Take on Me: literal video version

Leah of Current says: I thought you might get a kick out of this literal animated remake of Aha’s "Take Me On." Take On Me: literal video version

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Jack Fear

Bondolo, I like the way you think. Music videos for the visually-impaired!
mindpimp

Oh man, that was so much better than the original lyrics.

On a similar vein, there is benny lava:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZA1NoOOoaNw

and subtitles for the hard of hearing, by the hard of hearing:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7-ZnPE3G_YY
trr

Ordinarily, I would hate that an ad popped up in the middle of a very funny and entertaining video, but I read the book The Soloist, and it was very compelling, and I have to see that movie, so I’m glad to know of it.
trimeta

After seeing how well this worked, I really, really want to see a whole series of music videos made literal. Seriously, someone needs to redo Never Gonna Give You Up in this fashion. Like, right now.
Vardaman

Awesome! One of my favorite songs, and you’ve gotta love the rotoscoped music video.
Takuan

heh! “my loony bun is fine benny lava”! This proves all pop song lyrics everywhere are equally moronic since a real translation probably makes as much sense.
HaltingPoint

Man, anybody else hate the ad that pops up in this video? I tried to close it right away but the close button is so tiny I accidentally clicked it and it took me forever to figure out how to get the video playing again.

I hate this new ad model video sharing sites are trying to implement. Most annoying thing ever. Guarantees I’ll never buy anything from their ads.
Takuan

heee! and I always thought the final scene wall thrashing was a straight rip from Altered States.
Anonymous

As has been noted, this is NOT any sort of a “remake”, but simply changed lyrics set to the original video.

As per the submitter, the song is “Take on Me”, not “Take Me On” and the band is “a-ha”, not “Aha”.
Raygungirl

Takukan – Me too!
Mojave

Sooooo, anyone know whatever happened to the chick from this video? Love those “where-are-they-now” stories…
trr

I wonder if that video would be any good sped up with Yakety Sax played over it.
Takuan

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KpW1O8iOTqE
KurtMac

“show this guy then cut back to these two”

That is exactly the point where I lost it and commenced ROFLMFAO. Yes, I believe we have a new meme. Time to get in on the ground floor, folks!
oscar

I’m not sure why you’re calling this an “animated remake” – it’s the same video it’s always been. Oh, and I loved “pipe wrench fight”
Talia

This is probably my favorite music video of all time, with our without the additional narration. :)

This was very well done, enjoyed it immensely.
avraamov

‘This guy’s gonna get an ass-full of pipe wrench’!

i think morten harket might be tarvu’s tom cruise. i feel the planets aligning.
iveexa

Obligatory extra a-ha video: “Cry Wolf” (with an early motion-capture technique [Bigfoot / Zapruder footage, anyone?] )

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jroHtqrz88Y

(0:56 and elsewhere)
Takuan

old timey MTV
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hOlYKNIiooQ
KurtMac

Well played, person who already registered PipeWrenchFight.com exactly two days ago on October 8th, 2008. Well played.

Though, you do lose 5 points for registering with GoDaddy.
HairySammoth

We have just watched the moon landing video of our generation.
Takuan

next?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zEzh10_xoqw
jpixl

I’m crying. That was fantastic. The overdubbed dialog during the chase was perfect.
giantnegro

“Is this your house?”
bcsizemo

OMG! This is so EPIC WIN!
A New Challenger

Ha ha ha!

I don’t really have much more to say than that. Nice falsetto.
MarlboroTestMonkey7

Hey what’s thiiissss? Invasive ad creeping underneeeaat!
pork musket

Oh man… this cracked me up. Awesome.
kirakira

Ah, yesssss. Truly one for the Wonderful Things Directory.
cstatman

ZOMG, cannot breath, hilarious

as much fun as the ‘re-translated’ hindi pop videos on youtube

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TtJRNyPK-lc
thriller!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bLpROhIg9eA
nipple song
cinemajay

PIPE WRENCH FIIIIIIIIGGGHT!
Anonymous

“The Sun Always Shines on TV” shows what happens next for the handsome man: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B1pb1IZcaiQ&feature=related
Marcelo

I hope this is the first of a series.
reeko paleemo

Family Guy version: http://www.metacafe.com/fplayer/1601388/family_guy_take_on_me.swf
NoahApples

My friend showed me this two days ago, and I maintain that it is the best thing I have ever seen on youtube.
chrisbloom7

That was ridiculously funny and clever. I smell a new internet meme, and I can’t wait to see the spin-offs.
dculberson

I wasn’t that amused until the “Band montage!!”

oh hell yeah. That was good.
Matt Staggs

This is awesome – funniest thing I’ve seen all day!
iamcantaloupe

Hilarious! The bad montage with the voice overs is going to be internet classic in two weeks.
Lobster

Pipe Wrench Fight = Win
Anonymous

I hate to burst everyone’s bubble, but the “handsome guy” never had his own pipe-wrench. We see the wrench being held by the antagonist as he approaches our sweaty hero, pov-style.

Hence it was not a “pipe-wrench fight” as much as a “pipe-wrench smackdown” or “Norwegian pipe-wrench Rodney King beating.”

Aside from that detail, that video was all kinds of awesome, and a fitting tribute to a classic music video.
crispernaki

@30 Anonymous

Opps, I think we’ve touched a nerve. I don’t want to speak for Mark, but I’m sure he meant no disrespect to the a-ha. Interesting thing I learned on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A-ha was the band and song’s original name.

Anyway, I think it could have used more cowbell.
bondolo

This version also serves quite well as
ornith

I LOL’d for real at “Band montage!”.