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Post by madonnabba on Jul 18, 2018 10:19:11 GMT
As reported in the press, Cher will release an Album of Abba songs. My wish list given her vocals... Hey Hey Helen, When All is said And Done, Andante Andante, Knowing me Knowing You, Soldiers, Voulez Vous, Does Your Mother Know, Lay all Your love on Me, The Visitors, One Man One Woman, Waterloo, Gonna sing you my Lovesong. And the others already in the bag Super Trouper and Fernando.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 18, 2018 10:34:25 GMT
Madonnabba -- Yes, Cher has been working on an ABBA Tribute Album. However, she has already said that she
gives several of them a completely new treatment. They won't all be arranged as ABBA did them. A good thing,
as it is too easy and dull, when Artists try to copy everything that ABBA did on the Songs.
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Post by madonnabba on Jul 18, 2018 19:59:04 GMT
Only abba4me, I agree. Don’t try to replicate the song reinvent it, I heard Cher had planned to do them different. Fantastic that two of the biggest female icons have covered Abba . ....Madonna and Cher. Doesn’t get better than that. Maybe Streisand to complete the set.
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Post by smugasacat on Jul 19, 2018 10:56:56 GMT
She doesn't know much about ABBA's music though...
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Post by Zeebee on Jul 19, 2018 20:44:52 GMT
As reported in the press, Cher will release an Album of Abba songs. My wish list given her vocals... Hey Hey Helen, When All is said And Done, Andante Andante, Knowing me Knowing You, Soldiers, Voulez Vous, Does Your Mother Know, Lay all Your love on Me, The Visitors, One Man One Woman, Waterloo, Gonna sing you my Lovesong. And the others already in the bag Super Trouper and Fernando. Yes, it would be interesting to hear Cher cover any ABBA song on which Frida sang lead. |
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Post by gary on Jul 19, 2018 21:41:42 GMT
Why Frida leads?
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Post by madonnabba on Jul 20, 2018 0:02:34 GMT
Yeah I noticed that in my selection. Think because Cher has a deeper vocal than Frida and I cannot imagine Cher singing a song lead by Agnetha with much higher vocals.
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Post by Zeebee on Jul 21, 2018 19:48:38 GMT
It's as madonnabba has said. |
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Post by shoshin on Jul 22, 2018 21:49:54 GMT
^^ True, although any song can be transposed into a lower key to suit the vocalist. But Cher's effective range is much narrower than Agnetha's. So, depending on the song, the transposition might enable her to hit the highest note, but she would then struggle with the lowest. Or vice versa.
Also, and again depending on the song, a belted note in a lower key (or in the same key, but from a singer with a lower natural range) sometimes just doesn't sound so impressive, particularly in a pop context. Cher could probably sing Kisses Of Fire, for example, but the long held notes at the end would be a strain.
Frida was a mezzo in her prime, but Cher was/is a contralto. This is the lowest female register, equivalent in many cases to a male voice. Check out the verses on I Got You Babe, for example. She is comfortable singing the same notes as Sonny. Frida seems to be a contralto too these days, and may have been heading that way during the later ABBA years. Of course, few vocalists know better than Cher that anything is possible in the studio  Besides, Karen Carpenter was also a contralto, and her TYFTM sounded fine (she could never sound anything else but fine). So we could speculate on which Agnetha leads would and wouldn't be possible for Cher. What do we reckon?
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Post by madonnabba on Jul 22, 2018 22:19:20 GMT
Maybe Gimme Gimme Gimme or Chiquitita?
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Post by Zeebee on Jul 23, 2018 20:36:47 GMT
Also, and again depending on the song, a belted note in a lower key (or in the same key, but from a singer with a lower natural range) sometimes just doesn't sound so impressive, particularly in a pop context. Cher could probably sing Kisses Of Fire, for example, but the long held notes at the end would be a strain. I guess the same goes for the long held notes at the end of The Winner Takes It All, but Cher probably would sound fine singing the long held notes at the end of Andante, Andante. |
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Post by Zeebee on Jul 23, 2018 20:38:56 GMT
Frida was a mezzo in her prime, but Cher was/is a contralto. This is the lowest female register, equivalent in many cases to a male voice. Check out the verses on I Got You Babe, for example. She is comfortable singing the same notes as Sonny. Frida seems to be a contralto too these days, and may have been heading that way during the later ABBA years. Of course, few vocalists know better than Cher that anything is possible in the studio Besides, Karen Carpenter was also a contralto, and her TYFTM sounded fine (she could never sound anything else but fine). So we could speculate on which Agnetha leads would and wouldn't be possible for Cher. What do we reckon? Which reminds me that in a thread on the abba4ever forum about what songs Frida should've covered, I said she should've covered some Carpenters songs. I also mentioned that it would've been interesting to hear Karen sing some ABBA songs that are Frida leads. |
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Post by madonnabba on Jul 26, 2018 23:27:14 GMT
Chiquitita. SOS, TWTIA, Momma Mia, Gimmex3, One of Us, DQ, Waterloo, TNOTG and a mystery track. To be released in September. This is turning out to be a very busy Abba year.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 27, 2018 8:47:48 GMT
Madonnabba -- Cher has already said that there will be a 2nd ABBA Covers Album from
her. It looks like she is playing it safe and only recording ABBA Songs that are on 'Gold',
or in the 'Mamma Mia!' Stage Show and the 2 Films.
