Level 42 - Pebble Mill At One

[Inzo42]

Hey! That's a 5 string bass!!!

[Sazzyw75]

gosh Alan Titchmarsh looks well young

[beng1lh00ly]

love how they keep playing after the music's stopped :p

[SimonDolan]

@beng1lh00ly Haha. The brass player is really going for it even though there`s no more music. The drummer as well. Even Mark does a bit of bass. Pebble Mill really was a crap programme!!! It`s a shame because these guys can play live.

[Lazersetcetera]

MIKE LINDUP FUCKING YES

[Tommyrazzle]

mimetastic!

[RedPortiaOne]

Level 42 = Genius...

Thats all.

[Stipe4ever]

I was there that day- Mark called me as I used to live in Brum and invited me over!

We couldn't go for drinks that night as the band had to rush to Scotland as Mark was on Zig and Zag the next morning:)

Fab guy!!

[GSDG55SGG]

C'est toujours aussi bien !

[beckenbauers]

Great song, but I find these playbacks ridiculous

[SimonDolan]

Thanks for posting - enjoyed this.

[dianel42]

One of my favourites... even though they don't like miming !!! and the video for this great, and those leather trousers.. my oh my

Mr. King !!!

[63Brummie]

I agree... these guys can play! let em play!

[SHOJMPR42]

when i was a teen in the late 80s i had the greatest admiration for the quality of music from Level 42. I Back then i saw maybe three pictures of them in total as they were not too well known in the USA. But now that there is more visual depictions of these guys now that I am in my 30s when i see some of these videos of Mark King I feel unable to concentrate on the music. So sexy he can knock a woman down. It makes me feel like and feel sorry for 18 year old males tbh.

[banaveevee]

I remember watching this! I was about 15 at the time and loved Level 42. I think my friends were into Take That at the time, give me Mark and Mike anyday!

[ramon709]

playbacking very bad, very bad lol

[Masterbassist1]

man does anyone know where i can find them playing this song live... and i mean really playing it

[4difference]

i agree, this song is wicked, but never played live good

[gdv42]

Very unusual to see MK playing a 5 string. Being known for their superb live shows they must have hated having to mime for tv.

[level42rdabest]

If this is mimed, like most other TV recordings, how does Gary Husband or Phil Gould mime on Drums, wouldn't the volume of them stand out?

[SanFranCrisko]

Drums are never mimed. they will be played. everything else can be mimed or not to what's decided on the day. but because there's no mics or they aren't switched on you just hear the drum track on the CD stems.

[dwalmz]

Anyone know what 5 string model bass that was?

[Mowac]

Status Energy bass I think.

[dwalmz]

I just found out it is a Status Matrix Empathy 5.

[Listendudeok]

Hello... the sound you hear is a Musicman Stingray, used on the whole album.

[daddle1968]

it's a 5 string "Empathy" model Status. It was made in the early 90's. I have one just like it complete with the L.E.D's. It is an absolutely fantastic bass!

[Masterbassist1]

I wish they were actually playing

[PeaveyPV20]

THe rest of level 42 are good, not just mark king.

[spacedub1]

I think anyone who was into them in this era, were just bass players who were into mark king playing, like myself,

[spacedub1]

you must be gay if you're refering to this video,

[Mikeus2006]

im just starting to get into Mark King and Level 42. i like how hes always got cool, different basses, especially the status basses :)

[RustiSwordz]

If they were to re release this now id think it do well, funk is all the rage again with jamiroquai and stuff like that.

[tess1972rn]

ROFLMAO...now, that's just too much information!!!!

[retroglide2000]

That's always something to tell the Grand kids - I gave head to possibly the best bass player in the world.

Who knows, you may even get on Richard & Judy with a story like that.

[tess1972rn]

Love this song...and Mark is KILLING me in those tight leather pants! Wow!

[corigraves]

amen to that ! :-)

[markrayleigh]

this was gary husband first outting after being ill

[CommanderIan]

Looks like they're puttin' a bit of overtime for some extra cash to get buy with BBC's pebble mill, an old and antiquated recording studio! Well that takes care of the old school. For those younguns among us... this is great and a little bit nostalgic for what is a great band and what will continue to be for a long time. Enjoy...

[gillyh2745]

Another classic was the rendition of "Forever Now" on Pebble Mill.Has anybody submitted that one?

[RYAN2642]

This is a great song and i remember hearing it at the Hammersmith odeon gigs which Titchmarsh was talking about there on Dec 15th 1990.And i love the bass not very often you see mark miming with the status matrix empathy 5 string.

[corigraves]

i like this one too .. its hard to tell but its prob mimed but hey they all look great in this one and i love the song :) .

[cehamh]

Well, I happen to like it.....so there Scipfish.......actually I LOVE it. Thanks for sharing Sparks74

[scipfish]

terrible song