Gerry Rafferty "Baker Street" REACTION Video | amazing saxophone solo reaction

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[@michaelparsons5299]

One of the rare songs where the chorus is a saxophone. How marvellous! This song will continue to be played long after we are all gone!

[@Brian-om2hh]

Baker Street still earns Gerry's daughter around £75k a year in royalties......over 40 years since the track was released.....

[@OldCanadianguy953]

I remember when this song first came out. It’s good to share this with the younger generation, save their ears from today’s trash.

[@adrianfernandonoya5196]

RIP Gerry Rafferty We love You and We miss You and RIP you too Raphael Ravenscroft the man on the saxophone. The city desert makes you feel so cold; it's got so many people but it's got no soul.

[@cliffwheeler7357]

The wonderful saxophone riff is played by the late Raphael Ravenscroft. As well as a superb musician, he was also a composer and author. He played on albums by Kim Carnes, Marvin Gaye, Robert Plant and Roger Waters as well as Gerry Rafferty. He died in October 2014 from a heart attack. Another great musician sadly gone.

[@vellaropedart9190]

These lyrics hit hard when you're an adult. But it's always been the kind of song that gets you through the rough times. That saxophone lick is arguably the most iconic sax riff in the world. And that guitar solo is just perfection!

[@dagmar.6954]

Love this song. Especially the sax solo. In 1972 Gerry Rafferty was in the Scottish folk rock band Stealers Wheel & had a big hit with "Stuck In The Middle With You". Later on, he went out on his own & then had the big hits "Baker's Street", "Right Down The Line" & "Night Owl".

[@vaughnroycroft999]

Echoing the rec of Right Down the Line. It's a song that I closely associate with my relationship with my wife. So great. As is this song.

[@raycardy4843]

Before that, he was in a folk rock band called 'The Humblebums' - which also included a certain Billy Connolly...!

[@michaelbaucom4019]

Don't forget " Get It Right Next Time "

[@1951woodygeo]

You forgot he was with Billy Connolly in the Humblebums before stealers wheel .

[@1951woodygeo]

Baker Street came out in 1978 on the City to City Album I have in my collection

[@RaynorBear]

This was the 7" single / radio edit. The album version of the song is longer, so if you want to hear a longer version of the song, look up the album version. The song is from the Gerry Rafferty album "City to City".

[@1951woodygeo]

Brilliant album mate

[@jacksquat4140]

Can you believe "Baker Street" never made it to number 1. It's true. Andy Gibb's "Shadow Dancing" kept Gerry Rafferty and this fabulous song at bay.

[@DanielFrost21]

1:28: The sax intro is a great way to kick off this song. This is a great example of music that never gets old.

[@stephenhanft1226]

Great song. I remember it very well. "Baker Street" by Gerry Rafferty went to #2 on the pop charts in 1978 (one of my favorite music years). It has one of the best saxophone solos. Another good song from him is "Right Down The Line".

[@1951woodygeo]

It reached No 1 on Cash box and no 2 on billboard Andy Gibb was no 1 a total joke but what can you do with daft teenagers they would not know a great singer if he was standing in front of them singing 😂😂😂

[@clivegrant4225]

Glad you picked up on the guitar solo which is frequently overlooked in this classic song.

[@colleenross8752]

I love that most of 1978 was disco, punk, and hard rock, only to have this song sneak up on us and blow us away

[@jmuraidajr]

Saxophones in songs are the best they just add that something!!!

[@baronderochemont8556]

This song took Brazil by storm back in the day and it's still played on the radios to this day. I'd really be surprised if you two stated you'd never heard it.

[@davidskates471]

Two Beautiful Lady's listening to Great Music, Love it

[@richardhargrave6082]

Its the best song ever that doesn't have a chorus! The instruments are the chorus Still gives me goose bumps after all these years City to City has a longer version, its a great album

[@double00spy]

This is widely considered the best sax solo of all time. Total genius by the sax player. Gerry is a genius as well. Listen to Right Down the Line, a beautiful love letter to his wife.

