The idea for the title of this song came from when they would watch TV and when it talked about the weather in the USA it seemed like they would always say "the sun is shining". Because in Norway, where they are from, and in England where they moved to to pursue their music career, it was often cloudy and rainy. The song, Hunting HIgh and Low, is about Paul, the one playing the guitar, while in England fell in love with an American girl (Lauren) who was in England studying in college. Her study visa ended and she had to return to America. That song was his desperate plea for England to let her stay. The two eventually got married, and to this day they are still together. The couple created another band called Savoy, which they named after her last name.
This is great too! I already pinned your other comment, but I like this one also! I think I might pin this one instead, as you mentioned origin of the title. You're awesome, thank you!😎👍🏻
The song is from their first album, so they most likely were in England at the time. The sentence is taken directly from the reporter on TV, who said "The sun always shines on TV". They immediately knew it would be a great title for a song. Watching american movies in western Europe, you know. Always nice weather. I guess they have the same feeling about the weather on TV in Washington State and in Vancouver, Canada.
Its on the same album so they didnt try to re-create the success of Take On Me. Take On Me was Released 1 month before the album. And This is the "Official" second single. Although "Love Is Reason" was Released in Norway and Phillipines between those two. And Love is Reason was the B side on Take On Me. A-ha have never tried to re-create success. They always evolved their music forward and was usually a step ahead of the times. Their second album "Scoundrel Days" is in no way similar to "Hunting High and Low" (the first). My fav album by them is 2005s "Analouge". Their latest "Cast of Steel" is a close second. Also a big fan of Memorial Beach from 93. A New album is coming in October btw called "True North".
Cool! Yeah, this was when we very first started getting to, or I should I started sharing old music videos with Ryder. And although I've known of a-ha forever, I wasn't aware of much beyond Take on Me or even what the band was about. My assumption that they were attempting to recreate success came from Americans' always trying to do the same. That was totally my bad... They had a concert in Napa, CA last month, which is relatively close to where we live. I really wanted to go, because I've never seen them in person, but the timing just didn't work out. Hopefully, we'll get another chance... Thanks for the comment!😁
hahatoldyouso-It was also a hit in the US, So was glad when he said that part of the song sounds familar I'm also from England in Kent, Whereabouts in London you from? I know you posted this a very long time ago but still
@@hahatoldyouso Croydon is in Surrey not London-Was on homes uner the hammer 8 days ago and said we are in Surrey lol I'm from Kent between Dartford/Bexleyheath way Very small world :-) Have you ever seen A-ha live, I have seen them 12 times-First being when I was 5 such a great memory!
Aha is one of my favorite bands of all time. Minor earth major sky is my favorite song. I suggest it to every reactor I come across because it's a really good song. Also I need the Minnesota sticker.
"The sun always shines on TV" is a methaphor for "There are always happy endings but just on TV respectively in movies" .. respectively a methaphor for "Just on TV/movies dreams become true"...that´s why the real ending of the "Take on me video" is shown here at the beginning simply to show that most of the time when after dreaming reality pops in things very often might not end happily in real life.... (= the comic guy has to return to the comic strip left in the Diner and couldn´t stay by the girl)...So the girl´s dream didn´t end happily respectively her dream didn´t become true because her dream was far from reality.
The other a-ha music video with animation is "Train of Thought". Together with "Take On Me" and "The Sun Always Shines on TV», that song belongs to a-ha's first album, "Hunting High And Low"
In UK and Europe it was our no1 song unlike the States (they prefer easier catchy audios) because its deeper, darker with elite vocals and soaring powerful instruments. Its considered a masterpiece and masterpieces dont have to be 1 billion views. This and Hunting High and Low was always our fav here in Greece, Take on Me was good but a song is not about its video or your eyesight, its about your ears and your soul.
For some reason, in my memory, I thought there was a bit more if a connection to Take On Me. Thanks for the shout out and glad you guys enjoyed it anyway.
