Dane Bowers on the break-up of Another Level
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- čas přidán 24. 08. 2024
- This is the final episode of the 3rd Series of the Taking Care of Business podcast.
This special episode is set in the aftermath of Sedu10FEST - a festival to celebrate the 10th birthday of Paul's business, Sedulo. The performers from that festival - Ben Ofoedu of Phats & Small fame, Liberty X's Michelle Heaton, Another Level's Dane Bowers and DJ Rick Live - talk candidly about the ups and downs they experienced whilst making it in the music industry, as well as dealing with the fame that came with it.
Please note: as this is set during the clean-up operation from the festival, there are a few minor disturbances in the audio.
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Another Level left a lasting impression on me! Their music holds a special place in my heart, resonating with me from childhood into my adult years. It's wonderful to hear their songs and still brings me joy and nostalgia today.
Man..How years go by, he looks so different now, aged quite well nevertheless 👍 never promoted enough even though he had massive talent
he seems ashamed of his past looks, thought he was chubby and all that... but so what? lol. I thought the extra weight fitted him better tbh.
He beat up his GF in 2015 and got a suspended sentence but I suppose women love a b*****d don’t they
Wayne Williams aka Wayne Fortune now sells clothes in Brooklyn via pop ups. He tried rapping 12 years ago and his videos got about 2,000 hits at best. It wasn't good. Should've stuck with Another Level, mate. You'd all be filthy rich and right now you'd be doing reunion tours with massive levels of respect above your name because you definitely would've broken America. Such a waste.
Nah they were generic rnb/pop. They wouldn't last against Americas. Next, backstreetboys, nsync, saltnpepper, tlc, Jodeci, Blackstreet, the list is endless.
Loved when they were Another Level and sang with Cliff Richard in 1999 Some People. It was so magical. Never get tired of hearing that rendition.
he had a great voice same his solo album was never issued properly though i do own a promo copy
clive davis was push out arista and jrecords came in
I tried to look why his album wasn’t released? Do you know?
Who the fuck was that the cleaner walking through the interview😂😂😂😂
I used to work with Michelle Heaton, she was always lovely to me.
Imagine giving up the solo parts and still getting paid millions! Dane is right, that is pure ego.
Doubt they got paid millions 😂
@@LawrenceDimmick Dane Bowers net worth is 5 million. Dun know.
@@asmrfoodieuk7965 nah doubt that very much
@@LawrenceDimmick You can google it and he lives in Dubai 😆 put it this way, he is worth more than you ever will be.
the fact is...Wayne was the responsible for the end of "another level", this group I was and STILL am a big fan....sorry for the others members of the group...find another one and do it again..
I will wait until I hear his part of the story
Ouch @ Dane saying Wayne's lead vocals did not sound good. He was not off the mark though; Wayne is downright off-key in parts of his verse on "I Want You for Myself" (although he did improve on it in live performances, to be fair).
I feel like Another Level was essentially made of two singers and two models. Bobak and Mark more or less only served as the group's visual... apart from Bobak's occasional spoken parts/raps/ad-libs, both of their mics would be turned all the way down if not completely off in live performances, lol. (I personally think Dane and Wayne were great looking, though).
Dane truly did carry the entire group vocally and you put anyone's big ego in the mix, it's a recipe for disbandment... which is what happened. Such a shame cos AL truly did have some amazing stuff in their short discography and I feel like they actually stood a great chance at breaking the US market back then. But alas.
Lol Wayne is a WAY BETTER SINGER
@@shotsfired517 lol no, sorry. his tone complemented Dane's, but as a singer, he was decent to weak all in all, and even often off-key on record. let's be real, Another Level was basically 2 singers and 2 models - aside from Bobak's random raps here and there, it was mostly Dane and Wayne doing the heavy lifting. Mark was just the eye candy - and fair enough, he WAS (still is tbh) an eye candy.
@@fajarzakri4936 Dane has a whiny voice when he sings and if he was so talented, then he would've accomplished a lot more than a DJ gig in Dubai.
We are both entitled to our own opinions, but here in the states, almost everyone cringes when Dane sings
You hit the nail on the head with 'I want you for myself' ... Wayne's vocals were awful...I saw them live a few time back in day and Dane was the strongest vocalist 💯
To be successful in the music business you have the X Factor. Which means having charisma and a larger than life personality. Madonna & Robbie Williams are average singers who are great entertainers.
@@GalacticGalahadV But Madonna is also a great entertainer.
I remember Waynes single on Channel U back in the day, it was absolutely garbage but then again Danes solo work wasn't all that good either, together they were brilliant though
Dane Bowers (Lead Singer of Another Level) looks just like...
Bryan Abrams (Lead Singer of Color Me Badd)
Ego on both sides, wayne wasn't here to defend himself,
Ted Cruz looks a lot different here...
Not to make this a race issue but Wayne probably felt uncomfortable being in an R&B group with all white boys. If there had been another black guy in the lineup, maybe he would have stayed.
U made bobak was Turkish and Danes half Cuban lol fool
Bobak is Persian.
What has race got to do with it? Anyone can sing RnB.
Oque será que ele está falando gostaria de intende
What is the group that Michelle referred to towards the end, if anyone knows? Cheap Play, Chipley... something like that? Never heard of them but I was intrigued by what she said about them
chipley! haha she says triple 8
@@plym06 oh! haha. thanks for that! as a non native English speaker my ears aren't always trained for British accent(s). 😂
I cant believe!!!! Nooo dane
Dane forever ❤️
Get ya feet, off the seat!
His hairs gone white still looks like Dane not bad
This is really interesting but my god WHY is Michelle being so loud and annoying here?!!
Yes, she is being very annoying!
Dane was so hot ❤
i used to fancy him like mad but he looks so old now and he really is not
He needs to lose the beard. That ages him the most.
Yes I agree but then people do age
@@thelmabukikun1485 yes but he has aged really badly id still give him one though .
@@BlytheWorld1972 he's still handsome, regardless 💓
@@thelmabukikun1485 and he is also a nice man just a bit older like an older hot daddy type .
He’s a player. Cheated on his partners.
cocaine is a hell of a drug
Wow arrogant much. Disappointed in the way he's talking about Wayne. I thought he was a genuine guy😥
He sounds very arrogant, but its whatever. I always felt Wayne was the better singer
he has every right to still feel salty, though. basically, it was Wayne's departure that ended the band, and they were on the cusp on something big, breaking the US market, etc. the band ended literally within months after their second album! all four of them could have achieved something bigger and better and yet one of them left, then two of them left, and that was it.
plus he wasn't wrong - Wayne was by and large a weak singer, more of a songwriter/musician, he could've chosen to work with that and not against that and ride the waves for another couple of years before the band called it a day. they disbanded too soon, is all.
@@shotsfired517 You sound like you're Wayne himself lmao
@@shotsfired517 well, he wasn’t. Believe me. And That’s the common opinion.
@@muratisik6956 that's the thing about opinions........they're just like a-holes...everyone has one, trust me
Who cares?