Level 42 - Something About You (The Tube, 18.10.1985)

Level 42 performing live on the cult British TV show The Tube in 1985. Taken from their album World Machine, 'Something About You' reached the top 10 in both the UK and the US and catapulted the band to the international stage.
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#Level42

[@kailab7756]

Mark's bass playing is impressive! September 2024 anyone?

[@freddiefreihofer7716]

Yo!

[@carljansen6896]

Is anyone else here to relive the 80's?

[@Uzi_does_it76]

Nah, just really big Mark King fan. I do miss the 80’s though 😢

[@TimEric4d3d3d3]

I time traveled from 1985 to comment 'yes' in 2024

[@PewPewVida]

ZERO autotunes, zero melodyne, zero iPhones, zero bullshit, JUST GREAT MUSIC and atmosphere enjoyed by everyone. I wanna go back to the 80’s.

[@sonquatsch8585]

me too.

[@f.herumusu8341]

But obviously prerecorded tracks like the synth in the intro at 0:12 either sequenced or more probable played back from a mini disc.

[@dannyarroway4187]

Amen brother!

[@georgeswindoll9138]

Right on!!!!!!!!!❤

[@no_country_for_real_men]

WELL STATED. You said what I was thinking. These days everything is garbage. Modern times doesn't hold a candle to the 80s or the 90s

[@dannyarroway4187]

The 80's were the greatest decade of the millennium! Real musicians, real instruments, real class, real Good! Wish I could go back!

[@BillLatham-pr9cy]

Amen

[@kimberlyfinch6055]

There is something you about you that keeps me back to the 80's ❤ Still listening in 2024 😊

[@MaryHackethal]

@kimberlyfinch6055 God Bless U Too Then

[@gregs.427]

I love this!! Kimberly!

[@xocgx]

Crazy thing is I always thought that was all synth. Finding out it’s an actual bass blew my mind!

[@daveh2612]

Mark King is an absolute monster on the bass guitar still to this day

[@1OR2COATS]

I won tickets from a radio station in Chicago for the Madonna concert, the only reason I went was L42 was the opening act. One of the best sound of the 80’s.

[@sleec3643]

Good reason 👌🏽

[@josephrosner9409]

...I BOUGHT tix to that same tour because Level 42 was opening...

[@chriscampbell9191]

One of the best songs from the 1980's, and seeing Mark King snap and pop that bass with all those cool lines while singing... as others here have noted, it's not an easy feat at all. And he pulls it off so effortlessly. I remember when this was a hit. The sun shined a lot brighter back then.

[@michbarkc]

This is a super cool song about the complexity of love.

[@DeepakKumar-lv4te]

great song defo, terrible lead guitar though.

[@lorraineturcotte853]

Absolutely agree one of my best too! Love the 80 my best moments! ❤️

[@josephkelly1909]

One of the best songs of the ever

[@shaza7657]

Brilliant alwyas loved this

[@reginalddavis7578]

R.I.P. Level 42 Guitarist Mr. Boone Gould.

[@crazyralph6386]

He was a legend RIP

[@Donnagoogirl67]

Does anyone see my comment? THIS SONG MAKES ME FEEL SO YOUNG!!!!!!!

[@draven1844]

We see it bro.....🎉

[@Donnagoogirl67]

@@draven1844bro .. Im sista!! And thanks for the comment😊

[@Donnagoogirl67]

Thanks bro! ❤

[@hikmetkhalygov8036]

Makes me feeling 15 years old))

[@HelloLomah]

So fucking great my friend

[@freedomfirst5557]

Boy, the years went by in a flash didn't they? No matter, all music is a time machine and we are all back in the eighties....at least for a little bit.....and that's all I need to get me through the day.

[@user-ip6wq7vr7m]

Yeah for sure, I was in my early teens when this first came out, now 52 I shake my head how fast time flies but I never for got this song...even back then It grabbed my attention and Instantly loved this song.

[@subculture2006]

The 80s were so special. So lucky to have lived through it as a teenager.

[@robbieshipley8388]

I went to Walmart this morning and heard this song. I thought "wasn't this band Level 42"? Came home and sure enough. The ironic part is that I just turned 42 this morning.

[@alejandronovela3280]

...A Very Most Deliciously Musical, Happy Belated Birthday... Level 42 Style!!! LONG LIVE MUSICAL JOURNEYS!!!♥️🎉🤘🎶

[@robbieshipley8388]

@@alejandronovela3280 Thanks!

