Subject: Level 42 Digest, #409 ===================== * LEVEL 42 DIGEST * ===================== Digest 409 Friday, 06/02/95 156 subscribers Today's messages: L42 fits any mood Re: UK travel advice Demographics All kindsa stuff Radio show After a long hiatus... ------------------------------ From: "Friesen, Alex" Date: Thu, 01 Jun 1995 10:12:59 -0500 Subject: L42 fits any mood As Mrgdot @ aol.com stated, different Level 42 songs are good for different moods. Perhaps this is why I've been such a fan for 10 years now - through happy times and depressing times there's always been a Level headed song to be my "soundtrack to life". Sad mood fave: Leaving Me Now End of workweek fave: Tracie Driving at night on an empty two lane highway with the sunroof open fave: Heathrow Pissed off at the world fave: Set Me Up Sing-along fave: Lessons In Love Missing a loved one fave: Last Chance All Time Fave: Out Of Sight, Out Of Mind ...Alex... "Music is the key to set me free..." ------------------------------ From: huwmill @ cix.compulink.co.uk (Huw Millington) Date: Thu, 1 Jun 95 19:32 BST-1 Subject: Re: UK travel advice Jonathan - > I was able to arrange a week stopover in London during the month of > July. Well as you would expect, it is true to say that if you stay away from London and Gatwick, you'll get cheaper accomodation. You should be able to get B&B for around 10-15 pounds a night. Where are you flying into? If Gatwick, I live just 10 miles away so *may* be able to book something fo you. (If it is Gatwick, perhaps we could meet ?) Wherever you stay, it should not be a problem getting into London for record shopping, there is a good rail service in the south east. As for shops, for new records Virgin Megastore in Oxford St. London is the best shop (and biggest record shop in Europe apparently) Close by are 2 HMVs which are also very large. However as I suspect you are after second hand stuff you rightly say that record fairs are the best place to go. My local one in Brighton 'shuts down' for the summer so AFAIK there won't be one in July. If you buy a copy of 'Record Collector' on arrival that should tell you if any are on while you are here. There are a number of 2nd hand record shops in London, one 3 mins from Oxford St (whose name escapes me) but better ones in Notting Hill Gate - there you will find 3 or 4 all within 1/3 mile of the tube station. Outside of London, in the South East, the 'capital' of second-hand record shops is Brighton. There are many in the lanes to be found. Brighton is a 1 hour train ride from the centre of London, on the south coast. Many other towns have them, and again the 'Record Collector' magazine will be able to tell you where they are. Let me know if you want more information - by e-mail if you like. Huw huwmill @ cix.compulink.co.uk ------------------------------ From: JamesRawls @ aol.com Date: Thu, 1 Jun 1995 17:25:22 -0400 Subject: Demographics OK, my turn. 29, Black, American, single, gay, male, born in Maine; raised in Alabama. I'm a independent film and theater producer/production manager/production coordinator living in New York City. I came to Level 42 by chance. Since then they've become my favorite band. (I'm also madly in love with Mike Lindup.) I was sad to hear they broke up. How I became a fan: I had little awareness of Level 42. "Something About You" was an American hit and I loved it. Unfortunately, that was all that was heard from L42 on the popular American music scene. During the 1987 summer of my junior year in college (Yale, 1988), I spent the summer in NYC doing a book and magazine publishing internship. I noticed a L42 concert coming up at the Ritz. However, they were not my motivation. It was the opening act - Jill Jones. Jill was signed to Prince's Paisley Park label and he was known to make impromptu appearances and performances at her concerts. I must confess, I was looking for Prince - my favorite artist; not Level 42 (or Jill Jones for that matter). Then it happened. After Jill's set, I was ready to leave. No Prince. Unfortunately (or fortunately it turned out) I was too close to the stage. I couldn't get through the crowd. So I decided to stick it out. Am I ever glad I did. They blew me away. (A similar thing happened last summer when I was in Toronto; I was there to see En Vogue but Luther Vandross - who I also like - really amazed me as a performer). Even though I only knew the lyrics to "Something About You", the other songs immediately struck a familiar chord. I left the concert, buzzing with bass, in love with sexy Mike and rushed right over to Tower to pick up "Running in the Family" and "Lessons in Love". I've been hooked ever since. I don't have a favorite L42 song but I tend to favor their ballads. So that's my story. How 'bout you? James ------------------------------ From: PLFlanagan @ aol.com Date: Thu, 1 Jun 1995 19:44:48 -0400 Subject: All kindsa stuff I've been incommunicado (you should all be impressed -- not many know where Communicado is) the past few days due to a system upgrade gone awry. I'm typing this on my old system, not my new Pentium 75 that I bought Monday, if that gives any indication of how it's going. Anyway, I have a load of followups. Sorry to stretch the length of the