Writing this in 2022, those teeny bopper fans are now in their 50s and still listening to A-Ha.
@trusfratedkookie60467 жыл бұрын
Props to these guys for staying pleasant while being bashed
@user-mp7pf6sn1o Жыл бұрын
Что делают
@Annaly634 жыл бұрын
I was one of those 'teeny boppers' and now I'm 44 and got to watch them live in South Africa this year and let me tell you teeny bopper or not, AHA stays absolutely true to who they are without having to justify or prove who they are?! Their music stands the test of time and their melodies are timeless! The interviewer is a dufus
@bebs3469 Жыл бұрын
and where or who is the presenter?
@gailmcferrin89629 ай бұрын
These 3 individuals and together as a group are beyond compare. It was “enjoyable” to watch them interact with the obnoxious host. Laughable when Paul “flipped” host with his middle finger while holding his hand up to his face.😊
@jackcslewis20099 жыл бұрын
A ha's "ephemeral" music has been shown to survive the test of time. Take on me will always make me feel great when ever I hear it. Their second album Scoundrel Days had amazing adventurous songs on it. When they started again in the new century they did some even more amazing albums. These guys are and have always been amazingly talented individuals.
@m.pilarojedaferenus20613 жыл бұрын
And when did ephemeral = trash?! Jack_ss interviewer.
@TimboTravels11 жыл бұрын
Spot on by Mags at the end there. A-ha are still respected & remembered while Paul Thompson's TV career died in the 80s.
@nena200able3 жыл бұрын
Time came to show that Ah-ha had the last ha ha 😂
@1calamitty14 жыл бұрын
Couldn't agree more about the host. I'm not sure he could have BEEN more antagonistic toward the guys. IMO the way the guys handled him just goes to show how much class they have!! : )
@claudianunez28837 жыл бұрын
Celice
@rebeccavitt597210 жыл бұрын
A HA lasted 30 years; covered by many bands and genres...where is the interviewer now, I wonder ??
@victorquinteroarias4215 жыл бұрын
35 years now... And I also wonder if his show even lasted for 2 years...
@johnholmes14234 жыл бұрын
He is washing cars
@user-mp7pf6sn1o Жыл бұрын
@@johnholmes1423 с чего такая уверенность
@jonsimon57796 жыл бұрын
These guys are very intelligent and well-spoken. Particularly since English is their second language. The interviewer was really harping on the teeny -bopper aspect but I think they handled it very well.
@eliaol42312 жыл бұрын
Omg, i thought English was their native language.
@jonsimon57792 жыл бұрын
@@eliaol4231 No. They are from Norway, Elia.
@eliaol42312 жыл бұрын
@@jonsimon5779 I see
@judydenver536211 ай бұрын
Norwegians learn English, along with Norwegian at the same time, in their country, since Kindergarten....Most native Norwegians in Norway, speak English, jut for everyone's information. They teach English, right alongside Norwegian, UNLIKe most other countries, so folks there, grow up totally bi-lingual.
@judydenver536211 ай бұрын
@@eliaol4231 Norwegians, uniquely, learn English at the same time as Norwegian, since Kindergarten.
@lindaw.58365 жыл бұрын
My God!!! These guys are SO RESPECTFUL to that idiot of an interviewer. Magne and Morten held their ground so well. Little did he know that in a few years AHa would play to nearly 198,000 paying ticket holders in Rock in Rio!!!
@MargarutaPotemcina-th2vp Жыл бұрын
Ты никого не забыла
@miketabor24263 жыл бұрын
The music , yes , is very synth-y 80's...but for the most part has stood the test of time. Particularly the lyrics. If you consider how the songs were rearranged musically for the fairly recent unplugged album , the songs are quite beautiful and that is timeless. Especially considering Morten's voice is still pretty damn incredible.
@icebirdgiessen11 жыл бұрын
there´s a kind of distance between the interviewer and the guys. a-ha wanted to be a serious band and not only the teenie idols which was a picture that was created by take on me... but take on me will always be a part of music history because of its postmodern approach, the connection between virtuality and reality. it´s not only a comic strip showing young men, it´s a kind of art.
@simonetruguilosanches41074 жыл бұрын
I think who the time answered all this... We was teenagers, but got old together with them... Now, 2020, we're misses and misters, but our love didn't change. The young people of 80's will love A-Ha forever!!! Kisses and thanks for all!!❤❤❤
@cindyhorton3924 Жыл бұрын
I am 62 and still screaming...interviewer..what a butt hole.
@scatteredstraw12 жыл бұрын
"The audience was largely screaming kids." You sod, I sincerely resent that and I bet the boys do too.