[@leonmcnair4615]

The saxophone part was written by Gerry Rafferty as well.

[@BAW12547]

This song always gives me goosebumps when I listen to it , I just think this song is the sound of the 70's

[@sheilaselker5359]

A big thanks to those who recommended this fabulous song💥

[@francesthompson593]

RIP Gerry Raffertty, he came out of the Scottish Folk Scene!

[@raycardy4843]

He was part of a folk rock band called 'the Humblebums' (1965-71) which also included Billy Connolly...!

[@adrianhughes8143]

Baker Street is about the Street in London famous for Sherlock Holmes. Ive been there in Baker Street many times with my mates before we go to watch my team Chelsea fc a Football club in London for a couple of pints in one of my favourite pubs CFC 56 💙💙⚽️⚽️💂‍♂️💂‍♂️🇬🇧🇬🇧🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿💙💛🇺🇦🇺🇦

[@paulf2557]

One of the greatest singers and songwriters ever. Pick any song and you can't go wrong. Not too many videos around unfortunately, as he hated the limelight, but lots of album tracks. Days Gone Down next as has another great video with it.

[@xanajak]

This song is the epitome of all of those car rides thru LA in the '70s on the way to soccer games, and temple.

[@telstar4772]

The star of the this song for me is the Sax played by Raph Ravenscroft , if any fans haven`t heard "Island" by the pair of them you just have to give it a go. One of the most beautiful pieces of music ever.

[@MrSleazey]

This has been a favorite of mine since I first heard it in 1978. It was a departure from the 1970's styles and attitudes in music. This was one of the songs that showed that the 80's music scene was going to be so much better than the burned out, blasé 70's.

[@dalesouders4136]

I am Class of ‘78 Warwick High School Lititz PA. The seventies were TREMENDOUS for great music 🎼🎵🎶🎼🎵🎶

[@bumperu]

I learned a life lesson from this song. When it was a hit I was boozing and having one night stands. Now I have settled down in a small town and given up the booze and the one night stands.

[@frankbolger3969]

This song is very nostalgic for me, because when it came out I was on a student trip to London, and we were staying at the Sherlock Holmes Hotel on Baker Street. About 50 years ago.

[@oops1952]

The power of Rafferty's base is amazing

[@jamesblack8699]

This song was played on the movie "Good Will Hunting".

[@fasttruckman]

Brings back memories from the 70's when the radio was turned on and casey kasems top 40 was on. Saturday's was the day the house got a cleaning from top to bottom.

[@jamesblack8699]

I'm really enjoying your choice of music as well as your reactions! Keep up the good work ladies. I look forward to more of your videos!

[@geraldharkness8830]

iconic says it all!

[@derekcockburn820]

The lyrics of this song reflect Gerry's life.

[@rickwelch8464]

I am instantly back in the apartment complex I grew up in. There are speakers in someone's window, and we are at the pool. There are many songs from that time frame that make me get that feeling. Oh to be that young and at the pool every day again. Life's Been Good, Love is Like Oxygen, Hot Blooded, Hollywood Nights. All great songs from that era. I was 10 lol. Damn I am old now.

[@christopherrobertson8098]

Gerry Rafferty used to have a comic folk pop band with legendary scots comedian Billy Connelly it was jokingly called the humblebums.

[@alastairmcintyre4752]

First heard Gerry Rafferty in the late 1960s while he was in The Humblebums with a little known comedian called Billy Connolly ( who played a mean banjo ) - happy days !

[@waferinepete]

One of the greatest singer songwriters of all time another song you will know that he wrote and sung is stuck in the middle with you check out some of his other songs you wont be disappointed

[@vaughnroycroft999]

Listening to your mom talking about her commute, and how we realize that "life's too short," so we all have decisions to make, has a TON to do with the lyrics of this song. For me, it's about trying to find the balance between seeking your dream--likely in somewhere that's not idea (ala the big city) by working away, and actually surrendering to living in the moment, and appreciating what's really important. "Just one more year and then we'll be happy..." Just my two cents. I love how much you guys love an old fave.