[@lorenmorgan2010]

Hope you played the lottery 🎉

[@donnbradley1249]

So YOU'VE reached Level 42? Well done

[@BigPoppa-t3z]

When you were born I was spinning the 12 inch remixes of this song in da clubs.

[@mogznwaz]

Mark King is an amazing bassist AND a great singer AND a great songwriter. Triple whammy.

[@sallybannister6224]

And a really likeable , and decent bloke ❤

[@jaytay1995]

Back when pop music had real musicians...

[@Errcyco]

Taylor Swift is everything wrong with the world. Talentless and can’t do much of anything but make every 13 year old girl fish-hook daddies wallet

[@jeffsparey9585]

True so so true

[@BetterMusic-bh8cy]

@@jeffsparey9585 Damn right !

[@rickdavenport9538]

Or musicians. Plain musicians. Real musicians being a luxury. The 80's am I right?

[@beingheardmedia6339]

Yup! 'member dat?😎

[@VENZUL0]

Little known fact, all sax players in the mid 80s were required by law to have a luxurious, blown out, mullet. Simply gorgeous.

[@stuartdryer1352]

The penalties were serious. They included being transported to 2024 and being forced to listen to the music.

[@VENZUL0]

@@stuartdryer1352 and fed a steady diet of monotone rap.

[@DonRedmond-qb3we]

@@stuartdryer1352 🤣

[@sidburgess8781]

One of the most underrated bands at the time but one of the best 👌🏻

[@blazonbyrd5996]

When the artist sounds like the radio version while on stage... Outstanding!

[@noeortiz2666]

Damb Straight on that, Level 42 Baby......

[@LadyofRockmart]

It's amazing isn't it

[@MetaITurtle]

That and also they probably wanted the album to capture the "live" performance

[@alexday5892]

Shows how amazing they were. Hit it perfectly

[@RetroMMA]

Hating them is a meme but Nickleback also sounded near identical to the studio albums; was a great concert. Hinder, Papa Roach and Saving Able were also great on that ticket. Pretty good first concert.

[@pabloblanco2656]

The lead vocalist and bassist is truly talented. No one really knows just how hard it is to play an instrument and sing a different melody simultaneously. The guy is truly a badass.

[@guntertorfs6486]

Do know. More manageable than you might think.

[@timdave5909]

Just like Sting with the Police...killing it on bass and incredible singing!

[@mdwayne741]

He is one of the best bassists ever....great musician. The whole band is amazing....every one of these guys is incredible.

[@bloodandashes75]

Playi g bass and singing lead is a bloody nightmare..I’m still struggling

[@mdwayne741]

@@bloodandashes75 it sure is.

[@Revivethefallen]

No backing tracks or auto tune just lots of talent!

[@whitworthfields]

I noticed at the beginning of the song the keyboard part of the song is heard but Mike Lindup can be seen but appears not to be playing, I was wondering if they use a second keyboard player when playing live ? I noticed this a on a few Level 42 live tracks but I cant seem to see another keyboard player on stage, they aren’t using in ear monitoring so any augmented tracks would have to be played through the floor monitors. I’m not complaining or taking anthing away from this great live band, just wondering how it’s done.

[@Rob-Benny-Hill]

A song from my youth. The 80s were truly the best.

[@LinneaSanchez]

Agreed! GenX

[@sash7551]

Impossible to slap like that on keyboard

[@jayslack41]

Dude is whaling on that bass and singing incredibly well....insane talent

[@davidmfass]

Yes, amazing. That is by no means an easy bass line to sing over. But he makes it look so easy.

[@Riconnaissance]

Mark King

[@adambarlow8222]

Hes Mark King,the guy is so underrated

[@CarlosAlberto-ii1li]

Mark and Noel Redding, 2 of the Worlds best Bassists.

[@DedCobo]

Insane right?

[@AdamManning-f8n]

A very underrated and almost forgotten gem of a song😊

[@BruceLee-zd9bw]

Level 42 are incredible, and Mark king is from another planet. I have played bass for over 30 years, and I cannot begin to tell you how difficult it is to play and sing at the same time, let alone playing the way Mark King is and singing a slower melody line. Outstanding talent. 👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏

[@tonysaunders2137]

You are so right! Watching him do this is otherworldly, singing one harmony, and playing another simultaneously, simply the best!

[@catholicdad]

There's something about him.

[@elithegreat6463]

Geddy Lee..."Hold My Beer"

[@sarac.3259]

​@@catholicdadThere still is!

[@Gardner0871public]

@@elithegreat6463*Paul McCartney:* entered the chat

[@charliekane135]

Sound of my youth. Being in your 20's in the 1980's was simply the best time to be young and alive

[@catholicdad]

Fuckin' A!

