Saga - Rock Etc 1984 - On the Loose

[lovemaker1972]

bad picture quality but a gem better than nothing would sell a fortune to get this vid back in 1984

[ox4ever2002]

that was my first concert!!!!!! I was there in 1984, Montreal Forum omg im getting old!

[Megafoot2164]

I don't know about you but reliving these memories is like having BIG BEN In your head as a stop watch. Time marches on ..............................­.....

[theGTAgamer123]

@idrum4ever1 y the fuck r u gonna come on a saga video and talk bout great music like this u need to suck on a cock and listen to ur justinbieber ight btw heres some advice go listen to some saga,rush,rollinstones,somezep­plin and go get somme pussy ight

[tsubupapa0921]

Ian Crighton is the right spelling.I like his guitar work,too!! :)

[Burningchromosome]

" Ian Chrichton, am i spelling it right [?} , his last name...love this guys guitar work alot..."

[bds1167]

Fall, 1981- 8th grade...... This video, song and through 1983 were the best years of rock in the last 30 years, bar none. MTV then showed the best..... Rush, Saga, Honeymoone Suite, The Shoes, April Wine...... God, take me back.... Today sucks so bad.....

[idrum4ever1]

These guys are all fagats! I want to strangle myself while watching these fags play their gay instruments.

[Chain1234]

@idrum4ever1 You want to strangle yourself watching these guys play their instruments eh? Sounds like some auto erotic-asphyxiation fantasy you got going on there you sick fag

[wakaw07]

@idrum4ever1 you are pretty dumb!

[KeysToWorship]

Your point is well taken. The big difference with Journey, though, is that they only released one album between 1986 and 2001...this is a HUGE lull in activity which would lead me to agree with you that they aren't current. Furthermore, their membership has changed drastically from the group's heydey. DT, on the other hand, has been steadily releasing new material since its inception and has had stable membership since the early 90s with the exception of keyboardists.

[Satori1800]

KEYSTOWORSHIP: Hi:) Great comments.. I agree.

jd

[bds1167]

I was in 10th grade in early '84. I already had forgotten 7th grade and Saga..... I was just praying that the Police wouldn't break up.... which they did anyway..... killer fuckin' year for any of us in high school, though! Saga ruled!!!

[turfguy87]

exactly 1st thing I thought- sounds & looks like freddy mercury

[rubendrakkar]

some parts he looks like freddy mercury? Does michael sadler is a freddy´s fan??

But apart from that I love saga. . . I miss michaels long hair and mustache

[RUSH1200]

RUSH #1....

Geddy Lee IS COOL!!!!!!

[1aceves]

Michael Sadler, the singer, looks younger with short hair and without the moustache in this concert from 1984, as opposed to their 1981 concerts!...Great band from the 80's and great song, too!

[Salvianow]

The band is way off on this video.....the timing is too slow.

[gjellevel42]

You're right! Way to slow...

[bomalley]

Agreed.

This is a HIGH ENERGY song. This live version is dead though. No excitement. No spark. It's like they're just going through the motions...

[jkoruty]

Absolutely great! Saga is one of the reasons the 80s is the greatest music decade. What can you say about the quality of this sound and that voice. Man! this generation of musicians can't achieve this.

[EUguitarRULE]

I prefer saga over rush anytime!

My taste cant stand Lee of rush voice makes me wanna kill my self everytime I hear lee voice.

[Bluesician1234]

I like Saga a lot, too, but to say this generation of musicians can't achieve it is an overstatement. I suggest you check out the likes of Dream Theater (and their side projects), Neal Morse, and Symphony X. Also note in this particular clip that the tempo drags, and the guitarist speeds up and gets out of sync with the drummer at around 2:50. Their live stuff from 1981; however, is nearly flawless.

[bomalley]

Dream Theatre is not from "this generation". I was listening to their music in the early 90's.

[KeysToWorship]

Perhaps your misspelling of Dream Theater is an indication of how much you know about this group. If Dream Theater is not from "this generation," how do you explain the band's most recent album (released this year) hitting #6 on the Billboard album charts, a position that is an all-time high? Yes, the group has been around for a long time, but its continued success and growth in popularity leads me to suggest a cross-generational relevancy that is closer to the present than Saga.

[bomalley]

Having a hit album this year doesn't necessarily make them from this generation.

Journey's last album was released last year. It debuted at No. 1 on Billboard's Independent Album Chart, No. 2 on Billboard rock album charts, and No. 5 on the Billboard 200.

Does that make them part of "This Generation"? They were formed in 1973. I wouldn't consider them a mainstream band for the youth of 2009.

There's no doubt that DT is a talented band, but I wouldn't say they're "current".

[Airsoftcleaner]

@jkoruty And it was the last great decade of Music

[waltersjer]

Too bad they are more popular in Europe. This stuff never gets old and their latest music video shows they still got it man!

[NelsonClick]

Great to see them at the zenith of their relevance and fame. I really loved this crap back then. Check out the bass player at 3:43. That is sincerely the all-time greatest downbeat jump/recover ever in rock and roll. That's what jock rock was all about. Bet he can't do that anymore. Reminds me of a gazelle in Africa being chased by tigers, "Don't pick me"

[demetria64]

I appreciate a singer who sounds as good live as in the studio.

[gapsik123]

Saga was one of my favourite bands of the 80's. LP Behaviour is probably their best record thanks to outstanding arrangements and performance. Lets take keyboards and guitar.

[MamboSons]

Take Loverboy, add a sprinkling of Genesis, and beat well.

[genXer3]

OMG, I was sitting her watching this and thinking to myself "this could have easily been recorded by LOVERBOY and GENESIS!" HAHA!