Loved your reaction! It was massive here in UK and reached number one. Take On Me only managed number two here! Anyway I thought I'd share a little review I did of this song, hope you don't mind! Inarguable pop classics #1: A-ha: The Sun Always Shines on TV February 13, 20152 min readNikolai Rainbow Norwegian pop perfectionists A-ha were always more than just another pop group, such was their reach and mastery of their craft: pretty much any of their 80’s singles could have made this article bar their lightweight playful songs such as “Touchy!” which to my mind never could match their darker more tense songs, and my god, “The Sun Always Shines …” is tense as hell, especially following the massive success of the far more lightweight and upbeat "Take On Me" It’s essentially a progressive rock epic filtered through a pop lens and is every bit as momentous as any of the great epic tracks we all know and love. Consider the way the tension builds throughout rising higher and higher and the fact that the drums don’t even appear until a minute in and the first verse almost two minutes in. This is far from your average pop song structurally but hangs together magnificently. The relative serenity of the opening section and first chorus with its wistful chords suddenly gives way to pounding intensity, squealing guitars, ominous synth and stabbing minor piano chords with Mortens impassioned, desperate and impossibly high vocal holding it all together until the final chorus where the music crashes around him. Before a final stabbing piano chord a la “A Day In The Life” and the ominous burbling synths return to fade us out of an epic five minutes. Truly a classic of its time or any other and far more than ‘just’ a pop song in my humble opinion and just as exhilarating on the thousandth listen as it was on the first. True class.
Hi there! Thank you for the compliment! Some of our older reactions are hard for me to watch, because I can tell we didn't know what we were doing (well, we still don't. lol), but we used some really good songs before we learned what exactly we wanted to or should talk about... that being said, thank you for your positive feedback! Absolutely I do not mind! Thank you for sharing your review!😄 It's obvious you're passionate about A-ha! Great article! Thanks again for checking out our video!😁✌🏻
If you don't see the video you'll never know it's a sequel. And then you see the video and its like... WTF? But it's an awesome song. Definitely better then Take On Me IMO but if you saw the struggle to get Take On Me heard you'll see why it caught. Unfortunately this wasn't popular in the US but it was huge in Europe. Very underrated song.
I have to admit, this song has really grown on me! And rewatching this reaction, I'm almost embarrassed at how unenthusiastic I am; it's a great song! Yeah, I'd never heard of it until it was brought to my attention here. I'm surprised it didn't get more airplay in the U.S. Great music! Thanks for watching our video!😁
I have my students analyze this video as practice for symbolism lol. The video is a sequel to Take On Me:) Check out Manhattan Skyline’s video as well it’s great! They did a James Bond song too!
the sun always shines on tv was their only number one here in the uk. the title came from a uk weatherman who said at the end of his forecast the sun always shines on tv
@@lmj9517 Pal carry’s a notebook around with him and during an interview in the uk they were asked how they came across inspiration for the title the sun always shine on tv and Morten answered that while living in London,England. We had a violent storm and just before the weather report finished the guy said despite the weather outside just remember the sun always shines on tv and Pal wrote it down and the song came from there. Pal would drawing things, write lyrics, ideas for songs etc in his notebooks. He still does that today when writing for Savoy.
👍😊❤️❤️❤️ , ❤️ your reaction 👍😊 , a-ha has been Norways best in music but now a 14 year old girl named Angelina Jordan who was in America Got Talent Champions 2020. She has been singing since she was 1,5 years old and won Norways got talent when she was 8 years old😊 React to some off her Music and you will be blown away. After my opinion she will be the female versjon of ELVIS in the future 😊❤️
Hallo, Roy! Thank you for watching our video! 😁 We really appreciate it! Wow! I took your recommendation and watched a couple of Angelina Jordan's videos; Bohemian Rhapsody and Over the Rainbow. Unreal!😳 What an incredible voice, not just for someone so young, but incredible for any age. She's definitely going places, wow!
