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a-ha: The Movie

I was lucky because everyone around me thought of music as somethingyou took seriously

I was lucky because everyone around me thought of music as something
you took seriously

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I was lucky because everyone around me
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thought of music as something you took seriously.
Duration
9 seconds
Views
46
Timestamp in Movie
00:10:52
Uploaded
May 21, 2025
Genres
documentary, biography, music
Production
N/A

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Movie Summary

Follows the band on tour, telling the full story of how three young men followed their impossible dream of becoming Norwegian pop stars. When Take On Me reached number 1 on Billboard in the US in 1985 the dream came true. Or did it?
We were only fifteen. I noticed Magne from day one. - a-ha: The Movie 00:06
We were only fifteen. I noticed Magne from day one.
He'd brought a huge Jimi Hendrix poster. Hung it up in the back of the classroom. - a-ha: The Movie 00:07
He'd brought a huge Jimi Hendrix poster. Hung it up in ...
He was very charming, funny and completely unafraid. - a-ha: The Movie 00:06
He was very charming, funny and completely unafraid.
He played in a band. Pretty soon he wanted everyone to hear it. - a-ha: The Movie 00:07
He played in a band. Pretty soon he wanted everyone to hear ...
This need to show and share has always been there. - a-ha: The Movie 00:05
This need to show and share has always been there.
I think the very first show we did was me on drums, him on guitar. - a-ha: The Movie 00:06
I think the very first show we did was me on drums, him on g...
We played in his classroom. That was our big first opening. - a-ha: The Movie 00:05
We played in his classroom. That was our big first opening.
Which was great, cause every time l hit a drum solo, the girls screamed. - a-ha: The Movie 00:06
Which was great, cause every time l hit a drum solo, the gir...
I was like, "Yes, we've arrived!" - a-ha: The Movie 00:12
I was like, "Yes, we've arrived!"
We tried with two guitars for a while. But l felt that it didn't really gel. - a-ha: The Movie 00:06
We tried with two guitars for a while. But l felt that it di...
And then l came up with the great idea that he should change to keyboards. - a-ha: The Movie 00:06
And then l came up with the great idea that he should change...
Well, it was traumatic. I was a guitar player. - a-ha: The Movie 00:05
Well, it was traumatic. I was a guitar player.
It felt... pretty lousy. - a-ha: The Movie 00:05
It felt... pretty lousy.
But l was right. He took to it like fish to water. After a couple of rehearsals - a-ha: The Movie 00:11
But l was right. He took to it like fish to water. After a c...
Well, it didn't feel like fish to water. - a-ha: The Movie 00:06
Well, it didn't feel like fish to water.
Because taking the fight would be painful on some level. - a-ha: The Movie 00:06
Because taking the fight would be painful on some level.
And it didn't come easy. I had to change my mindset. - a-ha: The Movie 00:06
And it didn't come easy. I had to change my mindset.
Being a keyboard player was never my dream. - a-ha: The Movie 00:06
Being a keyboard player was never my dream.
But that was the result, and we made it work. - a-ha: The Movie 00:04
But that was the result, and we made it work.
Alright, shall we try playing it through? - a-ha: The Movie 00:04
Alright, shall we try playing it through?