Jakarta (ANTARA) - Lagu lawas "Forever Young" yang dipopulerkan oleh grup musik pop synthesizer asal Jerman Alphaville kembali populer tahun ini berkat media sosial.

Trio Alphaville yang terdiri dari Marian Gold (vokal), Bernhard Lloyd (keyboard), dan Frank Mertens (keyboard) merilis "Forever Young" sebagai single dari album debut mereka pada 1984. Mereka sudah mengerjakan demo lagu itu sejak pertama kali bertemu dalam perkumpulan seniman di kota asal mereka Munster.

Setelah itu, mereka membuat grup musik bernama Forever Young pada 1982. Nama Alphaville baru digunakan pada 1983 setelah terinspirasi dari film fiksi ilmiah Prancis berjudul sama. Pada tahun itu juga mereka menandatangani kontrak rekaman dengan label Warner Elektra Atlantic (WEA) Records.

Layaknya sebuah grup musik, Alphaville juga mengalami dinamika sepanjang perjalanan mereka. Kini, Marian Gold menjadi satu-satunya personel yang bergabung dengan Alphaville sejak awal.

Dari semula tiga orang, Alphaville kini beranggotakan, selain Marian Gold, Davis Goodes (gitar), Jacob Kiersch (drum), Carsten Brocker (keyboard), Alexandra Merl (bass).

Lirik lagu "Forever Young" merupakan refleksi kepedihan mereka, keinginan untuk tetap menjadi muda selamanya dan kerinduan ketika mimpi menjadi menjadi nyata.

Lirik lagu Alphaville "Forever Young" 

Let's dance in style, let's dance for a while
Heaven can wait, we're only watching the skies
Hoping for the best but expecting the worst
Are you gonna drop the bomb or not?
 
Let us die young or let us live forever
We don't have the power but we never say never
Sitting in a sandpit, life is a short trip
The music's for the sad men
 
Can you imagine when this race is won
Turn our golden faces into the sun
Praising our leaders, we're getting in tune
The music's played by the, the mad man
 
Forever young, I want to be forever young
Do you really want to live forever?
Forever, and ever
Forever young, I want to be forever young
Do you really want to live forever?
Forever young
 
Some are like water, some are like the heat
Some are a melody and some are the beat
Sooner or later, they all will be gone
Why don't they stay young
 
It's so hard to get old without a cause
I don't want to perish like a fading horse
Youth's like diamonds in the sun
And diamonds are forever
 
So many adventures couldn't happen today
So many songs we forgot to play
So many dreams swinging out of the blue
We let them come true
 
Forever young, I want to be forever young
Do you really want to live forever?
Forever, and ever
Forever young, I want to be forever young
Do you really want to live forever?
Forever, and ever
 
Forever young, I wanna be forever young
Do you really want to live forever? (Forever)
 

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