He/Him
52.
'...Like a doll... Like a puppet with no will at all... And somebody told me how to talk, how to walk, how to fall...'
- Agnetha Fältskog and Anni-Frid Lyngstad in I'm a Marionette -
- Agnetha Fältskog and Anni-Frid Lyngstad in I'm a Marionette -
Those outfits were everything.
Average: 7.1413
Highest score: 6 * 10.00 - @TrueBeliever @kalonite @Gotnomoretosay @Sprockrooster @SecretsOfFatima @Angeleyes
Lowest score: 1 * 1.00 - @dancingwithmyself
My score: 7.00
A lot of you were asking for its head and well, here it is... We lose I'm a Marionette, The Album's closing track at #52. Written and recorded in 1977, it was part of their mini-musical called The Girl with the Golden Hair, which only has one song left standing, in the form of Thank You for the Music. In said musical, the girl had left her hometown to search for success in the city, but... Well, I'll let the puppet master explain:
The above performance is the one featured in ABBA: The Movie which was filmed in Australia in 1977.
I quite enjoy this one as the production is fantastic, it features an exquisite guitar solo and the girls' performance is one of their most underrated. The harmony they deliver on the studio version is great and the way they brought this live showed that they were forces to be reckoned with as live performers...
Our top scorers were actually quite vocal this time.
SecretsOfFatima finds it "Flawlessly dramatic. The instrumental is a gift from the heavens.", while kalonite thinks it's "The best kind of messy. This is Final Fantasy grandiose melodrama and I am loving it. This is my DISCOVERY of the rate.". I actually thought this would have bowed out a little while ago, so hearing you guys enjoy it so much is warming my poor little wooden heart.
TrueBeliever offers us quite a statement... "If you don’t love this song, you don’t love music. Pretty perfect as far as a pop song goes. It’s driving, dramatic, and downright whimsical. Perhaps an inspiration to the theme song for Hart to Hart?"... I'll let you be the judge of that.
Seaux... Let's hear from those kinda people who apparently hate music, eh?
It doesn't do anything for CasperFan... "Might sound better as part of a musical but not on this album. Quite dramatic I suppose but will never be on my ABBA playlist.". Filippa says "Not mine.", so I'm inclined in thinking she's agreeing.
For Hudweiser, that "Guitar solo aside, very little going on I'm interested in here. The girls sound a bit robotic (fitting with the theme, I guess) and the chorus sounds clunky and eratic. Probably *too* stagey for the era and the right choice to be the last track on Side 2 where it didn't get in the way too much.". Yes, those 'robotic' vocals actually suit the song to a T for me...
VivaForever thinks it's "A good tune, but the dissonance is so much that it's super hard to listen to." and idratherjack loves "the verses but by God that chorus does my head in.". I know it's kinda difficult to listen to in the beginning, but after a while you start to accept its kookiness.
constantino, on the other hand, ooooohs "I love how sinister and dramatic this is. Let me HAVE IT!". P'nutbutter truly feels "the gay side of my sexuality takes over with these songs." and the same goes for WhatKindOfKylie?... "Love it when ABBA goes all dramatic on us! This could almost make a good mash up with the divine Money, Money, Money.". Yes, he actually did give out some reasonable scores after all...
Mikey1701 thinks it was tailor-made for the theatre...
"Less a pop song than it is a song built for the West End or Broadway, I’m A Marionette is the perfect example of Benny & Bjorn carefully toeing the line between pop and full blown theatricality- with it often teetering towards the latter. It’s both kitsch and unsettling, it’s crashing production and harmonies marking it out as spellbinding, still it feels a tad out of place in the tracks from The Girl With The Golden Hair, which are softer, warmer and more ‘pop’.".
For me, the fact that this is less warm and soft makes it work in the context of the mini-musical. This is where the girl starts having difficulties and is faced with the struggles of being in the bidneth.
...And while we're talking about girls struggling in the business... Mina can just imagine "Agnetha snuck into the studio while Benny and Bjorn were indisposed and penned these lyrics.". She must have fucking hated this time in the band, what with ABBA-mania at its peak and touring the world.
It's easily the best of the musical numbers for bichard, yet "it's still missing something in the chorus. Still, the verses totally fuck butt. The Album is obviously a transition record for the band, and unfortunately suffers for it.". To Mumty this song came as quite a surprise... "Ooh just as we are finishing up the action ramps up to 100. I love this, so dark, eery, almost like a precursor to The Visitors.". I actually kinda hear it too... It could be a prequel to I Let the Music Speak.
chris4862 calls this a "Demented bop.", while ufint calls it a "Frightening and dreary album closer.". They gave it an 8 and 9 respectively.
We'll end with poor ol' Sprockrooster, who feels "so weird handing out so much 10s on one small album, but this one deserves it too. That chorus is absolutely brilliant. Followed by a guitar solo and you can consider the deal sealed.". Yes, one of his favourite ABBA albums is the one most of you have down near the bottom of your lists... Anyone surprised?
