Subject: Level 42 Digest, #20

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                              * LEVEL 42 DIGEST *
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Digest 20                                                  Wednesday, 09/08/93

Today's topics:
Bands With Similar styles to Level 42
Petition?

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From: etrinida @ scf.usc.edu (The Subway Beast)
Date: Tue, 7 Sep 1993 12:20:03 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: Bands With Similar styles to Level 42

LEVEL 42 IS IN A LEAGUE ALL THEIR OWN! 
 
:)

But seriously, Go West in some ways is similar (I'm a big fan of theirs too),
but they have more R&B influences. Keep in mind Level 42's early influences
were Weather Report, Earth, Wind and Fire, Stanley Clarke, Mahavishnu 
Orchestra and Chick Corea.Even some old blues musicians. That's where the 
"How How How" line came from in "Physical Presence" from 'World Machine' - 
some blues guy used it in his songs.

China Crisis, maybe. Tears For Fears, hmm.. more of a Steey Dan+ Beatles 
mixture. But the thing that got me into L42 was that they sounded like no one
else I had heard of before.

Hmmm... Ever hear of Nik Kershaw? He's kinda like early Howard Jones mixed with
Level 42... In fact Mark King played guest bass on one of his songs ("Easy" 
from the album 'The Riddle.') In fact that was THE first song where I heard
Mark's bass playing. I heard it and thought, "Whoa! This Level 42 band HAS to
sound good!"

I HAVE heard of some bands that have been inspired by L42...Ever remember a
band called "Living In A Box"? They had a song called "Living In a Cardboard
Box" or something, AND THEY STOLE THE BASSLINE DIRECTLY FROM "HOT WATER!"

There was also some female R&B singer, American, whose name escapes me who 
debuted around the same time L42 got big in the US (circa 1986). The bassline
to the song was a ripoff of "The Chant Has Begun"!

Anyone hear of a British band called "The Brand New Heavies?" some of the stuff
off their first album sounded like old L42. Very jazzy and funky, in a retro 
kind of way. My dream concert is to see L42 and have the Brand New Heavies
open up for them. YEAH!!!!

Elson

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From: etrinida @ scf.usc.edu (Pacific Electric)
Date: Tue, 7 Sep 93 20:08:23 PDT
Subject: Petition?

 
Just wondering, for those of you Level 42 fans in the United States and 
canada, especially, a friend of mine suggested I ask this to the mailing
list: 
 
Anyone interested in starting a petition to request a few Level 42
live performances in North America?

They haven't played live in the US since 1987. America has quite a few
hungry, starving fans just WANTING to see Level 42 live. This is just
for fun, but hey

We can forward this to Paul Crockford (L42
s  manager) and see what happens. 
 
Dream Crazy,
Elson