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Topic: Is Saga underrated on PA Posted: November 03 2011 at 12:49
Oh Oh, I'm making the same mistake all over again. This poll should have been for me at the time of its release but apparently I was absent in the forum in those days. I'm gonna make up here (just like I did with TFK earlier) with a top 25 of their songs:
1. Tired World
2. Framed
3. Images
4. Don't be late
5. Humble Stance
6. Wind him up
7. Ice Nice
8. Pitchman
9. Help me Out
10. No Stranger 11. The 13th Generation
12. Generation 13
13. Mind over Matter
14. Security of Illusion
15. Scratching the Surface
16. Too much to loose
17. (Goodbye) Once upon a Time
18. What do I know
19. You and the Night
20. Intermission
21. No Man's Land
22. Days like these
23. Without You
24. Careful where you step
25. On the Loose
And I could go on for a while mentioning several great songs by the band. If you watch carefully you will find no songs after the 1995 release in my top 25. And there's a reason for that. I lost touch with the bands sound and compositions from that turning point moment 1995. I owe House of Cards, Full Circle and Marathon but believ it or not: on all those three albums there is not one single track I truly enjoy. And therefore I quit buying their albums (like I did with Genesis, Yes and Rush by the way). But the first seventeen years of their career were interesting enough for me with an obvious decline in the late eighties (Steel Umbrella, Wildest Dreams).
Also for me Saga is one of the bands that brought me on the progressive track and I love them for that. Saw them live 5 times by the way and all gigs were great !
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Posted: February 24 2011 at 22:42
Atavachron wrote:
Henry Plainview wrote:
I would say Saga aren't really rated at all. I've never heard anyone else bring them up, perhaps they're too embarrassing.
or too Canadian
Isn't that the same thing? ;-) Actually, despite being here for years now, the first time I heard of them was relatively recently when Henry Rollins mocked them in this awkward interview.
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Posted: February 24 2011 at 15:11
Being from Canada, I often heard Saga's radio hits growing up. Their first five albums from their debut through Heads or Tails are great poppy prog-rock/proggy pop-rock. Their 1995 album Generation 13 is slightly darker, but also quite good.
I once heard someone describe them as one of the first neo-prog bands (because their first album was released around 1978ish) so that might turn some people off right away. But I've always been fond of them. :)
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Posted: February 24 2011 at 14:12
I'm not familiar with all their discography but they have done great stuff, I love Worlds Apart the best of what I know, really a great album and unquestionably prog IMHO, the debut, In Transit, Generation 13th, House of Cards and Heads or Tales are also very enjoyable.
Especially the guitar work, often in combination with the keyboards is great and gives Saga their blueprint.
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Posted: February 24 2011 at 00:03
I've been listening to Saga since the first album. I tend to like some tracks on albums more than others. Steel Umbrella I bought on release and I thought it was a real disappointment. My fave is Security Of Illusion which I reckon is mega! I really like what I heard from Human Condition, the title track is about my fave Saga track ever. I go against the grain because I really liked Rob, the last singer. I feel they are a really good band with excellent musicians especially Ian Crichton whose as good as anybody. Progressive? maybe. Perhaps they are a bit ignored here.......not by me.
Edited by clarkpegasus4001 - February 24 2011 at 00:06
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Posted: November 01 2010 at 15:50
Saga is much better the people think, also it's a band that have been searching for the continuing own renovation and this is an artistic feature doesn't exist on the most of the bands.
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Posted: October 31 2010 at 17:27
I've always liked Saga's stuff and I'm not really sure why. On paper, they are just the kind of prog band that makes my skin crawl yet the album Behaviour is a big fave of mine. I'm very glad they bucked the trend for me and more power to 'em I say.
Edited by sigod - October 31 2010 at 17:28
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Atavachron wrote:
I really like what I heard from Human Condition, the title track is about my fave Saga track ever. I go against the grain because I really liked Rob, the last singer. I feel they are a really good band with excellent musicians especially Ian Crichton whose as good as anybody. Progressive? maybe. Perhaps they are a bit ignored here.......not by me.
