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Nice one. John Taylor was a big Barry fan.
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Mar 25, 2011 - 6:08 AM
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Thomas
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I've seen a clip of John Barry saying he'd gone to see a-ha live in concert and said how he looked forward to working with them....... Obviously something went wrong somewhere?
It may be related, a friend of mine worked for a-ha and described Morton Harkitt as the biggest ***t he'd ever had the displeasure to work for, even more so than Prince who he described as a little ***t.
Sure, I don't doubt Morten Harket is a challenge to work with, like most creative people (although, to be fair, Paal Waaktaar and Magne Furuholmen were the composers in the group) But I've heard people in the band's group describing Barry as equally difficult and stubborn. So I think the truth is somewhere inbetween.
I'm sure you're right Thor but you do have to ask yourself why Barry had no problem working with other big stars.
Perhaps, but then Barry wrote most of the songs for other people he worked with and they sang it according to his wishes. With a-ha (and Duran Duran) they were always going to write their own song. Barry didn't really have much input into a-ha's song (from what I've read), other than the underlying string arrangement and the brass interjections. And a-ha have always had creative disagreements between the 3 of them throughout their career, so heaven knows what it would be like having someone else in the mix!
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