[@generationgapreacts]

Mom really connected to that song for this reason! Sooo many years in the corporate world and always hoping the next year would be better.

[@commentatron]

This song is from his album, _City To City_ . This song, and _Right Down The Line_ , are probably the most well known. I'd heard both countless times since they came out in 1978, but about four years ago heard another from the album called _Home And Dry_ . I listened to the rest of the album and was stunned how excellent it was. He was such a brilliant lyricist. Please check this album out - it's a very emotionally powerful tour de force.

[@michaelbaucom4019]

Gerry(RIP)Rafferty has another sax-driven song called " Get It Right Next Time " that is just as good as " Baker Street "

[@hudsonhollow]

One of the best sax riffs ever!!!!!!!

[@cabdriveruk]

This song was written by Gerry as he was travelling to and from Scotland to London to lawyers offices to deal with the Stealers Wheel band split, he wrote a few songs on the train journeys. There was a long standing argument about who wrote the solo that was eventually done on saxophone. The sax player Raphael Ravenscroft claimed it was his work, but this was later found to be untrue because Gerry had originally done the solo on guitar. Raphael Ravenscroft received 20 pounds for his solo but the cheque bounced. R.I.P Gerry Rafferty 1947 - 2011, Rip Rapheal Ravenscroft 1954 - 2014.

[@lewismaddox4132]

This song is devastatingly heartbreaking. Remember when you were young and you saw a multitude of flatliners who had somehow managed success and you thought you would sail blithely through life with one resounding success after another. "You used to think that it was so easy. You used to say that it was so easy, but you're tryin, you're tryin now." Notice how many times he sings, "Forget about everything." Doesn't matter whether it's a profession, or a life he dreamed of or a woman he adored, that baby is long gone. This is a song about life crushing lament.

[@steverichmond7142]

Gerry Rafferty was a great guy and a great friend of Billy Connolly. This song is really about being in a band in Glasgow, Scotland and booze. He died because of it.

[@johnclarke-vs9qe]

I read that Baker Street is still generating around £90k per year in royalties! Oh to be a great songwriter!

[@alex35agm]

One of the greatest saxophone songs,along with Year of the Cat.This song just has so much soul and Gerry's smooth voice adds to it.

[@dennisflury6942]

His song "Right Down the Line" is a MUST! Many men, myself included have a woman like the one in the song!

[@mikefixx7177]

I know this song is longer, not sure why it was cut so short.Great song !

[@michaelchurchill4007]

Baker Street, yet another great British artist like Kate bush. Sadly Gerry is no longer with us but left us iconic music. I think todays Americans are realising how much great music came out of these small islands

[@mikephillips8810]

In the late 1980s, I was on vacation camping near a quiet little town, in a sleepy part of southern England. I went into the local liqour/beer store to take some beers back to the camp site for that evening. The owner said "Gerry Rafferty was in earlier, he lives close to here". Gerry, from Scotland, did indeed live close by this small town, in a country house. He was a brilliant talent but alas was disappointed by the fame and trappings of the music business, and had been (or became) a heavy user of alcohol. Sadly I never met him in that little beer store, in that little town, or anywhere else. But it struck me years later, that this song was probably partly/semi-autobiographical: "he'll give up the booze, and the one night stands, then he'll settle down, in a quiet little town, and forget about everything". Gerry never did settle in that quiet little town, he moved again, he certainly was the rolling stone at times. Anyway that's my Gerry Rafferty story! Brilliant song, and a brilliant album. He was great.

