FIRST TIME HEARING a-ha - Take On Me REACTION 

Back in the day! haha Yeah I love it too. It's odd to think this is 35 years ago and 35 years prior 1985 was 1950 the music in the 40s and early 50s compared to the 80s sounds further apart than music from 85 does today I think primarily because of technology. Synthesis hasn't changed that much from the 80s nor has sampling other than better converters and more sampling time. And many current musicians have a trove of vintage synths as well so they are still being used.

It has a billion views (yes, with B). At the time the video was so over the top...still fun to watch

Agreed. His search for exposure to good music is refreshing. Good kids. 👍

I agree

80s rule❣❣

It blew my mind when it came out. It was cutting edge technology still for big budget films at the time let alone a music video.

Yeah I think for someone who’s in their early 20’s it would hard to understand just how revolutionary this filming animation was. It’s not like today where’s there’s probably an app for that. 😌

Unfortunately hes not watching the video. He's only hearing the song. Would have loved to heard his reactions to the video that arguably is the epitome of 80's music videos

@@roryotoole3279 it appeared he was watching the video

@@watcherwlc53 He never commented on the actual video, the animation, the effects or the story. He only commented on the song itself.

I like when the guy with the short haircut says, "Come on now." Also they like the words: bang. banging. and banger.

@@hooleyqueen In the RU-vid world, bangers are "hot and/or popular".

You either love it or you hated it. And I fucking love that!

loved the big hair

Absolutely true, and it was the 1990s that took away diversity and the freedom of musical experimentation from the American music market.

Facts. I have a huge list of Aha songs I still listen to now.

@@JimButler1234567890 It sounds like you're more bitter than anything. You ever see somebody say something so stupid you don't even know how to respond to it?

yes so creative for the time

One of the best videos of all time, I'd say. Over 1 billion served 😂

Also there's Dire Straits Money For Nothing.

This was basically THE greatest music video of the 80s, and rightfully been voted so multiple times.

ognarw This, like Money for Nothing are absolutely iconic.

@Mark and now Depeche Mode are inductees for the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame !

The cure is good too

AND I RAN

I hear ya, twin, i'm also 53, these younguns have a lot of musical fetching up to do, as we say here in SC ;)

I hear you just saw them a few days ago in New Zealand epic im 52 80s live on

Banger

Yes!!!!!!

Oh yes and pale shelter and change

Yep.. O was this king the same thing.. one of the best songs ever

Legit! This song is AMAZING!

A Little Respect is my 🎸

Human League "Don't you want me" The Outfield "Your Love" Oingo Boingo "Dead Mans Party"

Seconding melt with you

ONG YES! a little respect

@@sewahem9629 I second all your choices.

Denise Allen-That's so true!If you check out what he looks like these days,he's still a very handsome guy.☺️The dude has aged incredibly well.😉

Yes, he is still very good-looking, but back in the day, he was so beautiful it hurts.

hahaha.... every "girl" when they are a teen has their own idea of who they want to bust out of the mirror... My particular groupies kind of liked the rock bad-boy, leather wearing, with a lot of messy hair. I guess they were more of the Vince Neil, Sebastian Bach, Bret Michaels loving crowd though. And then... we all got old ;-)

i sang this song to my girl i think she still in love with me haha. this is nice

9 6 That's awesome! I'm sure she is!

They used hardware back then, the beats were in a way better and just fatter sounding. You just can't reproduce that in quite the same fashion with a computer!

Yeah nothing hits the same as the real deal but Dancing on my Own sounds like it was released 30 years earlier than it was. I also like The Weeknd's Blinding Lights and True Survivor from the Movie Kung Fury (the whole movie is on RU-vid and a whole ass 80s themed acid trip.

you mean "normalized" not realisitc but agreed

Wait until he learns about Kraftwerk...

@@rafaelflorez6446 Yep!

Yup

@@gobucsmom www.google.com/search?sxsrf=ALeKk01UHGsN9dCEVkKyfExmBzwDkmj3eg%3A1601764807243&ei=x_14X9-vDtGxytMPwYSI8A0&q=a+ha+take+on+me+making+of+video&oq=making+of+a+ha+video&gs_lcp=CgZwc3ktYWIQARgAMgcIABBHELADMgcIABBHELADMgcIABBHELADMgcIABBHELADMgcIABBHELADMgcIABBHELADMgcIABBHELADMgcIABBHELADUABYAGDU8xxoAXACeACAAQCIAQCSAQCYAQCqAQdnd3Mtd2l6yAEIwAEB&sclient=psy-ab

I remember this video & song being released in late 1985. Every single female I knew melted over the lead singer - Morten Harkett’s - cheekbones. This still takes me back - they’re fantastic live too.

@@qtredhead you watched the video...awesone...35 years

@@jamescreason5403 yeah, I’m old - but still 15 in my mind... 🤣🤣

Me too!

Yep,we are.

I hear ya! Those were the days my friend

Wendy P., yup. Last year I found myself yelling at the neighbor’s kids to get off my lawn-and I knew then that my youth had slipped away....lol.❤️

Yes,we are... and i hate it....