@@CousinRyan you should react to "summer moved on". There's a special catch to it and that's Morten holding the same note for more than 20 seconds. I'd actually suggest the live version from the Oslo Spektrum (2010 I believe it was) where he does that accomplishment. Great reaction, thank you
@@ImperialMJG I did. In fact, I've reacted to a couple versions of it. But RUclips likes to randomly block a-ha's music for copyright reasons. I've had video posted for months, they'll get blocked, then after a year or so they get unblocked again. 🤷🏻♂️ Summer Moved On is one of those. It's actually been partially blocked, so depending on what part of the world a person is in, our reaction is viewable. I just can't remember off the top of my head what regions work.
@@CousinRyan Train of Though is the third of the trilogy of videos starting with Take on Me. It heavily features excerpts from the animation Commuter which was the inspiration for the video to Take On Me. If you're looking for another interesting a-ha video then check out Cry Wolf.
@@mattsmith8124 Very cool! I'm gonna add those to our list! Ryder and I still have several reactions that we've already filmed and scheduled out. It could be months before he and I are able to film anything together, so in the meantime, I'm gonna some solo reactions. But I think I wanna save any of the A-Ha for him and I to do together. Thank you for the recommendation! 😁
So you heard the song obviously as was a hit in the US + you said sounded familar , But never seen the video how was always on MTV and other music channels Worldwide-At the 1986 MTV Video Music Awards the video won in the category Best Editing in a Video (Editor: David Yardley) and "Best Cinematography in a Video" (Director of Photography: Oliver Stapleton).[12] It also received a nomination for "Best Art Direction in a Video" (Art Director: Stefan Roman). The hit song-Train of Thought is another continuation Music Video from: The Sun Always Shines on TV
Actually they were sick with influenza while recording the song, not the video. Magne and Morten were lying in the studio on camping beds with high fevers.
The interesting thing is the woman, Bunty Baily, was in a relationship with Morten Harket, the singer. But she couldn't handle all the pressure from the attention of being his girlfriend, being constantly hounded by the paparazzi (think, Princess Diana) and it resulted in them breaking up. This video is almost like it's mirroring that. Art mimicking real life, kind of thing. They ended up only dating for about 3 months.
Although it's referred to as a Bunty being Mortens girlfriend in most Wikipedia searches, there's an interesting interview from Bunty herself, in which she never admits to being "his girlfriend"
I read they dated for two years, and that he took her over to meet his family and marriage was a possibility. I saw pictures of her with his family. I read she was disturbed by the pressure of his famous image, but I also read she left him to get into a relationship with Billy Idol. If that's true, I think it's really lame, but that's just me
@@nena200able Morten said they only dated for about 3 months. He told me that he "really didn't know her that well". I'm not sure where you read they dated for 2 years. But Morten himself gave me the impression they weren't together long enough to be in a serious relationship. She was just a girl he dated for a short time. He met her when they were making the Take On Me video. (edit: I want to also comment that Morten seemed uncomfortable talking about it. I can't say why. I don't know if it was because it was a private matter he didn't want to discuss or if he was tired of talking about it or what. But I got the impression he would rather talk about something else.)
What is funny is the "drummer" wasn't even in the band. He was hired for the video to make them look like a full band (A-ha used drum machines for recorded drum parts).
We have not yet, but have got a lot of suggestions for Train of Thought, so we're definitely gonna do it! Unfortunately, Ryder is only with me in the Summer time, so we'll have to wait a few months to film new reactions together.
