a-ha - Take On Me (Live From MTV Unplugged)
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- Опубліковано 27 вер 2017
- Taken from the forthcoming album/DVD
a-Ha: MTV Unplugged Summer Solstice
(17 Hits + 2 Cover Versions + 2 brand new Songs)
Pre Order here: lnk.to/aha-unplugged
Recorded live on June 22 and 23, 2017 at Giske Harbour Hall in Norway by Henning Svoren and John O’Mahoney at Ocean Sound Recordings;
Video Director &Producer: Kim Strømstad;
Produced by: Lars Horntveth;
Arranged by: Lars Horntveth with a-ha;
Mixed by John O’Mahoney at Electric Lady Studios, New York;
Mastered by Greg Calbi at Sterling Sound, New York;
Production Management: James Maillardet of Practical Productions Ltd;
Morten Harket: vocals;
Magne Furuholmen: upright piano, harpsichord, celesta, acoustic guitar, flute and backing vocals;
Paul Waaktaar-Savoy: acoustic guitar and backing vocals;
Lars Horntveth: acoustic guitars, resonator lap steel guitar, vibraphone, bass clarinet and soprano saxophone;
Morten Qvenild: Upright piano, harpsichord, harmonium, dulcitone, mandolinette, autoharp and kokle;
Even Enersen Ormestad: Bass;
Karl Oluf Wenneberg: Drums, percussion, bells and bass xylophone;
Madeleine Ossum: Violin and backing vocals;
Emilie Heldal Lidsheim: Viola and backing vocals;
Tove Margrethe Erikstad: Cello and backing vocals.
Music video by a-ha performing Take On Me. (C) 2017 Swinglong Ltd. /We Love Music, under exclusive licence to Polydor/Island, a division of Universal Music GmbH
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he looks like the most understanding dad in the world
😂
I bet he is tho
@@OurEyesAreYetToOpen Good daddy energy... little rough one...
cute daddy boi
he got that humble face
- For Joel
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Seeing the audience members singing along quietly with tears in their eyes proves that this is a timeless song.
Sem sobra de dúvidas que é atemporal!!
Sou brasileira e amo Ah!!!!
I will ALWAYS love this song!!!!
Still In love with this song
No it doesn't. Stop misusing words and concepts. Just say what you feel and stop desperately trying to find validation. It's ok to love it without needing to find what you seem to need.
@@imnothere220 It took you all your mental ressources to type that out huh kid.
His voice has held up so well all these years later. And he's still as handsome as ever.
Maybe even more handsome
@@mariabaskett6068 да, красивее😊
Yes..❤
Lol, we all wanted to be that chick in the music video😂. Dragged into the comic. I remember watching it as a kid!
Yes ❤
Feels like he’s singing goodbye to an entire generation.
damm, no doubt.
that was the first thing that came to my mind Dashii
I'll be gone... in a day or 2.
yeah , it seems to be
☹️
"I'll see you around."
"Yep."
- Joel and Ellie
And the never see each other again... Fuck men it still hurts me.. i'll never feel so sad by a fictional character but fuck i miss joel
@@christianvacca5143 he's in our hearts, forever, while we still remember him
Cringe
Why joel you dead
Hehe I came from that game too, I miss Joel
I'm an grizzled old man who has kept any old feelings and emotions locked up in a dusty box. And now I find myself crying, thinking about so many in my life who were gone "in a day or two." That's the beauty of music. It effortlessly opens up what we try so damn hard to lock away.
Oh, man. Couldn’t have said it any better. Well spoken.
God bless you. I'd hold you while you cried, and I'd never tell a soul or make you talk about it ever again. Take care, sweetheart. Xo💕🌺🌸😊
I'd like to add something. You men, so hard working, so unable to cry, so deserving of so much better than you receive; thank you. Thank you for just being a man. Thank you for helping to keep our world turning. We'd all be so hopelessly lost without you. You men, so deserving of so much more, quietly suffering to keep us all going, thank you. I appreciate all of you. I can't and don't want to imagine what my life would be if it weren't for men doing the things that women aren't willing or able to do. I have a feeling you're underappreciated, but I appreciate you. I really do. Thank you😊❤❤❤
So true my friend 🖖🏼
❤ I'm to be 48 and I found myself bawling my eyes out the first time I heard this version. I really lack words to describe how sublime it is.
