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| Monsieur |
Posted - 09/21/2004 : 05:03:25
Who remembers A-ha ?
I will show you fear in a handful of dust |
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| Homers_pet_monkey |
Posted - 09/24/2004 : 14:33:53
quote:
Originally posted by the tolerant
quote:
Originally posted by Homers_pet_monkey
'The Sun Always Shines On T.V' is twice as good as 'Take Me On'.
dont you think U2s 'Beautiful Day' rips this song off a little..the bit where Bono yells..."touh me, take me to the blah blah blah....release me....the sun always shines on Tv"?
there influence will always be around.
A-ha = longevity
Yes I do, I thought that when I first heard it. Glad someone else noticed
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| The Champ |
Posted - 09/22/2004 : 12:57:32
Thats what i figured. |
| darwin |
Posted - 09/22/2004 : 12:43:16
quote:
Originally posted by The Champ
U lost me.
It's pretty simple. In my opinion they sucked and it's no loss that Americans largely ignored them. There was much better music in the 80s than Aha (ie REM, Replacements, Husker Du, Minutemen, ect.). |
| The Champ |
Posted - 09/22/2004 : 12:21:44
U lost me. |
| darwin |
Posted - 09/22/2004 : 11:46:10
And I'm saying it's good that they were ignored. |
| The Champ |
Posted - 09/22/2004 : 11:36:18
Hey Kathryn, ive been buisy with school and life in general, c uve been posting alot :)
Darwin, A-ha is not a one hit wonder. Its just that Take on me was such a mega hit that they couldnt ever acheive the same fortunes. My point is that America enjoys mega hits and ignores anything which isnt on MTV constantly. And im talking about Pop culture, not the people who actually search for good music. |
| kathryn |
Posted - 09/22/2004 : 11:19:12
quote:
Originally posted by The Champ
Take on me is i think the catchiest song ever written, and i think its making a little come back, i hear it everywhere these days, in restaurents/bars/radio/tv all these people i know comming out of the wood work saying they love that song. Its funny cause A-ha, after the shoke wave of TAke on me was over, a-ha was ignored in north america for the most part, kinda like the pixies, and i think the only reason they had so much success was because of that great music video, and to this day not much has changed, its seems that music videos are more important then the music itself in the USA, Europe i think is different, because A-ha tours in Europe and has success, where as in north america u woudlnt c the same responce at all. Damn MTV
The Champ is back! Where've you been?
 I still believe in the excellent joy of the Frank |
| Carolynanna |
Posted - 09/22/2004 : 08:58:32
Heh, I saw Flock of Seagulls open for Platinum Blonde,
just last year!
And its, I'll be gone, in a day or twwwoooooooooooooo (mwhahahaha!)
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| darwin |
Posted - 09/22/2004 : 08:44:16
quote:
Originally posted by The Champ
Take on me is i think the catchiest song ever written, and i think its making a little come back, i hear it everywhere these days, in restaurents/bars/radio/tv all these people i know comming out of the wood work saying they love that song. Its funny cause A-ha, after the shoke wave of TAke on me was over, a-ha was ignored in north america for the most part, kinda like the pixies, and i think the only reason they had so much success was because of that great music video, and to this day not much has changed, its seems that music videos are more important then the music itself in the USA, Europe i think is different, because A-ha tours in Europe and has success, where as in north america u woudlnt c the same responce at all. Damn MTV
Score one point for America for ignoring A-ha. We have plenty of one hit wonders still roaming around the US. In LA it seems like you can see Flock of Seagulls or Missing Persons any weekend. |
| remig |
Posted - 09/22/2004 : 07:06:20
no
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| cassandra is |
Posted - 09/22/2004 : 07:04:40
I heard one of them was playing in a new band -I don't remember the name- with guys from Luke, did you heard of that?
pas de bras pas de chocolat |
| remig |
Posted - 09/22/2004 : 06:57:41
Armand played some guitar for miossec. others I don't know.
