9 Comments

1. valais88
   Posted 16 March 2009 at 16:47 |

   I love these kind of clips, where you can see Mark’s humour! Now that is what makes a man sexy!;) (just a hint for all you guys out there!)haha

   Take care,

   Claudia

2. KELLY
   Posted 16 March 2009 at 19:23 |

   i agree…humor is #1….gosh, i miss the 80′s.

3. mike iow
   Posted 16 March 2009 at 22:14 |

   Excellent clip and great bass solo !!, really good to see some good, rare shots of Alan Murphy.

4. Christian Olsson
   Posted 17 March 2009 at 9:18 |

   Good song! Actually, In this video Mark kind of resembles another bassplayer called Nigel Clutterbuck. I played once with Nigel at London guitar show at wembley end of 90´s for Zootbass. They are very much alike. Visually that is. Love to all of you!

5. NOVALEAH
   Posted 18 March 2009 at 14:44 |

   Good one…Sheese he’s fast!!
   XXX NOVALEAH

6. ♥Corrine♥
   Posted 21 March 2009 at 7:42 |

   Show off lol !! That is just amazing !!!!!!!!

7. jazzfunkster
   Posted 26 March 2009 at 19:20 |

   Mark always displays such talent on the bass and this is no exception.
   It’s great to see all the old interviews and to look back to my favourite era for music.
   Thanks so much Morgan for posting this super video

8. Ry42back
   Posted 30 March 2009 at 1:07 |

   I remember watching this running to get a black tape and being amazed at Marks skill and virtuosity.I also remember this well as it was a month after i got married.

9. Carlos Bill
   Posted 27 April 2009 at 16:02 |

   I just got impressed as hell with what I’ve just seeing. I first saw Mark King playing live in the Prince Trust, he was playing and singing Running The Family and I was impressed with all those strange, unusual slow-tempo thumb-and-chords moves. It seemed like hard soul, with some rhythm and blues on. The chord changes also are superb, very to-the-point, in-your-face situation.

   I play bass myself and play melodic (I don’t slap), but I guess Mark’s command of this technique put the bass into a more raw, down-heart style which can ‘invitate’ one to plug in the bass and try to play-along his lines, not to be a Mark King clone but only to just discover new ways of playing scales in the bass, as happens with blues guitar players when listening to their favorite players, without teachers, you know…

   Great stuff!
   Carlos Bill, bass player, composer.