Dude, I don't know how you are able to so quickly analyze and pick up on the lyrics of songs. That's a real talent and a gift. Most of the time I struggle to even understand what they're saying, let alone dive into the lyrics so quickly! Great work, man. You're definitely one of the best reactors out there!
Shon...your channel for me is one of the best. Love the way you listen so intently before you react. You have a natural intuition in feeling the music and the meaning. This was a huge hit in the 80s when i was growing up and for me although they were a big band back then i felt they were underrated. Love the Bass in this one for sure.
Mark King the lead singer is also one of the best bassists of all time. He pioneered the art of the "slap bass" that was hugely popular in the late 90s.
Funk bassist Larry Graham is generally credited with inventing the slap bass technique: How he discovered it: Graham created the technique to imitate the sound of a drum set when his band, Sly and the Family Stone, didn't have a drummer yet. He would thump the strings with his thumb and pluck them with his finger to compensate for the lack of a back beat on the snare drum. What the technique is: Slap bass is based on two techniques: Slap: The bassist hits the strings near the neck of the guitar with the bony part of their thumb. Pop: The bassist plucks the strings and then lets them twang against the fretboard. What he called it: Graham called the technique "thumpin' and pluckin'". Other notable slap bass players include: Doug Rauch: Pioneered the double-thumb slap bass technique. Bernard Edwards: Used his thumb and pointer finger together to create a percussive pound. Louis Johnson: Used the technique in a variety of genres, including pop, soul, and R&B.
@@iplaybass6690 There can be more than one pioneer of something. Its the reason I didnt choose the word "invented." Just like McCartney with the electric bass, he helped popularize it. Thats a pioneer.
@@aragorn1ring sorry I wasn't aware you were using an alternative definition of pioneered... and technically you did use the word "invented" as pioneer is a synonym of invented. I think the term you were looking for is revolutionized the slap bass, as it was already popular with funk and some jazz players for many years before Mark King started breaking boundaries and speed records. I do not disagree with your initial statement, only your choice of words pi·o·neer /ˌpīəˈnir/ verb past tense: pioneered; past participle: pioneered develop or be the first to use or apply (a new method, area of knowledge, or activity). "he has pioneered a number of innovative techniques"
Shon, you would have loved the 80's, it always seemed like there was something new around every corner, a decade of so much Great music 🎶. Peace✌️ your 70 year old forever Young Hippie Gary 😊 Great Reaction👍
This song reminds my of getting ready for school and listening to the radio in my elementary school days. LOVED to watch you react. If you like this sound you also might like Moody Blues, "Your Wildest Dreams" .
One of my first jobs was at Ross Dress for Less in 1990 or so and this song came over the store radio like 12 times every shift. I did not like it then but have grown to really REALLY appreciate everything about it. The song is good for your soul.
Level 42 is a very underappreciated UK '80s band, though they could adapt to any genre due to their musicianship: They started in 1980 performing live instrumental jazz funk, later adding vocals to an R&B pop sound, and later Pop Rock towards the late '80s and early '90s. Two of the four original members (lead vocalist and bassist Mark King, keyboardist and falsetto vocalists Mike Lindup) started out playing drums. Rounding out the original members are drummer Phil Gould and his late brother, Guitarist Boon Gould, both of whom did most of the writing for their songs. They still perform today mostly in Europe with a modified band lineup: Mark and Mike are still part of the group, along with Mark's brother Nathan on guitar, and Pete Ray Biggin on drums.
We have some fantastic groups here in the UK, established singer songwriters, keep checking us out, you will not be sorry. Level 42 still have strong following, brilliant in everyway.
Lead singer/bass player Mark King is one of the bass GOATs of all time, despite not being super well known in the US. Enormously influential musician and band.
They come from a small place in the UK called Cowes on the Isle of Wight, I went to school with the lead singer Mark King, he is recognised as one of the best slap bassists in the world.
My early 80s' GF was a big Tina Turner fan so we went to one of her concerts in Dallas and to my absolute delight, Level 42 was the opener. TT was really good but L42 stole the show for me and I've been a huge fan ever since. Great reaction Shon!
Level 42 are amazing with incredible songs. Check out: Lessons in Love, Hot Water (definitely the extended mix!), Weave Your Spell, Micro-Kid, World Machine, and on and on!
Thank you for your enthusiastic reactions…you really feel the music!!! You should check out “Love Plus One” by Haircut 100. I never see anyone request it but it is quintessential 80’s and for some reason when I hear this song it reminds me of Love Plus One.
