A-Ha is huge internationally. UNfortunately American taste never kept up. Saw these guys in 1985 at Radio City Music Hall. PHENOM!

@reactionextraction

Жыл бұрын

Wow, what a Fab concert to see in 1985 😎🤟🏼

@duff0120

Жыл бұрын

alot of big bands were inspired by aha. U2 even said aha is crimanlly underrated and mistunderstood band. Coldplay was inspired by aha, Oasis was ofc back in the 90s, Keane etc etc

@pedrogappalli4489

5 ай бұрын

EUA não fazem música ou esportes, fazem política e guerra. Se tocassem A-Ha, os Noruegueses seriam imbatíveis. Não fazer sucesso nos EUA é o maior dos elogios. A-Ha é superior a todas as bandas da música pop.

Dad you have to show your son live stuff. Particularly from the 90’s when they were at their most organic and raw live.

Im 23 and I also love a-ha. I think well made music easily traverse different cultures and eras ♥

@reactionextraction

7 ай бұрын

Very True. Greatness transcends all generations 😎😎

Enjoyed their first album but had become obsessed by heavy metal before the second so this totally passed me by at the time and for a very long time; I somehow had never knowingly heard it until two or three years ago. Fantastic track.

The thrilling 'Scoundrel days' and of course 'Hunting high and low' (the official video) next ones plz.

someone called aha for a pop band on stage with the aha boys behind in the 80s, and paul from aha disliked it, so he took the microfphone and said we are also a rock band. either -the living daylights or I`ve been loosing you are my fav rock aha songs

Ty's face when the guitar starts says everything!

As a huge fan of A-ha (OMG, I saw this live in Rock in Rio, it was a masterpiece! ), I feel so happy seeing new generation in North America realising that A-ha is more than Take on Me (don’t get me wrong, I think that Take on me is a milestone in world music). Thanks daddy for introducing Ty to one of my favorites by A-ha! Still holding my breath for “The blood that moves the body”. 😊

@reactionextraction

Жыл бұрын

It's OK Les, not all Americans bailed on A-HA in the 80's, ha 😎 Plenty of us have followed them since 1985 and do realize they are absolute legends and up there with the best of all time 😎🤟🏼 Morten Harket pure legend

Funny to see Ty’s facial expressions throughout this classic tune 😄 Be sure to check out the live version where Morten is, if possible, even more impressive: kzread.info/dash/bejne/fqqpsKyAd9LZdso.html

@reactionextraction

Жыл бұрын

Your right Peter, A-HA live is pretty impressive indeed 😎✌🏼

I love this song, Mortens vocal's are so melodic then the synth rock comes in WOW, Great Tune

@reactionextraction

Жыл бұрын

It really is a Fab underrated tune 😎

morten harket- a kind of christmas card`` is another incredible song, even the song ``brother`` from morten harket

YES!!! GO, Ty!!! His face when the guitar kicked in! “Hard as sh@t!” Thanks, guys! You made my day! 😎❤️

@reactionextraction

Жыл бұрын

Rad 😎🤙🏼

@stephanelarocque77

Жыл бұрын

@@reactionextraction And the album version is even better because they cutted about 40 seconds for the music video.

Thanks, my sons are 21 & 18. A-ha is definitely on their playlist since young

@reactionextraction

Жыл бұрын

That's awesome ... A-HA should be on every young persons playlist yes 😎 just a classic band all around ✌🏼

Magne as you know wrote the quite part and Paul wrote the heavy bit. As they called it the best cut and paste job.

Hi from UK Birmingham 🤓. Saw your video what a great review. I've been a fan of A-ha since 1985 school days. This song is so mellow then goes hard rock really good Bon Jovi vibes 🎸🥰💎

Yeah, this is one of my favorite A-ha songs. Such great individual sections in this one. It's both mellow and rocky at the same time.

One of my absolute favorites. Melancholy but rocking at the same time. Nice to see it here.

