Raised on Radio #32: Saga
Apr. 25th, 2013 07:16 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
bedsitter23I heard "On the Loose' by Saga, the other day, and immediately I knew I had to include it here.
I haven't heard the song much in the 32 years since it was released, but I remember it being on of the first songs I ever thought was 'awesome'. Likely, the first time I heard "On the Loose" was more exciting to me than the first time I ever heard Led Zeppelin, The Clash, the Ramones, the Doors or Ministry.
Saga... errr SAGA capture the spirit of the time perfectly with this song, yet, I doubt I would recognize name and title (likely confusing it with the similarly Canadian Loverboy's "Turn Me Loose" (which would fit here and is a favorite song of a band I am not especially crazy about it, even in the 80s.). Not sure why SAGA disappeared, but sure enough, at #26 (1981), it's their only Top 40 American hit.
They were a perfect 80s band, all arena rock look-at-me musicianship and slick production, with a perfect one-word 80s name like Accept or Helix. Per wikipedia, their story is pretty much in line with any of their brethren. Always touring, always replacing members, and recording albums with diminishing returns.
I think this song still holds up to its time, but it has faded from view, and the band even moreso. Get ready for air-guitar, air-drums, and air-keyboards.
I haven't heard the song much in the 32 years since it was released, but I remember it being on of the first songs I ever thought was 'awesome'. Likely, the first time I heard "On the Loose" was more exciting to me than the first time I ever heard Led Zeppelin, The Clash, the Ramones, the Doors or Ministry.
Saga... errr SAGA capture the spirit of the time perfectly with this song, yet, I doubt I would recognize name and title (likely confusing it with the similarly Canadian Loverboy's "Turn Me Loose" (which would fit here and is a favorite song of a band I am not especially crazy about it, even in the 80s.). Not sure why SAGA disappeared, but sure enough, at #26 (1981), it's their only Top 40 American hit.
They were a perfect 80s band, all arena rock look-at-me musicianship and slick production, with a perfect one-word 80s name like Accept or Helix. Per wikipedia, their story is pretty much in line with any of their brethren. Always touring, always replacing members, and recording albums with diminishing returns.
I think this song still holds up to its time, but it has faded from view, and the band even moreso. Get ready for air-guitar, air-drums, and air-keyboards.
