The original version of a-ha is so much better! I can't wait for a-ha to come-back!
Posts by Angelo
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I'm a big fan of a-ha since take on me and since few days I've been listening to this version of Manhattan Skyline and this version of the sun Always shines on tv (extended version) a lot.I think the 2 songs are fantastic.
Manhattan Skyline (Extended Remix)Provided to YouTube by Rhino/Warner RecordsManhattan Skyline (Extended Remix) · a-haScoundrel Days℗ 1986 Warner Records Inc.Mixing Engineer: Alan TarneyProdu...youtu.beThe Sun Always Shines on T.V. (Extended Version #2) (2015 Remaster)Provided to YouTube by Rhino/Warner RecordsThe Sun Always Shines on T.V. (Extended Version #2) (2015 Remaster) · a-haHunting High and Low℗ 1985 Warner Record...youtu.be -
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Do you believe every rumour that you read somewhere? What's the source?
No, I'm using my neurons like an adult man, I'm using my logical mind.
This is just a conversation between fans asking questions, that's all.This isn't a rumor like you claim, because Pal said last year in a Q&A session that he dreamed of reworking a-ha songs and It's been almost three years since the deluxe editions of Foot of the Mountain and Analogue were officially announced and they still aren't available. Why?!
They deduced that there's a band member who would oppose at the release of the deluxe editions, and it would be Pal.Why would it be Pal? If he still wants to exploit a-ha songs, that would explains a lot of things.Do Magne and Morten release a-ha songs on their solo album?No! Their solo career have nothing to do with a-ha.
QuoteMeggie Is it undeniable? Really?
To be honest, I think so ....unfortunately
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This is a great thing for a-ha!
Will the band sell tee-shirt, mugs and create their official merchandising ?
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I would like to know if there is a database concerning the quality of pressing of a-ha albums?
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Schade, dass die Presse grad (ungefragt?) vorangeht und a-ha toll featured, aber die Plattenfirmen nichts neues im Verkauf haben, von der Record Store Day LP abgesehen.
Since when has the band a-ha offered its fans the minimum? The same edition reissued several times to celebrate the band's 40th anniversary? It's not normal!
True North hat gezeigt, dass sie weiterhin musikalisch zu Höchstleistungen fähig sind.
Yes, of course that's why the album true north sold so poorly! Fans didn't like the album because they wrote separely.On the other hand they'are still / always talentued , they just need to manage to work the songs together and it's not an easy thing.
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Edit: i'm not interesting to win a copy, i did an error of translation, the book is not in english sorry ...
I discovered a-ha with take on me through television after hearing the sun always shines on tv and my parents bought me the first album.I'm a big big fan of a-ha and I have their entire discography.I've seen the band live several times, especially since their comeback with Minor Earth Major Sky.
Like an adult man, i've travelled a lot to see the band live because they haven't played in Italy for decades.I have a lot of good memories and I've met some really nice fans on the internet,some of whom I bump into at gigs.
That reminds me and I'd forgotten that I got a Pal's autograph during the Lifelines tour, where? Oh yes! It was in Switzerland in 2002 but I can't remember where I put it, maybe he is cast in the steel in the true north album, who knows!
I dream of a comeback from a-ha, a new album, a new tour.That would make me a very happy man! I also dream to have several super deluxe editions of Foot of the Mountain, Analogue and the other albums, live albums from the tours of the last few years. The Hunting high and low tour 2019/2022 is the one I'm hoping for the most! well, it's my opinion!
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Speaking of deluxe edition....Fans are starting to realize there's a problem somewhere.I just read a few hours ago (I don't remember where) that it would be Pal himself who would opposes the release of the deluxe editions and a toxic person of his entourage is the one who would encourage him to do it. Is it true?!
I think it's undeniable, pal has someone in his entourage who's unhealthy / toxic.So these stories of management/managers problems would be true then? How can we explain why the deluxe editions announced several years ago aren't released ? Why there are no big deluxe edition annonced to celebrate the band 40th Anniversary?
It's very strange and i must to admit i dont understand what's going on?
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well, So, I'm finishing the series of the group's 11 albums
Hunting high and low
A1- Take on me
A2 - Living a boy's adventure tale
A3 - The sun always shines on tv (extended version)
A4 - Hunting high and low
A5 - I dream myself alive
B1 - Here I stand and face the rain
B2 - Train of thought
B3 - Love is reason
B4 - The blue sky
B5 - And you tell me
Scoundrel Days
A1- Days on end (optional)
A2 - Manhattan Skyline (extended version)
A3 - Scoundrel days
A4- I've been losing you
A5- The swing of things
B1 - Cry wolf
B2 - The weight of the wind
B3 - We're looking for the whales
B4 - Maybe, maybe
B5 - Soft rain of april
Stay on these roads
A1- Touchy
A2- This alone is love
A3 - Stay on these roads
A4 - Out of blue comes green
A5 - The living daylights
B1 - The blood that moved the body
B2 - Hurry home
B3 - There's nothing a forever thing
B4 - You'll end up and crying
B5 - You're the one
In conclusion, Morten's songs are only on B-sides except for those written with Pal and Magne. Savoy's songs or those co-written by Lauren in the trash.
Objectively, there will never be a second Scoundrel Days unfortunally, but a second Lifelines, I' want to believe!
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I continue with two other albums
East of the sun and west of the moon
A1 - Rolling Thunder
A2 - I call your name
A3 - Early Morning
A4 - Waiting for her
A5 - Crying in the rain
B1 - Slender Frame
B2 - Sycamore leaves
B3 - East of the sun (early version optional)
B4 - The way we talk
B5 - East of the sun
Memorial Beach
A1 - Dark is the night
A2 - How Sweet it was
A3 - Bar Room (optional)
A4 - Move to Memphis
A5 - Memorial beach
B1 - Lie down a Darkness
B2 - Between your mama and yourself
B3 - Cold as stone
B4 - Locust
B5 - Angel in the snow
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Die krassesten Fehler sind einmal, dass sie White Canvas live gespielt hätten, Die TOP40 finde ich im Großen und Ganzen ok, auch wenn ich FOTM und Shadowside da nicht gesehen hätte.
