Artiste: Level 42
Album: Running In The Family
Spotlight Track: It’s Over
Mark King: Bass & Vocals
Phil Gould: Drums
Mike Lindup: Keyboards & Vocals
Boon Gould: Guitars
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Wally Badarou: Keyboards & Vocals
Gary Barnacle: Saxophone
Krys Mach: Saxophone
Produced by Wally Badarou and Level 42
For this week’s review, I’ld like to recommend this seminal album and especially review a song on behalf of the ol’ cats who’s been with me over these past few decades, something that strikes a chord in all our hearts when this song is played, whether over a girl or over a friendship. But definately something that hits the spot even after so long, and more importantly, a ballad that never ceases to amaze us all until today – Level 42’s ‘It’s Over’.
I think the best way to write about this song is just to list the lyrics out, let the listener vibe to it and appreciate the simlicity of it’s meaning :
I won’t be here when you come home
I’m sorry if you don’t understand, forgive me if you can
but I can see another road
and I ain’t coming back
Don’t look for me around this town
’cause I will be so far away, you’ll never find me anywhere
and I won’t take no souvenirs
no perfumed picture promises
because it’s over
and I ain’t coming back
You gave me everything
and now I’m breaking your heart
you know that I don’t mean
to tear your world apart
I would never leave if I thought you couldn’t stand the pain
a letter in the hall
is written on the wall
a letter with no words of love at all
because it’s over (because it’s over)
and I ain’t coming back
And as I close the door
I know I’m breaking your heart
I should have loved you more
instead I’ve torn your world apart
And as I walk into the lonely afternoon
I feel sad enough
I feel bad enough
and all the times when you are lonely where you are
please don’t hate me then
I just could not pretend… oh no
Feel the tears
I can feel the tears
running through the years
The genius of Mark King, Mike Lindup and the Gould brothers in song no doubt. The songwriting is top form to the max and the music is of course sublime. Although the sample is a bit on the short side, please feel free to check out the full song on my Move Memoir mix in our Mixes section.
Apart from ‘It’s Over’ and other famous cuts on this album like ‘Lessons In Love’, ‘Running In The Family’ and ‘Children Say’ – don’t overlook ‘Two Solitudes’, ‘To Be With You Again’ and ‘Freedom Someday’… pure class!
If you’ve got some extra dosh, I urge you to go buy the mp3 of ‘Leaving Me Now’ which is on their earlier album ‘World Machine’. Peep here for a video of ‘Leaving Me Now’ and check out the way the song builds to the part where Mark sings ‘mesmerized’.. bueh tahan.
And as I walk into the lonely afternoon
I feel sad enough
I feel bad enough
and all the times when you are lonely where you are
please don’t hate me then
I just could not pretend… oh no
Phoooooooooo! Steam…
Tangkap This!!!
-Crispian
