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@omaramador4669

21 күн бұрын

Congratulations ‼️‼️‼️🎈🎊🎉🍾 Alexis💥💥🤟🤟👍 The baby has to start so early listening just rock 🎸 music 🎶 😏😏it’s a joke or maybe not 🤨. Good reaction Keep it up

I think it's worth mentioning that the follow up video 'The Sun Always Shines On TV' begins where 'Take On Me' ends...Morten Harkets' character gets separated again from his love interest as he gets painfully pulled back into his comic world. So, despite the happy ending eluded to herein, they don't get their forever after. This simple little nod to continuity blew my 17 year old mind at the time, because it was rarely seen in music videos, despite being marvelous story-telling. IMO, the full impact of 'Take On Me' is only felt from knowing/seeing this follow up scene. As an aside, the title song of this album, 'Hunting High And Low' is probably my favorite A-Ha song to this very day.

@LuisDiaz-zr2vs

10 күн бұрын

The Moody Blues did something similar back in those years too.

This is a “core memory video“ for me. I was born in 1976 and will never forget the first time I saw this video really awesome you’re watching it.

@davevandebunte2949

22 күн бұрын

This, along with Peter Gabriel's Sledgehammer video.

How many people realize that the scene of him coming down the hallway, bouncing off the walls, is a scene from the movie Altered States?

@Wolvorine

22 күн бұрын

I don't see it come up that often, although I always look to see if someone mentions it (it seems to have been mentioned here multiple times already, nice). I was the only person I knew around my age range who had seen Altered States when this song released. :)

@mattc.

22 күн бұрын

@@Wolvorine I guess it must be an old farts thing.🤣🤣🤣🤣Guilty!

@Caroline_Tyler

22 күн бұрын

@@Wolvorine Awesome film!!!

@Wolvorine

22 күн бұрын

@@Caroline_Tyler It really was, and pretty trippy. lol

@Caroline_Tyler

22 күн бұрын

@@Wolvorine I remember walking out of the cinema, mind truly blown :)

Take on Me and it's video is the purest example of 1980's music culture.

@barryhall5125

22 күн бұрын

Yeah I was ready for Martha Quinn to come on after the video!

Nearly forty years later, that falsetto is STILL amazing!!

@pistonburner6448

20 күн бұрын

The modern 'acoustic version' is perfect now decades after

This video has over a Billion views on KZread. And A-Ha was and still is huge in Europe.

@markwebster7435

22 күн бұрын

Nearly 2 billion

This was a revolutionary of a video back in the day for it's special effect. This song became a hit in the US because of its innovative video where a cartoon figure beckons the reader to join him in comic. It was created by Michael Patterson and his wife Candace Reckinger. The video was inspired by the transformation scene in the 1980 sci-fi film Altered States. Every scene was shot live then projected onto paper and traced.

@MobiusBandwidth

22 күн бұрын

hadn't seen this in a while, but remembered the end was an homage to Altered States, thought they might mention that. killer track but I think the Sun always shines on tv is actually a better song, their follow up single, also a cool video, tho, not this cool, but they raised the bar kind of through the roof with this one.

The Sun Always Shines on TV is an absolutely awesome song by them.

This song just pops me back in the 80’s and makes me smile instantly.

The woman in it being absolutely beautiful helped a lot too. She had so much emoting with no words. Great acting.

@nealm6764

22 күн бұрын

The lead singer was dating her at the time. She left him for Billy Idol. Big mistake.

@taoist32

21 күн бұрын

@@nealm6764lot of women left other celebrities for Billy.

Congratulations on the baby and God bless you and best wishes for a happy healthy life.

Love the baby she brings another layer to your reviews what a sweetheart.

Reactioners get younger everyday.

*"a-ha" is a band from Norway. The "Take On Me" original version is taken from their debut-album "Hunting High And Low", which was released in May 1985. The single "Take On Me" was released in October 1984. The MTV Unplugged album "Summer Solstice" was recorded on 22-23 June 2017 and released on the 06th October 2017. Highly recommending also the songs "The Sun Always Shines On T.V.", "Foot Of The Mountain", "Forever Not Yours", "Summer Moved On", "The Living Daylights", ......* 🎵🎸💿🔊🔥

Very subtle nuance. After the waitress crumbles the comic, you’ll notice the walls are all crumbled as they’re running through the halls. Most don’t notice that detail.

