Alphaville - Sounds Like A Melody (Wetten, dass..? 1984)

Marian Gold interview, 5. Februar 2020: “For me, "Sounds Like A Melody" for a long time used to be the ugly little sister of "Big in Japan" and "Forever Young". That was because after the enormous success of "Big In Japan", we were asked by our record company just to write another "hit" and so we did. Hence "Sounds Like A Melody" became the perfect spitting image of a manufactured pop song to me. How much I actually was mistaken was first revealed when Martin Lister, who was Alphaville's musical director all through the 90s, convinced me to play the ditty on our concerts. It developed into a true pearl in our setlist and it became perfectly clear that at the time we wrote it, we couldn't go wrong, ingenious little bastards we were."
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German:
Marian Gold im Interview, 5. Februar 2020: „Für mich war ‚Sounds Like A Melody‘ lange Zeit die hässliche kleine Schwester von ‚Big in Japan‘ und ‚Forever Young‘. Das lag daran, daß wir nach dem enormen Erfolg von „Big In Japan“ von unserer Plattenfirma gebeten wurden, mal schnell einen weiteren „Hit“ zu schreiben, was wir taten. So wurde „Sounds Like A Melody“ für mich zum perfekten Ebenbild eines "fabrizierten" Popsongs. Wie sehr ich mich tatsächlich geirrt hatte, zeigte sich erst, als Martin Lister, der in den 90er Jahren der musikalische Leiter von Alphaville war, mich überredete, das Liedchen auf unseren Konzerten zu spielen. Es entwickelte sich zu einer wahren Perle auf unserer Setlist und mir wurde klar, dass wir zu der Zeit, als wir es schrieben, nichts falsch machen konnten, geniale kleine Bastarde, die wir waren.“
ALPHAVILLE - BEST OF 40 YEARS TOUR
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BREMEN - 16.11.2024
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LINGEN - 29.11.2024
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[@kristina-insitu2523]

My sis turned me on to Alphaville around the time of this performance, and after 40 years I'm still jamming to these tunes of transfiguration.

[@Nicoco7249]

Music from Alphaville was clearly coming from another dimension...

[@jonbirchartist]

This was my favourite album of the 80s and still gets played now because the songs are strong and it still sounds great! 🙂

[@strafrag1]

So much very great music in the 80s. Cheers.

[@giusyscarfato3867]

Fantastica ❤

[@dorinamihalache6671]

✨🎉40 years old and still EXCEPTIONAL! 💯💎
One of the best in the history of World Music 🌟
Happy Anniversary 🎉🌹
Sounds like a Melody 🌟
1984 💯🌟🍀-2024 💯🏆💎

[@nada9002]

❤

[@dorinamihalache6671]

​@@nada9002👍😊🎶🎉

[@alnash1227]

💓🤗💓

[@dorinamihalache6671]

​@@alnash1227👍😊"high over heels in love" 🎶😃🌷🤗🌷🎉🎉🎉

[@alnash1227]

@@dorinamihalache6671 💘Oh yeah!!!💘

[@eddie_rmx]

Adoro essa música ❤👏 ... Depois de 40 anos , ainda faz muito sucesso pra quem ama Synthpop , como eu 💞

[@fabiane7664]

In 1984 I was 10 years old and it was my favourite album. My son is 25 now and also loves Alphaville ❤

[@gungorerguvan7593]

Alphaville always will you live

[@andreasill8153]

Oh man,was habe ich das Lied geliebt,ich habe damals Nächte vor meinem Recorder verbracht um endlich einen Mitschnitt zu bekommen.
Alphaville ❤❤❤😊👏👏

[@rainerkuehn7450]

Da kann ich mich nur anschließen, gerade zu DDR Zeiten war es total verrückt mit den Recordern und Kassetten, die Preise waren ja extrem, für eine einfache leere Kassette 15-, Mark und dann den Recorder bis 1400-, M ,da kann man wirklich sagen das sind schöne Erinnerungen mit den Liedern verbunden 👌🙏👍😃

[@ralffernow4441]

Genau . Auch wenn der Moderator öfter mal in den Titel reinquatschte, war man froh,ihn endlich auf Kassette zu haben. Ich war regelmäßiger Hörer der musikalischen Luftfracht. So hieß die Sendung damals, immer donnerstags.🕺👍😁

[@laurencezendri]

Pareil !!!😅

[@ralffernow4441]

@@laurencezendri Was bedeutet das?🤷‍♂️

[@rainerkuehn7450]

@@ralffernow4441 Und diese schönen Erinnerungen sollte man sich bewahren und pflegen, die heutige Jugend weiß gar nicht wie blöd sie ihre Jugend vertrödelt und ihre gemeinsame Zeit miteinander, ich kann wenigstens auf eine schöne Zeit zurück blicken mit Freunden und Bekannten 👍🕯️👌🙏

