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Post by The Rubber Ball Man on Apr 8, 2020 21:30:56 GMT
So you choose 1 song from each column.
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Post by The Rubber Ball Man on Apr 8, 2020 21:06:36 GMT
I’m going to do this as well. I choose:- I’m A Marionette You Owe Me One (Imagine if this did go through to the final? You’ll have to thank me and possibly a few others for that. ) The Winner Takes It All
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Post by The Rubber Ball Man on Apr 8, 2020 20:34:47 GMT
TiebreakerThese songs from the both of the semi final lists are tied together but are over the 15 song limit. Also, 5 UK No.1 songs will go to the final. Basically, you need choose 1 song from each column. The 4/5 (both semi finals/UK No.1) songs that are chosen the most will go to the final. The time limit is 3 days (Saturday 11th April). Hope the image is clear enough for you guys.
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Post by The Rubber Ball Man on Apr 8, 2020 14:25:53 GMT
The 2nd semi final will end tonight at 6pm (GMT - British Time)
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Post by The Rubber Ball Man on Apr 7, 2020 13:48:40 GMT
The first semi final will end tonight at 6pm (GMT - British Time)
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Post by The Rubber Ball Man on Apr 5, 2020 23:25:12 GMT
Probably haven’t posted these here.
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Post by The Rubber Ball Man on Apr 5, 2020 23:16:05 GMT
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Post by The Rubber Ball Man on Apr 5, 2020 10:13:43 GMT
I was thinking that. Now would have been a perfect time for a reissue of I Stand Alone on CD with bonus tracks and vinyl. I’m more interested to see if anything would be released for Frida’s album’s anniversary. I would like Djupta Andetag to be reissued on vinyl too. Also, there really needs to be a singles boxset for Something’s Going On and Shine like they did with Arrival The Singles.
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Post by The Rubber Ball Man on Apr 4, 2020 22:03:37 GMT
So, I’ve decided the deadlines for the 2 semi finals. The 1st semifinal will end in 3 days. (Tuesday, 7th April)
The 2nd semi final will end in 4 days. (Wednesday, 8th April)I know that the 2nd semi final will have a shorter length time but this will have to do. So, if you haven’t chosen your three favourite songs in both semi finals, now it’s the time to do so until then. Meanwhile, I have also decided to spice things up, that before the final round, the 9 UK No.1s will be reduced to 5 songs instead to reflect “The Big 5” countries even further. Therefore, 4 UK No.1 songs will not be part of the final.So, after the 2 semifinals have ended, I will give a chance for you to choose only one UK No.1 song to put through to the final. I update you on the timeframe for that soon. Hope that’s ok.
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Post by The Rubber Ball Man on Mar 31, 2020 22:26:22 GMT
These photos are absolutely beautiful. So much better than the actual old '7 inch record picture sleeves. I love looking at them. Great work. Thank you. I’ve even made more Chiquitita style covers with the original fonts used for each Voulez-Vous single. Haven’t got time to upload them now but I will soon.
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Post by The Rubber Ball Man on Mar 31, 2020 20:12:09 GMT
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Post by The Rubber Ball Man on Mar 30, 2020 11:26:03 GMT
From this list, I am going for 1. The Day Before You Came 2. Should I Laugh Or Cry 3. The King Has Lost His Crown
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Post by The Rubber Ball Man on Mar 30, 2020 11:15:49 GMT
I did plan to put both semi final lists out at the same time but I couldn’t find the time to be honest. But here it is now. The first semi final list is still open if you haven’t voted for that as well.
Choose 3 songs from the 2nd semi final list
Ring Ring Another Town, Another Train Love Isn't Easy (But It Sure Is Hard Enough) Me And Bobby And Bobby’s Brother I Am Just A Girl Rock 'n Roll Band Santa Rosa Sitting In The Palmtree Hasta Manana My Mama Said Dance (While The Music Still Goes On) Watch Out Gonna Sing You My Lovesong Bang-A-Boomerang Intermezzo 1 So Long Crazy World Medley When I Kissed The Teacher Dum Dum Diddle Why Did It Have To Be Me Tiger Eagle One Man, One Woman I Wonder (Departure) I Have A Dream Angeleyes The King Has Lost His Crown Does Your Mother Know If It Wasn't For The Nights Lovers (Live A Little Longer) Like An Angel Passing Through My Room Lovelight Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! On And On And On Happy New Year The Piper The Visitors When All Is Said And Done Soldiers Two For The Price Of One Slipping Through My Fingers Should I Laugh Or Cry I Am The City You Owe Me One The Day Before You Came
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Post by The Rubber Ball Man on Mar 29, 2020 17:15:00 GMT
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Post by The Rubber Ball Man on Mar 28, 2020 23:35:53 GMT
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Post by The Rubber Ball Man on Mar 28, 2020 23:05:50 GMT
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Post by The Rubber Ball Man on Mar 28, 2020 22:52:10 GMT
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Post by The Rubber Ball Man on Mar 27, 2020 10:09:20 GMT
Where is the other semi final list? Yet to come? Yeah. It’s yet to come.
