Level 42 Digest for Sunday, September 24, 2006

Sunday, September 24, 2006

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Topics for Sunday, September 24, 2006

    1.  Mike on Retroglide - steve whyte
    2.  Level 42 Dk downloads - Lars Grill Nielsen
    3.  Let It Be Retroglide - mikethepom

1. Mike on Retroglide
From:	steve whyte <sjwhyte @ hotmail.com>
Date:	Sat, 23 Sep 2006 10:59:18 +0000	[top]
>Mike is criminally underused on this project and that is a shame. Does >anyone else agree/disagree with any of this ? Absolutely Dean, I couldn't agree more. There are moments on Retroglide where you can hear Nathan or Lyndon doing backing duties, or even Mark layering his own vocals seemingly a dozen times, (I think All Around, All I Need and Sleep Talking are the main culprits), and i can't for the life of me understand why it isn't Mike being used. Similarly, Mark appears to have to have performed some of the keyboard duties himself. He invited Mike into the studio and hasn't used him. Mark and Mike sang and played so well together over the years, but none of it is evident here i'm afraid. I would like to say that I do actually like the new album. There are some outstanding moments on it and Mark deserves a lot of the credit being heaped upon him. However, like you, i listen to Retroglide and I hear a very well polished MK solo album, not a Level 42 album. That's not a criticism, merely an observation. steve _________________________________________________________________ The next generation of Search—say hello! http://imagine-windowslive.com/minisites/searchlaunch/?locale=en-us&FORM=WLMTAG

2. Level 42 Dk downloads
From:	Lars Grill Nielsen <owner @ level42dk.dk>
Date:	Sat, 23 Sep 2006 14:00:39 +0200	[top]
Hi all, In the midst of all the Retroglide joy, I just want to say that all the download problems on www.level42dk.dk have been resolved. Cheers, Lars

3. Let It Be Retroglide
From:	mikethepom <mikethepom @ yahoo.com>
Date:	Sat, 23 Sep 2006 18:03:16 -0700 (PDT)	[top]
G'day Digestives ... ... while in the You Kay recently I picked up a copy of 'It'll Be All Right On The Night' on video for a quid, at one of those charity shops. It's the one that was made to raise money for the Zeebrugge Disaster Fund and features a bunch of good 80s comics and musicians like Jim Davidson, Mike Reid, Hale & Pace and Frankie Howerd, plus a few rubbish ones. For me, the strangest inclusion is Alvin Stardust(!) Anyway, the reason for buying it wasn't the glittering array of shiny-suited talent, but the bonus hit video, 'Let It Be' by Ferry Aid, of which I have the single somewhere. I'll put it on and try and name the talent ... it opens with Sir Paul McCartney of Peasmarsh / Boy George / one-third of Bananarama / Paul King (no relation) who did Love & Pride / and here he is in all his 28 year old glory, our very own Sir Mark King of The Island with (I think) Ruby Turner / a girl with a bloke's voice whose name I don't recall / that bloke out of Erasure - not the one who was in Yazoo, the other one / Pepsi & Shirlie out of Wham! / a quick grab of MK on the bass / Mel & Kim / a familiar looking bloke doing a guitar solo in an overcoat / Mark Knopfler / Kim Wilde & possibly Nick Kamen / Edwin Starr / Ben Volpiere-Pierrot out of Curiosity Killed The Cat, with another guy having a smoke / look out, here comes Kate Bush, all breathy and wistful / then there's the obligatory group shot a la Band Aid. Blimey, there's hundreds of 'em .. is that Rick Astley? Howard Jones? Errol Brown? The other Bananaramas? I can't recognise them all. And what's Simon Bates doing there? Maybe he threatened to ban the single from Radio One if he didn't get an invite. Mark's bit almost makes up for the band's absence at Live Aid two years before. Almost. My fingers have gone numb so I'll stop typing now. I'm off to the shops today, readers, to see if I can find a copy of Retroglide at Borders, HMV or JB HiFi. Fingers crossed. Cheers ~ Mike (Sydney City Milkman) __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com

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