On SNL: http://www.youtube.com/wa...9LytaYtAlE

This show was the first time I saw Mark King play. I had thought all those sounds came from a synth before I saw this...

Great song!

I just found out that Mark only started playing bass when he was 21! Anything's possible!

coolcat said:

Cool!

Love that song!

Man, you got me YouTubing Mark King/Level 42 stuff now...


That dude astounds!

This song is so perfect!

ThreadBare said:

I FUCKING LOVE THIS SONG.

ANOTHER LEVEL 42 JAM IS "THE SUN GOES DOWN (LIVIN' IT UP)".

http://youtube.com/watch?v=mr7Il4djmUI





http://youtube.com/watch?v=FsDsSN6dPfk





http://youtube.com/watch?...ed&search=






http://youtube.com/watch?v=LI9NxZ0PIqI

Love love love level 42!!

One of my threads is actually a success!

100MPH said:

Level 42 is touring these days again .
Maybe you might be able to catch a show .
My fave Level years are when they started 'till about the mid 80's .
They had one or 2 albums produced by Larry Dunn from Earth , Wind & Fire .

Back in the day , i used to buy some clothes from this brand in my country .

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The album Guaranteed (1991)...



...was a version of the band that featured the great Allan Holdsworth on guitar.


tA

Tribal Disorder

http://www.soundclick.com...dID=182431

"Something About You" GREAT song!

He was a force behind the scene during the early years .



I remember a funkclub in my city always played another instrumental jam on a maxisingle b-side ,
from the World Machine album which also includes Someting About You .
I tried to surf it like crazy , but now i believe it might have been the World Machime track itself .
Anyone here heard that b-side track ?
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the 12" version got much play in the clubs (and still does on my pc )

I've bought the World Machine LP 20 years ago :nostalgia:

LEVEL 42 Retroglide (2006 UK 11-track CD album - this the 1st album in over a decade from one of the seminal British bands of the 80s was written by Mark King & Boon Gould and is a musically and lyrically intoxicating album of classic Level 42 tunes that has all the hallmarks of the band at their most potent; and includes the download single 'The Way Back Home' plus UK Bonus Track 'All I Need').


01 - Dive Into The Sun
02 - Rooted
03 - The Way Back Home
04 - Just For You
05 - Sleep Talking
06 - Retroglide
07 - All Around
08 - Clouds
09 - Hell Town Story
10 - Ship

11 - All I Need (Bonus Track)


Release : 18th September 2006
Available for pre-order @ Amazon

I LOVED that song and Jill Jones Opened for them at the Original Ritz I believe in 1987 or 1988.

I watched the YouTube clip when it was first posted and haven't been able to get Something About You and that bass out of my head since.

Level 42 was/is one of my fav bands of the 80's.
I used 2 buy every 12"and album,it was fun pop/funk music wich got played in every club but it just was better than most of the other pop music that was around that time.
And something about you is one of their best.

Anthony David has a pretty decent version of "Something About You" on his upcoming album. It doesn't stray very far from the original.

Level 42!!!!!



A thread on Ma Boyz, and I missed it!! Dang!!!









In the studio with Producer/Keyboardist Wally Badarou :










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coolcat said:

Exactly, He didn't start out as a bass player! He grew up playing drums, and one of his big heroes was Lenny White, who was the drummer in Return to Forever at the time. There was an opening for somone who played bass in a London music store, so Mark lied and told them that he played bass! He would spend the days kind of learning on the job, but also applying his drumming technique on the bass guitar, which is one reason his style is so percussive...



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Runnng In The Family was one of my favorite & 1st cd's I ever owned.

Fantastic song! One of my 80s favorites.

LOVE that song.