@Annoyingbirds4 жыл бұрын
I'm giving the host the 🖕🏻
@nickcarroll50342 жыл бұрын
it's true though lol
@missylissy2006 жыл бұрын
This interviewer really did manage to hurt their feelings several times during the interview.
@Annoyingbirds4 жыл бұрын
Yeah second I cheer them up so I'm a fan of them Second I'm not stupid
@AbbaChique45 жыл бұрын
I'm still listening to A-Ha's amazing music in 2019. Sorry, interviewer, who the f**k are/were you?
@pluviophile19883 жыл бұрын
Ephemeral pop? That's why The sun always shines is my favorite song and I'm 33... yep it was such a flash in the pan. Btw they completely outclassed this d bag.
@swingro20119 жыл бұрын
I am a man and I am straight but man the guys are hot as hell.
@LynnettesDowry9 жыл бұрын
Congratulations
@babyangel19586 жыл бұрын
I love seeing comments like this
@rhodayackez95704 жыл бұрын
Yes they are. Still are in 2019
@MargarutaPotemcina-th2vp Жыл бұрын
Согласна они классные и сексуальные парни
@MargarutaPotemcina-th2vp Жыл бұрын
@@LynnettesDowry Спасибо а ты завидуй молча а то помойму ты по девочкам
@user-rq9dn6uo9f Жыл бұрын
Hermosos❤❤❤❤
@Chimera_V74 жыл бұрын
Even though I didn't like the interviewer because of the abrasive way he put his questions, I still enjoyed this because he did get them to open up and prove to the naysayers that they have more substance than fluff. The usual shallow questions were what perpetuated the "ephemeral" stuff which they admitted to have encouraged but they were hoping to neutralize that as they grow into their music while acknowledging the impact it had to their success. When Morten said "the music has to move me no matter what happens to it", that was beautiful because their music ended up moving a lot of people.
@minorkeysonata10798 жыл бұрын
"One of Norways most valuable exports..." And then in the background you can hear spluttering like one of the boys try not to laugh or scoff as they had probably heard that thousands of times before.
@ahkkariq74062 жыл бұрын
In the music industry, they were, and they knew. We all knew, and they still are. What they also knew was that Norway at that time had found oil off the coast, which made oil our most valuable exports. At least if money counts as value.
@Tokolos4 жыл бұрын
Scoundrel Days is a superb album!
@marklendhurst11933 ай бұрын
I absolutely agree. This was the 1st album I purchased on my own as a teen after given HHAL by a girlfriend. Totally blown away by it. I would take Scoundrel Days over Take on Me by a country mile.
@Tokolos3 ай бұрын
@@marklendhurst1193 take on me is my least fav song on the debut, but scoundrel days just has something so perfectly encapsulated in one album. I still think it's most A-Ha album they released, wanting to go a bit more alternative as opposed to mainstream pop.
@ahkkariq7406Ай бұрын
Exactly. This interviewer has not done his job. He doesn't know their music.
@DavinaFaerie12 жыл бұрын
The guys are right, it's definitely a multi-genre band that people come back to years later, I'm an example of that,lol They came out when I was born, now Iam back as a fan... God i love Morten, even at his age now- wow is he amazing! Take on me (original version) is my fave clip & song of all time :0)
@michavanrusselt4518 Жыл бұрын
It's great to see how they handle the "teenie-bop" image thing: without being snobbish and up-tight about it. Quite the opposite of Kajagoogoo, for example, who killed their own career by getting rid of Limahl in a desperate and misguided attempt to lose their teenie-bopper image
@alwynsmit35466 ай бұрын
2024, I'm 53. Yeah, I'm a teeny bopper. 😂 Still listening to Aha
@aleccopile Жыл бұрын
This, ladies and gentlemen, is why music artists absolutely hate giving some interviews. Those fucking interviewers have no idea what it means for a musician to make music, let alone share their work with the public. You put your heart and soul into your work, you're proud of it, full of confidence, and the next thing you know you're getting screwed by an interviewer. That's absolutely disrespectful!
@littlefeather198010 жыл бұрын
Morten's face on 5:06
@gailmcferrin89629 ай бұрын
Priceless!!
@Bethfromwigan10 жыл бұрын
D Faerie, same here. I was only 1 year old when a-ha released take on me. I have been a fan of a-ha since I was 16.
@paolasamanthacanosotomayor2113 жыл бұрын
🇲🇽👍👏👏👏!!! They are My Favorite Band since I was 8 Years old & obviously that I knew that They could get success because their Music make the difference, They are so unique! They are not comercial Band based in an image, just For that They are an ICON now! Not only for One Hit! I love them, They are Great indeed! They learned Perfect English to connect with the Musical World This was Amazing! 😉 Thanks to Share This part about who have a doubt about them Today made History!
