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Anni B Sweet — Take On Me
Album: Start, Restart, Undo
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Released: 2009
Length: 3:09
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Talking away
I don't know what I'm to say
I'll say it anyway
Today's another day to find you
Shying away
I'll be coming for you love O.K.

Take on me
Take me on
I'll be gone
In a day or two

So needless to say I'm odds and ends
But that's me stumbling away
Slowly learning that life is O.K.
Say after me
It's no better to be safe than sorry.

Take on me
Take me on
I'll be gone
In a day or two
Take on me
Take me on
I'll be gone
In a day or two
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has a Simon & Garfunkel vibe to it
Posted 7 years ago by Skydog    [ Reply ]
 scrubbrush wrote:
Glad I'm diabetic 'cause this syrupy little tune (and the Sweet artist name) would send my body into shock.

 
?
Have you recovered? 
Posted 9 years ago by Proclivities    [ Reply ]
This is so funny{#Dance}
Posted 10 years ago by TheKing2    [ Reply ]
love this version much more than the original.
always nice to listen to a coverversion which is better than the original
Posted 10 years ago by elduderino    [ Reply ]
Good take on this song!! {#Cheers}
Posted 10 years ago by d48m02h    [ Reply ]
This is cute, but I prefer the "literal version": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8HE9OQ4FnkQ
Posted 11 years ago by Baby_M    [ Reply ]
Meh. 
Posted 11 years ago by hencini    [ Reply ]
Very clever.  They got guts to try this!
Posted 11 years ago by msymmes    [ Reply ]
I like it! Nice and different...{#Cheers}
Posted 11 years ago by MilesW    [ Reply ]
This is a good cover of an underrated song, IMHO. Sorry to have missed Anni B in Malaga, earlier.  A-Ha is more of an international phenom than we (USA-centrics) get; e.g., they were the music behind the film "A Name Is A Name."
Posted 11 years ago by Carl    [ Reply ]
snap_dragon wrote:
How do you tell how many "10" ratings have been submitted?
  
Hover your cursor over the 'bar' that represents ratings of 10.  As of this writing, Ani B's version of Take On Me has six votes of 10 and twenty votes of 1.  (The percentage of total votes is also shown.)

This is an interesting slant to a sing-along tune.  For me, the chorus of little girl voices completely change the meaning. 
Posted 11 years ago by unclehud    [ Reply ]
Perspective; get some.

 MusiqueMusique wrote:

GIF emoticons. Where is happening to our world ? Another sign of the Western world's decay...

 


Posted 11 years ago by sajitjacob    [ Reply ]
 MusiqueMusique wrote:

GIF emoticons. Where is happening to our world ? Another sign of the Western world's decay...

 
{#Nyah} 

Western Civilization has been declining and falling for hundreds of years. We're all slouching towards Bethlehem and moaning on Dover Beach. Pretty sure we'll survive emoticons. 

I could do without this cover, though.

ScottFromWyoming wrote:
Wow, you people are harsh. Like A-Ha was important in your life or something.

  
Clearly you haven't ventured to Norway.  
Posted 11 years ago by kcar    [ Reply ]
I disagree. One point is that I can actually finally understand the lyrics to a song I've always liked. They're not as lame as I assumed!

 DaidyBoy wrote:
Utterly pointless.

 


Posted 11 years ago by zoopmama    [ Reply ]
Not my taste!
Posted 11 years ago by helgigermany    [ Reply ]
thanks RP! not the best thing ever played or heard but an excellent little side number. Would only rate it a 5 but nice to hear-here.
Posted 11 years ago by ddbz    [ Reply ]
How do you tell how many "10" ratings have been submitted?
Posted 11 years ago by snap_dragon    [ Reply ]
Wow, freaky.
Posted 11 years ago by linden    [ Reply ]
{#Stop}
Posted 11 years ago by Dinges,_the_Dude    [ Reply ]
Hmm... Nope, sorry. Back to the original.
Posted 11 years ago by kojiroh    [ Reply ]
Utterly pointless.
Posted 11 years ago by DaidyBoy    [ Reply ]
 Limpopoking wrote:
I'd be interested in seeing the 6 people who gave this a 10. I'd prefer it if they were in an observation room and I was peering at them through one way glass.

 
Maybe you are a person INTOLERANT of others' musical tastes?
Posted 11 years ago by ture    [ Reply ]
I'd be interested in seeing the 6 people who gave this a 10. I'd prefer it if they were in an observation room and I was peering at them through one way glass.
Posted 11 years ago by Limpopoking    [ Reply ]
 ziggytrix wrote:
{#Lol}     AHA-HA-HA!

 
GIF emoticons. Where is happening to our world ? Another sign of the Western world's decay...
Posted 11 years ago by MusiqueMusique    [ Reply ]
Really sweet. Better that the original, no ? Either that or I'm getting older.
Posted 11 years ago by MusiqueMusique    [ Reply ]
 gypsyman wrote:
Is this for real? Kindergarteners could have done a better cover.
 
This isn't their attempt?

