Song Stories, "Take On Me"

"Take On Me" by Norwegian trio A-Ha is one of the greatest pop songs ever made. We'll talk about the history of the song, Morten Harket's vocal gymnastics, and all the '80s instruments they used including the LinnDrum and the Roland Juno 60 synthesizer. "Take On Me" also had one of the greatest music videos ever made. We'll talk about how the video's animation was created, and how it gave new life to the song for American audiences.

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Song Stories, "Take On Me" is an episode from The Radio Ga Ga Podcast by Justine Piehowski.

This episode is 20:06 long.

This episode was published on Sep 22, 2020.

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