I saw an interview with the lead singer who said he regretted singing that really high note. It became a part of history for the band and fans expected that moment every concert no matter how much time had passed.

Growing up in an environment with music like this and having a bottle at the same time....priceless! 🖖

A-Ha is an amazing band. As good as this song and video are...and as someone born in '72 it's VERY good, the rest of their music is fantastic. Definitely worth a deep dive for anyone who enjoys this song.

@Elena-in6uw

18 күн бұрын

I agree: there are a lot of gems from the first album Hunting high and low to the last album True North (2022)

There are a lot of gems from a-ha: Hunting high and low, Manhattan Skyline, Stay on these roads, Dark is the night,Summer moved on,Forever not yours, Analogue, Lifelines, As if ( from the new album TrueNorth). Greetings from Italy 🤗

The video is inspired by Michael Patterson's student film "Commuter". The record company hired Patterson to draw the video for "Take on me", which was directed by Steve Barron, who has also directed the video for "Billie Jean" by Michael Jackson and "Money for Nothing" for Dire Straits. Patterson got help from his wife to make the frames, and spent four months drawing the 3,000 drawings that are used in the video. When he had finished his hand was so sore that he could not hold the pen. "Commuter" was later used in the video for the band's fourth single, "Train of Thought". You should see it too. The video was important for the breakthrough of the song and the band. It was so unlike anything else you had heard before, so people needed time to get used to it. That doesn't mean the song continued to depend on the video. The band's manager said a few years ago that the song at the time had passed 5 million radio plays in the US alone. That means 300-400 times a day on average, for 35 years. We can therefore safely say that the song stands well on its own, without the video. The manager estimated that about a third of his job consisted of managing that one song. One of the members of the band has stated that "Take on me" is a better pop star than they themselves ever were. After the fantastic video for "Take on me", the band continued providing great videos for most of their singles. The follow up, "The sun always shines on TV" is an epic song, but has a very good video, too.

A-Ha is a Norwegian band, they picked the name A-ha because it would translate in pretty much any language.

I was watching an episode of " Family Guy ". And Chris while shopping at the supermarket got sucked into the same type of video running for his life with the singer from the bad guys. Finally he breaks out and Lois asks him " Chris , where have you been ? ". He yells " I Don't Know !!! '😂😂😂

This video always ranks in the top 100 of all time videos....even though we keep adding more videos each year. There is a recent live A-HA version with lead vocalist now near 70yrs old...still hitting those notes!!! How!!!???

This is still one of the most genuinely romantic music videos ever made.

I was born in 83. I never liked 80s music but in my older days there have been some songs from the 80s that I for some reason love now. This is one of those songs. I’m slowly coming back around to the stereotypical 80s music.

@MobiusBandwidth

22 күн бұрын

there are a ton of gems.

@MrCmad1104

21 күн бұрын

@@MobiusBandwidth totally agree.

@user-be7tc2bd6e

18 күн бұрын

So many gems,genres to chose from and all these musical icons came from the 80s-Prince,Madonna,Janet Jackson,George Michaels,just to name a few and Michael Jackson dominated the 80s too.

That part where he is slamming back and forth between the walls was taken from a move called Altered States from 1980.

That last scene where he comes into her world is taken straight from a scene in the movie Altered States. In that movie, the similar character was played by William Hurt.

Iconic….thats what this is. Everyone, I mean everyone was talking about this music video when it came out. Just part of that 80s music that defined the decade. (Oh yeah, anytime you do a 70s thru early 90s song, especially 80s, the official music video is a must!) Amelia is absolutely adorable btw! …a late congratulations, haven’t seen y’all in a while. 😀

The commentary breaks were particularly adorable on this reaction.

Congratulations Alexis and Family!!!!!

I love this song! The video is incredible! Congratulations on this beautiful little girl. 🥰

Great reaction!! Ah the joys of a new baby! This song is still a favourite of mine - both versions! (and yes, the unplugged acoustic version hits very differently in my 'older' age! Not to mention Morten Harket's voice has stood the test of time!). And this video still holds up amazingly well to this day! Revolutionary then in 1985, but artistically awesome now! HIGHLY suggest the follow up to this video - The Sun Always Shines On TV! Future considerations, Manhattan Skyline, Lifelines, Hunting High and Low (from the same album as Take On Me), Stay On These Roads. Cheers.

