Level 42 Digest for Monday, December 17, 2007

First off, I enjoyed Mark' Waltz for Dawn on the Status site, though I was initially confused as it didn't seem to start in 3/4.

However, on L42 . com I happened to spot Mark's answer to an Alan James question - What would be your top ten favourite songs to cover if you had to cover ten songs?

Mark's answer was - Hi Alan. I've thought about this for a whole day now and I just can't choose ten. I think that any song that you like enough to want to cover leaves you with the task of trying to better something that impressed you so much in the first place that you wanted to cover it (if that makes any sense at all), and I tried it once with 'I feel free' and failed miserably..etc...

Well I'm afraid I have to disagree with Mark. I know Jack Bruce was one of his inspirations, and presumably he has seen him, though possibly, him being so young, not playing in Cream, but his cover blows Cream's version away, especially when you consider he played all the instruments. That said, there is nothing that can be taken away from Cream, they were such groundbreakers, whom I saw a few times, once even for 55p, it is no wonder Mark would want to cover such a great song. I suspect that Mark really knows just how good his cover is, or it would never have seen the light of day.

However, I can see another setting for Mark's "trying to better" something argument, with today's chat-less DJs. They mess about with records on stage, or in their bedrooms before the gig, and we are talking records that have been days in the mixing by real top professionals, (at great expense), and they think they can better them. Tw ats!

Anyway, all have a good Christmas, in case I don't post again, including Mark and the rest of the band and crew, as I'm sure they read this from time to time, sifting the wheat from the chaff!

Steve Randall

1. Modest Mark
From:	steve randall <steve.bugster @ virgin.net>
Date:	Sun, 16 Dec 2007 13:52:38 -0000	[top]
First off, I enjoyed Mark' Waltz for Dawn on the Status site, though I was initially confused as it didn't seem to start in 3/4. However, on L42 . com I happened to spot Mark's answer to an Alan James question - What would be your top ten favourite songs to cover if you had to cover ten songs? Mark's answer was - Hi Alan. I've thought about this for a whole day now and I just can't choose ten. I think that any song that you like enough to want to cover leaves you with the task of trying to better something that impressed you so much in the first place that you wanted to cover it (if that makes any sense at all), and I tried it once with 'I feel free' and failed miserably..etc... Well I'm afraid I have to disagree with Mark. I know Jack Bruce was one of his inspirations, and presumably he has seen him, though possibly, him being so young, not playing in Cream, but his cover blows Cream's version away, especially when you consider he played all the instruments. That said, there is nothing that can be taken away from Cream, they were such groundbreakers, whom I saw a few times, once even for 55p, it is no wonder Mark would want to cover such a great song. I suspect that Mark really knows just how good his cover is, or it would never have seen the light of day. However, I can see another setting for Mark's "trying to better" something argument, with today's chat-less DJs. They mess about with records on stage, or in their bedrooms before the gig, and we are talking records that have been days in the mixing by real top professionals, (at great expense), and they think they can better them. Tw ats! Anyway, all have a good Christmas, in case I don't post again, including Mark and the rest of the band and crew, as I'm sure they read this from time to time, sifting the wheat from the chaff! Steve Randall

2. Erm, ooops
From:	Mark Woodhouse <mark.woodhouse1 @ googlemail.com>
Date:	Sun, 16 Dec 2007 16:21:31 +0000	[top]
Hi All, There was me feeling happy to point you all in the direction of the Status website to listen to "A Waltz For Dawn" yesterday, but now I feel a little bit of a pudding. I was listening to the Retroglide Tour CD 20 minutes ago, & you know the "secret/bonus" track at the end of CD1? Well at least we now know what it's called. Oh well. Cheerio, Mark W.

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