Good call!

[unstablebobgable]

Def a tight live band...

[jtheroux999]

Sadler looks great...from the waist up.

[pedrosura]

Also, any keyboard player that didn't steal from Jim Gilmour does know how to play. One of the bests ever...

[badideass]

what do you mean it took a canadian?... oh n/m you're just an idiot

[rolandgp8]

That's the old Montreal Forum, not the Metropolis.

[acerman66]

Saga's new CD is coming out this October 2007 called 10,000 days hence 1977-2007. I'm also saddened to say Micheal Sadler, the lead singer is retiring from the group and this will be their last album. aaaarrrrrggggghhhh!

[mygaragedoor]

Sorry REO is not in the same league. Also check out SAGA's later stuff (CD's) Ian's guitar work is F'N great.

[longfade]

Some pretty heavy playing.

[Oxycodone48]

this is probly the gayest song in the history of music I respected this guy until he shaved that wild duster

[lotirishman]

you wouldn't have said that if you'd seen the cheerleaders butts swinging to this..lol..

[tattypatty]

Like Spinal Tap but not kidding...

[seditionape]

Ouch!. Spinal Tap was kidding??? What??? SAGA mirrors yourself then? It's OK, where you from, Montreal yourself???

[ojsucksit]

I haven't heard this in years

[mawi70]

Ian Crichton played some GREAT guitar in the early eighties and very few took notice.

[rolandgp8]

Europeans took notice... Ian influenced a huge amount of Euro Rock guitar players in the 80's and he helped pioneer that 80's European Hard Rock guitar sound. Funny that it took a Canadian... Blame Canada

[Sk8rboy811]

I saw REO last night at the local fair. they kicked ass!! i caught bryan hits drum stick at the end of the show. SAGA kicks ass too :--D

[Satori1800]

Saga is the second greatest band of all time right behind Kevin Cronin's Reo Speedwagon :) Thanks for the great video.

[patientlionsfan]

So Satori1800, how many bands have you listened to? TWO...

[Satori1800]

PATIENTLIONSFAN: Very funny, he he. I think I've been to 20 concerts. Saw Reo Speedwagon 3 times, which was the best of all of them. Thanks for responding to my comment and God Bless You:)

[lefthandedgenious]

I can say Grand Funk Railroad. Love Rush too.

[dwightfartschrute]

I wonder if the singer has ever seen Freddy Mercury perform live? If you turn the sound off it looks like a Queen tribute band.

[speedburnervideo]

One of the most creative pop/rock songs in the 80's, they dont write like this anymore, MELODY, CHOPS and PRODUCTION, in conjunction with cool vocals.

leave it to Canada to put these type of tunes out, can you say RUSH!

[eddy23170]

holy crap this is fun....so good...great band!

[buckdh]

One of the best songs ever recorded - Genius!

[mikol2007]

I moved to USA,from puertorico i havent see them in over 16 years they usually tour europe,south america.and few US cities.

[mikol2007]

OOH Memories!! the good old days!!

[JAQuinteroCPA]

Man, these people went to Puerto Rico every year, and I went to see them every year! We love them down there.

[mikol2007]

they really love the puertorican audience and fans ,

i saw them in puertorico many times .good timesss!!

[JAQuinteroCPA]

Van este agno otra vez Mikol, did you know? They will be in San Juan again promoting their new album and in a retroactive tour.

[sagarules16]

the original video appearrs on their dvd "silhouette". I used to own it until some f-ing crank head figured he'd need the 50 cents he'd get for it after breaking into my house and stealing all my dvds etc.. hope he's dead in an alley now-prick.

[luvthemusic27]

I LIKE

[capnquack]

If you live in Canada you get to hear Saga all the time on 80's stations. This is one of my alltime favorite songs. Thank you for posting this video. good memories.

[mrstickball]

Is it just me , or does the singer look like Scott Backula from Enterprise & Quantum leap?

[NativeMoon]

God I still love these guys. They werent as big in the States - and we only got to discover them thanks to MTV - back in the day it was far more international and diverse with the playlist than it is now...and it at least it was purely about music then. I live in the UK now and have yet to find anyone thats even heard of them...

[vickstertori]

Great video but, yes - i agree - i'd love to see the original too!

[metalgomba]

yeah way slow for sure...

[DavyMack]

good but SLOWWWWWWW!

[rg2027x]

Killer song, great band. Love the instrumental 'Conversations' from album Worlds Apart. Just amazing musicianship at a time when actually PLAYING an instrument was paramount...

[jizzo225]

AMEN!!!

[rg2027x]

no doubt.. :oD

We need bands like this now. What happened?

[strato01]

That show was at the Montreal Forum, not the Metropolis on Feb. 24th. I was there. I still have my ticket stub. It was a great show.

[dandood2]

They have a DVD out that has all the original videos, plus some concert footage. Worth getting!

[strippedcatt]

the original one that I remember off Mtv WAS on this site until a few weeks ago, it was removed.

[uziyahuidf]

Yep, the fall of the YouTube Empire...

[jkbezo]

It's on yahoo video. There are a lot of hidden jems on yahoo video that some how isn't here or google.

[jkbezo]

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[strippedcatt]

Thankyou, I will check that out... never looked for videos on yahoo..

[jkbezo]

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[jkbezo]

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[jkbezo]

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[strippedcatt]

pretty good video, I wish we could see the original Mtv video to this song that was played in the EARLY 80's..

[jkbezo]

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[jkbezo]

It's on yahoo video. There are a lot of hidden jems on yahoo video that some how isn't here or google.