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Norway-80's

PostPosted: Thu Jan 05, 2006 11:48 am
by InvisibleMan
Can someone recommend some English speaking Norwegian stuff (Melodic synthy dance)?

Other than A-Ha, I also know:

Tomboy - album "Back to the Beat" is nice, but not great.... with great song on it "Danger of Love" as well as songs like Fire, Innocent Blue, back to the Beat, People get moving.. are all OK

My fave though is band Avalanche, with Johnny Johnny Come Home... their first self titled album is great and rare, I never heard their second one but it exists. It's like super hi-tech-aor version of Roxette with bigger choruses

Did I milk Norway out of all of its hits... or...?

PostPosted: Thu Jan 05, 2006 11:56 am
by InvisibleMan
lol Only $64 and Avalanche's First album from 1989 on Teldec CD is yours [:)]

http://cgi.ebay.com/AVALANCHE-Johnny-Jo ... dZViewItem

PostPosted: Fri Jan 06, 2006 5:54 am
by Oslo
Of norwegian 80's dancy synth, I would also mention Fra Lippo Lippi.
Listen to: Shouldn't Have to Be Like That or Come Summer (Extended version) Those should make you dance[:D]
And a very hard to get single by CLOCKWORK ORANGE with the overlooked classic song named: Sensation Boys.

Of newer stuff, try the group Zuma.

PostPosted: Fri Jan 06, 2006 8:03 am
by seffe
Oslo is right, but I would also mention Apotygma Berzerk

PostPosted: Fri Jan 06, 2006 8:11 am
by Barmy
[quote]It's like super hi-tech-aor version of Roxette with bigger choruses[/quote]

That was unnecessarily cruel to Avalanche!

PostPosted: Thu Jan 19, 2006 2:55 am
by Oslo
How could I forget Bel Canto, probaly the best norwegian band ever.
Just check out the discography.
http://www.annelidrecker.com/discograph ... lcanto.htm

Try Shimmering warm and Bright or Blank Sheets. Thats quality[8D]

PostPosted: Thu Jan 19, 2006 8:55 am
by firefall
I would go with a not so new wave band, the Smack.In the sane vein with fellow glam rockers Hanoi Rocks,played fast poser punk rock with rock n roll roots,loved the sleazy way of life and influenced a big part of the then-vast in USA- hair metal scene.Their albums stillhad enough new wave influences and are recommended to anyone likes New York Dolls and British punk.

PostPosted: Tue Mar 07, 2006 2:31 am
by InvisibleMan
What about Go? I have an album by them from 1989 called "Voices of Our Fantasy"... very nice light new-wavish synthpop-disco similar to early A-Ha and Alphaville, maybe late Boytronic too, so fans of these might enjoy. Don't know if they're Norwegian or Swedish though. Ereland BALSVIK and Carstein SEEBERG i think the names of 2 guys.

I also heard a song called "Sheila" by 80's band Return. I think they're are 80's melocic rock though. Very nice tune though [:D]

PostPosted: Fri Feb 02, 2007 4:52 am
by Oslo

PostPosted: Fri Feb 02, 2007 6:11 am
by georgie rockwood
i'd have to say......
fra lippo lippi
a-ha
belcanto
there's also a few spin off groups from the members of a-ha.

percussionlover

PostPosted: Fri Feb 02, 2007 11:19 pm
by empyrean
Norways too far from the Philippines but A-HA and Fra Lippo Lippi is very amous here not just to New Wavers. [;)]

PostPosted: Sat Feb 03, 2007 7:56 am
by seffe
Europeans above 30 years should remember Jan Teigen. He became famous for not receiving a single point from any of the participating nations in Eurovision Song Contest. Jahn is the artist who has taken part in the Norwegian national Eurovision final, the most times, more precisely fourteen; 1974, 1975, 1976, 1978, 1980, 1982, 1983, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1993, 1994, 1996 and once again as late as in 2005.

Anyway, he was asked for grabbing the microphone after Peter Gabriel when he left Genesis. Glad he said no thanks?

Re: Norway-80's

PostPosted: Sun Jul 12, 2015 6:45 am
by InvisibleMan
Secret Wish - Wonder Why (Playlist).... rare but wonderful synthpop (London Dancing, Tomorrow, Save Her, Heaven, Farewell,Dive, Show the boy....)

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=P ... acQGKN6_Bs

Re: Norway-80's

PostPosted: Tue Sep 01, 2015 4:24 pm
by InvisibleMan
Small Affairs - Back to China (1986)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Npw3QSggbSg

Small Affairs - Starship (1986)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dYl0cc1KSEo