From the first time I saw Aha live in Trondheim in 1987 I've been a huge fan. This song is great and the album Scoundrel Days is a masterpiece. You should definitely check out the title song - its epic! Thanks for another great reaction guys😎

@reactionextraction

Жыл бұрын

Thx Willi 😎 your right Scoundrel Days is a pure classic album by them 😎🤟🏼

Oh my play him the NRK live version

P. S. I saw a “metalhead reacts” to this where he was inclined to hate it, but what really impressed him was how seamlessly they combined the verses (in 3/4) and the chorus (in 4/4.) I had never thought of that. It was a good catch.

@reactionextraction

Жыл бұрын

Very Nice 😎 Fab points

@ahkkariq7406

Жыл бұрын

It was really interesting, actually. kzread.info/dash/bejne/dGGZl49yn5DQfpc.html

Great that Ty loved this! Amazing song ( but that coming from a long-time fan who loves just about all the directions they've went). Would love to see a reaction to their live performances (as Mark said, their 90s shows were quite phenomenal). 'East of the Sun, West of the Moon' or 'Early Morning' from their NRK live session would be my pics.

One of my favourite A-ha songs. The switch-ups get me every time. ❤I always had the impression when they recorded this they just said F*** it let's rock !

@reactionextraction

Жыл бұрын

Let's Rock 😎🤘🏼!

My 16 year old female babysitter used to bring this album over. When she'd get to the end of "I've Been Losing You", she'd flip it over, saying 'the next two songs are crap' ('October', 'Manhattan Skyline'). Oh dear.

@reactionextraction

Жыл бұрын

Oh Dear is right , ha 😎

The body and soul is powerless to resist that 80's snare drum S N A P Love A-ha, one of my favourite bands. Good surprise for me that you react to both them and MUSE. Now if only you'd check out Mew the circle would be complete. (Danish band, their best album is Frengers and the first track is as good as any to start with )

🥰🥰🥰 Me encanta A-ha es mi segundo grupo favorito.

One of their best songs, fantastic !

One of my fav a-ha songs!

Love this album, so many great songs. Check out the NRK live from 1991 version. All of the songs from that performance is great. Maybe next song should be Sycamore leaves?

It would be great if you could react to a-ha's Cold As Stone from their Memorial Beach album. Great guitar work, brilliant drums, fantastic vocals as always from Morten and harmonies from Paul and Mags. Quite rocky but more bluesy? It's over 8 minutes long and you must listen to the end. I think it will be audio only - I can't remember seeing a video/live performance - if there is, I'm sure someone will tell us.

I thought you had lost Ty completely on a-ha since it took some time for you to come back to them. Nice reaction, and fun to see how he as a young man likes it. Did you know that a-ha really had to fight to get Manhattan Skyline on single? The record company wanted more poppy stuff, but a-ha themselves wanted to take the band in another direction. They argued that Bohemian Rhapsody had come out as a single, so a different kind of song like Manhattan Skyline should also get the chance. And they were right. This is one of the really great classics from them.

@reactionextraction

Жыл бұрын

Thx for the Great info 😎 It really is a classic tune !

@HighFashionQueen

Жыл бұрын

This song got my brother to love them, he was a hard rock fan at the time, he loved this song❤️ he left me i 2016 to a better worls, but I thank him for bringing this gem to me❤️

Love this song 😍 another one The Blood that moves the body

Great reaction, A-ha are hugely underrated, If you want more A-ha rock have a listen to Sycamore Leaves

An absolutely fantastic production, this sound draws the world of the 80s absolutely in all its facets. These powerful mighty, priceless Waldorf PPG Wave sounds used here at the time are responsible for this crystal sharp 80ies sound, played around by yamaha's DX FM/Roland D50 synthesizers. the spherical spatial depth came from the famous Lexicon reverberation devices. I find the fat snare drum particularly impressive, it bangs, was also hoisted through umpteen EQs compressors, it must have taken an awful lot of time to get this sound right, the engineers screwed their fingers sore on the devices until it got like this sounded like it sounds.

@reactionextraction

Жыл бұрын

Pretty amazing tune & way underrated 😎 I jam every time I hear it 😎🤟🏼

Cool you did like it, next you should try Train of thoughts, from the same album as Take on me. Greetings from Sweden.

