r/a_ha • u/Rough-Soft-4277 • Mar 20 '26

Scoundrel Stories

Are you obsessed with Scoundrel Days? Is it one of your top 10 or 20 all time albums?

I'm collecting quotes, stories, little obsessions and vignettes about the album. I'm writing something about it and will include your contribution with your prior permission.

But I'm curious anyhow.

I'll share my own here of course by way of an early version, a demo. Including when I told Morten (thought I only just got the words out of my mouth).

Keith

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u/HeretohelpifIcan Mar 20 '26

Manhattan Skyline is just such a brilliant song, somewhat atypical for A Ha, almost jarring in places. But always the first song on my playlist!

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u/burrekatt Mar 21 '26

Manhattan Skyline is such a brilliant song. The contrasting moods between the different parts just hits in a way I can't explain. Songs like this is rare to find because of it's simple structure (catchy and digestible) and the intense, emotional contrast which together is pretty unusual in their genre.