FIRST TIME EVER HEARING GERRY RAFFERTY "BAKER STREET" REACTION | Asia and BJ
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My aunt was engaged to Gerry Rafferty in Paisley Scotland in their teens. He was also in a folk band called the humblebums with legendary comedian Billy Connolly. Also wrote 'stuck in the middle with you' while part of Stealers Wheel , made famous when used in the Reservoir Dogs movie. Cool reaction
Oh yeah 'Stuck in the Middle with You" was Cool; Dynamite Bass Line!
Interesting story with your aunt and the fact for the song "Stuck In the Middle With You", which is a great tune. I also always loved the song "Right Down the Line" and another called "Can I Have My Money Back". I think Rafferty genre was soft rock but also very folky as well..
This is why I read comments. Glad you shared.
Thanks for sharing
@@zoeystar4668 Right Down The Line is brilliant , also Get It Right Next Time
One of the most iconic pop songs ever written and recorded....
This is called Soft Rock actually. This song is more than just Iconic Saxophone by Raphael Ravenscroft(( coolest name ever)). The lyrics are intense and haunting
That sax is one of the most haunting riffs ever. I have heard it so often it has become a part of my "inner soundtrack", and it still gives me chills just like when I first heard it in the 70s. It's become a memory of places I've never been, with people I've never met, in a life I've never lived. never . It's powerful.
Other songs from 1978 Besides Baker Street Were Totos Hold the line, And Dire Straits Sultans of swing Among many others .. The late 70s were WAY MORE than just Disco
Hiya Gary, i get it, it's like passing someone in a car and thinking "I wonder who they are and what their life is like" but knowing that you will never know that person, but then i am quite a melancholy bloke, but it's cool.
yes, beautifully haunting
@eddiebirdie1545 I get that very same feeling sometimes just passing people on the street..and they might be thinking the same thing about me.I saw Gerry Rafferty in concert in the '70s,and when he played Baker Street,Raphael Ravenscroft(coolest name ever)was up in a scaffold..it was an outdoor performance..amazing.
The 70's had absolutely the best "Soft Rock" music....Has a jazzy feel, but is classified soft rock
The 70s Had the best in ALL MUSIC period ,,
Rock Soul R and B , Country, Jazz
Gerry was a troubled guy with alcohol issues. His song here is really about him living in London, England.
I used to read Sir Arthur Conan Doyle "Sherlock Holmes' books, and would always think of Sherlock Holmes when I heard this song (when it came out).
Ross Watson:😔Yes😔
He had his fair share of struggles.
Actually he was living in Scotland but were having some legal difficulties from the Stealer Wheels break up, and the song “Baker Street” is about his trips from his home in Scotland to the lawyors in London, where he used to stay at a friends flat on Baker Street, where they used to write music and get pissed. That is also the explenation of the album title “City to City”.
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this song actually set off a spike in saxophone sales at music stores. it was called "the 'Baker Street' phenomenon."
every kid wanted to play DUH DAT-DAT DUH-DUH DUUUUUHHHH
Whoa good info
Raphael Ravenscroft great sax player. He was almost unknown when he took this gig. He was paid just £27.50 the union rate for session players. This song made him, and he went on to play with Marvin Gaye Pink Floyd , ABBA and many more and was paid £ 8,000 a session
Great solo. But it was 100% written by Gerry.
It's Bob Holness from Countdown
This is my all time favorite song, ever. So smooth, sweet and gentle. The Sax is haunting to the bottom of the soul!
It really does something to your soul.
Mine too. 💖
INDEED it DOES go to your soul! I became familliar with this song around the time when I tragically lost an uncle and that saxophone solo and the way the song was sung were medicine for my wounded soul!
Same here.... this is one of several songs I want played as I'm lowered into my resting place.
One of the sweetest love songs is by Gerry Rafferty ... "Right Down The Line"
Absolutely!
Baker Street? How you guys finding all the best stuff??? Nailing it!!
its cuz our boy Brewster keeps donating to have them play. I should be donating to Brewster cuz he's stealing my playlists to share!!!
Whatever next? YEAR OF THE CAT-Al Stewart...:)
Very good Asia, that sax line is the hook.
