Only Time Will Tell (Live at the Budokan, Tokyo, Japan, 1983) [2022 Remaster]

[@traviswyatt1113]

This is one of those songs that you don’t want to end.

[@billmurray7473]

Rest In Power ✝️ Greg Lake. Rest In Power ✝️ John Wetton. Sing together in Heaven.

[@vaneipontes3824]

Mr. Gregory Stuart Lake Rest In Peace 🎤🎸😢

[@amandaroper6452]

R.I.P🙏😢

[@TheHarold1966]

Geoff Downes keyboards, Steve Howe guitars, Carl Palmer drums and Greg Lake bass and vocals. Great to see my old VHS videotape here on You Tube. I have seen them live in 1991 and 2008 during the reunion tour in Europe.

[@jimwallace3856]

Greg Lake pitch-hitting here is amazing!!! As a huge fan of both ELP and Asia it was a shock when I first heard Greg singing lead for Asia in this Era. I got to see Greg in a storyteller tour in a small theater in New Bedford, MA and was so amazed about how humble he was. They filled stadiums! They wrote and recorded some of the most complex progressive music ever written. One thing Greg said at that concert in New Bedford that they wanted the fans to just enjoy music socially to share the experience of ELP in their homes with their families and friends! How honest he was about the current state of how we experience music, alone and here we are this huge concert at the Budokan in Tokyo! People shoulder to shoulder hearing, feeling and experiencing the great catalog of Asia in Asia and with Greg Lake singing lead!

[@Chico.Um001]

Texto longo........vou esperar virar filme 🎥

[@davidmaraman855]

I saw ELP in 1971, and King Crimson in 1974, and Greg Lakes voice was awe-inspiring. John Wettons voice was wonderful as well. To hear these guys sing live and the musicians play live was euphoria. RIP to both wonderful voices of Greg and John.

[@PickettMusic]

Amazing how well-suited Greg Lake was for this...

[@andrestamayo6509]

This is probably thee best and most powerful version of this song.

[@oscarjetson128]

Is that actually John Weston singing?

[@2LegsAPaulMcCartneyPodcast]

@@oscarjetson128Greg Lake

[@vamosmoya]

Greg Lake had, for me, the most beautiful voice in progressive rock with Jon Anderson of Yes. Every time I hear, I cry. Like right now. It's so moving to recall my youth with such a mythical band.

[@Eagle777-nor]

I cry too, those melodies and voices give such emotion. I want to come back to the 80´(Styx, Boston...) with no hesitation!!

[@zedmac4523]

Greg Lake you are so sadly missed 😢 RIP Greg you were one of a kind and a Pro Rock Pioneer. You’ve been a major idol of mine since 1975 when I was 14.

[@flipperdale51]

As soon as I heard that John Wetton left the band, Greg Lake's voice came to mind, and lo-and-behold, there he was. RIP Greg. You will always be great.

[@art-fw7ci]

The perfect alternative.

[@WineSippingCowboy]

He could not continue because of cancer. He died in 2017. RIP. Carl Palmer and John Payne quit. The only original is Geoff Downes.

[@buzzworth2396]

Greg Lake was one of my favorite artist. Tremendous talent and one I know I'll miss. Cancer had taken so many others as well. RIP Greg

[@piteusx8440]

Carl Palmer's drumming is amazing. Simple on this piece but his timing and pace are impeccable.

[@aishizu8560]

中学生で出会ってからずっとファンです。イントロのキーボードのファンファーレで鳥肌が立ちます！！ Asia最高！！

[@randybargar4916]

Rare clip of not only Greg Lake performing live with Asia but playing a Steinburger bass.

[@brettthebassist]

Definitely the 80’s

[@martindebrois1472]

- And literally unable to sing the song. This was a huge mistake, by stupid record management.

[@anthonycatalano5057]

@@martindebrois1472 Shove it you tone deaf hack!

[@martindebrois1472]

@@anthonycatalano5057 You're apparently the deaf one. This concert; in fact this PERFORMANCE was the reason Asia died. It was aired, on MTV a few times and widely regarded as sub-par.

