Wrong counsel or instruction (Proverbs 19:27)Ĭease, my son, to hear the instruction that causeth to err from the words of knowledge. It does teach us to stop listening to certain things.Ī. So, what does the Bible teach us about our ears and the art of listening?ġ. Of course what we allow into our soul through the ear-gate will influence us, both negatively and positively. Today we’re going to focus in on the ear. The ear is a wonderful creation and as we have seen is carefully designed by God to help us interact with the world around us. Bunyan is teaching us two valuable lessons: (1) the path to a human soul is only reached through our five senses and (2) those senses are controlled by our will. These were the only entrances into the town and the gates could only be opened from the inside. The town is further described as having five gates: eye-gate, ear-gate, feel-gate, nose-gate and mouth-gate. Bunyan describes the town as built by a wonderful King named Shaddai who lived in a magnificent castle in the middle of the town. The video won six awards at the 1986 MTV Video Music Awards, and is widely known as one of the greatest music videos of all time.In John Bunyan’s classic book The Holy War he introduces us to a town named Mansoul. She then appears as a pencil drawing, as the action unfolds. ![]() His pencil-drawn hand then reaches out of the book, inviting the woman inside. As the woman reads along, the waitress brings her coffee and the bill.Īfter winning the race, Harket winks at the woman from the page. Meanwhile at a cafe, a young woman, played by Bunty Bailey (Harket's girlfriend at the time), is reading the comic book. The fantasy video follows a comic book narrative with motorcycle sidecar racing, in which the hero (Morten Harket) is chased by two opponents, one of whom is played by actor Philip Jackson. The idea of the video was suggested by Warner Bros executive Jeff Ayeroff. The video used a pencil-sketch animation and live-action mix called rotoscoping, in which the live-action footage is traced over frame by frame to give the characters realistic movements.Īround 3,000 frames were rotoscoped, taking 16 weeks to complete. The video was filmed in 1985 at Kim's Café (now named Savoy Café), which is on the corner of Wandsworth Road and Pensbury Place in London, and on a sound stage in London. It soon became a worldwide hit thanks to the video and its heavy use on MTV, reaching number one in the USA and number two in the UK. Wickham didn't give up, and Steve Barron was brought in to direct a revolutionary rotoscoping animation music video, taking six months to complete, using professional artists Michael Patterson and Candace Reckinger. It was re-released in the UK, but the record label's office in London gave very little support, and the single flopped for a second time.Ī-ha - Take On Me (Official 4K Music Video) The new recording had a much cleaner and soaring sound, and a coda section instead of the earlier quick fade-out. He approved large investments in the band, and on Slater's recommendation, producer Alan Tarney was brought in to refine the song. ![]() Wickham signed A-ha to Warner Brothers America, after learning of their previous attempts to make 'Take On Me' a hit. ![]() ![]() I thought, how can somebody who looks like a film star sound like Roy Orbison? I thought, this is unbelievable." I couldn't believe my ears when I heard Morten Harket sing. Warner Bros in the USA then decided to invest in the group, and gave them the chance to re-record the song.įormer Warner Brothers UK executive Andrew Wickham said in 2020: "I got a call from Terry Slater. The band soon released 'Take On Me' as a single in the UK, but the single only charted at 137 in late 1984. This sound was not what the band had hoped to achieve, and the album was remixed again. After singing to Warner Bros in the UK, the Norwegian band met with producer Tony Mansfield, who mixed their demos - including 'Take on Me' with electronic instrumentation rather than their usual instruments.
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