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March 28, 2007
People. Phonte Remakes A-Ha
People. Phonte Remakes A-Ha: When A-Ha's classic Take On Me hit decades ago, we internalized their rhythmic architecture. Even though genres swirl, change and get reduced to isolated categories, influence runs deep. This is best evidenced by Phonte's take on A-Ha's classic. Mental note: add Phonte to the emcee list of surprise singers - much like Black Thought. [photo credit. the amazing Rich Louissaint*]
For those not familiar with A-Ha, allmusic reports: "Pal Waaktaar and Magne Furuholmen, formerly of Bridges formed a-ha in the early '80s. Morten Harket joined the duo, and they left for the now 'legendary London flat' (so called because of its state of disrepair) to make it. By late 1983 they had achieved part of that goal by signing to WEA. "Take on Me" took three times to become a hit in the UK, eventually hitting #2 in November 1985. Going one better in the U.S. mainly due to the wide exposure of its stunning video on MTV." [Read]
Listen to Phonte's remake of an A-Ha classic [Here]
Posted by taj at March 28, 2007 01:55 AM