A-ha

[bennmatt at yahoo.com]

Serious apologies for being so late, I've had *no* email time lately. 
I know this is old. There will 
be more old posts replied to as well...

I said, about the 80s group A-ha:

>> I think I liked the other one. Definitely not Mr Harket (my best 
>> friend was insane about him), 
>> Paul was the blonde, sort of skinnyy one, I think? If not, it was 
him 
>> that I liked. And I can't remember the other one's name now.

>Definitely not Mr Harket?? Tsk!  No appreciation for truly godlike 
male beauty (though I 
>admit in some photos of late he's looked a bit gaunt, pale and 
squinty).  

Actually, it's much more that the aforementioned best friend was 
*really* insane about him. She 
was the one who introduced me to the band's music, and she went on 
and *on* about him. 
You know what it's like when someone goes on and on about someone and 
you have this 
resistance to finding them attractive? It was a case of that for me. 
So I never really "got" 
Morten.

Of course, said best friend *also* got me into HP in the first place. 
Not to mention Discworld...

>I'm embarrassed to report that I have retained a lot of my teenage 
wealth of knowledge on A-
>ha.  

Never mind, you should see me wax lyrical about Duran Duran. I'm 
embarrassed to admit I 
know some of that stuff.

>The "other one" is Mags Furuholmen, and he was tall with curly blond 
hair.  

Yes! He was the one I liked. One of my exceptions (I usually tend to 
like the tall, dark 
handsome ones. Or at least tall and dark, handsome being in the eye 
of the beholder).

>My least favorite.  I always thought he had a bit of a cocky, 
irritating-cool-boy air about him, 

I have to blushingly admit that that's what I liked about him. I was 
such a dag, I always liked the 
people who came off as cool, and irritating to some people. 

We won't go into my long-term obsession with Rob Lowe, back pre-a 
certain incident that I 
won't dignify with a retelling of. If you're a fan, you'll know what 
I'm talking about, if you're 
not, it's not necessary to go into it.

And let's not even contemplate Michael York. My ultimate British man.

>whereas Pa(u)l, the skinnier, straight haired one (he added the U 
after immigrating to the US 
>for his American wife, I believe) seemed intense and contemplative.

Yes, he did.

>Haven't they just released a new album?  Some lingering adolescent 
part of me wanted to buy 
>it, 

I'm not sure, but I can find out. Said best friend is *still* 
obsessed. Of course, I can't talk, 
being obsessed with too many musical people to name. I'm still 
reeling from the Savage Garden 
break-up.

>but I think I'd be better off getting a copy of their Headlines and 
Deadlines greatest hits video 
>so I can sigh in front of Take On Me all over again...

Oh, yeah. I remember that one. It was rather well done.

Joanne.