Stay strong, brother! Life has pain and regret but tomorrow is still another chance!
Give that man a standing ovation for his cultural impact
That moment you realize this song is deeper than you ever imagined...
That is very true now
It was used on Magicians and tore my heart out, I had no idea how this song could sound.
What do you mean?
true that
Chris P. RIGHT?!?!?? I thought the SAME thing when I heard this. I was like....’he’s saying all that?!?’ It was so upbeat I never knew the words!
This man has aged like fine wine
Alex Lanza he truly has
Oporto Wine. From Portugal
He is fine.
The FINEST
Yes 😎✨🙏🤙👍!!!
When you think of the thousands of times he's sung these lyrics it's amazing how he still pours his heart into them. Like it's his first time seeing them.
One of the best part of watching these artists, is the way they age gracefully. They maintain those beutiful voices, and sometimes even gets better by time
Not to mention he actually age well. Barely any wirnkles great hair. He looks greta for hia age. Dman im jealou lmao. Hope i age gracefully oikw this man.
This song is so clean that it kills 100% of germs
I thought it looked like Paul's grandfather...it was so clean
7k germs disliked this video
@@drgregoryhaus oh my god 🤪😂
Erozeon, U R dat real MVP!
Legit cry-laughed at this.
80s: *coolest song ever*
2019: *saddest song ever*
This was, uh... recorded in 2017... still true though
True
right
Deadpool bro
God is my lord 😂☺️
You have no idea how good this song is till its slowed down a pop song that is so well written it should be a poem
This just brought back so many memories when life was so much more simple and music was so so good. There will never be another decade better than the 80’s.
Most X/Millinials feel this way about the 90's.
One morning when I was a little girl, I watched my dad take my mom and twirled her on the kitchen floor while this song was playing on the radio.
I came between them and hugged as hard as I could, not wanting to be left out.
So we danced, all three of us, in the sunbeam of the morning.
It was so perfect.
Now, both of them are gone, but one day, I was with my six year old son and heard this song being played by some street performers while we were out shopping.
I picked him up and and we started dancing to the music.
He was confused at first but then started laughing, but some day, I know I will leave him too, and I hope he will have someone to dance with to this song and remember me as how I remembered my parents
You made me cry :-)
omg that’s so cute but sad, I hope you guys are doing well!!
Beautyfull reflection !
❤❤❤
Very sweet Deva. : )
original: we groovin'
this version: we cryin'
Lol but yeah this version is kinda sad
Foreal! Lol
Deadass lmao
original: 😎
this one: 😔
society
This is so true
My Mom passed 3 years to the day, Jan 6th and this was her all time favourite song, what a great tribute to her and this song, she loved this song so much, the cds are still in her car... love you Mom, miss you soo much!❤
Im so sorry about your loss. Music is the time travel machine we all use. I lost people too, but music brings them back to me .Fuck covid btw
So sorry for your loss!This song is for anybody who's hurting or feeling lost in this cruel world!Take on me is awesome
Wow! This song is an eternal favorite for so many of us. Your Mom had great taste in music! My condolences 🙏 and I hope for the best for you! ❤
Sorry for your loss, was it because of COVID
That is a high quality vocal performance, the clarity of his falsetto is quite beautiful.
This song hits so differently when played acoustically
Completely different song.
Nice and calm
True I agree
Gaiden The One ☝️ so many memories about my kids and wife when I hear it this way.
Its a sadness song...
Thank everyone in the crowd for not singing out loud.
Probably were told not to
They probably were, but he was using a directional mic
Lmfao
I think they were muted
@@king-emperorbotolfzainisem730 This was recorded in Norway. Scandinavians generally don't dare sing along unless everybody else is doing it. That being said, yes, they might have been told not to.
I was born in 83’. I was 12 in 95’ and able to understand this song. 20 years later I played ‘last of us’-great game. This is the most beautiful version I have heard. The singer managed to change a quintessential 80s song and transform it into a timeless classic that will now be included in classic songbooks
Congrats on being over 40 dude
I was in 5th grade when this song was a hit and there was a boy named Carl who rode my bus and I thought he looked exactly like the lead singer of a-ha. (Which is ridiculous since Carl was all of 10 years old.) Last day of school they allowed us to sit whereever we wanted on the bus (it was assigned seating the rest of the year) and Carl sat with me. I guess he moved away after that and I never saw him again. I believe he was my first little IRL crush.
