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General => General Music Discussion => Topic started by: Tomislav95 on January 31, 2017, 04:48:22 AM
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Just saw it on Asia's official Facebook site. He passed away after a battle with cancer :( I loved his work in KC and Asia.
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Fuuuuuckk. :'(
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No way... I knew he wasn't well because I recalled reading he had t take a break from performing, but I had no idea it was s erious. :(
RIP John...
-Marc.
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Damn, RIP mate. Is it really gonna be another year like this. :'(
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For fucks sake! He was a really fantastic musician and an integral part of some of the best records King Crimson produced. R.I.P.
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Chris Squire 19 months ago, Greg Lake last month, and now John. Cancer is a bitch...
I'll be listening to some King Crimson, Asia, and UK this week in his memory. Ugh... :'(
-Marc.
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Some guy on Spotify has a list of Asia, ELP, King Crimson, and Yes. I just started listening to it.
RIP, Mr. Wetton. You were a rare talent.
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I thought he had an awesome voice. I mean I only know his work from the Asia debut but that's what I remember about those songs.
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R.I.P.
I really enjoy his voice on the various projects/bands he was involved with.
Damn, RIP mate. Is it really gonna be another year like this. :'(
Unfortunately, I don't think it will stop :-\
This is the reality of reaching the risk age of 65 years and beyond. Many people die around their 70's, especially people who smoke and drink on a frequent basis (not saying that is the case here though!). (late) 60's, 70's, then the 80's etc. We have reached a point where the pop/rock legends that were young enough to be featured in modern media are dying.
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Damn, I checked out Larks' Tongues a while ago and it's a pretty cool album. RIP
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Dammit.
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Big fan. That first Asia album kicked my ass all over 1982, and I liked the second one even better. Then I got into his work with Crimson, and that is in fact my favorite era of the band.
I'm a big fan of that warm, I guess it's a tenor sound of his voice (and Greg Lake's). I saw him with Asia (on Howe's last tour with the band) and his solo spot of "The Smile Has Left Your Eyes" was stellar. STELLAR.
This is our new reality, unfortunately, and I can't lie and say I didn't see this coming when he had to pull out of Mike's cruise in a few weeks.
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Sad news. RIP.
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Goddammit.
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Just woke up to this news. I feel a bit gutted, since it was Red that got me into King Crimson a few years back. Wetton's performance on that album definitely played a part in that.
I'm listening to "Starless" right now in tribute to him.
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Just woke up to this news. I feel a bit gutted, since it was Red that got me into King Crimson a few years back. Wetton's performance on that album definitely played a part in that.
I'm listening to "Starless" right now in tribute to him.
Also listening to Starless. My favorite KC lineup, my favorite bass player... He even surpassed Geddy Lee in terms of being most influential in my own playing.
This just makes me sad.
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After reading this news, all I can think of is Mangini is lucky he got to play with him in the final UK tour.
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R.I.P John
2017 is going to be just as bad as 2016, isn't it? :(
Gonna listen some Asia from Spotify, later today.
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this stinks.
Asia was my first "prog" album.
RIP.
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"Tomorrow The World" is my favorite Asia song, and it's the first thing I listened to when I heard the news. I loved John Wetton's voice in both Asia and King Crimson. Red's one of my favorite albums ever. Rest in peace.
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Such a great guy. One of my biggest musical inspirations. I'll be listening to Asia and KC all night. RIP...
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Just woke up to this news. I feel a bit gutted, since it was Red that got me into King Crimson a few years back. Wetton's performance on that album definitely played a part in that.
I'm listening to "Starless" right now in tribute to him.
I'm listening to Fallen Angel.
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His bass work on Red is skull crushingly heavy, love it. Great tone and playing. R.I.P. to this awesome musician
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Dammit.
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I thought he had an awesome voice. I mean I only know his work from the Asia debut but that's what I remember about those songs.
Surprised you'd heard of him :biggrin:
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When I woke up this morning and saw it, I had been awakened by nature's call. After reading about it, I couldn't fall back asleep right away, so I put on a playlist of Asia's first three albums, which was good to fall back asleep to and hear waking back up a couple of hours later.
Now at work, i've got UK spinning on my work computer. I will miss this man's vocal and bass talents a whole lot. Gonna have to spin some King Crimson when I get home tonight, and perhaps Ayreon's The Theory Of Everything, on which he was one of the highlights of the whole album.
I can't begin to imagine how Billy Sherwood must feel at this point, considering he was the fill-in for John for, at least, the first part of Asia's 2017 tour dates. I wonder how fans will feel, considering Asia was still 3/4ths of the original band, but now down to half. Not a slight against Billy, by any means, but I know a lot of fans were hoping John would get better so that he could perform with Asia this year.
I wonder if there will be a tribute on Cruise To The Edge this year? For both John and Greg...
