Procol Harum vs Saga
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Topic: Procol Harum vs Saga
Posted By: AFlowerKingCrimson
Subject: Procol Harum vs Saga
Date Posted: December 31 2022 at 16:58
| I thought of this one yesterday. Happy New Years (early) to everyone. |
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Posted By: Mormegil
Date Posted: December 31 2022 at 17:05
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Both, I guess. I need to be in the mood to pop one of these on the turntable. ------------- Welcome to the middle of the film. |
Posted By: Psychedelic Paul
Date Posted: December 31 2022 at 17:12
This is A Rum Tale of Good Captain Clack, A Salty Dog who sailed his ship, the Homburg, Beyond the Pale of Ireland, charting a Pilgrim's Progress across the vast Atlantic Ocean. The weather omens were good, and the captain always believed there's Something Magic about setting off on a long voyage when the sun Shines On Brightly upon white fluffy clouds glowing A Whiter Shade of Pale. He carried with him a Souvenir of London from the Grand Hotel to remind him of Home. He'd always had An Old English Dream to follow the route of the Conquistadors to the New World in search of gold, when often all they discovered was Fool's Gold, and Quite Rightly So. Before leaving, the captain said The Long Goodbye to his Simple Sister Mary and wished her Toujours L'amour. She kept the Home Fires burning while he was Bringing Home the Bacon away at sea. His loyal crew stocked the ship with a Kaleidoscope of Exotic Birds and Fruit baskets and All This and More besides for the long voyage ahead. The crew relieved Boredom by entertaining themselves with Whaling Stories and they all remembered the cautionary tale of The Wreck of the Hesperus, when a disastrous Power Failure led to the ship hitting rocks, and the Hesperus' crew were tossed helplessly Into the Flood and left Holding On to the ship's wreckage for dear life, when even those As Strong as Samson were About to Die.  All songs in Blue Highlights by Procol Harum
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Posted By: siLLy puPPy
Date Posted: December 31 2022 at 18:02
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LOL. You all have too much time on your hands. Happy new year!!! -------------  https://rateyourmusic.com/~siLLy_puPPy |
Posted By: Icarium
Date Posted: December 31 2022 at 18:36
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I love both, but very different acts, i have bought all the first 7 Procol Harum albums, they are theyr own nieche of progressive, cabaret rock music that u could write endless about. But Saga is also a band that deserves not to be neglectet but to be held in very high esteme, they invented the modern unison instromentalime which Dream Theater have made a fortune of, Jim Gilmours and Ian Crictons guitar & keyboard/synth unison-instrumentalismes are so ahaed of the time , Saga i would say invented it . -------------  
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Posted By: AFlowerKingCrimson
Date Posted: December 31 2022 at 18:39
Lol. Well, I suppose so doe anyone else who posts these polls. ;) Maybe my next one will be Styx vs................
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siLLy puPPy wrote:Posted By: verslibre
Date Posted: December 31 2022 at 21:47
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Styx vs. Sparks Styx vs. Split Enz Styx vs. SBB Styx vs. Pavlov's Dog Styx vs. Killing Joke Styx vs. The Damned Styx vs. Primus ------------- https://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_ipg=50&_sop=1&_rdc=1&_ssn=musicosm" rel="nofollow - eBay |
Posted By: Logan
Date Posted: December 31 2022 at 22:10
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Styx and Rolling Stonez may break my bones Hmm, Styx vs. Swans Styx vs. Cardiacs Styx vs. Art Zoyd Styx vs. Can No, Styx vs. Magma  Or Styx vs. The Residents Actually, I would maybe do Styx's Equinox (1975) vs. Jean Michel Jarre's Equinoxe (1978) as a battle of two stylistically different albums in Prog Related from the mod to late 70s. and then I'd throw in 23 other options as I often like to fill up my poll options (some have more time on their hands than others). As for Procol Harum vs. Saga, I know quite bit of music by both, and enjoy music by both, but it has to be Procol Harum for me. In particular, "In Held Twas in I" shines on very brightly indeed. And how about Procol Harum vs. Focus as a Procol Harem Scarem battle.... ------------- Watching while most appreciating a sunset in the moment need not diminish all the glorious sunsets I have observed before. It can be much like that with music for me. |
Posted By: siLLy puPPy
Date Posted: December 31 2022 at 23:10
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How about a Styx vs Deathspell Omega> LOL
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Posted By: AFlowerKingCrimson
Date Posted: December 31 2022 at 23:10
I know Styx aren't the most popular band on this website but nonetheless I think they would wipe the floor with most if not all of those bands.