The fact he’s still got such a good voice after decades is incredible
why? with proper training you can only get better
@@fire4ev because he's 60 years old
Fifty Three and he’s still hot as hell!
Ya right!
Same thing with Rick Astley, his voice is even arguably better than it was years ago. These artists are absolutely beautiful...
The original version is like a soundtrack for a man living in the fast pace life in the 80's all cool and hip. This one is like when the same man grows old and saying farewell to the fun memories of his youth.
That’s fuckin sad dude
Amo 😍
Exactly
Beautiful either way 💚
@@ledamariadummergerber4695 versão perfeita ne
"take on me" is one of the legendary songs ever.
Take On Me is the song ever
The acoustic version slows it down for us for a decade or two. Love.
Basically *_every 80s song played slowly becomes the saddest song_* ever.
So true
I agree. I think nuances of the lyrics, beat and also videos were lost. Now it blows me away with a new enjoyment of the music that is on the soundtrack of my life. So many changes!
OzzyOscy true dat
@Collin Wall A few examples off the top of my head is 'Mad World' by Tears For Fears (as covered by Gary Jules), 'Wouldn't It Be Good' by Nik Kershaw and Duran Duran's incredible version of 'View To A Kill' at Coachella.
@@OzzyOscy That's cool. I didn't know Mad World was originally by Tears for Fears. Do you know any other songs that are sad or take on a completely different meaning when played slowly?
The line "slowly learning that life is okay" hits like a truck in this rendition.
I'm thinking about tatoo those words as a reminder to not kill myself.
Yeh, gets you right in the heart. But damn right too. Life is okay.
Absolutely!
@@osleg1460 I hope your doing ok in life I wish you the best of luck
It’s insane
Lyrics
We're talking away
I don't know what I'm to say
I'll say it anyway
Today is another day to find you
Shyin' away
Oh, I'll be comin' for your love, okay
Take on me
(Take on me)
Take me on
(Take on me)
I'll be gone
In a day or two
So needless to say
I'm odds and ends
But I'll be stumblin' away
Slowly learnin' that life is okay
Say after me
It's no better to be safe than sorry
Take on me
(Take on me)
Take me on
(Take on me)
I'll be gone
In a day or two
All the things that you say, yeah
Is it life or just to play my worries away?
You're all the things I've got to remember
You're shyin' away
I'll be comin' for you anyway
Take on me
(Take on me)
Take me on
(Take on me)
I'll be gone
In a day
(Take on me)
(Take on me)
(Take me on)
(Take on me)
I'll be gone
(Take on me)
In a day
(Take me on)
(Take on me)
(Take on me)
(Take on me)
(Take me on)
(Take on me)
Source: LyricFind
Songwriters: Magne Furuholmen / Morten Harket / Pal Waaktaar
Take On Me lyrics © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
Now that the song is in a different tempo I think it sound even better because you actually hear the words. I love the song and glad he is still singing it.
This was my tempo for the 3:30am feedings & rockings. This performance validates ...so many decisions.
"Slowly learning that life is okay" That line is always the one that gets me so much in this song.
Ja man
Same
Ikr...
freezecanberry Hauptsache auf deutsch antworten :D
freezecanberry perfect
The best part is the largely middle-aged people in the audience, singing along - no doubt reliving moments of their youth...
Yeah, remembering how it was rigth after the war...
Jørgen Ramdahl The 80’s... Which war, the Falklands?
Well put my friend.
Old age isn't nice.,our Youth vanishes so fast!!!.
@@patriciaoakes8689 old age is nice, appreciate it, relish it, live it....alot of people didnt make it that far, enjoy it to the fullest....
Beautiful acoustic performance. Wow, he still has that sweet vocal instrument and he’s still so handsome
I love Morton's smile at the end. "I just nailed it, and the audience loved it."
“Slowly learning that life is okay” we all need that
My favorite line of the song
@@ProfeARios Doubly so because of the way he sings it
I’m such what’s the problem?
