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Paul And Lauren Waaktaar-Savoy
Pics Of Paul And Lauren Waaktaar-Savoy Music Is Angel By A-ha(1993)
Length: 187
Rating: 4.70 (15 ratings)
Tags: paul savoy pal lauren
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Pal waaktaar Sycamore leaves live 2002
Sycamore leaves live 2002 sung by pal waaktaar
Savoy new album available at http://www.thegenepool.co.uk/items/202.htm
Sycamore LeavesCan't stop thinking 'bout it
It fills me with unease
Out there by the roadside something's buried
Under sycamore leaves
Wet grounds, late September
The foliage of the trees
I came upon this feeling that someone's lying
Covered by sycamore leaves
And I could never face it
And take a look and see
And I could never break out
And shake it's grip on me
Length: 243
Rating: 5.00 (9 ratings)
Tags: pal waaktaar live 2002-sycamore leaves
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Where You Lead - Lauren & Paul Waaktaar-Savoy
Pictures of Lauren and Paul with the song 'Where You Lead' by Carole King
Length: 198
Rating: 5.00 (1 ratings)
Tags: paul lauren waaktaar savoy
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Rose - Paul Waaktaar-Savoy
Pictures of Paul with the song 'Rose' by Anna Tsuchiya inspi' Nana (BlaSt)
Length: 230
Rating: 0.00 (0 ratings)
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A-ha - The Sun Always Shines On TV [Extended Dance Mix]
1985's Biggest-hit "The Sun Always Shines On TV" by A-ha. this is the "Extended Dance Mix" version, however, i put a little bit of the "Disconet remix" (at 5:33)...well, enjoy it! :)
Review.- a-ha is a Grammy Award-nominated band from Norway. They are the best selling Norwegian band around the world with a total of 75 million albums and singles sold (approximately sixteen times the entire Norwegian population).
The trio, composed of lead vocalist Morten Harket, guitarist Paul Waaktaar-Savoy (PÃ¥l Waaktaar until his marriage in 1994) and keyboardist Magne Furuholmen, formed in 1982 and left Norway for London in order to make a career in the music business. They chose the studios of musician, producer and soon-to-be-manager John Ratcliff, because it had a Space Invaders machine. The origin of the name "a-ha" comes from the lyrics of an early song ("Nothing To It"). 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, easy to say and unusual.
The 1985 album Hunting High and Low, containing "Take on Me" wich one was the first song Morten Harket heard Magne Furuholmen and Paul Waaktaar-Savoy play. At that time the song was called "Lesson One." After multiple re-recordings and two failed releases, "Take on Me" became a hit on both sides of the Atlantic in 1985. The first release of the song in 1984 was not a major success, but after a few songs were remixed by producer Alan Tarney a year later, it sold 1.5 million copies worldwide in one week. Eventually the single "Take on Me" was estimated to have sold 7-9 million copies worldwide; it peaked at number one on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 and number two in the UK Singles Chart. Sales were aided in the U.S. by a music video on MTV that mimicked the truck chase from Terry Gilliam's movie Brazil and the climactic scene from the Ken Russell film Altered States. The video used a sketchy animation / live action combination called "Rotoscoping" (in which the video is first shot on normal video, then each frame is hand-traced over to give the animated effect) that tells a fantasy thriller story to the song. At the 1986 MTV Video Music Awards "Take on Me" won in six categories. It was also nominated for Best Video Of The Year at 1986 American Music Awards.
The follow-up single to "Take on Me" was "The Sun Always Shines on T.V.". In the U.S., the song peaked at number twenty on the Billboard Hot 100 and reached number seventeen on Radio & Records airplay chart. In addition, the music video for the song won in two categories at the 1986 MTV Video Music Awards.
a-ha's American success culminated in their 1986 Grammy nomination in a coveted Best New Artist category which was eventually won by Sade.
"The Sun Always Shines on TV" turned out to be a-ha's last Billboard Top 40 single, and to this day in the United States a-ha is remembered by the general public almost entirely because of the singularly huge success of "Take on Me". As such, the band is frequently considered there as a one-hit wonder. In the UK (and much of the rest of the world), however, the story was very different: "The Sun Always Shines on TV" was an even bigger hit among British fans than "Take on Me", peaking at number one. In Australia, as in the UK, a-ha had continued success with "The Sun Always Shines on TV" and were consistently popular throughout the 1980s.
a-ha's second album was Scoundrel Days (1986) and represented a move towards alternative rock as synthpop began to fall out of style. In 1987, they provided the title song for the James Bond film The Living Daylights. Stay on These Roads (1988) received more mixed reviews than the previous albums. In spite of a drastic decline in sales in the next few years, a-ha continued to record two more albums, East of the Sun, West of the Moon (1990) and Memorial Beach (1993). East of the Sun, West of the Moon featured a cover version of The Everly Brothers 1963 single, "Crying in the Rain".
In the late 1980s and early 1990s, a-ha were very popular in South America, especially Brazil. The band sold out some of the largest stadiums in the world. At the Rock in Rio II festival in January 1991, a-ha shocked the international entertainment press by gathering a paying audience of 198,000 people at Maracanã Stadium - a world record for paying audiences.
In February 1994, a-ha performed two concerts during the Winter Olympics in Lillehammer, Norway, followed by tours of South Africa and Norway. a-ha were also chosen to compose the official song for the Winter Paralympics in Lillehammer, entitled "Shapes That Go Together". Because of apparent internal conflicts between the band members and conflicts with the record label at the time, a-ha took a break in summer 1994 and the members started focusing on solo projects.
Length: 516
Rating: 4.90 (96 ratings)
Tags: 80's A-ha The Sun Always Shines On TV Extended Dance Disconet Mix 1985 US Norway New Wave Pop music video remix tribute
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Savoy Isotope
A very intriguing video to a Brilliant song. The beginning of the video shows fragments of "Hunters in the snow", a painting by Pieter Brueghel, Beautifully done. Paul Waaktaar-Savoy still is one of the best songwriters of our time. Such a shame he still isn't fully recognized for all the Brilliant stuff he wrote... I dedicate this song to Sally Roberts.
Length: 297
Rating: 5.00 (29 ratings)
Tags: Savoy A-ha Isotope Paul Waaktaar Lauren Brueghel
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