Forever Young – Part 1 – Stuck on the Hair
I have been giving a lot of thought lately to the meaning of the song “Forever Young” originally recorded by the German pop group Alphaville. So I decided today that I would actually spend sometime reading what other people had to say about the song and take a look at the original video to see if there was some wisdom there.
I found two versions of the video and I watched both and I took away one thing. Why the hell did that hair cut seem like a good idea? Yes, I know I am 25 years too late to be making any criticism, but this wasn’t exactly on my radar in 1984. (Trivia: Nor was it on anybody else’s radar. Despite the song being a current standard, it never made it on to the US top 40). Anyway, I am hoping to find some direction to what the song meant to the band, but I can’t get past Marian Gold’s big head. One of the reason’s I found him (it) disturbing, is that people are posting that he was “hot”. What the hell people? Were you stoned through the 80’s? He’s got Mozart’s wig on and he looks like a cross between Frankenstein and a constipated David Hasslehoff.
I have included a pic and the second video to illustrate my point.