Congratulations, Alexis, on the birth of your daughter Amelia.

40ish years old and still good.

In 1988 I was on my way to buy comics from the original Forbidden Planet here in Central London. Lost in my thoughts about thinking what I was going to buy then boom my mouth hit the ground for walking towards me was Morten Harket. He saw me looking at him with my mouth wide open and my eyes bulging in shock as he passed me he smiled, nodded his head and said "hi". As 20 year old black male I certainly wasn't in the female teenage - 20s demographic "A -ha" mainly appealed to and TBH I was indifferent about them ,but I was completely blown away I couldn't stop smiling, no lie it really made my day.

Still one of the finest music videos ever made…it was insanely advanced back in the day. 👍🏻👍🏻🔥

You with your child is probably the most beautiful thing a man can see. Congrats to you.

Most Americans believe this to be a one hit wonder. But A-Ha had many hits in Europe. ✌️

Great song and groundbreaking video, I remember that it made all the top list of videos back in the day along with Peter Gabriel's Sledgehammer and ZZ Top's Rough Boy

Please also show her their follow up hit "the sun always shines on TV", I will forever love A-Ha.

You have to be there in 1985. Every teenage girl in the world had the biggest crush on Morten Harket. Best song of the 80s. Morten started a 2 year relationship with the model in the cafe. It took 16 weeks to create video.

Aww congrats Alexis! so sweet

The channel's duo should now be a trio 😊.

Groundbreaking music video, still impressive almost 40 years later!

still one of my favorite music videos of all time

There was a first version that was more punk than pop. That version failed to chart so they redid with more of a synth-pop vibe. It really did not take off well UNTIL the video that we just watched was introduced.

Check the William Hurt movie "Altered States",. There is a scene similar to the bouncing off the wall scene. Quite dramatic. Altered states was released in 1980. Aha's Take On Me was produced in 1984. William Hurts scene must have had an influence.

The band got their name from a song that was being written by their guitar player. Morten Harket saw "A-ha" written in his notebook and thought that was a great name for the band. He said the song was no good but the name was great.

Another awesome video from back then Genesis Land of Confusion so different from all the videos back then!

A-ha's MTV Unplugged set is amazing. I think the acoustic version in Deadpool is from that concert. They had some incredible guest including Allison Moyet and Ian McCulloch.

@Elena-in6uw

18 күн бұрын

Love a-ha's unplugged Summer Solstice and their Summer moved on with Alison Moyet.

Speaking of congratulations on having such a beautiful daughter

Burch your granddaughter is absolutely adorable 🥰

@MobiusBandwidth

22 күн бұрын

that's not his granddaughter, they aren't related, just friends.

@flickeringboxofficial

22 күн бұрын

That is extremely sweet Alex, thank you and I would be proud if she was for sure but there is no relation.

@alexandersippel

22 күн бұрын

@@flickeringboxofficial I always thought Alexis was your daughter, damn bro. Sorry 😞

@flickeringboxofficial

20 күн бұрын

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Try A-ha with the great saxophone riffs in "I Call Your Name" It is not a huge hit, but you will appreciate it for his wide range of vocals + musically.

I think the baby likes the music too. I used to play pink floyd for my grandaughter when she was an i fant and fussy. It helped her sleep.

The first time I heard this song it was when I saw the video premier on MTV. As soon as I heard it I knew it was a hit song. His voice is amazing as is the video!

Remember seeing this video when it first came out on Mtv

My favorite song and music video of all times! Released in 1985, the song became a big hit especially because of the video. MTV was playing the video in a heavy rotation in 1985. MTV also included the video on plenty of best videos of all times during the 1990s.

I love a-ha and Morten Harket 's Voice 💎

This video and "Sledgehammer" by Peter Gabriel were two of the crazy videos from those days.

I think this song has been covered in almost every musical style, and they all see to work. My favorite is the ska version by Real Big Fish

This song is the official title track of the 80's!!