[@narrowgaugegreg]

being a teen wasn't so bad either. this was the year i turned 16.

[@theduel007]

Amen to that!🍻

[@mogznwaz]

I was a teen and it was pretty damn good

[@vergaraluquemilenapatricia7954]

❤❤❤❤FEEL SO BLESSED FOR HAVING LIVED THOSE YEARS. I WAS FINISHING SCHOOL AND STARTING UNIVERSITY BY 1989, SO I COULD REALLY ENJOY THE BEST MUSIC EVER EITHER IN ENGLISH AND SPANISH ❤❤‼️ TODAY I'M REACHING 51 AND I STILL FEEL BLESSED FOR THAT AMAZING MUSIC. WE DEFINITELY WERE LUCKY FRIENDS, REALLY LUCKY❤❤❤‼️ BLESSINGS FROM BARRANQUILLA, COLOMBIA 🇨🇴💖👍‼️

[@SnowflakeMulti-tool]

When you close your eyes, you hear something completely different than what the eyes see.

[@kev3d]

When I get my time machine working, I know exactly which era I want to revisit.

[@BennyboyTruth]

i know right! soooo many underrated bands who are never spoken of in the mainstream of 2022

[@bencashman1017]

My thoughts exactly - take me back to the 80’s!

[@michaelryan6947]

Can I book a ticket?

[@kellvarnssen7443]

I call shotgun!

[@fareedomar3748]

These guys can perform live!!! Fantastic!!!! How about being part of Lost 80s Live lineup for 2025?

[@genegeneish]

Life was perfect. I miss the 80's.

[@donnabrooks1173]

That was the best decade of all in my lifetime.

[@stewartsnape2936]

I agree 1000%

[@stewartsnape2936]

@Adam Marshall I must have said something right I’ve had several-replies in agreement with my statement

[@kevinpennell-c1m]

WOW! These folks are incredible! I've always loved this song but didn't realize they were that good, INSTRUMENTALLY!

[@dgm2485]

I think people forget the incredible musicianship of a lot of the synth-pop hits of the 80s. The arrangements are impressive. A lot going on there.

[@cammaro677]

I can not understand how that audience is so dead for such an amazing performance?!

[@JMiltonLIVE_Concert_Videos]

Loved it then, still listening today 12/21/2023. Great #classic track here and thanks for sharing, posting @Level42 Almost 2024, anyone else listening too?🔥

[@michaelshea5622]

Back to a simpler time when music was still performed by true artists.

[@GWills-ys6rd]

The most technically sophisticated songs of 1985 and an incredible live performance.

[@KatherineSkullr]

I'm hyperfixated on this song!!! I remember it from when I was a kid and just found it again. So good!!!

[@breuers2gether998]

Finally a TV show that isn't lip synching!!!

[@njmaxrocks]

One of the best songs of the decade!

[@deebrown4877]

Of the decade and in general. In my top 10 songs ever. Love these guys.

[@beautifulibra]

Agree

[@Hulk2k6]

1985 was an all-round good time for TV, Music and Movies.

[@dewaynelamar9048]

One of the best songs period

[@seankelly6694]

Always was my favorite in my 53 years of living!

[@garylagstrom3864]

Love this band! Mark King is a fantastic singer and even better bass player!

[@daveh2612]

The dude plays like a beast, sings, and is literally chewing gum too

[@songs481]

The 80’s was the best decade for pop

[@murfdog19]

They are so young here, but 100% masters of their craft.

[@lyndonanderson2900]

We were all young then, not anymore lol

[@Des-s1u]

Just sent this to my pal Monsignor Bernie Dorris at his cathedral city of Hampden in Scotland 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 an absolute classic we thrived on music like this our teenage staple diet. Genuflect on Bernie…. 😂😂🤣🤣 Gawd bless yaa! 🤣🤣🤣

[@adelvecchio1029]

This song was destined to be a classic the moment it was written.

[@cmacmenow]

“These changing years they add to your confusion …” This song. That band. The time. Something about you.Timeless brilliance !

[@dvdfrnzwbr]

The UK brought it hard in the '80s

[@gewglesux]

damn skippy it did

[@minipoopuu12340]

They truly did!

[@3hooks781]

Absolutely! LEvel 42, The Police, Eurhythmics, etc.

[@CarlAvoryMusic]

Live and accomplished. When folks in the charts could actually write and play songs. Excellent!

