Asia....rising from the rubble of prog rock??

The Miracle wrote: Asia *are* the rubble of prog rock...

yanch wrote: The Miracle wrote: Asia *are* the rubble of prog rock... Absolutely. Never liked them. I had such high expectations given the line up and the bands these guys came from, but the music, for me, was bland formulaic, corporate rock. I don't begrudge them making money, but to put out that music given that talent was a waste. I wouldn't put them in a top 10 of supergroups. Bands like UK, Transatlantic, Liquid Tension Experiment, Cream are your true supergroups.

I'm on the side of Asia being the rubble rather than rising from it.  It was the heat of the vomit...  I kept following the old greats as they descended into commercialitis, but then I just lost interest.

Asia were full of awe and vice versa (mostly).

yanch wrote: The Miracle wrote: Asia *are* the rubble of prog rock... Absolutely. Never liked them. I had such high expectations given the line up and the bands these guys came from, but the music, for me, was bland formulaic, corporate rock. I don't begrudge them making money, but to put out that music given that talent was a waste. I wouldn't put them in a top 10 of supergroups. Bands like UK, Transatlantic, Liquid Tension Experiment, Cream are your true supergroups.

Edited by Snow Dog - November 24 2011 at 05:57

Slartibartfast wrote: Snow Dog wrote: yanch wrote: The Miracle wrote: Asia *are* the rubble of prog rock... Absolutely. Never liked them. I had such high expectations given the line up and the bands these guys came from, but the music, for me, was bland formulaic, corporate rock. I don't begrudge them making money, but to put out that music given that talent was a waste. I wouldn't put them in a top 10 of supergroups. Bands like UK, Transatlantic, Liquid Tension Experiment, Cream are your true supergroups. Being a band that you like is not part of the definition. Asia is also a "true" supergroup. In fact more of a true supergroup than Transatlantic or LTE as the musicians in Asia were actually famous. They were a true prog supergroup, that there was really little prog going on there was really disappointing to me at the time when they formed.

Moogtron III wrote: I like the first Asia album enormously, but only that album. The rest I don't care for. Asia are for me only a supergroup in the sense that it was a band that had been formed by musicians that were already well known. Like ELP, Transatlantic, and outside prog: Blind Faith. For me it says nothing about the qualities of the music. Of course, record companies might like to make you believe that big names means big music, but it doesn't always work that way. So I would like to avoid the word supergroup myself: it's confusing.

I think the all star concept in jazz is more relevant than 'supergroups' in rock.   Barring ELP and UK, supergroups have rarely done anything I found amazing. I guess you could sort of call National Health a supergroup and they were very good too.

one of the worse bands ever.

I did find Asia to be rather a dissapointment, and really would have liked them to do something else. The music doesn't really bother me, and they have a few songs I really like a lot, but indeed I would have liked to listen to a true prog masterpiece from them. However, the one song that came close enough to prog for me is "Parallel Worlds / Deja / Vortex"... or something like that, from Phoenix... I might say I'm glad Asia existed only because of that song (well, it's actually a good pop song followed by a great instrumental passage, but that was good enough for me, I really love that song).

lucas wrote: CPicard wrote: lucas wrote: one of the worse bands ever. /thread] I guess? Anyway, having listened to... What, two albums? Well, I never could get through two albums. Goodly recorded, but not my cup of tea. re-phrasing my opinion : Asia is one of the worst bands ever.

Unless restating is rephrasing you have just repeated yourself.