In 2013, Swedish heavy metal band Ghost released a cover of the song as the B-side of their single Secular Haze, and later included it on the deluxe and Japanese editions of their album Infestissumam.
Average: 7.1413
Highest score: 6 * 10.00 - @TrueBeliever @kalonite @Gotnomoretosay @Sprockrooster @SecretsOfFatima @Angeleyes
Lowest score: 1 * 1.00 - @dancingwithmyself
My score: 7.00
A lot of you were asking for its head and well, here it is... We lose I'm a Marionette, The Album's closing track at #52. Written and recorded in 1977, it was part of their mini-musical called The Girl with the Golden Hair, which only has one song left standing, in the form of Thank You for the Music. In said musical, the girl had left her hometown to search for success in the city, but... Well, I'll let the puppet master explain:
The above performance is the one featured in ABBA: The Movie which was filmed in Australia in 1977.
I quite enjoy this one as the production is fantastic, it features an exquisite guitar solo and the girls' performance is one of their most underrated. The harmony they deliver on the studio version is great and the way they brought this live showed that they were forces to be reckoned with as live performers...
Our top scorers were actually quite vocal this time.
SecretsOfFatima finds it "Flawlessly dramatic. The instrumental is a gift from the heavens.", while kalonite thinks it's "The best kind of messy. This is Final Fantasy grandiose melodrama and I am loving it. This is my DISCOVERY of the rate.". I actually thought this would have bowed out a little while ago, so hearing you guys enjoy it so much is warming my poor little wooden heart.
TrueBeliever offers us quite a statement... "If you don’t love this song, you don’t love music. Pretty perfect as far as a pop song goes. It’s driving, dramatic, and downright whimsical. Perhaps an inspiration to the theme song for Hart to Hart?"... I'll let you be the judge of that.
Seaux... Let's hear from those kinda people who apparently hate music, eh?
It doesn't do anything for CasperFan... "Might sound better as part of a musical but not on this album. Quite dramatic I suppose but will never be on my ABBA playlist.". Filippa says "Not mine.", so I'm inclined in thinking she's agreeing.
For Hudweiser, that "Guitar solo aside, very little going on I'm interested in here. The girls sound a bit robotic (fitting with the theme, I guess) and the chorus sounds clunky and eratic. Probably *too* stagey for the era and the right choice to be the last track on Side 2 where it didn't get in the way too much.". Yes, those 'robotic' vocals actually suit the song to a T for me...
VivaForever thinks it's "A good tune, but the dissonance is so much that it's super hard to listen to." and idratherjack loves "the verses but by God that chorus does my head in.". I know it's kinda difficult to listen to in the beginning, but after a while you start to accept its kookiness.
constantino, on the other hand, ooooohs "I love how sinister and dramatic this is. Let me HAVE IT!". P'nutbutter truly feels "the gay side of my sexuality takes over with these songs." and the same goes for WhatKindOfKylie?... "Love it when ABBA goes all dramatic on us! This could almost make a good mash up with the divine Money, Money, Money.". Yes, he actually did give out some reasonable scores after all...
Mikey1701 thinks it was tailor-made for the theatre...
"Less a pop song than it is a song built for the West End or Broadway, I’m A Marionette is the perfect example of Benny & Bjorn carefully toeing the line between pop and full blown theatricality- with it often teetering towards the latter. It’s both kitsch and unsettling, it’s crashing production and harmonies marking it out as spellbinding, still it feels a tad out of place in the tracks from The Girl With The Golden Hair, which are softer, warmer and more ‘pop’.".
For me, the fact that this is less warm and soft makes it work in the context of the mini-musical. This is where the girl starts having difficulties and is faced with the struggles of being in the bidneth.
...And while we're talking about girls struggling in the business... Mina can just imagine "Agnetha snuck into the studio while Benny and Bjorn were indisposed and penned these lyrics.". She must have fucking hated this time in the band, what with ABBA-mania at its peak and touring the world.
It's easily the best of the musical numbers for bichard, yet "it's still missing something in the chorus. Still, the verses totally fuck butt. The Album is obviously a transition record for the band, and unfortunately suffers for it.". To Mumty this song came as quite a surprise... "Ooh just as we are finishing up the action ramps up to 100. I love this, so dark, eery, almost like a precursor to The Visitors.". I actually kinda hear it too... It could be a prequel to I Let the Music Speak.
chris4862 calls this a "Demented bop.", while ufint calls it a "Frightening and dreary album closer.". They gave it an 8 and 9 respectively.
We'll end with poor ol' Sprockrooster, who feels "so weird handing out so much 10s on one small album, but this one deserves it too. That chorus is absolutely brilliant. Followed by a guitar solo and you can consider the deal sealed.". Yes, one of his favourite ABBA albums is the one most of you have down near the bottom of your lists... Anyone surprised?
In 2013, Swedish heavy metal band Ghost released a cover of the song as the B-side of their single Secular Haze, and later included it on the deluxe and Japanese editions of their album Infestissumam.
