One of the best Saxophone songs ever! Here's my Careless Whisper Saxophone Cover by George Michael / Wham
I love George Michael's music and this is one of the songs that lead me to want to learn the alto sax. I replaced George Michael's vocal with Alto sax and made the arrangement my own although it was also inspired by Dave Koz version.
Get the Careless Whisper sheet music here: https://www.musicnotes.com/l/lBznS
Here’s my setup:
Alto Sax - Yamaha YAS-875EX
Mouthpiece - Theo Wanne Durga 8
Reed - Fibracell #3.5
Live microphone - Shure Beta 98 (often used in these videos)
Other microphones sometimes used in studio: Studio Projects C1, DPA 4090
All Recordings and Backtrack production done in Apple Logic X
Keyboard controller - Novation Impulse 61
Studio Monitors - Adam Audio P11
Video filmed with iPhone X (older ones on 6S+)
using Filmic Pro app
Editing done in Final Cut Pro
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SME, WMG (on behalf of Milan Records); LatinAutor, CMRRA, ASCAP, LatinAutor - Warner Chappell, UNIAO BRASILEIRA DE EDITORAS DE MUSICA - UBEM, Warner Chappell, PEDL, and 11 Music Rights Societies
Lyrics
I feel so unsure
As I take your hand and lead you to the dance floor
As the music dies, something in your eyes
Calls to mind the silver screen
And all its sad good-byes
I'm never gonna dance again
Guilty feet have got no rhythm
Though it's easy to pretend
I know you're not a fool
Should've known better than to cheat a friend
And waste the chance that I'd been given
So I'm never gonna dance again
The way I danced with you
Time can never mend
The careless whispers of a good friend
To the heart and mind
Ignorance is kind
There's no comfort in the truth
Pain is all you'll find
I'm never gonna dance again
Guilty feet have got no rhythm
Though it's easy to pretend
I know you're not a fool
I should've known better than to cheat a friend
And waste the chance that I'd been given
So I'm never gonna dance again
The way I danced with you
Never without your love
Tonight the music seems so loud
I wish that we could lose this crowd
Maybe it's better this way
We'd hurt each other with the things we'd want to say
We could have been so good together
We could have lived this dance forever
But no one's gonna dance with me
Please stay
And I'm never gonna dance again
Guilty feet have got no rhythm
Though it's easy to pretend
I know you're not a fool
Should've known better than to cheat a friend
And waste the chance that I'd been given
So I'm never gonna dance again
The way I danced with you
Now that you're gone
(Now that you're gone) What I did's so wrong, so wrong
That you had to leave me alone
