ABBA
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I think their issue was that Agnetha's vocals were "in character", which is why they were less impassioned than a straight Agnetha take.
For a little while after I'd first heard 'One Of Us,' I thought in the first verse Agnetha was singing...
'And so I dealt you the blow, On a bus had to go.'
Oh I had loads of these as a kid:
"It's a dream, it's outta reach, scattered grapefruit on the beach."
"Take your teeth out, tell me what's wrong."
And @Andy French 's favourite:
"Children dance, children die
Having the time of your life
See that girl
Watch her scream
Kickin' the dancing queeeeen."
"It's a dream, it's outta reach, scattered grapefruit on the beach."
"Take your teeth out, tell me what's wrong."
And @Andy French 's favourite:
"Children dance, children die
Having the time of your life
See that girl
Watch her scream
Kickin' the dancing queeeeen."
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I'm pretty sure Benny has named The Day Before You Came as his favorite ABBA song.
Yeah, I'm remembering this too. Which is nuts, because if ever there was a song that you couldn't change a thing about to improve it... A standard Agnetha vocal wouldn't be nearly as compelling.
Yes, the way Agentha delivers The Day Before You Came, is part of it's eerie magic.
The Day Before You Came is a masterpiece. I wouldn't change a single note.
Here here, it's outstanding.
Even Frida's operatic section on The Day Before You Came really gets me. Such a highlight for me.
Yes, another moment that. Wow, what an song!
Wait. I remember that at first Agnetha sang the hell out of that song but Benny & Bjorn didn’t like it and asked her to tone it down, be in character and sang more vulnerably?
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Just noticed our boys and girls are currently on the cover of Spotify's All Out 80s playlist.
https://open.spotify.com/playlist/37i9dQZF1DX4UtSsGT1Sbe?si=da4230a020c74f07
Pity it's that horrid photo though, of all ABBA photos...
https://open.spotify.com/playlist/37i9dQZF1DX4UtSsGT1Sbe?si=da4230a020c74f07
Pity it's that horrid photo though, of all ABBA photos...
Relatable Queen.
One of the photos from the same shoot was also used as the artwork to this too of course:
Re 'The Day Before You Came' - I have read that part of the idea for the delivery on the finished version came from Agnetha herself, while the operatic line was Frida's invention. Both good examples of the important contributions they could make in the studio; they weren't just there to do what they were told.
Would Frida even feature anywhere on the recording without that operatic thread?
I still love that it was their final* recording as an active group. It just... makes sense. That the lyric is about something happening tomorrow that we never find out about, so we never heard anything else from the group at all. Wouldn't surprise me if that was the plan all along, literally leaving the world on a four-decade cliffhanger.
I still love that it was their final* recording as an active group. It just... makes sense. That the lyric is about something happening tomorrow that we never find out about, so we never heard anything else from the group at all. Wouldn't surprise me if that was the plan all along, literally leaving the world on a four-decade cliffhanger.
There's a bit of aaahing in the background at points which is also Frida (and Bjorn?)
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I had an awful/amazing premonition of the plot of Mamma Mia! 3.
Ruby and Fernando invite the family (Sophie and Sky, their two children, the dads, and for some reason the Dynamos) to their palatial estate in Hawaii to celebrate their 10th wedding anniversary ("Happy Hawaii"/"Dancing Queen"). Sky's parents are also present, played by Richard E. Grant and Juliet Stevenson. While there, Sophie reminisces about her childhood and adolescence ("Summer Night City"/"Take a Chance on Me").
Meanwhile, Fernando reassures Ruby about her impending return to the stage ("I Still Have Faith in You"/"Thank You for the Music"), inspiring Tanya and Rosie to reform the Dynamos ("Super Trouper").
All the married couples renew their vows at an impromptu joint ceremony ("As Good as New"/"One Man, One Woman"). Everybody dances, including Donna's ghost ("Don't Shut Me Down"/"Mamma Mia").
Meanwhile, Fernando reassures Ruby about her impending return to the stage ("I Still Have Faith in You"/"Thank You for the Music"), inspiring Tanya and Rosie to reform the Dynamos ("Super Trouper").
All the married couples renew their vows at an impromptu joint ceremony ("As Good as New"/"One Man, One Woman"). Everybody dances, including Donna's ghost ("Don't Shut Me Down"/"Mamma Mia").