[@simonwoods8809]

@@martindebrois1472 It was acknowledged by the band themselves that because of the different registers that GL and JW sang in that this was not ideal. I was a bit disappointed hearing this I have to admit. Greg was great in his own environment I think it true to say however. I type this on 31/01/23 which is six years to the day since John died. Too soon as was Greg's death just a couple of months previously if memory serves.

[@Marc-wk7bi]

Still sounds fresh over 40 years later. Waaaaaaaaaay ahead of it's time

[@taroman7100]

So true the 80's were the last great decade.

[@ovaisnaqvi1521]

Greg does a spectacular job with all these songs, it's remarkable how he sounds like Greg Lake, but doesn't ever lose track of the original vocal concept.

[@EmperorGary1971]

Greg and John both have the same tone

[@jeffbauer3425]

Greg and John's voices were so similar and basically interchangeable.. Great they were .

[@davidvawter4859]

Ummm, no. There’s only one Greg Lake. In a related note did the keyboard player spend the entire show with his back to the audience? How odd. Certainly no Keith Emerson.

[@krisscanlon4051]

I think they were very similar voices. John and Greg were indeed similar...Fripp knew that...why he picked Wetton

[@danielreynolds7458]

@@davidvawter4859 Ummm, yes.

[@carlosm.devasconcelllos3939]

Without a doubt, Greg Lake was a great reference for many other great musicians. RIP

[@karenreardon5398]

What an incredible incredible line up! Greg Lake did a sensational job as usual. Love Steve Howes guitar playing, always. And I have to add I love John Wetton's version as well. Greg and John had fabulous singing voices. Love ELP and Asia ❤❤❤❤❤😊

[@bobbytubbs5469]

Greg lake one the most underrated singers an amazing lineup all masters of their instruments

[@carlosm.devasconcelllos3939]

NOT JUST VOCALISTS, BUT COMPOSERS AND LYRICISTS, WHO HAVE AN IMPRESSIVE CURRICULUM, BECAUSE IT COMES FROM KING CRIMSON, EMERSON LAKE AND PALMER, STRIKING SOLO CAREER AND THERE IN ASIA. THE GUY WAS TOP IN THE HALL OF FAME. CES'T LA VIE IS ONE OF THE MOST PLAYED SONGS IN THE WORLD SINCE THE 70'S. RIP GREG.

[@gogoyubari366]

What makes you believe he's underrated? Did you travel the globe taking a survey from every citizen of the world? Please explain.

[@Denilson.Carreiro]

Underrated? You don"t know what you're saying!

[@MMecham532]

Perhaps under appreciated is a better term

[@robertoluiz8094]

Who underrated Greg? One of the best singer and guitar player ever!!!!

[@ikkenhisatsu7170]

I had forgotten Lake had replaced Wetton at a point. Both great voices and great musicians - that band was just loaded with talent, and all in their primes, in my opinion.

[@odespertarmasculino]

The best version of this masterpiece!

[@maj8301]

What an awesome song. I fell in love with it the very first time I heard it all those years ago. It never gets old.

[@brendannahor1460]

The famous (and short lived) Greg Lake fronted version of Asia! 👍🏻

[@oscarjetson128]

Man, if there was one concert I could go back and see...

[@jeanraymondferron7797]

RIP WONDERFUL GREG LAKE !!!!!

[@DennisWhitaker-m5x]

Amazing talent in this band !!

[@bobbytubbs5469]

Steve Howe one of my favorite guitarists of all time

[@ivandunayevich545]

RIP Greg 🎸🌟

[@christopherzucchero4447]

Ooooh what a lucky man, Greg was!!!!

[@brettthebassist]

Good one 👍🏻

[@tanstaafl2]

It somewhat amuses me that decades ago Asia fans despised this concert and routinely denigrated Greg Lake's performance. Now it's wonderful nostalgia. How did this happen?

[@lisacline4975]

Brings me back to high school

[@jimdukeproject]

In my opinion Wetton and Lake are interchangable, ironically both having their interlude with King Crimson and sounding similar. This version of Asia is 2/3 of ELP, and 2/5 of Yes (at least as far as incarnations of Drama and recent tours). All prime musicians together with a disciplined deliberate (poppish) sound.

