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Post by gary on Aug 22, 2021 23:04:46 GMT
I hadn’t heard Someone Else’s Story being sung by a man before. It works quite well. The song is one of the absolute best non-ABBA Benny Andersson compositions (though I realise it is a Voulez-Vous reject).
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Post by HOMETIME on Aug 23, 2021 8:34:26 GMT
This is lovely. It was such a shame that this song didn't make the cut for the first Chess album. Svetlana/Barbara Dickson needed another song. The tally of great songs from this musical is really high.
But I had no idea that this song started life during the Voulez-Vous sessions!! Thanks for that titbit. Do you have any info on its working title? Fascinating!
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Post by gary on Aug 23, 2021 9:54:36 GMT
This has some information: www.abbaomnibus.net/ask/qa_dec19.htmThere used to be a short clip of Lady Bird or Ladybird on YouTube, but it seems to have been removed. No doubt some fans will have it. |
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Post by gary on Aug 23, 2021 10:09:08 GMT
The song index on ABBA Omnibus also has some more information.
This is the definitive version (IMO), for anyone who may not have heard it:
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Post by Michal on Aug 25, 2021 18:47:34 GMT
Hmm, I was curious when I saw it was Josh Groban singing, as he is really good and I think it was an excellent choice to let him play the Russian in the London concert version. But I was very disappointed by his performance here. He can do better than this. Too much vibrato for my taste... no, I regret to say I don't like it. By the way, have you noticed that he's actually reading the lyrics? And have you heard this version by Helen Sjöholm?:
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Post by gary on Aug 25, 2021 21:16:23 GMT
Yes, it’s lovely.
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