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40 years ago this week, "Forever Young" by #Alphaville entered the #Top100 at 95. It peaked at 93 on 30 Mar 1985, but actually climbed higher as a re-release and peaked at 65 on 24 Dec 1988. There have been several remixes and cover versions over the years, and I quite like the one by #YouthGroup that was featured in "The O.C.". youtube.com/watch?v=oNjQXmoxiQ #1980s #MusicHistory #MusicVideo

Good timezone fediverse,
Today's song is Forever Young - Symphonic Version by Alphaville

Alphaville is a German synthpop band formed in Münster in 1982. They achieved success with singles like "Forever Young", "Big in Japan", and "Sounds Like a Melody". The main singer remains the only continuous original member. This version is from their symphonic album which is just super good overall 🙂

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Songlink/OdesliForever Young - Symphonic Version by Alphaville, Deutsches Filmorchester BabelsbergListen now on your favorite streaming service. Powered by Songlink/Odesli, an on-demand, customizable smart link service to help you share songs, albums, podcasts and more.

The last concert I went to with Julia was #Alphaville in Cape Town in 2010. I remember standing with her, but she was lost in the concert, not paying attention to me. Forever Young was their encore, of course.

Later the same month, she was suddenly disabled. Just over a year later, she was dead.

A+ memetote¹ from #FT, the one² publication that has seen crypto with clear eyes from the jump (and has done more good journalism on the topic than anyone else by a country mile).

also if the words #memetote and #memebag didn't exist yet they do now.

¹ if you don't get the joke google "HFSP"

² literally the only one. i suspect their experience with #Wirecard has a lot to do with it given that #crypto is literally the same international cartel of cretins as Wirecard.

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“Forever Young” (youtu.be/YHRvDo8rUoQ?si=Rz-8P6 free: youtu.be/LckIj_jj8LU?si=w7-m9B) (1984) by German Syth-Pop band Alphaville🇩🇪. Per the band it was originally written to “evoke a "fascistic feeling of the adoration of the crowd” and “the fear of dying young due to nuclear war” but that due to the band’s limited English at the time and due to fucking no one listening to lyrics has become a song to slow dance while sucking face to.
#ILikeToWatch #Alphaville #80smusic