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Alphaville

Alphaville is a German synth-pop band formed in Münster in 1982. They gained popularity in the 1980s. The group was founded by singers Marian Gold, Bernhard Lloyd, and Frank Mertens. They achieved chart success with the singles "Forever Young", "Big in Japan", "Sounds Like a Melody", "The Jet Set", and "Dance with Me". Gold remains the only continuous member of Alphaville. They took their name from Jean-Luc Godard's film of the same name.

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Big In Japan
Forever Young
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Big In Japan - Alphaville
Posted 8 years ago by Alexandra:
I feel 17 again!
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Posted 7 years ago by Rashley:
Every now and again Bill amazes me with a left field choice. Excellent work, Bill! 
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Posted 4 years ago by CWKeeney:
I am literally big in Japan.  I am 6'6" and every time I go there, I think of this song.  Personal theme song.
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Posted 12 years ago by Baby_M:
Who's big in Japan?  Well, there's no one bigger than....

Gojira, King of Monsters!
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Posted 8 years ago by lewie221:
I think this deserves a bit more than retro sympathy.

I loved when it was new and I find it holds up well. The synth and drum sounds are crap, but it's a well-constructed song.
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Posted 2 years ago by smartn1:
This is not a guilty pleasure. Just a pleasure.
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Posted 4 years ago by boeker:
palatin8 wrote:
How about some Modern Talking on RP?
 
Bitte nicht 
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Posted 2 years ago by smartn1:
I liked this song then and I still like it. Alphaville is one of my favorite 80's bands. 

(I would love some Erasure on here -just a little can't hurt)
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Posted 6 years ago by cavemanleong:
    Ahhhhh...an instant flashback to carrot pants, big hair & raging hormones. Good times!
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Posted 1 year ago by AlessiaP0273:
 ice-9 wrote:

I'm not into bashing songs on here - I appreciate and respect the eclecticism - but this sounds like Duran Duran meets Men Without Hats meets Dead or Alive meets ... I don't know ... maybe Satan?

I'm sorry, but the 80's sound defined a legitimate musical genre in about the same way that breakfast cereal commercial jingles do.  I know nothing about Alphaville and they might be the greatest band since the Beatles, but the fact that they were comfortable releasing something that so patently resembled all the rest of that dross makes me feel justified in dismissing them out of hand. 

Go ahead and tell me why I'm wrong.  While you're at it, tell me why "Honeycomb's big, yeah yeah yeah..." was also a work of genius.

Go on, tell me...you know you want to...



Being a Karen here, right? Spoiling the fun dude!!! Not saying would listen to this all day long, but common, it was an era of fun. Just sayin....
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Posted 2 years ago by garydgould:
One of my first 12 inch singles.....along with Yazoo and Depeche Mode! Melody overload.....love it!
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Posted 7 years ago by coloradojohn:
Perfect moment to announce that I am happily moving back to Japan, to a seafood paradise along the SetoNaiKai; the countdown's on
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Posted 1 year ago by lily34:
 Alexandra wrote:
I feel 17 again!


i feel 15 again! crazy! i remember exactly where i was when i listened to this.
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Posted 3 years ago by ERudolf:
 MartiniSlacker wrote:

Where were they big again?




In West Germany in the mid eighties (this song again in the mid 1990ies performed by Guano Apes) but I think they were famous all over Europe. ;)
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Posted 9 years ago by MartiniSlacker:
Where were they big again?
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Posted 1 year ago by vandal:
 Majoran wrote:

Wirklich gut war dieser Song nie.



Oh ja das war und ist es immer noch.
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Posted 2 years ago by ed_cardiff:
I know this song through a cover by a 90s German pop rock outfit called Guano Apes. Check it out – definitely a different vibe. However, having now heard the original I much prefer it. Less teenage angst, more 80s synth. Excellent. Thanks, RP!
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Posted 3 years ago by ice-9:
 ScottFromWyoming wrote:

You commented on this one 5 years ago.



So you're saying I'm consistent, then.  And I'll suggest, respectfully, that you're pedantic.
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Posted 11 years ago by kcar:
andrea924 wrote:
My misspent youth returns in a Proustian rush.

 
Hash madeleines? 
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Posted 1 year ago by johnfiva:
 vandal wrote:

I had no illusions that I'd ever find
A glimpse of summer's heatwaves in your eyes
You did what you did to me
Now it's history I see

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Let's give it a ten for old times sake!
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