Mark King (Level 42) - Bass Improvisation in LOVE GAMES live at Arnhem 11.11.2024

[@carlspringer2869]

It's impressive how he can play these amazingly complex bass lines and sing something completely different.

[@chrismeachen8568]

Seen level 42 live a couple of times, absolutely amazing musicianship & a bloody good time while you're at it..

[@qwargy]

Mark has been performing professionally, playing drums and singing and then bass since he was 11. No wonder he is so damn good

[@sophiafakevirus-ro8cc]

And he's still playing the same thing he was when he was 11

[@stephenmitchell2979]

Mark and his trusty Jaydee bass, legend and so was the luthier. RIP John

[@Sattel42]

@@stephenmitchell2979 enjoy my channel and through this bass playing John Diggins will ever be there. 👍 RIP! 🥲

[@belconetto]

How can you not love him

[@garymitchell8394]

The grandmaster ❤

[@fusionfan6883]

There from the beginning and still loving Level 42🤘🏻

[@mariobass0815]

The King of slapping Bass 👍

[@jakrul]

Larry Graham was slapping when Mark was still a child!

[@timothylawson3262]

Facts​@@jakrul

[@craigwilliams6734]

I was there at the VERY beginning…the old Level 42 crew!!!!!!!! Mark King is a Bass god……..TGODs

[@Generalbas1972]

he still got it, amazing after so many years - thanks for the upload :)

[@Sattel42]

@@Generalbas1972 enjoy this video and my channel‼️👍

[@TheRealG2024]

My all time favourite contemporary/ rock/ pop band period. Bought my first CASSETTE TAPE of them at 16! running in the family. Glad to see they are still doing it.

[@jimbanda]

Great to see them out and about, doing what they love and hopefully making a few quid. 👏👏👏

[@Johnsormani]

Love games . I saw them live when this came out.. fantastic

[@williamhastie5056]

Still a superstar! Amazing! 👏👏👏

[@davidjames1828]

What a genius! I love pursuit of Accidents, brilliant Album.

[@ultimatebasses]

Pursuits of Accidents is brilliant and remains my favorite Level 42 song.

[@bowelmusicreleases_DAMF]

Good to see the Jaydee is out again best bass ever.

[@robvanderklauw2415]

the jaydee is playing harder butt a great sound....perhaps a bitt lesser on the chorus/ flanger / compressor configuration to get a cleaner open sound?

[@avfc1956]

First saw them in 1982 at the Top Rank, Brighton UK. A week later I saw The Brothers Johnson at the same venue with the amazing Louis Johnson on bass. A surfeit of 'thunderthumbs'! 😍

[@stevecollman2435]

83 for me, complete with Wally Badarou and Roto Toms. Only just over 40 yrs ago 😢

[@MarcLuc-pc3by]

Am a FAN!!!!as bassist myself 😮

[@405Lenny]

He is still incredible 🙏👏👏👏

[@jcisme]

Mark King. Playing through Markbass.. What a legend..

[@robvanderklauw2415]

what do you mean by that? i think that he makes a lott of money to use there backline it doesn't mean he likes it? it should be a good question to him!

[@chased-penguins]

Бриллиант на вершине музыкального олимпа!👍Марк гениален!👏

[@paulsmith1450]

How any people started bass purely because of this track and all the stuff that came after - and it still blows me away! Well done 42, you will always be in bass history as one of the greats. 🎉

[@Sattel42]

I totally agree with you ‼️🙏

[@guillaumemarty3481]

❤❤❤❤ depuis 1982

[@tone9930]

Born with a funk soul. Wot ya do bout it? BASS!

[@justsayin-0o]

he is a legendary slap machine, yet I enjoyed his fingerstyle more here and was hoping to get more of that.

[@Sattel42]

Take a look at my other videos! You will find more of this so called pizzicato (fingerstyle)… enjoy my channel‼️👍🙋🏻‍♂️

[@orbital14]

Absolute monster

[@rachidluildha2676]

One of the very best. Vail Johnson is the next that comes to mind.

[@bobz1736]

Awesome !!!

