DID YOU KNOW...

 

...THAT THE COOL FACE AND THE HAND ON THE FOREVER YOUNG COVER BELONGS TO A STATUE IN THE CROSSROAD OF HEIDHÖRN & SCHWALBENSTRAßE, BESIDES THE PUB CALLED "SCHWALBENECK", HAMBURG, GERMANY.
CLICK ON THE IMAGE AND YOU WILL SEE A DETAILED MAP TO FIND THE STATUE.

...THAT THE FOREVER YOUNG VIDEO WAS RECORDED IN THE OVER HUNDRED YEARS OLD "ROYAL HOLLOWAY COLLEGE", VIRGINIA WATER, ENGLAND.

...THAT THE PIANOS IN THE FOREVER YOUNG VIDEO WAS A JOKE, CAUSE THERE'S NO PIANOS IN FOREVER YOUNG.

...THAT THE SONGS SUMMER IN BERLIN AND TO GERMANY WITH LOVE WAS FORBIDDEN IN THE COMPILATION OF FOREVER YOUNG AND AFTERNOONS IN UTOPIA RELEASE 1986 IN THE FORMER EAST GERMANY, DDR. THE SONGS WAS OF SOME REASON NOT POLITICAL CORRECT.

...THAT THE BIG IN JAPAN VIDEO IS DIRECTED BY "DIETER MEIER" FROM "YELLO" AND THE "JAPANESE GIRL" IS HIS WIFE.

...THAT BIG IN JAPAN WAS WRITTEN BY MARIAN GOLD 1978. BUT IT WAS RELESED SIX YEARS LATER, 1984.

...THE SELLING STATISICS FOR ALPHAVILLE;

FOREVER YOUNG: MORE THAN 2.000.000
AFTERNOONS IN UTOPIA: MORE THAN 500.000
THE BREATHTAKING BLUE: ABOUT 400.000
PROSTITUTE: ABOUT 200.000
SALVATION: ABOUT 200.000
FIRST HARVEST: MORE THAN 200.000
SINGLES: ALL TOGETHER ABOUT 4.000.000
BIG IN JAPAN SINGLE: ABOUT 2.000.000
*RESERVATION FOR CHANGES OR ERRORS

...THAT MARIAN GOLD LOVES THE COMPUTERGAME "MYST".

...THAT THE RED ROSE VIDEO WAS RECORDED IN FÓT, A CITY NEAR BUDAPEST, HUNGARY.

...THAT MARIAN TOOK THE NAME GOLD FROM THE BOOK "1984" BY GEORGE ORWELL. THE CENTRAL FIGURE IS CALLED GOLDSTEIN (IN GERMAN, PROBABLY GOLDSTONE IN ENGLISH?), AND THE NAME MARIAN IS FROM HIS GRANDFATHER.

...THAT THERE USED TO BE A STREET IN FORMER WEST-BERLIN CALLED "THE 17TH OF JUNE" (STRAßE DES 17. JUNI) WHICH PASSED THE ERNST-REUTER-PLATZ. FROM THE SONG "SUMMER IN BERLIN".

...THAT THE ELECTRIC THUNDER ON THE SONG "TODAY" REALLY WAS THUNDERING UNDER THE RECORDING OF THE SONG. MARIAN HOLD OUT THE MICROPHONE THROUGH THE WINDOW.

...THAT ONE OF THE REASONS WHY ALPHAVILLE USE DOLPHINS IS THAT DOLPHINS ARE LIKE HUMANS BUT MORE PEACEFUL AND DOLPHINS ALWAYS SMILE WHEN THE HUMANS TEND TO FROWN.

...THAT THE RADIOVOICE IN THE END OF IVORY TOWER "THIS IS RADIO FREEDOM..." WAS A JINGLE WHO THAT RADIOSTATION WAS USED. RADIO FREEDOM IS A RADIOSTATION WHO, PARTICULAR IN THE 80'S WHERE SENDING FROM COUNTRIES AROUND SOUTH AFRICA WHEN THEY STILL HAVE THE APARTHEID SEGRATION. THE STATION WHERE SPONSRED BY PEOPLE WHO WORKED AGAINST APARTHEID, ALPHAVILLE FOR EXAMPLE. RADIO FREEDOM TELL THE PEOPLE "FIGHT FOR FREEDOM" AND WAS OF THAT CASE BANNED IN SOUTH AFRICA.

...THAT ALPHAVILLE GET AWARDED WITH TWO "ROCKBJÖRNEN" (A PEOPLE VOTING COMPETITION),
BY THE BIGGEST SWEDISH NEWSPAPER "AFTONBLADET" IN 1984.
* THE BEST FOREIGN BAND "ALPHAVILLE".
* THE BEST FOREIGN ALBUM "FOREVER YOUNG".

...THAT THE ALBUM "SALVATION" WAS THE LAST ALBUM RELEASED BY WEA. IT WAS REALLY A SALVATION FOR ALPHAVILLE TO FINISH THE CONTRACT WITH WEA.

...THAT ALPHAVILLE GOT ONE OSCAR AWARD FOR THE VIDEO OF MIDDLE OF THE RIDDLE.

...THAT THE NAME ALPHAVILLE IS TAKEN FROM A FRENCH MOVIE FROM 1965, CALLED "ALPHAVILLE" BY JEAN-LUC GODARD.

...THAT U2 LIKES ALPHAVILLE VERY MUCH.

...THAT THE AMERICAN BAND "CAROL MASTERS" HAS TAKEN THEIR NAME FROM... EXACTLY, ALPHAVILLE'S SONG FROM THE ALBUM AFTERNOONS IN UTOPIA.

...THAT THE INTERNET EXPLORER'S "FAVORITES" ICON LOOKS LIKE THE BREATHTAKING BLUE ALBUM COVER.
STRANGE CONNECTION ISN'T IT... ALPHAVILLE IS EVERYWHERE!

ABSOLUTELY NECESSARY WERE: MUSIC BY ALPHAVILLE / FAN CLUB ADMINISTRATION BY JOACHIM HOLLANDER / COMFORT BY WILLY NIELSEN / SUPPORT BY NEW HORIZONS COMMUNITY / KINDNESS BY POUL E / DELIVERY BY STUART AVIS / CRAZY SHOW WRITING JOB BY TRENT / INSIDE INFORMATION BY STEFAN CLOTZ / GERMAN SERVICE BY HÅKAN ANDERSSON / ART BY MARIA BLOMBERG / ORIGINAL ARTWORK & COVER DESIGN BY ULF MEYER ZU KÜINGDORF / SCANS BY LADY BRIGHT / DANCING BY AVIL / PATIENCE BY MY FRIENDS

THANK YOU ALL FOR ALL SUPPORT!

HARDIN