[@saltykrug]

Don't forget the keyboard player played for The Buggles who's "Video Killed the Radio Star" was the 1st video aired on MTV.

[@jayceneal5273]

i dont agree that theyre interchangeable per say, as Wetton had a slightly higher register that helped the chorus in certain songs. But their voices are very similiar and I think if theres anyone who could have filled in for Wetton, it's Lake, and the result ends up being a fantastic concert

[@WolfhandsYouTube]

Wetton and Lake interchangeable? Wetton could play absolute rings around Lake in the 1970s. His technical proficiency and dexterity was nothing short of staggering. Greg Lake was a fantastic ensemble player with ELP - but Wetton's bass chops were unmatched. As was his voice. With respect, I think your comment is misguided.

[@jayceneal5273]

@@WolfhandsKZbin in the 70's perhaps, but he didn't in the 80's. After UK his playing simplified significantly

[@WolfhandsYouTube]

@@jayceneal5273 Fully aware of his playing in the 80s. It was a different time, and he played to the requirements of the music, not his ego so much - by his own admission.

[@warptek]

I think Greg did a good job here replicating Wetton's style. I mean consider the fact he only had like a week to learn the songs and all. That is an incredible feat alone imo. Plus, in a way it's only right that Greg should have the gig singing John's parts since John replaced Greg in King Crimson.

[@markraven8835]

He did outstanding job even he sang looking on prompter.

[@timrybak5078]

Wow! I remember this broadcast on MTV way back when. Since John died, I could not make myself watch any of this tour on youtube until this video. I've always been a fan of ELP from way back, Greg Lakes vocals really do mesh right in with the Asia band. Tribute to John Wetton ^ Greg Lake, miss you, my brothers in music.

[@invader440]

I was actually at this concert. At the time I was in the Navy and stationed on a ship home ported in Yokosuka, Japan.

[@jakerazmataz852]

I just listened to them sing this in a 2010 concert. Just as good. Amazing.

[@Thomas-pn4dm]

After listaning to Asia once I can't stop listening

[@erikdebower4307]

Prog Masters of the 70's doing Pop Hits in the 80's - who'd a thought?

[@oskargainza7943]

I realy love this band , Rest in peace Gregory

[@johnnielsen82]

EXACTLY the right amount of cowbell! 🤩😍

[@rts100x5]

some serious COWBELL there Carl !!!! love it .... damn this recording is really good

[@tommyhunter9641]

Outstanding version!

[@Chipper23]

I remember when this concert was on MTV, they really hyped it up and we weren't told that John Wetton left the the band until the intro of the show! How lucky were they to get Greg Lake, who sounded like John and played bass! I was a big ELP fan so it wasn't that big of a disappointment to me. So glad they're finally releasing this concert!🤘

[@User_gin_927untileternity]

Ditto ! So awesome to see the new boxed set for the Asis in Asia Tour! What a kick to see Carl and Greg together again!✌

[@DJAvalonArizona]

I was 13 or so when this album came out. I thought for years it was Greg Lake singing on the album. Matter of fact, I thought it was Emerson, Lake, Palmer, & Howe 😆 True story

[@josecalmon8141]

Só fera braba reunida, tremenda banda, Greg Lake assumindo o vocal/baixo nessa formação, sensacional!!!!👍🏻😀👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

[@pepewherrems1359]

MARVELOUS ASIA WITH LAKE ON BASS AND VOCALS SOUNDS LIKE WETTON!

[@paleshelter5376]

3:56 the tightness of those accents...pure soul...

[@stevetaylor6488]

Memories...rented this from the video store so many times...outstanding gig

[@Mickcotton]

Absolutely Fantastic. I remember that Day. Live Broadcast ❤

[@ruffusp768]

Yes amazing

[@traviswyatt1113]

Truly one of the greatest live performances ever!

[@ivaneames4354]

It's virtually impossible to choose my favourite Asia song but if really pushed, I think it would be a toss-up between this one and Sole Survivor.

