An absolute masterpiece. Heartbreakingly emotional. Iconic. Unforgettable. The most beautiful tear-jerker of all songs, ever. 😭

@Greutung

Жыл бұрын

summer moved on is also such a brilliant tearjerker.

@MarioFernandoBarbeiro

Жыл бұрын

profunduly

How blessed we were having this music in our youth! A-ha forever!!

Morten’s voice is mesmerising

I have listened to this song uncountable times since 1985 and it still gives me goosebumps to this day.

THIS is a-ha's MASTERPIECE. they will never exceed the passion, beauty, melody, angst and power of this most gorgeous lament. with his distinctive voice and range, morten is doing his backing vocals, i believe. their album HUNTING HIGH AND LOW is in my top 5 best debut and '80s albums ever ❤ and keyboardist magne goes by mags to keep it easier lol.

@ahkkariq7406

2 жыл бұрын

For English speakers: Try to pronounce Magne's name like this: Maang-neh. Then you might get it.

@christianoazzuro6711

2 жыл бұрын

Agree about that album.In my top 5 too.

Morten's voice always gives goosebump. His voice is so poweful! Smoot like silk and soft & warm like velvet!

Morten is a gorgeous vocalist, but Pål Waaktaar is the truly gifted one. This composition is nothing short of perfect.

@submergedpodcasttv-bycamil3468

2 жыл бұрын

we talked about this last week on our podcast and love letter to A-ha: kzread.info/dash/bejne/fZiWk7WDZbTbhMo.html

@ahkkariq7406

2 жыл бұрын

They are gifted, all three in their own way. Morten is also a skilled songwriter, and Magne is a complete musician and songwriter.

@roden70

2 жыл бұрын

As Pal said himself, a-ha isn't a-ha without Morten's vocal register. They write what they know he can deliver. They are a-ha, the 3 of them.

@cupidhart-james4277

Жыл бұрын

Pal and Magne knew they could write anything- and Morten could sing it. What a collaboration!

@thisworldofwater8017

Жыл бұрын

@@HighFashionQueen My intention wasn't to denigrate Morten or Mags at all - obviously A-ha wouldn't be A-ha without them. It's just that writing truly memorable melodies and harmonies is the rarest gift in music. And it's Pål who has that.

IMO, this is the best song by A-ha and one of my favorites by anyone. Chills every time.

Living a boy's adventure tale and Scoundrel days...

It"s less too say we were madly in love with Morten, he was dreamy and still he's. What a voice !

I have listened to a-Ha since their debut and owned almost all of their releases. They were not as popular in the US but that was our loss. Such a great band.

@christianoazzuro6711

2 жыл бұрын

.."but that was our loss".. true, and not the only one.But USA music market was quite "reserved" on European acts cause of a different culture,so it's expectable.Sad though.But you got a good taste Charles anyway.

@nadiamarietym2957

2 жыл бұрын

@@christianoazzuro6711 le marché américain était très fermé au autre pays pour protéger la production musicale nationale jusqu'au année 90 au moins.

FINALLY!I was still in my teens when this divine ballad came out.I still remember when the video was in the making some music mags were reporting about how Morten was going to transform into an eagle,a shark and a lion.When the clip came out we got goosebumps!Most of us had already bought their fantastic multi-platinum debut album and loved this.The single version was slightly different with more strings added sounding really epic.Pal-a genius lyricist too- wrote those wonderful deep loving words of poetry,for his girlfriend.And that was a reflection of his inner world and all of his desperate feeling at the time.Morten is a Nordic God while singing this.Live performances are also thrilling to this, with the audience sing-a-long with him after the end.It's an Hymn.

I've been waiting a long time to see you react to this song. It's hauntingly beautiful and the vocals on Morton...unbelievable.

It’s all Morten’s vox. Written by Pål, an amazingly underrated writer!

This song and Morten's voice are amazing. All 3 first A-Ha albums are flawless. Infectious pop and great ballads. Cult years. A feast for the ears. Loved to see your reactions. I felt the same back in the day (including the chills felt on the arms). Like you said, A-ha never fails. They always deliver. :)

@submergedpodcasttv-bycamil3468

2 жыл бұрын

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@Megrez-Alberich

Жыл бұрын

_All 3 first A-Ha albums are flawless_ Don't you think that Stay On These Roads was a bit of a letdown, especially after Scoundrel Days?

