Courtney Love, proving once again...

[PeretHed66]

...that she's an idiot.

http://www.rollingstone.com/music/video ... l-20140415

Maybe she should take a listen to what is widely acknowledged as the first rock and roll song, "Rocket 88" by Jackie Brenston and his Delta Cats. What's that I hear behind the lead vocals, right out of the gate? Oh yeah, a saxophone.

[PeretHed66]

I was going to post JB's "Saxophones" here, but all I could find on YouTube was the remake. Just doesn't do it for me like the original, even though it does have the horns. Your mileage may vary, of course.

[Tiki Torches]

Finding asinine comments like this made by Courtney Love is akin to shooting fish in a barrel. Of course, saxophones belong in rock n' roll and as you point out, they're part of the very basis of it. That said, when I first started getting into music as a little kid in the 70's, I wasn't always the biggest fan of horns but as I got older and my tastes matured, I grew to love that sound. When I first read this post, the very first song I thought of was "Shotgun" by Junior Walker & the All Stars. It wasn't like I'd never heard of him before but what first put him on my musical map in a big way was "Urgent" by Foreigner. I was never especially a big fan of that song or that band but there was no way one could ignore the saxophone solo in that song.

[PeretHed66]

Yeah, I know she's an easy target, but I still get surprised.

Big big fan of live horns; except, surprisingly enough, in Jimmy's music. Not sure why, and they do work in some songs, but overall, they just don't do much for me in his work. Go figure.

[Tiki Torches]

I've been trying to think of examples but I especially love horns in reggae. I also love what the Tower of Power horn section brought to Little Feat's Waiting For Columbus album.

[PeretHed66]

The horns in Chicago's early stuff were pretty damn powerful as well.