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I'd love to see the original lineup (with Steve Howe) myself, although I always thought Asia was a bit overly commercial. The short song format and dependence on the hook doesn't really show any of these fine musicians in their best light, but after having served in such powerhouse bands as Yes and Emerson, Lake, and Palmer; perhaps they felt the time had come to make some serious money with their talent. Never will I forget seeing Emerson, Lake, and Palmer playing to a partially filled auditorium on the same weekend that KC and the Sunshine Band sold out the auditorium across the river playing by playing all three of their chords (including their recently incorporated at the time F major triad) to a bunch of brain-dead kids who wouldn't know music if it bit 'em in the backside.
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