@dana.1546

Жыл бұрын

@@Megrez-Alberich You're right yeah, a little bit maybe. But there are so many great songs on it for me (You Are The One, Touchy, Stay On These Roads, The Living Daylights) and I was really blown away by Out Of The Blue Comes Green and some synths here and there that I didn't care that much. For me the 4th album was the let-down. They broke the synth formula with more guitars and it almost break them. After Move To Memphis and the best of, I really thought they would never come back from this. So glad I was wrong. :)

CHILLS!!Iconic video,standard '80s classic!Saw them live singing this and remember some fellow fans around me (both males and females) started crying...me too ha!ha!.I just couldn't handle the feeling and the thrill of it and got tearful cause Morten sung this beautifully and very tenderly.A "desparate" anthem for many of us who were deeply in love but also devastated.

Love the whole album! This is a great big synth pop ballad and as with many a-ha tracks it’s full, lush, dramatic and brilliantly executed and produced. Dereck, I really think you need to react to another track from the same album titled “Love Is Reason” which I think will have you not only tossing one banana but a bunch of them. Hope you get to that track, it will be fun to see that clip of the banana dance which I feel confident you’ll queue up for that track. 80s classic 🎹

A-ha is on my top 3 of favorite artists and just saw them live for the very first time in Los Angeles last week. It was a dream come true.

A-ha played at Radio City Music Hall NYC this past Tuesday evening (4/12). The first half of the show was newer songs, but in the second half, they performed their entire first album “Hunting High and Low”. Sold out show and it was incredible.

This song gives me goosebumps every time. And this masterpiece gets better by every listen. #TrueClassic #A-Ha

Magne Furuholmen(keyboards) was my '80s man-crush.,so handsome!! :)

Great reaction to a great song, Dereck! This ballad has been played in concert all these years, and every time the audience are invited to sing along in the chorus. The title 'Hunting high and low" is an example of Paul drawing inspiration from literature. This time from the Norwegian classic, the children's book Teskjekjerringa (Mrs. Pepperpot in the English translation of the story) which is about the wife who suddenly becomes as small as a teaspoon, over and over again. The husband was "searching high and low" to find his wife. Paul turned this into "hunting high and low" in the love song he wrote for his girlfriend from across the Atlantic.

Morten's vocal range is absolutely astronomical!!! This guy really can sing and I've always loved all Aha's songs since they began in 1982. I've been a huge fan of this band since then.

To this day Hunting high and low still brings tears to my eyes... I was 13 when it came out, and it came like a storm into my heart... 37 years later it still touches my heart like the first time... This was music made to last forever... And it did ❤️

@submergedpodcasttv-bycamil3468

2 жыл бұрын

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Beautiful song from A-ha !

The album version was a synth ballad, but this the single version which was remixed with an orchestra added. Fantastic record

@stephanelarocque77

Жыл бұрын

There's an orchestra on the album version too but more audible in the remixed version.

@Vennegoor10

Жыл бұрын

@@stephanelarocque77 Yes, the remix with more orchestra elevated a brilliant song to a masterpiece (imo)

Another awesome choice. That’s why their early Best Of collection is one of my favorites.

One of my favorites songs by them. You should also react to Crying in the rain (cover of the Everly Brothers song where Morten sings both voices) and The Living Daylights (James Bond Theme)

Wonderful reaction, this album was a big part of my 80s, and I almost couldn't hold back tears. Ty, from Sweden.

Amazing songs+amazing vocalist=A-ha! This superb song needed Morten's unique vocal talent to become such a masterpiece. That's it! So, to me, A-ha for ever❣

The Live at Valhall versions of "Living Daylights" and "Summer Moved On" are nothing but EPIC!

Oh my gosh, so many good memories from this time! I would like to suggest “the bloody that moves the body” for your next A-ha reaction. Many thanks Dereck! 🥰

When you paused the video, I knew what was coming ! and I knew how you would react ! I've been wanting you to react to this song for the longest time. So pleased you did. Another masterpiece of Norwegian Pop. Much like their other work in my ears sounding like a movie sountrack, so epic and so grandiose.

I've been in love with this masterpiece since my childhood.It's not just a song,absolutely an art..🥰

This song was one of my favorite when I was a child 🙏❤️

I played the HELL out of this album in college in 1985!

💖 this song and such a brilliant vocalist 👏

You could pretty much react to all the songs they ever made. Even songs from 2000 (Minor Earth Major Sky) and 2009 (Foot of the Mountain) and 2015 (Cast in Steel) are absolute bangers. I really like the album "Minor Earth Major Sky", it contains some of their best songs if you like the more modern stuff. This is worth reviewing! I already gave you six songs to cover, here's like 20 more xD

The most elegant song and musicvideo ever shown on MTV. The transformations in the video from Morten into various animals is amazing. remember this video was from 1986. Fairly advanced for musicvideos. The basic idea behind the video is that love brings a man back in various forms to be near the woman he loves.

