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Level 42 (1983) "The Sun Goes Down (Living It Up)"

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Level 42 - 'Running In The Family' - 1987

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Something About You - Level 42

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Time Machine

Level 42 - Lessons In Love

I am posting this because of the very sad news that Level 42 founding member Boon Gould has been found dead in his home in Dorset on Tuesday, he was 62 years old. Our thoughts are with him family and friends at this sad time.

His brother Phil, also a band member tweeted: "My heart is beyond broken. RIP Roland Charles 'Boon' Gould, my brother, 1955-2019."

Rowland Charles "Boon" Gould was an English musician and one of the four founding members of Level 42. He was called 'Boon' since, at a very young age, an uncle of his commented to his mother that his apparent inability to cry was a 'real boon for the family'

He was the guitarist and saxophone player for the group between 1980 and 1987 and reunited for a one-off performance in Bristol in 2012.The band formed on the Isle of Wight and had a string of hits including Lessons in Love and Running in the Family.

Lessons in Love was released in 1986, was taken from the album Running in the Family, which was released the following year. This single was the band's biggest hit in their homeland, where it reached number three on the UK Singles Chart, and internationally, entering the top 10 in numerous countries, reaching the number-one spot in five of them: Spain, Germany, South Africa, Switzerland, and Finland.

I'm not proud, I was wrong and the truth is hard to take I felt sure we had enough but our love went overboard Lifeboat lies lost at sea I've been trying to reach your shore Waves of doubt keep drowning me All the dreams that we were building We never fulfilled them Could be better, should be better For lessons in love For restless eyes, egos burn and the mold is hard to break Now we've waded in too deep and love is overboard Heavy hearts token words all the hopes I ever had Fade like footprints in the sand All the homes that we were building We never lived in Could be better, should be better Lessons in love If we lose the time before us The future will ignore us We should use it, we could use it, yeah Lessons in love Lost without love Lessons in love When will you ever learn Lessons in love When there's nowhere left to turn Lessons in love Don't let your spirit burn Lessons in love I'll wait 'till you return All the dreams that we were building (Yeah, yeah, yeah) We never lived them We could lose it, we should use it (Lessons in love) Lessons in love All the homes that we were building We never lived in Could be better (Could be better) Should be better (Yeah, yeah) Lessons in love If we lose the time before us The future will ignore us We should use it, we could use it (Good God) Lessons in love

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Level 42 - Something About You

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On the ocean of pure time I sail away

I go and these four walls will not contain me

Maybe there i'd see your face again

Je ne pouvais déjà plus écouter cette chanson, avant, tellement elle me rappelle des moments heureux et des lieux/gens perdus à jamais. Mais maintenant qu'il a choisi de quitter une fête à laquelle il n'a, dans le fond, jamais réussi à trouver de sens...

Et c'est horrible de se dire que Phil a écrit ces paroles sans savoir qu'elles s'appliqueraient un jour à son propre frère. Pauvre Phil. J'ai tellement de chagrin pour lui.

Quand j'écrivais "Singapore 1942", j'imaginais que l'héroïne revenait physiquement dans son propre passé, une nuit, pour y revoir son amour d'adolescence, disparu depuis longtemps ; et il avait le visage de Roland "Boon" Gould.

J'ignorais, à l'époque, que Boon déciderait de tirer sa révérence quelques années plus tard. Mais peut-être que ce n'était pas un hasard. Je devais sentir qu'il ne resterait pas jusqu'à la fin. Qu'il nous quitterait avant. Pour que son élégance et sa discrétion continuent de nous manquer, terriblement.

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Level 42 founder member found dead

The band formed on the Isle of Wight and had a string of hits in the 1980s.

RIP Boon Gould 1955-2019

The guitarist and sax player for Level 42 has died at age 64. The U.K. new wave band will forever be known for their excellent 1986 hit “Something About You”. He was in the band from 1979-87, their golden era.

The link above is the obit from BBC News

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