Old Enough to Forget

Before I put the record on, I figured I'd jot down what I remembered from the album. It's been a long time since I've given this a proper listen. First thing to disclose is I am still a big SAGA fan after all these years. Back in 1989, when GNP dropped, I bought it right away because both Steve Negus (drums) and Jim Gilmour (keyboards) were involved - they were the G and N in GNP. The video for "How Many Times" actually got quite a lot of play on YTV Rocks, which was hosted at the time by Laurie Hibberd, and they even had an interview with Steve, who talked about the album. I don't remember much about the interview, but he seemed pretty happy, and there were high hopes the album would do well. I did like the single, and I had high hopes for the album too. As much as I wanted to like the album, as a whole it never really seemed to gel for me. In addition to "How Many Times," I made an effort to like "Safety Zone" as I put it on a few mixtape...

I remember seeing a SAGA button on some cool kid's jean jacket when I was in high school. I didn't know what kind of music it was, but I assumed it was heavy metal or something, as I figured that's what all the jean jacket-wearing cool kids were listening to back then. Apparently, it wasn't metal - but it was cool. Real cool. I did eventually find that button too. It's in a box in the basement, and I need to find it. Back in the early '80s, premium movie channels were starting to be a thing, and where I lived I think it was called First Choice or something. It doesn't matter, but I was trying to remember because I thought it might enhance the story - sadly, it was just more meandering rambling gibberish. Anyway, on the channel guide I saw a listing for a music special by SAGA - Live in Montreal - or something very close to that. I had a large ghetto blaster I could hook up to the TV connection for stereo sound, and I got some tapes ready. I was going to rec...