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Post by gary on Jul 23, 2018 22:41:43 GMT
I’ve been playing Fernando (ABBA’s version) a lot recently, partly to drown out Cher’s shockingly awful version. I was also paying attention to the lyrics, which I am rather fond of. We all know of one error (SINCE many years) but does the line ‘They were closer now Fernando’ make any sense to you? ‘Were’ is a past tense, and ‘now’ is obviously in the present. So is that line simply another mistake, or am I missing something?
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Post by Deleted on Jul 24, 2018 9:32:14 GMT
Gary -- Benny and Bjorn love Cher's version of 'Fernando'.
They are telling anyone who will listen that it is, 'Better than ABBA's version'.
Also, they say: 'Cher has made that song her own'.
I hope that they've got more awareness of quality, when it comes to the New
ABBA Singles. Because, they truly are not as wise as they think they are!!!
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Post by Deleted on Jul 24, 2018 9:54:00 GMT
I’ve been playing Fernando (ABBA’s version) a lot recently, partly to drown out Cher’s shockingly awful version. I was also paying attention to the lyrics, which I am rather fond of. We all know of one error (SINCE many years) but does the line ‘They were closer now Fernando’ make any sense to you? ‘Were’ is a past tense, and ‘now’ is obviously in the present. So is that line simply another mistake, or am I missing something? I think that, grammatically, that's OK. You can use 'now' with past tense verbs. (I won't bore you with examples!)
Cher's version of 'Fernando' works fine in the film, but I haven't listened to it yet as a stand-alone. Other songs DID sound shockingly awful in the film (hard to believe B&B were cock-a-hoop with the new version of 'Waterloo', for example), so I may just mean 'fine' in relative terms. I know B&B have bigged up Cher's 'Fernando', but you'd expect nothing less from a publicity machine hitting overdrive and aiming at the US as a key target. Who knows what opinions are held and what discussions/debates have taken place behind the scenes? As Charlie Rich once said/sang, 'no-one knows what goes on behind closed doors'.
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Post by gary on Jul 24, 2018 10:07:01 GMT
Gary -- Benny and Bjorn love Cher's version of 'Fernando'. They are telling anyone who will listen that it is, 'Better than ABBA's version'. Also, they say: 'Cher has made that song her own'. I hope that they've got more awareness of quality, when it comes to the New ABBA Singles. Because, they truly are not as wise as they think they are!!! If B&B think Cher’s version is better than ABBA’s version, I have lost faith in their judgement! |
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Post by gary on Jul 24, 2018 10:14:09 GMT
I’ve been playing Fernando (ABBA’s version) a lot recently, partly to drown out Cher’s shockingly awful version. I was also paying attention to the lyrics, which I am rather fond of. We all know of one error (SINCE many years) but does the line ‘They were closer now Fernando’ make any sense to you? ‘Were’ is a past tense, and ‘now’ is obviously in the present. So is that line simply another mistake, or am I missing something? I think that, grammatically, that's OK. You can use 'now' with past tense verbs. (I won't bore you with examples!)
I’m not convinced. But you may be right. Surely it should be ‘They were closer THEN’? Anyway, it’s a bit trivial 40 years later! |
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Post by shoshin on Jul 24, 2018 12:56:26 GMT
I think that, grammatically, that's OK. You can use 'now' with past tense verbs. (I won't bore you with examples!)
I’m not convinced. But you may be right. Surely it should be ‘They were closer THEN’? Anyway, it’s a bit trivial 40 years later! It's referring back to the drums and bugle calls I suppose. They had been far away in the distance, but they were closer ____. Now then, why do we say 'now then'?  |
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Post by Deleted on Jul 24, 2018 13:13:07 GMT
Now then, why do we say 'now then'?
Good work. Presumably the same reason Frankie Howerd used to say "Yes, no, no...yes..."
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Post by gary on Jul 24, 2018 16:06:26 GMT
I’m not convinced. But you may be right. Surely it should be ‘They were closer THEN’? Anyway, it’s a bit trivial 40 years later! It's referring back to the drums and bugle calls I suppose. They had been far away in the distance, but they were closer ____. Now then, why do we say 'now then'? Fair enough. |
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