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    Video: N. Korean accordion players interpret 80′s hit “Take On Me”

    In this video, a quintet of North Korean accordion players perform a cover of the 1985 ballad "Take on Me" from the pop group A-ha. Specifically, the young musicians are from the Kum Song School, Pyongyang, North Korea.

    The musicians are part of the multi-genre project "THE PROMISED LAND" by director and artist Morten Traavik, which opens next week at the international arts and culture festival Barents Spektakel in Kirkenes, Norway.

    The cover version makes more sense in this context, as A-ha's members are originally also from Norway. You can watch the original music video here.

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    43 comments

    • Jim  •  Fond Du Lac, Wisconsin  •  3 mths ago
      I would like to see them do Crazy Train!
    • The Brain  •  Olathe, Kansas  •  3 mths ago
      It shows you the extent to which N.Korean's will go to stay out of a forced labor camps. Those poor children.
    • cytherian66  •  3 mths ago
      Good to see that those first run Lawrence Welk episodes are inspiring the kids in N.Korea.
    • Lil  •  Seoul, South Korea  •  3 mths ago
      I enjoyed the performance, but all I could think while watching is - I feel so bad for them living under that government. :(
    • jmgargoyle  •  3 mths ago
      It's cute! Just sad that they were born into that vacuum.
    • BlabbyBob  •  Reno, Nevada  •  3 mths ago
      Hooray! That's the best thing I've seen all day!
    • NONYA  •  Dalton, Georgia  •  3 mths ago
      NICE
    • nugget  •  Madison, Wisconsin  •  3 mths ago
      Too bad they're stuck wasting their musical talents on "Dear Leader".
    • Peter  •  Wichita Falls, Texas  •  3 mths ago
      clap clap clap
    • Sgt Schultz  •  3 mths ago
      I Know nothing...EXCEPT they shouldearn beer barrel polka.... ACHTUNG
    • WHIT WALTMAN  •  Tustin, California  •  3 mths ago
      After playing a "C" chord instead of a "D", they were immediately imprisoned for not lamenting hard enough.
    • EnormusJ69  •  Los Angeles, California  •  3 mths ago
      Weird Al Yankovic's new back up band
      • WHIT WALTMAN 3 mths ago
        If you look closely, he's the 3rd from the left.
    • FRANK S  •  3 mths ago
      The one on the right has got his groove on.
    • Jeffery  •  Quincy, Illinois  •  3 mths ago
      It's just another indication of the great progress in culture being made by the North Koreans that their students are now being allowed to play the latest pop songs. All songs played, however, must have three-syllable choruses, to glorify the three-syllable name, "Kim-Jong-Un".
      • Rusty H 3 mths ago
        This is the latest pop music? Dumbass!
    • WindsockMedia  •  3 mths ago
      I would imaging being placed in North Korea would be like a very long acid trip.

      Only there are no muchies.
    • DB  •  3 mths ago
      Nice job. I wish them all well and hopefully North Korea will move more towards openness.
    • Don  •  Russellville, Arkansas  •  3 mths ago
      This reminds me of the M*A*S*H* episode where Maj. Winchester tries to teach the prisoners? to play classical music. I hope things turn out better for this group in the end. Things like this keep people connected in a good way. It beats fighting.
    • WHIT WALTMAN  •  Tustin, California  •  3 mths ago
      A new form of Torture by the clever North Koreans.
    • WHIT WALTMAN  •  Tustin, California  •  3 mths ago
      Only 27 years behind the times.
    • Ricky Gibson  •  Flint, Michigan  •  3 mths ago
      Is this some sort of threat?
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