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Points: 5285 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: July 09 2012 at 15:45
Don't think Saga is similar to Queen or Rush, but closer to the band A.C.T. And i prefer A.C.T., when i want listen to something light and easy, enjoyable but not transcendent. I prefer more adventurous music most of the time, but there is no shame to appreciate this band, or any...
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Points: 66264 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: July 09 2012 at 15:17
Originally posted by rushfan4 rushfan4 wrote:

The new album 20:20 is to be released on July 6th.
It has been released.
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Well, I am sort of Saga fan as well.
It's good to see that, similarly to Peter Nicholls with IQ, Michael Sadler is coming back to sing. Before he shortly left the band, he released a very good AOR album, called 'Clear', which features the exceptional drummer Chris Frazier, known for his collaboration with Steve Vai.
 
I do not exactly understand why the word "shameless" is featured in the title of this thread. People who like prog rock like melody (at least I hope).
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Points: 1708 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: May 04 2012 at 05:39
Dang, just posting in this thread started this in my head:
I'm OOOOOOO - KAAAAAAAAY!  I'm OOOOOOOOO - KAAAAAAAY!!!
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Points: 1708 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: May 04 2012 at 05:36
I like Saga...while normally I'm looking for something a bit more technical (read: full of time signature changes), there's something about Saga's tunes which infectiously get stuck in my head for days after I listen to them and I just can't get them out, haha!  But they're such happy tunes so I don't really care!  LOL
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The new album 20:20 is to be released on July 6th.
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ATTENTION ALL DRUMMERS!!

Want to be in the running for the position of the next SAGA Drummer?
All you have to do is video tape yourself playing along with any 2 of the following songs;
"Careful Where You Step" (from the CD Silent Knight)
"Framed" (from the CD Worlds Apart)
"The Writing" (from the CD Heads or Tales)
"Corkentellis" (from the CD 10,000 Days)
**Then post your video on YouTube as "Saga Drummer Search - (song name) - (your name)", This format is VERY important!!"
and send the video link to [email protected]
(please let us know if you need copies of any of the songs above)

Good Luck!

(Please bear in mind that there is no guarantee that Saga’s new drummer will be found using this format,
as the band is using every available means to fill the position.)
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Points: 16111 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: March 28 2012 at 11:32
Bumping da thread


Saga's got a new album on the horizon with Michael Sadler (which I totally called in my review for Human Condition ), and I've been on a general Saga kick lately. Beginners Guide to Throwing Shapes and Generation 13 in particular .


anyone else from this thread still kicking? Let's get a discussion going!
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I cannot say that I'm such a great Saga-Fan, but "Generation 13" does belong to the very best of albums of the 90s.
To me, it's always been an "exception" but I don't know the entire Saga-Catalogue, especially not the ones that came afterwards ( had a listen in on "Steel Umbrellas" and found it not that bad but far from being a masterpiece ).
I quite like "Worlds apart" and "In Transit" but couldn't really get warm with the predecessors and successors by then.
Anyone has a recommendation for me or is "Generation 13" really remaining that exceptional in style and execution ?
...I'm a musician/singer/songwriter, visit me on www.reverbnation.com/rupertlenz and there you can choose from 125 recordings you can listen to ( for free ) if you're not limited to prog-rock !
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Points: 66264 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: March 05 2012 at 16:28

Feb 1st 2012

For Immediate Release:
 
We would like to announce that after 6 years of touring and recording together, Brian Doerner and Saga have parted ways. We would like to take this time to thank Brian and wish him all the best in his future endeavours and musical journey.
 
Saga is gearing up for an exciting 2012 with the upcoming release of the much anticipated new CD that marks Michael Sadler’s return. The new CD, to be called 20/20, marks the bands 20th studio release and will be available soon in stores and on line under Edel’s earMUSIC label. Following the new release will be summer and fall dates in Canada, USA, Europe and South America. Please check back often for show date announcements as they are posted.
 
See you this summer!!!
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Points: 66264 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: January 12 2012 at 15:29
I just finished Chapters Live, and decided to go on with 10,000 Days.  This is such a good Saga album.  It was such a shame that Sadler left after that.  Definitely looking forward to their reunion album.
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Points: 66264 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: November 22 2011 at 09:44
Sounds cool. Thumbs Up
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Points: 3658 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: November 22 2011 at 09:40
Keep your eyes on the Interviews section for a Saga related interview sometime before Christmas.  
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Points: 66264 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: November 22 2011 at 09:21
Ironically, while listening to Generation 13 Saga just became my 13th most played band on Last.FM.  LOL   It won't last long though because before the album is finished they will be my 12th most played band on Last.FM.
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Points: 66264 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: November 22 2011 at 09:02
I am listening to Generation 13 right now.  It is such a great album.  I really need to find the time to listen to it closer with the lyrics in front of me and the headphones on.
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Points: 13 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: November 20 2011 at 17:41
Saga is Saga! Not prog, no way..or every band in the world with keyboards is prog!
That's the only problem with this band...Is unique, exactly like Rush and Queen, both bands that cannot be compared to others. But Saga never made it! Suffice to say to date the LIVE album is the most known.
So don't expect to find support for Saga on this site, ever. Funny how my band in 1994 made an album exactly in Saga style and was killed by everyone for this reason. Not prog, not AOR, not pop, not...whatever. Just Saga.
Besides, Saga is in my opinion one of the best bands ever and most of the material this band wrote is pure genius.
And to see the band live...well...life changing, believe me. Clap
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Points: 698 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: November 17 2011 at 17:24
Originally posted by wilmon91 wilmon91 wrote:

 
En'tracte if  I remember right. Definitely not Entrance.Tongue
 
I mixed it up with a Black Tape for a Blue Girl song with the same name. The song title is "Entracte (Instrumental)", with no dot (or what it is called)


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Points: 698 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: November 17 2011 at 16:09
Originally posted by rushfan4 rushfan4 wrote:

I am listening to The Security of Illusion as I type.  The first song is called Entracte on iTunes and Amazon, and Progfreak, but it is called Entrance here on PA and on the Saga website.  Can someone confirm the correct song title?  If I remember I can check the CD when I get home tonight, but if someone has access to it now and since I am thinking about it at the moment I thought that I would ask.
 
En'tracte if  I remember right. Definitely not Entrance.Tongue
 
 
I saw them live in 9 november. The coolest thing was that they opened with "Out of the Shadows". Undescribably cool.... unbelievable! Great concert. Couldn't help but thinking that it would be great to have Negus rejoining as well.
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Points: 635 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: November 17 2011 at 11:08
[QUOTE=rushfan4] I am listening to The Security of Illusion as I type. /QUOTE]

I love that cd! Cool I have liked Saga since the first album. I have what is probably my fave Saga track on my Youtube channel right here on autoplay:

http://www.youtube.com/user/clarkpegasus4001
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Points: 66264 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: November 17 2011 at 09:14
I am listening to The Security of Illusion as I type.  The first song is called Entracte on iTunes and Amazon, and Progfreak, but it is called Entrance here on PA and on the Saga website.  Can someone confirm the correct song title?  If I remember I can check the CD when I get home tonight, but if someone has access to it now and since I am thinking about it at the moment I thought that I would ask.
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