The Winner's Gonna Take It All: The final...

[Mina]

Mina thinks it's weird the song has "Such cheerful music given the ominous lyrics. I'm subtracting a few points for lyrical issues (i.e. "I'm cracking up")"... Sis, you ended up giving the song 6 points... How many did you subtract for that little line???

Two points...it would have been 8 otherwise. Would that have affected its standing?

 

[CasperFan]

Aaaargh my 11 falls, but i can't complain at no.12. Amazing song-glad everyone else seems to agree.

 

[Deleted member 26234]

I had loved this song to be in the top 10 but certainly it's a very unusual song for ABBA. So I'm really proud of us all that it has come this far. One of their best songs!

 

[Remorque]

Two points...it would have been 8 otherwise. Would that have affected its standing?

Whew knows?

 

[TrueBeliever]

12. - a tie​

'...These walls have witnessed all the anguish of humiliation and seen the hope of freedom glow in shining faces... And now they've come to take me...'
- Anni-Frid Lyngstad in The Visitors -

There's so much wrong with this picture, it actually feels kinda right...

Average: 9.0217
Highest score: 3 * 11.00 - @AGiantSheep @CasperFan @chris4862
19 * 10.00 - @Baby Clyde @TrueBeliever @Scoundrel_Days @JonBcn @ohnostalgia @Filippa @constantino @bichard @idratherjack @Terminus @Ed72 @Mumty @WhatKindOfKylie? @Mikey1701 @P'NutButter @WhipperSnapper @SecretsOfFatima @nlgbbbblth @Angeleyes
Lowest score: 1 * 5.00 - @Sprockrooster (sis, even @cityofdoomsday gave this a higher score...)
My score: 10.00​

Not sure if it matters, but I actually gave "The Visitors" a lowly 7, instead of a 10, as listed above. Sorry!

 

[Remorque]

ALSO: I'm heartbroken about the next write-up.

Y'all ain't right.

Meltdowns-a-plenty.

 

[Remorque]

Not sure if it matters, but I actually gave "The Visitors" a lowly 7, instead of a 10, as listed above. Sorry!

Yeah, no, that was me fucking up... Amended!

 

[AGiantSheep]

This has always been my favourite ABBA song since getting More Gold back when I was like, 7.

I used to think it was about an alien abduction

 

[Angeleyes]

I'm scared about The Day Before You Came possibly missing top 10.

 

[Mina]

I'm scared about The Day Before You Came possibly missing top 10.

NO.

 

[Uno]

I think I gave The Visitors an 8 but I definitely fell deeper in love with it after the rate had already started - it would now get a 10 from me.

 

[ChrisV]

Alas, my 11 has departed. I can't be mad though because I was definitely expecting it to be gone a lot sooner. Sitting snug inside the top 15 is a respectable achievement!

Something about The Visitors has always captivated me unlike any other ABBA song. It's such a powerhouse. It's electrifying! A bit eerie, foreboding ....ominously tearing through the silence indeed. Not to mention FRIDA. The song is arguably her finest moment.

 

[Hudvar]

This did bloody well to get to the Top 12, considering the man in the street wouldn't have a clue what it was.

I only have three sub-10s left, and they're all 8+, so if either Mamma Mia, Lay All Your Love on Me, or The Day Before You Came could vacate next that'd be aaaaaawesome.

 

[Empty Shoebox]

No. Dancing Queen has to be the next one to go.

 

[Heaven on Earth]

No. Dancing Queen has to be the next one to go.

"Dancing Queen" is way overplayed and overrated, but it's a classic for a reason.

 

[Mikey1701]

FUCK.

The Visitors is probably in my Top 5 HRH Frida moments. Queen absolutely nails the song.

I swear if When All Is Said And Done or The Day Before You Came are booted out next, I will find you all.

 

[DJHazey]

When All Is Said And Done can go Top 5, The Day Before You Came should go next though.

 

[Hudvar]

Yes to this.

 

[Empty Shoebox]

"Dancing Queen" is way overplayed and overrated, but it's a classic for a reason.

I managed to name twenty six ABBA songs I'd place above it. There's just so much better.

 

[DJHazey]

And yes I wouldn't mind seeing Dancing Queen crash and burn right about now.