Talk:Level 42

message: The article states they were 'entirely an instrumental act' initially. This is quite wrong, although a common perception. Their early repertoire included Haunted House (by Lee Oscar & played at their first ever gig), Night Train, Wings of Love, Love Meeting Love, Autumn. These are all songs with vocals. The instrumentals were 88, Woman, Theme to Margaret, Mr. Pink, Sandstorm. It was pretty much 50/50. Even if you described them as 'predominantly instrumental' I think that would be a stretch although Haunted House and Night Train didn't make the studio sessions. Even for the 'Level 42' album there were vocal live tracks that also didn't make the studio: Nothing More To Say, Morning Silence. LFG  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 185.60.80.114 (talk) 12:09, 20 October 2017 (UTC)
thread_title: First single and first two albums

message: Name origin:  I'd heard that the band's name might have been taken from a sign on a lift or passageway seen in the Doctor Who serial The Invisible Enemy; I seem to recall something like this being mentioned in the notes in Douglas Adams' radio scripts book, although this Doctor Who storyline apparently aired before Mr. Adams' involvement with that program. B7T 13:55, 14 August 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Name Origin

message: Surely the Morrissey quote is bizarre and irrelevant enough to remove from consideration. Morrissey is an artist but is not a legitimate rock critic. Furthermore, no citation was supplied. I did google up a reference to this quote but it was a page that was loaded with further quotes about 80s-era bands that were all supplied without further reference. Barring dissent, I will remove the quote in the next few days. Mojo Tooth 00:10, 12 June 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: "Legitimate rock critic"? Isn't that a contradiction in terms?71.90.26.140 08:46, 5 August 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Morrissey Quote?

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message: This article suffers from unsourced, non-referenced, pseudo rock journalism and opinionated fancruft.  For only one example - "Dismayed at what he felt was the record company's ineptitude, Gould played only one promotional gig and did not go on the road for the Forever Now tour".  Whilst the article has some references, there are large portions without verifiability; allowing all sorts of POV to creep in.  I think it needs a radical overhaul to reduce the press release styled nonsense, and return to a more balanced, referenced and encyclopedic tone.  Anyone disagree ?
Derek R Bullamore (talk) 23:43, 7 June 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Fancruft 

message: Maybe it should say "Their most successful single in the UK was "Lessons in Love"", since in the US, it was Something About You. I never even heard LiL played anywhere here in the US, other than from my CD player.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by Jbw9999 (talk • contribs) 01:57, 12 April 2013 (UTC)
replies: text: Sounds good to meYellowxander (talk) 11:10, 25 April 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  Most successful single. 

message: I've removed an old neutrality tag from this page that appears to have no active discussion per the instructions at Template:POV:
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thread_title:  removing POV tag with no active discussion per [[Template:POV]] 

message: There are several sentences in the article that feel very wrong to me.  However, since I don't speak British English, I am not going to change them.  Rather I will just bring them to your attention and suggest that a native Brit either adjust them or leave them as is.  1.  Level 42 are an English pop rock and jazz-funk band, who had a number of worldwide and UK hits during the 1980s and 1990s. (I believe the who should be which).  2.  After much success as a live and studio band in the 1980s, Level 42's commercial profile diminished during the early 1990s...  (This sentence seems to indicate that Level 42's commercial profile had much success as a band rather than Level 42 itself).  3.  Also included in the shows was an acoustic set, with Mike Lindup playing the accordion. (This seems to be a very backward way to say it.  I would say "An acoustic set was also included in the shows featuring Mike Lindup playing the accordian.)  4.  At a performance in Bournemouth, ex-drummer Gary Husband returned due to Pete Ray Biggin being unavailable. (Why not just say "At a performance in Bournemouth, ex-drummer Gary Husband returned because Pete Ray Biggin was unavailable."?)190.117.216.229 (talk) 19:11, 7 March 2016 (UTC)
thread_title:  Clean-Up