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Post by abbapianoguy on Oct 24, 2020 20:13:02 GMT
I’ve recently started posting weekly piano cover versions of ABBA classics on YouTube which you may enjoy.
Today’s song was Fernando:
My ballad version of Super Trouper has gone down well:
One of my own favourite songs is The Day Before You Came, and I did a version similar to Benny’s own piano version:
My most popular YouTube video is One Hour of Relaxing ABBA Piano Music:
I hope that you enjoy my music inspired by the wonderful originals!
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Post by HOMETIME on Oct 24, 2020 20:39:47 GMT
I love these, Mark. Super Trouper, in particular, is a bit of a revelation. The chorus melody is lovely, and it seems to recall some Scandinavian folk music.
Thanks for posting them. I've subscribed to your channel and followed you on Spotify.
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Post by richard on Oct 24, 2020 20:56:27 GMT
Wonderful playing, Mark. Agree about Super Trouper: your piano solo version of it is great. But it's all good! So glad you came onto the forum so I could discover your playing.
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Post by abbapianoguy on Oct 24, 2020 21:31:32 GMT
Thanks so much Richard and Hometime! I’m going to be posting a new piano cover every week so there will be plenty more music coming!
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Post by abbapianoguy on Nov 4, 2020 15:40:59 GMT
Thought you may like to know I've posted a new piano cover - here's I've Been Waiting For You:
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Post by richard on Nov 5, 2020 13:29:06 GMT
Another good one, Mark!
I agree with those who think I've Been Waiting For You is one Agnetha's best (if not the best) vocal leads in ABBA, even though I feel, like some others, that the arrangement in the recording is a bit over-fussy.
But your piano version proves, again, how great some ABBA songs stand on their own as instrumentals.:-)
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Post by abbapianoguy on Nov 8, 2020 16:47:09 GMT
Coming up at 5pm today is my version of The Way Old Friends Do. I've tried to strip this back and really focus on some of the subtle harmonies which come out in Benny's accordion playing. It's a beautiful song, and I hope you enjoy my piano cover of it.
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Post by HOMETIME on Nov 9, 2020 12:25:42 GMT
Another lovely version, Mark. Your performances are revealing lots of gorgeous things I'd missed in these already beautiful songs.
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Post by abbapianoguy on Nov 15, 2020 21:31:39 GMT
Here's another piano cover of one of the classics: Summer Night City. I've tried to take the verse and make it more of a ballad and keep everything a bit more low-key than the original to fit the piano cover. Hope you enjoy it.
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Post by gary on Nov 15, 2020 23:47:46 GMT
Really enjoying these, thanks, particularly the last one. An underrated song.
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Post by HOMETIME on Nov 23, 2020 9:55:50 GMT
That version of Summer Night City is fantastic. The Asian feel that you've brought out in that riff is particularly gorgeous.
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Post by abbapianoguy on Jan 10, 2021 16:40:20 GMT
Thanks for your kind comments!
Just an update on my ABBA piano covers: I've just posted a ballad version of Dancing Queen, and just before Christmas I did a live hour-long concert of ABBA piano music which you may enjoy.
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Post by richard on Jan 11, 2021 11:54:16 GMT
I'm an ABBA fan who is not the biggest fan of Dancing Queen - though I think the vocals from Agnetha and Frida are fantastic. But I love your ballad version, Mark. It transforms my perception of it. For me, a wonderful 'reimagining' of the character of the song.
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Post by HOMETIME on Jan 11, 2021 18:05:55 GMT
Really enjoyed those videos. Your version of Hemma is beautiful.
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