I dropped the ball on the classic video again last week so, this week, I'm bringing you another Two-fer Tuesday!
When Moxie recently requested A-ha's "Hunting High and Low," I did a quick search of my blog and was surprised to discover that I had never posted their follow-up to "Take On Me," "The Sun Always Shines On TV." I quite liked A-ha back in the day, mostly because I had a huge crush on the keyboardist, Mags Furolooder...or Froomshenolden...or Flurmenschnorgel...or something that was much harder to pronounce than "Nick Rhodes," which could be part of the reason I stuck by Nick even when he started wearing more makeup than Tammy Faye Bakker.
Aside from mega-hit, "Take on Me," these two songs pretty much wrap up the A-ha catalog. I'm sure they recorded other songs, but I doubt any of my regular readers could name one...unless your last name ends in "oo" or contains one or more umlauts.
"The Sun Always Shines On TV"
"Hunting High and Low"
ETA: Okay, so I had originally confused "Hunting High and Low" with "The Living Daylights." (You can understand why I'd be confused, right?) Thanks to the British, non-umlauted Imaginary Reviewer for setting me straight. I'll bet he has some Norwegian blood flowing through his veins. I've actually always imagined that he looks kind of like Thor.
When Moxie recently requested A-ha's "Hunting High and Low," I did a quick search of my blog and was surprised to discover that I had never posted their follow-up to "Take On Me," "The Sun Always Shines On TV." I quite liked A-ha back in the day, mostly because I had a huge crush on the keyboardist, Mags Furolooder...or Froomshenolden...or Flurmenschnorgel...or something that was much harder to pronounce than "Nick Rhodes," which could be part of the reason I stuck by Nick even when he started wearing more makeup than Tammy Faye Bakker.
Aside from mega-hit, "Take on Me," these two songs pretty much wrap up the A-ha catalog. I'm sure they recorded other songs, but I doubt any of my regular readers could name one...unless your last name ends in "oo" or contains one or more umlauts.
"The Sun Always Shines On TV"
"Hunting High and Low"
ETA: Okay, so I had originally confused "Hunting High and Low" with "The Living Daylights." (You can understand why I'd be confused, right?) Thanks to the British, non-umlauted Imaginary Reviewer for setting me straight. I'll bet he has some Norwegian blood flowing through his veins. I've actually always imagined that he looks kind of like Thor.
Comments
The first non-spoken word/cartoons singing album I ever owned was an Aha cassette. I was very disappointed as it didn't have 'Take on Me' in it. It was called Stay on These Roads and the title track was also a single (and minor hit in the UK). They also did a cover of Crying in the Rain, but that was at the point when they were losing their relevance in my home country.
The Imäginäry Reviëwër
My sister used to have A-ha posters on her wall when I was just a small child.
Haha, made you feel old!
*SQUEEEEEE!!*
Someone in blog world finally did an a-ha post! My life is now complete. Woo-hoo! :-)
Oh how I miss the innocence of those days. And the mullets....?Those pretty much deserve to be forgotten.