[@AndrewDelano-e6y]

I saw Level 42 open up for Madonna and Mark did all that on one broken leg!! He was hopping around on stage and killing it

[@hubyhuby8345]

Comment Mark King peut jouer de la Basse en martelant une rythmique mélodique..voire parfois contre mélodique et chanter en même temps une autre Mélodie.. Mon Père qui était un des meilleurs Bassistes de sa génération me disait que Mark King avait plusieurs cerveaux tellement c'est unique ce que fais ce musicien. LEVEL 42 que mon père m'a fait découvrir..quel sacré groupe..

[@rudyamisano4626]

Visto live 1000 anni fa. Al top della carriera. Ai tempi era il + martello di tutti. Non c'erano kaxxi. È rimasto cmq un grande. Lui era un 🪐

[@chinatype]

No words 🔥🔥🔥

[@naatje317]

Precies hetzelfde opgenomen maar dan heeeelemaal van achterin. Tof zo dichtbij❤

[@Sattel42]

@@naatje317 Bedankt‼️👍

[@josephalvaro5244]

Very similar slap tone that Stanley Clarke got out of his Alembics back in the day.Both masters of groove and the funkiest MoFos on this planet.

[@robvanderklauw2415]

stanley clarke is very different ! more jazzy and a more wooly lower sound.

[@HugeRademaker]

@@robvanderklauw2415And he played a short scale bass.

[@bartmulder6995]

I was there in 1981. Mark looks better than me 😀. They sound better than ever.

[@Sattel42]

@@bartmulder6995 Enjoy my channel‼️👍

[@orlandoperalta2225]

Tremendo..!! Qué buena banda Level !!!

[@OscarEscobar-vb1bd]

Un artista ¡¡en toda la extensión de la palabra!!

[@ryangriffiths6130]

0:58 love that even the great Mark King can't hide it on his face when he makes a tiny mistake!

[@Sattel42]

@@ryangriffiths6130 we are all human beings 😉👍

[@MrToonfish]

7 kgs bass but I love the JD Supernatural too ! ;-)

[@OGBrawlerina]

Mark's backside has flattened out a bit over the years, but his front side still looks as bountiful as ever!😍

[@Sattel42]

Mark is in good company, because my back doesn't look as fresh as it did 35 years ago, but my front view is (still) presentable‼️🙏😉😜 Enjoy the channel‼️☝️

[@infour44]

Bone player to Bass player ‘You’ve been thunderstruck’ brilliant duetting.

[@joeking1019]

Shook hands with Mark at the jazz cafe and we talked about Harley Davidson bikes, he'd just bought one.

[@HugeRademaker]

Does anyone know by any chance if they played Seven Years ever live on stage?

[@manfredstiegler2041]

Cooooool😎

[@ninovladovic2937]

That JD, OMG.

[@Sattel42]

@@ninovladovic2937 Yes it is…👍

[@michaelanderson4265]

💯

[@fabrizio3662]

Numero uno

[@jazzman1954]

I really don’t like slap bass but I have to admire the technique skills and time groove. Not bad for a little white English guy. 😂

[@moacirdesouza1783]

👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼🎶🎶🇧🇷💪🏼

[@alancox1627]

Where is the Gum though.

[@abacarkabir6619]

L'un des meilleurs bassistes. Leader de LEVEL 42 avec Wally Badarou comme arrangeur et producteur et membre additionnel du groupe. ❤

[@Sattel42]

That’s exactly what it is…👍

[@brianstubberfield2116]

Keith chegwin

[@billkingston4402]

Don't like the bands music, however as a bassist, fuck yeah

[@PixieintheMainframe]

Yep, his singing is boring asf

[@Kouros-t6d]

What makes great Mark King is the amazing music he plays with Level 42 .....Flea is a good bassist but plays shit music with rhcp as well as led claypool with Primus....the music to play for a bass player is disco funk and soul ...this is the genre that made bass players famous.

[@billkingston4402]

@@Kouros-t6d I played Jazz/Funk bass and know how the play on the first beat, the rule of Funk, listened to Level 42 all the time on the radio in London when they had their hits, still cant stand their poppy stuff

[@carstenmanz302]

Boring - he's been playing the same stuff, the same hits, the same solos for 40 years!

[@Sattel42]

@@carstenmanz302 🙄

[@TheRealG2024]

Maybe. But he is packing stadiums STILL . js

[@hashsafc]

Give your head a wobble!! 🙈🙈

[@Sean-i6z8o]

I thought his solo was a knock off from the riff in Boz Scags' Dirty Low Down.