-Marc.
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His work with King crimson was god tier stuff. RIP
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I thought he had an awesome voice. I mean I only know his work from the Asia debut but that's what I remember about those songs.
Surprised you'd heard of him :biggrin:
;D
Asia was pretty big when I was a kid. But had it not been for them, I wouldn't have a clue.
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Damn good bass player and a great, underrated singer.
R.I.P.
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Really sad. R.I.P. :(
Listening to Starless and Bible Black right now.
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Fuck Cancer!
RIP John Wetton
Not much I can say that others haven't already posted. Superb body of work over many years.
Terrific singer and a terrific bass player. Responsible for an album that has been in my top 5 of all time (Alpha) since it was released and a top 5 track for me as well (Open Your Eyes). The soundtrack to one of the best years of my life.
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^^^ NICE! I thought I was the only one that really loved Alpha. I even said above, that the debut was iconic, but I go for Alpha more. Open Your Eyes. Midnight Sun. The Last To Know. The melodies on that record are just KILLER.
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Agree completely Stadler. Wetton/Downes really worked as a songwriting partnership. While the debut is also a five star album for me and certainly the one that most cite as their highpoint, everything about Alpha is more to my taste. The production, Downes keyboards, the overall mix, Howe's guitar (I'm a massive fan of Howe and his work Open Your Eyes is amongst my favourite), Palmer's drumming and not to mention Wetton himself.
Anyone not familiar with Open your Eyes, this is alive version. It does feature the short lived Lake (RIP), Howe, Downes, Palmer version of the band though. The section from 4.30 onwards, essentially defines 80s stadium rock as far as I'm concerned. It doesn't get better than this. Having said that, I actually prefer the studio version with Wetton. I've posted the link for that as well for those not familiar with it.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5nCCEHQsXlA
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p5ZS_xY64R0
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^^^ NICE! I thought I was the only one that really loved Alpha. I even said above, that the debut was iconic, but I go for Alpha more. Open Your Eyes. Midnight Sun. The Last To Know. The melodies on that record are just KILLER.
I love those first three records about equally though there's a "brightness" for lack of a better word on Alpha that's not on the others.
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I remember really liking "Never In A Million Years", "The Heat Goes On" and "Eye To Eye". I'll have to give the old Asia stuff another spin sometime. I usually stick to their post reunion-with-Wetton stuff from the 2000s and on. It's really strong stuff for a comeback like that.
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I remember really liking "Never In A Million Years", "The Heat Goes On" and "Eye To Eye". I'll have to give the old Asia stuff another spin sometime. I usually stick to their post reunion-with-Wetton stuff from the 2000s and on. It's really strong stuff for a comeback like that.
Their first two albums are gold, although I do prefer a lot of the post-reunion stuff. Even their last album, Gravitas (despite the lack of Howe on guitar), is bloody fantastic. Sam Coulson is a great guitarist, and John's vocals were great on that album.
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Yes dedicated Heat Of The Moment to John Wetton, on Cruise To The Edge three days ago.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wq0Ga4ChyJM
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When you consider how big a hits Heat of the Moment and Owner of a Lonely Heart were in the early 80s, the current version of Yes ought to just play Heat of the Moment live, since two current Yes members played on that originally, while none of them played on the original Owner of a Lonely Heart. :lol :lol
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When you consider how big a hits Heat of the Moment and Owner of a Lonely Heart were in the early 80s, the current version of Yes ought to just play Heat of the Moment live, since two current Yes members played on that originally, while none of them played on the original Owner of a Lonely Heart. :lol :lol
True, especially more so when you consider that Billy Sherwood is now playing bass for BOTH bands.
-Mar.
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I listened to King Crimson's U.S.A. again. It felt good. John Wetton was such a fucking beast on both bass and vocals.
One of my favorite live albums of all time.
OF ALL TIME!!
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Watching the Grammy's last night, and as the "In Memorium" came up, I make a sort of atypical snide comment to my wife about how there would be no mention of Squire, Wetton, Emerson, or Lake, but by gosh by golly we'll see the record execs named! And she was contrite and said "well, didn't Squire die the year before? (He did) And didn't the Asia guy just die? I don't know the other two, but.." and as she's talking, the third mention: "Keith Emerson and Greg Lake", and the fourth mention: "John Wetton". I stand corrected.
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Billy Sherwood is now playing bass for BOTH bands.
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That's the most sobering sentence I've seen today.
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Billy Sherwood is now playing bass for BOTH bands.
-Mar.
That's the most sobering sentence I've seen today.
I know. Honestly, with Billy at the helm, there should just be a massive Yes/Asia/Circa tour. I think a lot of yesfans might get a kick out of that, and it could provide some great variations on each band's music played by various musicians.
Either way, it'll be interesting to see where Yes and Asia go from here.
-Marc.