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Friday, November 07, 2003 |
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| Topics for Friday, November 07, 2003 1. The Perfect Storm - Andrew Goodwin 2. Have a Laugh - eBay very cheep Jay Dee Supernatural ? :-)) - David A. Ratcliffe 3. + MARKETPLACE - Level 42 Digest 4. + WEB DIGEST SUMMARY - Level 42 Digest |
| 1. The Perfect Storm |
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| From: | Andrew Goodwin <nightfly83 @ hotmail.com> |
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| Date: | Thu, 06 Nov 2003 09:48:27 +0000 |
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| So I was just about to leave the house this morning and decided to listen to something on the Discman on the way to work. For old time's sake I fished out the album Level 42. And what a cathartic choice that proved to be. I commend those of you who may be suffering from over-exposure to swear off your favourite albums for a good while. You return to them with fresh ears and renewed vigour. Nothing that followed this album – the creative differences, the fashion blunders, the misguided assault on the charts, the oh-so-hilarious lyrical gags in concert, the line-up changes, the catastrophe that was Guaranteed, the 21st century flogging of a near-dead horse – nothing can detract from the sheer magnificence of this debut. If five musicians ever gelled so perfectly to produce something so comprehensively greater than the sum of their parts, I haven't heard it. The disc was on random play, so first up was 43. Britfunk may have been to the history of music what Iain Duncan Smith is to the history of politics, but these seven minutes are surely a Churchill moment by any criteria. Obviously it was Mark King we all noticed first, but 20 years' listening later you realise the real genius of this album (and presumably we also have Mike Vernon to thank for this) is the subtle, generous musicianship of the others. Phil Gould's work on 43 is incomparably tasteful and yet spine-janglingly funky. Boon's insidious nuances were never more perfectly employed. It's damn near flawless. Even after all this time there are touches which I pick up for the first time. King's vibrato notes during the keyboard and guitar solos in Almost There, for example. By this time I was whizzing round the ring road with tears in my eyes. Of course that might have been the wind. It goes without saying that some of the visceral impact of this album stays with me because I was 14 when I got it, and it was instrumental in leading me on to a rich world of music far more interesting than the New Romantics to whom I had been listening. But it takes more than pure sentiment to sustain this kind of emotional kick two decades later. It was almost enough to make me want to buy a ticket for the Oxford gig. AG _________________________________________________________________ Hotmail messages direct to your mobile phone http://www.msn.co.uk/msnmobile | ||
| 2. Have a Laugh - eBay very cheep Jay Dee Supernatural ? :-)) |
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| From: | David A. Ratcliffe <d.a.ratcliffe @ ntlworld.com> |
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| Date: | Thu, 6 Nov 2003 12:15:55 -0000 |
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| Have a laugh with this eBay listing http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=2569682666 Dave | ||
| 3. + MARKETPLACE |
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| From: | Level 42 Digest <admin @ Level42Digest.com> |
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| Date: | Fri, 7 Nov 2003 03:00:01 -0500 |
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| 4. + WEB DIGEST SUMMARY |
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| From: | Level 42 Digest <admin @ Level42Digest.com> |
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| Date: | Fri, 7 Nov 2003 03:10:08 -0500 |
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Don't miss a Level beat! The following is a list of messages posted to the Level 42 WEB Digest over the last day (not including off-topic and admin boards). Click on a heading to get the full content for any board or topic. Questions about this mailing list related service? Email us at admin @ Level42Digest . com. Have fun!
Author Summary 3 messages: Doctor_Bass, Steen-a-reens and Al 2 messages: chrisderoo 1 messages: lebrecht, winman42, Reize, Rob_Steen, FustratedBasist, truly42, Lisa_D, Dr.Dre, Mike Linsell, Bjorn42, SeeBass, an42, Stuart Clayton, Your Childish Boy, dmakavanagh, Love42 |
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