Level 42 - Love Games (Live in Oxford 2006)

Retroglide was released in September 2006 and the band embarked in an extensive European tour to support it. This concert was recorded at the New Theatre in Oxford on the 31st October, 2006.
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[@davidboyce8683]

Magic ,plain and simple .

[@davidboyce8683]

All those bass players in the audience looking on in awe and just digging this , like all of us on here ..magic .

[@itsjustme8947]

This is a very simple bass line. As far as the notes are concerned, I could teach almost anyone how to play it in an hour.

[@oliverbowen17]

@@itsjustme8947Ha! i beg to differ😂 some of the fills and triplets he does are extremely difficult to master. Most people learn and teach it wrong

[@itsjustme8947]

@@oliverbowen17 No offense, but you've been a bassist for how long? If you read the original bass line Mark wrote, it's quite simple and straightforward. There is a big difference playing in the studio and playing live and here, he's giving it everything. Geddy Lee is another example who plays completely different live versus studio although Rush's music tends to be far more complex to start with. We could argue all day long but I'm not going to do anything more than this.

[@oliverbowen17]

@@itsjustme8947 non taken. I’ve been playing bass for quite awhile. Even on the original there are some triplets/ mute notes that people struggle to learn and or teach as well and some fingerings that people tend to get wrong. I’m yet to find a tutorial that is accurate to the studio version. Not trying to argue.👍

[@troutbhoy1]

Nobody plays the bass like Mark King👌🏻but Mike Lindup’s falsettos are amazing, absolutely love Level 42

[@carlosramos1109]

they are good, each. Realy musucians

[@mdwayne741]

Great band...amazing.

[@adrianrobinson8458]

Yes they do, verdine white from Earth wind and fire, and bootsy colins from parliament, the Original slap bass kings, mark king got his inspiration from them 🎸👑

[@michaelb.42112]

Best band, ever. The REAL fab 4.

[@davecoalwood9487]

​@@michaelb.42112Did You steal that from Me? Been saying that for ages! 😂😂

[@nigelreeves6423]

I’ve always been a metal fan but love Level 42

[@maureenrietdijk8366]

Level 42 from another galaxy for sure!!!, wow Mark and y'all!!!, , awesome 👍👍👍

[@neilbillybob3065]

Tight as hell great band and marks bass.......

[@sorincaiushaller7602]

The music of my youth Love you Level42I was on many concerts of you Now after a stroke I am fucked totally but I feel how You give me courage for the rest of this fucking life

[@horseobrien395]

The things some people can do is astounding how is this even possible

[@realityboost4405]

Truly glorious!…Gary Husband is one of the greatest multi-instrumentalists of the past 40 years, playing drums for Lvl42…And everything else matches that excellence! 😍

[@pgonzo98]

and keyboards also....

[@davidboyce8683]

The first album is the one I always come back to .

[@aponcapone]

That snare sounds so crispy....fuck yeah🤘🏽🤘🏽🤘🏽

[@moonchard]

Yeah, Gary Husband is amazing as always

[@2kpurp879]

Noo Capp 💯

[@Buc_Stops_Here]

I recently discovered that for this album almost the whole original band came back to work on it for at least one song, although many did not tour. Retroglide featured input from two previous Level 42 members. Guitarist Boon Gould provided the album's lyrics (as well as contributing a guitar solo on "Ship") and the band was effectively expanded to a six-piece via extensive guest performances by Mike Lindup, who added prominent keyboard parts and vocals to many tracks. Although Phil Gould was uncredited on the album, the track "Ship" is the first song since 1986 worked on by all four original members, as Phil originally arranged the track with his brother Boon. However, Retroglide was also the first Level 42 album not to feature any contributions from Wally Badarou. It also explains why it sounds so much like the original band for the first time in a couple of decades.

[@johnrichardson5713]

This track always delivers live, superb!!

[@gustavolara9919]

man that bassline is fire, Mark is going ham on the slap bass

[@adrianopimentel571]

I wanted to say to the keyboardist, Mike Lindup, that this solo of the synthesizer is incredible and if i could, i heard it all long the day. A big hug from Brazil for you all! I'm your fan!!!!!

[@franciscobrandaocarega]

representou!

[@komotu312]

Hello from Chile 🇨🇱 I love Level 42 forever!!!

[@eyelidman09]

Man, this is good. I loved it when it came out, I loved seeing it live, and I still love it in 2021! Thank you Level 42!

[@storyofstraycat9983]

One of my timeless song❤️

[@osananoliveira3660]

Anos 80 os melhores anos da minha vida obrigado level 42

[@realityboost4405]

Staggering performance, BTW…Precise economy of movement from Gary…Utter focus from Mark…Technical excellence from Mike…

[@johndoyle1810]

Unbelievably talented band especially the bass,like a finely tuned machine,,wow brilliant

[@anjabunga0603]

Never getting old

[@johndoyle1810]

Terrific these guys seem to get better and better with age,love from Dublin Ireland ❤❤

[@MrDcharloff]

I live in the United States and they are my FAVORITE band. The only opportunity I ever had to see them live was in 1986 with Madonna. I decided to pass and I don't believe they ever came back to the states. I would make a special trip to the UK or elsewhere to see them but would love to see them in the states. Come to the US!! There are lots of fans like me!

