Re:Cult Music Videos
My favorite two videos are 80s “one hit wonder” classics:
“Take On Me” by Ah-Ha, featuring evil cartoon motorcycle riders going after this girl who gets magically transported into the cartoon, and rescued by the cartoon lead singer.
“True Faith” by New Order, featuring fruit-of-the-loom-ish characters fighting each other in a trampoline arena, overseen by this weird character that wears a video screen over his eyes.
btw, if anybody knows where I can find video files for these videos, I’d really appreciate it.
Lyrics:
“Take On Me”
[quote]We’re talking away
I don’t know what
I’m to say
I’ll say it anyway
Today’s another day to find you
Shying away
I’ll be coming for your love, OK?
Take on me (take on me)
Take me on (take on me)
I’ll be gone
In a day or two
So needless to say
I’m odds and ends
But I’ll
Stumbling away
Slowly learning that life is OK.
Say after me:
“It’s no better to be safe than sorry.”
Take on me (take on me)
Take me on (take on me)
I’ll be gone
In a day or two
Oh, the things that you say
Is it life or
Just to play my worries away?
You’re all the things
I’ve got to remember
You’re shying away
I’ll be coming for you anyway
Take on me (take on me)
Take me on (take on me)
I’ll be gone
In a day…
(Take on me, take on me)
(Take me on, take on me)
I’ll be gone (take on me)
In a day… (take me on)
Take on me (take on me)
Take on me (take me on)
Take on me (fades)[/quote]
“True Faith”
[quote]I feel so extraordinary
Something’s got a hold on me
I get this feeling I’m in motion
A sudden sense of liberty
I don’t care ’cause I’m not there
And I don’t care if I’m here tomorrow
Again and again I’ve taken too much
Of the things that cost you too much
I used to think that the day would never come
I’d see delight in the shade of the morning sun
My morning sun is the drug that brings me near
To the childhood I lost, replaced by fear
I used to think that the day would never come
That my life would depend on the morning sun…
When I was a very small boy,
Very small boys talked to me
Now that we’ve grown up together
They’re afraid of what they see
That’s the price that we all pay
And the value of destiny comes to nothing
I can’t tell you where we’re going
I guess there was just no way of knowing
I used to think that the day would never come
I’d see delight in the shade of the morning sun
My morning sun is the drug that brings me near
To the childhood I lost, replaced by fear
I used to think that the day would never come
That my life would depend on the morning sun…
I feel so extraordinary
Something’s got a hold on me
I get this feeling I’m in motion
A sudden sense of liberty
The chances are we’ve gone too far
You took my time and you took my money
Now I fear you’ve left me standing
In a world that’s so demanding
I used to think that the day would never come
I’d see delight in the shade of the morning sun
My morning sun is the drug that brings me near
To the childhood I lost, replaced by fear
I used to think that the day would never come
That my life would depend on the morning sun…[/quote]