My idea on the title is tv shows no darkness or truth and the manakins symbolize inanimate people following and the faces on the wall sybolize the fake faces you see on tv thats just what ive thought of not sure if thats the angle
I saw your reaction to Hunting high and low where you said you were a-ha fan, but i really think you mean you are a Take on me fan. Never heard of either Hunting high and low or The sun always shines on tv dont really make you an a-ha fan :)
You are correct! This reaction was filmed pretty early on when my son and I started this channel... I "thought" I was an A-ha fan when we filmed this, based on how much I love Take on Me. But since filming this, I've been exposed to just how awesome A-ha really is, beyond Take on Me!😁
@@CousinRyan Happy to hear how you have discovered this great band and what they have to offer besides Take on me. They are my favourite band and have an amazing catalogue. Good luck exploring more of them :) My all time favourite song is "Memorial Beach" from the album with the same title. Closely followed by "Scoundrel Days" also from the album with the same title. Would really love to see a reaction to them if you still have not yet discovered these songs.
@@onlyme064 Thank you for the recommendations! I've never heard of those songs, do they have music videos? I'll put them on my list of videos to react to. I've got three weeks of videos scheduled already, but I'll definitely schedule these for the next round! Thank you!😁
@@CousinRyan I noticed now that you only react to songs with a music video and im sorry to say that neither of these songs have one. Ofcourse there are lots of live performences and other videos of these songs you can find here on youtube but no official music video. Scoundrel Days though have a fanmade video where they use live footage from the 80s movie "The Lost Boys" There is also a short video of the tv series "Baywatch" where they used Memorial Beach you also can find on youtube. but i guess thats not what you want to react to. Since im more into the music itself, rather than theire music videos i recommend that you will at some point listen to theire music without letting theire music video play such a big part. If so, enjoy that journey.
@@onlyme064 I'm definitely gonna give these songs a listen. It's just that the focus of our channel and reactions is about the music combined with the performer's music video and I'm not sure I want deviate from that format. I want to react to these songs, but I also don't want to set a presidence for reacting to requested music without a video. I hope that makes sense, I'm not saying "no" to these, just please give me some time.
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The idea for the title of this song came from when they would watch TV and when it talked about the weather in the USA it seemed like they would always say "the sun is shining". Because in Norway, where they are from, and in England where they moved to to pursue their music career, it was often cloudy and rainy. The song, Hunting HIgh and Low, is about Paul, the one playing the guitar, while in England fell in love with an American girl (Lauren) who was in England studying in college. Her study visa ended and she had to return to America. That song was his desperate plea for England to let her stay. The two eventually got married, and to this day they are still together. The couple created another band called Savoy, which they named after her last name.
This is great too! I already pinned your other comment, but I like this one also! I think I might pin this one instead, as you mentioned origin of the title. You're awesome, thank you!😎👍🏻
That's interesting to known. I always like to hear the stories behind the songs. Do you know any others?
The song is from their first album, so they most likely were in England at the time. The sentence is taken directly from the reporter on TV, who said "The sun always shines on TV". They immediately knew it would be a great title for a song. Watching american movies in western Europe, you know. Always nice weather. I guess they have the same feeling about the weather on TV in Washington State and in Vancouver, Canada.
Its on the same album so they didnt try to re-create the success of Take On Me. Take On Me was Released 1 month before the album. And This is the "Official" second single. Although "Love Is Reason" was Released in Norway and Phillipines between those two. And Love is Reason was the B side on Take On Me. A-ha have never tried to re-create success. They always evolved their music forward and was usually a step ahead of the times. Their second album "Scoundrel Days" is in no way similar to "Hunting High and Low" (the first). My fav album by them is 2005s "Analouge". Their latest "Cast of Steel" is a close second. Also a big fan of Memorial Beach from 93. A New album is coming in October btw called "True North".
Cool! Yeah, this was when we very first started getting to, or I should I started sharing old music videos with Ryder. And although I've known of a-ha forever, I wasn't aware of much beyond Take on Me or even what the band was about. My assumption that they were attempting to recreate success came from Americans' always trying to do the same. That was totally my bad... They had a concert in Napa, CA last month, which is relatively close to where we live. I really wanted to go, because I've never seen them in person, but the timing just didn't work out. Hopefully, we'll get another chance... Thanks for the comment!😁
Great song! I'm from London and this song was number 1 here and Take On Me number 2!
