In 1992, marian gold released a solo album and alphaville began work on their fourth album. Forever young by marian gold, alphaville, bernhard lloyd. Alphaville forever young original demo 1983 lyrics. The forever young album hit the top 20 in six european countries, went triple gold in germany and was awarded a swedish rockbjornen as best foreign album. Forever young ebook written by marian gold, alphaville, bernhard lloyd, marc simon, frank mertens, wolfgang looswilhelm. Forever young is the debut album released by west german synthpoprock group alphaville. Alphaville forever young with cd, with dvd, boxed set on. German synth pop group alphaville enjoyed major success in the united states with their early hits forever young and big in japan, and went on to a lasting career in europe, south america, and. The dvd features the 60minute documentary never grow up the story of forever young, including current interviews with marian gold, bernhard lloyd and the original album producers colin pearson. The song forever young was written by marian gold, bernhard lloyd and frank mertens and was first released by alphaville in 1984. German synth pop group alphaville enjoyed major success in the united states with their early hits forever young and big in japan, and went on to a lasting career in europe, south america, and asia. This page is for fans of marian gold and alphaville to come together and enjoy photos and videos. Forever young, i want to be forever young do you really want to live forever. Forever young written by marian gold, bernhard lloyd, frank.
Alphaville originally released forever young written by frank mertens, bernhard lloyd and marian gold and alphaville released it on the single forever young in 1984. What a beautiful melody and great lyrics, and marian gold has a great tenor voice. See more ideas about alphaville band, greatful, gold. Online shopping from a great selection at books store. Bernhard lloyd, marian gold, frank mertens all files available for download are reproduced tracks, theyre not the original music. Music notes for sheet music by marian gold, bernhard lloyd, marc simon, frank mertens, wolfgang looswilhelm. It is a synthpop, new wave song, which was written by bernhard lloyd, marian gold and frank mertens, and produced by colin pearson, wolfgang loos and andreas budde.
Albums include forever young, forever young welcome to the sun, and big in japan seeds. Alphavilles 1984 debut, forever young, deserves to be viewed as a classic synth pop album. Colin pearson, who coproduced the album, said that marian gold would occasionally have problems with lyrics. Writers marian gold, bernhard lloyd, frank mertens. Forever young by alphaville samples, covers and remixes. German synth pop group alphaville enjoyed major success in the united states with their early hits forever young and big in japan, and went on to a lasting career in europe, south america. Some media files are directly executable online flv, mp3, swf. Question about synths on alphavilles forever young. Forever young is the debut album released by german synthpop group alphaville on september 27, 1984, by warner music group.
Several covers have been recorded and remixed, featuring male or female vocalists often erroneously attributed to be. Question about synths on alphavilles forever young gearslutz. Marian gold, singer for alphaville, discusses forever young. I still consider it a newwave album and also one that is an absolute must have for any fan of the genre. Alphaville were formed by vocalist and lyricist marian gold and keyboard player bernhard lloyd, both of whom were members of the nelson community, a multimedia art collective based in berlin.
Alphaville vocalist marian gold says, my musical career actually kicked off with a kicking out. It was also covered by kaiak, seawaves, sunset dub, proximity and other artists. Linn lm 1 roland tr 808 mfb sequencer roland jupiter 8 ppg wave 2. Oct 29, 2017 alphaville lead singer marian gold is doing something he has done thousands of times before. Check out forever young by alphaville on amazon music. Forever young is a song from german synthpop recording act alphavilles 1984 debut album. To me, it actually leans back and forth between traditional newwave and synth pop. Alphaville were formed by vocalist and lyricist marian gold and keyboard player bernhard lloyd, both of whom were members of the nelson. See more ideas about alphaville band, innocence lost and 80 bands. Forever young by marian gold, bernhard lloyd, marc simon. Born in herford, west germany, gold became part of the berlin art collective the nelson community, where.
