Aha - good to see you. Here are a-ha...ndful of bands called aha (or some variation thereon).
I doubt Alan Partridge would approve of many of the tunes below. "They're just noise!"
AHA #1
Formed in 1982 in Sweden... not Norway. Those northern European countries are very easy to mix up though... maybe this is Morten & co? No, this is the hard-drinking, hard-rocking Swedish Aha...
A-HA #2
The other A-ha who formed in 1982 and immediately invited us all to take them on. Arguably they never bettered their debut single and its era-defining video...
AHA!! #3
Oh yeah, this one's a beauty. Right up George's alley. And it's from Norway too!
I couldn't hope to describe these guys as well as they do on their discogs biog... so here we go:
AHA!! (all capitals) was an avantgarde quintet with Eivin One Pedersen as leader, formed in 1982-83. Its debut was at the Moldejazz festival in 1983, before it released its first record - "Keep Nose in Front" - in 1984.
Due to the later appearance, around 1984-85, of a certain Norwegian pop group (that called itself a-ha), the group decided to change its name to avoid any confusion of the two. As if there was any possibility of that!
When AHA!! released its second album in 1986, the quintet thus called itself JAMAHA!!. As is evident, this was generated from a word-play on its former name: This group was the Jam-aha!!, or the jamming aha, and not the other one!
Five years later, in 1991, the group had been reduced to a quartet. It released its third album under the band name Extended Noise. This last group name points back to the name of the second album - "Extended Nose", which again is play on the name of the group's first album, "Keep nose in front".
Get ready for eight minutes, 41 seconds of... this:
AHA #4
Japanese... erm... music... from... possibly the year 2000... other than that, you're on your own.
The song title translates as "Warm Colours", if that helps.
A HA #5
South Korean Progressive House from 2014. Further proof that putting the word "Progressive" on the front of another musical genre rarely makes it better. Equally good proof that putting the word "House" on the end of another musical genre has the same effect.
Which one makes you go Ahhh... and which just makes you go Arrrrghhhh!?
#4 is bad but it is still better than #3 - Parsley's Spirit Goat
ReplyDelete50% of the humans at the farm are really enjoying #2. . Sorry Rol, but #3 is not destined for vol. 230 of the Downloads series. And despite my great love of Korean dramas on netflix I can't choose #5. I really can't vote for #1 either, so it's #2 for me.
ReplyDeleteOf course it's #2 for me too. Next place goes to the Koreans #5 then the Swedish rockers in 3rd place. As for the Japanese band and the Avantgarde bunch I agree with George's verdict.
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