VI - IV - I - V :II

Now for your listening pleasure, Take on Me shows up again. Along with 30+ other songs. 

I have to think more about this ... does it demonstrate 

1) genius? 

2) the ignorance of the music-listening public? 

3) that humans as listeners are easily satisfied with this simple chord progression? 

4) that there is something innately beautiful and logical in its make-up (perhaps due to the overtone series), analogous to the golden section, which is why we are so attracted to it? 

I need more than 30 seconds to think about this, but that may come at a later time, since I have to run off and play the pianer for $$$ right now. 

You know you like it when I'm flirting with you, or, I'm gunna beat your ass with my pipe wrench

What do these two titles have in common? This video, a literal translation of A-ha's video for their (only) hit (that I know of), "Take On Me." A song I've always rather liked, by the way. When I lived in Indiana, there was a Ska band that did a cover of it. They were called the Skalcoholics. Get it? I'd go hear them play just to hear that cover. Fun times. (Hearing that band, not living in Indiana.) 

I know, I know, two posts in one day, after you spent weeks of wondering if I'm still alive or not. Wanted to share that funny video with you before I forget. Also I'm winding down from doing my homework, which was reading 14 chapters of post-tonal theory. YEP. And I even finished it before 11 p.m. Who knows what other surprises I have in store?