Also on this song: There are so many different hooks that are given space to breathe, from the opening and closing harmony, the irresistible main riff, that 4-tone melody sprinkled in the first two verses, the bass drop with the second chorus, the counter melody in the second chorus, and even the soft guitar riff spacing out the song title and lyrics at the end of the first chorus. This song was their first of only two US top 40 hits. "Something About You" reached #7 in June 1986, and "Lessons in Love" reached #12 about the same time the following year. Their other songs charted better in Europe.
the blonde is mark king.he slaps bass with his thumb.he wears his bass in quite old fashioned way,high up. mike lindup plays the keyboard and sings the high bits.mark says cause he can't.mike was the one with the mustache and yellow outfit. two more popular songs are lessons in love,which you'll hear the bass more and running in the family.
It feels good right ? Even tho the lyrics are very personal, the euphoria of the backing vocal lifts it so high. Saw this band during this era, flawless live. I always throw a random suggestion when I hear Level 42 - try “Hot Water” by them. Super super funky. Thanks for the top reaction ❤
I love to sing the high part of the chorus when in the car. When this album came out, I thought it was more "adult contemporary" than "pop," but a guy I had a crush on at the time let me listen to the tape before I bought it. I guess that made me like it more? Level 42 is a great band, and some catchy songs.
Always loved this song. Not sure if they were a one hit wonder or if I need to look deeper. This is the only one I ever heard from them, but it is so good just by itself that I don’t want to look for others and ruin it somehow.
Everyone loves Mark King on this track, because no doubt the bass is incredible, but I don't think Mike LIndup gets enough credit for that synth work. It just trades off with the bass so perfectly.
Try 'Love Games', 'Heaven In My Hands', 'Guaranteed', 'To Be With You Again', 'Leaving Me Now'... and many more! There is a very nice version of 'Leaving Me Now' here on TH-cam: Level 42 - Leaving Me Now (Live at the Town and Country Club, 1992) With Annie McCaig on backing vocals, very nice
SHON! Always love your reactions. I’d love to sit and talk music with you sometime. You MUST check out the Remake of this song they did a few years ago. PURE SOUL RnB. I grew up with this song but the remake? 🤯🤯🤯🤯🤯🤯
Divine Will = God/Father Divine Manifestation = Individualized God Soul/Mother/Son Divine Demonstration = Soul Body/Holy Spirit We are all the Images of God in Differing Progressions of Receptivity to Itself. This is why we are told not to Judge After Appearances, and Judge ye no man after the flesh, as well as, take no thought for your life, as God is the Only Presence!! The Image is the Holy Spirit, which means You, Him, Her, That, It, and Me. When we see the form and judge it as form, we are denying God Omnipresence. When we see the form and know it is God being itself in perfect receptivity to itself, we don't judge the image, thereby using Righteous Judgment.
Dude, I don't know how you are able to so quickly analyze and pick up on the lyrics of songs. That's a real talent and a gift. Most of the time I struggle to even understand what they're saying, let alone dive into the lyrics so quickly!
Great work, man. You're definitely one of the best reactors out there!
I've heard Shon say that he took a poetry class. That poetic side shows! I dig Level 42 and thoroughly enjoyed the reaction!
Agreed.
That’s what sets Shon apart from all the other reactors on YT.
Classic 80s right here. I haven’t heard this song in over 20 years, it brought back memories as soon as you started playing it.
Mark King, one of the best bass players. Don't be afraid to go down this rabbit hole. The Level 42 soundscape never disappoints.
Your reaction makes me smile big time! Thanks, Shon!
Shon...your channel for me is one of the best. Love the way you listen so intently before you react. You have a natural intuition in feeling the music and the meaning. This was a huge hit in the 80s when i was growing up and for me although they were a big band back then i felt they were underrated. Love the Bass in this one for sure.
THIS song IS truly one of the 80's BEST 🎼🎶🎶...🎧💕
Mark King the lead singer is also one of the best bassists of all time. He pioneered the art of the "slap bass" that was hugely popular in the late 90s.
Funk bassist Larry Graham is generally credited with inventing the slap bass technique:
How he discovered it: Graham created the technique to imitate the sound of a drum set when his band, Sly and the Family Stone, didn't have a drummer yet. He would thump the strings with his thumb and pluck them with his finger to compensate for the lack of a back beat on the snare drum.
What the technique is: Slap bass is based on two techniques:
Slap: The bassist hits the strings near the neck of the guitar with the bony part of their thumb.
Pop: The bassist plucks the strings and then lets them twang against the fretboard.
What he called it: Graham called the technique "thumpin' and pluckin'".
