Jam Posted June 24, 2009 Share Posted June 24, 2009 Autumn (Paradise is Free) The Machine Stops The Chant has begun I love those 3! Also Heathrow's good, though for some reason it makes me think of Fireman Sam's into music. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YouMa Posted June 24, 2009 Share Posted June 24, 2009 [quote name='steve-soar' post='522826' date='Jun 24 2009, 06:54 PM']True believers and Seven Days, in fact, I love Level 42. I'm a huge Mark King fan, I've met him, I have 2 children to him and he hasn't paid me a penny since 1995, the bastard.[/quote] I cant believe he got you as well,running in the family indeed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
funkypenguin Posted June 24, 2009 Share Posted June 24, 2009 MK remains one of my favourite bass players i always like to play: dune tune hot water forever now true believers good man in a storm dance on heavy weather the chinese way Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wombatboter Posted June 25, 2009 Share Posted June 25, 2009 Almost there Kansas City Milkman Mr Pink Heathrow Love Games Lyrics don't bother me too much, I'm Flemish so we're used to lyrics we don't always understand :-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mowac Posted August 26, 2009 Share Posted August 26, 2009 (edited) My favorite Level 42 songs that I know on bass: Can't Walk You Home Sunbed Song True Believers Are you Hearing Running In The Family Something About You Living it up (The Sun Goes Down) Leaving Me Now Two Solitudes Children Say Love Meeting Love Lessons In Love Kansas City Milkman Forever Now Weave Your Spell Out Of Sight, Out Of Mind Love Games Hot Water(90% of it) Favorites I want to learn to play: Last Chance The Chinese Way Man(currently working on) Almost There I Want Eyes The Sun Goes Down The Machine Stops The Pursuit Of Accidents 43 88 Turn It On The Chant Micro Kid Coup d'etat Mark King is the ONLY reason I got into playing bass. Why? Because his style of playing and the many different basslines he used was a welcoming challenge unlike the boring rock basslines that have been shoved down our throats since conception. When I played guitar, It was Alex Lifeson of Rush. However, after 20 years of playing guitar, I had lost interest because I felt I was a good as I'll ever get. I took up the bass because for every 15 guitar players out there, there is one bass player. Most of the idiots in the U.S. don't have a clue who Mark King is. That's why I got my first Jaydee. If I want to at least sound like the man (let alone play like him) you need the correct tools of the trade. Mark himself said to get as good a bass as you can. Whenever somebody sees one of my Jaydees for the first time, they don't know how to act or what to think of it. If you even mention Level 42's name in the U.S., the person your talking to is going,"Who are they?" I wished I lived over in the U.K. sometimes simply because the fans are so loyal to their bands. The best music I've ever heard has always came from the U.K. (With the exception of '50's, 60's, and 70's country music......Sorry mates.....I have to stick with my homeland on that one ) Edited September 7, 2009 by Mowac Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stingrayfan Posted August 26, 2009 Share Posted August 26, 2009 [quote name='lee650' post='522216' date='Jun 23 2009, 11:59 PM']his fingerstyle and chordal playing is exceptional and he,s not known for it[/quote] +1 Always prefered his fingerstyle stuff to the machine-gun slap. Learned a lot about feel and timing from playing along to stuff like Good Man In A Storm and It's Over. He needs to sort out that thin 80s tone though, it's terrible! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leschirons Posted August 26, 2009 Share Posted August 26, 2009 [quote name='YouMa' post='523181' date='Jun 24 2009, 11:03 PM']I cant believe he got you as well,running in the family indeed.[/quote] Mark King is great. In fact, I have changed my name to Mark, and my wife's, and our son and daughter's names and I have even bought a dog with a hair lip. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doctor_of_the_bass Posted August 26, 2009 Share Posted August 26, 2009 Marky mark is a nice bloke but he got the hump with me some years ago!! Rob Green called me to see if I could go down to London to demonstrate a couple of Status basses on an Australian TV show. I hoofed down to the factory in Colchester and Rob gave me Mark King's brand new unplayed Kingbass - this one below and one of his P retro basses. I was slightly nervy about taking the Kingbass as MK was taking delivery of it about a week after but Rob was cool and said don't worry as it will look great on the telly with the LEDs etc! I was then whisked down to the studio in a super duper taxi and after three minutes in make up, I was interviewed by Mark Eddo who now works for the BBC Did the show, all was well with the world and then, later that year, my partner and I saw MK at Cambridge. We met him after the show and my mrs said `oh, that new bass sounded great, Nick loves the way it plays too..'. Doh! Mark was like, `you what?'. I then explained the demo and he was not best pleased! Heheh! Nick Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ezbass Posted August 26, 2009 Share Posted August 26, 2009 (edited) [quote name='RhysP' post='522370' date='Jun 24 2009, 10:01 AM']Some of the very worst songs & lyrics I've ever heard are on the Stanley Clarke albums. He's a great player but most of his songs are bloody awful - I can't listen to them anymore because they just make me cringe.[/quote] [quote name='Stuart Clayton' post='522572' date='Jun 24 2009, 01:33 PM']It's the same with Victor Wooten - with each album he seems to sing more and more and he really shouldn't.