Ace of Base
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Dazzle said:
I think we should include the gay sex actually!
I''m listening to Ace of Base all the time at the moment! It''s hard to believe almost since The Sign was the first single I bought and the American The Sign album was my first CD.
Anyways, it''s the girls vocals that do it for me - I love how on Dr Sun the vocal just treacles and Never Gonna Say I''m Sorry is very similar in that respect. I actually think Da Capo is their most consistent album - Unspeakable is a soaring highlight, but the title track is getting blasted out my car on the motorway almost daily. If C''est La Vie (Always 21) was on it, the record might not have seemed so lacking in a big single.
I do agree, Beautiful Morning was quite trite, but it''s still nice. The explanation behind the songs are sometimes inadvertantly quite funnly - like when Jonas read "advertures in paradise" would be a good song title, did he wake up one day and think "oh, shit, write that down. It is a beautiful morning!" Flowers is definately my favourite album, it''s so hard to pick out just 1 song as a favourite, but only I Pray gets skipped.
I do get puzzled by Linn though - is she trying to carve out some sort of niche as the Euro-pop Nico or something? I know, I do get it, but she was so beautiful and vibrant in the early days - I used to find Jenny really intriguing but I wish they wouldd ''switch'' again or at least have equal billing as lead vocalists. And, Ulf, I still would.
Anyways, it''s the girls vocals that do it for me - I love how on Dr Sun the vocal just treacles and Never Gonna Say I''m Sorry is very similar in that respect. I actually think Da Capo is their most consistent album - Unspeakable is a soaring highlight, but the title track is getting blasted out my car on the motorway almost daily. If C''est La Vie (Always 21) was on it, the record might not have seemed so lacking in a big single.
I do agree, Beautiful Morning was quite trite, but it''s still nice. The explanation behind the songs are sometimes inadvertantly quite funnly - like when Jonas read "advertures in paradise" would be a good song title, did he wake up one day and think "oh, shit, write that down. It is a beautiful morning!" Flowers is definately my favourite album, it''s so hard to pick out just 1 song as a favourite, but only I Pray gets skipped.
I do get puzzled by Linn though - is she trying to carve out some sort of niche as the Euro-pop Nico or something? I know, I do get it, but she was so beautiful and vibrant in the early days - I used to find Jenny really intriguing but I wish they wouldd ''switch'' again or at least have equal billing as lead vocalists. And, Ulf, I still would.
Undisco_Me said:
Mine too! My first album actually.
Undisco_Me said:
With Linn, she basically aksed to take aback seat with the Flowers album because she got very scared when that madman broke into the Bergren household and stood over Jenny with a knife as she was sleeping. I think she just wanted to shy away from the limelight then.
I imagine she''s over that now though.
And I concur with the Ulf lust!
Was Come To Me really that good then - where can I get both versions?
What?! No-one likes The Bridge, then? What about hypnotic Whispers In Blindness? Or epic Ravine? There is one song on that album that I still can''t ''get'' (doesn''t mean that I don''t like it) - Wave Wet Sand. How the Aces have managed to make a love song sound so hopeless and sad, I''ll never know. It''s a masterpiece. Oh, and what about Experience Pearls? Isn''t that the most beautiful song EVER? It''s so touching, especially the ''Love me the way that you loved her... Please!'' bit.
Aime said:
Don''t Go Away was the album''s biggest surprise for me!
On The Bridge I just love Blooming 18, it''s got their most bleeding melody and those piano keys are just lush. I don''t have that jangly version of Lucky Love but pay day is looming and as it''s my first whole months wages of the year I think I''ll blow it in a week such is my current list.
I love Ace Of Base. I agree Flowers was a great album, although the US version was better except the US version of "Life Is A Flower". "Whenever You''re Near Me" was no where near as good as "Life Is A Flower."
Their last album was really good, but they released the wrong singles in my opinion. The stomper "Da Capo" should have been a single. The groove version of "Beautiful Morning" should have been the single mix. They also should have promoted the album a bit more than they did.
I still believe in this group, I just wish they wouldn''t take so long between albums and promote them a bit more.
Their last album was really good, but they released the wrong singles in my opinion. The stomper "Da Capo" should have been a single. The groove version of "Beautiful Morning" should have been the single mix. They also should have promoted the album a bit more than they did.
I still believe in this group, I just wish they wouldn''t take so long between albums and promote them a bit more.
I guess they still have fans in one country
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Maybe they go wheere the mone/love is? When Dr Alban was on Q magazine''s Where Are They Now bit he said that in countries like Poland, where they had massive hits in the 90s but couldn''t go over there to promote because of the law, they now tour constantly and play huge clubs. He said he mostly does those with 2Unlimited and Haddaway.
I''d love to see all three, and thinking back I have seen both Dr and 2Unlimited in tiny club dates here in Greece. I remember Dr Alban had Dede as a backing singer/dancer and me thinking she was hot but what I really wanted to think was how I''d love her to be a popstar.
And I have seen Madonna, Kylie and George Michael amongst others but I can testify that I haven''t experienced the madness of that 2Unlimited gig anywhere else. It was so crowded I could lift both my legs and still be standng up!
Are Ace Of Base playing as a trio?
I''d love to see all three, and thinking back I have seen both Dr and 2Unlimited in tiny club dates here in Greece. I remember Dr Alban had Dede as a backing singer/dancer and me thinking she was hot but what I really wanted to think was how I''d love her to be a popstar.
And I have seen Madonna, Kylie and George Michael amongst others but I can testify that I haven''t experienced the madness of that 2Unlimited gig anywhere else. It was so crowded I could lift both my legs and still be standng up!
Are Ace Of Base playing as a trio?