It aint trendy....it's Abba!!
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It aint trendy....it's Abba!!
I crashed my car into a telegraph pole the other day. As a consequence, I had to take the family away for the planned weekend in a very small courtesy car. No CD player - just cassettes.
I haven't bought, or recorded on tape for some time, so I rummaged (great word that) through an old tape box and found Abba Gold. Great one for the girls I thought. They take to melody very quickly (big Olivers Army fans!).
Anyway, I bunged it in the tape player halfway down the M5 motorway and within 30 minutes, i realised what great singles they made and how prolific they were. Ok, so there was the occasional sickly mistake (I have a Dream, Does Your Mother Know etc) but most of the rest were great - esp the break-up songs. Here is my Abba top 5:
1. Knowing Me, Knowing You
2. SOS
3. One of Us
4. Mamma Mia
5. The Day before you came
Honorary mentions to loads of others.
I haven't bought, or recorded on tape for some time, so I rummaged (great word that) through an old tape box and found Abba Gold. Great one for the girls I thought. They take to melody very quickly (big Olivers Army fans!).
Anyway, I bunged it in the tape player halfway down the M5 motorway and within 30 minutes, i realised what great singles they made and how prolific they were. Ok, so there was the occasional sickly mistake (I have a Dream, Does Your Mother Know etc) but most of the rest were great - esp the break-up songs. Here is my Abba top 5:
1. Knowing Me, Knowing You
2. SOS
3. One of Us
4. Mamma Mia
5. The Day before you came
Honorary mentions to loads of others.
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When RedShoes and I were in Ireland the car we rented didn't have a CD player, and we had no tapes. Eventually we found a store with a decent tape collection and we picked up Paul McCartney's Run Devil Run and Lou Reed's Transformer. By the end of our trip, we probably listened to each of the albums about 15-20 times.
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Yes, and now Lou Reed will always remind me of Ireland. And now Abba will always remind you of your weekend trip, JacksonBlueChair wrote:When RedShoes and I were in Ireland the car we rented didn't have a CD player, and we had no tapes. Eventually we found a store with a decent tape collection and we picked up Paul McCartney's Run Devil Run and Lou Reed's Transformer. By the end of our trip, we probably listened to each of the albums about 15-20 times.
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No, not really my point Mr Goon, although I appreciate that it may have appeared to be. The point was that they have been appreciated by many others who have not suffered head injuries!!so lacklustre wrote:So that's it then? EC likes Abba so they must be cool.
Personally, I think that the songs would have benefitted from rougher, more stripped down production without all that sugar - Elvis (a la Specials/Squeeze) would have been the man for the job.
For the record Noise, I hate Dancing Queen and I can't dance.
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I've loved Abba since playing my brother's vinyl copy of ARRIVAL for the first time. Must have been about 7 or 8. You see, this will always be remembered because he was and still is ridiculously protective over his music collection so it was a momentous occasion when I sneaked it out of his bedroom without him knowing.
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Jackson Monk-I hope you are alright. So sorry about the telephone pole. Sans head injury I have a long standing affection for ABBA.
Two ABBA memories within the last week:
Singing 'Knowing Me, Knowing You' to a man as we gazed at the moonlit sea. He turned and looked deeply into my eyes and said, "I don't like this song."
After a very strong Irish coffee singing 'Dancing Queen' in the parking lot of the restaurant.
Two ABBA memories within the last week:
Singing 'Knowing Me, Knowing You' to a man as we gazed at the moonlit sea. He turned and looked deeply into my eyes and said, "I don't like this song."
After a very strong Irish coffee singing 'Dancing Queen' in the parking lot of the restaurant.
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Lapins: I am in very fine health thanks. Sadly the very staid 'children carrier' was not so lucky and is still awaiting repair. Even more tragically, my own more sporty vehicle is without a clutch and the best quote is £300
Should dig out my bike!
Should dig out my bike!
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Glad to hear it JD - what happened - did the telegraph pole jump out on you?Jackson Doofster wrote:Lapins: I am in very fine health thanks.
It might be a bit difficult to balance the children whilst riding. And what about poor Mrs JD - what's she gonna do?Jackson Doofster wrote: Sadly the very staid 'children carrier' was not so lucky and is still awaiting repair...Should dig out my bike!
Who’s this kid with his mumbo jumbo?
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