Level 42 - The Tube 1985

The Tube 1 Oct 1985
Courtesy Garry Crawford from an old VHS found in a friends loft

[@davidwinthrop7077]

R.I.P Boon Gould 30.04.2019 Your fantastic guitar playing will live forever.

[@clivemitchell4316]

Absolutely, agree 100%.

[@euanelliott3613]

Tragic that three of the band's guitarists have died. Boon, Alan Murphy and Allan Holdsworth. RIP All of them.

[@drumsandplants]

All of them have reached Level Infinity.

[@peterlawson1906]

Happy memories. During the adverts before the performance, I asked Mark to wear the badge he is sporting on his lapel. It says 'Cartoon' which was the name of the band I was in at the time. Mark King Gentleman!

[@andrewwalmsley5628]

Thats brilliant mate, love these little stories that videos turn up when i post them

[@Vejur9000]

Just a great singer and slap bassist. Great band. Great music.

[@alancooper3106]

Saw them around this time on the World Machine tour, Royal Court Liverpool, still one of the best bands I've ever seen live 👌

[@euanelliott3613]

I miss the '80's when people could wear adventurous clothes and had plenty to smile about. There was a positivity that has diminished in favour of reality TV, social media and a lack of respect for each other. What a shame.

[@chrisclarke7828]

Saw them very many times, like an addiction, last time was in Bournemouth '92, never ever disappointed with their professionalism.

[@Stu047]

Huge huge fan of Level 42! - The first band I "locked on" to when I was a kid during the release of the Running in the Family album before, well... Toto entered my orbit! 😁 It is with great satisfaction [not to mention a little smugness] I can say that I have seen Level 42 perform live... must be about a dozen times. Opportunities to see them over the years has been plentiful as they tour the UK pretty much constantly, always entertain, always play amazing and Mark's voice is still really strong (and seriously, I mean like a god damned angel during the Sirens II tour).

[@kolbola]

This video was on KZbin, thousand years ago, I remembered especially to the Phisical Presence live.

[@scotabot7826]

The REAL Level 42 with Boon and Phil. No one can replace those two, no one!! RIP Boon.

[@detlevgebers]

One of my favorite 80s tunes 😉👌🎶

[@andreahighfield7893]

They sound as good today.Total class.

[@grilch]

Fantastic. What a find! Physical Presence is badass. Thanks!

[@huss03]

+grilch Something about you baseline is badass

[@davidsanderson5918]

Back in the day we took this for granted. No TV studio these days can be arsed to have a band with amps, monitors and microphones playing live any more. Fascinating to watch now!!

[@FaceBassFieldy]

Love it!! I remember seeing this back in the day!! Good old Level 42!!

[@antster1983]

The Level 42 boys joined by Krys Mach on saxophone and additional keyboards and Annie McCaig on backing vocals.

[@comedygumballmachine4748]

Wow .. Boon's extra notes in his riff ... great ... Love the live performances vs lip sync. Thanks for posting!

[@euanelliott3613]

One of the bands of the '80's. World Machine, A Physical Presence, Running In The Family and Staring At The Sun (with Alan and Gary) were all brilliant albums. Superb musicianship.

[@smogmonster1876]

Absolute bangers. Btw it was Mike Lindups 60th Birthday in March 2019.

[@gianca60]

Thanks for info. Makes me feel younger cause I'm only 58.

[@stinkypants1]

splendid to see an audience member rocking the air bass. (on his own, obviously)

[@andrewhughes170]

Saw them a couple of times, Rock City, Nottingham when they were raw and powerful. Saw them a few years later with the original line up but had become polished and over produced. Mark King was awesome live, Boon and Phil were better than they got credit for.

[@4224joan]

Thanks its been a long time

[@bernlin2000]

So nostalgic 💗💗

[@welshlad6427]

Great band 🎶🎶🎶🎶♥️

[@MrDiscordinated]

perfected-in-silence

[@NettiesWorld4]

Taped it, too.

[@enriqueormenovillafuerte5791]

Awesome!!!

[@davidsanderson5918]

You gotta laugh. Second time on The Tube and the vocals are still utterly drenched in far too much reverb. I don't remember this being the case for other live bands on the programme so I think ithe fault is actually at L42's end. Doesn't bother me, hey it's live!!

[@Chrisamusic1]

Mark was/is an incredible musician, not so much singer.

[@johnlawrence8007]

@@Chrisamusic1 your probably right but he does have a unique voice that works perfectly with 42's style of music imo.

[@milanmernjik4834]

profesori

[@davidsanderson5918]

Was never a Krys Mach fan. Just had no phrasing to his solos. Sorry Krys!! Wish they toured with Gary Barnacle instead,

[@beng1lh00ly]

gary did tour with them from 1990-1994 but always preferred krys' playing - especually on the a physical presence album!

[@michaelosullivan9339]

Krys....was to emotional....am a sax player....and its hard.....but he had a great tone on that dukoff....am a great fan...love his playing..had a lot of mike brecker...in his playing which only sax players get