@lenaloesche72193 жыл бұрын
Kinda funny that this interviewer indicated their success wouldn't last for long which was more than 30 years ago and they're still going strong. Hope he did learn how to treat people more appropriate in that time, he was very rude.
@sashasiregar12386 жыл бұрын
This was difficult to watch. The guys were obviously had to 'defend' themselves and justify the questions. What was that, a judgement?
@m.pilarojedaferenus20613 жыл бұрын
It WAS difficult to watch, especially towards the end of this segment. Haven't see the rest. Almost don't want to (but I will because I want to see the guys talk about themselves. Hope they don't have to defend themselves so much). Ruthless interviewer. :(
@nickcarroll50342 жыл бұрын
after seeing a-ha the movie it seems they shared a lot of the feelings of the interviewer lol Paul even says at one point he should've been in a band like echo and the bunnymen.
@ittybittygirl20935 жыл бұрын
This host is so cringey Poor guys
@AlexandraZe12 жыл бұрын
I think that the main problem with a-ha decreasing in popularity after Take On Me was their looks/appearance. And by that I mean that they were always seen as a band of handsome boys/men and their music was not taken so much seriously as other rock bands with more trashy styled members, such as Guns'n Roses etc. I honestly think that the lyrics and music of most of their songs are very deep, but kids were totally in love with the way Morten looked and they took over the audience, the teeny-bop.
@soxofthefox85905 жыл бұрын
Actually the teeny bop (male and female) WERE the first audience, there was nothing to take over. It was literally us or nothing, at the start. And a-ha knew that, very well, so they catered to this and played the role. They just thought they could start that way and then move on, as the Beatles did. The audience was not wrong for them as such: such audiences grow up, gain understanding, infect their new friends, their boyfriends/ girlfriends and then their colleagues and children, ... it would have been a nice natural evolution. If we as fans could have kept our chins up and been proud. If a-ha could have been spared interviews such as these. But here you see the best example of what happened: the media caught them in that little belittling box of 'boys' band for teens' and kept them there, for years and years. They kept us fans hostage together with the band in that little box of idée fixe, as if over the years we collectively and individually learnt nothing, nor evolved, nor grew up even a bit. And they riled us for it. We resented that: a-ha ànd the fans, that image diminished us both, it poisoned our relationship on both ends. So what if we did appreciate the depth of the songs, noone recognized that, not in us. Even you do not, absurdly. For an a-ha fan in many European countries (luckily it was not a global phenomenon), by the end of the 80's , this was the choice: Either drop a-ha, or be ridiculed for being perceived as someone forever stuck at the age of 14. In the end, we had to break that media spell by walking away from it, we had to each gain our own credibility in the eyes of the world, before being able to return to each other. My hat off for those die-hard European fans who bit through all that crap and stuck with them till a-ha blew things up for themselves the first time. (In great part for the reasons mentioned here btw...) Frankly I myself had enough other crap on my plate already. ;-) .
@MargarutaPotemcina-th2vp Жыл бұрын
Не только Мортен все очень красивые
@gailmcferrin89629 ай бұрын
Possibly. This band was & is very serious about their music!
@eszterracz173 жыл бұрын
1:35 that laugh :D
@ActuallyNotMyName6 жыл бұрын
"Do you take yourselves seriously?" "Fucking what!?" ^ the gist
@Ami4837 жыл бұрын
1:23 hahaha that made my day
@Bethfromwigan11 жыл бұрын
a-ha had the last laugh!. They had a long, successful career, and the interviewers tv career didn't last long!.
@macbarley62826 жыл бұрын
Bethfromwigan WRECKED!!!
@Vikki-Waiting-victoriagrace4 жыл бұрын
Bethfromwigan its now 2019 and they’re on a world tour which is already selling out - who is this guy again?... dont bother actually not interested !!... this shows how professional they guys were even back then. By the way whomever you are I am one of those ‘screaming kids’ from the mid eighties im now a special needs teacher and almost 50 and i am still loving their music and they’re still performing and producing it - also they’ve broken many records and won many awards - almost 40 years together and proven their status within the industry screaming kids aside - that music from back then is still incredible - did he cut ally listen to any of it and the meanings behind the lyrics? Course not
@ilzevelava53182 жыл бұрын
Ir 2021.gada oktobris. A-HA informē, ka gaidāms jauns albums.👍👍👍
@sierralynn306 жыл бұрын
This interviewer looks like he’s straight out of 2018. It’s weirding me out
@beverleywinning37465 жыл бұрын
Total dickhead!
