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Ups & Downes: 1st Album |
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Psychedelic Paul 
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 Topic: Ups & Downes: 1st AlbumPosted: August 18 2024 at 05:38 |
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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 1980: The Buggles - The Age of Plastic - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_kDa9MV3a5Uqdp-YrjcdaiizTW3JVaUaxk 2012: Downes-Braide Association - Pictures of You - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_lDuJPaAeh6WbiU7fmWBc6PknzpReh46OA 2015: Greg Lake & Geoff Downes - Ride the Tiger - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL88IcgHVjkeJDc33BMEbe5bF6Kinx0hm9 1998: Trapeze - Welcome to the Real World (Live) 2002: Wetton Downes - Wetton Downes - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLTCHZJbJm7G3xFddzGY9hmpaX_RB49j3dEdited by Psychedelic Paul - August 18 2024 at 13:59 |
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Posted: August 18 2024 at 06:06 |
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Posted: August 18 2024 at 06:10 |
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Yes - Drama
Asia - Asia The Buggles - The Age Of Plastic
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Posted: August 18 2024 at 06:24 |
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Kind of hard to top Drama. The Buggles a distant second. The one thing I've always wanted to do with Geoff Downes is walk in circles making choo choo train sounds, and maybe a few beep beeps too.
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Posted: August 18 2024 at 06:26 |
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1. Geoff Downes & New Dance Orchestra - The Light Program
2. YES - Drama 3. Asia - Asia 4. White - White Edited by Psychedelic Paul - August 18 2024 at 06:27 |
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Posted: August 18 2024 at 07:20 |
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#1 for a rock album with Geoff Downes: Drama
#1 for an electronic album with Geoff Downes: The Light Program No multiple votes, Paul?? 
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Posted: August 18 2024 at 07:21 |
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Drama gets the nod, then Asia.
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Posted: August 18 2024 at 07:32 |
The choice was obvious for me in this poll, so I only needed one vote.
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Posted: August 18 2024 at 10:15 |
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I voted for it, too.
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Posted: August 18 2024 at 20:30 |
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The Age of Plastic all the way! can never get enough of "Astroboy (Watching the Proles on Parade)" and "I Love You Miss Robot"! Plus, How would we have ever gotten Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots without this album?!
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Posted: August 18 2024 at 21:02 |
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Geoff Ups > Geoff Downes :v
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Posted: August 19 2024 at 10:58 |
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Drama of Yes for me.
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Posted: August 19 2024 at 17:15 |
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Asia and Buggles just mainstream and pop
mixed impression of Drama since its release unfamiliar with the rest |
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Posted: August 20 2024 at 04:18 |
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An overwhelming victory for YES in this poll, although I have a feeling they may not fare so well with their Heaven & Earth album in the third Ups & Downes poll.
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