Yeah but there was a lot of great stuff in the 60s and 70s too. Lovin' Spoonful song, "Do You Believe in Magic?" (60s) and also Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons song, "Oh What a Night- December 1963" but it came out in the late 60s or early 70s.

Definitely not a one hit wonder. And what about the sun always shines on TV? Top 20 in the states but seems forgotten

​@@stevetici2668 I totally agree! They went on to make a great album called Memorial Beach years later in '93. The songs Memorial Beach and Angel in the Snow were standouts on that one. Their sound changed to less synth, more guitar and more mellow, less pop. It seemed like they were influenced by how U2 was sounding then. There are some great heavy metal covers of the Sun Always Shines on TV that work well. Train of Thought, Blue Sky, Love is Reason and Dream Myself Alive were great songs from their first album as well. Thanks for defending them! There are plenty of one hit wonders out there, but there are also plenty of great bands that had lots of hits and long careers which are definitely NOT one hit wonders, and are mislabeled.as such. I'm going to put a video on my channel challenging the one-hit wonder status of many bands. What groups outside of a-ha would you suggest? I would nominate Devo (Whip It), and Wall of Voodoo (Mexican Radio), but I know its not just 80's bands.

And they did the James Bond movie THE LIVING DAYLIGHTS song

@The migraine Mile have you ever checked their biography ?? They did MANY albums and songs... still do...

@@stevetici2668 Maybe you misunderstood me. I didn't say that a-ha was a one hit wonder entirely. They were and still are massively popular in Norway and across Europe despite having broken up and reuniting. However, they absolutely were a one hit wonder in the United States. Take On Me stayed in the #1 spot on Billboard for 27 weeks in 1985/86. For over six months, it was the most successfully performing song in the U.S. Only two of their other singles ever entered the top 100 in the United States - Sun Always Shines on TV, reaching #20 in February of 1986 while Take on Me was still tightly grasping the #1 spot, and Cry Wolf, whose highest chart position was #50. This band has quite an extensive and prolific catalog that, IMO, is largely underappreciated by Americans, which is part of what prompted my initial comment. I think just the fact that Take On Me is so complex and technically difficult is evidence of their skilled musicianship, with its syncopated percussive sections and four octave chorus. Like I said it's a masterpiece! 😀👍

I am 53 years old, where the hell should i send my application form to be in their class! These two young people are just brilliant!

True

Anything depeche mode in my opinion

Omg yes!!

Try Depeche. Mode in general ....And even know where to begin but I would go from some great reward and keep going… and never stop....I imagine that they would probably do you some thing from the beginning of their career but honestly they evolved in so many ways during their latter work, that would be my recommendation

Precious from depeche mode!

This song literally changed my life when I first heard it (in ‘84?). Seriously life changing. 💜💜💜

YES! Came here just to see if someone mentioned it. Such an underrated song in my book

I saw them live in Germany, November 2019. This was my favourite song of the concert (The Sun...).

Tony Smith The Living Daylights might be my favorite song by them

and its actually a continue of this song

And the living daylights

Angel A, yesssss!!! My favorite, hands down!! 💁🏻‍♀️

Angel , if you want to learn something a tad bit creepy, look up what a "Spandau Ballet" was. It will change your image of that name.

Definitely behind this suggestion.

Howie Davis Nah, still a great 80s song.

Gold is another of their slaps

kazzuo The Great he really can - such a voice!

Morten Harket live (I had the privilege twice) is the real deal. He really has the most dynamic vocal range of any male vocalist I've ever heard.

Have you heard their recent acoustic/ slow-jam version? 40 years on he can still sing

@@rcche3778 yes !! i heard it, it is amazing!!! Morten is a God his voice is just unbelievable

Me too. I wanted to move to Norway because of him.

@@aimeemill3891 i learnt Norway's national anthem because of them 😅

Same

Still massive

Yes true, went to see them back in 2016 and they played Take on me and The Sun always shines on TV , plus The living daylights :)

Ahhh....MTV when it meant something 🎶🎵🎼🕶

Back when MTV actually played music!! It really was good times, sigh.

Anita Kawaja Rio great album New Religion is a fav

Wham, lol. First pop rock band to tour China, because of the 'wholesome' image they presented in Wake Me Up before You Go-Go. (lololol ). Took almost two years of negotiations with the Chinese government. I'm guessing the government regretted opening up China to western culture four years later (Tienanmen Square, 1989).

Agreee!!!

I agree!!!

Wham ruled the 80s

Aww that is so cute and cool!

I love this story 🥰

Life waaaaay before the internet 😂 It’s so easy to forget now what simple things like figuring out a band or song name used to be like.

That is such a cool story! Back when you had to talk to people to figure out stuff.

I saw them two years ago and he still looks just as good and hit the high notes perfectly

Thats nice to know. I had a BIG crush on him 🥰😍🤣

The song title is Twilight Zone.

You're not wrong about their looks. The blue version of this song from a year earlier has Morten in ripped jeans looking just gorgeous.

