YES - "Owner of a Lonely Heart" vs Asia - "Heat of the Moment".

[ArtieToo]

Best distortion intro.

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

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

What say yee?

Not the song. The 1st 30 seconds.

[ehdwuld]

Heat of the Moment

I'm partial

It was the first album I ever bought

[superpete]

i gotta go with asia as well, although both are pretty great

[Mincer]

Both are great. Before they had Steve Howe in ASIA, guess who was considered? Trevor Rabin.

As a whole, 90125 is a better album, but I like both of these songs equally.

[ArtieToo]

Wow. I didn't even know Steve Howe was in Asia. After things went to CD's, we didn't have easy to read album liners anymore. CD sleeves were never quite the same.

BTW, I wonder what they both used?

[Mincer]

I know Steve Howe used a LP Jr for the intro. Not sure what Trevor Rabin used. Listening to ASIA again (Steve Howe stayed until the 3rd album, then left for a long time, then came back in the early 2000s), you hear his style all over it with his quirky solos and layered rhythm parts. ASIA was really a supergroup with 2 guys from Yes, 1 from King Crimson, and 1 from ELP. Thing is, they just played smart pop music.
They came out with great stuff this side of the millennium, too.

[solspirit]

I love yes but I have to go with Asia

[ArtieToo]

The thing I love about Asia, is that riff is so easy to play. Even for a novice like me. It's one of the few times I bother the neighbors. You gotta dime that sucker.

Come to think of it, the YES intro isn't too difficult either.

[Securb]

I saw Asia at the Orpheum in Boston around 83. Howe did a lot of his heavy lifting on his 335.

[Mincer]

Both bands have much more complicated intros in their catalog, but these...just rock. BTW, Steve plays an ES-Artist in ASIA (live, anyway)..this is the model with the Moog electronics. He put some strange 'doub;e pickguard' on it, though.

Trevor Rabin was using a heavily modified 60 Strat when OoaLH was recorded. He's had signature Westone and later, a signature Washburn (with a JB and 59). He is a seriously excellent player, although very different than Howe.

[Demanic]

I'm surprised that no one has done a mash up yet.

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[Securb]

Both are great. Before they had Steve Howe in ASIA, guess who was considered? Trevor Rabin.

As a whole, 90125 is a better album, but I like both of these songs equally.

I might give 90125 another listen. It didn't blow me away when it came out. But at that time all I was consuming was metal and was moving away from progressive rock.

[Mincer]

90125 might be the best rock album in the 80s. It is solid from beginning to end. Great tunes and production (with some amazing guitar sounds on there).

[ArtieToo]

90125 is one of those albums that I bought on vinyl, then got yet another copy on CD to "keep up with the times", so to speak. (Actually, I think I did the same with Asia.)

[playas]

For me it's Yes and by quite a margin