Caravan vs Saga |
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Wanorak
Forum Senior Member Joined: December 09 2006 Location: Canada Status: Offline Points: 4574 |
Posted: January 17 2018 at 08:22 | ||
Saga.
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A GREAT YEAR FOR PROG!!!
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digdug
Forum Senior Member Joined: July 13 2005 Location: Canada Status: Offline Points: 4707 |
Posted: January 17 2018 at 08:29 | ||
I like some Saga
but Caravan gets my vote by quite a margin
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Prog On!
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Logan
Forum & Site Admin Group Site Admin Joined: April 05 2006 Location: the Beach House Status: Offline Points: 32326 |
Posted: January 17 2018 at 08:33 | ||
I quite like some Saga, so glad to see that that "you're not alone" in appreciation.
Count me in on enjoying synthpop -- love synthpop Kraftwerk and Gary Numan/ Tubeway Army (Replicas was one of my first music loves) especially. Anyway, Caravan very easily for me. I don't normally count it as one of my favourites in Canterbury Scene, although In the Land of Grey and Pink was the first Canterbury Scene album I bought, but it does have some very good albums. And I shan't forget how much "Nine Feet Underground" blew me away when I first heard it. Edited by Logan - January 17 2018 at 08:37 |
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verslibre
Forum Senior Member Joined: July 01 2004 Location: CA Status: Offline Points: 14894 |
Posted: January 17 2018 at 15:08 | ||
Another vote for Saga.
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Cosmiclawnmower
Forum Senior Member Joined: August 09 2010 Location: West Country,UK Status: Offline Points: 3032 |
Posted: January 17 2018 at 15:50 | ||
Caravan are VERY much my cup of tea! Saga is not.
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Hercules
Prog Reviewer Joined: June 14 2007 Location: Near York UK Status: Offline Points: 7018 |
Posted: January 17 2018 at 16:34 | ||
I like Saga, but Caravan are just better.
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A TVR is not a car. It's a way of life.
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YESESIS
Forum Senior Member Joined: July 26 2017 Location: Maine Status: Offline Points: 2215 |
Posted: January 17 2018 at 17:26 | ||
Haha yep. I like that album btw, possibly my second favorite by them after the MONSTER Silent Knight. Good to see you back here man. I've been getting into Focus a bit lately. I like their third album a lot.
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YESESIS
Forum Senior Member Joined: July 26 2017 Location: Maine Status: Offline Points: 2215 |
Posted: January 17 2018 at 17:29 | ||
Well I see a couple people here willing to admit they prefer Saga. And for those questioning whether or not they're "fully prog" I found this.. |
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Mormegil
Forum Senior Member Joined: January 03 2010 Location: NE PA Status: Offline Points: 6392 |
Posted: January 17 2018 at 18:05 | ||
Going with Caravan . . .
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Welcome to the middle of the film.
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dr wu23
Forum Senior Member Joined: August 22 2010 Location: Indiana Status: Offline Points: 20449 |
Posted: January 17 2018 at 20:12 | ||
Caravan for sure.....one of my favorite groups.
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b_olariu
Prog Reviewer Joined: March 02 2007 Location: Romania Status: Offline Points: 5524 |
Posted: January 18 2018 at 04:36 | ||
Saga for me all the way
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Guldbamsen
Special Collaborator Retired Admin Joined: January 22 2009 Location: Magic Theatre Status: Offline Points: 23098 |
Posted: January 18 2018 at 04:47 | ||
Damn this is almost painful to watch...and I don't even like Saga.
Then again I think we all have a similar poll in us where our fave underdog will lose big time. I imagine me doing one with Amon Düül ll vs Yes ending up similarly ie my fave gets completely annihilated. |
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hellogoodbye
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Posted: January 18 2018 at 06:44 | ||
I'll jump into the Caravan
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verslibre
Forum Senior Member Joined: July 01 2004 Location: CA Status: Offline Points: 14894 |
Posted: January 18 2018 at 12:02 | ||
Your Honor...we will take that as an admission of guilt.