She says that the 2nd Album will have 'My Love, My Life' on it.
Regarding her 1st ABBA Covers Album - The 'Mystery Track' must be something 'Special'.
If it was just another old ABBA Song - like the other 9 Tracks - it would not be 'Special'.
1)... It could be Agnetha, Bjorn, Benny and Frida, (the 2018 ones), joining her on the Track.
2)... Or an old ABBA Single, that 'Modern Technology' has inserted Cher's vocals into - so that
she it sounds like she was in the Studio, when ABBA recorded it. That would be either
'Cher Featuring ABBA' or 'ABBA Featuring Cher'.
3)... Another possibility, for the 'Mystery Track', is that it is a brand New Benny and Bjorn Song,
that they've especially written for her.
4)... Or it could be Cher being joined by another Big Act, in a Duet - such as Madonna, Celine Dion,
Michael Buble or Justin Timberlake etc.
Some Fans are speculating that it will just be Cher doing a 10th ABBA Song. Some guesses have
been: 'Knowing Me, Knowing You', 'Summer Night City' or 'Does Your Mother Know'. But, then
Track 10 would be no more 'Special' than the other 9. Track 10 must have something 'Extra', to
make it stand out. Which is why Cher is making it a 'Big Surprise'...
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Post by hejiranyc on Jul 30, 2018 20:16:18 GMT
I suspect that Track No. 10 is "Fernando." She probably couldn't announce it because it would have sabotaged sales of the MM2 soundtrack. I seriously doubt that it's a new song because, unless it was originally recorded under the ABBA banner or features all four members, it's not an ABBA cover. And if it was as historic and grandiose as a full-fledged ABBA (feat. Cher) reunion, you know it would have been front page news for months. As it is now, this is being treated as an "oh, by the way, I recorded an album of ABBA covers" afterthought.
I think the tracklist is disappointing. The best covers are obscure songs that were originally flawed or forgotten, but then polished up and given a new lease on life. These are all popular, iconic songs that are perfect as-is and can only be sabotaged. I would have loved to have heard her take on "I Let the Music Speak" or "Lovelight," which are already great, but a Cher treatment would have been really interesting. All this being said, I wonder how Cher tackled Agnetha songs like "Winner Takes it All," which is way beyond her natural range. I'm assuming she either dropped the key by a number of steps or she re-worked the chorus melody.
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Post by Zeebee on Jul 30, 2018 20:52:58 GMT
Cher should include Like An Angel Passing Through My Room on one of those albums. it would be interesting to hear her sing that song.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 9, 2018 12:16:50 GMT
Cher has released a short Audio Clip of one of the Songs on her ABBA covers Album.
The Song is 'Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! (A Man After Midnight)'. It doesn't mean that it will be the 1st Single, but it could be.
I hear that the Album is produced by Benny and by Mark Taylor, who co-produced the 'Believe' Album in 1998.
The 'GGG' Cher Video was deleted, so I've deleted the Link to it.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 9, 2018 15:28:27 GMT
The Cher ABBA Album is called 'Dancing Queen'. It is released on Friday September 28th. NOTE -- Of course a lot of ABBA Fans will dislike Cher's covers of ABBA Songs. Just as a lot of ABBA Fans disliked Madonna's sampling of 'Gimme! Gimme! Gimme!' for 'Hung Up' in 2005. Madonna's Single was her biggest ever Global Hit. So, if Cher Fans like her ABBA covers, no-one is saying that ABBA Fans have to like them too... www.amazon.co.uk/TBC-Mamma/dp/B07G976WN7/ref=sr_1_1?s=music&ie=UTF8&qid=1533828215&sr=1-1&keywords=cher |
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Post by foreverfan on Aug 9, 2018 16:22:24 GMT
Radio 2 in the UK has just played the full version of GGG. Personally, it's just OK, actually prefer Fernando  GGG, sounds very much like the original with Cher..emmmm perhaps it's a grower.... |
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Post by Deleted on Aug 9, 2018 16:32:07 GMT
Graham -- I know that a lot of ABBA Fans will dislike Cher's ABBA Covers Album.
