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Switched on Pop

Let’s Talk About Sax

Switched on Pop

Vox Media Podcast Network

Music Interviews, Music History, Music, Music Commentary

4.62.7K Ratings

🗓️ 9 September 2015

⏱️ 34 minutes

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Summary

The sax is back. This surprisingly funky reed keeps popping up in pop hits from Derulo to Grande. But where did the sax come from? And where did it go? Tighten your embouchure, because we journey to the center of sax in this week’s episode. Also, songs featured in this episode and other great sax tracks are in our Spotify Playlist. *In this episode we incorrectly identified Mr. Sax’s home country as Germany (face palm). He was a native of Belgium. Our apologies to the Sax family. FEATURING Katie Perry – Last Friday Night John Coltrane – Giant Steps M83 – Midnight City Bill Clinton on Arsenio Hall Ariana Grande – Problem Flo Rida – GDFR WAR – Low Rider Bruce Springsteen – Born To Run Gerry Rafferty – Baker Street George Michael – Careless Whisper George Gershwin – Rhapsody In Blue conducted by Leonard Bernstein Jules Demersseman – Fantasie Sur On Theme Original Louis Armstrong and His Hot Five – Muskrat Rumble Fletcher Henderson – Stampede Duke Ellington – Prélude To A Kiss King Curtis – Sister Sadie Sonny Rollings – St. Thomas Jason Derulo – Talk Dirty The Klezmer Lounge Band – Hava Nag ila Dr. M. Balamuralikrishna – Bhajare Sriramam – Vakulabharanam Sami Shawa – Jordan – Mawam Bayati Selim Sesler & Orchester – Saniye’m Spanish Tapas Bar, Vol. 2 – Malaguena Balkan Beat Box – Hermetico Fifth Harmony – Worth It Too Many Zooz – To The Top The Weeknd – Can’t Feel My Face Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

Hello Charlie.

0:01.2

Hey Nate, how's it going man?

0:02.5

So good.

0:03.9

Good, good.

0:04.7

I have been getting all these emails and requests from fans of Switch Done Pop.

0:08.4

Oh cool.

0:08.9

Which is really exciting.

0:09.8

And one of our fans, Sophie, asks,

0:13.5

why is saxophone in every pop song right now?

0:16.9

Right.

0:17.4

Sophie is right.

0:18.2

The sax is back and it's been gone.

0:20.8

It's been on a long hiatus.

0:22.3

It's back with a whole new sound.

0:24.4

It all got started just a few years back with a cameo from the saxophone king.

0:30.4

Oh,

0:35.2

We

0:37.2

don't

0:38.7

come up.

0:41.7

Welcome to Switch Done Pop.

0:43.2

I'm songwriter Charlie Harding.

0:45.4

And I'm musicologist Nate Sloan.

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