Alphaville

The 80’s were an amazing time for music. This decadent decade changed the way we listened to music, mostly because it brought a visual aspect to it through music videos. Somehow, it was suddenly hip for men to wear makeup, tease their hair, and look like women. The music became [...]

Given it’s magnetic heartstring twigging potential it is surprising that ‘Forever Young’ has seen so little coverage (newly coined term for a song that has been covered by other artists, although it was given a neat jangly treatment by the Antipodean rockers Youth Group recently). ‘Forever Young’ may well be into its 3rd decade but the intervening period has seen the song lose little of

Winter's citysideCrystal bits of snowflakesAll around my head and in the windI had no illusionsThat I'd ever find a glimpseOf summer's heatwaves in your eyesYou did what you did to meNow it's history I seeHere's my comeback on the road againThings will happen while they canI will wait here for my man tonightIt's easy when you're big in JapanAah when you're big in Japan-tonight...Big in Japan-be-ti

Lets dance in style, lets dance for a whileHeaven can wait were only watching the skiesHoping for the best but expecting the worstAre you going to drop the bomb or not?Let us die young or let us live foreverWe dont have the power but we never say neverSitting in a sandpit, life is a short tripThe musics for the sad menCan you imagine when this race is wonTurn our golden faces into the sunPraising our leaders were getting in tuneThe musics played by the madmenForever young, I want to be forever youngDo you really want to live forever, forever and everSome are like water, some are like the heatSome are a melody and some are the beatSooner or later they all will be goneWhy dont they stay youngIts so hard to get old without a causeI dont want to perish like a fading horseYouth is like diamonds

Winter's citysidecrystal bits of snowflakesall around my head and in the windi had no illusionsthat i'd ever find a glimpseof summer's heatwaves in your eyesyou did what you did to menow it's history, i seehere's my comeback on the road againthings will happen while they cani will wait here for my man tonightit's easy when you're big in japanAah when you're big in japan-tonight...big in japan-be-tight...big in japan...ooh the eastern sea's so bluebig in japan-alrightpay! - then i'll sleep by your sidethings are easy when you're big in japanoh when you're big in japanNeon on my naked skin, passing silhouettesof strange illuminated mannequinsshall i stay here at the zooor should i go and change my point of viewfor other ugly scenesyou did what you did to menow it's history i seehere's my comeback on the road againthings will happen while they cani will wait here for my man tonightit's easy when you're big in japanAah when you're big in japan-tonight...big in japan-be-tig

Named after Godard's 1959 science-fiction masterpiece and heavily influenced by '80s synth bands like Depeche Mode, Alphaville was the Munich-based trio of Marian Gold, Bernhard Lloyd and Frank Mertens. Following their all-keyboards approach longer after synth-pop was fashionable but unfortunately... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

Alphaville - “Forever young”  Lets dance in style, lets dance for a while Heaven can wait were only watching the skies Hoping for the best but expecting the worst Are you going to drop the bomb or not? Let us die young or let us live forever We dont have the power but we never say never Sitting in a sandpit, life is a short trip The musics for the sad men Can you imagine when this race is won Turn our golden faces into the sun Praising our leaders were getting in tune The musics played by the madmen Forever young, I want to be forever young Do you really want to live forever, forever and ever Some are like water, some are like the heat Some are a melody and some are the beat Sooner or later they all will be gone Why dont they stay young Its so hard to get old without a cause I dont want to perish like a fading horse Youth is like diamonds in the sun And dimonds are forever So many adventures couldnt happen today So many songs we forgot to play So many dreams are swinging