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PrintableVinnyM27 said: Depending on the price, I might buy that reissue of the first album (although I assume it won't be cheap).
It will only be at Rhino.com...nevermind! [Edited 5/13/10 16:17pm] Well its cheaper if you buy both, because you get a discount plus no shipping fee, though each is 24.98 list price so it saves money there and there is no way you would find these in Best Buy at least not right away, Best Buy is a done deal now with music, and so with the expense/annoyance of looking for a retail store carrying it, its worth it on all parts, and getting it from iTunes is useless because the whole idea of these reissues is the packaging and iTunes cant do that "We went where our music was appreciated, and that was everywhere but the USA, we knew we had fans, but there is only so much of the world you can play at once" Magne F | |
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lastdecember said: VinnyM27 said: Depending on the price, I might buy that reissue of the first album (although I assume it won't be cheap).
It will only be at Rhino.com...nevermind! [Edited 5/13/10 16:17pm] Well its cheaper if you buy both, because you get a discount plus no shipping fee, though each is 24.98 list price so it saves money there and there is no way you would find these in Best Buy at least not right away, Best Buy is a done deal now with music, and so with the expense/annoyance of looking for a retail store carrying it, its worth it on all parts, and getting it from iTunes is useless because the whole idea of these reissues is the packaging and iTunes cant do that If you can't find it in stores, I like both Amazon.com and to a lesser extent (because they ripped me off in my last transaction) CDWow.us (great for cheaper imports). | |
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VinnyM27 said: lastdecember said: Well its cheaper if you buy both, because you get a discount plus no shipping fee, though each is 24.98 list price so it saves money there and there is no way you would find these in Best Buy at least not right away, Best Buy is a done deal now with music, and so with the expense/annoyance of looking for a retail store carrying it, its worth it on all parts, and getting it from iTunes is useless because the whole idea of these reissues is the packaging and iTunes cant do that If you can't find it in stores, I like both Amazon.com and to a lesser extent (because they ripped me off in my last transaction) CDWow.us (great for cheaper imports). It is ironic that now Warner Brothers in America wants something to do with a-ha, after basically shutting them out of the states with their 2000's albums "minor Earth Major Sky" and "lifelines" and the live 2cd set "how can i sleep with your voice in my head" and the 1984-2004 compilation, all of which were on WB but not put out here. "We went where our music was appreciated, and that was everywhere but the USA, we knew we had fans, but there is only so much of the world you can play at once" Magne F | |
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How is the 1984 original mix of "Take On Me" different?
(Sorry to focus on their best-known hit) | |
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Cinnie said: How is the 1984 original mix of "Take On Me" different?
It's not good. 
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The newer version of "Take On Me" defined the 80s.... the original version was defined BY The 80s.  | |
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I stopped reading after "A-Ha tears up..." | |
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BlaqueKnight said: I stopped reading after "A-Ha tears up..."
Well to tear it up in America all you have to do is be able to "play" which we dont have here. Their opening act Sondre Lerche blows away anything on the scene right now. "We went where our music was appreciated, and that was everywhere but the USA, we knew we had fans, but there is only so much of the world you can play at once" Magne F | |
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Cinnie said: The newer version of "Take On Me" defined the 80s.... the original version was defined BY The 80s.
