as '80s pop goes, the biggest, fattest sax hook belongs to:

"The One You Love" by Glenn Frey.

No kidding.

Fear''New York's alright if you like saxophones''
The Damned''Shadow of Love''
Tin Huey''Pink berets''
Inner City Unit''Convoy''

I think a little known band called Spandau Ballet may have had a couple of songs with sax in them.

"Ricochet Days" by Modern English has great demented sax playing that reminds me of the Furs.

[quote][i]Originally posted by i_like_lectric_motors[/i]
<br>I think a little known band called Spandau Ballet may have had a couple of songs with sax in them.
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.. that was going to be my suggestion. Spandau and Duran both had lots of frequent Sax in the 80's

[quote][i]Originally posted by wormster[/i]

psyc furs -heartbeat

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Heartily seconded

The Sun Turns Black - Leisure Process


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Some more songs:

"You belong to the city" by Glen Frey
"Lily's here" by Candy Dulfer and David A. Stewart
"Songbird" by Kenny G (far from New Wave but great)
"?" by Nena

The Cure has a lot of cool song with sax, well maybe
"Horns" is a better description.

A Night Like this(Solo at 2:42)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HMPtecav ... playnext=1

Exploding Boy
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2pfG__jF ... 1&index=38


Hot hot Hot
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8jaZ8PSYrFE