Talk:Take on Me

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  • Furry Roadkill 23:32, 26 April 2006 (UTC) added hyperlink to family guy parody
  • I added the link to Bunty Bailey's MySpace webpage. Streltzer 19:59, 22 July 2006 (UTC)

Heh. Do we really need a spoiler alert for a music video? —Chowbok 17:49, 31 August 2006 (UTC) The music video link is now dead. (10/17/06)

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[edit] Covers by other bands?

Anyone can help here?--128.194.171.141 (talk) 20:58, 19 February 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Re: Summary

They don't really embrace at the end -- instead a snippet of the earlier animation (he helping her down as she enters the cartoon sketch world) is replayed under the shot of the "a-ha" magazine being thrown down. Did people really want to drink "nice cold ice cold milk"? (Milk with little chunks of frozen milk slush in it is very gross...) AnonMoos 03:02, 24 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Reprise

The start of one of A-Ha's later videos shows the couple enjoying a walk in a park, when the guy starts flickering back to a drawing and runs off. Can't remember which one though.

The Sun Always Shines On T.V.. Those were the days...195.128.250.247 (talk) 21:30, 23 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Parodies and refrences

Didnt The Muppet Babies Refrence this song durring one of the closing segments with that mysterious door? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Bushido Brown (talk • contribs) 16:17, 22 December 2006 (UTC).

[edit] Using his own wrench?

Since I first saw this video in the early 90's, I always thought the wrench going up to Morton's face was the opposing racer's. We never see Mort with his own wrench, and it just seems to me like when the wrench is raised, it's against him, not his own. Anyone else think so? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 216.129.28.154 (talk) 18:07, 22 December 2006 (UTC).

[edit] Take on me = Ta på meg?

What does "take on me" actually mean? It doesn't really make sense, does it? But - I have a theory. "Ta på meg" in Norwegian means "touch me". But, if you translate "ta på meg" literally, word for word, you get "take on me" (ta=take, på=on, meg=me). So, is one of the most popular songs of the 80's actually the result of poor translation? (Which reminds me, in "Dancing Queen" by Abba, they sing "...watch that scene, digging the dancing queen". Scene? Doesn't sound right. So, theory number 2. The Swedish for "stage" is "scen". So I reckon Björn and Benny mistranslated "scen" as "scene" instead of "stage". But in this case it did help the lines to rhyme...) Perhaps someone should start an article on mistranslations in pop songs. Pikiwedian 11:01, 26 January 2007 (UTC)

"Take on" is an English idiom, meaning "To undertake" or "To accept as a challenge".
This semester I think I will take on some extra classes.
Our community group will take on the renovation project.
In the song, I take it to be the singer telling the girl to try him out. Of course, the writers were undoubtedly aware of the idiom you describe, so the phrase has somewhat of a double meaning, both of which fit.
Darguz Parsilvan 14:16, 26 May 2007 (UTC)
But you wouldn't say "take on me", you would say "take me on", which they do in the song, but I think that that meaning is secondary to the title of the song, which I still reckon is a literal translation of "ta på meg" Pikiwedian 18:01, 27 May 2007 (UTC)
"Take on me" is a somewhat awkward phrasing but it's perfectly acceptable. Pimlottc 02:07, 21 June 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Movies?

I'm curious about what 80s movies this song was used in. Wikifried 16:03, 17 February 2007 (UTC)

also the scene in the video in which he is throwing himself against the walls to get out of the comic is a nod to a movie...but can't think of the title...maybe with William Hurt? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 70.181.29.18 (talk) 03:32, 25 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Not One Hit Wonders!

I have removed a-ha from the category One Hit Wonders down to the fact that a one hit wonder is actually when an artist is only known for one hit. Considering that a-ha had 8 top ten hits in the UK alone between 1985 & 1988 one of them being the #1 single The Sun Always Shines On T.V. their first three albums also holds the record for being the only artist to have three consecutive #2 albums...etc...etc...all chart hits can be seen on the a-ha discography section as well as the fact that in 2006 a-ha still continue to make records.

NendoShisu 09:09, 27 February 2007 (UTC)

In the US they are primarily known only for "Take Me On", so they are often thought of as a "one hit wonder" in that country. Clearly from their international success they shouldn't be considering such here, but that's probably why it was. Pimlottc 02:10, 21 June 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Rotoscoping?

I'm surprised that no-one mentions that the method used to create the animated sequences is rotoscoping. Rotoscoping was invented by one of the Fleisher brothers, creators of Betty Boop. It involves projecting one frame of motion-picture film onto a drawing desk so that the animator can trace over live action or use it as a guide. Rotoscoping was used to fantastic effects in the Fleisher studios 1930's Superman serials, where they used it well as merely a suggestion to the motion, and rather poorly in some of Ralph Bakshi's works, like American Pop. Rotoscoping has often been used to at least a very small extent in most hand-drawn animated features.

In the article it mentions computer effects done by the studio, Framestore, but it isn't clear to me how the computer was used in the production of this video. Computer effects were still somewhat rare and expensive in 1986 and I don't see anything in this video that doesn't look like it could have been achieved with some kind of film effect. So I would like more explanation or a reference citation for that fact.209.144.236.194 08:24, 26 April 2007 (UTC)Greg Banville, Animator

[edit] Re: Pikiwedian

Another example of Scandinavian mis-translation hit lyrics is the Ace of Base song where she says "All that she wants is another baby." It's clear that the composer meant that she wanted another boyfriend but in fact English-speaking listeners interpret this to mean that she simply wants to give birth to another child. --Megaforcemedia 01:20, 3 May 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Clarify

I added a clarify tag to the trivia section, for the "Zulu awards" item. Perhaps someone familiar with the incident could clarify the entry.

Darguz Parsilvan 14:01, 26 May 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Fair use rationale for Image:Familyguytakeonme.JPG

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BetacommandBot (talk) 06:39, 2 January 2008 (UTC)

[edit] External Links to the music video

Linking to the music video on any site (not just youtube) is a copyright problem per WP:EL and WP:COPYRIGHT. Generally, external links to copyrighted content should be avoided unless there is a valid reason. UnfriendlyFire (talk) 07:14, 20 January 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Fair use rationale for Image:Take on me black cover.jpg

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BetacommandBot (talk) 04:29, 21 January 2008 (UTC)