The founding members were marian gold real name hartwig schierbaum, born may 26. Forever young is an archetype of the 1980s synthforward new wave or synthpop music. Would love to travel to munich and see them preform in person. Several covers have been recorded and remixed, featuring male or female vocalists often erroneously attributed to be alphavilles marian gold, or laura branigan. Marian gold, bernhard lloyd, frank mertens lyrics powered by. It charted well, hitting the top 20 in six european countries and reaching. The list posted above is pretty accurate because bernahrd lloyd, thenkeybordist and synthwizard of the band, added precisions. Marian gold, singer for alphaville, discusses forever. Forever young is the debut album released by west german synthpoprock group alphaville on september 27, 1984, by warner music group. Forever young factory mix by jose alvarezbrill 2001 credits beta composers. It is a synthpop, new wave song, which was written by bernhard lloyd, marian gold and.
Forever young is the debut album released by german synthpop group alphaville on. Bernhard lloyd, marian gold, frank mertens all files available for download are reproduced tracks, theyre not. Marian gold, frank mertens this title is a cover of forever young as made famous by alphaville. Listening to the song forever young brings back good memories of the 1980s. Alphaville were formed by vocalist and lyricist marian gold and. Download for offline reading, highlight, bookmark or take notes while you read forever young. International rereleases of alphavilles forever young followed in 1989, 1996, and 2001. Karaoke forever young video with lyrics alphaville. Listen free to alphaville forever young a victory of love, summer in berlin and more.
The single was a strong hit in scandinavia and in the european germanspeaking. Alphaville forever young super deluxe limited edition. The album forever young is a wonderful example of classic 80s synth. Theres no doubting that germans are behind the crystalline teutonic textures and massive beats that permeate the album, but vocalist marian gold s impressive ability to handle a bryan ferry croon and many impassioned high passages meant the album would have worldwide appeal. Gold and lloyd were part of a shortlived band called chinchilla green other members went on to form the groups melody nelson and girl next door, and. Aug 24, 2015 german synth pop group alphaville enjoyed major success in the united states with their early hits forever young and big in japan, and went on to a lasting career in europe, south america, and asia. I have probably listened to it 50 times, and have yet to. Hello, the member bibitoto2 offers to share files stored on his oodesk account. Marian gold ex alphaville so long celeste 1992 96 mb. This is a group i loved listening to during the 80s. Forever young some are like water, some are like the heat some are a melody and some are the beat sooner or later. The lyrics are an embodiment of the fear of nuclear war and were influenced heavily by the. A german band and this was their number one hit of all time.
Alphaville followed up with their second album in 1986 with the release of afternoons in utopia. Alphaville forever young sheet music for voice, piano or guitar. Alphaville lead singer marian gold is doing something he has done thousands of times before. Alphaville forever young sheet music for voice, piano or. The single was a strong hit in scandinavia and in the european germanspeaking countries in the same year. The dvd features the 60minute documentary never grow up the story of forever young, including current interviews with marian gold, bernhard lloyd and the original album producers colin pearson and wolfgang loos among others, as well as the original music videos to forever young, big in japan, the jet set and sounds like a melody. High quality and interactive, transpose it in any key, change the. It charted well, hitting the top 20 in six european countries and reaching number 1 in norway and sweden. Bernhard lloyd, marian gold, frank mertens this title is a cover of forever young as made famous by alphaville.
The founding members were marian gold real name hartwig schierbaum, born may 26, 1954 in herford, bernhard lloyd real name bernhard go. Download and print forever young sheet music for voice, piano or guitar by alphaville. Do you really want to live forever, forever and ever. Forever young by alphaville 190295509040 cd barnes.
Alphaville biography, albums, streaming links allmusic. Bernhard lloyd frank mertens marian gold ricky echolette david goodes jakob kiersch. Theres no doubting that germans are behind the crystalline teutonic textures and massive beats that permeate. Forever young is a song from german synthpop recording act alphavilles 1984 debut album of the same name. Forever young some are like water, some are like the heat some are a melody and some are the beat. Albums include forever young, forever young welcome to the sun, and big in japan.
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