Most mornings, I wake up thinking, "When is someone finally going to catalog, classify, and rate the saxophone solos of dozens of '80s hits?" Well, now someone has, complete with audio clips and icons denoting qualities like "Middle-School Level" and "Vibrato Overuse". Of all the stylistic tics that define '80s pop, none sound more dated than the faux sophistication of the sax solo. Cheap synthesizers and primitive drum machines have made a strong comeback, but you won't be hearing solos like this again outside the occasional Michelob commercial.
(Thanks for the link, Luke!)
Photo: Líra tónlistartrúður by Flickr user Sara Björk, used under a Creative Commons license.