[@byzantineroman2407]

Sole Survivor and Daylight are like part 1 & part 2 of the same idea, in my opinion. They just go together too well. Only Time Will Tell and Heat of the Moment are actually confirmed to be part 1 and part 2 of the same idea by John Wetton.

[@r2-d2none10]

Excelente perfomance de la banda Asia, deleitando a público nipon, en su estreno de esta canción icónico de los 80's.

[@User_gin_927untileternity]

RIP dear Greg Lake! 😪❤

[@Powerhouse454RJ]

Thank you "Asia," for the great Music and Videos, but most of all the "Memories," I'll never forget. ❤⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️❤🎵🎶🎸🎙🎤💞🌹🔥🍻🔥

[@Eagle777-nor]

One of my favorite song on top 10 and I put it number 1!

[@ruffusp768]

Pure talent.you don’t see that in today’s music

[@eduardobarreto3931]

Como gostaria de voltar 40 anos!

[@ElevatorExplorerPlus]

Greg lake is awesome. One of my favorite ELP members

[@alanreken6544]

What fantastic musicians!

[@ddraig1957]

I didn't know Greg Lake was in Asia as early as 1983. It was almost an ELP reunion !

[@foxriverpwc4723]

Greg was "in" Asia for literally something like 2 weeks... just for this show, and as I recall the story he finally agreed to do this gig about 10 days out, after multiple money offers... until finally getting an offer he couldn't refuse, and then had to absolutely cram to learn all the songs in time for this show. It was a huge deal that MTV had been pushing for months, and they even flew a plane load of fans/contest winners over to Japan for the show, so when Wetton "flaked" out (alcohol issues, I believe) about a month before the show, the pressure to get a replacement and still make the show happen was huge. I was in my early teens and still remember watching it live on MTV, and being blown away at how good Greg was. I do remember hearing news reports of them getting a "new lead singer" in the week or two before this show and wondering WTF was gonna happen. Then Wetton resumed being in Asia shortly after this gig, as I recall.

[@Iceman-ty2mf]

Thanks for putting this up. Outstanding!

[@Bassman1969]

I have listened to this vid at least 20 times! Incredible, only 4 musicians, but these dense wallmof sound.

[@TheFlutecart]

Progressive Rock was hanging in there for a moment. John Wetton was in the middle of it. Legend. Much of my favorite KC had him on bass and vocals. Uriah Heep's oddball album H&M enjoyed him kicking ass. And Asia. Great stuff.

[@ЮРРИИЙЮРРООВ]

Alternativ pop rock

[@TheFlutecart]

@@ЮРРИИЙЮРРООВ - this tune was made for radio. The entire record was prog rock as a whole.

[@orochimarukishimoto6509]

Classic!!! I remember hearing the stereo simulcast on either KLOS 95.5 or KMET 94.7 here in Los Angeles back December 1983 during the MTV broadcast. 💯💯💯💯

[@caringguy32]

This is a great video, thanks for sharing this. I love this group Asia. RIP to Greg Lake.

[@maraujonobrega]

Queria ressuscitar essa banda!

[@kc0lif]

i like this version of Asia.

[@stormbringercoming8105]

Amazing how the similarities between Wetton and Lake’s lives intertwined. Both in King Crimson, Asia, the similarities in vocals and sadly, both succumbing to cancer within a short space of time.

[@chiplewis7793]

83 was when this band just went to the stratosphere imo

[@danlithgow1656]

Love this version with Greg Lake lead vocals.

[@tubularbill]

Greg Lake and John Wetton were very similar bass players. They even sound alike.

[@VideoMask93]

Wetton was a more memorable bassist, but Lake was more versatile with acoustic and lead guitar.

[@vincentmorelli1013]

John was much more of a true "bass player" whereas Greg was a guitarist who could also play bass. John also was better at improvising whereas Greg composed his bass lines down to a T.

[@ruffusp768]

Talented

[@eaker8892]

I love Greg Lake with Asia! Awesome!