Awesome! And hello from the States! :-)
hahatoldyouso And that is a perfect representation of the difference between Americans and Brits, lol.
hahatoldyouso-It was also a hit in the US, So was glad when he said that part of the song sounds familar
I'm also from England in Kent, Whereabouts in London you from?
I know you posted this a very long time ago but still
@@mikekaraoke Croydon haha!
@@hahatoldyouso Croydon is in Surrey not London-Was on homes uner the hammer 8 days ago and said we are in Surrey lol
I'm from Kent between Dartford/Bexleyheath way
Very small world :-)
Have you ever seen A-ha live, I have seen them 12 times-First being when I was 5 such a great memory!
The Brazil loves group a-ha , Take On Me is the number one here!!
There's a third video in the trilogy called Train Of Thought;
1. Take On Me
2. The Sun Always Shines On TV
3. Train Of Thought
Love this song.
I was totally unaware of it until it was recommended to us last summer. Fun surprise to find a gem from the 80s that I didn't know about. :)
A-ha undoubtedly the best ever Norwegian group.
You should listen to more of A-ha’s music! I’ve been listening to them for a while and in my opinion all of their music is great.
When drive car listening to this song is so cool! I am aha fan from 1985 high-school student.
Aha is one of my favorite bands of all time. Minor earth major sky is my favorite song. I suggest it to every reactor I come across because it's a really good song. Also I need the Minnesota sticker.
Seen them live, my wife and I were right in front, against the stage, in front of Morton Harket. Best concert Ever!!!
That's awesome!!! I'm so jealous! 😄
@@CousinRyan thy are still touring this year and will end their tour at the end of November.
@@ven_one Very cool! I'll have to look at the schedule and see if it's anywhere near me! Thanks!😁
Como sempre Maravilhoso
🎙🎹🎸🇸🇯👏👏👏👏
"The sun always shines on TV" is a methaphor for "There are always happy endings but just on TV respectively in movies" .. respectively a methaphor for "Just on TV/movies dreams become true"...that´s why the real ending of the "Take on me video" is shown here at the beginning simply to show that most of the time when after dreaming reality pops in things very often might not end happily in real life.... (= the comic guy has to return to the comic strip left in the Diner and couldn´t stay by the girl)...So the girl´s dream didn´t end happily respectively her dream didn´t become true because her dream was far from reality.
You should also know that A-ha have made a soundtrack for a James Bond movie 1987 The Living Daylights
I think that is common knowledge to fair- The Living Daylights was a hit film around the world, Let alone the hit single
The other a-ha music video with animation is "Train of Thought". Together with "Take On Me" and "The Sun Always Shines on TV», that song belongs to a-ha's first album, "Hunting High And Low"
Thank you for the heads-up on "Train of Thought" and "Hunting High and Low"! We'll definitely add those to our schedule of videos to react to!
And Manhattan Skyline!!! Amazing song!
In UK and Europe it was our no1 song unlike the States (they prefer easier catchy audios) because its deeper, darker with elite vocals and soaring powerful instruments. Its considered a masterpiece and masterpieces dont have to be 1 billion views. This and Hunting High and Low was always our fav here in Greece, Take on Me was good but a song is not about its video or your eyesight, its about your ears and your soul.
The familiar sound of part of this song was sampled by U2.
It's a brilliant song
For some reason, in my memory, I thought there was a bit more if a connection to Take On Me. Thanks for the shout out and glad you guys enjoyed it anyway.
David Taylor, it's all good! Thanks again for turning us onto this song! :-)
Cousin Ryan not a problem, keep up the good work.
Thank you for the support! :-)
This video is a sequel to Take On Me:) Watch then back to back:)
Loved your reaction! It was massive here in UK and reached number one. Take On Me only managed number two here! Anyway I thought I'd share a little review I did of this song, hope you don't mind!
