Asia - Forgive Me

[@Sandbek1973]

What a great album this is!!! I've always been a fan of Asia ever since the beginning and I'm not afraid to say that I love both Asia eras. This idiotic everlasting argument on who's best of Wetton or Payne is just plain stupid. Okey I like Wetton but that isn't the same as I'm gonna put Payne down. John Payne has brought so much to the table and Asia released many really good albums with Payne on vocals. Different styles but both of them are extremely talented and gifted.

[@TheBimmerfan]

Per-Ivar Sandbæk Great feetback, can't be said better. The same here. Asia with Payne has some very good albums. No need to compare.

[@johnwilliams9790]

+Per-Ivar Sandbæk : Agree, but John Wetton is a better singer. With that being said, John Payne is good with his own music. The albums recorded with Payne on vocals are not bad at all and enjoyable. He is actually terrible doing any of the classic Asia songs. He really needs to drop the Asia name and find his own niche, and NEVER play any classic Asia.

[@philosopher2king]

+John Williams It'd be hard to tell the man to drop the name of a band he has a claim to. This is a never-ending argument and both sides are right in their own way. Personally, I think Payne did more than his share to keep the band alive and relevant long after Wetton himself and MTV had given up on Asia. Payne co-wrote, played and sang in five great albums and had the business savvy to buy most shares of the name Asia. No one can ask a man to give that up.

[@johnwilliams9790]

+philosopher2king : You're right, Well said. At least both bands really don't have the same name, one is Asia and the other is Asia Featuring John Payne. I still stand behind what I said a few months back that John Payne should not sing the classic Asia songs where John Wetton sang, for one, he isn't doing the songs justice at all and second, Geoffry Downes is no longer partnered with Payne where at the time it was acceptable in doing so as Downes was an original member and co-writer to those songs. I can't figure why Payne sings his songs so good, yet can't sing the classic songs good. It isn't because I am used to the classic songs sung a certain way, it's just Payne can't pull it off for me.

[@Cinemagoer_64]

philosopher2king sad thing is that they need to give John Payne a chance to come back and do some shows with Asia and record another studio album.

[@mizzmeg711]

Oh Man...... I love this band. I'm smitten.

[@basquehound1999]

So am I

[@claudeb.2539]

great song! Asia made a few awesome albums but this one is the best!

[@javiercolunge5274]

Simply beautiful.

[@moisesarandaangel8102]

I love this soul, it has something magic

[@moisesarandaangel8102]

Que buena rola, m8 album favorito de asia, Aura

[@Davorius]

adore this song

[@WALKMAN024]

Beautiful song

[@chrisjenkins1189]

Fab artist and album - they don’t get better than this :)

[@mariovaldes6321]

Just nice !!!!

[@Retroscoop]

Superb song, well crafted. I'll leave the discussion Payne "versus" (really ?) Wetton, the "battle of the Johns" to others. All I know is this here works out very fine, is catchy, makes me humming all day, and that's what counts when it comes to music. Good vibrations... Massage for the interior... Some passages remind me of "A good heart is hard to find" by F. Sharkey.

[@19nov1966]

exelente rola, y tomada de grandioso disco

[@Silva-to4jo]

Rapaz, parabéns pela postagem do video ... Sou fan do Ásia... Valeu

[@mauriziomarcialis7726]

Dreamy melodies...

[@N1IA-4]

The sound and texture differences between John Payne's Asia and the late John Wetton's Asia really come down to the difference between American and UK prog differences, IMHO. I love both, as they have their place.

[@bennyraleigh9940]

John Payne is British too

[@lizarddronedude3617]

Well said my friend

[@jamesmccarthy8567]

​@@bennyraleigh9940It could be he's referring to the Boston similarities 🎶🎸

[@SPECTRE1961]

JOHN PAYNE ... REMARKABLE VOICE !

[@basquehound1999]

So much soul in his voice

[@EnLaLunaGuzman]

I can’t believe Asia (John Wetton) removed all these great albums where Wetton doesn’t sing.

[@jsb_music]

Supberb. Simply the finest.

[@kkalphaomega7246]

grate song grate song grate song grate song grate song

[@lizarddronedude3617]

Can't find this on a ny streaming service anywhere

[@Retroscoop]

60 000 views and 157 thumbs up ? Does that mean 59 843 people were too lazy to push the thumbs up bottom, had clay in their ears, or is it that the 157 people came to listen 100 or 200 times to this fine song ? I've red somewhere stupid comments about John Payne not being fair about going on using the name Asia, while he's the only one who was in that band ? Isn't that as absurd as pulling Geoff Downes's ear, when he was the only member of the original line up. Payne apparantly bought 50 % of the "brand name" Asia while in this band, so it was written in the stars there would be some commercial friction, once he was replaced again by Wetton... Same discussion as in Pink Floyd. (And calling one band Pink and the other one Floyd was no solution...)

[@Retroscoop]

Or what about Foreigner ? At one moment, they were touring without even 1 original member... No, that discussion about Payne being silly by wanting to cling to the name Asia is absurd. He had a substantial contribution between the two Wetton era's, so... I know it is confusing to have two bands using in one shape or another that name, but well, it's not the end of the world is it ? Just enjoy the music, what's in a name anyway...

[@TheLeviathon69]

Geoff Downes gave him the permission to use that name, as he is the longest serving member of Asia, in either form.

[@henryjumbazian6939]

Geoff Downes is sweetheart. He gets on with everyone he works with. I wish I had the chance to work with him.

[@joseantoniosanchez8353]

ASIA

[@chagallsdream]

Mi cielo no lo se pero te lo investigo de lo que si estoy seguro es de que aqui la unica hermosa eres tu, princessa un abrazo desde Mexico muuuua ¡

[@horaciobotaya]

el album es de aproximadamente 2000 o 2001.

[@LuisHernandez-ef5yz]

Excelente disco en mi opinión el top de Asia (era Payne)

[@lavivits]

en que año salio este album? esta hermosa!!

[@alejandromendoza2357]

En el 2002. Todo el disco está grandioso

[@mariovaldes6321]

Why this beautiful album is not in Spotify???

[@MrBuho2010]

para 2001 yo tenia 13 años

[@bennyraleigh9940]

I just realised that the album cover isn't a picture of a Mongolian warrior on horseback gazing towards the west.

[@Embrachu]

Lame.

[@jestergreen3101]

17 folks didnt like music...

[@rosariorangelsuarez7029]

"álbumes" no albums

[@bassmaster3nj]

Decent song but doesn’t sound like Asia

[@jikata5561]

Illuminati

[@pekkanygren6113]

john payne asia is the best

[@thomascastrovillo9256]

It's not but its good

[@theshawnmurphyjournal2946]

This song sounds like Asia doing the band Toto , but this is not a good start, hope the other songs are in the original Asia vibe

[@thomascastrovillo9256]

The intro had promise then it lost me

[@Cinemagoer_64]

Perhaps John Payne voice is more multi faceted than John Wetton's.

[@chagallsdream]

Im wonder to why iluminati , may the iluminatis will kill all of us and what does that have to do whit a great human song .... peace