This song is ALL about regret, without question. The lyrics, the sax and guitar solos. Broken promises, delusions, youthful ignorance that turn us jaded as we get older. There is absolutely nothing but heartbreak in “Baker Street.”
So true! That saxophone solo just drives it home! So melancholic and so beautiful! I became familiar with this song in 1982 around the time I tragically lost an uncle and this song was medicine for my wounded soul!
disagree...it's about being hopeful...but things never change...he's trying to look forward, hoping for change...but it doesn't come...things just stay the same. Take away, the grass isn't always greener on the other side.
Absolutely!!!!!!!
It's kind of jazz/pop/soft rock just like "Steely Dan", another great band.
@REGGIE JOHNSON I could not agree more. You listen to it now and there’s still no one with the depth of arrangement that’s so impeccably engineered and produced.
@REGGIE JOHNSON they generally do that with every great band - they play a couple or a few hits (depending on just how big their catalogue of charted songs is) and ignore the rest. Drives me nuts.
One of the best songs ever recorded.....you can listen to this on repeat forever and never get tired of it.
Summer of '78. This was EVERYWHERE. Great song. Great memories. Thanks.
I'm with you.Grauated high school and flew off to Florida 1st time on my own .
Came out in Jan 1978 ,Totos Hold the line was a nother huge hit in 78 Among countless others
"He's got this dream about buyin' some land, give up the booze and the one night stands." - For some reason that nearly always brings me to tears. BTW, once again BJ is spot on the analysis.
rubbersole:I always shed tears, when i listen to this song. Soooo sad.😔😔
I love this song.
Rafferty wrote the song during a period when he was trying to extricate himself from his Stealers Wheel contracts. A one hit wonder band with a huge hit STUCK IN THE MIDDLE. I looooove that song too. You should react to it. You're somewhat right on the homeless dude vibe to the song. Rafferty was regularly travelling between his family home in Paisley and a friend's place in London. His friend's flat was on "Baker Street". They'd hang out. Play guitar. With all the legal issues. That came from the break up of Stealers Wheel. Rafferty also spent a lot of time drinking. Which is where the lyrics, "Light in your head and dead on your feet / Well, another crazy day / You'll drink the night away / And forget about everything." Comes from. The resolution of Rafferty's legal and financial frustrations accounted for the exhilaration of the song's last verse: "When you wake up it's a new morning/The sun is shining, it's a new morning/You're going, you're going home."
Your summary was very good 👍
Headphones are the best way to hear this song. You get to hear all the instruments.
The album is called City to City (Scottish city and London). At this time in his life he was embroiled in a lawsuit with his old record company for Stealers Wheel. As such he had to frequently travel to London to speak with his lawyers, while in London he would visit a friend (also a musician) who lived on Baker Street they would drink and jam the night away and in the morning he would catch the train back to Scotland. Bakers street is a very famous street in London (the fictional Sherlock Homes lived at 221b Bakers St.) It's his friend that probably will not give up the booze and one night stands bc he is a rolling stone. However, Gerry also had a drinking problem, he would die from a bad liver. I've always considered this song to be jazz fusion (a fusion between rock and jazz, which became popular in the late 1970s).
The Sax and Guitar solos definitely elevate this song to a high standard. It was released in 1978 and reached No. 3 in the UK and No. 2 for six consecutive weeks in the US. Gerry put out some top-notch albums including 'City to City' 'Night Owl' and 'Snakes and Ladders'. He began his musical career with comedian/musician Billy Connolly in Humblebums and they remained great friends until Gerry's death in 2011. RIP Gerry
This is just one of those songs once it gets in your head, you'll never forget it. Love Gerry
Rafferty.
Being born in London U.K. I know Baker Street very well. I also remember driving down Baker street with this playing on the radio.
“Get it Right next Time”, is one of my favs, but Gerry RIP, is one of the the most underrated singer songwriters of the 20th Century.
That's one of my favourites too 👍
@@hangxiaohuz748 I think you're right, I've seen many different artists in the comments being described as underrated, but I didn't think they were.
how is he underrated. OMG, can't find one person who thinks Gerry was underrated...he IS AMAZING!
