[HPFGU-OTChatter] A-ha and the video for lovers of fictional characters

[Horst or Rebecca J. Bohner]

> Did you ever get Morten's solo effort, Wild Seed?  Should I?

I don't know whether Christian has heard it or what he thinks of it, but I
personally think it's quite good.  "Los Angeles" is one of the most achingly
beautiful songs I've ever heard in my life, "Brodsky Tune" is a wonderful
(and catchy) evocation of Cold War spy films, and "East Timor" is probably
my favorite protest song ever, in spite of my near-complete ignorance of the
situation it describes.  :)

> It's a video for anyone who's ever been in love with a fictional
character.

LOL!  But don't forget the depressing aftermath that got tacked onto the
beginning of the next video, "The Sun Always Shines on TV", in which Morten
turns back into a comic character again.  Guess nothing lasts forever...

The "Hunting High And Low" video, with Morten as shapeshifter, is also
rather cool.  Actually, they had a lot of nifty special effects in their
videos -- the "pop-up book" sequence in the "Cry Wolf" video was really
interesting as well.
--
Rebecca J. (Anderson) Bohner
who still has all these videos on tape somewhere,
along with a bunch of Big Country stuff and the
last episode of the Fifth Doctor story "Castrovalva"