@ Sparta JKD, yes agreed. Example is in the states, USA, lead single for Running In The Family was Lessons In Love. A great start. Received some radio airplay on FM radio however after only MTV in the states played vids for released Songs of RITF Album.
try taking your head back out of your ass and stop making such stupid comments. Prescient lol. Nothing is overrated or underrated; we like what we like.
@@lhair02 Go to the channel Inner Guardians - he actually says what you guys are saying....he gets onto the subject of this actual song half way through worth listening. I love level 42 even more now :)
There's a lot of great music from Level 42. Go find it. You'll thank me later. A few recommended tracks: A Floating Life The Machine Stops Good Man In A Storm Leaving you now There are also interviews with Mark King worth checking out.
@@tedschroeders5289 I will, thanks. I have known some of their big hits for decades but never delved into their albums. Starchild is another one I discovered fairly recently and it's fantastic
subscribed to your You Tube Channel on feb7th2021.A fan too, from age12 of this group also, I reside in the United States,.Mtv music Television gave the later albums, " Something About You" heavy rotation after it dropped as a new single. The MTV heavy rotation helped level 42 gain exposure as a band. I do admit the True Colors songs are more comfortable.It was World Machine here in the states because of MTV helped the band gain interest in the USA.
I adore @Level42 with every fibre of my being! Their songs are sensational! My favourite is 'it's Over' but I adore all their songs, Dune Tune, Two Solitudes, Sleepwalking, Two hearts Collide, to be with you again, Starched, Something about You, Lessons in Love, guaranteed, 'Take a look' , the Chinese way and, Overtime, Love games, the chant has begun, Leaving me now x Hot Waterand this one x the list is endless
And who the hell those 11 people who disliked the song? I bet they didn't create or do anything useful in their lives, putting bloody thumbs down with shaky hand, brrr
True Colours is their best album, every song is a banger, no need to skip a single song. I feel this album gets over looked by the "World Machine" album, but I feel this is better. Of course Level 42 doesn't have any bad albums. #Levelhead4life
It actually the only album that I DO skip a song. Just don’t like Hours By The Window, especially since it’s at the end of the album. Just a down note. :(
I think this was one of their best albums. The period before turning more commercial. At this point I think they encountered a fork in the road. Phil Gould is a nice chap, actually responds to messages on twitter. He said people don't realise how hard they worked. Enough said.!
"Born in this place, you only see so far" "The world is a stage" "and we know just who you are " "If we put the truth in your hands, would you really like to know"
You need to listen to the early tapes, lol ,yes, tapes,listen to them and seen them since i was whizzing around in my XR2 mark 1 in the 80's enjoy :)))
Bass is in Drop D. Some others off the top of my head are Micro Kid, Chant Has Begun, World Machine, Sleepwalkers, and Fashion Fever may be drop D as well.
I can’t believe I was 13 when I got the True Colours Album on Cassette.. It was for me the last album before they, not sold out but just upped the tempo and the world noticed the album World Machine and level 42 took off.
I have been trying attempting oftentimes lots to post a comment or two to the chap who responded in such a delightful and delighting way. It really has been around ths houses by way of its scenic route twisted gleefully. Ha! To read that There Is A Person who considers Level 42 to be in a bracket of themselves chimes rings echoes with my opinion garnered, gained and gathered across a very-near-almost
I really love Level 42 sunce 1986, but I've find out that this song (one of my L42 favorites) is very similar in its first phrase to the first phrase of 1981 The Tubes' "Don't want to wait anymore"..
The title is funny to me. At this time, calendrically, the veil between the living and those beyond is thinned...in the Midwest ( am in South Dakota ) its pretty dense, comparatively...beyond is not a concept and to correct someone else here, everything is actually 5-d
It appears to be a Very aware reply or continuation to Glen Campbell's "Wichita Lineman", another blue collar profession; the city being in the same state.
Even better.. This mid-century novel by Reynolds Packard chronicles the world of an international news agency set in Paris, France. Why then the title? As the seasoned vet coaches the young and hungry cub reporter, "And remember, you are writing so it can be understood by the Kansas City Milkman. If the Kansas City Milkman can't understand it, the dispatch is badly written."
Go to Inner Guardians channel to hear the hidden positive occult message in this song. Good news is that not all musicians are into the dark side...from what he says Level 42 were on the good side ...I loved them years ago and I love them even more now :)
One of the only Level 42 songs where Mike is singing lead vocals as much as Mark. It's a shame as in recent live versions, Mark sings more of the lead vocals. It works better like this.
The Kansas City milkman is a metaphor for The simple Man who doesn't know, or doesn't care to know about what's really going on behind the scenes in today's corrupt political power structure. do you really want to know how deep the corruption goes??? Maybe the truth would irreparably make you lose faith in the human race. The Kansas City milkman doesn't know the truth, and maybe that's a good thing for his sanity.
I had to Dig for this .. This mid-century novel by Reynolds Packard chronicles the world of an international news agency set in Paris, France. Why then the title? As the seasoned vet coaches the young and hungry cub reporter, "And remember, you are writing so it can be understood by the Kansas City Milkman. If the Kansas City Milkman can't understand it, the dispatch is badly written."
Pretty sure nobody in the band had ever visited Kansas before writing this. It's a vibrant and hip city, not some myopic backwater. A great song though.
It's about what's really going on behind the scenes, and do you really want to upset your cozy little world by really truly knowing the truth. of course this question is being asked to the very simple small town Kansas City milkman. Please relisten to the song and read the words as you listen.
This mid-century novel by Reynolds Packard chronicles the world of an international news agency set in Paris, France. Why then the title? As the seasoned vet coaches the young and hungry cub reporter, "And remember, you are writing so it can be understood by the Kansas City Milkman. If the Kansas City Milkman can't understand it, the dispatch is badly written."
@@MusicLoot it's been all of six weeks since taking up two bass guitars. Sure has me appreciating real players of such a fine instrument. My 2nd is my first build. My initial bass is pukka although it's design is mainly for playing while standing upright. I ain't either. Or neither. I've been a wheelchair user for some six years therefore a different approach etc. With build I shall craft a comfy bass. I trust. I met Marc Kings dad when he worked in Albany prison IOW during 80's. Interesting indeed! Are you an admirer of 42 work?
Ronny, I wish you the best in creating your bass guitar for your unfortunate situation. Sounds like you are indeed going to create lemonade from lemons, and I greatly admire that positive attitude you have. BTW, yes...Level 42 is my favorite band of all time, and I have an absolutely massive music collection, everything from rock and blues, to jazz, fusion, funk, soul, metal and electronic. Level 42 stands above everything I own. When I saw that this song wasn't on RU-vid in the original studio version, I knew that I just had to upload it. Again good sir, I absolutely wish you the best in your endeavors, musical and otherwise. Vaya con dios, if you know what that means. Please look it up if you don't know the translation to English.
The Kansas City milkman is a metaphor for The simple Man who doesn't know, or doesn't care to know about what's really going on behind the scenes in today's corrupt political power structure. do you really want to know how deep the corruption goes??? Maybe the truth would irreparably make you lose faith in the human race. The Kansas City milkman doesn't know the truth, and maybe that's a good thing for his sanity.
Here you go, this is the Source. 1950. Yet, it appears the group added some stuff. This mid-century novel by Reynolds Packard chronicles the world of an international news agency set in Paris, France. Why then the title? As the seasoned vet coaches the young and hungry cub reporter, "And remember, you are writing so it can be understood by the Kansas City Milkman. If the Kansas City Milkman can't understand it, the dispatch is badly written."