Jazz /rock and the saxophonist was Rafael Ravencroft who sadly passed away in 2014.
Rafferty's soft soothing voice was what you heard in Reservoir Dogs "Stuck in the middle with you" as he tortured the cop in the chair.
so iconic scene. that song will forever be cemented in my mind associated with that scene. That was gerry with his band Steeler's Wheel.
I always get the cheek tingles with the screaming guitar.
BJ is correct as it being classic. Such a GREAT song! One of my favorites ever, I remember cranking up the car stereo when this song came on as a teenager. It is transcendental.
The Sax is amazing then that guitar comes in , takes me into space. 😁🇬🇧❤️🇺🇸
I would just call it soft Rock. Just love the Sax in this and then when the guitar comes in to cover that fill-Wow!
Exactly Greg. Back in the day that's what we called it.
Most lyrics ever in jazz! LOL........
Gerry was definitely underrated but a consummate performer and prolific songwriter. RIP
Gerry was such a good artist and musician. He was also in a band called Stealers Wheel that had a hit called "Stick in the Middle with you" Great reaction guys and as always stay safe much love and blessings!
Rafferty was also in a band called Stealer's Wheel, who did a song called 'Stuck in the Middle With You', that is worth a listen.
Sadly, Rafferty drank himself to death at 64.
This was played so heavily in the 70s and still played on classic rock and 70s channels today. Can’t beat the
Musicality of this era. Great reaction!
'Whatever's written in your heart' is imo his greatest song. Check out the video. Very emotional. It was sung by his family at his funeral. RIP to a great man.
HUGE hit in the UK at the time and that sax lick is now legendary.
Lol it's universal. The look on your faces when that guitar solo busts out does the same to every human with ears. I've always considered this song to be about a search fir happiness
What's left after your dreams and ambitions drift and fade away? ... for me that's the feeling of the song.
This is one of those rare 'unique' songs that has a strong vibe of its own & takes the listener with him. (Al Stewart - Year of the cat) is another one like this.
Asia & BJ. The guy in the song is searching for his own personal happiness....That he can never seem to find.
Fun fact, the saxophone parts were supposed to be electric guitar but on the day they were scheduled to record the track, the guitarist forgot his guitar lol and they had to improvise so they used the saxophone
I remember they use to play this on the radio all time in the late 70's when i was little kid like 6 or 7.
Just think about this: The sax wasnt originally Gerry`s plan for the song. It was going to be guitar. The guitarist was unable to make it and another musician stepped in and asked to fill it with the sax...and BAM..here we go!
All written by Gerry, which he proved later on after the sax player claimed he wrote the sax part, and Gerry refuted it
Wouldn't be the same without the sax for sure -- it really is the hook of the song. But then, you get the guitar solo and it's absolutely scorching too!
I always SAID the 🎷 sax was created for this track and George Michaels Careless Whisper
Hopd the guy blowin on the sax got paid a huge bonus.......
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£ 27,50. According to the tariff of the musicians union.
I never thought of that. The Sax is the HOOK!! Good job Asia!
Hey Asia and BJ! Love what you 2 do. I am a recovering alcoholic that has been sober for many years but Gerry didn’t make it. He died a alcoholic death and my theory is that he knew he wasn’t going to quit. It is amazing that you 2 figured out some that. Thanks again!
When you just want to chill, Rafferty, Steely Dan, Little River Band, Air Supply, all those bands to just relax. Nice u2!...again.
Sitting on the back porch, sun goin' down, light breeze, sippin on a cocktail end of the day song
Another great one from Gerry is "Straight Down the Line".
And Get It Right Next Time too.
It's Actually "Right Down The Line"..Just Sayin.
@@happymethehappyone8300 Nope, 2 different Rafferty songs.
@@descendantoffools9767 If You Say So,, But You Might Want To Try Looking That One Up.
@@happymethehappyone8300 I'm familiar with it, I like both of them.
Gerry comes out of that vein of hauntingly gifted exceptional story tellers. Harry Chapin. Gordon Lightfoot. Paul Simon. Love this stuff!