Inarguable pop classics #1: A-ha: The Sun Always Shines on TV
February 13, 20152 min readNikolai Rainbow
Norwegian pop perfectionists A-ha were always more than just another pop group, such was their reach and mastery of their craft: pretty much any of their 80’s singles could have made this article bar their lightweight playful songs such as “Touchy!” which to my mind never could match their darker more tense songs, and my god, “The Sun Always Shines …” is tense as hell, especially following the massive success of the far more lightweight and upbeat "Take On Me"
It’s essentially a progressive rock epic filtered through a pop lens and is every bit as momentous as any of the great epic tracks we all know and love. Consider the way the tension builds throughout rising higher and higher and the fact that the drums don’t even appear until a minute in and the first verse almost two minutes in. This is far from your average pop song structurally but hangs together magnificently.
The relative serenity of the opening section and first chorus with its wistful chords suddenly gives way to pounding intensity, squealing guitars, ominous synth and stabbing minor piano chords with Mortens impassioned, desperate and impossibly high vocal holding it all together until the final chorus where the music crashes around him. Before a final stabbing piano chord a la “A Day In The Life” and the ominous burbling synths return to fade us out of an epic five minutes. Truly a classic of its time or any other and far more than ‘just’ a pop song in my humble opinion and just as exhilarating on the thousandth listen as it was on the first. True class.
Hi there! Thank you for the compliment! Some of our older reactions are hard for me to watch, because I can tell we didn't know what we were doing (well, we still don't. lol), but we used some really good songs before we learned what exactly we wanted to or should talk about... that being said, thank you for your positive feedback!
Absolutely I do not mind! Thank you for sharing your review!😄 It's obvious you're passionate about A-ha! Great article!
Thanks again for checking out our video!😁✌🏻
If you don't see the video you'll never know it's a sequel. And then you see the video and its like... WTF? But it's an awesome song. Definitely better then Take On Me IMO but if you saw the struggle to get Take On Me heard you'll see why it caught. Unfortunately this wasn't popular in the US but it was huge in Europe. Very underrated song.
I have to admit, this song has really grown on me! And rewatching this reaction, I'm almost embarrassed at how unenthusiastic I am; it's a great song!
Yeah, I'd never heard of it until it was brought to my attention here. I'm surprised it didn't get more airplay in the U.S. Great music!
Thanks for watching our video!😁
Train of Thought!!
I have my students analyze this video as practice for symbolism lol. The video is a sequel to Take On Me:) Check out Manhattan Skyline’s video as well it’s great! They did a James Bond song too!
the sun always shines on tv was their only number one here in the uk. the title came from a uk weatherman who said at the end of his forecast the sun always shines on tv
That's an awesome piece of trivia!😄
I didn't know that, thank you!!!😎✌🏻
How?
@@lmj9517 Pal carry’s a notebook around with him and during an interview in the uk they were asked how they came across inspiration for the title the sun always shine on tv and Morten answered that while living in London,England. We had a violent storm and just before the weather report finished the guy said despite the weather outside just remember the sun always shines on tv and Pal wrote it down and the song came from there. Pal would drawing things, write lyrics, ideas for songs etc in his notebooks. He still does that today when writing for Savoy.
Great Music
👍😊❤️❤️❤️ , ❤️ your reaction 👍😊 , a-ha has been Norways best in music but now a 14 year old girl named Angelina Jordan who was in America Got Talent Champions 2020. She has been singing since she was 1,5 years old and won Norways got talent when she was 8 years old😊
React to some off her Music and you will be blown away. After my opinion she will be the female versjon of ELVIS in the future 😊❤️
Hallo, Roy!
Thank you for watching our video! 😁 We really appreciate it!
Wow! I took your recommendation and watched a couple of Angelina Jordan's videos; Bohemian Rhapsody and Over the Rainbow. Unreal!😳 What an incredible voice, not just for someone so young, but incredible for any age. She's definitely going places, wow!
Great reaction. Please react to A-ha Summer Moved on
Great last name there my friend! I will definitely react to it. It may take a while, but I promise to get to it!