[@clanwaddell5628]

This was a top 10 hit and it has amazing instrumental parts all through it

[@ronaldfinch2772]

a

[@nickfanthorpe8500]

Are you insinuating that dress wearing wankshaft harry styles doesn't have a modicum of talent 🤣

[@redtractorman6836]

Right! So true! Late 70’s & 80’s were some real talent! What year was this released?

[@samanthareed27]

They sounds just as good as the record ❤ I love mark’s Vocals🔥 fantastic

[@fordxbgtfalcon]

Such a great live performance!

[@johngiummarra8983]

I saw them at the Ritz in NYC on this tour. Hardly anyone in the place. Unreal! I stood at the foot of the stage looking up at Mark King and was stunned at his ability to sing and play those phenomenal bass lines. The whole band was beyond incredible. The best show I have ever attended.

[@adc2327]

They were not well known in the USA. I saw them in San Francisco. Thank goodness better attended.

[@Casper58]

I think I hate you...

[@evongilford392]

@@adc2327 I knew them and I'm from San Francisco. If I knew they was there I would have went. I have a crush on Mark...Since I was a teenager... When I used to party hard I would play this song, and my folks loved this song... They played this video on MTV and VH1 all the time...

[@pamelapavez2216]

LEVEL 42 ......ORO MACIZO🙏👍👍👍🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🇨🇱🇨🇱

[@patrickjames1080]

Epic!

[@lemagnifiq1]

This song changed my life back in 1985

[@beerbellyjoker7532]

Don't quite recall right off hand, but there was something about this song....

[@realityboost4405]

The Professor of Rock YT chan has just posted a vid that this is his favourite EVER 80's song (July 2022)…I intuitively sensed this was the perfect, archetypal pop song back then, 37 years ago…Nothing since has changed my mind…Though every day I welcome in musical inspiration…Just glorious! 😚

[@adelvecchio1029]

As soon as I saw the video's title I immediately thought of this song!

[@jeffsor47]

80s are a bookmark of your life which can never be relived. All good things must come to an end.

[@charliekane135]

Best time ever 🎉🥳🍾

[@digidrum2003]

We still have the music!!!!

[@adrianlyord5300]

I know…. I was born in 1970…. And my best times were in the middle to late 70s and of course growing up through the 80s as teenager ! Love your life because it really goes by fast 💨!!!!😊

[@hectormorteo2594]

Today october 18 2023, 38 years ago and still sound great this song

[@nickphillips7319]

Hiya. For the benefit of those who aren't English, this band had an uphill struggle during their infancy, because I think they appealed to the Lads and Ladettes community of music lovers. A kind of weekend lager louts culture. Even when drunk, they could still appreciate what a tight and talented outfit Level 42 were. The rest of our country were kind of split into techno, new heavy metal, U2 Goth etc. But Level 42 kinda stood out on their own. And rightly so. Because I still think to this day, the original lineup are unsurpassed, and my respect to Alan's contribution acknowledged, Mark King was at the time, England's finest bass player, and not a bad vocalist if I'm honest. 🎸🤓

[@nathanielbolden5053]

My man hitting those high notes

[@crazyralph6386]

They’re actually playing live too! Awesome!!!

[@leonaheraty3760]

Love this song! This brings back great memories of my youth in the 1980s. 😊

[@MaryHackethal]

So Beautiful KeyBoard man.

[@MaryHackethal]

For Researchers to help more and more Beautiful Minded!

[@rustynail6819]

To go back for one day...just one day.

[@Tanko3691]

We had a lot of talented musicians back then, and Bass player/lead singers are rare but Mark was one of the best.

[@infraredviewer]

Man this is so 80's... the perfect definition of that decade

[@pasander4371]

I remember buying this cassette back in about '86. Couldn't get enough. Dude is very talented

[@JoeyLevenson]

Mark King is amazing, and here, that vibrato he gets is insane.

[@andyinoregon]

Mark King playing bass guitar like a master, and singing like Boz Scaggs at his very best. One of the best songs of the decade.

[@englishtime5327]

Can't remember how many times I saw them at the Portsmouth Guild Hall back in my college days in the 1980s. R. I. P Boon Gould.

[@boum62]

Mike has a super voice. He and mark are perfect on these songs.

[@atalanta9353]

Ah, the eighties…I was a rock-loving teenager with a Saturday job in a record shop. I played this as often as I could get away with it.

[@2660016A]

Hadn’t realised before that Mark did both the bass and lead vocal. What a talent!

[@fsu88me]

One of my favorite songs of all time! Mark King is easily on the best bass players ever. Wow!

