Asia: John Wetton or John Payne era?

Trollheart · 07-01-2017, 11:20 AM

I'm only offering options to vote for one or the other, or that you have no preference: if you don't care about Asia then don't vote and nobody's forcing you to contribute. I know a lot of people hate this band and that's fine, but for those who credit them, which lineup do you prefer? To remind anyone who doesn't know, and wants to, here's how it stacks up:

John Wetton

1982-1990 then 2008-2014
Asia, Alpha, Astra, Then and Now
Phoenix, Omega, XXX, Gravitas

John Payne

1992-2004
Aqua, Aria, Arena, Aura, Silent Nation

I personally love Wetton's voice (love both of them) but I feel Asia really released their best work under Payne's leadership. Aqua, Aria, Arena and Aura are among my favourite Asia albums, and while I do rate the debut highly and like Alpha, I recognise that the latter is mostly a collection of banal love songs, whereas with later albums they got into deeper, more interesting topics. Their music also got tighter, I feel, with the addition of Al Pitrelli and later Elliot Randall on guitar, and Payne definitely added a new dimension to their songwriting, which had, up to the release of Astra, I feel, become quite stale.

Blank. · 07-01-2017, 12:39 PM

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The Batlord · 07-01-2017, 12:54 PM

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Blank. · 07-01-2017, 12:57 PM

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Originally Posted by The Batlord

Pretty sure you have to have a bitch on lock to be a cuck.

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The Batlord · 07-01-2017, 12:59 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by 1blankmind

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Trollheart · 07-01-2017, 03:54 PM

Have your cuck discussion elsewhere, you ****s.

The Batlord · 07-01-2017, 04:11 PM

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Originally Posted by Trollheart

Have your cuck discussion elsewhere, you ****s.

Suck my cuck.

OccultHawk · 07-01-2017, 04:12 PM

It's amazing a band could have Steve Howe and still be so bad. The vocals and their desperate attempts at melody are ****ing cringeworthy. They went from very bad to horrible so I'll go with the original loser.

View Poll Results: John Wetton or John Payne?
John Wetton	1	50.00%
John Payne	1	50.00%
I have no preference; I like both eras	0	0%
Voters: 2. You may not vote on this poll

07-01-2017, 11:20 AM	#1 (permalink)
Trollheart Born to be mild Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: 404 Not Found Posts: 26,992	Asia: John Wetton or John Payne era? I'm only offering options to vote for one or the other, or that you have no preference: if you don't care about Asia then don't vote and nobody's forcing you to contribute. I know a lot of people hate this band and that's fine, but for those who credit them, which lineup do you prefer? To remind anyone who doesn't know, and wants to, here's how it stacks up: John Wetton 1982-1990 then 2008-2014 Asia, Alpha, Astra, Then and Now Phoenix, Omega, XXX, Gravitas John Payne 1992-2004 Aqua, Aria, Arena, Aura, Silent Nation I personally love Wetton's voice (love both of them) but I feel Asia really released their best work under Payne's leadership. Aqua, Aria, Arena and Aura are among my favourite Asia albums, and while I do rate the debut highly and like Alpha, I recognise that the latter is mostly a collection of banal love songs, whereas with later albums they got into deeper, more interesting topics. Their music also got tighter, I feel, with the addition of Al Pitrelli and later Elliot Randall on guitar, and Payne definitely added a new dimension to their songwriting, which had, up to the release of Astra, I feel, become quite stale. __________________ Trollheart: Signature-free since April 2018

07-01-2017, 03:54 PM	#6 (permalink)
Trollheart Born to be mild Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: 404 Not Found Posts: 26,992	Have your cuck discussion elsewhere, you ***s. __________________ Trollheart: Signature-free since April 2018*

07-01-2017, 04:12 PM	#8 (permalink)
OccultHawk one-balled nipple jockey Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: Dirty Souf Biatch Posts: 22,006	It's amazing a band could have Steve Howe and still be so bad. The vocals and their desperate attempts at melody are ****ing cringeworthy. They went from very bad to horrible so I'll go with the original loser. __________________ 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 Member of the Year & Journal of the Year Champion Behold the Writing of THE LEGEND: https://www.musicbanter.com/members-...p-lighter.html

07-01-2017, 12:39 PM	#2 (permalink)
Blank. Jacob Sartorius Join Date: May 2016 Location: Dank memes Posts: 4,033	Lol. It says Batlord is a cuck on 10 pages. I'm starting to think Batlord is a cuck.