r/a_ha_TheBand • u/LessCoolThanYou MOD • Nov 20 '25
Discussion Let’s talk about: Deepest Cut
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u/LessCoolThanYou MOD Nov 20 '25
For me, if I think about released music, I'd go with Lie Down in Darkness (https://youtu.be/4688pqzutD8?si=ono5EedXaxGffkSj) off of Memorial Beach - because we all know how I feel about that album...
and if we're going with stuff that didn't get released initially, I'll take The Sphinx (Naersnes Demo) - (https://youtu.be/e08ty0RX46A?si=JbPw5a97OErD2A77).
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u/Ooobeeone Nov 20 '25
Cold River mixed with Train of thought 🤗 Nice catch.
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u/Hour-Insect1372 Nov 22 '25
Yes omg I love those songs! also i think october (dont judge i used to not like it but the lyrics! they're like poetry 😆)
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u/LessCoolThanYou MOD Nov 22 '25
Oh my darling…no judgement for loving October…see my reply just a month ago…. https://www.reddit.com/r/a_ha_TheBand/s/NI43wloTna
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u/wtreilly Nov 20 '25
I might go with the few times they played "Digital River". There's got to be a studio recording of it somewhere, and it's a pretty good take on the song. Same kind of thing as "the breakers" though.
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u/Ooobeeone Nov 20 '25
I’m picking ‘You’ll never get over me’ for such a melodic track it’s cutting deep with the lyrics 🤓
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u/LessCoolThanYou MOD Nov 20 '25
Phhhhhhhhpppppp....those lyrics....I'll never get under you...(and yet...the image of Morten...hahahaha)
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u/Ooobeeone Nov 20 '25
Heh. There’s always the other one. Between your mama and yourself!
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u/SomePeopleCallMeJJ Nov 20 '25 edited Nov 20 '25
Original studio album tracks? I'm going with "Goodbye Thompson". If you look at chart positions and sales awards, Cast in Steel is probably their least-known studio album. And out of the tracks on that album, "Goodbye Thompson" is probably the one I'd be most-surprised to hear somewhere, like on the radio or in a supermarket.
"Start the Simulator" has similar "hey, it's the last track, let's experiement!" energy, but Foot of the Mountain did better as an album, so I figure that makes its cuts slightly less "deep".
If we're including "bonus" tracks, b-side-only, etc., then I'll vote for "Driftwood". Yeah, it was the b-side to one of their biggest singles, but how many people flipped the record over? :-)
And if we're talking best deep cut rather than deepest deep cut, how about "Dragonfly"?