[@karianderson111]

yes there are MANY fans in the US - still a great band!!

[@amandaLe4V2eL]

Looking forward to seeing Level 42 live again. Love Games is always a favourite live. x

[@alexiafumarola7637]

This band is so AMAZING! I cannot wait for the end of the year, hopefully, to see them live again! Seems have passed ages from the last time... 😓😓😓

[@adrianopimentel571]

Where?

[@alexiafumarola7637]

@@adrianopimentel571I had tickets for RAH for 2020 which has been postponed next november...

[@TokovicsTiborSoundcreator]

Amazing,excellent, Mark King bass King!

[@renebouw63]

Theking

[@renebouw63]

De beste bassist ever

[@johnryan3374]

Gary's drums are so tight and in the pocket.

[@MoonhongKim68]

king of the slap !!

[@SailorNatsu10]

#LEVEL42PARTY

[@lcampise]

Just what I needed today!

[@johndoyle1810]

Terrific just terrific,brilliant groove very funky

[@zoranfriganovic468]

Suvremene vratolomije za svaku prigodu.. ❤️🇭🇷❤️

[@Quality3rr0r]

Such an amazing bass player, my god.

[@theressamurphy2996]

I would like to go to one of their concerts. As I have said before, they are great.

[@Sylvie1520]

🥰👏👏👌👏👏💗🥰

[@delicate28]

Beautiful 👌👍

[@Audiofilas]

He is monster of bass.

[@tito1807]

Talented guys, kisses from Poland

[@CambiodeRumbo]

Pending things in my life; watch then in live... 😭😭😭

[@kajean3643]

Mark Kiing top banget ..sya suka banget dgn permainan bass nya ..

[@2kpurp879]

This shit is cold 🔥🔥

[@balancasuldobrasil9414]

Da um abraço desses caras pro sul do Brasil

[@andreat.]

Love it! ❤

[@carlosrodriguezruiz5155]

Que buen groove. ¡Grandes! level 42,saludos desde españa.

[@Inlinetodie]

Love you always. Plan to bring you back to main stream

[@waynequincy5695]

Me again all we need is love

[@balancasuldobrasil9414]

Balança sul do Brasil não cansa de ouvir esse som completamente perfeito os teclado sem palavras o baixo mds na verdade tudo arrepia

[@Knopjes2000]

Nice!

[@moe9196]

I love the classic soul and funk chords the lead guitarist is strumming .... starting at 3:58 for a minute or so. Mike Lindup making non word vocalizations to the notes he's playing on the keyboard is called "scat singing" . Nothing to do with scatological or any sort of poop stuff. George Benson uses it a lot when he plays guitar .

[@justjwilldo]

Really hoping we get the go ahead to see you this year 🤞

[@nnkrs9833]

Ooh amszing

[@andrewmaxfield5873]

Destroying since .. before I was born

[@nurultea2243]

19.2.2021

[@Sylvie1520]

🥰👏👏👏💗💗💗🥰

[@mng7096]

As a huge fan you have to love the way they run this channel.

[@andrewb293]

A cracking performance, sadly one of their visits I couldn’t make. The very first, a small nightclub in the suburb of Botley, called Blazers. Then, what was Oxford Polytechnic students Union. The next, what was the New Theatre where this was filmed. Awesome.

[@nataliegarrett8021]

Really want to c them in Cardiff bio wascamaxing in 2018

[@jaysihombing9311]

🆒...♥ Game👍👍👍👍👍

[@michaelb.42112]

Best. Band. Ever. besides Rush...

[@muhammadfarid6243]

Mantap Bro

[@moe9196]

Reminiscent of the soul and funk music which started with black bands like the Parliaments , Isley Brothers , Sly and the family Stone back, etc in the mid to late 60s . Mark King said himself Larry Graham bassist for Sly and the Family Stone invented the hand or thumb wacka bass playing style . Of course he doesn't use it exclusively and neither did Graham . Graham said he invented it to give some beat to the band because early on they didn't have a drummer .

[@ginodorilia6602]

S p e t t a c o l a r i ! ! ! G I N (): )

[@annaritadelprete2370]

⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

[@Lazlar42]

Don Zipf in the front row...

[@ignazinogalofaro2667]

The percussionist???? Is play??the congasss

[@nurultea2243]

@AIA One Billion @Ed Sheeran #The Joker & Queen

[@kingofpattaya4524]

How does Mark still make his bass sound fantastic, even after breaking the end of the neck off it just before going on stage?

[@leethomas255]

😂😂😂

[@ЮраЛесовский-ы7ь]

Оху

[@bulgakov722]

в оксофрде контингент по-умнее, по-способнее и продвинутее в плане эстетического восприятия, чем в какой-нить гойландии - пританцовывают, плечиками двигают. вот на концерте в школе Беркли наверняка все рубились бы в колбасу