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RE: a-ha - Take On Me (Cover by Ed Privat)
Man oh man. I got a story! First, thank you for playing that one this morning, I have history with this song.
Back in the decades, the only vinyl in the bags was drum n bass and jungle, long long time turning that stuff. I only had two ‘mainstream’ type mixes I would layer on top of drum n bass.
One was Pat Benetar’s “Love is a battlefield” and the other I was A-ha “take on me.”
Thanks Ed, great song!
I wanted to be Pat Benetar!! Sang into my brush handle plenty to "Love is a battlefield" lol
As far as I know, you sound just like her!
Story time: I saw her recently, not longer than 5 years ago. I was really interested to see her because I saw her 20’ish years ago also, she was such a rock star back then! I expected mellow and I didn’t expect big pipes.
She rocked harder at age 60+ than any time I’ve ever seen her. It was awesome.
Oh that is an awesome story!! I was worried it was going in the direction of "get out while the gettin's good" kind of thing :) A lot of aging singers can't pull that off. Never of you, @edprivat, but those lesser is who I'm referring to!
Thanks for the the best story time @dandays! I just read your comment to Brian here, and he's now singing "Love is a Battlefield" lol
Aging singers.... :o
Oh why Lynn did you even mention me in the same sentence ? :P
Aging singer....
I'm gonna go have a nap
hahahaha @edprivat, totally not you!! Actually, I think it was this post where I showed your picture to Brian and said, "doesn't Ed look like a kid?". 😅 Seriously!!
Oh wow thanks for sharing your story Art! I wonder how it sounds with some drums and bass because I can hear in my head this is the perfect rhythm for it !
Absolutely! Both of them, right?? Love Is A Battlefield and Take On Me at 45rpm are both right around 175. Trip out hu?! Man I only mixed the records live a couple of times back in the day and I got big reactions from the crowd each time.
I am sure you did, I was always the first to go right in front of the speaker when a classic was getting mixed .
I had my fav though, Asian Dub Foundation was always putting me in a trance, and any cartoon/series opening mixed with DnB or Hard Techno was just making me go crazy for some reason