Level 42 Digest for Monday, February 26, 2007

Monday, February 26, 2007

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Topics for Monday, February 26, 2007

    1.  The True Level 42 Spirit - Paul Hammond
    2.  Dead Of Night - Andrew Goodwin
    3.  Re: Mike & Phil on MySpace - Chris Lawless
    4.  Re: Any musicians out there??? - Chris Lawless
    5.  Re: ....couldn't put Humpty together again ! - Chris Lawless

1. The True Level 42 Spirit
From:	Paul Hammond <paul @ phammond.com>
Date:	Sun, 25 Feb 2007 11:47:12 -0000	[top]
Dean wrote: “The true Level 42 spirit cannot be accurately and definitively captured without the 4 original members (plus Wally). Take a listen to the new material up on Phil's and Mike's myspace pages and you will hear what I mean.” Just a thought, but by your reckoning above, surely Mike and Phil going to suffer from Mark’s absence in the same way you think Mark suffers from not having the others’ contributions? PH

2. Dead Of Night
From:	Andrew Goodwin <thenightfly83 @ yahoo.co.uk>
Date:	Sun, 25 Feb 2007 14:12:31 +0000 (GMT)	[top]
> 1. ....couldn't put Humpty together again ! > From: dean.osborn > > It seems a few people took offence to Retroglide, > since it advertised Mike and did not deliver Mike > (put me in with that group) - plus I'm not a huge > fan of Mark's Americanised vocal a la Pamela (from > One-Man album)/Hell Town Story…..It's just hit > me more and more over the last few years that, as > good as the new line-up are as musicians, the true > Level 42 spirit cannot be accurately and > definitively captured without the 4 original members > (plus Wally). > Take a listen to the new material up on Phil's and > Mike's myspace pages and you will hear what I mean. Oh absolutely, I don't disagree with any of the above. Personally I feel that all of the solo projects have ably demonstrated to what an extraordinary degree Level 42 was more than the some of its parts. I just thought it was quite funny that you said 'no offence to Mark' and then damned him with some of the faintest praise possible! AG ___________________________________________________________ New Yahoo! Mail is the ultimate force in competitive emailing. Find out more at the Yahoo! Mail Championships. Plus: play games and win prizes. http://uk.rd.yahoo.com/evt=44106/*http://mail.yahoo.net/uk

3. Re: Mike & Phil on MySpace
From:	Chris Lawless <chrisjlawless @ yahoo.com>
Date:	Sun, 25 Feb 2007 12:21:47 -0800 (PST)	[top]
Thanks for the info Steve! I really don't bother with MySpace that much, so I wasn't sure how to search for individual pages. Hopefully both Gary and Wally have some music up as well. As always, I appreciate the effort. Later, Chris L. steve whyte <sjwhyte @ hotmail.com> wrote: >> Chris, they couldn't be easier to find. Visit www.myspace.com and search for Mike Lindup or Phil Gould. Wally Badarou and Gary Husband are there too. Enjoy the music when you get there... << ____________________________________________________________________________________ Don't get soaked. Take a quick peak at the forecast with the Yahoo! Search weather shortcut. http://tools.search.yahoo.com/shortcuts/#loc_weather

4. Re: Any musicians out there???
From:	Chris Lawless <chrisjlawless @ yahoo.com>
Date:	Sun, 25 Feb 2007 13:00:31 -0800 (PST)	[top]
I enjoyed it Joost- thanks for posting the link! On a slightly related, wasn't there another Digester that posted a link once for his version of 'Almost There'? I'd be curious to hear other material (original or covers) if anyone wants to post a link. Chris L. ____________________________________________________________________________________ TV dinner still cooling? Check out "Tonight's Picks" on Yahoo! TV. http://tv.yahoo.com/

5. Re: ....couldn't put Humpty together again !
From:	Chris Lawless <chrisjlawless @ yahoo.com>
Date:	Sun, 25 Feb 2007 12:57:03 -0800 (PST)	[top]
I think that as long as Mark, Mike, and Wally are involved, we'll get good music. Honestly, the last three studio albums before the breakup in 1994 get unfairly slagged off because this one wasn't involved or that one's subtly was missed. Truth be told, those three albums were exceptionally strong in terms of both musicianship and composition. I'll even go as far as to say that Gary Husband is a technically more proficient drummer than Phil was- not to mention a more powerful one. Yeah, that's right- I said "better". Ya wanna fight about it?? (Family Guy fans- hello??). That's not meant as an insult toward Phil- far from it in fact. But wasn't his primary contribution to the band more in the form of his lyrics than his drumming? Ditto for Boon- more for lyrics that guitar playing? It's 2007 folks. Boon and Phil departed almost 20 years ago. TWENTY. And honestly, if I didn't know any better I would never have guessed that Phil was involved with FOREVER NOW because his presence really wasn't felt. I agree that both Mike and Wally's presence are missed on RETROGLIDE (Mike was there, but not as much as he should have been), but I still think it's a hybrid between their pre WORLD MACHINE and post RUNNING IN THE FAMILY material. In other words, when they weren't focused on releasing commercial sounding music- which is what all the die hard "Oh-it-hasn't-been-the-same-since-True-Colours" types seem to complain about. And that's not a slag towards WM or RITF either, but there's no denying that the band definitely took a much more commercialized approach with those two releases. It's still great stuff to listen to. Eyes forward everyone- that's where the future is. The past is located directly over your shoulder. Later, Chris L. dean.osborn <dean.osborn @ bt.com> wrote: >> It's just hit me more and more over the last few years that, as good as the new line-up are as musicians, the true Level 42 spirit cannot be accurately and definitively captured without the 4 original members (plus Wally). Take a listen to the new material up on Phil's and Mike's myspace pages and you will hear what I mean. << ____________________________________________________________________________________ Food fight? Enjoy some healthy debate in the Yahoo! Answers Food & Drink Q&A. http://answers.yahoo.com/dir/?link=list&sid=396545367

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