I really liked the drummer.
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So you have no point of reference, Donny.
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| cassandra is |
Posted - 09/22/2004 : 06:54:22
well done!
does anyone know what they became?
pas de bras pas de chocolat |
| remig |
Posted - 09/22/2004 : 06:41:28
Never tried. I don't know if any could stand me singing this then my godzilla song.
Like already said , I've got all their albums signed, I've seen them twice and got my fetish Sloy T-shirt : (that's Armand on the pic)
My old page about sloy http://perso.wanadoo.fr/remi.gliozzo/sloy.htm
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So you have no point of reference, Donny.
You're like a child that wanders INTO THE MIDDLE OF A MOVIE! |
| cassandra is |
Posted - 09/22/2004 : 06:36:41
One of the best!
Powerful to play and to sing! pou-dou-pou-pou-dou-pou-pou-dou-pou-pou-dou-pou.......
so sad they split up
pas de bras pas de chocolat |
| vilainde |
Posted - 09/22/2004 : 06:29:17
Isn't Sloy's Pop the best song to cover ever?
Denis
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| cassandra is |
Posted - 09/22/2004 : 06:27:10
No, sorry... just got a lazy bass player in Cahors (The Holiday Son)
pas de bras pas de chocolat |
| remig |
Posted - 09/22/2004 : 06:24:12
Same question for you : Do you know any bass player in Paris for my band?
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So you have no point of reference, Donny.
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| cassandra is |
Posted - 09/22/2004 : 06:22:02
and what about Bananarama?
talking about covers done with our respective bands, mine used to play -long time ago- Can I run (L7), Pretend we're dead (L7) Kill your TV (Ned's Atomic Dustbin), Pop (Sloy), Today (Smashing Pumpkins), Barbarism begins at home (The Smiths), Too Many Puppies (Primus), some Nirvana songs, The Sad Punk, Distance equals..., Monkey Gone To Heaven, Bone Machine, The Happening, Debaser, Adda Lee and Blown Away.
...nostalgia
pas de bras pas de chocolat |
| remig |
Posted - 09/22/2004 : 06:12:06
quote:
Originally posted by The Champ
Take on me is i think the catchiest song ever written, and i think its making a little come back, i hear it everywhere these days, in restaurents/bars/radio/tv all these people i know comming out of the wood work saying they love that song. Its funny cause A-ha, after the shoke wave of TAke on me was over, a-ha was ignored in north america for the most part, kinda like the pixies, and i think the only reason they had so much success was because of that great music video, and to this day not much has changed, its seems that music videos are more important then the music itself in the USA, Europe i think is different, because A-ha tours in Europe and has success, where as in north america u woudlnt c the same responce at all. Damn MTV
Read on Morten.net:
netroM:
So they're back together and will do a reunion tour
livingDaylightboy:
Morten is releasing a cd of early A-Ah demos.
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So you have no point of reference, Donny.
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| n/a |
Posted - 09/22/2004 : 06:06:13
I wish I couldīt remember A-ha! |
| The Champ |
Posted - 09/22/2004 : 06:02:11
Take on me is i think the catchiest song ever written, and i think its making a little come back, i hear it everywhere these days, in restaurents/bars/radio/tv all these people i know comming out of the wood work saying they love that song. Its funny cause A-ha, after the shoke wave of TAke on me was over, a-ha was ignored in north america for the most part, kinda like the pixies, and i think the only reason they had so much success was because of that great music video, and to this day not much has changed, its seems that music videos are more important then the music itself in the USA, Europe i think is different, because A-ha tours in Europe and has success, where as in north america u woudlnt c the same responce at all. Damn MTV |
| kathryn |
Posted - 09/22/2004 : 04:59:47
Darwin ought to pay some kind of penalty for helping poor KOK remember this tune.
