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No, Lars. Don't try to gloss over my main point
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No, Lars. Don't try togloss over my main point

No, Lars. Don't try to
gloss over my main point

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No, Lars. Don't try to gloss over my main point.
Duration
5 seconds
Views
33
Timestamp in Movie
00:56:40
Uploaded
May 21, 2025
Genres
documentary, biography, music
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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?
Which is that l don't want to sing that high throughout the song without a break. - a-ha: The Movie 00:06
Which is that l don't want to sing that high throughout...
But the song hasn't changed for 30 years. - a-ha: The Movie 00:04
But the song hasn't changed for 30 years.
- That's why I'm sceptical about doing it. - L didn't know that. - a-ha: The Movie 00:07
- That's why I'm sceptical about doing it. - L did...
I suggested lowering it an octave. Constructive input. - a-ha: The Movie 00:07
I suggested lowering it an octave. Constructive input.
If Paul and the girls sing "l don't wanna cry again..." - a-ha: The Movie 00:12
If Paul and the girls sing "l don't wanna cry agai...
I think everyone who works with us ends up exhausted from working with us. - a-ha: The Movie 00:07
I think everyone who works with us ends up exhausted from wo...
And then there's a tug of war, grinding of teeth, - a-ha: The Movie 00:10
And then there's a tug of war, grinding of teeth,
When we made the Bond song, John Barry was the producer. - a-ha: The Movie 00:05
When we made the Bond song, John Barry was the producer.
It turned out that he had to be included as songwriter. We hadn't been informed. - a-ha: The Movie 00:07
It turned out that he had to be included as songwriter. We h...
There were a few chords in that song l was parficularly fond of - a-ha: The Movie 00:08
There were a few chords in that song l was parficularly fond...
So we manipulated the 80-piece orchestra to play another note than what he put in. - a-ha: The Movie 00:07
So we manipulated the 80-piece orchestra to play another not...
In one interview he called them "Nazi Jugend". - a-ha: The Movie 00:05
In one interview he called them "Nazi Jugend".
I'm afraid so, yes. - a-ha: The Movie 00:04
I'm afraid so, yes.
That's what he said to me. So he felt it very strongly. - a-ha: The Movie 00:05
That's what he said to me. So he felt it very strongly.
He encountered a band that had a great deal of self-confidence. - a-ha: The Movie 00:07
He encountered a band that had a great deal of self-confiden...
Our general rule was that - a-ha: The Movie 00:08
Our general rule was that
We nodded and smiled, - a-ha: The Movie 00:08
We nodded and smiled,
With Stay On These Roads, l felt I'd written an imporfant song for a-ha. - a-ha: The Movie 00:06
With Stay On These Roads, l felt I'd written an imporfa...
I ran orf to Paul to show it to him. - a-ha: The Movie 00:05
I ran orf to Paul to show it to him.
But he was busy on the phone. By chance, Morten was sitting there. - a-ha: The Movie 00:06
But he was busy on the phone. By chance, Morten was sitting ...