Posted on June 8, 2009, 7:10 pm

Do you like this musical tale, or would you prefer a different story? Geddit?

Posted on June 9, 2009, 9:06 am

sorry Ade...did you say "unfairly labelled naff yuppie band" regarding Level 42???????????????? my god , they were absolutely shyte. They deserve all the derision possible, godawful...yeuchhh...sorry, had to vent my spleen there. This "toon" is ok, plods along merrily and matches my melancholic mood.....! nuff said .RHM

Posted on June 9, 2009, 9:16 am

I'll have you know that they sounded very cool driving down Clapham High St. in a Cortina with fluffy dice dangling in the window.

Posted on June 9, 2009, 9:18 am

yeah, true.....!! Almost as Kool as driving around Penge in my Ford KA, with Golden Brown still blaring out !!!

Posted on June 9, 2009, 9:24 am

It left me in tiers.

It's a bit like yesterdays tuna in that this is a beautifully constructed song played well. However, I feel that the operatic backing vocals towards the end are a mistake - sometimes its better to keep music small and intimate (but maybe it was just for a laugh).

The person this most reminds me of is Jon Noble. Who he? you ask. Well he was the bloke who happened to sit at the next desk when I last worked up in Manchester for a year. He made great music in this vein. There's a lot of people about who have talent and play 'lovely songs' but how do you stand out against the others?

Posted on June 9, 2009, 3:46 pm
Last edited on June 9, 2009, 5:14 pm

This is lovely but I agree the Choral ending is over the top as the rest of the track is quite spare.

The harmonies are lovely and the harmonic progression of the song is very beautiful, professional wholly appropriate.

l also agree that getting noticed with this kind of material when even the Finns remain a minority interest will be a tough, uphill climb for them.

Radio 2? Wouldn't want to try it myself.

Posted on June 9, 2009, 3:51 pm

Re: Level 42, I loved the grooves but they fell between Jazz funk in the George Duke mould, and pop. They also looked far too straight for musicians, no edge!!!