[/quote] To paraphrase FranK Zappa "Shut up and play your bass guitar". The need to sing seems to afflict many musicians that previously just played instrumentals, George Benson springs to mind. I'm always amazed that Mark King manages to play the way he does and sing at the same time. I'm now minded to get the first 2 albums as I only have them on vinyl. Dune Tune has always been a favourite noodle. Edited August 26, 2009 by ezbass Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Higgie Posted August 26, 2009 Share Posted August 26, 2009 [quote name='doctor_of_the_bass' post='522113' date='Jun 23 2009, 10:13 PM']Overall I was a massive fan, still like to get me Alembic out and have a play along now and again![/quote] Yeah as long as you can find it among those 4 million other basses Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kiwi Posted August 26, 2009 Share Posted August 26, 2009 I think Leaving Me Now is one of my favourite songs of all time. For bass riffs, Children Say especially on the Live At Wembley dvd is still fresh sounding and there's still not a lot out there that tops the Love Games riff. Sort of the bass players equivalent of Stairway to Heaven. lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wombatboter Posted August 26, 2009 Share Posted August 26, 2009 About a month ago someone told me that Level 42 was playing at the Belgian coast that evening and asked if I was planning to go...I have already seen them live about 20 times so I said I wanted to stay home with a nice whisky.. My friend was very convincing and although it was raining heavily we drove to the open-air concert next to the beach. I'm not surprised anymore about what I see and hear (first time I saw them I had never heard anything like that) but although I was soaking wet, the show was great and I was glad I had made the trip. Good soundmix with plenty of bass (not thàt obvious, I've seen some terrible shows soundwise) and the more it rained the more the audience was determined to stay and enjoy the music.. Good songs, great musicianship and lovely bassplaying (that bass-line of Love Games still sounds as fresh as it did in the eighties). I'll always be a Level 42 fan and they still mean a lot to me in my musical directions. Love that b-side : The return of the handsome rugged man. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mowac Posted September 9, 2009 Share Posted September 9, 2009 (edited) [quote name='Captain Bassman' post='522140' date='Jun 23 2009, 05:33 PM'].....ember skies, seems so long ago... Next line anyone?? My fave MK fingerstyle lines: True Believers and My Hero (off True Colours) and Romance (off Forever Now). What with all that slapping malarkey, people seem to overlook MK's awesome finger-style grooving. Sweet!!! [/quote] ......."You were standing on the quay and you blew a kiss to me I was sad to go the ship began to pull away then I heard a stranger say it's sad to see true lovers part 'cause sometimes lovers feel a change of heart out of sight and out of mind well the stranger's words came true and the prophecy went through I knew it would change my world 'cause when I called your home a whispered conversation I overheard I asked you what was going on you said that I'd been gone too long and the rain that fell in West Berlin was nothing like the rain that fell within out of sight and out of mind oh, Regine here am I so far away out of sight, out of mind love has gone but I will shine day after day I will take what love I find so I made some other plans took my life in these two hands and I know I won't turn around though I often see your face when I'm in a crowded place it doesn't get me down I met a girl with smiling eyes full of love and worldly wise she told me she knows what to do to help me put the memories of you out of sight and out of mind......." Edited September 10, 2009 by Mowac Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve-soar Posted September 9, 2009 Share Posted September 9, 2009 I found the air..... Down here in the chamber, you, warned me of danger. Way ahead of their time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thisnameistaken Posted September 10, 2009 Share Posted September 10, 2009 How did the "Good Level 42 Songs" thread get to two pages? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YouMa Posted September 10, 2009 Share Posted September 10, 2009 [quote name='thisnameistaken' post='594457' date='Sep 10 2009, 01:42 AM']How did the "Good Level 42 Songs" thread get to two pages?[/quote] I used to like you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thisnameistaken Posted September 10, 2009 Share Posted September 10, 2009 [quote name='YouMa' post='594468' date='Sep 10 2009, 02:31 AM']I used to like you.[/quote] You sound like my girlfriend. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nobodysprefect Posted September 10, 2009 Share Posted September 10, 2009 I did struggle a bit with 'dune tune' when my bass teacher put the music in front of me on my first year as his student! But it taught me that you don't need to stick with roots and fifths! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JJ Bass Posted January 15, 2011 Share Posted January 15, 2011 this might an old thread but what the hell! Level 42 bass lines/songs to keep you on your toes (not always for speed) 43 Why Are You Leaving Dune Tune Love Games Almost There Sandstorm Theme To Margaret Love Meeting Love Woman 88 42 Foundation & Empire Return Of The Handsome Rugged Man Pursuit Of Accidents Last Chance The Chinese Way Are You Hearing (What I Hear) People Out Of Sight Out Of Mind The Machine Stops Hot Water Can't Walk You Home Standing In The Light True Believers Hours By The Window The Chant Has Begun World Machine Coup D'Etat Physical Presence I Sleep On My Heart Follow Me Fashion Fever To Be With You Again Children Say Heaven In My Hands Man If You Were Mine Set Me Up (live version) Forever Now All Over You The Sunbed Song The Bends (hypnotic) SleepTalking Dive Into The Sun MK solo and appearing... Influences (MK solo album, all of it) Just Like That (from Trash) Throwing Sevens (from Trash) Easy - from Nik Kershaws 'The Riddle Album' Dance Like Fred Astaire - Delegation, from the 'Dueces High' album The Cheiftans - Midge Ure, from the 'The Gift' album A Way You'll Never Be - Leisure Process (feat MK and Phil Gould) There are many more, but that a good start ) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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