Comments on: Music Urban Legends Revealed #11

By: JosephW

JosephW — Sat, 16 Apr 2011 09:15:51 +0000

“Longtime British music personality Stuart Maconie came up with a story, in the early 80s, that the sax solo was performed by none other than game show host Bob Holness!”

Well, be that as it may, Casey Kasem declared that Ravenscroft was the performer of the solo way back in 1978 when the song was in the Top 40. I don’t recall EXACTLY which week, although I do seem to recall in the song’s last week or so in the Top 40 (which would’ve been late July or early August), that Kasem led into the song with the announcement that Ravenscroft had signed his own record deal or was in the process of recording his own album. The main reason I remember the “revelation” of Ravenscroft’s identity was because I was an avid listener of Casey’s “American Top 40″ show and kept my own list of the week’s Top 40 songs. When he did the lead-in, I wrote down Ravenscroft’s name as the artist and was just waiting for the song when it turned out to be “Baker Street” and that Ravenscroft had earned that privilege from his solo on the song.

By: Ted Seyal

Ted Seyal — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 17:52:29 +0000

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By: Porkspam

Porkspam — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 02:22:50 +0000

During a show in south america while opening for guns and roses, Faith no more was having things thrown at them. So being the provacateurs they are, they told the crowd to throw more. and apparently somebody peed in a bottle and threw it at mike patton (the lead singer) and he in turn opened it and poured it over his head while standing on axl’s monitor.

By: tcraven

tcraven — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 21:13:31 +0000

The GNR story was featured on VH1′s “Women of the Sunset Strip” special recently (it’s probably still being re-run on VH1 Classic). The woman in question was Steven Adler’s (GNR drummer)girlfriend at the time, but she was mad at Adler & Axl talked her into having sex with him in the sound booth, which was recorded for use on “Rocket Queen”.

By: Gavin

Gavin — Sat, 27 Jun 2009 08:50:50 +0000

There was a thing about the GnR thing and Axl’s girlfriend on VH1 the other night. I think she actually did it with Slash to get back at Axl or vice versa….can’t remember. It was a show about the girls who dated/did the guys of the glam-metal era in LA.

By: Da Fug

Da Fug — Sat, 27 Jun 2009 04:17:50 +0000

@ Andy Jessica Drew Hardy

It is Axl’s girlfriend moaning during intercourse with Axl in the studio on Rocket Queen. I know I read a quote from her somewhere in one article or another. I know she said something in the article like, “Axl was magic.”

By: Brian Cronin

Brian Cronin — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 22:06:53 +0000

Ha, Da Fug!

There really is a resemblance there, isn’t there?

By: Andy Jessica Drew Hardy

Andy Jessica Drew Hardy — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 20:33:02 +0000

On Guns N’ Roses’ “Rocket Queen” (from Appetite for Destruction), a woman moans as if in ecstasy. Not long after this album was released, a rumor swirled ’round that this was one of Axl’s girlfriends that he’d taped during intercourse. Anyone heard about this?

P.S. Michael said, “The sax solo is the only worthwhile part of ‘Baker Street.’”

Disagree–the guitar solo smokes, too.

By: Michael

Michael — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 19:45:44 +0000

I always thought Simon was singing about Frank Sinatra.

The sax solo is the only worthwhile part of “Baker Street.”

By: Da Fug

Da Fug — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 19:19:54 +0000

True or False: Brian Cronin is pictured on the cover of Brian Rafferty’s single Baker Street

Also, although I know all the true answers to these ones, it might be cool to do a “eating things on stage” legends like Frank Zappa eating shit on stage, Mike Patton drinking piss on stage, Ozzy biting the head off a bat, (are there other ones?) etc. And the Alice Cooper puppies incident.