Top Ten John Wetton songs out of KC & Asia
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Topic: Top Ten John Wetton songs out of KC & Asia
Posted By: Dellinger
Subject: Top Ten John Wetton songs out of KC & Asia
Date Posted: August 16 2020 at 13:11
| I know little of the songs he has sung outside of King Crimson and Asia, so which would be the best 10 songs he has sung? Either as a solo artist, or as a part of another band, or as an invited artist... or even the covers he has done on some of the tribute projects around? |
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Posted By: Cristi
Date Posted: August 16 2020 at 14:04
| just go and listen to the two UK albums. |
Posted By: cstack3
Date Posted: August 16 2020 at 15:47
Agreed. This is also one of my favorite Genesis songs, and John did a very fine job! ------------- I am not a Robot, I'm a FREE MAN!! |
Cristi wrote:Posted By: Cactus Choir
Date Posted: August 16 2020 at 16:48
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I like St Peter on the Mogul Thrash album. ------------- "And now...on the drums...Mick Underwooooooooood!!!" "He's up the pub" |
Posted By: verslibre
Date Posted: August 16 2020 at 17:35
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Posted By: Dellinger
Date Posted: August 16 2020 at 20:27
OK, I guess I should try to do this poll again some time later without the asking the list without UK too... I do know those albums, and actually I don't really like them so much. 
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Posted By: Dellinger
Date Posted: August 16 2020 at 20:35
I do know this one, and it's nice hearing a different aproach to the singing (since I have never been particularly a fan of Gabriel's singing... and Wetton, well it depends, sometimes he's great, sometimes I can't stand him). With Genesis songs, Wetton usually sounds warmer and gives a nice change to the sound of the singing. Yet, I want to get the version from Genesis Revisited live with Wetton, in which I believe Hackett is more faithful to the original song, for though the changes on this one are interesting, in the end the original way of playing it is more enjoyable to me. Also, from the Genesis songs sung by Wetton, for me the highlight is Watcher of the Skies, from Tokyo Tapes too, for though I never really warmed up to the original, it changed just enough on Wetton's version to make me really like it a lot. |
Posted By: Dellinger
Date Posted: August 17 2020 at 00:10
| Still think UK isn't quiet for me, but I did enjoy the Nothing to Lose song. |
Posted By: Frenetic Zetetic
Date Posted: August 17 2020 at 00:34
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KC and UK Wetton rules; I don't listen to Asia! ------------- "I am so prog, I listen to concept albums on shuffle." -KMac2021 |
Posted By: Cristi
Date Posted: August 17 2020 at 01:15
| He played bass on two Uriah Heep albums and sang on one song One Way or Another. Pretty good song. |
Posted By: Hrychu
Date Posted: August 17 2020 at 07:25
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Check out No Return by Duncan Mackay. ------------- Bez pierdolenia sygnał zerwie, to w realia wychodź w hełmie! |
Posted By: Dellinger
Date Posted: August 19 2020 at 23:36
| So Wetton's solo stuff is so bad, or uninspired, it's not even worth mentioning? I actually sort of expected it, anyway, being I guess mostly pop, but I still wanted to see if there was some gem I might have been missing. The one I ended up finding that I did like well enough was I Can't Lie Anymore, though totally pop indeed. |
Posted By: BarryGlibb
Date Posted: August 21 2020 at 00:55
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He only sang on one song on his short sojourn with Wishbone Ash on his only album with the band i.e. Number The Brave. The song is That's That and Wetton also penned it. I love it. Bad mistake Andy Powell and Laurie Wisefield not giving Wetton significant input into Wishbone Ash; it might have just kept Wishbone Ash credible; they stooped into DSR (Dumb Sh** Rock) for the 2 albums following Number The Brave). Wetton was so disgruntled with how he was treated in Wishbone Ash that he left and formed Asia.........and the rest is history. Here's That's That |
Posted By: Steve Wyzard
Date Posted: September 23 2020 at 13:01
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I would recommend 3 albums: 1) Battle Lines - by far his most inspired solo album. Very much like Asia, but with a Fripp guest appearance. 2) Akustika: Live in Amerika - his solo live show on piano and acoustic guitar, covering his whole career. 3) Wetton & Manzanera - very pop, but a whole lotta fun, with Alan White on drums (admittedly a guilty pleasure of mine).
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Posted By: Dellinger
Date Posted: September 24 2020 at 13:49
| Nice, thanks, I should be checking those ones out. |
Posted By: Rednight
Date Posted: September 30 2020 at 08:40
------------- "It just has none of the qualities of your work that I find interesting. Abandon [?] it." - Eno |