Monday, August 24, 2020

Monday Music "Something about you" by Level 42



I am continuing my string of "bugaloo" songs.  This discussion was started in the "Monster Hunter Nation, Hunters Unite", back in December? it is a Facebook group with enthusiast of the ILOH "International Lord of Hate" A.K.A Larry Correia.  We were talking about what song would we use if we looked out of our window or glanced at our security camera and saw this.....




One of the alphabet bois lining up to take down your house...What would be your "Valhalla" song and you would set it up to play as you load up magazines and prepare yourself.
 I figured it would scar the alphabet boys if they come busting in and hearing a song that is related good music in the 1980's unlike that crap they listen to now.  What can I say, My humor is warped....just a bit. Next week will be "Goodby to you" by Scandal sung by the lovely Patty Smyth,  Now that should really cause some psych evals., hehehe, some poor ATF guy trying to explain the attraction to his mother because there is something about them, you know...lol

Level 42 are an English jazz-funk band formed on the Isle of Wight in 1979. They had a number of UK and worldwide hits during the 1980s and 1990s.
Their highest-charting single in the UK was "Lessons in Love", which reached number three on the UK Singles Chart, and number 12 on the US Billboard Hot 100 chart, upon its release in 1986. An earlier single, "Something About You", was their most successful chart-wise in the United States, reaching number 7 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart.
After much success as a live and studio band in the 1980s, Level 42's commercial profile diminished during the early 1990s following a series of personnel changes and musical shifts. Disbanding in 1994, the band reformed in 2001.

 "Something About You" is a single released by British band Level 42 in 1985, in advance of its inclusion on the album World Machine the same year. The song was written by Mark King, Mike Lindup, Phil Gould, Boon Gould, and Wally Badarou.

"Something About You" was released in several countries beyond the United Kingdom, including United States, Germany, Italy, Canada, and many countries of South America and Asia. It is the only Level 42 song to be a top 10 hit in the United States, where it reached #7 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart, and it is their second top 10 hit in the United Kingdom, reaching #6 on the UK Singles Chart. The single was certified gold in Canada in 1986.
"Something About You" appears in many Level 42 collections: Level Best, The Very Best of Level 42, and The Definitive Collection.





The music video of "Something About You", which uses the shorter single version, is directed by Stuart Orme, who also directed videos for the Level 42 songs "Lessons in Love" and "Running in the Family", as well as Phil Collins and Genesis. The music video appears in their video album Family of Five, released in 1987.
Mark King appears as a dark clown magician, representing the negative aspects in the relationships of Mike Lindup, Phil and Boon Gould with their girlfriends, all played by actress Cherie Lunghi
 I thought She looked familiar, She was Arthur Wife Guinevere  in the Movie "Excaliber"

6 comments:

  1. I fell in love with Cherie in that movie............

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    1. Hey Taminator

      So did I and the soundtrack...O Fortuna

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  2. Another one I've never heard... sigh

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  3. I didn't realize that I knew that song, until I listened for a bit, then I knew that I had heard it before, quite a bit, when I was younger. I was born in 1960, so I was in my 20's when this was getting air play here in Michigan. But I have another group from the late 70's and early 80's that had a few songs that would also be appropriate. I could only pick one, so here it is.
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6EWqTym2cQU

    pigpen51

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  4. Hey PigPen;

    I like it, I will add it to the rotation, week after next. AC/DC is good for this theme. It might even be a song Old NFO might have heard of before, LOL

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