tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2598694453639649893.post7589229789661180535..comments2023-11-03T08:02:25.082-07:00Comments on Progressive Rock Hall of Infamy: Saga- Generation 13Timothy Readyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18330489391127893662noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2598694453639649893.post-56269566995750350852017-12-12T19:17:57.523-08:002017-12-12T19:17:57.523-08:00It's not that bad bro. Canada > USAIt's not that bad bro. Canada > USAAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12814816579456486293noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2598694453639649893.post-20928712426273739732013-03-27T19:56:03.258-07:002013-03-27T19:56:03.258-07:00I know this thread is quite old, but I stumbled ac...I know this thread is quite old, but I stumbled accross it and couldn't help replying: No offence, but this is not a review. Just a lot of ranting. If you're going to convince me of the foulness of this record, you need to point out examples. As one who has studied music, I can tell you these are no mediocre musicians. Your ignorance is surpassed only by your love of hearing yourself talk-- and with as many uninspired and unimaginative expletives as possible. Read some reviews by Stephen Thomas Erlewine; that is how to write a review with not only passion and grace, but with logic and reason. Agree or disagree he gives you something to think about. This sprawling drivel is as uninformative as it long-winded. I suggest you stick to the subject of the album in question without all the divergences that simply come across as "Wow, look how clever a writer I am; and look how much better my taste is than everyone elses." Two cents.Wildwielderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15343553698903914150noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2598694453639649893.post-9424592376273872032012-06-08T06:59:45.651-07:002012-06-08T06:59:45.651-07:00Wow, really? I get it -- you didn't like it. S...Wow, really? I get it -- you didn't like it. So tell me: What concept could you discern on Sgt Pepper's? How about Dark Side of the Moon? Wow, man, alienation. Yeah, that's tricky.<br /><br />But you sure had fun writing it, and that's the important thing, I'm sure.phsiiihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10867296796132618867noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2598694453639649893.post-5663657757481273992011-08-31T09:07:25.685-07:002011-08-31T09:07:25.685-07:00Que estupidez, crees que oyendo Manowar te vas a v...Que estupidez, crees que oyendo Manowar te vas a ver como Connan the barbarian jaja Sabes , me encanta la trilogia The Lord of the ring pero tambien me gusta el jazz y la musica clasica, desde Bach hasta Finley. Tu no sabes un carajo de musica porque opinas? que has hecho en la musica, nose quien carajo eres, tienes algo que enseniar para hacer una critica de tu musica o solo sabes hblar mierda solo porque eres fanatico del metal medieval ah por cierto cuando salgas a la calle no olvides la espada Excalibur ja jaAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2598694453639649893.post-74380737569993921712009-08-14T23:11:53.938-07:002009-08-14T23:11:53.938-07:00Funny thing about this phenomenigma of a band know...Funny thing about this phenomenigma of a band known as Rush. I saw them play one of three sold out shows at the old 20,000 seat Richfield Coliseum south of Cleveland in 1980. The first two shows sold out in a matter of minutes so they added a third. I remember seeing nothing but old clunkers, rusted out beaters and jalopy hoopdees pulling in and out of the show that night. <br /><br />Fast forward two and a half decades later and a disproportionate number of cars were Lexus, BMW'S expensive SUV,s and other 30,000 dollar "Gleaming Alloy Air-Cars", packed into Blossom Music center 20,000- STRONG proving once and for all that the Rush Heads no longer reside in their parents basements (like most proggers) but rather are now pulling down their own "Big Money". Funny thing alright!!! I guess human intellect (unlike fantasy) plays a key role here. Here's to the future and seeing into it like the true prophets they are!!! One final note: The music of Rush has stood the test of time but the the once famous Richfield Coliseum has been torn down long ago... <br /> <br />Live Long and Strong All!!! <br /><br />Greg V. (47 trips around the Sun and counting)Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11199027441037032036noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2598694453639649893.post-20376429195982744572009-06-18T17:04:21.826-07:002009-06-18T17:04:21.826-07:00Getting back to Saga for a moment:
I gave some cl...Getting back to Saga for a moment:<br /><br />I gave some clips of <i>Generation 13</i> a listen, after having refamiliarized myself with their late 70's/early 80's hits. <br /><br />What happened?<br /><br />Sadler's vocals, like them or loathe them, at least were somewhat unique--like a strident, idealistic, and naive version of Ric Ocasek (The Cars), with twice the overamped energy and half the self-possessed smugness. But here, in <i>Generation 13</i>, he appears to have a Robert Smith/Cure fixation going on. A lot of warbly whining.<br /><br />Strange choice. I don't think it had the effect they were looking for.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2598694453639649893.post-85206372106850360062009-06-15T23:11:24.303-07:002009-06-15T23:11:24.303-07:00Geddy had screamed himself out by Permanent Waves;...Geddy had screamed himself out by Permanent Waves; hence the transformation to FM-staple rock, in my opinion. Bastille Day for five straight years will do it to you, though the more adult-contemporary Rush of "Superconductor" years makes even the most rabid fan admit it would have better for him to take the aneurysm road home.<br /><br />Howe is a whore who has great skill and poor taste. I don't know how old you are, Bart, but he one-offed an album in my teen years with Steve Hackett in an incarnation known as "GTR" that is as dated as any Fixx or Howard Jones record. I mean it was pure power pop, as if he'd heard what Wetton was up to w/ Asia and gotten jealous...but I'm spoiling the set list for the next Prog-a-Geddon show, and need to stop now.<br /><br />He also played w/ Dream Theater for a bunch of shows, and apparently there's a record of it lurking out there, though I really don't want to hear it. Neo-proggers covering the "classics" is something I've heard more than enough of, culminating in the arch-horror of Sebastian Bach (!) singing lead on Bastille Day with Portnoy on drums and a bunch of other tools from the Magna Carta shed...allowing me a neat wrap-up of the diagnosis of Geddy's End that started this note.Timothy Readyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18330489391127893662noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2598694453639649893.post-11325914707296858562009-06-15T18:21:17.456-07:002009-06-15T18:21:17.456-07:00I just watched the video clip. Is it just me, or ...I just watched the video clip. Is it just me, or did Steve Howe in his later work (anything from <i>ABWH</i> and beyond) more or less rip off the "Saga sound"? I mean even some of this guy's riffs and lead runs sound exactly like Howe's later 80's/90's work. So how is it that Steve Howe is influenced by <i>Ian Crichton</i>? More importantly--WHY!?!<br /><br />FWIW, the more recent live clips of the band sound pretty much identical to the 80's stuff. The lead singer still has the pipes, which is sad in a way--Geddy's banshee wail is gone, but this guy's affectation-filled, chewy 80s sound is perfectly intact? It's just not fair.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com