@@teaganriley21 i hope you know that near is superior
bryan yes he is but I love both L and near equally
Slowly learning that life is okay. This hits hard.
Yes !! Your still your young , dont be like me and learn everything the hard way
It's no better to be safe than sorry
@@zakuraayame5091 ah yes !!!
I feel you
@@mellotronn yes sir
This arrangement is sooo beautiful. I'm crying but happy that I've lived for the original and acoustic version. ❤
Every once in a while youtube puts something in front of you that really makes your day.
the original version: 💃🏻🕺🏻🎸🎹🎵
the acoustic one: 💔 👁️💧👄💧👁️
Very deep lyrics, the high beat, speed, and high semi-tones of the original increases the dopamine activity in our brains. Without the activation of dopamine we feel soothed, calmed, which is usually related to a sadder feeling.
Original version: Anime opening
Unplugged vers.: Anime ending
In the original you dont think of the lyrics
a-ha - Take On Me (Live) 2021 🎸🎷🎶
Yo facts 😂
One version makes you dance and the other version makes you cry ❤
So true
The other version makes you Jog the sidewalks.
Yes. Indeed.
The guy made a sad song but with happy beat. Here the lyrics match the beat.
😂
Those 100 million-plus people who’ve watched this video were born in the last decade and before the middle of the last century. Songs this good will transcend time and generation forever.
I'm only 33 but I was raised on 80s mainly but to hear this version is 😢 probably the best era of our musical history was a time of pain love and fun we will never forget it ❤
Did you notice how music gets deeper while aging? Just like good wine.
Very True! Cheers to that! 🍻💕🍷🍾
I thought the same thing, the mood of the lyrics have changed, but stayed the same. All those women reliving their youth. Cool atmosphere.
Like the kids locked in my basement
Good Music*
Getting older..but never give up!!!
He looks like the coolest dad ever.
He definitely does look smooth
Um that would be me 😄
@@james8716 Lol
Silver Fox for sure
Yep
He could have Beaten it up like an old Pro...The Fact that he handled it with such a Delicate Touch Speaks to the Artist he Truly is....The man has my Admiration and my Heart
This version is absolutely beautiful, changes the song completely. The audience, the gentle music, the beautiful voice are perfection ❤
Original arrangement: Anime opening
This arrangement: Anime ending
So true 😂
Ahhaha
Like the ending of the big bang theory :(
@@sheldonjplanktonn our whole universe... Was in a hot dense state,then nearly fourteen billion years ago expanded started.... Wait....
@@kazumasjourneyofsong511 - you had to do that guy :(
“Is this heaven?”
“It is now.”
Is that from deadpool?
Jovannj J yes
RIP Vanessa
Heaven is....
Here
Kiss me like you miss me
we need to accept that this is the definitive version of take on me
Cada vez que escucho se me eriza la piel y se me escapan unas lágrimas. Es simplemente perfecta esta versión.
"Why are you crying?"
"I'm listening to this song."
"Aren't you supposed to be vibing to this song?"
*"Not this time my friend, not this time."*
I can see what you mean. Me too bro. We seek for more, losses is what we get.
+1
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😭😭 I'm crying like baby 😭😭💔
F
This brings back memories I don't even have.
Caught me off guard Wtf 😂🤣🤣
Yeah, this makes me cry, even I have never heard it before
Wait thats illegal
You are hilarious.. xD
you read kind of sad comment and then you see this laugh so hard
Who else is crying and singing whispering at 2024?
Officially added to the Wedding Playlist
All those 50 year old women in the audience were probably once teenage girls swooning over the singer in his prime. Crazy
Lookin at him I don't think this man is ever not in his prime
Uh...
Who ever stopped swooning?
one day we will like those old people
He still hot af
This version is so beautiful. Never thought this song could sound like this
Beautifull!!!
It's not.
@@plmot6476 stfu you probably listen to cardi b
@@plmot6476 then you have no understanding of music
@@nathan916 don't know who that is. Obviously you do, lol
The beauty of simplicity in this acoustic version is breathtaking
I wasn't a fan in the 80s but what have i missed. The most angelic beautiful toned voice. Unique , sad , heavenly all at the same time. ❤
You know a song is special when:
1. The crowd knows all the words;
2. The acoustic version kicks supreme ass;
3. There's a piano involved.
4 And there isn't a dry eye in the house..😭
Especially when the piano has loads of shit all over it that probably doesn't change the sound in any way.