Other notable slap bass players include:
Doug Rauch: Pioneered the double-thumb slap bass technique.
Bernard Edwards: Used his thumb and pointer finger together to create a percussive pound.
Louis Johnson: Used the technique in a variety of genres, including pop, soul, and R&B.
Mark king is a great bass player but he did not pioneer slap bass, he just utilized it like many other bass players of the 80's and 90's pop scene
@@iplaybass6690 There can be more than one pioneer of something. Its the reason I didnt choose the word "invented." Just like McCartney with the electric bass, he helped popularize it. Thats a pioneer.
@@aragorn1ring sorry I wasn't aware you were using an alternative definition of pioneered... and technically you did use the word "invented" as pioneer is a synonym of invented. I think the term you were looking for is revolutionized the slap bass, as it was already popular with funk and some jazz players for many years before Mark King started breaking boundaries and speed records. I do not disagree with your initial statement, only your choice of words
pi·o·neer
/ˌpīəˈnir/
verb
past tense: pioneered; past participle: pioneered
develop or be the first to use or apply (a new method, area of knowledge, or activity).
"he has pioneered a number of innovative techniques"
Shon, you would have loved the 80's, it always seemed like there was something new around every corner, a decade of so much Great music 🎶. Peace✌️ your 70 year old forever Young Hippie Gary 😊 Great Reaction👍
That was real nice thank you very much Shon
Have always loved and will always love this song.From New Zealand
This song reminds my of getting ready for school and listening to the radio in my elementary school days. LOVED to watch you react. If you like this sound you also might like Moody Blues, "Your Wildest Dreams" .
This is a transcendent song the whole package great lyrics great sound the harmonies are amazing!!!
The lead singer is the bass player, slappin’ and pluckin’ that thing all the way through.
Joyous music! Joyous memories! Thank you
Tons of great stuff from the 80s mate, for almost the entire decade it felt like there was an iconic hit almost every 2-3 weeks, crazy times.
One of my first jobs was at Ross Dress for Less in 1990 or so and this song came over the store radio like 12 times every shift. I did not like it then but have grown to really REALLY appreciate everything about it. The song is good for your soul.
Lessons In Love by them is great...
One of my favourite songs of the 80's.
Level 42 is a very underappreciated UK '80s band, though they could adapt to any genre due to their musicianship: They started in 1980 performing live instrumental jazz funk, later adding vocals to an R&B pop sound, and later Pop Rock towards the late '80s and early '90s. Two of the four original members (lead vocalist and bassist Mark King, keyboardist and falsetto vocalists Mike Lindup) started out playing drums. Rounding out the original members are drummer Phil Gould and his late brother, Guitarist Boon Gould, both of whom did most of the writing for their songs.
They still perform today mostly in Europe with a modified band lineup: Mark and Mike are still part of the group, along with Mark's brother Nathan on guitar, and Pete Ray Biggin on drums.
This is one of my favorite old songs to revisit- so hauntingly beautiful, but dance-able at the same time.
We have some fantastic groups here in the UK, established singer songwriters, keep checking us out, you will not be sorry. Level 42 still have strong following, brilliant in everyway.
Yes! Those harmonies are fire!
Lead singer/bass player Mark King is one of the bass GOATs of all time, despite not being super well known in the US. Enormously influential musician and band.
They come from a small place in the UK called Cowes on the Isle of Wight, I went to school with the lead singer Mark King, he is recognised as one of the best slap bassists in the world.
Wow! Yes, Mark King amazes on the bass and sings at the same time! The live performances show his and the whole band's amazing talent!
@@walterkirk9210 They were great when they used to play around the pubs etc on the island.
@@sammic7492 What cool memories!!!
@@walterkirk9210 They definitely are, they're good to have especially when there seems to be so much doom and gloom around now.
the bassline in this is top shelf 😎
Loved this song! Lots of easy grooves in the 80's ❤
Loveeeee this song!!! Great reaction as usual😊
My early 80s' GF was a big Tina Turner fan so we went to one of her concerts in Dallas and to my absolute delight, Level 42 was the opener. TT was really good but L42 stole the show for me and I've been a huge fan ever since. Great reaction Shon!
Level 42 are amazing with incredible songs. Check out: Lessons in Love, Hot Water (definitely the extended mix!), Weave Your Spell, Micro-Kid, World Machine, and on and on!
✨💖✨I Love This Song Haven’t Heard it in A Long Time❕✨Love Your Reaction & Analogy❕✨🫶🏼✨
Thank you for your enthusiastic reactions…you really feel the music!!! You should check out “Love Plus One” by Haircut 100. I never see anyone request it but it is quintessential 80’s and for some reason when I hear this song it reminds me of Love Plus One.