@reactionextraction

Жыл бұрын

Hello Robert, greetings to you in Sweden ... Train Of Thought is a fab tune indeed 😎 Cheers from Dallas 😎✌🏼

Brilliant song. A-ha underrated like Simple minds.

I feel you by Depeche Mode is also a great example of mixing guitars with electronic sound. I believe one of their best songs.

@reactionextraction

Жыл бұрын

Yes indeed, Good call on that one Alexandros 😎

@alexis72ism

Жыл бұрын

@@reactionextraction Well I'm not sure if you also know the beatmasters mix of Depeche Modes Route 66 that was a big hit in Europe and played almost in every club. The album version is a bit boring for my taste.

Я была на двух концертах, не когда бы не подумала, что такое случится

Show him Summer Moved On Live from Oslo Spektrum.

Your reaction is so good subbed!

@reactionextraction

10 ай бұрын

Thank You Mia 😎 Welcome aboard, hope you enjoy our little channel 🤘🏼😎

Они классные

Epic a-ha! Ty, are you an a-ha fan now?? PS - no more man on the moon - ha ha!

@reactionextraction

Жыл бұрын

Yes Ty is a big fan now😎🤟🏼🇳🇴

Lol, 50 too, great song this by aha

No doubt in my mind that if streaming services and youtube existed in the 80s a lot of bands would have been bigger.

@reactionextraction

Жыл бұрын

I definitely agree with you on that 😎👍🏼

Great song!

My wife dragged me to an aha concert in 2018. They played this and honestly the live version was better. Perhaps being more seasoned help, but his voice is still the same.

Brasil. Aqui 👍👏👏👏👏

So interesting to hear both your takes on a-ha. And for listening to more songs from their catalogue. What about Sycamore Leaves? kzread.info/dash/bejne/h5io3Mepdty2YLw.html Or maybe Cold as Stone, Analogue, How Sweet It Was, or Celice?

@reactionextraction

Жыл бұрын

some pretty great songs there 😎

A-ha never get any cred for dark wave, yet most of their songs are quite dark all through their career. So where do i request songs here?

@reactionextraction

Жыл бұрын

Hello Mark 😎 you can make request on any reaction episode 😎 we love to take request anywhere anytime 😎🤟🏼

@markr1574

Жыл бұрын

@@reactionextraction i’m gonna.

A-ha is not a pure pop band but a Rock/Pop/Blues Band. The whole 90ies was their Rock decade and their albums from the 90ies are my favourites. The Albums "East of the Sun West of the Moon" and "Memorial Beach" are Masterpiece's. I would really recommend you to react to the songs Sycamore leaves, Cold as Stone, Slender Frame, I Call Your Name, Move to Memphis, East Of The Sun West Of The Moon...best you react to the whole " a-ha live at NRK 1991" and the " Rock in Rio 1991" videos. m.kzread.info/head/PLTSwCo3KpmPqtxReoRYwxeUB57T-AFOfe (A-ha - Live in NRK 1991 (HD) kzread.info/dash/bejne/mpZ6lNWwkdnNg6Q.html (Move to Memphis) kzread.info/dash/bejne/dnZ6x8SLp7jelpM.html (Cold as Stone - Studio Version)

@reactionextraction

Жыл бұрын

A-HA pure legends who obviously have many facets to their amazing sound 😎😎

❤️

A Very well deserved hit single in their native Norway. + also in the UK, Ireland, Belgium, + Germany! Im from the UK in England. Ever been?

@reactionextraction

Жыл бұрын

Hello Mikey 😎 I have been to Sweden, Belgium & Germany but not the UK 🇬🇧 unfortunately

@mikekaraoke

Жыл бұрын

@@reactionextraction Hello there 🙂 Ah nice-where in Sweden, Belgium, + Germany did you visit?? Maybe time to come to the UK + tick it off your bucket list then!!

Next time do a-ha take on me

@alexioverdo5225

Жыл бұрын

They've done this so you may check it out.

Pal always wanted to play rock. Not hair metal type.

Find a good live version of Minor Earth, Major Sky. It's a better song live.

The album version is much better. The editing for this single version spoilt the dramatic effect of the chorus and cut out some really great vocals from Morten.