There are alot of early versions of their songs that are nothing like what came out. Take on Me was released 3 different ways and never caught on, MAGS went to the producer and said "your doing it wrong" which was BOLD to say for a new band with no track record, or work permits. He went back in re-did the song with the group and then wrote a new song "The Sun always Shines on TV" and both proved to be what they needed to launch them. On a side not about the "wokr permits" the reason a-ha became a synth band from that first album was that when they went to England they had no "work permits" and werent allowed in the studios and had no instruments, but they were allowed to program the instruments, which is why you had the computer sounds on their first album, but if you ever come across "Bridges" which was Paul and Mags right before Morten was brought on, that is what they were playing not "synth pop", as Morten said "we had no idea what was on the charts then and we didnt really have an interest in any of that type of music though we were brought to it" "We went where our music was appreciated, and that was everywhere but the USA, we knew we had fans, but there is only so much of the world you can play at once" Magne F | |
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Bilboards MAY 8th review The last night of a-ha's three-show stand at a packed Nokia Theater on Saturday night (May 8) was an especially bittersweet goodbye for U.S. fans. The Norwegian pop stars' Ending on a High Note tour is limited U.S. run of a handful of cities, and while it's the first time the band has performed here in more than 20 years, it is also a farewell tour: a-aha is bidding the world adieu after a 25-year career. The show didn't just thank the thirty- and forty- somethings who have been doggedly tracking the trio online: It was a reminder of what the crowd had been missing live, thanks to limited promotion and a rather unfair one-hit wonder tag. Despite the momentous worldwide lift-off of 1985 debut album "Hunting High and Low," bearer of the '80s hit "Take on Me," a-ha dropped from America's radar after follow-up album "Scoundrel Days." While the cultural lexicon cast the band as forgettable pretty boys, keyboardist Magne Furuholmen, guitarist Paul Waaktaar (now Paul Waaktaar-Savoy) and singer Morten Harket remained productive on the other side of the pond, refining their brand of elegant adult contemporary pop and sophisticated melodies through subsequent recordings. A-ha's Saturday set started off strong with white-picket fence tale "Foot of a Mountain" and kept warming up by degrees along with the room. For nearly two hours, backed by a drummer and second keyboardist, the band kept up the heat without breaking a sweat in their dress shirts and ties. Lady Gaga devotees would be shocked to see a-ha holding the audience in thrall with a stage void of props, save for a video screen that opened the concert with a montage black-and white videos. Instead of the focus being strictly on Harket-whose enviable falsetto was well-intact-Waaktaar-Savoy and Furuholmen were positioned to the front of the stage, giving you three frontmen instead of one. As a unit, Furuholmen was the most outgoing while Harket and Waaktar-Savoy were more reserved, letting the keyboardist handle most of the in-between song patter. "The Bandstand" was the right choice for the second number: a smart, dance-rock pleaser heavy on the drum beats and keys, followed by equally raucous "All I Want" and heartache track "Forever Not Yours." A-ha traversed the full range of its catalog by pulling out the dramatic stops with "Scoundrel Days" and "Stay on These Roads," sticking closely to their original productions and keeping the night evenly paced. After the midtempo "The Swing of Things," the band softened the mood with whimsical "And You Tell Me" (amusingly accompanied by Furuholmen's mini zylophone) and ruminative "Early Morning" before jumping into the uber poppy "Looking for the Whales." "Move to Memphis," "I've Been Losing You" and crowd-singalong "The Living Daylights," the theme for 1987 James Bond film, showed into a-ha's rock personality to good effect, letting Waaktaar-Savoy loosen up on guitar, while fans of its caffeinated synth pop were treated to "The Blood That Moves the Body" and "Cry Wolf." Originally recorded with a note that Harket sustains for more than 20 seconds, Harkey nailed "Summer Moved On" while maintaining his remarkable pitch without a strain. And the sentiment of melancholy farewell "Manhattan Skyline" was clearly felt-singing along to the lyric "Now I must wave goodbye," crowd and band alike waved at each other from across the room. Epic track "The Sun Always Shines on TV" and the gentler "Hunting High and Low" preceded the inevitable final encore of "Take on Me," the crowd eating up every lick of Furuholmen's keyboards in the frenzy of the last song. All three tracks from the "Hunting High and Low" album still sounded remarkably fresh, yet for the last 20 minutes the room was gleefully transported back to 1985. The States may have only awarded a-ha 15 minutes of fame back in the day, but apparently that was all the group needed to win over some U.S. fans for a lifetime Possibly my favorite moment, despite a sound issue in their headphones, they still manage to make it happen "We went where our music was appreciated, and that was everywhere but the USA, we knew we had fans, but there is only so much of the world you can play at once" Magne F | |
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when is this band officially breaking up? interested to know when we can stop looking forward to the weekly update on all things a-ha | |
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errant said: when is this band officially breaking up? interested to know when we can stop looking forward to the weekly update on all things a-ha
there is no break up thats the big secret. Oh yeah so we can all focus on the enldess USELESS lady gaga threads every other minute about nothing but nonsense. "We went where our music was appreciated, and that was everywhere but the USA, we knew we had fans, but there is only so much of the world you can play at once" Magne F | |
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@LastDecember....So how soon with A-Ha qualify for the UK Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame? | |
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