Asia - Classic Prog Supergroup

Big Ears · 09-22-2014, 02:46 AM

I posted a lengthy reply to this thread, but it turned into a rant on the origins of Asia and in defence of Love Beach, so I decided against.

Key · 09-22-2014, 11:26 AM

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Originally Posted by Big Ears

in defence of Love Beach, so I decided against.

Someone defending Love Beach? Is that possible?

Zombeels · 09-23-2014, 08:58 AM

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Originally Posted by Unknown Soldier

Third Stage is almost equally as good.

Wow, are you ever wrong about this. In fact the extent of your wrongness is beyond any scope of measurement ever produced.

Big Ears · 09-23-2014, 09:05 AM

Don't Look Back is pretty good.

Key · 09-23-2014, 10:05 AM

Funny thing is, I actually came to the conclusion that XXX is definitely one of the worst Asia albums ever recorded.

Trollheart · 09-23-2014, 11:21 AM

Anyone heard "Gravitas" yet?

Big Ears · 09-23-2014, 12:23 PM

I liked the songs on Thirty, but they lacked instrumental oomph. Gravitas is more of the same.

Trollheart · 09-23-2014, 01:23 PM

I already made my opinion of "XXX" clear (let's just say, apt title!) and have heard a few songs from "Gravitas" on my playlists. Sounds ok but no "Aura" or even "Omega"...

Trollheart · 09-23-2014, 01:29 PM

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Originally Posted by Zombeels

Wow, are you ever wrong about this. In fact the extent of your wrongness is beyond any scope of measurement ever produced.

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Originally Posted by Big Ears

Don't Look Back is pretty good.

Are these two posts in the wrong thread? That's Boston, not Asia. Thousands of miles apart, and one's a city while one's a continent...

I don't know what US is saying "Third Stage" is as good as, but if it's the debut I would disagree, though only slightly --- second best of all Boston albums.

Now please go to the Boston thread with this, me included...

Chula Vista · 10-17-2014, 07:31 PM

Asia and GTR are both equally bad IMO. Bunch of classic prog-rock artists playing lots of 4/4 poppy synth rock and trying to jump on the MTV bandwagon.

Ugh.

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Big Ears Music Addict Join Date: Apr 2012 Location: Hampshire, England Posts: 434	I liked the songs on Thirty, but they lacked instrumental oomph. Gravitas is more of the same. __________________ My Journal: Rabbiting On

09-23-2014, 01:23 PM	#58 (permalink)
Trollheart Born to be mild Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: 404 Not Found Posts: 26,970	I already made my opinion of "XXX" clear (let's just say, apt title!) and have heard a few songs from "Gravitas" on my playlists. Sounds ok but no "Aura" or even "Omega"... __________________ Trollheart: Signature-free since April 2018

09-23-2014, 10:05 AM	#55 (permalink)
Key . Join Date: Dec 2010 Posts: 13,153	Funny thing is, I actually came to the conclusion that XXX is definitely one of the worst Asia albums ever recorded.

10-17-2014, 07:31 PM	#60 (permalink)
Chula Vista Toasted Poster Join Date: Oct 2014 Location: SoCal by way of Boston Posts: 11,332	Asia and GTR are both equally bad IMO. Bunch of classic prog-rock artists playing lots of 4/4 poppy synth rock and trying to jump on the MTV bandwagon. Ugh. __________________ “The fact that we live at the bottom of a deep gravity well, on the surface of a gas covered planet going around a nuclear fireball 90 million miles away and think this to be normal is obviously some indication of how skewed our perspective tends to be.”