World Machine for most casual fans and Luddites is as deep into the Level 42 catalogue you need to go. The band's sixth album (yeah they were around a while honing their craft) was released in 1985 and most of us would have had a hard time trying to get rid of the ear worm "Something About You" when it started to gain traction on the radio and television - back when videos were a thing. There's was never any denying the musicianship of the band, and Mark King's bass playing was often sited as being extraordinary. The band would balance their pop, jazz and funk elements and create something pretty cool. Even a rock guy had to tip his hate and admit it was good stuff. Now, of course this was 1985 and while I did begrudgingly like the song, sort of in the same way I liked "The Captain of Her Heart" by Double, I wasn't about to go out and buy the album. I was after all a ROCK GUY. Of course over the years my appreciation for "Something About You...
A place where I just blather on about shit that I either miss, or am excited about. Or I could just be deliberately trying to waste your time. I generally really don't know what I'm talking about. Sometimes I do. Sometimes this is like a stream of consciousness brain dump. I like to think of it as a reaction video, without the video ... mostly though it's just me rambling ... it's meanderambling. #oldenoughtoforget