Today's 1 hit Oneder video was a innovation for music videos, heralded as one of the greatest ground breaking videos of it's time. The video used a sketchy animation / live action combination called "Rotoscoping" (in which the video is first shot on normal video, then each frame is hand-traced over to give the animated effect) that tells a fantasy thriller story to the song. At the 1986 MTV Video Music Awards "Take on Me" won in six categories. It was also nominated for Best Video Of The Year at 1986 American Music Awards.
a-ha is a Grammy Award-nominated band from Norway. They are the best selling Norwegian band around the world with a total of 75 million albums and singles sold (approximately sixteen times the entire Norwegian population). "
Friday, November 16, 2007
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Ok - so just now I was able to listen to your song pick and "whoo hoo!" Old favorite. I didn't know what is was by looking at it bu now... I am going to have to listen to it again.
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