Danke Nephthys und Witchie!
30.01.06 HMV Oxford Street
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Ich habe auch fleißig fotografiert, aber leider im Moment wenig Zeit, die Bilder zu bearbeiten. Deshalb hier zunächst nur drei:
http://www.freepler.de/userdaten/0397…c_hmv_(103).jpghttp://www.freepler.de/userdaten/0397…c_hmv_(220).jpg
http://www.freepler.de/userdaten/0397…c_hmv_(109).jpg
Ich bitte um Verständnis dafür, dass ich meine Fotos nur mit Wasserzeichen und Copyright ins Internet stelle.
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Danke
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Vielen Dank für die ganzen tollen Bilder!!!
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Den Sky News Bericht habe ich nicht, ich könnte im 3Eck springen wieder ein Grund mehr down zu sein :cry:
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Von SuzyH
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chrisf3000 aus dem com-Forum hat während der Autogrammstunde gefilmt. Das Ergebnis könnt ihr hier runterladen (Rechtsklick, speichern unter). Man bekommt einen kleinen Eindruck davon, wie schnell die Fans an den dreien vorbeigeschoben wurden.
Sie haben es wirklich geschafft, die 400 Autogramme innerhalb einer knappen Stunde zu schreiben. Ich habe eben mal die Uhrzeiten meiner Fotos gecheckt. Die Autogrammstunde begann um Punkt 19.00 Uhr und schon um 20.03 Uhr trabten die Jungs zu ihren Vans.EDIT: Und noch ein Schwung Bilder. Ich reiche ich sie jetzt so peu à peu nach.
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Super Bilder!!!
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Vielen Dank für die tollen Bilder und die super Berichte!
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Ich habe mal angefangen, meine Fotos auf einer Website zu sammeln. Das wird alles irgendwie noch schöner und es kommen auch noch mehr Bilder drauf... aber für den Anfang muss es reichen...
LG
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Bilder habe ich auf Ebay gefunden
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Ich poste hier auch noch mal ein paar Bilder-Links (und hoffe, die waren zuvor noch nicht). Da sind wirklich eine Menge schöne Pix dabei
http://media.fastclick.net/w/get.media?si…ment_id%3D27027
http://www.filmmagic.com/ItemListing.aspx?cgl=162367&evntI=0
http://www.rexfeatures.com/cgi-bin/newsho…72360§ion=S
http://www.rexfeatures.com/cgi-bin/newsho…72356§ion=S
http://editorial.gettyimages.com/source/search/…%7c0&p=3&tag=57
http://www.lfi.co.uk/dynevent-action-nl.do?eventid=211785
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By Nat a-ha.com Forum:
At long last (sorry work commitments and a bad cold have strung this out longer than I'd hoped for!) I'm posting the transcript of my interview with A-ha at HMV. Hope it gives those of you interested a little look behind the scenes, and of course, another interview with the boys you wouldn't otherwise know about. Unfortunately my actual report on HMV/SBE didn't make the BBC website (boo hoo) in the end because news being what it is, time has moved on. It wasn't for lack of trying though believe me!Anyway, here's the transcript...feel free to post your thoughts on it (good or bad!). Enjoy...
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Interview with A-Ha, HMV, Monday 30th January 2006
(Disclaimer:- This is a full transcript of said interview, minus any personal or potentially libelous comments by either reporter or band member. The views in this interview by the reporter are purely those of the reporter and not of the Corporation which they represent. Any abusive language has been *** so as to not offend.)
Some of this transcript is from other sources I recorded at the time, but I thought you guys would be interested in all the answers the band gave…
Interview with Paul Waaktaar-Savoy (questions from another reporter, not myself):
Rep: A-ha welcome and thank you for speaking to us; is it good to be back in the UK?
Paul: It’s great. When I got the message yesterday that the single was Top 10 in England it’s just a very good feeling. I think it’s 16 years since the last time so it’s been a while.
Rep: I’ve been speaking to some of your avid fans who have been queuing up for over 30 hours outside. I thought you guys had gone away but they were saying you had never been away from the UK.
Paul: No, I mean, we started up again in ’99 and we’ve done like 2 or 3 albums since then, but it was hard finding support from the record company we had at the time. So this album is with a new company so it’s made a huge difference for us. It’s a little bit frustrating you know, because this is the place we started, and we lived here for years and years, but we couldn’t get the records properly released. So it’s great to see this. And I have to say a lot of the support that we’ve had in those years here has paid off and put us back where we are now.