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Logan
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Posted: January 18 2018 at 12:39 | ||
Don't take any apparent analness here too seriously, I just like to blow some hot air now and then ramble-bottom style....
I have a different perspective. With 22 percent of the votes as of now, Saga is doing well against the likes of a band that has been very popular in PA. Furthermore, I tend to pay more attention to the comments, and only two pages in and lots of appreciation has been thrown towards Saga. Frankly, Saga is doing better than I would have thought. In this case, the OP, John, has said that these are two of his favourite bands, so if I were in his position I wouldn't find it painful at all -- a band he loves is getting significantly more votes than another band he loves. I might be tempted to do, say, Can vs. Igor Wakhevitch. While I'm confident than Can would do significantly better, I would not be saddened at all since I love both and might not vote (these days I would choose Can myself since there's more I love, and my appreciation for Can has deepened over time). If I were to choose one I am not a big fan of and put it up against one I really liked, and the one I really liked got a really unexpected drubbing, well, then I would be disappointed. For instance, were I to do a 1987 poll, and I put Saga's Wildest Dreams up against Art Zoyd's Berlin and Berlin did as poorly in my poll as Saga is in this one, well, I might find that a little painful or at least bemusing.
Thanks. The first four Saga albums are good from a Prog perspective, as I recall. Then they go less Prog in the mid 80s and then rebound (not that I think being Prog is a sign of quality, but it is "a quality" or qualities). I haven't heard the later than that music. Other than the radio hits which would get played here, I wasn't that familiar with Saga until I joined. I once wrote a very dismissive post about the band, and regretted it (embarrassed about being dismissive while knowing that I hadn't really explored the music deeply enough to have a strong, informed opinion). So I explored more deeply and I'm glad that I did (though truth be told I had quite enjoyed the radio hits and was basing it something else). I'm glad that you appreciate Focus' third, that's the one I have tended to vote for in polls. It became my favourite. I'm not trying to backtrack, but when I was first writing my post that is the one I was thinking about recommending and I second and third guessed myself because I thought it might be less accessible. I usually either overthink or underthink things, one day I like to think that I'll find that balance and just say what I think in a thoughtful manner. Probably won't ever happen, lol. |
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verslibre
Forum Senior Member Joined: July 01 2004 Location: CA Status: Offline Points: 14894 |
Posted: January 18 2018 at 13:53 | ||
Copy that.
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YESESIS
Forum Senior Member Joined: July 26 2017 Location: Maine Status: Offline Points: 2215 |
Posted: January 18 2018 at 15:47 | ||
lolol. No, I honestly like both bands about equally - that is to say.. A LOT. Very glad to see that you were one of the ones who stuck up for them here though. :)
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YESESIS
Forum Senior Member Joined: July 26 2017 Location: Maine Status: Offline Points: 2215 |
Posted: January 18 2018 at 15:56 | ||
No, I found it to be just the opposite. The first one I listened to Moving Waves, had like a long stretch where it was a lot of mostly flute(I think). And then the second one Hamburger Concerto had like a lot of almost 'classical' sounding music.. my tastes just aren't as refined as yours are I'm afraid. I mean certainly neither of those albums were BAD by any stretch, just not consistently great(for me). But that third one was quite good pretty much all the way through. I very much enjoyed it - and was even surprised how good it was. |
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rushfan4
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Posted: January 18 2018 at 15:59 | ||
I'll throw my hat in with Saga. I have a thing for accessible prog bands from Canada. Caravan have a British sense of humour that doesn't necessarily resonate with me..although I suppose that you can't go wrong with either a golf girl or a girl that grows plump in the night.
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YESESIS
Forum Senior Member Joined: July 26 2017 Location: Maine Status: Offline Points: 2215 |
Posted: January 18 2018 at 16:05 | ||
Haha both fantastic albums by them(the album that Golf Girl is on and For Girls.. that is). Anyway, knew we could count on you friend.
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