[@Rene-vd8to]

De beste die er ooit is geweest

[@sleec3643]

When you are so many years "later" and pulling up every version of the sing there is, i.e. remixes, 12" & 7", extended, and anything Shep Pettibone put his hands on.

[@blibliobli7275]

I cried, of happiness, thank you! Growing up in the 80s this is one of my first musical memories

[@JuanMol-d8n]

Excellent icon of 80's Mark King and leve 42

[@msheron]

L42 and Mark King! He was said on MTV back in late 80's to be the best bassist of all time due to this unorthodox style and how he could multi-task singing and playing. I agree............He was LEGEND!

[@willmchale3001]

Bruh, Mark King is one helluva bass player. Slaps, bends, sheesh. Always liked the bass line but never appreciated how good he was until watching carefully.

[@villagranvicent]

I probably heard this song like 10 thousand times back in the day...

[@paulpeters5944]

Remember enjoying the group in the 80s ...67 now....almost everyone there now well in their 50s...whew time passes fast

[@danielpalmersofficial]

I don’t know how Mark can sing and slap bass, he’s a genius!! ✌️☺️

[@huascar66]

This song is simply a masterpiece! The music, the lyrics, the arrangement. Just fantastic!

[@danlc95]

Phil would have done Porcaro's throne justice had he been called with the task. This is crazy groove drumming herr. This is the pinnacle of the arr, with Porcaro, Gadd, and Peart. He needs to be recognized for being so frrakishly meticulous with gis drumming, so clean, dynamic, and deliciously tasteful with the genius level mapping of his orchestrating. He has some of that Mangini level of precision. Un real. He'd have been able to fill in for Neil Peart.

[@billymiller3388]

LEVEL 42& Mark King one of the most underrated groups of the 80’s!! REAL MUSIC….🎼 I

[@hilldora]

So true !!!!

[@JohnLees-b1q]

Great song mark king best bassist at the time 😮

[@Lucca00000]

This is pure gold, Mark King bass lines literally SLAPS

[@twms-iq4rj]

Great tune, a classic and he's was cute af.

[@jtwix03]

When musicians are actual musicians!

[@Casper58]

THAKYOU!

[@dlamar9035]

...and yet, infuriately (and bizarrely) they spent the next several years lip synching performances of this and other singles all over the place (among the reasons Boon and Phil left). As a fan in the US at that time i never saw them on TV playing live like this. So...the "era" like every other, no doubt was still full of media industry bullshit that devalued talent and musicianship over whatever TF they think marketing to make money is.... I'm glad clips like this exist.

[@gailsandison8318]

Brilliant just like the year it came out ❤😊

[@TheMOV13]

I used to really look forward to The Tube, on telly on Fridays, It was the perfect opener for the weekend.

[@dreamcometrue6708]

The audience is so funny!😂 Especially the people close to the stage. How could you hear a song like this and not even sway to music?? Lol

[@BHTelmaNRJ]

Alguém ouvindo esse som maravilhoso em 03 de janeiro 2024... Eu adorooooo!❤❤

[@austinreid5032]

On tour soon. See them if you can. Theyre brilliant

[@CharlesDeMar]

Love the 80s, when you could be unique and nobody cared. This is how genuine individuality is done.

[@theduel007]

I saw them open for Madonna at the King Dome in Seattle. What a great show!

[@MsMeiv]

How I wish I could go back in time and experience this all over again!

[@charliekane135]

Same, but not in today's culture, as it was then. I'd hate to be young now

[@jackieguccione94]

A delorean

[@jerryrobbins5013]

BOP!!!! lol thanks for all the grooves, Mr. King!!!!!

[@eddietoruno284]

There's something about this song 🤩🤩🤩😍😍🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰

[@lisadoubtfire6816]

Saw Go West a couple of years ago with Nik Kershaw and they both sounded and performed exactly as they did back in the 80’s 🥰

[@Iloveallpartsofbrazil]

Wow he plays the bass and sings at the same time in harmony imagine that ….great talent I like the live version now

[@Kim_in_Cali]

One of the greatest songs from the AMAZING 80s 🔥

[@arturofanciulli9617]

beautiful, unforgettable years

[@reqeffect]

Nobody light a match. That place would go up! with all that hairspray in the audience.

[@minipoopuu12340]

This right here is still my all time favorite 80’s baby❤🤙🏽

[@rosengoldus]

We always say our parents have the best music ever!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! We are only 17yr/20yr and let us tell you something, we loooooove all of our parents music selections............

[@Fioneenacockeen]

Good on you. 😀