Thanks to your comment I was curious so looked him up and found the somewhat recent unplugged version of this song… you’re right he doesn’t age! He might even be more handsome!

Yeah being a 80s kid myself those chords just gives me warm feeling 😊

Time flies

i feel like the best music was in the 70-90's

Lol, 1980 was 40 years ago. It IS old stuff. (I'm a child of the 80's btw)

Take a number on feeling old lmao

a billion views.. likely had a lot to do with the amazing artistry, production, creativity of the video..

Such a awesome video!

I love all of those! Billy Idol is awesome.

Sonia Ross he’s one of a kind! Love him!

Billy idol is awesome be a good one.

That's one of my least favorites by them

Manhattan skyline is an absolute amazing song

They're still big in Europe and South America (especially Brazil).

#FACTS and you took me BACK on that Friday Night Videos comment

night flight... hells yes!

YASSS!! OH man! I'm feeling old. Lol

u Talkin The Midnight Special...Friday Nights Wolfman Jack Member Him...YA Saturday Mornin was American Bandstand with Dick Clark HAHAHA u takin me Back Brotha.

+Justin Smyth Take heed in the fact it's more likely just a cultural thing. I'm a 1990 baby and I guarantee most people from my age to even up to 2000 babies have probably heard this song and probably know the name of the band. It's just leaning more on the white racial demographic. That's why I like youtube, all the different cultures and races experiencing each other's music. You're still a young thing Justin Smyth, don't worry about it. We all feel old at some points, that's all it is

Christine Pattison I think REM would be popular now, so unique & cutting edge...

Also, everybody hurts!!!

Dance clubs and poppers. Those were the days.

Yep. I felt old as dirt when he said that. Hearing my teen years referred to as "back in the day"... Ouch, man. Ouch! :)

I literally just thought to myself that the 80s was 20 years ago and then I realized it ain't the 2000s no more, wtf 😂😭

I grew up in the 80s and say it myself lol

Yep...

:(

Swords Chant lol awww 😊

Definitely.

I always said that was "Part 2" of the video

Pen Name - ah, I’d say Europes Final Countdown takes the top spot in the Famous keyboard riffs. This is definitely the first runner up though! Although, this could be national bias. Europe is Swedish, and so am I. 😆

If you talk about A-HA. Then their name is Morten, Magne and Pål. The letter å (in Pål) is pronounced the same way as o in LOndon .... and also the same as the o in Morten. So here å=o. Magne has the same pronunciation as in magne(tic). My name is also Magne - but don't call me Mags.

If you talk about A-HA (from my home city - Oslo).... Then the name is Morten Harket.

I am pretty sure I had a pinup from Bop Magazine of him on my wall in 6th Grade.

Older brother had this one and played it all the time. It has stuck with me over the years.

That is one beautiful tune

Do the version where it is blended with 'Where did our love Go'?' - Original is great, though this one is even better.

Yes yes, i was thinking tainted love yesterday 😁😁

80s and 90s yeahhhhhhhh, i am 58 (25 in the head these days) lol, neverrrrrrr grow old

Tainted Love was my jam!

Yesssss i been singing that in the last week, surprising how u remember the lyrics after 35 yrs ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

he never mentioned the amazing video - one of the greatest of all time

Have you ever seen the sequel video? It’s called “The Sun Always Shines on TV”

🤣🤣

This song slaps

That would be fun, with the rolled up farmer pants, right?

Derek fun song and video.

Yes!

Yes!! And, I Would Walk 500 Miles by the Proclaimers, which I always associate with Come On Eileen, for some reason m.ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-otXGqU4LBEI.html

The best album!!

I randomly found a casette copy of that album when I was young and on like a trek with my class. It was just laying there on a stump. It is... just great. He can sing!

I have a CD title: Millennnium, 80s New Wave Party, which has this song on it. It also has "Come on Eileen" by Dexie's Midnight Runners, an Irish band. The video was filmed in Ireland on the street. It is one of my all time fave videos.

@@hooleyqueen It was also a favorite of mine along with BIG COUNTRY and TALK. TALK.

Wild Boys!

Girls on Film or Rio

Yes !!! This

Yes he does I moved to America when this came out definitely a soundtrack to my life.

Loved Duran Duran - pop, but with a moody edge. Pure pop is too much sugar for me.

They did this one. I Just watched it, thumb through their library

Here Comes The Rain Again is a better song than Sweet Dreams.

they just did and Annie Lennox loved it

@Plano...we were blessed growing up in the 80's with so much good music from every genre.

Because they are only 21 and they listened to nothing but rap. I think their parents did not listen to Pop or Rock. They do not even know Black music from the 80s, and nothing about the 70s or before, and this is not as unusual as you think. The only reason my kids know a lot of this music is because I played music all the time from different eras and genres. Think about it, how much music do you know that was popular before you were born? Buddy Holly and Little Richie Valens died when I was just a little girl (mid 50s) and I did not start listening to them until decades later.

@@hooleyqueen I grew up listening to 50s and 60s lol. I was the only kid in 3rd grade listening to 80s music (in the early 90s). I guess thats why I'm shocked...