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09-17-2012, 06:04 AM | #1 (permalink) |
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a-ha: any fans?
One of my favourite bands ever, and probably the first actual "pop" band that I at first grudgingly admitted I liked, then later got totally into their music and loved them. Such a pity they called it a day. Feel free to post your favourite a-ha songs in their memory: here are some of mine...
My favourite a-ha album by a mile is "Analogue", and it has so many good tracks, but I particularly like these two: A fine blue line The summers of our youth Ah hell, I have to include Halfway through the tour! Then there's "Lifelines", with the brilliant title track so many other good tracks, but let's move on to "Minor earth, major sky", from which I choose (though it's a hard choice) Velvet. Dodgy video (NSFW); great song.
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The only A-ha song that I can remember off the top of my head is "Take on Me," of course, which I liked since I first heard it on the radio back in the '80s, although I don't think I saw the video until a couple years ago. My favorite moment in the music begins with the line, "Oh the things that you say," just after 2:30, up through "You're all the things I've got to remember," because it sounds so plaintive with yearning. In case someone hasn't heard that song, here it is: A-Ha - Take On Me (OFFICIAL VIDEO) - YouTube
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It doesn't seem like anybody wants to speak about the band, just post videos of them
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The Blood That Moves the Body was the song that sold me on a ha as someone to listen to, although Stay on These Roads was VERY hit and miss. Thankfully, that dollar plus tax I spent on #4 was well spent. |
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I think that they are seriously a very under-rated band, and it's seriously hard to convince people around me about this, as all that many remember is "Take On Me," and not even "The Sun Always Shines on TV" (damn it...and it was the better of their two US Top 40 hits). The moodiness of Memorial Beach caught my ears right, and I do feel that it should be checked out by anyone interested. |
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09-19-2012, 04:20 PM | #9 (permalink) |
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A-Ha may be the most popular Norwegian pop act ever so of course I know them quite well. I was quite fond of Memorial Beach when that came out (I was a kid then basically so it's a while ago), but haven't really been an active fan since then. Still, their hits are a nostalgic and slightly guilty pleasure.
Of their old hits, I think this is the one I enjoy the most. I find it hard to not think of Morten Harket as a bit douchey in a pretentious sort of way, but the guy can definitely sing.
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