Great art brings out emotions in us and this song and video still hits me after watching it for over 3 decades now. I sill love this song and video.

still a great video to this day...another crazy break thru video was "everybody have fun tonight" by wang chung. and "sledgehammer" by peter gabriel

The video is what made this song a hit back in the 80’s on Mtv

I don't know if anybody's mentioned it but Weezer covered the song. The video is set in 1985 and the kid that plays Mike from stranger things is the lead singer of a GarageBand.

Dire straits monet for nothing was one of the best animated videos also. I know it's before my time but my father got me into 70 and 80's music.

Burch: “Silent Ludicity” by Queensryche seems like the perfect song for her now 🙂

Great video 👍 Another great visual video of the time was Peter Gabriel and sledge hammer 😊

Good trivia question.....the lead singer (Morten Harket) is the only singer to ever sing his own song on the TV show The Masked Singer.

This norwegian loves you doing this most famous norwegian pop HIT of all time. The only norwegian band to EVER hit number one in the US

In the early 80s, it was easy to miss the few seconds of this same artwork drawing animation in Peter Gabriel's "Sledgehammer" video, because it was mixed up with all kinds of stop motion animation. I like this one by A-Ha alot, because the animation is consistently integrated into the story.

Cutting-edge tech years ago and still totally cool/awesome all these years later. Another great reaction.

The video won six awards at the MTV music awards. That was a new style of animation back then.

@nicholashylton6857

18 күн бұрын

Rotoscoping wasn't a new animation technique back then. I think it has been around since the 1920s or '30s. But its application in the iconic video was a stroke of artistic genius. I remember my mum thinking it was computer animated.

Brings back memories.

It always reminded me of Ray Bradbury's novel 'Fahrenheit 451'.

In the video game The Last of Us Part 2 the character Ellie plays and sings an acoustic version to her girlfriend Dina. In the HBO tv version of the game you can hear it during the mall escalator scene in Episode 7 Left Behind and also in the official trailer. It's interesting how much more dramatic, sad and beautiful it is as an acoustic ballad like A-Ha did it on Unplugged than its original pop version.

Keep that baby in your podcasts ❤❤❤

You should see the "Literal Version" of the video in which they redub the lyrics to match what's going on in the actual video. It's a fun rabbit hole. 😅

I've been watching for a long time now and I don't think I've heard or seen how these guys are linked. Are you related or just friends? Just curious is all. Awesome job guys, keep it up!

Written by a-ha. This is the 2nd version, which is better than the 1984 version. Morten Harket has the high falsetto! 🤯 This song was sampled and appears in Feel This Moment. Suggested videos 📹: 1 Pitbull, Christina Aguilera and Morten Harket perform Feel This Moment 2 a-ha performs Train 🚆 of Thought.

Finding the cassette with this song in MGS phantom pain is bliss.

Hey guys, love watching your videos! I would love to see you show a Motley Crue video when John Corabi was with them

3 of the best videos from the 80’s MTV era are this by Aha, The Cars You might Think, and Tom Petty Don’t come around here no more.

The video is amazing. The unplugged is so much better.

The video that introduced a generation of Americans to the cutthroat world of sidecar motorcycle racing.

Lake Street Dive did an amazing cover of this. It's in YT.

Super cute baby. ❤❤❤❤

Kk, you need to do Warrants Machine Gun....remember how the tattoos come to life on that one!!!

Please react to the acoustic version A-Ha did of this, amazing and makes it much more impactful

The girl in this video was the same girl that was in the video for the Outfield's You Love she was the painter girl.

One of their songs that doesn't get much attention, but it should is Cry Wolf, you should check it out. P.S. you should react to Prince one of these days

These early video effects kind of remind me of ZZ Top's Rough Boy, especially in the beginning with the moving camera shots. That one would be worth checking out as well.

day still making music !!!

still think this is the best video ive seen. other good visuals, are peter gabriel - sledgehammer, and godley & creme - cry

It's like they drew the storyboards for the video AFTER they shot the video.

Wonderful reaction guys! Cool to have the baby tag along...mind reacting to a song by Stryper: Lonely? Thanks!

Dire Strait's Brother In Arms video used the same technique.

Next Do the Breakfast Club them if you would thank you.

The ska version of Take on Me by Reel Big Fish is a great cover.