[@juanfran9057]

I remember when my Dad and I used to listen this song ❤❤❤

[@detto1573]

Meine Band seit die gibt!!❤❤❤ bis heute noch 👍👍🙏

[@dorinamihalache6671]

🎊Happy birthday Marian! ✨🎁🥂🎂💖🤗✨🌹🌹🌹Be happy every day of your life, surrounded by your loved ones!!!
Alphaville forever 💯🍀💎
Forever Young 🌹💖Marian 💪😊👍🎤🎶🎊

[@alawide6794]

❤ ,yes, It Is fantastic song ❤, I like it , Thank you very much dear my friend Mr .Marian Gold ❤👋👋👋👋👏👏👏👏👏👏

[@mariaassuntaboi1089]

Fantastica questa canzone..
Bravissimi Alphaville....❤

[@Yevgeshik]

My favorite of Alphaville.

[@dianamistera2424]

This was the first record I bought with the money I saved doing little sumner works for neighbours on saturdays, I was 12 years old and so proud when I went home with the record in my hands. 🥰

[@alnash1227]

💥🎵💥🎵💥
Genius determines time!!!💗
And again,complete delight!!!👏👏👏🥰

[@mariafernandavillamartinez4070]

Amazing record!!!❤

[@mariafernandavillamartinez4070]

Thanks so much!!

[@laudiceiagoncalves8705]

AMO ESTA BANDA FEZ PARTI DA MINHA ADOLECENCIA QUE SAUDADES DESTA ÉPOCA ❤😂

[@l.b.3152]

Love, love ❤ this song, it brings me back to the 80s….i was so in love with Marian…that smile, those eyes!❤❤❤ lol! Now I’m 58 years old and still in love! Thank you.🙏

[@svetlanan.2687]

Everything about this video is great! Thank you, Alphaville! Happy anniversary, "Sounds like a melody"! ❤

[@alnash1227]

💓🤗💓

[@simonandersen1974]

AWES❤️ME!!

[@anjazimmermann1335]

Sounds Like a Melody 😃😍🎵🎼👍🏻
Ich war 12 j. Schöne Erinnerung und immer noch
Alphaville Fan 😘

[@Ninho8251]

Alphaville é a essência dos anos 80.❤❤ Nosso passado volta de uma forma suave em nossas mentes.🎉🎉🎉

[@ofimcomecou...6819]

Música boa completa anos mas não envelhece e não é esquecida,grande Alphaville!👏🏻👏🏻✌🏻🇧🇷

[@cristianacatalinamedelean4841]

🎼🌹🌞Welcome, Marian! ♥️🌼🌻🔆🤗🔥

[@claudecrosatto7599]

40 ans déjas , ouah ça fou un coup j adore Alphaville merci pour la vidéo

[@dorinamihalache6671]

🎉✨Having an eighties moment ✨.....
What a great band 💯💎...
And l love 💖🎶this track!!!

[@zakihanif9286]

Yes it's 🎉🎉🎉

[@dorinamihalache6671]

​@@zakihanif9286👍😊🎉🎶🎶🎶

[@RaymondeBEGUS-fb9ys]

♥️dorable.

[@Elena_Oraevsky]

Thank you!!! Thanks to you, I briefly returned to the days of my youth. It is wonderful. Thank you for these happy memories.❤❤❤

[@mihaelakrepil9525]

Bravo 🎉🎉🎉❤👏👏👏👏

[@evypettersson6513]

Wonderschön!!!
❤🎉❤❤❤!!!!

[@briangilder1119]

Quintessential 80's. Love from South Africa

[@Tuco-el4hh]

Espectacular musica. No se puede comparar con la musica de 2024. Escuchando esta musica. Les tiene que dar verguenza a los de ahora ver que no valen para nada

[@vessto]

Happy Birthday, my sweet love!!!! Wish you strong health, luck and prosperity! May your life be full of happiness!

[@boissierelizabeth7205]

J adore.
Trop trop bien.

