The electric way or the acustic way? - Alphaville Forum

Avil · 14 Nov 2000, 16:48

I´ve heard both more synthesized AV´s songs and more acustic versions to...Personally I think that AV is more better when the run their "old" way, with all their keyboards and so...Many people say that AV isn´t AV if they play live just with the song and a guitarr...But what do you think...?

wii · 14 Nov 2000, 19:45

personally, I love the acoustic way to perform songs. The first time I really heard Flame and Wishful thinking was with just Marian and Martin on the piano - I tell you, that was amazing ! also Dance with me piano version is fantastic !<img src=icon_smile_cool.gif border=0 align=middle>

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Adiville · 14 Nov 2000, 21:38

AV is much more than just music so it doesnt really matters...
i fell in love with them because of their 80's style but i also love every song or version that they make - electric or acustic.
you're right Willy, Dance With Me Unplugged is amaizing !!!
so quiet and yet so powerful !

@ville - forever and ever.

Avil · 15 Nov 2000, 20:56

Yes,you´re both probably right...
Alphaville is great in every way.
It´s not all about the music,actually...There is some important things about feelings and so to....Hope you understand what I´m trying to say.

poul e · 16 Nov 2000, 06:02

I can´t choose because either way AV plays their music it´s great. Unplugged versions of "Dance with me" and "Forever young" are really good, but I can´t say that they are better than fx the long versions of both songs. Neither can I say the opposite.

stardustdawn · 29 Nov 2000, 17:05

it just shows how versatile and talented they are, that their music can be expressed so beautifully in two very different ways.

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rindebaek · 06 Dec 2000, 11:17

For me Alphaville has always been the supreme synth band. The album Forever Young is a true classic and Sounds Like A Melody is still my favorite song of all.
I was very pleased when Salvation was released, because of the reintroduction of the "machinery" used and the 80´s sound.
I look forward to the studio album!

Avil · 06 Dec 2000, 16:42

You can´t look at a band in that way...To say that AV is a strictly synthband, that isn´t right at all, because all band,even AV, have many faces.Not just the face they´ve shown us...AV is not just synth,they are music over all!

I´m your best friend-the dream

wii · 06 Dec 2000, 20:01

well, alphaville is more than anything a synth band. That they have touched other areas is great, but synths is still the main thing, and that´s what we like, right ?

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sonic boomboy · 23 Dec 2000, 15:34

I think AV is more than just plain music.it`s about dreams and visions-like reading a book with sound or watching a movie controled by your mind.And maybe in some ways comparable to the bible-you get alot of input,wich seems sensible from your own point of view. Dreamscapes are easily made with electronic instruments,but the important thing is to get the right sound in the rihgt place, not how you do it.

14 Nov 2000, 16:48	#1
Avil The dream Join Date: 12 Nov 2000 Location: Malmö, Sweden Posts: 8,154	The electric way or the acustic way? I´ve heard both more synthesized AV´s songs and more acustic versions to...Personally I think that AV is more better when the run their "old" way, with all their keyboards and so...Many people say that AV isn´t AV if they play live just with the song and a guitarr...But what do you think...?

16 Nov 2000, 06:02	#5
poul e Dream Keeper Join Date: 08 Nov 2000 Location: Thisted, Denmark Posts: 7,069	I can´t choose because either way AV plays their music it´s great. Unplugged versions of "Dance with me" and "Forever young" are really good, but I can´t say that they are better than fx the long versions of both songs. Neither can I say the opposite. Last edited by poul e; 15 Mar 2008 at 12:43.

14 Nov 2000, 19:45	#2
wii Dream Master Join Date: 07 Nov 2000 Location: Denmark Posts: 13,705	personally, I love the acoustic way to perform songs. The first time I really heard Flame and Wishful thinking was with just Marian and Martin on the piano - I tell you, that was amazing ! also Dance with me piano version is fantastic !<img src=icon_smile_cool.gif border=0 align=middle> visit us at: http://www.alphaville.org

14 Nov 2000, 21:38	#3
Adiville big in japan Join Date: 08 Nov 2000 Location: Israel Posts: 7,449	AV is much more than just music so it doesnt really matters... i fell in love with them because of their 80's style but i also love every song or version that they make - electric or acustic. you're right Willy, Dance With Me Unplugged is amaizing !!! so quiet and yet so powerful ! @ville - forever and ever.

15 Nov 2000, 20:56	#4
Avil The dream Join Date: 12 Nov 2000 Location: Malmö, Sweden Posts: 8,154	Yes,you´re both probably right... Alphaville is great in every way. It´s not all about the music,actually...There is some important things about feelings and so to....Hope you understand what I´m trying to say.

29 Nov 2000, 17:05	#6
stardustdawn Dreamer Join Date: 15 Nov 2000 Location: city of alphaville, state of utopia, USA. Posts: 241	it just shows how versatile and talented they are, that their music can be expressed so beautifully in two very different ways. The future exists, first in Imagination, then in Will, then in Reality.

06 Dec 2000, 11:17	#7
rindebaek Dreamer Join Date: 16 Nov 2000 Location: , , Denmark. Posts: 4	For me Alphaville has always been the supreme synth band. The album Forever Young is a true classic and Sounds Like A Melody is still my favorite song of all. I was very pleased when Salvation was released, because of the reintroduction of the "machinery" used and the 80´s sound. I look forward to the studio album!

06 Dec 2000, 16:42	#8
Avil The dream Join Date: 12 Nov 2000 Location: Malmö, Sweden Posts: 8,154	You can´t look at a band in that way...To say that AV is a strictly synthband, that isn´t right at all, because all band,even AV, have many faces.Not just the face they´ve shown us...AV is not just synth,they are music over all! I´m your best friend-the dream

06 Dec 2000, 20:01	#9
wii Dream Master Join Date: 07 Nov 2000 Location: Denmark Posts: 13,705	well, alphaville is more than anything a synth band. That they have touched other areas is great, but synths is still the main thing, and that´s what we like, right ? visit us at: http://www.alphaville.org

23 Dec 2000, 15:34	#10
sonic boomboy Dreamer Join Date: 18 Dec 2000 Location: farsund, , Norway. Posts: 6	I think AV is more than just plain music.it`s about dreams and visions-like reading a book with sound or watching a movie controled by your mind.And maybe in some ways comparable to the bible-you get alot of input,wich seems sensible from your own point of view. Dreamscapes are easily made with electronic instruments,but the important thing is to get the right sound in the rihgt place, not how you do it.