Rep: I have to ask you about the fans. Do you find you’re getting new fans or are they fans from around 20 years ago?
Paul: Every time we play, you know, it’s like a really strange mixture of people. I can’t really pinpoint them, you know. They’re a strange blend. It’s a nice thing. You can’t really spot them in a crowd. Anything from fairly young people all the way up to our age.
Rep: 30 hours in a queue waiting to see you guys at HMV, that’s pretty dedicated.
Paul: I know! No matter where we play, the first 2 or 3 rows, it’s always like “You here again?”! The ‘Crazies’!
My interview with Morten Harket:
Nat: Morten, lovely to meet you. I’m not only a journalist but a 20 year long fan.
Morten: Are you? That’s nice.
Nat: Congratulations on the single – Top 10 for the first time in a long time. How does that feel for you?
Morten: Thank you very much. It’s fantastic. It’s kind of out of the blue, you know. It feels really good. It’s also results of excellent work by the record company. We have a new company now. We’re with Polydor here, so this is our first attempt together. There’s been a lot of excitement with the company and it’s just great to have this type of pay-off.
Nat: Can I ask you something about that because you were with Warner for a long time, and I know myself as a fan of your music, that we spoke to Warner and your Management quite a while ago about you being big in Germany, and yet we couldn’t get your records released over here. How different is that with Universal? Do you feel that you are going to get the recognition now in the UK that you deserve?
Morten: Oh deserve, deserve?! It’s whether you make contact with people you know. And that’s not just down to the artist. You need a working team – it’s totally depending on that. And that is what we have now. It’s not because Warners are a bad company. We’d been with them for a very long time and in this country we didn’t really have anyone that saw what we were doing. They were looking at other things, which is understandable. But those things matter. That’s really where you get your real shot if what you have is of value. You can be sitting on anything really of value and it’s not appreciated until it’s discovered.
Nat: Can I ask you lastly about the fans in the UK and the gigs you’re doing - are they something you enjoy doing? I know you have a gig coming up later this week…
Morten: We love playing here. The first time we came over here again, after having been away for so many years was probably the Albert Hall gig in 2002 maybe – something like that?
Nat: Yes 2002…I didn’t go to that one, I went to Wembley.
Morten: Ok! Well, at that time we had no idea what to expect because we’d been away for really a long time, and when we saw that the gig was selling out in a big way – it was truly packed – but that didn’t make us think that, you know, it’s all here, it’s all waiting to happen. Not that we’re looking for things like that, but that is something that could happen. It could be a fun thing…something people just decide to do, you know, ‘oh it’s been so long let’s go and see what they are like’ and that’s it. That has not been it. There is a strong audience here for what we are doing and we know that now. We’ve done a number of gigs already and it’s been very strong. And now we have a company behind us as well, so that makes a big difference.
Nat: Well, congratulations on the new album. I have to say personally it’s my favourite once since MEMS and I can’t stop listening to it. And long may you continue cos I couldn’t do without your music. Thank you very much.
Morten: Thank you.
Trail end of interview with Magne Furuholmen (by another reporter, not me!):
Magne: It was great and unexpected to see Liam Gallagher quoted in the Norwegian press saying “Are A-ha Norwegian? I used to f***ing love them!”.
Rep: Are you worried about the ‘80’s tag?
Magne: We used to be but now we look back and embrace the past.
Rep: Why did A-ha leave the UK?
Magne: We kind of disappeared out of view because we weren’t domicile here in the UK anymore, and we wanted to leave at the height of success. We didn’t want to outstay our welcome. You don’t stay at the party after the last dance is over do you?!
Rep: So how do you spell your name? M…a…g…n…e.., F…is it? How do you spell it?
Magne: F’s enough!
Rep: Oh, is that ok? Is that how you go?
Magne: Yeah, that’s fine.
Rep: So how old were you in 1986?
Magne: 23.
Rep: So you’re 43 now. And how old are the other members of the band?
Magne: Morten’s 46, Paul’s 24.
Rep: Really?
Magne: No I’m kidding, Paul’s 44!
My interview with Magne Furuholmen:
Nat: Hi Mags, can I have a few minutes of your time?
Magne: ‘Course, Hi!
Nat: I’m a huge fan as well as journalist and I’m really fed up with the journos who ask you stupid questions so I hope I’m not going to do that!
Magne: Cool – it’s when the answers are stupid – that’s when you worry!