[@paulooliveira7517]

It's a trick of my mind
Two faces bathing in the screenlight
She's so soft and warm in my arms
I tune it into the scene
My hands are resting on her shoulders
When we're dancing away for a while
Oh, we're moving, we're falling
We step into the fire
By the hour of the wolf
In a midnight dream
There's no reason to hurry
Just start that brand new story
Set it alight, we're head over heels in love
Head over heels
The ringing of your laughter
It sounds like a melody
To once forbidden places
We'll go for a while
The ringing of your laughter
It sounds like a melody
To once forbidden places
We'll go for a while
It's the definite show
Our shadows resting in the moonlight
It's so clear and bright in your eyes
It's the touch of your sighs
My lips are resting on your shoulder
When we're moving so soft and slow
We need the extasy, the jealousy
The comedy of love
Like Cary Grants and Kellys once before
Give me more tragedy, more harmony
And fantasy, my dear
And set it alight, just starting that satellite
Set it alight
The ringing of your laughter
It sounds like a melody
To once forbidden places
We'll go for a while
The ringing of your laughter
It sounds like a melody
To once forbidden places
We'll go, we'll go for a while
The ringing of your laughter
It sounds like a melody
To once forbidden places
We'll go for a while
The ringing of your laughter
It sounds like a melody
To once forbidden places
We'll go for a while

[@finarios1815]

Este grupo tiene unas canciones muy chulas,te animan el dia ami me encantan,con ellos no hay penas❤❤❤

[@user-mp3zk9xb6s]

Я из России, Пермский край, я люблю и обожаю Алфавиль,прекрасные песни и слушаю с удовольствием, здоровье и успехов вам Мариан Голд

[@mirnapapa7585]

Que banda hermosa, acompañó toda mi juventud ❤❤❤🇦🇷🇦🇷🇦🇷❤️❤️❤️

[@ClaudineMallia]

Time goes by but still popular love these songs alphaville ❤❤❤❤

[@OzgunY]

I went back to that marvellous day when I learnt where my heart was, along with your presence in the world. Who knows how many dolphins would play in it with infinite joy if we could collect in one place the tears that overflow from my eyes with your infinite love?
I wish that the magical voice of your magnificent, majestic, noble soul will ring throughout the universe forever with your marvellous laughter that cannot be compared with anything, my dear Marian.
Eternally yours,
Özgün
❤️‍🔥α⇌Ω∞⁺

[@soniacruz5167]

Hermoso tema uno de los inolvidables temas de Alphaville ❤❤❤❤

[@gabrielaveloso3409]

Isso tá perfeito!!!! olha a qualidade

[@cristianacatalinamedelean4841]

Te iubesc pentru totdeauna,Marian 🌹♥️💋🌻

[@MamieTalie]

J'ai 13ans et j'écoute sur mon poste radio cassette la radio libre. Et ce soir 40ans plus tard, j'écoute toujours ce son qui me donne autant d'émotions que la 1ere fois. MERCI 🫶💫

[@jankaant]

Pareil pour moi !

[@AntiFa__]

Стильно,изящно,голос веиколепен.Браво!

[@_Inessa_7]

😊👌✨

[@mihalybozso5644]

FANTASTIC

[@SteveMullington]

The ringing of your laughter 🎶

[@Omar07Shalom]

Esperando desde Cali Colombia😎🇨🇴👍🏼🏃🏽‍♂️

[@zakihanif9286]

Back to hits 80 ❤❤❤

[@morikoff]

My favourite group ❤ For always

[@user-dz2hx7gl6z]

Music beautiful ❤

[@mariafernandapinheiro2108]

Adoro❤

[@annarainko336]

I love this song ❤❤❤❤❤

[@illustriousrocket4476]

Exciting, I can't wait to see it!

[@darlingdesigns6845]

Mi cancion favorita

[@danielacristea9772]

Soooo amazing ❤❤❤❤

[@alnash1227]

💖💐🥰

[@lorenajarafuentes7287]

Excelente tema, gracias por compartir y muchas felicidades!!!!

[@amangogna68]

Great music, amazing vocals and fantastic band ! ❤

[@user-pt9vi6kg2b]

Πολύ ωραία κλασικά τραγούδια που τα άκουγα μικρός και ακόμα ακούω ✨🥇♥️🎶🎵♥️✨

[@givanildosantos7682]

Curta, comente e compartilhe esse hino !!!!

[@user-nt9sv7tb3o]

Alphaville eterno mis favoritos ❤

[@fatimasintonia5709]

My love Marian Golden forever. 💘💘💘💘💘💘From Brazil 🇧🇷🇧🇷🇧🇷🇧🇷🇧🇷

[@ralffernow4441]

Sein echter Name ist Hartwig Schierbaum. Auch wenn der Name nicht hitverdächtig ist, die Titel sind es umso mehr.😎👌

[@ANGELESERVAIS]

Super cool marian joyeux annivaisaire 40 carierre

[@illustriousrocket4476]

I'm glad Marian came around to liking this song. With how dreams are a recurring theme in Alphaville's music, I feel that the synths and simple lyrics work very well with his voice to convey the mood of a more fantasy-like sort of love in its narrative. It definitely has earned its place in their catalogue.

