Saga - Don't be late - Live French TV Show - 1982

Saga live on the French television during the show "L'écho des bananes" in 1982.

[@benvdreubzaat3967]

Remembering my brothers Erik(Reub) and Chris(the Kuck)!! R.I.P!!😓

[@scubasteve1742]

I remember when I first heard this song, I knew I was listening to prog masters.

[@marctenoever7941]

And the fun part is....I just went to a live concert of them in the Netherlands. They are still great! They produced something like 22 studio albums. Great band.

[@TheMazzimM]

NO one could touch SAGA...no one. Unique. Alone. No other band sounded like them.

[@tristanyoung3632]

Pretty incredible, aren't they? 😍🇨🇦🙏🇨🇦

[@sonicdorms]

Undisputedly, the very best!

[@camppidame82]

Truly, and well said. The most unique band out there.

[@Sirflatch]

Rush sounds similar at times.

[@MadSevenVideos]

agree

[@jenst.4643]

Der Keyboarder & der Gitarist gehören meiner Meinung nach zu den Besten der Welt

[@tristanyoung3632]

Ja, wirklich!

[@tristanyoung3632]

Jim Gilmour und Ian Crichton...die Best wirklich! 🎹🎸🎹🎸 Hallo aus Kanada! 🇩🇪🤍🇨🇦

[@user-zm7en9uc2i]

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[@nwcoastlife]

The original video for this (when Mike Sadler had that 70’s-gay cop-stache) was one of the first MTV videos I saw (1981). I was completely mesmerized by the song. Next to Prince, Ian Crichton is probably the most underrated guitar player ever. I remember feeling giddy when I found “Silent Knight” at a garage sale.

[@jntdhome]

I remember them being in heavy rotation back then as well. First Saga album for me was Worlds Apart. Been a fan ever since.

[@ramonaringel6563]

Oh Gott , hören ist das eine , gesehen zu haben aber das andere !! Ausdrucksstark in allem !! Ein muß !! In paar Tagen in Limburg !! 🤪💫💫👌👌

[@fabriceonoyan2562]

Je confirme, c'était en 1983 lors des 2 concerts donnés le même soir car 1 seul concert ne suffisait pas pour la salle du casino de paris trop petite pour 1 seul concert, et bien naturellement j'étais présent aux 2 concerts de cette même soirée, que du bonheur même en rentrant très tard le soir voire même très tôt le lendemain matin chez moi.

[@Elaureana]

oui !! les concerts au Casino de Paris ont eu lieu le 26 (ils arrivaient de Lille où ils avaient joué la veille), et l'enregistrement à Davout s'est fait le lendemain, le 27

[@page_7177]

Hier stimmt wirklich alles! Mega!!! Love Saga❤

[@MarkLipka]

🎼🎵 *First time ever hearing this song or this band. The guitar solos are VERY good!* 🎸🎶🎵

[@berndm3015]

You missed a lot! :-)

[@tokoonline4558]

Where have you been🙈

[@tristanyoung3632]

First guitar solo 2:51-3:30...chills! In my opinion, Ian played this solo better here than on the record (not that I'm saying the record isn't good, of course it is; we're talking about Ian Crichton after all!). There's just a certain reverb on the guitar and a passion in there that transcends the record. I'm not a guitarist (I play drums and keyboards), but it's so well composed! To me, it's sort of a cross between the tone of Eddie van Halen and the emotion and passion of Alex Lifeson in one. Of course, Ian carves out his own spot in my list of guitar geniuses and has his own signature sound, it just that this solo makes me think of a van Halen/Lifeson hybrid!

[@Sonomaniaque]

Quels souvenirs! Je me souviens que j'étais scotché à la télé chaque semaine pour regarder cette émission qui a permis à beaucoup d'entre nous de découvrir des artistes boudés par la radio ou les émissions de variété classiques, comme Saga, ou Joe Jackson, et combien d'autres dont j'ai oublié le nom. Ca aurait été trop marrant de les voir chez Drucker ou Jacques Martin! Lol...

[@sheldonbazinga3985]

On peut toujours courir pour voir un tel groupe sur nos écrans de télé aujourd'hui!

