• bus_factor@lemmy.worldEnglish
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        5 months ago

        Fun fact: They were trying to sing “touch me”, but the songwriter didn’t know English very well and just translated the Norwegian “ta på meg” word for word.

          • bus_factor@lemmy.worldEnglish
            1·
            5 months ago

            I don’t know what happened with the next line. “Ta meg på” doesn’t really mean anything unless followed by a noun (like “take me on the kitchen table” or whatever). I think they either knew that one in English or were just playing with the words.

            • Ook the Librarian@lemmy.worldEnglish
              5·
              5 months ago

              I found it funny regardless. Either “Ta meg på” is meaningful, and he thought the English structure would just roll with it. Or “Ta meg på” is meaningless, so he thought “fuck it. i doubt ‘take on me’ really means anything anyway”

              It really adds a layer because “take on me” really doesn’t mean anything, but it does when he sings it. and furthermore, “take me on” doesn’t mean anything, but I know the difference between “take on me” and “take me on” and that is some analysis I wouldn’t be doing if a particular Norwegian was better at English.

    • thanks_shakey_snake@lemmy.caEnglish
      5·
      5 months ago

      The music video for Take On Me by Aha uses a technique called rotoscoping, which is where you take live action footage and draw or paint over it to make it look like a cartoon. If you look up the video, it should be pretty evident what the relationship is to the meme.

      You likely already know this part, but “an A-Ha moment” is an idiom that refers to a sudden insight or realization, and here is a play on words, invoking the music group mentioned above: It’s an “A-Ha moment” not due to a flash of insight, but due to temporarily(…?) taking on me the appearance of being rotoscoped.