TEE HEE.....@@DaveDexterMusic
Yeah reminds me of giorno
@@pytro1505 my name is Giorno Giovanna and i have a piano
1985: listening and dreaming of the future...
2020: listening and remembering the past...
Such a deep comment. Checked your profile and it's full of Call of duty videos :D
Win comment 👍
That's so deep my man
@@MartinLeBlancEigtved_why hehe! I Still respect his comment : )
absolutely...
I was born October 31st 1981 and this was the first video on MTV that I can recall watching as a small child in my Mothers room. I love animation and music because of this beautiful song. Rest in Power to my beautiful Mother 5 -08 -21
"Slowly learning that life is okay"
Gets me every time
couldn't be me
Show
4 me it it's the first two lines🥺
I love that line in the song
imagine growing up in the 80s, and then 30 years later hearing this rendition of your youth. must be very emotional
It is. 💖
Nah - just glad he has hair and is not dead - toofer!!
it tastes like the end of a party
We don't all have to imagine. It's very bittersweet.
A very profound and emotive observation.
The original version is nice like other pop songs from that era but this is the version that was meant to be sung like this in the first place every time I listen to it I cry
This song's guise is very accurate, a tone of farewell to times that will never return, that will only remain in memory
*”Slowly to learning that life is ok”* still hits me everytime 🥲😭
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i feel you. today it hits me different
Me too
Say after me.. "its no better to be safe than sorry"
😪💯✌🏻👍
"Slowly learning that life is ok". That lyric resonates with me every time
same
Discover the Testimonies of Raptures to Hell and Heaven of God. You will be amazed to know so many fantastic things for man. After all, where are you going to go after your death???
@@jesuscristoesenhor502 when you die you will cease to exist. Your body will rot in the ground and the carbon that once occupied your space will return to the universe. After all, where were you for the billions of years before you were born?
Even more so in this version..
@@user-vg1tt3vg9y but where does your soul go?
Forty years later the years melt away and he looks older, wiser and even more relevant than before.
It's been years and thousands of comments but this version seriously touches me. Found it a couple days after one of my childhood friends passed. It was the perfect song to explain everything somehow.
Take on Me (1985) - Taking a chance with a young handsome man driven purely by passion.
Take on Me (2017) - Falling in love with a sophisticated, mature man with plenty of life experience
Phil Matic BOOM goes the dynamite.
I- wow.
Wisdom, maturity!
@Sean Vogt I had the same question. Look at the way he squints his eyebrows. That gave it away for me! That is definitely the same person from the 80's video. And of course listen to that fantastic voice!
I was gonna say, he’s aged so gracefully
Man, this song hits different than the original. The original was like live life, take a chance, be daring, take advantage of the spontaneous relationships, because it's gone in a day or two. But this version transforms into taking life slow, savor the moments, I'm here for you now, because in a day or 2 I'm gone forever. Not meaning moving on to another place, but moving on from existence, passing away.
It's such an incredibly intimate performance.
What’s happening to you?
bruuuv
So wonderfully put
Totally agree!!
Makes me cry every time I hear it, specifically this version. Reminds me of the biggest loss that has ever happened to me. Also makes me think of the future where I'll be whole again in that regard. Kinda bittersweet I guess.
I feel for you from those few words
The loss can almost be too much. This helps me realize we're all in on that feeling together. Sad as it may be. In the end, I think we're all together.
This man ages like fine wine in the oldest wine cellar ever preserved in the world.
Banana Child YES YES YES
You said it!
I saw what he looked like when he was young and even now I can say he’s still got it!
Yes
The band still looks great, they’ve aged gracefully!
He looks like the world's sweetest dad singing a lullaby. Masterpiece.
I can totally see him being the Dad who knows your night light is busted so he leaves on the hall light or something.
Or when you total his car, just says “It’s just a car, I’m so happy you’re ok.”
That is the best ever describe I've ever heard .
So true
concoRdo pLenamenTe!
Голос у него чудесный❤ И красавец невероятный ❤
Continua lindo e discreto! Bom passar o tempo e ver como está melhor ainda!!!