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Post by The Rubber Ball Man on Mar 27, 2020 9:37:13 GMT
12 Eagle , 10 The Visitors, 8 Slipping through my fingers, 7 If it wasn’t for the nights, 6 Move on 5 Happy New Year, 4 As Good As New, 3 Kisses of fire,2 The Piper and 1 I’m a marionette. That was so difficult and that’s without the Abba gold tracks to chose from. Sorry. Great list but you can only choose 3 of your favourite songs from the semi final list above as well as the other semi final list. You can do the 8-10-12 voting system in the final list. Sorry if there was any confusion.
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Post by The Rubber Ball Man on Mar 26, 2020 19:21:11 GMT
It’s only the 9 UK No. 1 singles that go into the final instead of the whole of ABBA Gold by the way. Personally, I would like a song other than Dancing Queen to win. Wouldn’t mind if The Winner Takes It wins to be honest.
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Post by The Rubber Ball Man on Mar 26, 2020 13:41:24 GMT
2 people have done this on this forum so far. You and HOMETIME so far. I’m glad that at least you guys are involved in this. More than 10 people on a non-ABBA forum have participated in this so far. I don’t think there’s any need of concern yet.
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Post by The Rubber Ball Man on Mar 25, 2020 19:36:31 GMT
You can indeed join in. You can just choose and message your three favourite songs from the first Semi final list so far.
Disillusion People Need Love I Saw It In The Mirror Nina, Pretty Ballerina He Is Your Brother She's My Kind Of Girl Merry-Go-Round Ah Vilka Tider King Kong Song Honey Honey What About Livingstone Suzy Hang-A-Round Hey Hey Helen Tropical Loveland SOS Man In The Middle I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do Rock Me I've Been Waiting For You My Love My Life Money Money Money That's Me Happy Hawaii Move On Hole In Your Soul Thank You For The Music I'm A Marionette Summer Night City As Good As New Voulez-Vous Chiquitita Kisses Of Fire Andante, Andante Me And I Our Last Summer Lay All Your Love On Me The Way Old Friends Do Elaine Put On Your White Sombrero Head Over Heels I Let The Music Speak One Of Us Cassandra Under Attack
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Post by The Rubber Ball Man on Mar 24, 2020 21:48:37 GMT
Me too. I’m loving how that picture turned out.
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Post by The Rubber Ball Man on Mar 24, 2020 21:47:48 GMT
I haven’t got any submissions yet. It’s okay that anyone hasn’t got the urge to do it. I might try this some place else as there might be a bit more of a positive response to this. Even if it doesn’t work, it is still worth a try.
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Post by The Rubber Ball Man on Mar 24, 2020 14:55:58 GMT
It would make sense to go from Super Trouper (Coronavirus city) to The Social Distancers.
