Paul Waaktaar-Savoy explained in publicity materials that the song's novel lyrical style drew on the technical jargon of the Cold War era's Space Race. He said: "The basic was to make a song using only technical terms and phrases, and still make it very emotional and personal. There is such poetry in the old Apollo manuals: 'switch to Omni Bravo' and 'the bright ejector blanket'." "It was quite a hard song to record as it changes both time signatures and keys as it goes along. What sounded so simple on the piano got very quickly complicat… read more
Paul Waaktaar-Savoy explained in publicity materials that the song's novel lyrical style drew on the technical jargon of the Cold War era's… read more
Paul Waaktaar-Savoy explained in publicity materials that the song's novel lyrical style drew on the technical jargon of the Cold War era's Space Race. He said: "The basic… read more
a-ha is a Norwegian new wave/synth-pop band. The trio, composed of lead vocalist Morten Harket, guitarist Paul Waaktaar-Savoy and keyboardist Magne Furuholmen, formed in 1982 and left Oslo, Norway for London in order to make a career in the music business. The origin of the name a-ha comes from the lyric of an early song. After checking dictionaries in several languages, they found out that 'a-ha' was an international way of expressing recognition, with positive connotations. It was short, a-ha was easy to say and somewhat unusual. "Take on Me" was the first son… read more
a-ha is a Norwegian new wave/synth-pop band. The trio, composed of lead vocalist Morten Harket, guitarist Paul Waaktaar-Savoy and keyboardist Magne Furuholmen, formed in 1982 and left Oslo, Norway for London in order to make a career i… read more