Hey Mr Sinker, Say Something Interesting About Level 42

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Best and truest band of the 1980s! Not?

― Terry Shannon, Thursday, 7 February 2002 01:00 (twenty-three years ago)

Mark King better than Elvis Costello/Madness/Crass answers!

― Terry Shannon, Thursday, 7 February 2002 01:00 (twenty-three years ago)

lysette anthony -yowsah

― , Thursday, 7 February 2002 01:00 (twenty-three years ago)

best band from the Isle of Wight.

― MarkH, Thursday, 7 February 2002 01:00 (twenty-three years ago)

world machine = top adornoite dissection of "modern" (eg 1986) life

― mark s, Thursday, 7 February 2002 01:00 (twenty-three years ago)

the original line up split in an argument about whether they should use sequencers in live performances.

― MarkH, Thursday, 7 February 2002 01:00 (twenty-three years ago)

a pharoah's dream (of endless time)

― bob snoom, Thursday, 7 February 2002 01:00 (twenty-three years ago)

they are genre-defying

― MarkH, Thursday, 7 February 2002 01:00 (twenty-three years ago)

Mark King = not even the best 80s bassist from the Isle of Wight

― Robin Carmody, Thursday, 7 February 2002 01:00 (twenty-three years ago)

pistols at dawn carmody

― mark s, Thursday, 7 February 2002 01:00 (twenty-three years ago)

Yes, I prefer the bassline on FYC's "Johnny Come Home" to any L42. So?

― Robin Carmody, Thursday, 7 February 2002 01:00 (twenty-three years ago)

Wasn't their name inspired by The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy?

― Prude, Friday, 8 February 2002 01:00 (twenty-three years ago)

wasn't it barbarella? (i haf no idea)

haha that is the first pro-FYC post i haf evah seen on ILM!!

― mark s, Friday, 8 February 2002 01:00 (twenty-three years ago)

And I mentioned it because ... ?

― Robin Carmody, Friday, 8 February 2002 01:00 (twenty-three years ago)

Got to say though, I'm still rather fond of "Running In The Family".

― Robin Carmody, Friday, 8 February 2002 01:00 (twenty-three years ago)

I thought they got their name from the tallest multi-storey carpark in the world. (This is not some lame joke, but actually something I remember [possibly] Tommy Vance saying on the chart rundown). Of course, I'm sure there are fan sites out there with the TRUTH but I'm not about to look at them.

― Michael Jones, Friday, 8 February 2002 01:00 (twenty-three years ago)

They have...uh...nice shoes?

― Lord Custos, Friday, 8 February 2002 01:00 (twenty-three years ago)

one month passes...

the rhythm section (King and drummer Phil Gould) had a lot more soul and groove than the average British group.

― brian, Saturday, 6 April 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

Define 'average.'

― Ned Raggett, Saturday, 6 April 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

BritFunk roolz!

― Paul, Saturday, 6 April 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

two years pass...

72 hours (and counting) into a Wally Badarou binge, I can say with no reservations (and zero potential embarrassment) that Level 42 were indeed great.

― Andy K (Andy K), Saturday, 16 October 2004 15:55 (twenty years ago)

two years pass...

Ban Robin Carmody

― Dom Passantino, Saturday, 1 September 2007 19:51 (seventeen years ago)

The Ford Sierra Cosworth RS200 was the working man's sports car.

― PhilK, Saturday, 1 September 2007 21:59 (seventeen years ago)

six years pass...

Finally, the Adornoite pop phenomenon addressed: http://nobilliards.blogspot.co.uk/2014/08/various-artists-now-thats-what-i-call.html

― Here he is with the classic "Poème Électronique." Good track (Marcello Carlin), Monday, 11 August 2014 15:01 (ten years ago)

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