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Points: 17196 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: January 17 2018 at 15:02
Originally posted by Tao2112 Tao2112 wrote:

Saw them warm up for Styx in 1980 in W Germany.  Incredible!

At a BOC show a few years back, we talked to one of the roadies, who said he saw Saga open for Styx, as well.

He added that Saga blew them away! 
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Originally posted by YESESIS YESESIS wrote:

Originally posted by mlkpad14 mlkpad14 wrote:

Originally posted by Tao2112 Tao2112 wrote:

Saw them warm up for Styx in 1980 in W Germany.  Incredible!

Makes sense. The two have always sounded the same to my ears... LOL
Sorry, but I fail to understand why Saga, Styx, Kansas, ELO... Well, I don't understand why any of these guys get so much attention. Just okay music, in my opinion.

Saga gets so much attention? To me it's just the opposite.. I think they don't get anywhere near enough. 

You should listen to their Silent Knight album, it's really really good!

I will try again just because you threw it out there. Wink
I have already tried once though, and it did not go so well. Confused
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Originally posted by mlkpad14 mlkpad14 wrote:

Originally posted by Tao2112 Tao2112 wrote:

Saw them warm up for Styx in 1980 in W Germany.  Incredible!

Makes sense. The two have always sounded the same to my ears... LOL
Sorry, but I fail to understand why Saga, Styx, Kansas, ELO... Well, I don't understand why any of these guys get so much attention. Just okay music, in my opinion.

Saga gets so much attention? To me it's just the opposite.. I think they don't get anywhere near enough. 

You should listen to their Silent Knight album, it's really really good!
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Originally posted by Tao2112 Tao2112 wrote:

Saw them warm up for Styx in 1980 in W Germany.  Incredible!

Makes sense. The two have always sounded the same to my ears... LOL
Sorry, but I fail to understand why Saga, Styx, Kansas, ELO... Well, I don't understand why any of these guys get so much attention. Just okay music, in my opinion.
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Originally posted by Tao2112 Tao2112 wrote:

Saw them warm up for Styx in 1980 in W Germany.  Incredible!

Wow, awesome. I have no doubt whatsoever that they were. Man I'm jealous. 
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Saw them warm up for Styx in 1980 in W Germany.  Incredible!
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Originally posted by rushfan4 rushfan4 wrote:

They have a number of nice live albums and videos as well.  I am currently listening to Live In Hamburg, which I fairly recently purchased a long with Spin It Again - Live in Munich.  They definitely love playing in Germany.  I've never had the chance to see them live; they've played a few gigs in Ontario in recent years and that isn't too far of a trip for me, but to date I've not made the trip yet.

Germany is probably the #1 country to sustain a level of appreciation for Saga.

Sadler even played there solo, singing Saga songs in a big band format!!!
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They have a number of nice live albums and videos as well.  I am currently listening to Live In Hamburg, which I fairly recently purchased a long with Spin It Again - Live in Munich.  They definitely love playing in Germany.  I've never had the chance to see them live; they've played a few gigs in Ontario in recent years and that isn't too far of a trip for me, but to date I've not made the trip yet.
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Originally posted by verslibre verslibre wrote:

Originally posted by YESESIS YESESIS wrote:

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It gets even better. You can score that album CHEAP. New and CHEAP. For under $10 shipped!

I understand you have a business to run and all that but I never buy cds anymore, all mp3s. Anyway I just finished the album and it was really good. I wouldn't rate it quite as high as a monster like Silent Knight but still very good. But why should I be surprised lol, it's freaking SAGA. I'm started to like this band a ton. And now that I know they're considered fully prog, I just like them all the more. 

No, no, no. I am not selling the CD. It is on Amazon. I do not sell on Amazon. The same applied to the Gerard CD I told you to go get. I am not the seller. Just helping out a fellow progger! LOL

I just clicked on your link and looked at both pages, and didn't see Sagacity or Gerard anywhere. So.. I humbly apologize. Embarrassed
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Originally posted by YESESIS YESESIS wrote:

Originally posted by verslibre verslibre wrote:

It gets even better. You can score that album CHEAP. New and CHEAP. For under $10 shipped!

I understand you have a business to run and all that but I never buy cds anymore, all mp3s. Anyway I just finished the album and it was really good. I wouldn't rate it quite as high as a monster like Silent Knight but still very good. But why should I be surprised lol, it's freaking SAGA. I'm started to like this band a ton. And now that I know they're considered fully prog, I just like them all the more. 

No, no, no. I am not selling the CD. It is on Amazon. I do not sell on Amazon. The same applied to the Gerard CD I told you to go get. I am not the seller. Just helping out a fellow progger! LOL
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Originally posted by verslibre verslibre wrote:

It gets even better. You can score that album CHEAP. New and CHEAP. For under $10 shipped!

I understand you have a business to run and all that but I never buy cds anymore, all mp3s. Anyway I just finished the album and it was really good. I wouldn't rate it quite as high as a monster like Silent Knight but still very good. But why should I be surprised lol, it's freaking SAGA. I'm started to like this band a ton. And now that I know they're considered fully prog, I just like them all the more. 
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It gets even better. You can score that album CHEAP. New and CHEAP. For under $10 shipped!
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Originally posted by verslibre verslibre wrote:

Dig the bassline.





Wow! That was really good. Now I'm gonna go listen to the whole album.. Starting to get obsessed again thanks to you lol. 
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Points: 2215 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: November 18 2017 at 09:52
Originally posted by verslibre verslibre wrote:

YESESIS, have you heard Sagacity, their most recent studio album (2017)?


No I haven't. Why? Is it great too? If so then I'm done.. They're so RIDICULOUSLY underrated that I.. I can't



Btw, I just found this...

http://www.progarchives.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=25826&PN=3

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YESESIS, have you heard Sagacity, their most recent studio album (2017)?
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Originally posted by verslibre verslibre wrote:

Originally posted by Boojieboy Boojieboy wrote:

I like Saga a lot. Favorites include their first four albums and 13th Generation. House of Cards has grown on me too. Haven't heard their most recent three or four yet

You could probably put the better songs from the 80's all on one long CD.

More love for album #5, Heads or Tales! About as good as Worlds Apart, IMO.

Yeah Heads or Tales is great. Imo not quite as good as Silent Knight or the debut.. but still really good(on par with Worlds Apart yes, which is very good). 
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Originally posted by Boojieboy Boojieboy wrote:

I like Saga a lot. Favorites include their first four albums and 13th Generation. House of Cards has grown on me too. Haven't heard their most recent three or four yet

You could probably put the better songs from the 80's all on one long CD.

More love for album #5, Heads or Tales! About as good as Worlds Apart, IMO.
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Originally posted by Boojieboy Boojieboy wrote:

I like Saga a lot. Favorites include their first four albums and 13th Generation. House of Cards has grown on me too. Haven't heard their most recent three or four yet

You could probably put the better songs from the 80's all on one long CD.

I think you'd need a double CD for that. Three of their best albums came out in that decade.. Silent Knight, Worlds Apart, and Heads or Tales. Plus I've been listening to Wildest Dreams a lot lately, so I'd want that whole album on there as well lol. 

And I agree wholeheartedly about those first four albums. Smile
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