[@robertoquiroga5302]

Que recuerdos de mi juventud, que pedaso de grupo, saludos desde Salta - Argentina

[@jaimesorli2436]

i was wishing this in bluray for a long, love in the way is filmed..., palmer is god!, love the end woith the orchestal timpanies...., cant wait for have it in a bluray quality view...., this vid have one of my favs carl,s solos!!!!, the keyboard solo is amazing too, i like greg here too...., wish it will have some xtras..., and can see good the drum kit....

[@jayceneal5273]

This release should have happened years ago but better late than never!

[@johnmiller5679]

They played mellow but these guys are as talented as Rush on their instruments.

[@johnegli1308]

And that’s saying something

[@papaforever3706]

Not the drums

[@apolloniusbeitsman5444]

​@@papaforever3706Lol. Palmer is better than Peart. No contest.

[@Steven-x9b6h]

Special moment in time,best era.

[@cathylittleton7361]

Love this song

[@NEALBABBITT]

Nice use of the tympani in an actual rock song setting.

[@stefanproestler5083]

😎🍀🎧🎹 schön, ein Konzert zu sehen, wo nicht jeder sein Handy in der Hand hat!!!! 🤓🍀👍📱

[@tubes99com]

Das unterstreiche ich😊👍

[@berniebojko9610]

ACA LLEGA EL SENTIMIENTO.... ASIA..... CADA VEZ ME GUSTAN MAS Y ESO QUE LOS ESCUCHO DESDE SUS INICIOS EN MI ADOLESCENCIA . REALMENTE UN SUPERGRUPO... .MUSICASOS Y ENCIMA TODA LA ONDA. Y PRESENCIA GREGE LAKE EN BAJO Y VOZ IMPRESIONANTE,,, EN REEMPLAZO DE WETTON.... IGNORO QUE LE HABIA PASADO.

[@reycarmesi1969]

John andaba con líos personales con el alcohol y por eso Steve Howe lo despidió, como este concierto estaba pactado pues Carl Palmer lo llama a Greg para reemplazarlo, este acepta y según entrevistas que leí a Greg le pidieron luego seguir en la banda pero pues él no era partidario del Arena Rock ni de este género digamos mas "comercial" por eso no aceptó seguir. Sin embargo Greg tiene 2 discos solistas de 1981 y 1983 con un sonido similar pero siempre experimental. Manoeuvres es buena canción de Greg.

[@yamijorge]

@@reycarmesi1969 Recuerdo haber leído una entrevista que le hicieron a Greg Lake en la que éste menciona su larga amistad con John Wetton (además de ser sendos bajistas-cantantes, eran amigos desde antes que se hicieran famosos), y el hecho de que Lake "le pidió su bendición" a Wetton luego de que fuera convocado para los shows en Japón, por lo que Wetton obviamente le dio su respaldo. Lógicamente el único musicalmente hablando que podía cubrir el lugar de Wetton dentro de Asia era Greg Lake, el cual hizo todo de manera muy profesional (considerando que tuvo unas pocas semanas para aprender el repertorio de Asia en bajo y voz).

[@reycarmesi1969]

@@yamijorge no sabía de esa entrevista, aunque es cierto que dentro del circuito prog de los 70's casi todos tenían algún tipo de relación, de todas formas escuchar a Lake cantar las canciones de Asia siempre será para mí una rareza de las buenas.

[@davidwilson7042]

Thank you, gentlemen, from a long time fan. Purchased the album.

[@watarut]

高校一年生の時です🤩最高😃⤴️⤴️👍️

[@adamlasko315]

Greg Lake had less than three weeks to rehearse and learn all the songs on this tour. Steve Howe, and John Wetton, had met their end. There was no common ground with keeping ASIA impact. Management asked Carl Palmer to ask if Greg Lake would take the gig in AISA. He did, and ASIA IN ASIA ON MTV, used this concert to promote ASIA in their zenith. However, Greg Lake lasted only during the tour, and he was done. Steve Howe departed, John Wetton came back and told Steve Howe to "Fuck off" and that was the end of ASIA. Once, John Wetton teamed up with Geoff Downs, they found ASIA again. By 1990, ASIA was back only Steve Howe was replaced by the band. ASIA did a massive concert in Russia, and recorded a live album, plus a greatest hit (ASIA Then and Now). It produced a hit with (Days Like This) which did very well in the musical charts. However, ASIA made a move to replace John Wetton with John Payne and record a new album. The John Payne era was around from (1992-1996). Once the original ASIA reformed, it was back to what made them amazing. A tour and a new album were put into the works. ASIA is--John Wetton, Steve Howe, Carl Palmer, and Geoff Downes. I would include John Payne, because he produced five or six ASIA albums.