Digest out. :/ Huw -- Good call on Dennis Edwards -- you get a biscuit! :D He originally did "Don't Look Any Further" but his version didn't move me very much. Physical description -- Since giving physical stats are so in vogue, here goes... 6'1", 170 lbs (no idea how many stone that is -- Brits?), white guy with rhythm, brownish-blond hair, glasses, size 11 1/2 shoe, 16 1/2" neck.. ok, I know, now I'm making y'all sick. Oh, yeah, important distinguishing physical characteristic: gap between two front teeth ala Letterman. (also known as a diasthema, if anyone cares) Denis Jacques -- Colloquial English tip -- You probably shouldn't say "I'm ready to do it with you". That has, shall we say, a double meaning in these parts. Just a tip. :D Mark King's voice -- Yeah, his voice is pretty good now -- he can now croak in two octaves. :D Seriously, I can't talk. My singing sounds like a .440 engine in the process of throwing a rod. Lolita -- Sorry to hear you were sick. Now back off. You'll get your tapes when I'm ready to send them. :D worldmachine.com -- Most excellent. Jamiroquai -- Ok, I've never heard of these guys, and I can't find any of their stuff anywhere around here. Tell me who they are and why I should like them, NOW. RACK1 -- OOOOoooo, you hit one of the funkdoobiest songs ever made -- Brick House by The Commodores ("mighty mighty"). This was a constant during our college all-night Euchre parties. Other greasy tunes: "Bop Gun" by Parliament; the "Ooooh, the Name is Bootsy, Baby" album by Bootsy Collins; "Schoolboy Crush" and "Work To Do" by Average White Band; anything by Sly & The Family Stone; and (here's a curveball) "Girl From Ipanema" by Stan Getz & Joao Gilberto. Afua -- Please please please (now I'm sounding like James Brown) can you send the Forever Now lyrics? Thanks a heap. I'd better cut this off here, or I'll have to start my own digest. Any subscribers? :D TCOY, Pat "Oh I hope and pray that they will, but today I am still just a bill." (Schoolhouse Rock) ------------------------------ From: "Zaron Michael Frumin" Date: Thu, 1 Jun 1995 21:38:30 -0400 (EDT) Subject: Radio show Dear All, I thought I'd run my little dilemma by all of my Level-headed friends on the digest: I'm leading of my '80s music radio show tonight with Madonna, because someone requested "Papa Don't Preach" at the end of last week's show. I want to follow Madonna with a good Level 42 selection--I thought it would be an excellent segue since I could lead-in by saying, "Here's the group that opened for Madonna in arenas all over the US in 1987!" Well, the dilemma is: WHICH SONG TO PLAY??? I need something that will really GRAB listeners who remember "Something About You" (in fact, I'll even play a little bit of that song's hook first, to remind listeners that they, in fact, have heard of Level 42!). I need to play something that is fairly upbeat, and at least somewhat 'alternative' sounding--meaning it's got to have, what at least most listeners will agree to be, a thin layer of cheeze. I was thinking "Coup D'etat"--from the international release of World Machine--would be a good choice, or even "Kouyate". I think each of these has intriguing lyrics, has a catchy hook, and sounds very unique. Any suggestions for something better? Email me personally--and FAST at: -Zaron fruminza @ student.msu.edu ------------------------------ From: Dale Loyd Date: Fri, 2 Jun 1995 02:01:47 -0500 (CDT) Subject: After a long hiatus... Hey to all. Have been out of town and moving since the middle of May. Am catching up on the mail (great to see such a healthy digest going, too). Guess I'll remit to peer pressure and give some quick facts: Dale Loyd Born 5/29/71 (just turned 24) Live in Whites Creek, TN (still inside Metro Nashville) Schooling at Middle TN State University (Murfreesboro, TN) Major in Audio Engineering, Minor in Graphic Comm and Music (see our studios on the cover of MIX magazine, Feb '93) Play keys, electronic percussion Like also: Scritti Politti, Howard Jones, Peter Gabriel, Thomas Dolby, Police (as you know from earlier posts, Stew Copeland wails!), uhh, hmm, Duran Duran, Chick Corea, no telling who all else (I'm stuck in the '80's). First song: Something about you. Best album: tough. Would have to be (get out yer torches to flame me) Guaranteed or Running in the Family. (I know, I know, "Forgive him, Father, for he knows not what he says). White, Male, 5'10", 185#, brown hair, hazel eyes. On other notes: Whoever said life was not as good as it is now since Mike Lindup's "Changes" showed up at their door, I *completely* agree. I'm thinking of ordering an extra copy for storage (me and my car's cd player are not the nicest on such goodies). The brit awards: I remember seeing that one run here on an independent station in Nashville back in the day...didn't Scritti Politti win (or at least be nominated) for something like "Song of the Year" for "Oh Patti (don't feel sorry for loverboy)" from Provision? I may have that on an old video tape...now I'll have to go thru em to find if I have gold shoved away in the "Closet of Misfit Videotapes from Yesteryear." Seeyouz later, Dale PS --- "When my 10-gallon hat is feeling 5-gallons flat, I hanker for a hunka cheese!" (Look, a wagon wheel!)