tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8982453.post2431652827641898059..comments2024-03-19T17:27:50.248-05:00Comments on The Review Revue: Forgotten Music Thursday: Level 42 - World Machine (1985)Perplexiohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09971805688658949769noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8982453.post-33296220784422650452012-01-04T17:23:00.635-06:002012-01-04T17:23:00.635-06:00You should try "Pursuit of accidents", &...You should try "Pursuit of accidents", "Running in the family" or "Staring at the sun" instead, all those 3 albums by Level 42 too.<br />I've never been too keen on "World Machine". Yes there is "Someting about you" which is a good song along with "Leaving me now" and "Lying still". But for me the other tracks are filler more or less.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8982453.post-47240460721469487752010-06-24T12:48:32.233-05:002010-06-24T12:48:32.233-05:00Charlie: I recommend picking up either Level Best ...<b>Charlie</b>: I recommend picking up either <i>Level Best</i> or <i>The Ultimate Collection</i> for a snapshot of their musical catalog. If you prefer to avoid compilations then <i>World Machine</i> is the best studio album to start with, imho.<br /><br /><b>Luminous Mouse</b>: To answer your question, I looked to Wikipedia:<br /><br /><i>King and Boon Gould decided the band should be called simply by a number, and they both favoured '88' - the number of the bus they used to catch to the recording studio. However, Lindup and Phil Gould saw a poster for a band called Rocket 88 so their idea was abandoned (although '88' was later used as a song title). King and Gould both claim to have been reading Douglas Adams' comical science fiction novel, The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy wherein the Answer to The Ultimate Question of Life, the Universe, and Everything, is '42'. Therefore '42' was suggested as a name for the band.<br /><br />It should be noted that their then producer, Andy Sojka (now deceased), similarly claimed to have been reading the book, and claimed to have put forward the number as a suggested band name. It is known therefore, that the use of the number '42' in the band name came from either King, Boon Gould, or Sojka. The appendage of the word 'Level' is claimed to have been from either Sojka's lawyer, or John Gould's (the third brother and band manager) lawyer.</i>Perplexiohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09971805688658949769noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8982453.post-40921438584213563372010-06-24T11:49:11.265-05:002010-06-24T11:49:11.265-05:00Hey thanks. That was always a nice car radio song ...Hey thanks. That was always a nice car radio song for me, but as such I never even knew the name of the band. Is "Level 42" some kind of sci-fi thing? What does it mean?luminous musehttp://luminousmuse.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8982453.post-11801138095851179342010-06-24T07:06:09.243-05:002010-06-24T07:06:09.243-05:00You're right! This is the only song I know by...You're right! This is the only song I know by Level 42. I never heard another note! Your review does make me want to investigate them further.Charlie Riccihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06930103645729165149noreply@blogger.com