This is such a great song. Used to listen to ithis album back in the day a lot.. Gerry's music is very mellow. Soft Rock radio played his songs all the time. Great reaction..
Gerry another Scottish legend
Sax gives you goosebumps in this song and then when that guitar kicks in it's goosebumps upon goosebumps.
this song is one of many during an era where excellence in arranging, mastering and overall sound engineering was at a real highpoint. There are artists and albums originally cut on vinyl that no one, and I mean no one today can touch. Alan Parsons had his signature sound stamped all over it.
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.
Earlier In Gerry's Career He Was With The Band,, STEALERS WHEEL "STUCK IN THE MIDDLE WITH YOU" & "STAR"..BOTH ABSOLUTE MUST HEAR CLASSICS..TRUTH!!
Born in 67 so we would consider this soft rock or easy listening.
Love every note to this song
Damn!!!! Asia, that's such a great take on this song!! I never would have thought that the sax was the hook but it definitely is!! (and the solo!!)
In my opinion, the saxophone is the chorus of the song.
@@kasperkjrsgaard1447 Yes, it definitely is the chorus. Can the hook be the chrous too??
The first time I heard that glorious Saxamaphone rift was when I was a kid watching The Simpsons in the 90's. It's been stuck in my heart ever since.
That song is like a balmy, summer night at the beach and the sax riff is the refreshing cool breeze. Timeless classic
Oh man she can do it with her voice oh my!!!
Gerry Rafferty. A fantastic musician, singer and songwriter. He wrote a lot about his own issues & life in his songs. Gerry is so much more than just Baker Street, a classic though it is. The Royal Mile, Easy To Talk, Don't Speak of My Heart, Winters Come, Right Down The Line, Night Owl.......and so many more.
Gone from this earth far too early. RIP Gerry.
This is one of those songs where you cant keep stopping it because you lose the vibe. It's just so perfect and pleasing, it has to be experienced all the way through, just like Pink Floyd "Comfortably Numb".
I remember hearing this song for the very first time thinking Wow who the hell is this? That sax just hits you every time!
Gerry Rafferty's prior band was Stealer's Wheel of "Stuck In the Middle With You" fame. When they broke up, Gerry tried going solo, but because Stealer's Wheel still owed some albums on their contract, he was legally forbidden from releasing a record until the situation was straightened out. "Just one more year and then you'd be happy, but you're crying, you're crying now". is a reference to that.
Raphael Ravenscroft is the sax player....a melody for the ages.
Contemporary rock, full of musical surprises
Right down the line
By Gerry a gem of a 70s classic
I played alto saxophone in junior high, I listened to this song over and over.
I thought I was SOOOO cool when I figured out how to play this riff
life is so simple when you’re 12 LOL
This song always reminds me of visiting my grandmother back in early 80s before they built the subway line called Cote Vertu here in Montreal. I went to elementary school beside there and my grandmother lived there too. I feel sad listening to the song cause many family members have passed since then. Music is so powerful.
Music IS powerful! I became familliar with this song when I tragically lost an uncle and this was like medicine for my wounded soul!
It's part of what was become known as Soft Rock. It came into being g following the singer-songwriter period of the early 7o's.
Love this song , awww you look pretty asia😍, so many memories to this song…. Enjoy Asia & BJ, love waking up to your reactions,
This song was considered a Pop song in it's time. The lyrics seem to have more meaning every time I hear it.
Very cool reaction ,this song is very deep and beautiful, I HAVE NEVER CHANGED THE CHANNEL WHEN THIS TUNE CAME ON THE RADIO, I ALWAYS TURNED IT UP, NUFF SAID
Whenever I get to the part where the guitar solo transitions into the saxophone solo - the hairs on the back of my neck stand up. Its just THAT good.
I remember hearing this on the radio when I was 4 yrs old. My mom was dating my soon to be stepdad/sister's daddy, and that meant a 2 hr drive, one way. Logged lots of hrs on the interstate, back in '77, with this song as part of the soundtrack. I remember THIS song, and many others. But this one stood out, bc of the sax & the guitar solo. I never forgot it.