[@marcelmaes5275]

Good finger excercise for the left hand at the synth.

[@lucgionest2656]

i saw saga in 1983 at the colisée of rimouski province of quebec canada ...a show i will always remember for the rest of my life ......sorry for my english

[@tristanyoung3632]

Must have been a great show! You have great English, no worries! 👍😊

[@tristanyoung3632]

Your English is great, what a beautiful memory for you! I visited Quebec City in 2016, would love to visit again soon. Regards, bonjour from Toronto! ✨👍🏼

[@robertadiaz314]

What a beautiful guitar solo. Great band. What a powerfull voice. Really love the guitar in this song. Is perfect.

[@patriciaarmas347]

l love that solo guitar so much. It's perfect

[@Marctull66]

and don't forget the keyboard solo that goes with it...

[@ELEcomments]

@@Marctull66 Rush are the masters of Drums, Saga are the masters of Keyboards.

[@kevincicero8352]

What I love about this band is their versatility. Notice Jim is playing keyboards at 4:06. At 4:13 Michael takes over on the Taurus pedals playing the bass part, giving Jim enough time to grab his bass and start playing. Pretty cool.

[@tristanyoung3632]

I've watched this clip so many times, but I never realized Michael had the Bass Pedals there! When he's singing the last chorus, Jim can be seen with the Bass walking past, and I always wondered, "so where's the Bass coming from?" Thanks for pointing that out! Incorporating multiple keyboardists is something I'm trying to establish myself in my group. We are very inspired by Saga, along with Dream Theater, Rush and Symphony X. Anyway, Saga really had a creative edge along with the other aforementioned three, IMO.

[@provenzanocalogero]

Groupe qui a eu énormément de succès en Allemagne dans les années 80. Très bon souvenir de leur concert à Mulhouse en 1981.......

[@patriciareichel3233]

SAGA beste Musik 🥰🥰🥰

[@mariogullette4795]

I'M A SAGA FAN FROM BACK IN THE VERY EARLY 1980'S AS A LITTLE BOY

[@peterdillon9778]

Saga opened for Jethro Tull in Rochester, NY in 1982. Great show!!

[@wickedmirage]

Sounds amazing

[@xpertbrewer]

I bet saga was better than jethro tull

[@lightmeupper]

Wow

[@janetmoore5645]

Ausome band all time 🤣💓 I use to jog to this band all the time. Don't be late. Always running behind schedule 😂 what happen to this great band's.

[@indy1936]

This is in this TV program that I discovered them and since I've been a big fan and they influenced my musical carrier a lot...

[@tristanyoung3632]

Next generation of Saga's legacy and influence shared, let's go! "Generation 14?" LOL 😆

[@kateyaartamerindien9603]

What an amazing voice one of the biggest

[@Marctull66]

I wish I had seen this show on the French TV at the time... Just when I became aware of this band, thanks to a metal radio show - with this song and maybe a couple of others, by the way. Still one of my 3 top favourite songs by Saga.... it's a masterpiece of accessible progressive rock. Michael Sadler has one of the most beautiful and most recognizable voices in rock music ! and he appears to be quite a good keyboard player too !

[@gwensciora8516]

mon dieu!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I LOVE THESE GUYS!!!!!!!!! I HAVE TRAVELED 10000 MILES TO SEE THEM IN THE PAST 2 YEARS... WUSB FM NY /WAXX TRAXX TO THE MAXX

[@ericgricourt1999]

je l'ai vu cette émission!!! sur FR3 et oui le pied à l'époque!!!

[@dougpinnick9279]

Quelle chance ! Michael Sadler est un super chanteur 🤘

[@scrumsie]

Steve Negus : King of "tchkatchikatchikatchikatchikatchikatchika..........

[@vorhangauf...]

Well noticed: SAGA played on stage exactly the sound from the record. That's magnificent. They had also the best live sound on stage. (often said) They have great dynamic in their music and a brilliant timing.

[@eirenefangerow6525]

Ich war auf dem Konzert, in Freiburg und die vorgruppe war Chris Rea damals ❤️❤️

[@schnuuuu]

Zum Glück nicht andersrum. :D

[@karlbaird2672]

An amazing band. Loved Saga!!