I still believe in the excellent joy of the Frank |
| the tolerant |
Posted - 09/22/2004 : 04:23:57
quote:
Originally posted by Homers_pet_monkey
'The Sun Always Shines On T.V' is twice as good as 'Take Me On'.
dont you think U2s 'Beautiful Day' rips this song off a little..the bit where Bono yells..."touh me, take me to the blah blah blah....release me....the sun always shines on Tv"?
there influence will always be around.
A-ha = longevity |
| The King Of Karaoke |
Posted - 09/21/2004 : 23:07:03
quote:
Originally posted by darwin
quote:
Originally posted by The King Of Karaoke
I don't remember them and I'm from the 80's.
Someone, refresh my memory please.
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Yodeling, shrieking Swedes (or Scandanavian) with a video in which the singer falls for a drawing that's being chased by guys on motorcycles. You've probably blocked it out to protect your sanity.
Do you remember George Micheal prancing around in neon short shorts while with Wham? There's pure 80s pop bliss.
Aaah haaa... Now I remember.
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| realmeanmotorscutor |
Posted - 09/21/2004 : 23:00:58
GD you Monsieur. Since yesterday I haven't been able to get this song out of my head and what's worse, the only lyrics I really know are, "take on me," "take me on" and "lalalalaEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE," which I don't even think is a real lyric. It's like a haunted broken-record in my head.
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| darwin |
Posted - 09/21/2004 : 22:37:24
quote:
Originally posted by The King Of Karaoke
I don't remember them and I'm from the 80's.
Someone, refresh my memory please.
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Yodeling, shrieking Swedes (or Scandanavian) with a video in which the singer falls for a drawing that's being chased by guys on motorcycles. You've probably blocked it out to protect your sanity.
Do you remember George Micheal prancing around in neon short shorts while with Wham? There's pure 80s pop bliss. |
| The King Of Karaoke |
Posted - 09/21/2004 : 22:07:11
I don't remember them and I'm from the 80's.
Someone, refresh my memory please.
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| Daisy Girl |
Posted - 09/21/2004 : 19:42:17
This was a break through video at the time. Plus I had a little crush on the lead singer.
Vilainde I haven't heard your band so I don't know if it fits, but I could see a punk rock version of the song as cool but different. |
| KimStanleyRobinson |
Posted - 09/21/2004 : 16:23:57
quote:
Originally posted by kathryn
The best bad 80s songs to cover are by INXS.
We used to do "Don't Change"...which I heard wasn't even an INXS tune...but no matter. Great song and FUN to play - even without keyboards.
I Send a Message.
The One Thing.
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| Homers_pet_monkey |
Posted - 09/21/2004 : 13:33:42
'The Sun Always Shines On T.V' is twice as good as 'Take Me On'.
Oh and Broken Face? I think you'll find that '99 Red Balloons' was the best pop song of the 80's.
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| TRANSMARINE |
Posted - 09/21/2004 : 13:28:32
Yes, the video for Take On Me is pretty cool. Has anyone seen the Ken Russell flick Altered States? I've always felt the end of the
A-Ha video owes it's idea to the end of Russell's film. Also, I think the best song of that album (Hunting High and Low) is The Sun Always Shines On TV. Really, really dramatic and cheesey! Ah, my youth!
Catchin' blue in his eyes that were brown
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| Frog in the Sand |
Posted - 09/21/2004 : 11:24:32
quote:
Originally posted by vilainde
The guys in my band want us to cover Take On Me. Question is, should I kill them all?
I personally support euthanasia for most desperate cases... |
| kathryn |
Posted - 09/21/2004 : 11:12:55
The best bad 80s songs to cover are by INXS.
I still believe in the excellent joy of the Frank |
| benji |
Posted - 09/21/2004 : 10:25:20
my wife went and saw them like 2 years ago in London. she said it was an absolutely fabulous concert with middle aged women dancing in the aisles.
she bought this great t-shirt as well, which everyone laughs at, but secretly wishes they owned.
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