[@joseremis2671]

una de las buenas bandas de rock sinfonico de los 80s!!!!!

[@danlithgow1656]

Very nice tribute to the work of Rush

[@edgee4108]

Thank you so much! I knew that Greg Lake had spent a little time in the band , but until now I never heard thing with him. Really good stuff.

[@BIGM-gg9ln]

Never saw this before. Thanks!!

[@georgepbriles696]

That was so beautiful on the guitar!... And in the studio cut also!

[@jmardo6825]

Absolute gem!!!

[@VivaYo1966]

Hola. Preciosa desde que salio allá por el 81. Siempre fue mi favorita. Saludos.

[@SteveOostdyk]

Wow I had forgotten that Greg Lake replaced John Wetton and then the band was half ELP, half Yes.

[@marklonegan3210]

Does anyone know why John Weton left the band on this tour? I love Greg Lake, it's a pleasure to know that he participated in this incredible band, but I was curious about what happened at the time, I'm 56, in 83 I was 16 years old and I already really liked both ELP and Asia. PS: English is not my first language.

[@vincentmorelli1013]

He was let go by management due to their second album Alpha not doing as well as the first, as well as John's alcoholism making him perform less than optimal. Greg was brought in as a temporary replacement while he got better and upon returning his condition was that they sacked Steve Howe.

[@antoniojaviervegasantana7700]

GRUPAZO Y TEMAZO 🎹🎹🎹🎸🎸🎸🎧🎧

[@pschroeter1]

Two-thirds of ELP and two-fifths of YES. I've dreamed of a band like this. Not as a pop group, though.

[@5yearsout]

I don't recall that keyboard intro sounding so "thin" for lack of a better word on the original recording, maybe it was just the mix. The other thing that stands out is that crowd, I'd love to go to a show here in the US where everyone is just respectfully digging the music. Last show I went to the group of folks in front of me spent more time turned in my direction trying to get the perfect selfie with the 600 combinations of people in their group.

[@Pladderkasse]

The main reason I never go to live shows anymore are the idiots living their life through a camera lens.

[@jeffcappelletti1986]

The studio version used a different synthesizer. Geoff used a minimoog in this case. The second go around with the intro part the Fairlight was added. Could have been a tech issue . The mix is incredible sounding. I want to hear the mix of Geoff's synthesizer solo from this concert. The deep bass drone was Gregg playing a Moog Taurus pedal synthesizer. Gregg and Geoff had Moog Taurus pedal as part of their rigs

[@5yearsout]

@@jeffcappelletti1986 Thanks for the info, I loved the album version and didn't think this intro did it justice, not that it was bad just that the original was that good.

[@jayceneal5273]

The original recording actually also uses a mini moog for the opening, but it has the advantage of studio effects and production to make it sound a bit more full.

[@hubbsllc]

I'm not sure what he's playing that on (sounds like Minimoog but he's got other instruments up there that can do basically the same thing). You can tell that when the band comes in he's doubling the part with his left hand but I can't really hear it. He seems to do the same thing on the studio version and it's a very distinctive effect. Geoff Downes was and remains a very good *keyboard orchestrator*; in that regard he's my hero more so than Emerson, Banks, or Wakeman.

[@billmay7364]

Both Greg Lake and John Wetton Come from King Crimson. Alot alike. John Wetton has a more muscular Tone on the Bass. Lake more Melodlic. Love them both. R.I.P. From Wetton to Lake was Seamless. Steve Howes more POP Experiments. Prefer YES and Crimson . Seen Asia on Wettons last tour. It was great. Covered In the Court which was cool. Carl Palmer is Amazing drummer. Greg Lakes voice is Angelic.

[@brucebrown73]

I think if Greg would have not smoked he would have had more power more years