In which chapter did you read that? In the lifelines chapter? Which page number? I read the edition quickly for lake of time but i dont remember seeing that. I don't agree with 80% of their top 40.
This special edition is a good thing but there's a lot of stuff we already read several years ago.I was expecting an exclusive on the future of a-ha but there's nothing new!
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Here is my answer for some albums for the moment, I had to force myself to answer for the album true north because all the songs from pal I would put them directly in the trash! I don't want to be nasty but there comes a time when the truths have to come out.
Minor earth major sky
A1- Minor earth major sky
A2- Summer moved on
A3- Litte black heart
A4 - I wish i cared
A5 - I won't forget her
B1 - Thought that it was you
B2 - You'll never get over me
B3 - Barely hanging on
B4 - The company man
B5 - To let you win
Lifelines
A1- Forever Not yours
A2- Lifelines
A3- Orange on appletrees
A4- You wanted more
A5- Did anyone approach you?
B1- Life is a canvas
B2- Cannot hide
B3- Dragonfly
B4- Solace
B5- White Canvas
Analogue
A1- Cosy Prison
A2- Celice
A3- Analogue
A4- Keeper in the flame
A5- Birthright
B1- A fine blue line
B2- The summer of your thought
B3- over the treetops
B4- Holyground
B4- Make it soon
Foot of the mountain
A1- Foot of the mountain
A2- The bandstand
A3- Shadowside
A4- Mother nature goes to heaven
A5- What there is
B1- Sunny mystery
B2- Nothing is keeping you here
B3- Real meaning
B4-Riding the crest
B5- Start the simulator
Cast in steel
A1-She's humming a tune
A2- Mythomania
A3- Under the make up
A4- Shadows endeavour
A5- Giving up the ghost
B1-Forest fire
B2- Objects in the mirror
B3- The end of the affair
B4- The Wake
B5- Cast in steel
True North
A1 Summer rain
A2- I'm in
A3- True North
A4- You have what it takes
A5- God is in the details (optional)
B1- Blues of blue
B2- Between the halo and the horn
B3- Forest for the trees
B4- Make me understand
B5- Bumblebee
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Nun, wenn schon a-ha nicht wissen, wie es weitergeht, wie sollen es dann die Reporter von Classic Pop wissen?
To clarify things, I'm not criticizing the journalists themselves. Personally, for me, this magazine is a reference most of the time, at least. It's really well written, and I don't regret buying the online copy.The interview with Steve Barron and the director of a-ha the movie, as well as a few articles, are really interesting.What bothers me is the promotion on their Instagram account, which provides information about a-ha's future, when in reality, there's nothing else we already know! I'm mainly disappointed to see that the 40th anniversary of Hunting High and Low and the band is only used to promote their solo careers, which we don't necessarily want to follow.I'm passionate about the band a-ha, the songs of Pal and Mags and Morten's voice.
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Done! Well, there are a lot of things that's already been published in the past and I don't really agree with their top 40 songs.
The only thing that's interesting is what might happen with Morten and some little things about Magne. I'm not fan of Savoy and i don't care pal's solo career.
Nothing at all about a future with a-ha, a bit disappointed to be honest even though some of the articles and photos are really good.
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Meggie The only a-ha songs I don't like, and I've said it before are : you're the one and the eight songs of the truth north album (6 written by pal et 2 written by Magne).
As far as solo career is concerned, apart from the Magne album, I have to admit I've been very disappointed by what I've heard from Pal.
I'm waiting to see what Morten will bring us as a solo artist.
Andererseits wurde auch plötzlich deutlich, dass die Musik irgendwie nicht mehr aus einem Guss kommt.
Oh ja... Besonders krass zuletzt bei "True North" zu hören.
I agree with you on that!
I didn't like the True North album but it doesn't mean I won't like the next one!
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I think it's wrong to say that the songs on this album are bad.My upside-down thumb means that some songs don't have the a-ha's writing style of my point of view, that's just to clarify things
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Und wer von uns saß da alles vor 25 Jahren da glückselig mit Kopfhörern und hat den zehn neuen Songs gelauscht?
An dieser Stelle möchte ich nochmal ein ganz dickes DANKESCHÖN!
an unseren Foren-Betreiber Andy richten, der seitdem uns a-ha-Fans hier eine Heimat bietet, uns über unsere Lieblings-Band auszutauschen!
Me!
Andreas for your great forum!
I'm having a hard time digesting like many other fans that a-ha won't be doing anything in 2025.I can imagine an a-ha comeback in 2028, I don't know why it's on my mind.If Morten hadn't changed his mind and agreed to come back in 2015, there wouldn't have been Cast in Steel, MTV Unplugged, or an Electric Summer Tour.I was very happy with the return with Minor Earth Major Sky, but it wasn't the band I knew.Some of the songs, from my point of view, aren't exactly a-ha songs; I like seven out of ten songs.The songs are written by different people and that's a problem for me. a-ha for me and I already said it, it's Magne and pal who write together and Morten only has to sing.
Minor earth major sky♥️
Little black heart♥️
Velvet👎
Summer moved on♥️
The sun never shones that day👎
To let you win👎
The company man♥️
Thought that it was you 👎
I wish i cared♥️
Barely hanging on👎
You'll never get over me♥️
I won't forget her♥️
Mary Ellen makes the moment count👎
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