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Post by crackinup on Jul 31, 2017 0:06:22 GMT
Should Agnetha sue Taio Cruz?
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Post by crackinup on Jul 30, 2017 23:34:35 GMT
The results are fantastic! The key change in Money x3 sounds so jolly. I must ask, how did you do it?
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Post by crackinup on Feb 5, 2017 0:17:53 GMT
I have never been too fond of Cassandra. Since I largely ignore the lyrics of songs I can only speak about the musical aspect of the song. I agree that it is quite boring, I can't see any memorable hooks in it. Also, it feels like the song itself doesn't know what it wants to be. There is that pseudo-Latin American backing in the background during the chorus but then again it has a synth colour in the verses, well, except for the last verse with the accordion (?). The melody of the verses are just fine. In my opinion, a new chorus and a let less of the jarring schlager and pseudo-Spanish backing would have helped. But no, it doesn't seem like A-side material by ABBA's standards.
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Post by crackinup on Dec 6, 2016 23:23:06 GMT
Didn't Daniel Balavoine, the man with which Frida sang Belle (the French version of Time), pass away a few days before the taping of Tivedshambo? If so, it may be that she is in grief of the loss.
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Post by crackinup on Nov 25, 2016 19:14:52 GMT
I've always thought this was meant to be. It to me, before this thread, seemed as a special way to kind of bring the song down and begin the end.
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Post by crackinup on Nov 5, 2016 23:32:33 GMT
Imo, when the actress Kate McKinnon portrayed German chancelor Angela Merkel on Saturday Night Live, she bared some resemblance to Agnetha. What do you think?
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Post by crackinup on Oct 25, 2016 23:51:38 GMT
Frida looks amazing here, Agnetha too. I wonder when and if we'll hear that wing and bath story.
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Post by crackinup on Oct 25, 2016 23:12:54 GMT
I've always felt that WIKTT is like a sunny day overwritten with good ol' Swedish melancholy. There's something in the arrangement, melody and the lyrics that just triggers nostalgia in me, just like memories of the school desk could in many people.
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Post by crackinup on Sept 20, 2016 10:26:11 GMT
I too have wondered this. On the contrary, for me ABBA was my first love and Fleetwood Mac came in later. There are many parallels, but the writing, recording and toring process is a bit different. Writing: On the rumours line-up there are 3 main writers with a different style of writing: Stevie wrote poems, that later became songs, Christine wrote only when shee needed the come up with some songs for an album and Lindsey, well, I don't know so much about his style. Also, both ABBA and FM all got a bit of a writers block in some point in the game, but unlike FM who put their "songs from the block" on albums, ABBA scrapped most of them. Christine wasn't too strong on Tusk, Lindsey on Mirage and Stevie on Tango. Recording: ABBA worked on a song without any breaks for other songs. Meaning, if they started to work on, say, The Day Before You Came, they would record everything and work on it until it was finished. Fleetwood Mac on the other hand worked a bit on one song, a bit on the other and so on. Like The Chain was at first recorded as Keep Me There at the start of the Rumours sessions and was finished at the very end of these sessions. Sure, there were exceptions here. Touring: ABBA certanly weren't too keen on the strain of touring, because all members except for Bjorn had little children waiting at home. On the Fleetwood Mac side only Mick had children in the touring days, John's daughter was born later in 1989 and Lindsey's kids in the early 2000s. Also, FM had a tour after each album, but ABBA had a few tours in the Nordic countries between 1972 and 1975, a big tour in 1977 and one in 1979+1980, if you count the Japan tour alonside the 1979 tour. Also, there is the thing that Fleetwood Mac is still an musically active band, unlike ABBA. To sum it up, I agree with your points.
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Post by crackinup on Sept 11, 2016 15:55:05 GMT
Hello, another migrant from the closing forum! Back on the ABBAforum there was a great community, so I'm interested to see how this ''merging'' will happen!
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