(Great memories of the first days of MTV, though.  Or am I remembering it wrong?)
Posted 11 years ago by unclehud    [ Reply ]
 ScottFromWyoming wrote:
Wow, you people are harsh. Like A-Ha was important in your life or something.

 
It was pivotal, man!  A-Ha started a movement and this song was the anthem.  A generation altered and ... oh forget it.  I can't keep this up.
Posted 11 years ago by GarageDragon    [ Reply ]
Oh, how I wish twee was never invented.
Posted 11 years ago by gvan    [ Reply ]
Would be a 4 if the producer had removed the music box from the background.  So it remains a 3.
Posted 11 years ago by HearsayDave    [ Reply ]
Wow, you people are harsh. Like A-Ha was important in your life or something.
Posted 11 years ago by ScottFromWyoming    [ Reply ]
I give her credit for offering a different take on the song...
Posted 11 years ago by leafmold    [ Reply ]
Not too bad :) 
Posted 11 years ago by mcullers    [ Reply ]
I like the Norwegian version better. 
Posted 11 years ago by treehugger    [ Reply ]
Sorry, no.
Posted 11 years ago by ScottN    [ Reply ]
Lighten up, folks.  It's whimsical.  That's all. 
Posted 11 years ago by GarageDragon    [ Reply ]
ziakut
(Slightly North of Obvlivion)
Posted: Mar 27, 2013 - 08:49
 
 ick wrote:
I think I just threw up in my mouth a little.
  
Though I don't feel the same way as you...I did find your comment really funny. Thanks for the laugh.

{#Arrowu}  I agree with ziakut:  Pretty funny comment.  Thanks for the chuckle.


Posted 11 years ago by JIan    [ Reply ]
Not bad.  It's really the first time I've been able to understand most of the lyrics.  So thanks for playing it slow.
Posted 11 years ago by Harlock    [ Reply ]
{#Lol}     AHA-HA-HA!
Posted 11 years ago by ziggytrix    [ Reply ]

very funny :-D


Posted 11 years ago by TheKing2    [ Reply ]
 ick wrote:
I think I just threw up in my mouth a little.
 
Though I don't feel the same way as you...I did find your comment really funny. Thanks for the laugh.
Posted 11 years ago by ziakut    [ Reply ]
Miss the falsetto from the original.
Posted 11 years ago by jukes1    [ Reply ]
Glad I'm diabetic 'cause this syrupy little tune (and the Sweet artist name) would send my body into shock.
Posted 11 years ago by scrubbrush    [ Reply ]
I think I just threw up in my mouth a little.
Posted 11 years ago by ick    [ Reply ]
I'm ... surprised ... by how much I enjoyed this song.
Posted 11 years ago by goodcoffee    [ Reply ]
Not so  sure about this one....

{#Eek} 
Posted 11 years ago by CrawdadLA    [ Reply ]
 Segue wrote:
Bill, you think this is funny, don't you?

Quite Likeable. {#Lol}
 
i always imagine him with a big smile on his face when he plays covers.
Posted 11 years ago by leechi    [ Reply ]
Is this for real? Kindergarteners could have done a better cover.
Posted 11 years ago by DD gypsyman    [ Reply ]
Pretty disappointed cover !!!, anyway a good try !!!
Posted 11 years ago by a7m8g    [ Reply ]
So much better than the original.
Posted 11 years ago by ScottishWillie    [ Reply ]
This gets points for forcing me to use the PSD button for the first time ever.
Posted 11 years ago by sajitjacob    [ Reply ]
I think her name is cute. Song is sorta cute. Original doesn't hold up in time well. Of all things to cover...I'm confused why she should choose this one. Rather hear this I suppose than the original now.
Posted 11 years ago by ziakut    [ Reply ]
Is this really a guilty pleasure? I like it.
Posted 11 years ago by dig    [ Reply ]
Ukulele does  not  make everything better
Posted 11 years ago by NeuroJoe    [ Reply ]
 For me the original is a pleasure - why feel guilty? This cover is a bit, well ... I think modernrelics already made the point.

ottovonb wrote:
For me the original is actually a guilty pleasure. There, I said it. However, this cover actually makes me want to start smashing up the furniture. 

jeffhorwich wrote:
Bravo for unironic covers of cheesy tunes.
 
 


Posted 11 years ago by JHZ    [ Reply ]
For me the original is actually a guilty pleasure. There, I said it. However, this cover actually makes me want to start smashing up the furniture. 

jeffhorwich wrote:
Bravo for unironic covers of cheesy tunes.
 


Posted 11 years ago by ottovonb    [ Reply ]
Bravo for unironic covers of cheesy tunes.
Posted 11 years ago by jeffhorwich    [ Reply ]
I rate modernrelics comment a solid 9.
Well played.

 modernrelics wrote:
This is kinda cute but just makes me think of commercials for mobile phones.
 


Posted 11 years ago by ottovonb    [ Reply ]
this is the "undo" song from the album title.
Posted 11 years ago by coccyx    [ Reply ]
SHOOT ME! ANNNNNNNYTHING TO MAKE IT STOP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Posted 11 years ago by misterbearbaby    [ Reply ]
Oh, crazy covers of otherwise unbearable songs.... I love you so much.
Posted 11 years ago by plaid    [ Reply ]
Bill, you think this is funny, don't you?