@@CousinRyan you should react to "summer moved on". There's a special catch to it and that's Morten holding the same note for more than 20 seconds.
I'd actually suggest the live version from the Oslo Spektrum (2010 I believe it was) where he does that accomplishment.
Great reaction, thank you
@@CousinRyan Did you do it?
@@ImperialMJG I did. In fact, I've reacted to a couple versions of it. But RUclips likes to randomly block a-ha's music for copyright reasons. I've had video posted for months, they'll get blocked, then after a year or so they get unblocked again. 🤷🏻♂️ Summer Moved On is one of those. It's actually been partially blocked, so depending on what part of the world a person is in, our reaction is viewable. I just can't remember off the top of my head what regions work.
I believe this song is from the same album as Take on Me. This video was released about 6 months late
The beginning of the video is the very end of the "Take on me" music video story.
Bela música
Pleeeeease do "Hunting High and Low"
In some countries this track surcharges Take On Me. See also: Train of Thought.
Interesting!... I will check out Train of Thought. Thank you! 😁
@@CousinRyan Train of Though is the third of the trilogy of videos starting with Take on Me. It heavily features excerpts from the animation Commuter which was the inspiration for the video to Take On Me.
If you're looking for another interesting a-ha video then check out Cry Wolf.
@@mattsmith8124 Very cool! I'm gonna add those to our list! Ryder and I still have several reactions that we've already filmed and scheduled out. It could be months before he and I are able to film anything together, so in the meantime, I'm gonna some solo reactions. But I think I wanna save any of the A-Ha for him and I to do together. Thank you for the recommendation! 😁
Fun fact: U2’s Beautiful Day rips off from this song
I come from Norway and I have never heard this song only take on me
Hallo! My heritage is Norwegian!
Thank you for watching our video and commenting! 😁😎
Please do A-ha and "Hunting High and Low". Fantastic song and cool video
@@Cta2006 Thank you for the recommendation, it's been added to our list! 😁
Then you really must have been sleeping through most of your life
So you heard the song obviously as was a hit in the US + you said sounded familar , But never seen the video how was always on MTV and other music channels Worldwide-At the 1986 MTV Video Music Awards the video won in the category Best Editing in a Video (Editor: David Yardley) and "Best Cinematography in a Video" (Director of Photography: Oliver Stapleton).[12] It also received a nomination for "Best Art Direction in a Video" (Art Director: Stefan Roman).
The hit song-Train of Thought is another continuation Music Video from: The Sun Always Shines on TV
Brasil, 🙂curtir seu vídeo essa música é ótima
Incredibly weird video: A cross between A-ha, I Robot and game of thrones (Hall of faces!).
Apparently, Morten's character couldn't stay in the real world. The band was very sick with flu when they made this video.
Actually they were sick with influenza while recording the song, not the video. Magne and Morten were lying in the studio on camping beds with high fevers.
"the sun always shines on TV..." - meaning that life always seems more perfect on TV? what the Hell?
Yeah quit yawning. You are listening to quality here, hehe.
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The interesting thing is the woman, Bunty Baily, was in a relationship with Morten Harket, the singer. But she couldn't handle all the pressure from the attention of being his girlfriend, being constantly hounded by the paparazzi (think, Princess Diana) and it resulted in them breaking up. This video is almost like it's mirroring that. Art mimicking real life, kind of thing. They ended up only dating for about 3 months.
That's some great background! I'm gonna pin this! Thank you!😁✌🏻
Although it's referred to as a Bunty being Mortens girlfriend in most Wikipedia searches, there's an interesting interview from Bunty herself, in which she never admits to being "his girlfriend"
I read they dated for two years, and that he took her over to meet his family and marriage was a possibility. I saw pictures of her with his family. I read she was disturbed by the pressure of his famous image, but I also read she left him to get into a relationship with Billy Idol. If that's true, I think it's really lame, but that's just me
@@nena200able Morten said they only dated for about 3 months. He told me that he "really didn't know her that well". I'm not sure where you read they dated for 2 years. But Morten himself gave me the impression they weren't together long enough to be in a serious relationship. She was just a girl he dated for a short time. He met her when they were making the Take On Me video. (edit: I want to also comment that Morten seemed uncomfortable talking about it. I can't say why. I don't know if it was because it was a private matter he didn't want to discuss or if he was tired of talking about it or what. But I got the impression he would rather talk about something else.)