[@beatrizcasanovagiusti1845]

Vimos a Saga recientemente en Venezuela,, Ccs Todos feliz de decubrir que el tiempo mantiene igual al grupo canadiense ❤🎉

[@63evert]

They kill it live! Perfect!

[@aleksandarbozovic8166]

Super🇨🇦 !🇷🇸

[@angelodelacuesta3882]

Went 2 C them early 80s fantastic group sure miss the days of great music & great bands.

[@gerardofollano8417]

Love this song top notch musicians!!!

[@delfimbastos3680]

Magnífica banda e.... deslumbrante música...a minha juventude era demais em grandes bandas e grandes músicas!... saudades.

[@mauhdez3569]

OMG... 1st time i have seen this after all these years, it is a jewel in fact. thx 4 this lpost

[@DanielMRam]

Uno de los mejores grupos canadienses. Bravo

[@NihokSan]

this IS rock music !!

[@andistavros6776]

I was there as well doing FOH sound. They played great.

[@MadSevenVideos]

Andi Stavros did you work With the studio or With the band?

[@Elaureana]

Wow!! Thank you for posting this!! Had never seen it since it was broadcast on French TV in 1983!!!!! I was there in the studio, so I can tell for sure it wasn't in 1982 but 1983. It was recorded at Studio Davout in Paris on April 27, 1983 and broadcast on TV May 15, 1983. Awesome memories.

[@MadSevenVideos]

Merci pour l'info, j'aurai bien aimé être également dans le studio. Vous étiez au boulot ce jour là....

[@Elaureana]

non, même pas pour le boulot :) Je suis amie avec eux depuis toutes ces années, là, en avril, nous étions en Allemagne où ils viennent au moins une fois par an... La France, c'est devenu plus rare.

[@MadSevenVideos]

Amie avec Saga !!! Houlà..!Un de mes groupes favoris depuis de nombreuses années. Se souviennent t'ils de cet enregistrement? Il faut les convaincre de faire un concert à Paris...

[@Elaureana]

oh, ils s'en souviennent certainement, le nom de l'émission les avait fait beaucoup rire lol Ils m'ont encore dit qu'ils aimeraient rejouer en France mais ils ont peu de public ici. A Paris, je pense que ce serait difficile, mais peut-être un festival comme celui où ils ont joué en 2012, le Rock Knights Festival sur le plateau du Larzac. Tu as un compte facebook ?

[@MadSevenVideos]

oui facebook.com/stephane.bonnet1

[@kdkdkfkkdkfl2607]

Excelentes recuerdos, gracias por compartir, saludos desde Venezuela

[@scottdehaan5864]

gotta love that distortion at the end! perfect!

[@martinbosch8022]

... romantic song... classic.. 🎶👌💕

[@anselmovigil1840]

que magnífica banda

[@fabriceonoyan2562]

je me souviens aussi de la personne qui présentait l'émission l'écho des savane on the french tv et qui sélectionnait les titres de la musique de SAGA pendant le premier concert et qui était assis juste derrière moi car au casino de paris pour assister aux 2 concerts de cette même soirée ont étaient tous assis. J'ai peut être dû l'influencer dans ses choix en me retournant lors du premier concert tout en le reconnaissant et en lui lançant verbalement "celle-ci elle est bien". souvenir, souvenir.

[@MadSevenVideos]

Vincent Lamy, le présentateur de l'émission (un ancien musicien des groupes "odeurs" et " au bonheur des dames") avait toujours des vêtements très colorés. Je suis carrément étonné de le savoir au concert au casino de Paris pour choisir les morceaux , très pro... J'étais également à ce concert à l'étage . merci pour ces infos et merci pour le choix des chansons. J'ai également le souvenirs que ,lors de la présentation de Saga dans l'émission ,l'on voyait le groupe jouer " Careful where you step". c'était seulement un extrait (jim Gilmour portait un blouson blanc) mais je n'ai jamais vu le morceau en entier...

[@Elaureana]

pour info les garçons : je viens d'apprendre que cette année, leur tournée serait sans doute la dernière... (le groupe fête ses 40 ans de carrière). Alors si vous pouvez vous rendre en Allemagne ou en Hollande, profitez-en...