@Vikki-Waiting-victoriagrace4 жыл бұрын
This is hard to watch - but also easy in another sense - theyre almost 40 years in now (in 2022) and still touring to sell out venues all over the world from Australia to Russia to America - whose this guy again? Incidentally Mr no-mark, I’m one of those screaming kids from the mid 80s , now 48 and a special needs teacher, singer and mother and still a big fan of these incredible musicians . 40 years of awards and broken records - and you are who?? Done ! #roasted!
@jmldspt13 жыл бұрын
Yes, A-ha produces ephemeral music.... and after 20+ years, we still enjoy it! Please let all the the good things in this world be that ephemeral! :P
@AlexandraZe12 жыл бұрын
Oh GAWD, never mind the host, look at Morten!!!
@SRDhain11 жыл бұрын
This interview is unintentionally hilarious, cause clearly the interviewer hasnt got a clue and/or doesnt give a toss about the band etc...next to no research. What a joke and an insult, albeit their reactions are hilarious and still quite dignified.
@drexlspivey58285 ай бұрын
I'm 43 and listen to a-ha at least once a week, Paul is one of the best songwriters ever This clown doing the interview is probably on the dole now
@rhodayackez95704 жыл бұрын
Does the interviewer want to upset this beautiful, talented band or what!! What a big goof the interviewer is.
@Vikki-Waiting-victoriagrace4 жыл бұрын
Wow JEALOUS MUCH??
@80stimeagain14 жыл бұрын
I really don't like that host. It's one thing to ask questions, but it almost seemed like he wanted to argue with the guys. The host kept cutting them off. The guys were getting a bit frustrated trying to speak. But, thanks for sharing all the same. ;)
@southafrican22685 жыл бұрын
This interviewer tries so hard to pidgeonhole them but they stick to their guns and well let's see I am a fan 20 or more so years younger than these guys and the year is 2019. I am still listening to A-ha, my son's who are between 15 and 6 love this band yeah nah I'd say their music has more than stood the test of time. As for the show and the interviewer? Vanished into obscurity.
@hiptop8800 Жыл бұрын
Mags giving off so much stranger things series lol!
@MargarutaPotemcina-th2vp Жыл бұрын
Какие сериалы
@chandinipotnuru94263 жыл бұрын
Teeny Bop? Screaming Kids? Oh boy, Have you ever listened to the records? Have you done some basic research about the band and their music material rather than those charts? This is a clear example of asking absurd questions backed up with unreliable sources. 🙄
@Silviatube200614 жыл бұрын
@80stimeagain I agree it´s very rude to ask a question and start looking to other side or constantly cutting the answers, such a jerk...
@Lucasxdsantos12 жыл бұрын
a-ha é umacimo
@80stimeagain12 жыл бұрын
Yes true. ;)
@Silviatube200614 жыл бұрын
plus getting confused in that way sounds so much on porpouse like degrading them...
@user-ly5bi5vt1t10 ай бұрын
♥️♥️♥️😘😘😘
@Mr.EmeraldTheGreen4 жыл бұрын
The interviewer is awul
@ilzevelava53182 жыл бұрын
💝👍😍👍
@sylviamoller33203 жыл бұрын
Feet on the table....!
@gailmcferrin89629 ай бұрын
😊😅
@lessismore85333 жыл бұрын
This interviewer is rude to many guests. I just got finished listening to his interview with Boy George
@julie4n4lLvr3 жыл бұрын
Not ephemeral. Still great songs
@margaretmoca10382 жыл бұрын
What a sloppy slug this is! Thank heavens he didn't last long....... unlike A-HA! Must have been a bummer sitting there with 3 extremely handsome guys - and you're the only teeny-bopper in the room! Shocking interview. How these guys kept their cool........
@marcellamello825410 ай бұрын
❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏
@johnnywilkman3 жыл бұрын
this guy jealous af lol
@NanaSam3333 жыл бұрын
The interviewer is a low key hater .... my God
@brittabeeck44572 жыл бұрын
are these standard interview questions at all I wonder
@brittabeeck44572 жыл бұрын
interview seems a bit out of tact
@val3584 жыл бұрын
And the worst interviewer of the year goes to...
@nickcarroll50342 жыл бұрын
why? It's interesting to see how they react and even now based on a-ha the movie they agree it seems.
@duralaster11 жыл бұрын
Isn't the poster of the video the interviewer? Have a little respect.
@TomTremayne6 жыл бұрын
Everything that was shit about the 80s, and it was shit folks, don't believe the hype!