It does not matter. She did it for her Fans.
I'm not expecting anything off it to be a Big Hit. Maybe a Track will reach the UK Top 40, who knows?
Her Album may reach the UK Top 10. Maybe it won't. Maybe it will sell 100,000 Globally, maybe it won't
sell that many. Or maybe it will reach 500,000 Global Sales. It is hard to predict. We all know that her
Covers won't be as good as ABBA's originals. So, it is a case of seeing if that makes it hard to sell well.
I think that doing 2 ABBA Songs in the 'Mamma Mia! 2' Film has got her much too excited
about ABBA. She is so enthralled with ABBA, that she's already said that she's doing a
2nd ABBA Covers Album! This is before she even sees if her 1st one is a Sales success!
We may find that every Track on her 1st ABBA Album has a 'Drum Beat' in the background,
like on old 'Dance' covers of ABBA Songs, that used to come out in the 1990's. The 'drum'
sound on Cher's 'G!G!G!' is awfully intrusive and loud. I do hope that the backing of the
other 9 Tracks is more subdued...
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Post by Deleted on Aug 9, 2018 20:49:25 GMT
If the UK and USA Amazon are any guides, then Cher's 'Dancing Queen' Album is going to do very well.
As is 'Gimme! Gimme! Gimme!', if it is a Single. That Track is already a bigger Hit, in Amazon UK's Top 100
Digital Songs than 'Fernando' was.
I've now heard the full 'Gimme! Gimme! Gimme!' and I like it. It is not exactly the same as ABBA's original. It has a
lot more going on in the backing vocals than ABBA had.
It will be rather weird, if her Album is a Top 10 UK Hit, as we've already had ABBA Songs on 4 Top 10 Albums this Year -
the 2 'Mamma Mia!' Albums and 'ABBA Gold'. As well as 'The Winner Takes It All' on Jane McDonald's 'Cruising' Album.
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Post by abbagage on Aug 9, 2018 21:21:31 GMT
I love Cher’s album cover - it’s perfect!
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Post by madonnabba on Aug 9, 2018 22:41:15 GMT
Just heard Cher sing Gimmex3. Love it. Boy what an Abba year this is. Can just imagine Streisand doing an album of balads....movie versions...Slipping Through my Fingers. TWTIA, My love My life, The day before you came, ive been waiting for you, When all is said and done, the Name of the Game, Andante Andante, Our last Summer , I let the Music Speak and eventually I still have faith in you.
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Post by Michal on Aug 10, 2018 5:24:28 GMT
It's not bad (and I'm not too fond of cover versions generally). Good promotion for ABBA again.
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Post by foreverfan on Aug 10, 2018 6:44:21 GMT
I still need to hear it again.  Its gone straight in at 29 on the UK ITunes chart... good start... |
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Post by foreverfan on Aug 10, 2018 13:14:31 GMT
All 10 tracks confirmed as in first post, nothing about the so called mystery track.... is there one |
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Post by Deleted on Aug 10, 2018 14:14:04 GMT
Don't mind GGG being given the Cher treatment. I might have been inclined to take the tempo up a little bit, but there are some nice (if predictable) production touches. Nothing obviously 'wrong' with it. It's a little 'safe', but that's probably not a bad thing. Does what it says on the tin.
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Post by foreverfan on Aug 10, 2018 20:18:44 GMT
Rumour has it that track 10 One Of Us, has the ABBA girls singing on the track, new ? Remix ? Who knows...
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Post by madonnabba on Aug 10, 2018 23:29:49 GMT
The album cover giving a nod to the iconic Abba profile shots and the video to the reversing of letters.
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Post by gary on Aug 11, 2018 11:13:33 GMT
Inevitable gay heaven:
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Besides, Karen Carpenter was also a contralto, and her TYFTM sounded fine (she could never sound anything else but fine). So we could speculate on which Agnetha leads would and wouldn't be possible for Cher. What do we reckon?