@@desktopkitty Yes, I also read that's how they met. You say Morton himself told you all this?
What is funny is the "drummer" wasn't even in the band. He was hired for the video to make them look like a full band (A-ha used drum machines for recorded drum parts).
That's awesome! lol Thank you for sharing, I love hearing stuff like that! 😄
Have you reacted to Train of Thought? It is the last video, same animated style of Take on Me... and great vocals from the lead singer.
We have not yet, but have got a lot of suggestions for Train of Thought, so we're definitely gonna do it! Unfortunately, Ryder is only with me in the Summer time, so we'll have to wait a few months to film new reactions together.
AHA was far from a one trick pony. Also check out "Stay On These Roads"
Will do! Thanks for the recommendation!
Cousin Ryan ten albums, plus an mtv live unplugged album, currently now on a world tour, they are doing 3 shows in America next year.
Please buy speakers for your laptop.
this song was on the same album ,so they did not recreate ,just lucky i guess
Another A-ha song I like is Cry Wolf. ruclips.net/video/3c53Ii4irZY/видео.html
This A ha's reaction to becoming famous. fun for a while , but mostly fake.
My idea on the title is tv shows no darkness or truth and the manakins symbolize inanimate people following and the faces on the wall sybolize the fake faces you see on tv thats just what ive thought of not sure if thats the angle
That's a great interpretation! I like it! 😁
Synth Heaven...NO matter what language you speak...Spanish, Italian, English, German, Portughese, Japanese...A-HA catches you
I saw your reaction to Hunting high and low where you said you were a-ha fan, but i really think you mean you are a Take on me fan. Never heard of either Hunting high and low or The sun always shines on tv dont really make you an a-ha fan :)
You are correct! This reaction was filmed pretty early on when my son and I started this channel... I "thought" I was an A-ha fan when we filmed this, based on how much I love Take on Me. But since filming this, I've been exposed to just how awesome A-ha really is, beyond Take on Me!😁
@@CousinRyan Happy to hear how you have discovered this great band and what they have to offer besides Take on me. They are my favourite band and have an amazing catalogue. Good luck exploring more of them :) My all time favourite song is "Memorial Beach" from the album with the same title. Closely followed by "Scoundrel Days" also from the album with the same title. Would really love to see a reaction to them if you still have not yet discovered these songs.
@@onlyme064 Thank you for the recommendations! I've never heard of those songs, do they have music videos? I'll put them on my list of videos to react to. I've got three weeks of videos scheduled already, but I'll definitely schedule these for the next round! Thank you!😁
@@CousinRyan I noticed now that you only react to songs with a music video and im sorry to say that neither of these songs have one. Ofcourse there are lots of live performences and other videos of these songs you can find here on youtube but no official music video. Scoundrel Days though have a fanmade video where they use live footage from the 80s movie "The Lost Boys" There is also a short video of the tv series "Baywatch" where they used Memorial Beach you also can find on youtube. but i guess thats not what you want to react to. Since im more into the music itself, rather than theire music videos i recommend that you will at some point listen to theire music without letting theire music video play such a big part. If so, enjoy that journey.
@@onlyme064 I'm definitely gonna give these songs a listen. It's just that the focus of our channel and reactions is about the music combined with the performer's music video and I'm not sure I want deviate from that format. I want to react to these songs, but I also don't want to set a presidence for reacting to requested music without a video. I hope that makes sense, I'm not saying "no" to these, just please give me some time.