Nat: I wanted to ask you about the new album. I’ve noticed on Lifelines and this new album you are writing a lot more material…not that you ever weren’t…but it’s actually getting onto the album.
Magne: Yeah. But it’s not only that. Most of the stuff I wrote in the ‘80’s was not so clearly defined, so I was part of the fabric of the songs, but it didn’t come through in the credits and it wasn’t shown as songwriting. There’s been huge internal debates about that, and I don’t want to go down that road but at this point it’s like we are kind of 3 separate individuals writing and taking care of our own input into the band, and using A-ha more as an umbrella. We all want to go in the same direction, but take care of our own personal input to a greater degree.
Nat: I find this album is taking a slightly different musical direction if you like for the band. I’m a big fan of the rock ballads; the ‘Manhattan Skylines’, the ‘I’ve been losing you’s’ – they’re the older type of songs I like. And ‘Lifelines’ is the most beautiful song, it’s amazing.
Magne: Thank you.
Nat: I cried when I first heard that and I know it’s one of yours. My favourite one on this new album is ‘Cosy Prisons’…another one of yours… there’s a theme coming up here!
Magne: Yeah! Well, I’m liking it, keep it going, keep it going!
Nat: No I’m not going to flatter you any more! What I’m saying is, in the older days where most of the journos are going to remember your first hits and albums, maybe up until ‘Stay on these Roads’ perhaps, and that’s about it, Paul was doing most of the songwriting. He is, I think, someone who is one of the greatest songwriters of this time. He’s never really been seen for that until now, when people like Coldplay – who I’m getting sick of hearing about because of the comparisons – I know they did you a favour but it annoys me somewhat – do you feel you’ve learnt a lot with your songwriting and that you’re able to express that now aswell?
Magne: I’m definitely writing from a different place than I was when I was younger. On the first couple of albums, what happened to A-ha in the beginning was, the relationship between Paul and me was such that I didn’t write the lyrics, so I would forever be in need of him finishing off an idea that I had, otherwise it wouldn’t be finished, and it wouldn’t get on any album. So I was more or less doing what I could to his songs and he would more often than not concentrate on his own material than on mine. So I would always feel a little held hostage by the fact that I didn’t express myself; or at least didn’t have the confidence to write song lyrics. Probably because I had a lot of respect for Paul’s lyrics. Now, you know, you may say ‘What’s there to respect?”! (laughs). I look back on some of those lyrics and I’m wondering what held me back somewhat! But you know, you’re right, he is a great songwriter and I’ve learnt a lot from working with him over the years. And I’ve learnt even more from just, you know, going through life and ending up in a place where I feel I’m at least getting better than I was at formulating my own thoughts.
Nat: It’s your own life experiences coming out in your lyrics then?
Magne: Yeah. And I think, you know, to a certain degree it was forced on me. If it was up to me it would still be A-ha very much as a collaborative unit, with everyone just pitching in and everyone just sharing everything. And that was kind of my bottom line. And I worked for that for a long time but in the end you just give up and say ‘ok, look, you’re gonna do your thing, I’m gonna do my thing’ and so it’s more a case of now it’s a forum for each of us to express ourselves in. I really love the songs Paul used to write in the old days and I continually try to push him to open up like that again because I think there’s something unashamed in the way they declare their emotions very straightforwardly. There was no irony, no cleverness. It was just kind of in your face and I think, you know, to me, these then were still some of the best stuff we’ve done. I’m not intimidated by the tyranny of cool. For my own sake, I don’t want to be holding myself in check for fear of being seen as, er, I dunno…
Nat: The thing to like at the moment…
Magne: Yeah. I think we all get scarred by going through our lives different ways and I think for me those early songs are still f***ing great and I’m just trying to write in that tradition today and doing it the way that I can.
Nat: Do you guys envisage yourselves going on for a number of years yet? I listened to the lyrics of KOTF and Paul wrote “4 more years and I’m outta here” – that isn’t talking about you guys?
Magne: For me that song is about the feeling we had growing up, of being very ambitious young kids, with the dream of being woven into the fabric of world music, and feeling that there was a mission for you out there – that you had something to do. Really kind of a feeling you were going against the grain; you were trying to convince everybody that what you were doing was worth something. You know, your family, everyone around you. Starting from a kind of an awkward spot being Norwegians and nobody having kind of gone that route before. So that from my knowledge of Paul’s writing is what that’s about, not us now. He’d have to answer for himself but it’s a song about the gap between the ambition and the yearning for a future and the kind of desperation that you feel in the inability to formulate that future.
