Monday December 13, 2021 “Forever Young” Alphaville

In 1535 Ponce De Leon went off in search of the fountain of youth to supposedly correct his sexual impotence and he must have been successful since he fathered seven children after that adventure.  So this week we will see if we can find the fountain of youth more to be able to stay forever young and we will use the best possible search tool…music.

 We will start the week with Alphaville a German synth pop group from Berlin who took their name from the 1965 Jean-Luc Goddard movie Alphaville. They were going to call themselves Forever Young but decided that would make a better song than a band name and so we have today’s rather conflicted song.

 Alphaville, the band, also had a European hit with a song that is somewhat of a cliché for bands that may not find a big audience in their native country but are “Big in Japan”.

 This is classic 80s and in case you have forgotten the 80s, today’s video will bring back the fashions, the hair styles and the visuals that have little to do with the lyrics.

 Stay safe and well…and as Alphaville asks, do we really want to live forever?

Let's dance in style, let's dance for a while
Heaven can wait we're only watching the skies
Hoping for the best, but expecting the worst
Are you gonna drop the bomb or not?
Let us die young or let us live forever
We don't have the power, but we never say never
Sitting in a sandpit, life is a short trip
The music's for the sad man
Can you imagine when this race is won?
Turn our golden the faces into the sun
Praising our leaders, we're getting in tune
The music's played by the, the madman
Forever young
I want to be forever young
Do you really want to live forever?
Forever, and ever
Forever young
I want to be forever young
Do you really want to live forever?
Forever young
Some are like water, some are like the heat
Some are a melody and some are the beat
Sooner or later they all will be gone
Why don't they stay young?
It's so hard to get old without a cause
I don't want to perish like a fading horse
Youth's like diamonds in the sun
And diamonds are forever
So many adventures given up today
So many songs we forgot to play
So many dreams swinging out of the blue
Oh let it come true
Forever young
I want to be forever young
Do you really want to live forever
Forever, and ever?
Forever young
I want to be forever young
Do you really want to live forever
Forever, and ever?
Forever young
I want to be forever young
Do you really want to live forever
Forever young