Okay that was just precious❤
a-ha singing in 1980s: Youthful boys looking for spontaneous fun.
a-ha singing in 2010s: Wise men looking for eternal companionship.
oooh yEAAAA!!
You forgot the Norwegian part
*Sobs* im so proud of my fellow Vikings!
You know a song is perfect, when you slow it down, and it reveals a completely different meaning to it, and somehow is more beautiful. This song is the "Beethoven's 5th" of its generation.
A-ha c'est toute ma jeunesse 😘
RICKBAND 1000e like
I've listened to this song my whole life, tonight was the first time I actually heard it
Dude....Preach.
Lmao.
turbo 68 x2 bro 👍🏻
ditto that!
I have been staring at your pfp for way too long is it a pokeball?
I loved the original and I love this one too! It has different feel to it, while also clearly being the same song. This was just lovely.
This version is hauntingly beautiful ❤
When the words are pronounced slowly, you understand the lyrics and simply appreciate the beautiful message of the song.
Yes finally I understood
Breaking down songs to their base can be powerful. The Offspring's 'Gone Away' comes to mind.
#Facts
@@KenReilleyI don't know how he performed Gone Away lice. That song always made me cry and feel less.
😢 Y eso que hablo Spanish 😅😅
The difference in emotion when listening to this compared to the original is actually crazy
Dallon Weekes is Beautiful this is the Original
The stage performance has always been done like this
They threw the beat in there to match with the times then
Love the unplugged series...it's the best way to showcase the artists voice, emotions, range, lyrics and instrumental acoustics...
This man can hit the God note like an angel 💜 Best song ever !
I love how the audience is full of middle aged women who were fangirls in the 80's
🤣
Lol
Duuuude thats gonna be our generations girls when they watch lil pump play the piano haha jk jk
@@AprilGhouls HAHAHHA lil pump in 10 years
Crazy thing is they're still fangirls
His voice is stunning! 💜
This song changed a lot of lives what a monumental song never gets old❤🎉 here’s your flowers now
The best pain in the world is _Nostalgia._
You forget the neck, do you ever hear me Jim?
@@bautijaure6217 lol
I’m sure burns are worse
It hurts so good
@@bautijaure6217 lmao
Best part about this version is I can understand what he's saying
You are so right :)
What a gorgeous voice! So nice to see them play live.❤
A Ha is one of the best bands from my generation the best the 80's!This song is awesome but also makes me cry because love doesn't exist,I know that now and nobody should ever be alone or feel unwanted!Thanks for this song!
i'm only 21, so I have no nostalgia for this song. But watching all the women probably re-living their younger years, in their eyes, is beautiful
Same
I'm 25, so it's not like I grew up during this song coming out, but even so. If you don't feel how viscerally powerful it rings through your soul, then there is no hope for you my friend
Facts bro closest they'll ever get too those days again
It's an incredible video. The original I mean. I love the drawing. Look it up on youtube if you haven't watched it. It's tense and exciting.
Kalib Alsaeid hope they have their pads on
I wasn't even an 80s kid but I feel nostalgia......
😂😂😂
imagine if you were
@@rominarendo i always do that for some reason and i feel nostalgia.
@@cksvideocloudstorage2993 i feel it very often specially when i whatch this videos. I wish i could travel back to those days when i was a teenager
Lol l was, this is so special 😔
Why the fuck am I crying? WTF?!
I'm suddenly reflecting over my life and journey since from when we all were younger.
That is absolutely beautiful. Just melts my heart ❤
He looked after his voice well. Really impressive.
He probably did actual vocal training unlike those hard rock singers that go balls to the walls and age like gravel.
Keegan Duncan coke and heroine does that to you
Lyrics video of this masterpiece is here ua-cam.com/video/T__zAYjKAfc/v-deo.html
It's not about the song. It's about how the lively song aged with the people who shone in a youth long forgotten. It's remembering who you are and who you once were. It breaks my heart.
That was beautifully said
Weird wording, totally unnecessary
@@weezypeezy1725 @@@@@1
@@weezypeezy1725 That's okay, I'm not forcing you to like it and it's your choice to try to be negative towards something that's intended to be positive.
was thinking the exact same thing. especially with how the camera pans onto the audience to see that they're all middle aged people reminiscing about how they listened to this song as kids