Recorded at London's Indigo2 in October 2010, the concert was part of Level 42's world tour celebrating their 30th anniversary. Remember to subscribe to stay up to date with all new releases on the channel. vevo.ly/3ZzAAt
Mark King, maestro. Always awe struck at his musical ability, playing the bass like an absolute boss and lead vocalist at the same time, now that's talent. Was playing level 42 in the car with the window down, stopped at traffic lights and the guy in the car next to me called out " absolute tune, more volume", so happily obliged.
As a musician, to me is very very impressive to hear a band sounding like this live, and mostly after 30 years, wonderful musicians and incredible sound,
I am pleased to read a real musician confirming the impression I have! I've never learnt to play and therefore am uncertain that my assessment is valid when I have the belief.
I've played bass for over 50 years, Mark is INCREDIBLE! Jaco Pastorius, Larry Graham, Paul McCartney, Stanley Clarke, Verdine White, (a few others LTD , Slave, Lakeside) Mark IS in that class. My GOODNESS he's phenomenal!!!!!!!!
Thoes words as you put it is Spot On Mark King is a Machine with the Bass and should be number 1 in the Bass charts and he isn't and I think it's wrong. Mark is a regular Bass Player in the Princess Trust House Band and why is that? Because He's The Best The Worlds Best and lastly Mark should be United By Her Majesty' The Queen and become Sir Mark King that Man fully Deserves It.
That's called professionalism and can be reached by hard work, millnnial ! That generation actually does its job and doesn't pretend to. Back then we didn't get paid for selfies. Your generation is always so damn sure about everything and throws with criticism like confetti but doesn't know how to do its job!
Today I learned new definition of insane. To play those bass lines with machine like precision for so long... then singing on top of it with a melody that "seems to" stagger erratically over rhythm... what a tightly knit band... can't express my disbelief in words... I don't think he is human.
my cat's vet recommended this band to me and he said "pay attention to the bass line", when I heard it I was like "but this is a machine/synth bass line... oh wait--what??"
Saw them live about 7 years ago in Bristol. Took my disabled brother out of hospital after he had a stroke. Absolutely amazing. He died not long after. This has got me crying my eyes out. What a band.... Pure class
So......this guy plays the bass this way and also is the lead singer for Level 42??¡¡¡¡¡ just....WOW.....every day we can discover such great things in the music world
1980-2022 when Level-42 reaches Level 42...such inspiring driving and never boring music over all these years with exceptional musicians . I was 22 when they started...and I'm still addicted.
The band is tight - tight to (almost) perfection. Yet the drummer; a crazy drummer - genius he is. With Mark certainly. A band of the first class. Bravo!
Awesome awesome brings back the best of my youth thanks LEVEL 42 greetings from the super ancient megalithic city of TIAHUANAKU BOLIVIA 🇧🇴. Thanks for posting.
The tempo here is faster than the studio recording, but not a single bass note was missed or out of time, and we still get solid vocals on top. Mark King is not human. #AbsoluteLegend
Absolutely Brilliant, Loved that from start to finish, can remember hearing that song on the works radio, while doing woodwork machining... back in 85 ish... :)
Mark King is really special with a unique way of playing his bass guitar, but don't forget Phil Lynott, Victor Wooten, maybe Jacco Pastorius, all real good bass players with an unique talent.
Level 42 opened for Steve Winwood in the US around 1987. What a class act! They dropped off the Winwood tour to play a sold-out show at Wembley. Good lads!
I'm not proud, I was wrong And the truth is hard to take I felt sure we had enough But our love went overboard Lifeboat lies lost at sea I've been trying to reach your shore Waves of doubt keep drowning me All the dreams that we were building We never fulfilled them Could be better, should be better For lessons in love For restless eyes egos burn And the mold is hard to break Now we've waded in too deep And love is overboard Heavy hearts token words All the hopes I ever had Fade like footprints in the sand All the homes that we were building We never lived in Could be better, should be better Lessons in love If we lose the time before us The future will ignore us We should use it, we could use it, yeah Lessons in love Lost without love Lessons in love When will you ever learn Lessons in love When there's nowhere left to turn Lessons in love Don't let your spirit burn Lessons in love I'll wait 'till you return All the dreams that we were building We never lived them We could lose it, we should use it (Lessons in love) lessons in love All the homes that we were building We never lived in Could be better (could be better), should be better Lessons in love If we lose the time before us The future will ignore us We should use it, we could use it (good god) Lessons in love Songwriters: Mark King / Rowland Charles Gould / Waliou Jacques Badarou
Level 42 qué gran banda!! Mark King es un virtuoso del bajo que creó ese sonido característico de esta canción, y con un riqueza musical notable, un himno de los 80's. Recordando desde Perú 🇵🇪🇵🇪
I love, love, Love Level 42. The first time I heard these guys, I was stationed in Bad Hersfeld Germany in early 80s!! I was completely blown away by their harmonies, grooves and then..Mark King's crazy funky bass lines...so cool.
Marks bassline riff in this the most memorable unforgettable one in the world for all time! ITS A BEAUTY and he plays it percussive with just his thumb!!!
