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Asia
Video Killed the Radio Star
(concert, 2007, Tokyo)

Pictures came and broke your heart
Put the blame on VTR

_________
VTR, video tape recorder

Original song by the Buggles
(Trevor Horn and Geoff Downes),
1979 and opening MTV in 1981.

Asia: John Wetton, Steve Howe, Geoff Downes, Carl Palmer

[set for 01:12:13]
<https://youtu.be/hytNsWdL6BM?t=4333>

#Asia
#CarlPalmer
#FridayMusic
#GeoffDownes
#JohnWetton
#MTV
#SteveHowe
#TheBuggles

"Heat of the Moment" is the first single released by English #progressiveRock #supergroup #Asia from their 1982 eponymous debut album. It was written by singer and bass guitarist #JohnWetton and keyboardist #GeoffDownes. It was named by Lee Zimmerman of #Paste as Asia's #signatureSong.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ixxrew2TLAM

Asia, In the Court of the Crimson King
Tokyo, 2007

Originally by King Crimson (1969), where later John Wetton (bass, vocals) was a member (a few years before Asia).

<https://youtu.be/Z9eFKPQxXXw>

#Asia
#JohnWetton
#KingCrimson
#ProgressiveRock

Uriah Heep, Return to Fantasy (June 1975)

"Moonlight night
After moonlight night
Side by side
They will see us ride
But if they care to look,
Then they will see
It's our return to fantasy..."

#FiftiethAnniversary
#JohnWetton
#TheyDontMakeThemAnyMore

<https://youtu.be/U-3rL62t0hs>

Starless ( King Crimson) Arranged for guitar solo Giovanni Monoscalco

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X6rrWYlNChs

#KingCrimson #RobertFripp #JohnWetton #BillBruford

"Heat of the Moment" is the first single released by English #progressiveRock #supergroup #Asia from their 1982 eponymous debut album. It was written by singer and bass guitarist #JohnWetton and keyboardist #GeoffDownes. It was named by Lee Zimmerman of #Paste as Asia's #signatureSong.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lCALGlGuVUA

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#BraveWords
Today In Metal History 🤘 July 12th, 2024🤘 AMORPHIS, KISS, DREAM THEATER, WITHIN TEMPTATION, DESTRUCTION

https://bravewords.com/news/today-in-metal-history-july-12th-2024-amorphis-kiss-dream-theater-within-temptation-destruction

#Amorphis #Kiss #DreamTheater #WithinTemptation #Destruction #EricCarr #JohnWetton #SharonDenAdel #JohnPetrucci

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#louder
“If there’s a message it’s live every day as if it’s your last. I went through a very sticky patch… The freedom of not being enslaved by addiction is marvellous”: John Wetton’s return from the darkness

https://www.loudersound.com/features/john-wetton-alcohol-addiction-raised-in-captivity

#JohnWetton #alcoholaddiction #musicindustry #struggles #challenges #addiction #rockstar #darksideofcelebrity #support #recovery #mentalhealth #sobriety #musicianlife #substanceabuse #personaljourney

7 years without the legendary singer and multi-instrumentalist John Wetton (Asia, King Crimson and more).

He sadly left us back in January 31, 2017 at the age of 67.

#johnwetton #asia #kingcrimson #rock #rockandroll #rocknroll #classicrock #prog #progrock #progressiverock #music

#NowPlaying U. K. 1978
#prog #EddieJobson #JohnWetton #AllanHoldsworth #BillBruford

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#Boing
Robert Fripp's touching remembrance of King Crimson bassist John Wetton | Boing Boing
Last October, at an event at The Magic Bag in Ferndale, Michigan, Robert Fripp was asked how he and bassist John Wetton (King Crimson, Uriah Heap, Asia, U.K., Roxy Music) met and how did John come …

https://boingboing.net/2023/04/09/robert-fripps-touching-remembrance-of-king-crimson-bassist-john-wetton.html

#RobertFripp #JohnWetton #KingCrimson #Tribute #Legend #ForeverInOurHearts #JohnWettonRIP #RIPJohnWetton #MusicHistory