Tuesday June 23, 2020 “Forever Young” Alphaville

"Do you really want to live forever?"

Earlier we got some rock & roll advice from Tommy Conwell and his young rumblers and yes, maybe there was some substance to it, or maybe it was just a nice tune.  So in the world of compare and contrast I offer you Alphaville’s “Forever Young”, another nice tune, possibly a favorite prom song in the late 80’s but what does this song really mean?

Please don’t get me wrong, I like this song but only when not listening to the lyrics because, well they leave me confused.  “It’s so hard to get old without a cause, I don’t want to perish like a fading horse.”  “Praising our leaders, we’re getting in tune, the music’s played by the madman.” Yep, right, sure, of course, what?

Alphaville is a German synth pop band, they were in style in the 80’s, synth pop bands that is, and perhaps these lyrics in their native German have more relevance, significance  and even make more sense than they might in English.

So I will leave you with these random Alphaville thoughts, ’some are melody and some are beat…so many songs we forgot to play…life is a short trip”

Enjoy the video, the hair, the fashion, oh yes this is the 80’s!

Stay safe and well…and forever young.

Intro C   G  Am    F  G  Dm  Am  G

 C                G                        Am

Let's start in style, let's dance for a while

           F                             G

Heaven can wait we're only watching the skies

                Dm                     F

Hoping for the best, but expecting the worst

                      Am        G  C

Are you gonna drop the bomb or not?

 

C             G                      Am

  Let us stay young or let us live forever

                  F                       G

We don't have the power, but we never say never

               Dm                       F

Sitting in the sandpit, life is a short trip

                Am    G - C

The music's for the sadman

 

C           G                         Am

   Can you imagine when this race is won

                 F               G

Turn out all the faces into the sun

              Dm                        F

Praising our leaders, we're getting in tune

                     Am        G - C

The music's played by the madman

 

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C           G

   Forever Young

          Am         F

I want to be Forever Young

G                       Dm

 Do you really want to live forever?

  F        G

 Forever,  and ever

C           G

   Forever Young,

          Am          F

I want to be Forever Young

G                             Dm

   Do you really want to live forever?

 F  G         C   G F G

     Forever Young.

 

 C               G                       Am

 Some are like water, some are like the heat

           F                       G

Some are a melody and some are the beat

          Dm                     F

Sooner or later they all will be gone

          Am             G- C

Why don't they stay young?

 

C                    G              Am

  It's so hard to get old without a cause

               F                      G

I don't want to perish like a fading horse

            Dm              F

Years like diamonds in the sun

              A      G- C

And diamonds are forever

 

C            G                 Am

  So many advantages given up today

         F                 G

So many songs we forgot to play

               Dm                   F

So many dreams swinging out of the blue

          Am    G - C

Oh let it come true

 

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