Forever Eleven ALPHAVILLE Favourites, part I + part II

i själva verket tillkommen 11 oktober
snarare än 11 augusti


Första skeppet med alla mina Alphavoriter
bland de låtar jag känner till hittills
vilket börjar närma sig en synnerligen stor bit av deras repertoar...



1.
som jag allra helst vill VARA

FANTASTIC DREAM
[Aquarian Warriors Rebuild the Ship]

from Afternoons in Utopia (-86)
or demo 2 from Dreamscapes Box cd 2


2.
som jag allra helst vill DANSA med

GUARDIAN ANGEL
from Salvation (-98)


3.
som jag allra helst vill SPELA TEATER med

BLAUER ENGEL
(-83) from Dreamscapes Box cd 7


4.
som jag allra helst vill FOTOGRAFERA

VICTORY OF LOVE
from Forever Young (-84)

[She's really an angel
She stands in the Sunshine.......
She's dreaming a Strange dream
where nothing is grey
and she takes me away]


5.
som jag allra helst vill ARBETA med

TRAUMTÄNZER
=[DrömDansare]
(-83) Demo Remix from Dreamscapes Box cd 1


6.
som jag allra helst vill HA SEX med

FALLEN ANGEL
from Forever Young (-84)


7.
som jag allra helst vill HA SKRIVIT

LADY BRIGHT
[whose speed where much faster than light
She departed one day
in a relativist way
and returned on the previous]

demo 1 from Dreamscapes Box cd 2


8.
som jag allra helst vill DRÖMMA OM

FOR A MILLION
from The Breathtaking Blue (-89)


9.
som jag allra helst vill DÖ under tiden som

FOREVER YOUNG
from Forever Young (-84)
(or maybe even rather the unplugged version from -92)


10.
som jag allra helst vill RESA TILL RYMDEN med

CAROL MASTERS
[Carol wants to go to Mars...]

even more the spacy demo 1 (from -81!!!!!!!)
from Dreamscapes Box cd 2
than the ready one on Afternoons in Utopia (-86)


11.
som jag allra helst vill att GUD ÄR

PANDORA'S LULLABY
from Salvation (-98)
also Opera version (-89)







och så Andra skeppet med alla mina Alphavorier:



12.
som jag nästan allra helst vill VARA

LEBEN OHNE ENDE
[Liv utan slut /Leva utan slut]
from Dreamscapes disc 1
on no main album (-83)


13.
som jag nästan allra helst vill DANSA med

ASTRAL BODY
Demo Remix
(-95) from Dreamscapes disc 7

but it's probably a lie, since I'm spinning rather happier with:
LIES
from Forever Young


14.
som jag nästan allra helst vill SPELA TEATER med

BIG IN JAPAN
Demo Remix
(from -78!!!!!!!) from Dreamscapes disc 1

(ordinary version on Forever Young (-84) is almost as good)

or some glimpses in Frankfurt Forum Freedom Time Warp-version (1978-93)
on Dreamscape-disc 7


15.
som jag nästan allra helst vill FOTOGRAFERA

ZOO
(Watch Me - You can yell at Me - Play with Me
But you better Not Touch me!
Does it make you feel better to know my heart is locked away?)

from box Crazy Show, disc 1 "The Terrible Truth About Paradise" (-03)


16.
som jag nästan allra helst vill ARBETA med

ANYWAY
from The Breathtaking Blue (-89)

(All the pieces came together
finally but not too late
Just pretend that I'm not there
Je t'aime anyway)


17.
som jag nästan allra helst vill HA SEX med

ROLL AWAY THE STONE
(Cha-la-la-la Push-Push!!)
=cover of a glamRock hit by Mott the Hoople (orig -74)
from Dreamscapes disc 5


18.
som jag nästan allra helst vill HA SKRIVIT

STILL FALLS THE RAIN
(Isn't it strange?
I'm not a ghost at all!)
NOT a cover of the Roxy Music-song with same title
HOWEVER the track follows right after a cover of their "Do The Strand"
(which Alphaville could have woven a richer web with than they do)
so this has to have some connection to Bryan Ferry anyway!?

from Crazy Show disc 2 "Last Summer On Earth" (-03)

I've just begun to listen to this late works,
so surely there are more very favourites there...


19.
som jag nästan allra helst vill DRÖMMA OM

SUMMER IN BERLIN
demo 1 from Dreamscapes disc 1
and/or demo 2 from Dreamscapes disc 7
both with a little richer air than the ready-made on Forever Young (-84)


20.
som jag nästan allra helst vill DÖ under tiden som

LASSIE COME HOME!
from Afternoons in Utopia (-86)


21.
som jag nästan allra helst vill RESA TILL RYMDEN med

APOLLO
(...is the end of the show...
will rise from the ashes and return.......)

from Prostitute (-94)


22.
som jag nästan allra helst vill att GUD ÄR

WHAT IS LOVE
(-88) from Dreamscapes disc 5

(shines like a neon sign
It ain't so far
just that distance is unbelievable)

=cover of someone's??







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