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Posted: January 26 2018 at 01:36
I can fullheartedly agree that Saga is kitsch.
But almost prog from that day and age is kitsch. It were the days of the synthesizer, drumcomputer, electronic drumpads.
If you compare Saga to Yes's Big Generator or Rush's 80's output or Genesis 80's output than Saga were really doing the best they could and even hold their own.
When you compare Saga (and maybe It Bites) to the more boring plagiarism of the neo-prog movement than Saga were at least original.
Maybe Saga were just a kind of thinking's man synthpop with metal-guitarriffs. But to compare it to the grandeur of early King Crimson, Genesis, Focus, Camel and the likes, is just silly, I guess.
Nevertheless, Saga were great in what they were doing. And in their wake influenced progmetal. Especially the synth/guitar duals, and double-time drums (Humble Stance, Pitchman, wich is borderline heavy metal).
Saga is a matter of taste, but no-one in his/her right mind can say that they were a bad band.
Joined: November 03 2006
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Posted: January 26 2018 at 01:39
Saga in their prime. Combining metal, discopop and progrock with some reggae (before even Rush and Police did it, this song is from 1978!) Just listen to 1001 breaks, al the riffs, solos, hooklines. Okay it's all just basically a 4/4 shuffle but the tempo changes are there.
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