Hi Dereck! Thanks for your react on A-ha. For me, this song (which is a ballad) is my FAVORITE from this album! I ALWAYS said it! And this song I remember like it was YESTERDAY! I OFTEN saw the clip on TV6 channel when I was a child (which became M6 in March 1987), which also played non-stop with Sandra "Innocent Love" for the international songs I saw this year 1986 (the GOOD TIMES!), year of release of the single in a "remixed" version as indicated on the 45 RPM. This song "Hunting High And Low" was released on June 2, 1986 as the third single from their debut album of the same name, ranked no.4 for 2 non consecutive weeks in TOP 50. The clip itself will also have marked me. I think there is a wink or a reference to the American series MANIMAL (with Simon MacCorkindale) dating from 1983 but broadcast in France in summer 1985 on the third channel FR3 (the year of your birth! 😉 Then in 1988 on TF1, in 90's on several channels,...) which had success where we saw the main character also transform into an eagle or a black panther, for example! The video uses the same codes by adding a romance. This music video was directed by Steve Barron and it is the last video that closes this album. It uses the technique of "morphing" which at the time was taking its first steps. Moreover a complete report for the English TV show "Blue Peter" shows the making of and the use of morphing. Thanks for your great job our American dude. 👍🇫🇷

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Really is a band effort. Morton has a talent for taking the other two's lyrics and melodies and making them his own.

This is my favorite from A-ha... so touching, so beautiful... "Do you know what it meas to love you" that phrase is everything

Amazing song from an Amazing rock band...

That is an amazing band I’m going to see them tonight at radio city music Hall

@briannaleneski5793

2 жыл бұрын

I saw them on the 12th too it was amazing and my first time 😊

I was 12 when this came out and I loved it from the first time I heard it. 37 years later it still gets me everytime I listen to it. One of their best.

The harmonies are also Paul and magne. They have just finished 3 nights in a row in L.A

@mpbarr538

2 жыл бұрын

Great show at the Wiltern. See them live if you can.

Oh i knew you would like this one👍😉

Just haunting since my childhood days. Pure magic!

Here in the UK a-ha is very much thought of as a girls dreamy pop band for everyone in this country seems to think Take on Me was the only thing they did. I don’t care at all, not embarrassed in the slightest to say I’m a dude and I adore their first album start to finish. Living a Boy’s Adventure Tale is my favourite track for its fantasy tale, idyllic pastoral vibes, but Hunting is easily Morten’s best vocal on the album. That’s what I love though about a-ha, their ability to create and conjure images of breathtaking sweeping vistas in their music, especially this first album. Should be noted that this music video uses the single version of the song. The album version whilst still good is naff in comparison, produced by Tony Mansfield, it’s all synths and no grand orchestral sound. We have producer Alan Tarney to thank for bring in that orchestral tone for the single mix.

@HighFashionQueen

Жыл бұрын

You shouldn t be embarrest. Overthe years after all the girls who loved Morten we are still here because the music are so great, they are not and never meant to be about their looks. Thank you for expressing that.❤️

A-HAs 2 best songs, 'Hunting High And Low' AND 'Stay On Theese Roads''.

This song is like a symphony. A masterpiece.

I've seen them many times live over the years. Hopefully I'm going to see them next month. Thanks for the reaction, too many great songs to choose. Cheers Simon

The anticipation waiting for the bridge and then seeing your reaction. Love it. That's what keeps me coming back to this channel. Thanks Dereck.

@ahkkariq7406

2 жыл бұрын

As if I could have said it myself. Great to see Dereck's reaction when the artist brings surprising elements into the music.

Haunting, stunning Masterpiece!!! Just Gorgeous, in every way, and Dereck, It's Pal (pronounced like English Paul, on guitar, AND the song's composer,) that is always singing most harmonies to Morten's Gorgeous voice! Paul has a magnificent harmonic blend to Mortens lead vocals! Wow!!! VERY occasionally, Morten did a harmonic layer as another voice, very occasionally, like I said, but MOST OF THE TIME< all harmonies are done by mainly Paul on guitar, and Mags (his nickname), on Keyboards.

Todo un clásico de los 80, un trío que marcó una época y estilo que ya no se olvida. 👏👏👏👏 👋🇪🇦👋

Thx again 😍💖💐 you have so much more songs from them to discover 😉😄💐💖💖💖

I've been a fan of A-ha since the release of this album ...amazing band they still tour today and have massive sell out concerts wherever they go

Classic song and music video, you also forgot to mention it was a hit in the Netherlands getting top 20! Such a classic album of the same name as well.

Summer Moved On, please, next time. With the longest high note ever on a record. Absolutely Breathtaking.

I love this song so much. you should also react to "Crying in the rain", another great hit

Amazonas. Rondônia Brasil. Aqui, curtindo essa bela canção. Morten que voz.(vozes)😊

I crushed on this guy so bad. The power and purity in his voice just amazing. He’s like the Donny Osmond of the 80s but with a hundred times more talent and cuter.

