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siLLy puPPy 
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I'm surprised there's more discussion about Asia than Wobbler right now
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A Crimson Mellotron
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Posted: October 24 2020 at 08:07 |
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Because of the missing original singer/band leader factor... happens quite often.
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Cristi
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Posted: October 24 2020 at 08:11 |
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But he is just as good a singer as Wetton and a good songwriter.
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Posted: October 24 2020 at 09:32 |
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Tell this to the people who neglect this era of Asia. (I personally do not care about this band, soo...)
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Cristi
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Posted: October 24 2020 at 09:37 |
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I thought I just did.
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Cristi
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Posted: October 24 2020 at 09:38 |
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controversial bands/albums/topics always get more discussion, obviously.
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A Crimson Mellotron
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Posted: October 24 2020 at 09:44 |
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Yes! And thank god (Who?) they do!
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Posted: October 24 2020 at 09:50 |
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Well..I don't own a single Asia album....and proud of it.
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Posted: October 24 2020 at 10:02 |
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"It just has none of the qualities of your work that I find interesting. Abandon [?] it." - Eno
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Cristi
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Posted: October 27 2020 at 02:03 |
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so the new Wobbler has been in the "most popular album (last 24h)" spot for the last 4 days and it's perfectly fine. Not a glitch? A malfunction? No wondering?
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Posted: October 30 2020 at 13:41 |
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This thread prompted me to look at the Asia Wikipedia page. This caught my eye - "... in 1990... Pat Thrall joined Downes, Palmer and Wetton on tour and they performed classic material, including King Crimson and U.K. songs." Anyone know what KC and UK songs these might have been? Going down the rabbit hole... Listening to Wetton/Manzanera now.
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Posted: October 30 2020 at 13:49 |
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I have a 1990 concert in Moscow that has Starless and Book of Saturday on it. I don't know about UK. I have John Wetton live concerts that have Rendezvous 6:02 and In the Dead of the Night, but those were solo, not Asia.
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Posted: October 30 2020 at 16:46 |
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You should be ashamed! Asia was the best band ever Sorry it was the heat of the moment that made me type this
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Posted: October 30 2020 at 17:55 |
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only 2 songs worth a listen, Don,t Cry and The smile has left your eyes.
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I love the entire first side. The Heat Goes On is the best song for me.
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Posted: October 30 2020 at 18:25 |
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I think the entire Alpha album is very good. Some songs are better than others but nothing is bad. Even the bonus track from the original cassette tape "daylight" was very good. The one thing about the album though is that it's kind of depressing. Many of the songs are about lost love or a breakup or something and are a bit of a downer lyrically. It's still very good though even though it's in an even more pop oriented direction than the debut(although it didn't do as well).
Favorite songs: Don't cry The smile has left your eyes My own time The heat goes on Eye to Eye The last to know Open Your Eyes Edited by AFlowerKingCrimson - October 30 2020 at 18:53 |
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I saw where someone posted online that they thought Astra was proto prog metal. Does anyone on here agree with that?
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Cristi
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Posted: October 31 2020 at 12:15 |
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here on PA? I haven't seen that. No, nothing remotely metal in Asia's music. Some melodic hard rock at times.
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Posted: November 05 2020 at 20:10 |
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No, on on a youtube post for one of the songs from that album(I don't remember which one but possibly "too late"). Maybe you should listen to the Astra album. It's definitely metal or metallish at the very least imo. The first two aren't even really hard rock. Just regular rock with mild prog tendencies.
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Cristi
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Posted: November 06 2020 at 02:28 |
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I know the Astra album. I don't hear metal in Astra.  |
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