Geoff Downes: No Downes-Side
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Topic: Geoff Downes: No Downes-Side
Posted By: Psychedelic Paul
Subject: Geoff Downes: No Downes-Side
Date Posted: August 06 2024 at 05:49
Keyboard legend Geoff Downes is one of the busiest keyboard players on the entire planet, aside from Rick Wakeman, obviously. In fact, the number of bands and album projects Geoff Downes has been involved with over the years just Buggles the mind. When he's not touring Asia with YES, he's touring Europe with ASIA, and as if that's not enough to keep any musician fully occupied, he's also one half of the Wetton-Downes partnership as well as being one half of the Downes Braide Association, on top of which Geoff Downes has made numerous guest appearances on other albums too. All in all then, his professional life has been filled with mostly Ups and hardly any Downes. Regarding his personal life, Geoff Downes is a supporter of Cardiff City, but you can't have everything in life.   1987: Geoff Downes & New Dance Orchestra - The Light Program - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLdktF-lL0yEapk1L5x6Xvsc0u4w1rIcMr" rel="nofollow - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLdktF-lL0yEapk1L5x6Xvsc0u4w1rIcMr  1992: Geoff Downes & New Dance Orchestra - Vox Humana - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLdktF-lL0yEZYaESgPStXwVjEioAhIICw" rel="nofollow - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLdktF-lL0yEZYaESgPStXwVjEioAhIICw 1994: Geoff Downes - Evolution 1999: Geoff Downes & New Dance Orchestra - The World Service - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLdktF-lL0yEZJehI5Mybfzs5NnPTXLdX3" rel="nofollow - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLdktF-lL0yEZJehI5Mybfzs5NnPTXLdX3 2003: Geoff Downes - Shadows and Reflections 2006: Geoff Downes & New Dance Orchestra - The Bridge 2010: Geoff Downes & New Dance Orchestra - Electronica ASIA A Prog-Rock supergroup with the original line-up featuring prog legends John Wetton, Steve Howe, Geoff Downes & Carl Palmer. Asia were formed from the apparent break-up of three other prog bands, namely, Emerson, Lake & Palmer, King Crimson and YES, although none of the three bands ever really broke up - they just took a long extended break on the tropical island of Hiatus. 1982: Asia - Asia - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_ljvv0bOTxgh77Aa8LR7r5Ki8QRrnxO1UU" rel="nofollow - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_ljvv0bOTxgh77Aa8LR7r5Ki8QRrnxO1UU 1983: Asia - Alpha - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_kQHrcGw-VurdkLm4fmkIyam0eQstZBG1k" rel="nofollow - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_kQHrcGw-VurdkLm4fmkIyam0eQstZBG1k 1983: Asia - Live at the Budokan, Tokyo - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A0KT9JgioEg" rel="nofollow - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A0KT9JgioEg 1985: Asia - Astra - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_lraqar9sMcAW72R8XQDXI7G-t1-RPJco4" rel="nofollow - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_lraqar9sMcAW72R8XQDXI7G-t1-RPJco4 1990: Asia - Access All Areas: Live in Nottingham - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QeXBtp5Kymc" rel="nofollow - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QeXBtp5Kymc 1990: Asia - Then & Now - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLTCHZJbJm7G1Ci2B5tdpNwMPqr2MocbAu" rel="nofollow - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLTCHZJbJm7G1Ci2B5tdpNwMPqr2MocbAu 1992: Asia - Aqua - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_ng5dsGOX4sdicI7uGu--fec7maqtzOtAk" rel="nofollow - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_ng5dsGOX4sdicI7uGu--fec7maqtzOtAk 1994: Asia - Aria - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLTCHZJbJm7G0aNwQAXCW81uB7RoLadC10" rel="nofollow - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLTCHZJbJm7G0aNwQAXCW81uB7RoLadC10 1996: Asia - Arena - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_mTk_I7iX7Brpk3-U4yQu-vXpQLWdRP10E" rel="nofollow - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_mTk_I7iX7Brpk3-U4yQu-vXpQLWdRP10E 1999: Asia - Rare - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLTCHZJbJm7G3O-sQA6e7v_vg4TYOp_QM4" rel="nofollow - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLTCHZJbJm7G3O-sQA6e7v_vg4TYOp_QM4 2001: Asia - Aura - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLTCHZJbJm7G1RBJij2jafHLFSSBSJB-bk" rel="nofollow - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLTCHZJbJm7G1RBJij2jafHLFSSBSJB-bk 2004: Asia - Silent Nation - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLTCHZJbJm7G0gVlQQwnt0XBRwibsXkzjm" rel="nofollow - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLTCHZJbJm7G0gVlQQwnt0XBRwibsXkzjm 2007: Asia - Fantasia: Live in Tokyo - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hytNsWdL6BM" rel="nofollow - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hytNsWdL6BM 2008: Asia - Phoenix - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL5mwjDWxwOwxsNzmcuYdjD6-5iziCHU56" rel="nofollow - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL5mwjDWxwOwxsNzmcuYdjD6-5iziCHU56 2010: Asia - Omega - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_nyzDU41XZcLyMtohXgkfUfcEbGJfZgPgM" rel="nofollow - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_nyzDU41XZcLyMtohXgkfUfcEbGJfZgPgM 2012: Asia - XXX - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL5mwjDWxwOwzi8E7Ul6yoggvrb_fPjw28" rel="nofollow - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL5mwjDWxwOwzi8E7Ul6yoggvrb_fPjw28 2014: Asia - Gravitas - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_mnXrUqdMNOpPM3yfdVyYKfftB7LQBtkB0" rel="nofollow - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_mnXrUqdMNOpPM3yfdVyYKfftB7LQBtkB0 2014: Asia - Recollections: A Tribute to British Prog - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_lG160InK3t42Z3zzzHk4n3eHTCABc-eWg" rel="nofollow - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_lG160InK3t42Z3zzzHk4n3eHTCABc-eWg THE BUGGLES Fed up with producing untalented punk idiots with band names such as the Unwanted, the Unwashed and the Unheard, Trevor Horn decided The Buggles would be a great name for his own Synth-Pop band (although he's since regretted the choice of name) in partnership with premier league keyboardist Geoff Downes. Their first single "Video Killed the Radio Star" made it all the way to number one, as well as being the first video ever to be played on MTV in 1981. The Buggles broke up following poor sales of their sophomore album, but more Drama was just around the corner when Trevor Horn and Geoff Downes both became unexpected members of YES!  1980: The Buggles - The Age of Plastic - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_kDa9MV3a5Uqdp-YrjcdaiizTW3JVaUaxk" rel="nofollow - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_kDa9MV3a5Uqdp-YrjcdaiizTW3JVaUaxk 1981: The Buggles - Adventures in Modern Recording - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLALm9OqeAm6luHidBL21rnXdJ2lAulMks" rel="nofollow - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLALm9OqeAm6luHidBL21rnXdJ2lAulMks DOWNES-BRAIDE ASSOCIATION (DBA) Not a firm of chartered accountants, but a musical partnership with Geoff Downes and Chris Braide.  2012: Downes-Braide Association - Pictures of You - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_lDuJPaAeh6WbiU7fmWBc6PknzpReh46OA" rel="nofollow - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_lDuJPaAeh6WbiU7fmWBc6PknzpReh46OA 2015: Downes-Braide Association - Suburban Ghosts - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_l0tdnDNa8LlI-pWQnpWa7_unQew0-oltc" rel="nofollow - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_l0tdnDNa8LlI-pWQnpWa7_unQew0-oltc 2017: Downes-Braide Association - Skyscraper Souls - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_mrS6ZNUOk0BpsYpzl5yNtshHgmbQ6cU7Q" rel="nofollow - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_mrS6ZNUOk0BpsYpzl5yNtshHgmbQ6cU7Q 2019: Downes-Braide Association - Live in England - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_nOojXmCSkY0y6p7VAUl1s7kuKcrt8vhxk" rel="nofollow - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_nOojXmCSkY0y6p7VAUl1s7kuKcrt8vhxk 2021: Downes-Braide Association - DBA IV: Halcyon Hymns - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLdktF-lL0yEbxzSX8xo-t12KMZd2FkA1o" rel="nofollow - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLdktF-lL0yEbxzSX8xo-t12KMZd2FkA1o 2023: Downes-Braide Association - Celestial Songs - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_m612im3DBpw5oOzPQgCZjSjZA3y13D2OM" rel="nofollow - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_m612im3DBpw5oOzPQgCZjSjZA3y13D2OM GLENN HUGHES & GEOFF DOWNES 1998: Glenn Hughes & Geoff Downes - The Work Tapes - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J0dTQa8UK5I" rel="nofollow - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J0dTQa8UK5I GREG LAKE & GEOFF DOWNES 2015: Greg Lake & Geoff Downes - Ride the Tiger - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL88IcgHVjkeJDc33BMEbe5bF6Kinx0hm9" rel="nofollow - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL88IcgHVjkeJDc33BMEbe5bF6Kinx0hm9 TRAPEZE A high-wire act of funk rockers from Cannock in Staffordshire. 1998: Trapeze - Welcome to the Real World (Live)WETTON DOWNES All the way from Asia, two Icons together. 2002: Wetton Downes - Wetton Downes - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLTCHZJbJm7G3xFddzGY9hmpaX_RB49j3d" rel="nofollow - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLTCHZJbJm7G3xFddzGY9hmpaX_RB49j3d 2005: Wetton Downes - Icon - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_nUEWi4KU67M2I_Tz2ujrC5cR5q1rwGLP0" rel="nofollow - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_nUEWi4KU67M2I_Tz2ujrC5cR5q1rwGLP0 2006: Wetton Downes - Icon II: Rubicon - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_kiD1EJdG-TTCiQykp2tgoyIuFQtnbGvFI" rel="nofollow - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_kiD1EJdG-TTCiQykp2tgoyIuFQtnbGvFI 2006: Wetton Downes - Icon Live: Never in a Million Years - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLdktF-lL0yEanOaCIzqHCW3dCmAIwCQJF" rel="nofollow - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLdktF-lL0yEanOaCIzqHCW3dCmAIwCQJF 2006: Wetton Downes - Icon: Acoustic TV Broadcast - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLdktF-lL0yEbnroEXCaf02DFBftxA0mW6" rel="nofollow - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLdktF-lL0yEbnroEXCaf02DFBftxA0mW6 2009: Wetton Downes - Icon 3 - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_leu0P4KPkKmfg9cOtm8Sd6BlRoMQVzSxU" rel="nofollow - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_leu0P4KPkKmfg9cOtm8Sd6BlRoMQVzSxU 2009: Wetton Downes - Urban Psalm Live - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_lqUBldKJAlaFwQNzwBmI-H1jmZ6RdErus" rel="nofollow - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_lqUBldKJAlaFwQNzwBmI-H1jmZ6RdErus 2017: Wetton Downes - Icon Zero - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_m66iahYFGgWxxDKSX-z_nhG0d2gMbs-Hk" rel="nofollow - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_m66iahYFGgWxxDKSX-z_nhG0d2gMbs-Hk WHITE A one-off Prog-Rock collaboration between Geoff Downes and YES drummer Alan White. 2006: White - White - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wFJsMXAm8pA" rel="nofollow - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wFJsMXAm8pA YES albums with GEOFF DOWNES 1980: YES - Drama - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_kLIq1y7oaYVFV1zUMSR0I9nFFa7vOAyPw" rel="nofollow - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_kLIq1y7oaYVFV1zUMSR0I9nFFa7vOAyPw 2011: YES - Fly from Here - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLknWpd5vdlOSXG98H36D1l3pc2183t9z5" rel="nofollow - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLknWpd5vdlOSXG98H36D1l3pc2183t9z5 2014: YES - Heaven & Earth - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL0Tfxf8B-2QCkUQmwItn52pk5QZglz2Hj" rel="nofollow - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL0Tfxf8B-2QCkUQmwItn52pk5QZglz2Hj 2014: YES - Like It Is - Yes at the Bristol Hippodrome - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kvSA1zR-bGM" rel="nofollow - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kvSA1zR-bGM 2015: YES - Like It Is - Yes at the Mesa Art Centre - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HgeQHxFEF6I" rel="nofollow - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HgeQHxFEF6I 2017: Yes - Topographic Drama: Live Across America - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_lu1VEi_AQcCcEjECicJLUw4bJDlB-MoKw" rel="nofollow - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_lu1VEi_AQcCcEjECicJLUw4bJDlB-MoKw 2018: Yes - Fly from Here: Return Trip - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL3y2Mgc5NPHGK3x3R1_yDMOXKuIV5V8e1" rel="nofollow - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL3y2Mgc5NPHGK3x3R1_yDMOXKuIV5V8e1 2018: YES - Yes 50 - Live at the Apollo - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GTk7KmCNOJE&t=1066s" rel="nofollow - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GTk7KmCNOJE&t=1066s 2019: YES - The Royal Affair Tour (Live from Las Vegas) - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_mmt9lVzEFpWw-b5F-oKFWrojd6c9_kuOo" rel="nofollow - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_mmt9lVzEFpWw-b5F-oKFWrojd6c9_kuOo 2021: YES - The Quest - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_lD6x-iaY3we25X25RBbX2g_ee9AmZCUlA" rel="nofollow - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_lD6x-iaY3we25X25RBbX2g_ee9AmZCUlA 2023: YES - Mirror to the Sky - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_mdLFJt9iPnV0i5cqbPQzOA3-wD3VEgJxA" rel="nofollow - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_mdLFJt9iPnV0i5cqbPQzOA3-wD3VEgJxA |
Replies:
Posted By: verslibre
Date Posted: August 06 2024 at 09:34
I still haven't heard those albums with Lake and Hughes.  ------------- https://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_ipg=50&_sop=1&_rdc=1&_ssn=musicosm" rel="nofollow - eBay |
Posted By: Psychedelic Paul
Date Posted: August 08 2024 at 03:02
Geoff Downes collaboration with Alan White is pretty good too.  I still haven't heard four of Geoff Downes' solo albums though, mainly because I've never been able to find them on YouTube.
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verslibre wrote:Posted By: Psychedelic Paul
Date Posted: August 21 2024 at 15:40
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2009: Wetton Downes - Urban Psalm Live - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_lqUBldKJAlaFwQNzwBmI-H1jmZ6RdErus" rel="nofollow - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_lqUBldKJAlaFwQNzwBmI-H1jmZ6RdErus John Wetton & Geoff Downes with a Live performance of Urban Psalm - the most fun you can possibly have in a church. |
Posted By: Psychedelic Paul
Date Posted: October 08 2024 at 15:33
1987: Geoff Downes & New Dance Orchestra - The Light Program - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLdktF-lL0yEapk1L5x6Xvsc0u4w1rIcMr" rel="nofollow - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLdktF-lL0yEapk1L5x6Xvsc0u4w1rIcMr  |
Posted By: verslibre
Date Posted: October 08 2024 at 16:42
A classic electronic symph (no vocals, hooray) recording from the good old days when keyboard players in well-known bands outside Tangerine Dream, like Eddie Jobson and Pete Bardens, surprised us with their contributions to the genre. I've owned multiple versions of it, with my "keeper" being the Voiceprint reissue.  ------------- https://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_ipg=50&_sop=1&_rdc=1&_ssn=musicosm" rel="nofollow - eBay |
Posted By: gtraddict
Date Posted: June 26 2025 at 10:49
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Always love his work on Asia albums , and the synths he used on them. |
Posted By: moshkito
Date Posted: June 26 2025 at 22:09
Hi, A really nice piece, and it shows that his appreciation for music is way better than many charlatans out there with cheap capes on! ------------- Music is not just for listening ... it is for LIVING ... you got to feel it to know what's it about! Not being told! www.pedrosena.com |