Love this song.i learned all the words to most of the songs including this one off the album when I was a young teenager.i thought Morton was hot.

So pure that voice and he is sooo cute.

Paul waaktaar sings second vocals. His voices complements really well with Morten’s

Morten is beautiful as a God and has an Angel voice. 💫

At 11-12 years old I used to go to sleep with a radio under my pillow. This was one of those songs that stirred my heart. Made me long for love, adventure, exciting feelings. Wow

Breathtakingly beautiful, thos track hunting high and low , so Romantic, yes Goosebumps always comes to me to, when i Play it at home still. 😮❤️🌠😀🎵❤️

"do you know what it means to love you..." Pål Waaktaar Savoy it's an amazing composer and Morten's voice is amazing... The tree of them complete each other 😊

This is one of the most romantic love song from this century, we feel emotions from this iconic A-HA song - one of the best ever power of love

Morten so gifted,cute, talented ❤❤❤❤

I was 11 when I first saw this video clip and ...love at first sight,with the songs the band and Morten of course 😄 since then it never stop ...what a song,a real master piece ❤

Summer moves on /livelines The living daylights Forever not yours 👍👍👍

esa reacción que tuviste ,esa mirada de que no podes creer lo que ves y escuchas, eso es a-ha .la mejor banda de todos los tiempos , yo hace 40 años que los escucho y me sigue preduciendo ese cosquilleo en la piel , piel de gallina , como decimos en Argentina , abrazo Dereck y gracias por esto !!!

Mags keyboard......mor... vocal Paul..... guitar...... magic

This band is a real blessing !

Thank you! I have been waiting for your reaction to this!

Had this on 12” single……absolute classic.

This was one of my favorite albums growing up, and still is. "Scoundrel Days" is a close second. You should react to the title track. BTW Dereck how old are you? How did you come to discover all this great synth pop from the 80's?

A-ha toute mon adolescence et toujours aussi fan 🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰

Oh the 80's. Those were the days to grow up and eventually come out. The music will live inside those memories forever.

@saxwell

2 жыл бұрын

Hi Mark Palmer! I invite you to watch the music video I made for the song Hunting High and Low a-ha on SAX. Click on my photo to go to the channel or search on KZread: a-ha SaxWell. Thank you for your attention!

You should check out East of the Sun West of the Moon the NRK Studio Version by A-ha too.

@submergedpodcasttv-bycamil3468

2 жыл бұрын

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I mentioned on your The Sun Always Shines reaction that that and this song are joint #1 A-ha masterpieces. So many of their songs are just that... masterpieces

The most beautiful sound produced from a male voice

This version was a remix to the album version (I think) & this is brilliant 👍 They made amazing music 🎶 Next one to review Derek should be “Touchy!” from 1988 👍

Oh Dereck A-ha Crying in the rain is a must 🙏🏻🤷🏻‍♀️😂🎶🌹🤩❤️

all back vocals are made by morten . on whole album.

I love this song.. A-HA the best band of the World... ❤🇳🇴❤

This is the song that convinced me to start to play music (keyboard, piano) and compose.

This one is as good as the sun always shines on tv or even better!!!

You need to listen to "living a boys adventure tale" to experience the amazing scope of mortens voice

The back vocals are by Paul (a good singer himself), the author of almost all the songs of the first A-ha's albums.

I knew bananas were holy, now I know which religion I will dedicate myself to. On another note, this song is absolutely amazing.

Semirambling funfactoid: Back when this song was released, Norway had one - 1 - domestic TV channel: NRK (satellite TV from abroad was barely a thing in the country at the time). As a-ha became Norway's first global pop superstars with Take on Me, their subsequent videos from the Hunting High And Low album saw their first airings in Norway (in their entirety ) on NRK's evening news. NRK wasn't running anything that resembled a proper pop show, and a-ha's success was so far out and beyond the domestic Norwegian scope, so on the news their video releases went ... I always was an avid watcher of the news, but an a-ha video release always made them more interesting to watch.

In my opinion, perhaps the best pop ballad song from the 1980s And the music video itself, is in almost the same class as "Take On Me". Maybe better artistically

martens voice hits some seriously emotional notes towards the end

My favorite !!!! mighty sound...

ok, its time to listen to their other modern songs instead of their 80s ))) , lets start with either `Summer moved on`` velvet`` or Lifelines

Timeless beautyfull song. Masterpiece. Thank you Dereck to spend time to this song. The lyrics are quite strange but the clip explanes: He is hunting all his life for women/love/attention/sex. He will never stay by one woman, he loves them all. All women still love him but they can not shear their lives with him because of his unfaithfullness.

Don't know how I missed this when it came out! My absolute A-Ha favourite. Chills. Chills. Chills.