[@user-wy4fp9jy2p]

❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@enchantedbookcorner9006]

So excited for this!🥰

[@paulaandrade3844]

Te amo Marian gold ,genio por siempre!!!!!❤❤❤❤

[@martadankking1240]

❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤waiting❤❤❤❤

[@Artj13]

This piece has always seemed incredible to me, the genius of mentioning Grace Kelly and Cary Grant in the lyrics is unparalleled 😎😍📽️🎶🥃

[@chios.m.3757]

¡Feliz aniversario, Sounds Like a Melody! 🎉✨💙🎶🎶💖

[@acreocre]

I´m waiting for this all night...

[@vessto]

Marian, you are everything I never had. A man, so beautiful that causes punch in my stomach. You are a man who respects the woman next to him. You are a father who adores his children. You are an uncle who loves his nieces. You are a brother who loves his sisters. All male images around me are the absolute opposite of what you are. This combined with your blatant beauty and unmatched voice makes you something that won't be repeated in the universe again.

[@dorinamihalache6671]

👍😊Beautiful!!! 🌞💖🎉🤗🌷🌷🌷✨✨✨

[@vessto]

@@dorinamihalache6671 🪷💖💐 Beauty really saves, it sets one's mind in a higher state.

[@karimd.20]

Ok I love them one of my favorite songs is Forever Young.

[@mariadocarmovolpi2531]

Muito obrigada e parabéns pela voz maravilhosa e lindíssima canção! Amo vcs! Marian , maravilhoso eternamente !❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@KhalidXfox]

I love this song 🙋👍💚

[@BitoDriver]

Alphaville!!! Show!!!

[@jeanette7160]

This is Lovely Memories❤️🎶❤️🎶❤️

[@zenaidefreire2248]

Brasil. ❤. Boa noite

[@svetlanan.2687]

😃 Looking forward! ❤️❤️❤️

[@user-pi9bd3zq5x]

❤❤❤

[@gleciopitbull8486]

1984 EU nem era nascido mas cresci gostando e ouvindo ainda dentro da barriga de minha mãe
em dia 9 de Agosto do ano 1992 nascia vim para o mundo e foi assim que esse amor pela música
antigas dos anos 70, 80 e 90 surgiu atráves da minha mãe lembro ela ouvi tocar na rádio também
tinha CD'S um MP3 com as diversas banda cantores e uma dessa playlist era Souds Like A Melody
bom atualmente agora estou com 31 anos e até hoje ouço essa antiga maravilha de música quais
tem muitas lembranças histórias e cheio de nostalgia uma canção jamais será esquecida. classíca

[@user-eq2dx2jp6v]

❤❤❤❤❤❤❤ thank uuuuuuu ❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@user-hk8sx7li3d]

Una parola Fantasticaaaa🤩👏🏻👏🏻👍🏻✌🏻🫶🏻

[@leticaprita2091]

Superb frumosule...💎🙃♥️🌹🌈🙋‍♀️👍👌👏👏

[@tom12878]

Thankyou

[@neusapaixao653]

🧡🧡MUITO LINDO MARIAN GOLD. MÚSICA 🎶 EXPLENDIDA 🍊🍊🍊❤️🧡🎶🎶

[@oscarparamo5397]

Fredi mercuri tenia una vos espectacular ,la de este señor es fenomenal,punto para los dos

[@carmencanete6103]

X siempre hermoso y joven ❤❤❤❤❤❤😊😊

[@mariuszpronobis5760]

❤

[@jhony_hz]

Alphaville has a unique sound and style where you can identify it with songs that make you imagine other places and other worlds. Alphaville they are Giants

[@stefan_w_aus_hl]

Woran merke ich dass alt werde ? Weil ich diesen Auftritt von Euch damals live im TV gesehen habe, im zarten Alter von 11 Jahren xD Geil das es die Aufnahme noch gibt :) ♥

[@edsonavelino9133]

Alphaville sem dúvidas uma das melhores banda com certeza eu ainda tenho muita vontade de ver um show ao vivo dessa banda de séria top sem dúvidas

[@MARIASANTOS-mf8be]

Três homens lindos da minha vida👏👏👏 Alphaville

[@felixmendoza-gs6vl]

Deben. Presentarse en. Sudamérica no se. Olviden. Gracias. X todo

[@livlinje_hk]

I was -6 years on then. Sorry for my late! 😅 As a millenial, I always proud of you Alphaville! 💪

[@mariafrancisco203]

Amei essa música maravilhosa ❤❤❤🇧🇷

[@mariafrancisco203]

Bom dia gratidão gratidão ❤❤

[@alainduquenois3812]

Un titre très populaire ❤❤❤❤❤❤