Also on this song: There are so many different hooks that are given space to breathe, from the opening and closing harmony, the irresistible main riff, that 4-tone melody sprinkled in the first two verses, the bass drop with the second chorus, the counter melody in the second chorus, and even the soft guitar riff spacing out the song title and lyrics at the end of the first chorus.
This song was their first of only two US top 40 hits. "Something About You" reached #7 in June 1986, and "Lessons in Love" reached #12 about the same time the following year. Their other songs charted better in Europe.
Mike Lindup is the guy singing the bit you particularly like.
Thanks for reminding me of them, and my love for them❤
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One of the best songs they have ever made
One thing I do know - this song is really fun to sing along with!
the blonde is mark king.he slaps bass with his thumb.he wears his bass in quite old fashioned way,high up.
mike lindup plays the keyboard and sings the high bits.mark says cause he can't.mike was the one with the mustache and yellow outfit.
two more popular songs are lessons in love,which you'll hear the bass more and running in the family.
Running in my family by Level 42 is another banger!
Bro, since we're doing 80's stuff, we need some Echo and the Bunnymen "Lips like Sugar". You'll love it.
I still love this one as much as I did when I first heard it decades ago. You'll also love their "Lessons in Love." Super funky!
Top tier 80's right there and masterful music composition.
Fantastic song!
I’ve always loved this song
Brings me back to the 80’s. Playing on radios at the beach.
Love your channel Shon ❤
Part of the soundtrack to my youth! Great band especially live. Loads of great songs to react to. Try 'To Be with you again.' And 'Lessons in love.'
an 80s classic!
It feels good right ? Even tho the lyrics are very personal, the euphoria of the backing vocal lifts it so high. Saw this band during this era, flawless live. I always throw a random suggestion when I hear Level 42 - try “Hot Water” by them. Super super funky. Thanks for the top reaction ❤
Their song Lessons in Love is great too
That's Just The Way It Is...Bruce Hornsby.....good song
I love to sing the high part of the chorus when in the car. When this album came out, I thought it was more "adult contemporary" than "pop," but a guy I had a crush on at the time let me listen to the tape before I bought it. I guess that made me like it more? Level 42 is a great band, and some catchy songs.
Always loved this song. Not sure if they were a one hit wonder or if I need to look deeper. This is the only one I ever heard from them, but it is so good just by itself that I don’t want to look for others and ruin it somehow.
If you grew up in 70s / 80s this song instantly takes you back. It was in constant rotation on the radio at the time.
Everyone loves Mark King on this track, because no doubt the bass is incredible, but I don't think Mike LIndup gets enough credit for that synth work. It just trades off with the bass so perfectly.
Try 'Love Games', 'Heaven In My Hands', 'Guaranteed', 'To Be With You Again', 'Leaving Me Now'... and many more!
There is a very nice version of 'Leaving Me Now' here on
TH-cam: Level 42 - Leaving Me Now (Live at the Town and Country Club, 1992)
With Annie McCaig on backing vocals, very nice
One of the best songs ever.
the line my channel shon = lessons in love
Had this recorded on a mini cassette player back in the day and played it over and over.
This song always takes me back to the 80's when I 15 and knew nothing of love.
Great song, lots of cool remixes out there too!
SHON! Always love your reactions. I’d love to sit and talk music with you sometime.
You MUST check out the Remake of this song they did a few years ago.
PURE SOUL RnB. I grew up with this song but the remake? 🤯🤯🤯🤯🤯🤯
That bass line hits hard
80s banger ❤
You gotta check out Dream Academy - Life in a Northern Town
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I would love for you to listen to Annie Lennox ' Money can't buy it'.....
If you like this era check out Howard Jones- No One Is To Blame!!
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Divine Will = God/Father
Divine Manifestation = Individualized God Soul/Mother/Son
Divine Demonstration = Soul Body/Holy Spirit
We are all the Images of God in Differing Progressions of Receptivity to Itself. This is why we are told not to Judge After Appearances, and Judge ye no man after the flesh, as well as, take no thought for your life, as God is the Only Presence!!
The Image is the Holy Spirit, which means You, Him, Her, That, It, and Me. When we see the form and judge it as form, we are denying God Omnipresence. When we see the form and know it is God being itself in perfect receptivity to itself, we don't judge the image, thereby using Righteous Judgment.
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Shon, you should check out Lessons in Love by them - another fantastic banger. Love that you’re exploring the Eighties!