Nat: Can I lastly ask you, on your DVD that came with the new album, there’s an interview with you guys and you’d done a concert in Oslo. You surprised me on that because you seemed surprised that people were glad you are still around. Do you not realise how big your fan base is and that people want to come and see you?
Magne: I don’t think we realised. I think to a certain degree we protected ourselves from that knowledge. I think we’ve never fully wanted to embrace our own status and partly I think that’s a health sign. I think that if you start to dig yourself too much…there’s a fine line. You know, we are the worst band in the world for celebrating anything. Even today we were doing interviews with British TV and they were all excited and they said “aren’t you excited?” and we went “yeah, I think so!”. We’re like the hardest people to impress and we’re terrible at celebrating anything. Having fans is an awkward feeling because you know it’s a validation of the work that you’ve done, but you don’t want to take it personally. You don’t want it to be you that’s celebrated, you want it to be the work.
Nat: But it is. I think sometimes because you were ‘Teen Idols’ if you like, when you were younger – you didn’t want to be, but you were – you’re not now – you’ve got to realise that the fans are still there because of the great music that’s coming out.
Magne: Yeah I know. I think we’ve got to learn to live with the fact; we’ve been the most down on the band of anyone I know. I mean, when we quit as a group, it was kind of like “argh, what’s the f***ing point, let’s just give up” – oops, did I just say that? BBC….
Nat: It’s ok, it’s not live!
Magne: Oh thank god for that!
Nat: Yeah, not the BBC again!!
Magne: (laughs). Yeah I think we’re kind of coming to terms with the fact that, and starting to appreciate also the relationship with these people who have stuck with the band for such a long time. But I think it has to do with the inability in us to celebrate something completely and to put yourself in the middle of it. We always take one step out and say “it’s just not us”. There’s a healthy side to it, but it’s not always good.
Nat: Well, they are full of endurance. My first concert was in 1987 when I was 14 years old. I think I remember grabbing hold of your leg under a keyboard and shoving some presents at you, which you sort of kicked away!
Magne: Did I? Oh, I miss those presents!
Nat: Well, we’re still here and we’re here because of the music so I’d like you guys to take that away with you and please keep going.
Magne: Yeah thanks. We’ll try. It is a surprise, it’s a continuous surprise. I think we were all shocked when we came back as a band to the response. We are shocked now. It won’t show until 2 years from now but we are shocked. You know, coming back to the UK, it’s all a bit surreal, you know. You have to realise that you have achieved something, the work that you’ve done is revered; because you don’t survive in this business as a kind of a fashion icon for 20 years (laughs) – not with our dress sense! You know what I mean though? There is that and sooner or later you are going to have to trust it, but there is a difference between trusting and believing it. Because when you start believing it you start to lose yourself…and you don’t want to do that.
Nat: Thank you very much Mags.
Magne: Thank you.
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Jenn
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Playlist:
http://www.youtube.com/view_play_list?p=FA0CE538CAE62EB7
a-ha live - Instore Gig / Signing Session - HMV Oxford Street, London - 30-01-2006
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0XwtedA2h74a-ha live - Stay on These Roads (HD) - HMV Oxford Street, London - 30-01-2006
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pI5NyubbdJMa-ha live - Cosy Prisons (HD) - HMV Oxford Street, London - 30-01-2006
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b3-5Xwbt0bIa-ha live - The Sun Always Shines on TV (HD) - HMV Oxford Street, London - 30-01-2006
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Here's the rest of the gig:
a-ha live - Take on Me (HD) - HMV Oxford Street, London - 30-01-2006
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LgoYst3yefga-ha live - Keeper of the Flame (HD) - HMV Oxford Street, London - 30-01-2006
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GUyqKjnOx30a-ha live - Analogue (HD) - HMV Oxford Street, London - 30-01-2006
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OBK6G6Vh5f4a-ha live - Hunting High and Low (HD) - HMV Oxford Street, London - 30-01-2006
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ydZ4Ky5hbNYFull Playlist:
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Schön!!! Bei so einer Veranstaltung wäre ich ja auch gerne mal dabei!
Aber die Positionen sind ja ganz ungewohnt:
Mags rechts. Und an der Gitarre! Pal links! Ganz versteckt am Klavier!
Macht mich ganz durcheinander
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