I have always thought the descriptive word for one particular style of music was utterly stupid. When music journalists or DJ's etc came up with the names, 'SOUL', 'Rock & Roll', 'ROCK', Heavy Metal' and 'Thrash' music etc they all make absolute sense. From early classical music to our now times of all styles of music they are all popular but, there is one music term used to describe a brand of music that does not and has not EVER existed. That descriptive word is 'POP' music. I mention that here because you find out in this documentary that it was not what A-ha started out to be and that they have hated the fact that they became a teen fave band. I largely credit that problem to them, and their naivety, with allowing too many people to have absolute control in their musical direction. The music industry (and I know this as a fact but I'm not mentioning name's etc.) is a very corrupt, greedy, life-force draining business that, if you let it, will use you up, severely overwork you, get as much out of you in profits as it can and, then ditch you and spit you out if you become worn out! A-ha have experienced (just slightly, luckily for them) some of the industry pitfalls but the rest of the failings they have created for themselves is purely of their own making; and they won't - for some unknown reason - try to solve their individual stubborn attitudinal ego problems.
The most important comment in this entire documentary is expressed by a group members wife in the following line's, "They need to first see a psychiatrist/psychiatrists individually and then as a group". You will know exactly why when/if you watch this! For now they are just lucky they were not born in Japan or South Korea because, J-Pop and K-Pop is directly aimed at and for teens and it is seriously ten times worse in their individual countries music industries; utterly disgraceful in fact!
I was, and still am to this day, an immediate lover of A-Ha's music and style from the absolute beginning and, I enjoy listening to their music just as much today. They have inspired some of the biggest names in music of the last 35 years but for their petty niggling and bickering amongst themselves etc, they have denied themselves a truly deserved 'Superstars' mantle of gifted for their unique musical style recognition!
Watch it as it is a fascinating insight you never get to see (record companies hire people to hide all of this type of thing so that the money keeps pouring in).
A lot of people would/will not like what I will finish with here but, they should disband and go their own ways. The Ah in A-Ha has gone.
PS. I saw a documentary concerning the exact same problems about METALLICA. They chose going down the getting help path when things got bad/worse between them and, the psychiatrist path helped them BIG time!