[@Eric_L_Laney]

I remember this song well. It was playing on the radio every time I turned around. Another great song with some great saxophone in it is Us and Them by Pink Floyd. It’s from their hugely successful 1973 album, Dark Side of the Moon. Ninety miles to work! My goodness. That’s dedication. Kudos ton you for starting your own business after that, MG.👏 BG, as a fellow only child, I probably would have said I would just go home too.🙂

[@bikeaholic6386]

Classic song, always loved this song since it came out in the 70s 😊

[@davidmaggs6217]

Gerry was in a group called “ Stealers wheel” they had a hit with “ Stuck in the middle with you “ . In the film “Reservoir Dogs” the song is playing in the background when Micheal Madsen is cutting the policeman’s ear off.🤓

[@sheilaselker5359]

A little jazz, with that sax, love it

[@josephdebono6845]

baker street is in central LONDON

[@54nomore]

The great British Novelist Sir Arthur Conan Doyle created his greatest and well-known character private detective 'Sherlock Holmes.' In the novel and the movie and television series. Sherlock Holmes resides at 221B Baker Street. I just thought I put out this little bit of trivia to one of the greatest composed songs 'Baker Street (1978)' ever. Awesome Mr. Gerry Rafferty.

[@jeremywright3653]

This one and "right down the line" are two greats of theirs

[@GinMae]

Thanks, ladies! this has been a long-time favorite of mine... I'll always remember driving home along the Milwaukee lakefront on a beautiful Friday afternoon.. paycheck cashed, my weekend (and my whole life - I was 18) ahead of me... windows down, blasting the music.. it sounded like Freedom!

[@tweetiepooh2001]

Have always loved this song and the sexy sax is unbeatable. Just can't believe you don't know this one.

[@GeorgeMartinez-zh2sf]

You have not ever heard this sax on any other video but this one!

[@alanthompson7216]

evening ladies .its probably the most iconic sax solo going for me another onsax solo is hazel oconner " will you" gerry was also a member of stealers wheel " stuck in the middle with you" on a difernt tangent completly just how many pendants does momma gap own .......😃

[@generationgapreacts]

Ohhh great suggestion, we’ll have to check out Hazel O’Conner. Mom has too many necklaces to count 😁

[@wayne_twentyfive]

@@generationgapreacts I strongly support the recommendation for Hazel O'Connor's "Will You" .. She made her big break in the UK with her appearance in the 1980 movie "Breaking Glass', the soundtrack of which contained many great songs .. None greater than "Will You", which is very intense and moody, and has one of the best sax solos you will ever hear ! .. Wayne

[@colleenross8752]

​@@generationgapreacts, that INXS song is Never Tear Us Apart

[@tomhansen4576]

The saxophonist was a British session musician, Raphael Ravenscroft, who worked with a number of artists including Pink Floyd, Robert Plant, Daft Punk, Kim Carnes, and ABBA to name a few. And yes, this is considered the most famous sax solo of all time. He said he got paid only $27.50 pounds for the job, while Rafferty got paid $80,000 pounds annually in royalties for the hit song.

[@80HD8]

You've definitely heard this on the radio as I believe they're under contract to play this every 90 minutes.

[@steveschaff4620]

MASTERPIECE!

[@dr.burtgummerfan439]

Way back when this song was first released, I told people it would be a classic, that people would still be listening to this song decades from now. It's nice being right.😁

[@davidcreager1945]

Great reaction Ladies !

[@astermaribao1562]

,yes ladies and gentlemen that's the late great Raphael ravenscroft on sax

[@paulcollins5586]

City to city is a great album. Great video ladies.

[@larryd4352]

I had Jerry Rafferty's LP also...there were two really good songs...this one and the title of the second one, the title escapes me...but...that was almost 50 years ago!

[@Bekka_Noyb]

all time classic! Great sax in this! ♥

[@andylottrup223]

They used to play it on the radio all the time

[@markflint2629]

From the album " Can I have My Money Back " And that's what everyone said after listening to the album

[@paulauvray1962]

A very big hit in the 70's RIP to Gerry Rafferty who past away in 2011 at the age of 63 🤔🤔🤔

[@Gr8Buccaneer]

one of my alltime top 20 songs..

[@crsounddoctor4937]

Hello Ladies, Baker Street by Gerry Rafferty is a total "VIBE!!!" Thanks for this reaction...Well done!!!

[@johnmason9655]

Gerry Rafferty, a superbly talented man. Try get it right next time, another great song. Love your reactions.

[@ndhudecz]

Yeah the saxophone,but what a smooth voice this man was blessed with..

