Best a-ha songs?

Italus_NT

The Living Daylights got me interested in a-ha back in 2012 as a freshman in high school, and I was wondering if there were any other fans on this board.

My top 10 songs are:
10 - The Swing of Things (Scoundrel Days)
09 - Locust (Memorial Beach)
08 - Out Of Blue Comes Green (Stay on These Roads)
07 - Lifelines (Lifelines)
06 - The Sun Always Shines On TV (Hunting High And Low)
05 - And You Tell Me (Hunting High And Low)
04 - The Blue Sky (Hunting High And Low)
03 - I've Been Losing You (Scoundrel Days)
02 - The Way We Talk (East of The Sun, West of The Moon)
01 - Manhattan Skyline (Scoundrel Days)

Higgins

I like and follow a-ha for decades now - not calling myself a big fan of them.

I can highly recommend their recent unplugged album - Summer Solstice.
The minimal settings obviously worked in the small studio live, but not in big halls that they are currently touring.

Chriscoop

I really like the sun always shines on TV, and hunting high amd low and of course living Daylights.
They are a great band and their sound just hasn't aged.

Number24

I'm not a big fan, but I've always liked their music. The Scoundrel Days album is good, so is The Living Daylights. BTW: A boy knew when we were in our teens actually had Morten Harket sing at his wedding.

The Red Kind

a-ha are great and have stood the test of time. (Take on Me still one of the best songs ever to miss the top spot in the UK).

My faves (in no order);
Take on Me
Foot of the Mountain
Lifelines
I've Been Losing You
I Call Your Name
You Are The One
Hunting High and Low
The Sun Always Shines on TV
And You Tell Me
Train of Thought

Italus_NT

Higgins wrote:

I can highly recommend their recent unplugged album - Summer Solstice.

I was a huge fan of Summer Solstice, I saw it live and bought it the day it was released on iTunes, I especially loved the new version of The Living Daylights

Italus_NT

Number24 wrote:

BTW: A boy knew when we were in our teens actually had Morten Harket sing at his wedding.

You can hire Morten privately? I already know what I’m doing on my 21st then.

Sir Miles

I’m a fan of a~ha, but of their earlier stuff really...I’ve seen them live and they were better than I expected.

My favs - in no particular order, are...

I’ve Been Losing You
Cry Wolf
Manhattan Skyline
Take On Me
Crying In The Rain
Train of Thought
The Blood That Moves The Body
Touchy
There’s Never a Forever Thing
Move to Memphis
I Call Your Name
Out of Blue Comes Green
Sycamore Leaves
The Living Daylights

The Domino Effect

J.W. FRIGGINS wrote:

I like and follow a-ha for decades now - not calling myself a big fan of them.

I can highly recommend their recent unplugged album - Summer Solstice.
The minimal settings obviously worked in the small studio live, but not in big halls that they are currently touring.

Just curious, J.W., did you do a legal name change or are you hiding from the law? B-)

Higgins

Well,

Sir Miles seems to be bored, unhappy with his looks, his miserable life - the fact that he's soon living outside of the wonderful EU, that he's living in a shitty City, supports a crap football club and that his country has not won and will never again win the World Cup. And the fact that he's absolutely useless!
Usually he's just playing with my signature then - now he has changed my username.

Don't worry, my quality posts remain - even under a new name

ACACIA_AVENUE

Morning JW -{

danjaq_0ff

Boy, you sure is ugly

Barbel

I'm sure this ain't exactly your debut at this sort of thing.

Sir Miles

J.W. FRIGGINS wrote:

Well,

Sir Miles seems to be bored, unhappy with his looks, his miserable life - the fact that he's soon living outside of the wonderful EU, that he's living in a shitty City, supports a crap football club and that his country has not won and will never again win the World Cup. And the fact that he's absolutely useless!
Usually he's just playing with my signature then - now he has changed my username.

Don't worry, my quality posts remain - even under a new name

All the above is perfectly correct (bar England actually winning the World Cup against some two-bit outfit ) - except the final line obviously )

Number24

Well, the quality of his posts will probably remain the same :v

Italus_NT

Funny thing:

This week I ran into a guy in my university, born in New York, has an Italian-American heritage, and is also a huge fan of a-ha, but the crazy thing about him is that he speaks in a thick Norwegian accent despite having no Scandinavian heritage.

According to him, the reason is because he got into a-ha at around age 12-13 (The years where your voice drops and changes heavily) and would sing the songs so much he adopted a voice similar to that of Morten (I have heard him do some karaoke), but then ended up with a Norwegian accent at around 16.

Number24

And I can't hear the slightest Norwegian accent when Morten Harket sings )
If you want to hear a Norwegian accent in its full glory, find any interview with the rally car driver Petter Solberg on YouTube CV