Gerry Rafferty is so talented, & so underrated.
You really need to check out his song, Right Down The Line. It's different, but also better, imo. It's one of the best love songs out there. Truly.
Great reaction. Enjoyed watching you both. Much love. Take care. xo
Love young people finding my music for the first time!
The thing is that rock borrows from its siblings, jazz, R&B, country and soul. You'll find, if you haven't already, that rock is a big tent. so many styles and types and we loved it all.
Mark Lindsay of Paul Revere & The Raiders was in charge of A & R for United Artists records at that time told Gerry to add the saxophone to the song.
Yes yes yes, your first reaction people who really understand the music 👏 And yes lady the sax is the hook 👍. And you sir are right in don’t read to much into the song , just sit back and soak it in. I actually like to listen while in my car driving 🙏
Thank you
The song was about a musician who never actually made it .... he's still hoping for that success that will finally let him be happy and retire. But the life of a musician was hard.... be you know he's never going to stop because he just can't. And yes, it had a blues background and Scottish folk too
The old recovery statement, “ it doesn’t matter if you change jobs , houses or where you live, the problem is you bring yourself with you until you are fixed nothing will change”! In the song he sings about buying some land settling down and then sings he won’t stop moving. He sings about making changes to settle down, but didn’t make positive changes in himself and knows nothing will change!
Foo Fighters did a KILLER cover of this tune! As others have said, “classic soft rock” is probably what you’d categorize this one. Definitely not jazz, per se…but some jazzy vibes. Horns don’t always equal jazz 😉
This is a Rock song through and through. Plenty of Rock artists used Saxophones. Especially in the 70s.
This was a HUGE hit when it came out in the late 70s and put Gerry Rafferty in the spot light. I would categorize this song as Pop/Top 40 more than any other genre.
This was in the top 10 songs from the 70s EASY . And there were 1000s
Me too . Love Gerry Rafferty . I play his songs over and over.
Man that sax always puts a smile on my face. But hits you where you live
God, what an underrated song that was
You've both have the right vibe on this amazing song! I loved this song in my youth and it still makes me feel amazing.
You'll have that saxophone riff in your heads for years. I think it falls on the rock side of music more than jazz, but it definitely has a jazz influence
Middle of the road, easy listening classic rock ...
okay,
classic rock,,
yall stepping into a whole new rabbit hole, lol,
If you have ever watched Reservoir Dogs then you would have heard Gerry Rafferty's voice when they play Stuck in the middle with you, during the famous torture scene, this track is one of my favourites as I never tire of hearing it and I've heard it a lot over the last 40 years.
I LOVE the saxophone solo's, but that guitar solo at the end of the song HOOKED me to this song for life. I listen to this song a minimum of once a day and have for the last 43 years. This song is a permanent fixture in my Top 5 songs since I was 10 years old. Take a listen to "Right Down the Line", also performed by my favorite Scottish rocker of all time.
Yes, the sax lick is the hook. For a great, short guitar lick as the hook listen to Every 1s a Winner by Hot Chocolate, 1970s.
One of my favorite guitar solos.
This just might be the best song I've ever heard. NICELY DONE
ASIA Didnt think it was that great of a song . But who likes rap that HAS To use cuss words and other crap from todays so called music
British musicians don’t do genres. They like to blend mix and explore. Their music is less segregated by style and genre
Well said.
That's neither here nor there lol
Winding my way down on Baker Street...
I think the lyrics are in reference to a rural or suburban person who moves to the city thinking they'll find their true calling; only to realize what they were missing was more spiritual than material. The drinking, sleeping around, and dreams of a future where he settles down in a small town again really get that message across clearly.
One of the most successful radio plays of all time. Killer sax.
Great to see you react to this !…….There’s a 70’s hit out there that’s been called a “masterpiece” by critics & fans & new reactors alike……It’s Al Stewart’s “Year of the Cat”……..just oratory GOLD !!!!
From 1976 So many great songs from 1976 till 1979 The so called disco Area
The year this came out there was record saxophone sales. People wanting to play like that because it's such a catchy solo, and I agree with Asia, the saxophone is the hook line.