Maybe Styx vs Uriah Heep would be a good one. |
Posted By: geekfreak
Date Posted: January 01 2023 at 14:18
Procol Harum For me too ------------- Friedrich Nietzsche: "Without music, life would be a mistake." Music Is Live Two people are better off than one, for they can help each other succeed. Keep Calm And Listen To The Music… < |
Posted By: Lewian
Date Posted: January 01 2023 at 14:18
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Procul Harum have some good stuff but by and large I don't care much about them. I do like Saga a lot. |
Posted By: rushfan4
Date Posted: January 01 2023 at 14:39
I am in the Saga camp on this one. I like Procol Harum. Just this morning I got around to reading Prog's tribute to Gary Brooker. (I'm a bit behind on my Prog reading.  ) ------------- 
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Posted By: Manuel
Date Posted: January 01 2023 at 20:43
| Procol Harum, even though Saga is not far behind. |
Posted By: The Dark Elf
Date Posted: January 01 2023 at 22:23
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Procol Harum. And it's not even vaguely close. In fact, "vaguely close" is not even really that close. ------------- ...a vigorous circular motion hitherto unknown to the people of this area, but destined to take the place of the mud shark in your mythology... |
Posted By: Cristi
Date Posted: January 01 2023 at 23:49
both is the easy option here because it's a tough choice 
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Posted By: richardh
Date Posted: January 02 2023 at 02:14
| Procol easily. Just sublime. Saga are fantastic musicians but I barely care about anything I've heard by them. Sorry. |
Posted By: suitkees
Date Posted: January 02 2023 at 10:17
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Saga, easily. Because they're unique. ------------- The razamataz is a pain in the bum |
Posted By: AFlowerKingCrimson
Date Posted: January 02 2023 at 12:09
How much Saga have you actually heard? They are a great band.
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Posted By: dr wu23
Date Posted: January 02 2023 at 13:37
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Procol Harum......................and I have heard Saga's first 4 and have their first one....and while they are not a bad band they are no where close to being as interesting as Procol. ------------- One does nothing yet nothing is left undone. Haquin |
Posted By: The Dark Elf
Date Posted: January 02 2023 at 14:13
Great? No, but I'm glad you like Saga. They have their moments, but in no way are they on the same level as Procol Harum. ------------- ...a vigorous circular motion hitherto unknown to the people of this area, but destined to take the place of the mud shark in your mythology... |
Posted By: SteveG
Date Posted: January 02 2023 at 14:39
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Procol Harum were Gods. Saga are mere mortals. ------------- This message was brought to you by a proud supporter of the Deep State. |
Posted By: AFlowerKingCrimson
Date Posted: January 02 2023 at 14:48
Ok. You didn't actually answer my question but I'll assume you've heard enough to form such a steadfast opinion. Btw, I like Procol Harum too.
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Posted By: The Dark Elf
Date Posted: January 02 2023 at 15:16
I did answer you. I said "they have their moments." But I am much like Rossini giving his review of Wagner: "Wagner has beautiful moments but awful quarters of an hour." ------------- ...a vigorous circular motion hitherto unknown to the people of this area, but destined to take the place of the mud shark in your mythology... |
Posted By: AFlowerKingCrimson
Date Posted: January 02 2023 at 16:45
| ^Saying they have their moments doesn't answer my question of "how much Saga have you actually heard" but whatever. |
Posted By: b_olariu
Date Posted: January 03 2023 at 00:51
| Both equally |
Posted By: David_D
Date Posted: January 03 2023 at 03:55
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Procol Harum - Shine on Brightly (1968) ------------- quality over quantity, and all kind of PopcoRn almost beyond |
Posted By: Ronstein
Date Posted: January 03 2023 at 04:01
| No comparison. Procul Harum were innovative and original, Saga are great musicians playing generic music. |
Posted By: progaardvark
Date Posted: January 04 2023 at 03:31
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Saga. ------------- ---------- i'm shopping for a new oil-cured sinus bag that's a happy bag of lettuce this car smells like cartilage nothing beats a good video about fractions |
Posted By: Steve Wyzard
Date Posted: January 12 2023 at 13:12
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Saga, in spite of their late start, should be mentioned in the same breath as Yes, Genesis, Pink Floyd, etc. Procol Harum (really the Gary Brooker Band with a revolving-door line-up) had a few great moments over the years, but could never get out from under "A Whiter Shade of Pale".
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Posted By: dr wu23
Date Posted: January 12 2023 at 14:32
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Had some time to kill so I listened/sampled several Saga lps..... Silent Knight, Worlds Apart, Generation 13, and Trust. Trust was the best one to my ears... very proggy at times and some interesting tunes. I think they are more neo prog than crossover though they straddle both genres.. I hear Styx, Pendragon, Arena, IQ, even some Supertramp , Marillion , and Magenta. They aren't copying anyone but those influences seem present to me. I still like that older retro feel of Procol but I can see why people who like neoprog or melodic proggy hard rock would like these guys.
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Posted By: AFlowerKingCrimson
Date Posted: January 12 2023 at 18:48
Thanks for the feedback. Sometimes I feel like people just automatically go with who they are the most familiar with (which is often the band they "grew up" with) without giving a fair listen to the other band. However, I don't feel it's fair to imply that Saga were influenced by Pendragon, IQ, Arena, Magenta or even Marillion when Saga came before any of those bands (and by at least three years in terms of when their first album came out). If anything those bands were influences on Saga and not the other way around.
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Posted By: Boojieboy
Date Posted: January 13 2023 at 17:30
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Both equally. Two very different bands though, apples and oranges. PH was mostly active in the 70's (their biggest and best output), while Saga is more 80s-90s, in my opinion. I've enjoyed both bands, and can't put one above the other. Not worth trying to compare. Even putting my favorite PH (Grand Hotel) vs. favorite of Saga (either Silent Knight or Worlds Apart), still too different.
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