[@snazhound5827]

An interesting and a very heartfelt review, you have my attention. Plus you reviewed one of the most iconic rock songs. The sax solo is so famous, it spawned folk stories. Cheers from Canada

[@willieboy3011]

"He's got this dream about buying some land, he's gonna give up the booze and the one night stands." That line has been in my head since the 70s. I needed to give u the booze too. My one night stands were not paying gigs, but I was looking for something more permanent as a relationship. Good choice here.

[@johnmikelson2187]

Billy Connelly, the Scottish comedian, and Jerry had an early band called the Humble Bums

[@francisxray9900]

Iconic song at all! Was always a must to enter the dancefloor those days together with the love of my life and she's still with me now. Check out Bee Gees with a track, called 'Stop (Think Again)', out of their Spirits Having Flown-album in 1979. Here, Gary Brown is in the end kinda duellin' with his sax against Barry's instrumental voice-abilities.

[@christopherstone2691]

The lyrics are biographical; it reflects trips from his home in (in Scotland) to the London Baker St offices of his lawyers working to settle 3 years of litigation where he could not release any new material. 3 years. Think about that, your living, your life on hold. Your trying now, soon your going to be happy. Immense frustration and (possible) redemption over time. That’s pretty heavy. The musical performances and studio production were fantastic so the lyrical content can be easily lost so it deserves context and a deeper listening to really appreciate the song. I hope you do.

[@littlelaker]

Famously also sang Stealer’s wheel’s “Stuck in the middle with you”

[@waynehauser3611]

Gerry Rafferty has such a unique voice, which is amazing . Stuck in the middle with you ( Steelers wheel ) i just can't imagine sung without Gerry's vocal. Another great reaction ladies. Peace n love from down under 😎🤘

[@2715bunky]

I played sax in high school at the same time this came out! I learned the part as fast as I could and subsequently annoyed my band friends by playing it over and over.

[@wendyeverett4768]

😂

[@dr.burtgummerfan439]

Lol...a friend of mine in band played trombone. He did the same thing with the trombone solo from Paul McCartney's "Let Em In".

[@mickeyhank]

Love your reaction. Great comments - the iconic sax riff and guitar solo, and their tremendous contrast with the soothing vocals. Fascinating to hear Mom’s story of feeling similar to the main character in the song by having moved so often. And yes, I wish it were longer! Thanks!

[@robertgarcia3031]

Great song. Fantastic sax.

[@markharris1125]

Excellent Gerry Rafferty impression at 4 minutes! If you love a sax break you really should listen to Al Stewart, 'Year Of the Cat' from 1976. Al's a Scottish musician, one-time room-mate of Paul Simon, background in folk rock, story-teller supreme, and I saw him in concert just a few months ago! Year of the Cat will not only open up an Al Stewart rabbit hole, but an Alan Parsons one too, since AP produced it. And he had a little Project of his own . . .

[@Zozo-K-]

This brought back memories…he had another great song called Right Down the Line that’s worth checking out, too. ☮️

[@philcarey5432]

Another great song from a couple of years earlier is Year of The Cat by Al Stewart, well worth a listen!

[@colinglen4505]

Mama gap wearing a lovely green dress and jewelry. Very elegant. 😎

[@Wrtp.]

Just a fantastic song.🙏👍🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

[@micheleallen]

Love this song.

[@magiminiland1140]

Financial advisor Dave Ramsey uses the sax solo as the theme song on his radio show.

[@leventalioglu2234]

Masterpiece !!!

[@edwincancelii2917]

There’s an album version, which is longer than the video. I recommend that version on KZbin, on a cd, or on a record.

[@Dave-yq8rb]

And not to forget that 221b Baker Street is where Sherlock Holmes lived, I just thought I'd throw that in, although he didn't play the sax but apparently the violin.... again keep up the good work ladies x

[@paulwilson2651]

Fun fact Gerry used to be in a folk group with the Scottish comedian Billy Conolly.

[@realamerican5813]

This song is in my top 10 favorites!