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Post by The Rubber Ball Man on Mar 23, 2020 23:43:52 GMT
The way to do this would be for all of us to nominate fifty songs and send them to you via private message. You then select the twenty-five most popular choices and those are the songs that 'go through' into 'The Final'. Then we each award our 1 through to 12 point scores. Obviously the choices should only come from the original studio albums and/or single A sides; that adds up to a good number for us to do the first thinning-out process. Gracias Por La Musica and the live album are to be excluded from consideration; it would make no sense to have the English language version of Fernando up against the Spanish language version of the same song, or a live version of something up against the definitive studio version. No single 'B' sides. There might need to be one or two other stipulations that I can't think of right now. Rethink: how about using the top fifty songs from the 2016 Megarate, we put those in personal preference order and submit the list to you. Here they are: 01. Dancing Queen 02. Knowing Me, Knowing You 03. The Name of the Game 04. SOS 05. Take a Chance on Me 06. One of Us 07. Like an Angel Passing Through My Room 08. Fernando 09. The Winner Takes It All 09. Summer Night City 11. Eagle 12. Lay All Your Love on Me 13. The Visitors 14. When All is Said and Done 15. Mamma Mia 15. When I Kissed the Teacher 17. Money, Money, Money 18. If It Wasn't For the Nights 18. One Man, One Woman 20. Soldiers 21. Chiquitita 22. Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! (A Man After Midnight) 22. My Love, My Life 22. I've Been Waiting For You 22. As Good as New 26. The Day Before You Came 26. Kisses of Fire 28. Slipping Through My Fingers 29. I'm a Marionette 29. Move On 31. Our Last Summer 32. Hole in Your Soul 33. Angeleyes 34. I Let the Music Speak 35. The Piper 36. That's Me 36. Tiger 38. The King Has Lost His Crown 39. Waterloo 39. Voulez-Vous 41. Should I Laugh or Cry 42. Super Trouper 43. Head Over Heels 44. Happy New Year 45. Ring Ring 46. Bang-A-Boomerang 47. I Wonder (Departure) 47. Dance (While the Music Still Goes On) 49. Lovers (Live A Little Longer) 50. Gonna Sing You My Lovesong Edit: Cassandra and Elaine as 'B' sides eliminated; Lovers' and Gonna Sing' included as the next two from the old countdown I’ve edited the original post. I’m going to keep the B sides because I think they should have an equal representation as the other songs. Also, what do you think of the ABBA Gold songs going straight to the final because in a way, they are like the “Big Five” countries.
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Post by The Rubber Ball Man on Mar 23, 2020 21:29:49 GMT
As you all may know, Eurovision 2020 has been cancelled due to the coronavirus.
We can have our own Eurovision 2020 made up from ABBA songs instead.
There will be 3 different sections:-
Semi final 1 and Semi final 2 • Includes album tracks and non-single songs such as A and B sides. • Songs featured on ABBA Gold go straight to the final so are excluded from the semi finals. • Excludes international versions of songs, alternate versions, live performances and unreleased songs. • This should total 40 songs for each semi final. • Message me your 3 favourite songs from each semi final. These are given 1 point each. • The top 10 songs with the most points go to the final.
Final • ABBA Gold songs • Top 10 songs from each semi final • Again, this should total 40 songs • Rank the ABBA songs in the 8-10-12 points format down below
1 point - 2 points - 3 points - 4 points - 5 points - 6 points - 7 points - 8 points - 10 points -
12 points -
• Message me your votes so I can keep a score of the points. • I shall then post the results.
Thank you orf for giving me feedback. Do you think this is fair enough?
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Post by The Rubber Ball Man on Mar 22, 2020 19:26:59 GMT
1 - I Saw It In The Mirror Dear God! What's possessing you?! Could say the same to you two with Dance (While The Music Still Goes On) 😂 I just love I Saw It In The Mirror. It’s massively underrated in my opinion. I either chose that or Disillusion. I chose I Saw It In The Mirror because I wanted too.
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Post by The Rubber Ball Man on Mar 22, 2020 18:42:17 GMT
1 - I Saw It In The Mirror 2 - Gonna Sing You My Lovesong 3 - SOS 4 - Knowing Me, Knowing You 5 - The Name Of The Game 6 - Kisses Of Fire 7 - The Winner Takes It All 8 - The Visitors Bonus - The Day Before You Came
Guess we could do some solo ones too.
Frida’s early singles before or after her debut album can be categorised as a bonus track if you like.
Frida 1 - Jag Ar Berredd 2 - Liv Pa Mars 3 - I Know There’s Something Going On 4 - One Little Lie 5 - Aven En Blomma Bonus - Du Ar Sa Underbart Rar
Agnetha 1 - Jag Var Sa Kar 2 - Hjartats Kronpins 3 - Don’t know 4 - Drom Ar Drom Och Saga Saga 5 - SOS 6 - Wrap Your Arms Around Me 7 - Click Track 8 - The Last Time 9 - If I Ever Thought You Ever Change Your Mind 10 - Should’ve Followed You Home Bonus - Never Again
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Post by The Rubber Ball Man on Mar 17, 2020 21:27:59 GMT
I processed this cover I made which I thought the picture I used was grainy through Remini and I am really impressed. Before After
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