[@MadSevenVideos]

Aie bad news ...! Et en dehors de ces 2 pays pas de dates prévues en France...? Voyage à prévoir en Allemagne donc. (en 2015 je suis allé voir Rush à Toronto, c'était top) Un grand merci pour L'info

[@slypin03]

un excellent band Canadien. Je les ai vu quelques a Montreal...toujours de tres bon concert....tres talentueux comme musiciens

[@rolletc]

La voix de Michael Sadler est juste fabuleuse...

[@matju2]

There's a segment that sounds like this song somewhere in the middle of Future Crew's Second Reality (1993)

[@mariosuarez1137]

Me encanta este grupo

[@anselmovigil1840]

estas canciones de verdad me sumergen en el pasado

[@ingridw.bernal8926]

I WAS HORNY BECUASE OF THIS MAN WHEN I WAS 12

[@rosaguanda2146]

Amo este temazo 💕👏🤗

[@tyskerbarn5171]

that was an era....

[@andreazeidan3222]

Da kommen schöne Erinnerungen hoch an eine besonders schöne geile Zeit.weisst du noch Archie❤

[@davidjenson1570]

It was really cool to watch this old stuff, and the song is really cool, too. But, man. The clothes they wore back then. lol

[@sarge6870]

Well junior, that was the "In" thing back then! A LOT better than some of the shit they (almost don't wear) today!

[@davidjenson1570]

@@sarge6870 You must be old. 😁

[@sarge6870]

@@davidjenson1570 Yep, 58 but remember, you won't be 10 all your life!!

[@davidjenson1570]

@@sarge6870 Thanks for the advice, old man. 😁

[@jo-lynnhodgson6363]

@@davidjenson1570 Nothing wrong with being old, we were young at the right time for great music.

[@fabriziopaoli5958]

Bravi

[@GVike]

Notice the guitar change, guys?

[@zibbybone]

That look on Ian's face at 6:00 like he knows the VHS tape is going to mess up :)

[@sting64az]

Typical issues of that format of when it happens it happens...

[@mightyV444]

Also interesting how he's playing a different guitar during the instrumental part at the end!

[@jimilove7773]

Brilliant1

[@sting64az]

Gotta love that Super Beta!.

[@byronbranisel7937]

Merci beucoupEst IL tres magnifique leve las man's toute le monde je suis Jean bracicelle .

[@edguielebron2748]

Unos mejores baterías de rock de 80 electrica y acustica.

[@Innuband]

Amazing song and band! Gilmour at his best!

[@fabriziopaoli5958]

Bravissimi

[@Miguelrl]

👊👊

[@eduardotapia9252]

Aquí estamos

[@Sven5on64]

❤

[@fabricegrard1001]

steve negus THE giant

[@fe1167]

👌👌👌💜👌👌👌

[@sarge6870]

So many great rock bands from back in my day that got over-looked just to give way to Rap & R&B to get into the "ROCK & ROLL" Hall of Fame!! What a fuckin' joke the Hall of Fame became...more like the "Hall of SHAME"!!

[@jeanluchenry9201]

in transit

[@gwensciora8516]

OH LALALAAA :) WUSB.FM NY - WAXX TRAXX TO THE MAXX

[@shootingstar7793]

At 2:31 you can see Luke Skywalker playing guitar.

[@dominicraymond3238]

0 dislikes! Nice!

[@jctbluebike]

Michael stole Joe Lynn Turner’s shirt!

[@inversion66]

Shirts like that were all over the place at the time.

[@iqosuser2754]

I think these dudes where Canadian ?

[@laurenjohnston3390]

talent much?

[@user-xf4yn2wp2w]

Охуенно!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@cv507]

1:20 önöhh deäre sägäzickies pläg n Räedtt vv kiff ähmäzönnce brässär v v a splitt in mehtrickce... növv we häs vv sägäce xD

[@Quad8track]

Oh no! He shaved his porn 'stache!

[@thomasbln1041]

my wild time with acid, 40 years ago and i still love saga

[@Fraevo10]

Tryna sound all progressive n stuff for all the stoners who like that shit. 🥸 Needs more bass guitar but good stuff