Quite Likeable. {#Lol}
Posted 11 years ago by Segue    [ Reply ]
 handyrae wrote:
I don't hate the original. This I hate.
 
Agreed. This is weak a comedy cover. 
Posted 11 years ago by oldsaxon    [ Reply ]
I don't hate the original. This I hate.
Posted 11 years ago by handyrae    [ Reply ]
First listen, I thought this was as wrong as it's possible to be. 
Second listen, probably my favorite song from the last six months.  
Posted 11 years ago by ufamsm    [ Reply ]
Just had an a-ha moment. And it wasn't good.
Posted 11 years ago by iTuner    [ Reply ]
Doing covers of SOME songs should be punished by law.

This is one of them.

I play in a band and we do some covers, but we know which songs not to touch, lest we commit a sacrilege.

Marcin Bruczkowski
www.marcin.bruczkowski.com
Posted 11 years ago by Gajdzin    [ Reply ]
bump 

modernrelics wrote:
This is kinda cute but just makes me think of commercials for mobile phones.
 


Posted 11 years ago by apd    [ Reply ]
She had to choose one of the worst a-ha songs.
Posted 11 years ago by Euskadita    [ Reply ]

and the debate rages on...should RP bring back the puke emoticon??


Posted 11 years ago by rdo    [ Reply ]
Of all cover songs an artist could do, why? I've never given a song a 2 before. Bleah.
Posted 11 years ago by Gregorama    [ Reply ]
Ouch.  That was painful.
Just a bad memory now.
Posted 11 years ago by Ballzak    [ Reply ]
Silly. Just silly.
Posted 11 years ago by handyrae    [ Reply ]
This is really hurting my brain.
Posted 11 years ago by shayde    [ Reply ]
So sick of twee.
Posted 11 years ago by citizenkeith    [ Reply ]



Posted 11 years ago by ture    [ Reply ]
hey yeah, let's have a ukelelefest!

Posted 11 years ago by NoEnzLefttoSplit    [ Reply ]
What an awesome arrangement for this "old" 80's tune!
Posted 11 years ago by Deb_Convery    [ Reply ]
 modernrelics wrote:
This is kinda cute but just makes me think of commercials for mobile phones.
 
Roger that.
Posted 11 years ago by gvan    [ Reply ]
The Acoustic Cafe in-studio recording of Hello Kitty's cover version.

Which somehow manages to work.
Posted 11 years ago by Baby_M    [ Reply ]
This is kind of girly. Not that there's anything wrong with that, but it doesn't make a song.
Posted 11 years ago by iam_overlord    [ Reply ]
Killed it.
Posted 11 years ago by Jelani    [ Reply ]
this is terrible.
Posted 11 years ago by lily34    [ Reply ]

Posted 11 years ago by ture    [ Reply ]
Now, this is taking me by surprise...she turns an insignificant pop icon into something that could be artful! It was always my feeling that every melody has its own natural tempo, and she brings that home winding it down like this.
Posted 11 years ago by HipShooter    [ Reply ]
I sort of liked it, but all I could think of with the (often over used and unoriginal) ukelele strumming"somewhere over the rainbow."   The original song has a very "opposite of dubstep" feel to it with drums that are faster than the singing.  It gives the song a much more upbeat feel and rhythm.  Double or quadruple the strumming to regain the feel acoustically and it could just "take on" the original.   I'll listen to it again more closely next time.

Keep doing what you're doing just stay away from anything twangy, vocoded, or country! :)
Posted 11 years ago by skyrunr    [ Reply ]
wait...I know this one....A-HA!  Crackin' me up Bill.
Posted 11 years ago by killahfunkadelic    [ Reply ]
this just put a big happy grin on my face. Much needed on a cloudy rainy day. me likey.
Posted 11 years ago by killahfunkadelic    [ Reply ]
Didn't think I'd like this, but I kinda do. Keep the kooky covers coming, Bill.
Posted 11 years ago by ottojschlosser    [ Reply ]
This sounds like maybe it was a really good brain storm around the kitchen table...maybe wine was involved...but then just doesn't make it to the finish line. Sorry.
Posted 11 years ago by fiddler    [ Reply ]
I can see the old RP peeps sitting in the rest home listening to this........oh brother......keep to the original!
Posted 11 years ago by Shesdifferent    [ Reply ]
Chris, where have you been?

I DON'T KNOOOW!
Posted 11 years ago by Derecho    [ Reply ]
Different, but pretty good.
Posted 11 years ago by BobLoblaw    [ Reply ]
Yeah, but can she sing as high as he can?

Oh, that just answered the question!
Posted 11 years ago by Grammarcop    [ Reply ]
This is kinda cute but just makes me think of commercials for mobile phones.
Posted 11 years ago by modernrelics    [ Reply ]
Bill, you have a knack for cover songs. I didn't see this one coming.
Posted 11 years ago by bseib    [ Reply ]
A great new take on A-Ha's hit!
Posted 11 years ago by Carl    [ Reply ]