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Post by foreverfan on Jul 29, 2023 6:36:39 GMT
Well done, never a easy task and there were always going to be surprises, and yours is no different, your number 2 will surprise most.
There's never a correct " list" just what we prefer at a given moment in time... so thanks for posting...
I noticed that I started this just over a year ago, so for fun I'll try and post my current top 10/20 and see if much has changed, a little shuffle here and there I expect but who knows there may be a surprise.... later....
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Post by johnny on Jul 29, 2023 8:26:41 GMT
Here's my list updated from last July. Expect another one next July.
Not much change except for Voyage album tracks dropping DSMD from 5 to 15 and OTF in Top 20 to outside Top 40. ISHFIY remains Top 10.
From Voyage show big climbs for Chiquitita and The Winner Takes it All. Climbs also for MMM, TACOM and LAYLOM. Previous list was Top 30
40. So Long (-)
39. I've Been Waiting For You (-)
38. One Man One Woman (15)
37. Gimme Gimme Gimme (-)
36. Voulez Vous (-)
35. Nina Pretty Ballerina (-)
34. Another Town, Another Train (-)
33. Hole in Your Soul (-)
32. Elaine (-)
31. Cassandra (-)
30. When All is Said and Done (13)
29. Waterloo (29)
28. My Love, My Life (28)
27. Fernando (27)
26. I Let the Music Speak (26)
25. Head Over Heels (-)
24. One of Us (24)
23. No Doubt About It (23)
22. Soldiers (22)
21. As Good as New (21)
20. Ring Ring (20)
19. Kisses of Fire (19)
18. Money Money Money (25)
17. Like An Angel Passing Through My Room (17)
16. The Winner Takes it All (-)
15. Don't Shut Me Down (5)
14 The Visitors (14)
13. Chiquitita (30)
12. My Mama Said (12)
11. I'm a Marionette (16)
10. I Still Have Faith in You (10)
9. Mamma Mia (11)
8. Eagle (6)
7 Summer Night City (8)
6 The Name of the Game (4)
5. Take a Chance on Me (9)
4. Lay All Your Love On Me (7)
3 Dancing Queen (3)
2. Knowing me Knowing You (2)
1.SOS (1)
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Post by HOMETIME on Jul 29, 2023 12:31:10 GMT
I haven't done one of these things in such a long time. Utterly unscientific, completely subjective, entirely subject to revision (but that top 3 has been pretty much unassailable for decades). The biggest surprise for me is the high placings for the Voyage songs - that might change in another year. My iTunes play stats suggest that I'm still very fond of the album. I can't remember much about my original "chart" but I think that LAYLOM, Angeleyes and HOH have climbed a few spots. It feels like sacred cows such as DQ and TWTIA should be higher, but I honestly find myself skipping them on occasion. They're probably victims of being overplayed. Still love them, though.
Edit: just noticed that I've overlooked SOS. Not sure what I'd swap out in its favour... [ponders] Adios, WIKTT.
Edit No. 2 - wake up, Tony, where is SNC? I squoze it in between NDAI and OTF. Adios DWTMSGO
40 – My love, my life
39 – He is your brother
38 – Ring, ring
37 – S.O.S.
36 – Money, money, money
35 – Elaine
34 – Lovelight
33 – Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! ( A man after midnight)
32 – Gonna sing you my lovesong
31 – I’ve been waiting for you
30 – I wonder (departure)
29 – Head over heels
28 – Super trouper
27 – Chiquitita
26 – Take a chance on me
25 – The winner takes it all
24 – Me and I
23 – Our last summer
22 – Dancing queen
21 – The king has lost his crown
20 – Hey, hey, Helen
19 – Lovers (live a little longer)
18 – I’m a marionette
17 – One man, one woman
16 – Voulez-vous
15 – The name of the game
14 – Should I laugh or cry?
13 – Ode to freedom
12 – Summer Night City
11 – No doubt about it
10 – Don’t shut me down
9 – When all is said and done
8 – Angeleyes
7 – Knowing me, knowing you
6 – Lay all your love on me
5 – I still have faith in you
4 – If it wasn’t for the nights
3 – Like an angel passing through my room
2 – The day before you came
1 – The visitors
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Post by iiwftn on Jul 29, 2023 12:56:01 GMT
Well done, never a easy task and there were always going to be surprises, and yours is no different, your number 2 will surprise most. There's never a correct " list" just what we prefer at a given moment in time... so thanks for posting... I noticed that I started this just over a year ago, so for fun I'll try and post my current top 10/20 and see if much has changed, a little shuffle here and there I expect but who knows there may be a surprise.... later.... Thank you. ‘Gonna Sing You My Love Song’ is an absolutely beautiful track and yet almost completely unknown outside of the ABBA community. Everything about it is class. |
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Post by HOMETIME on Jul 29, 2023 13:09:12 GMT
In complete agreement about GSYMLS. It's an oasis of elegance in those garish early days. I've always thought it was like a Dusty Springfield song - Breakfast In Bed, maybe, or Just A Little Loving. I love how Frida has stripped all of the vibrato from her voice and made the performance so vulnerable.
I do remember it being mentioned in an interview with the lead singer of an edgy early noughties band. Can't remember who now, but it was his favourite ABBA song. Imagine what a lovely curveball it would make on the Voyage setlist?!
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Post by foreverfan on Jul 29, 2023 15:55:17 GMT
Ok, for my second moment in time , one year on...
A couple of surprises for myself, no doubt in the fullness of time, and I had to choose just one track, normality would resume...
I've based it on what I've listened to, and for ease of writing have just done a top 20..lol...
1. Lay All Your Love On Me ( up a1)
2. Summer Night City ( up 5)
3. Don't Shut Me Down ( up 1)
4. Dancing Queen ( down 3 !! )
5. The Visitors ( up 2)
6. Kisses Of Fire (down 3)
7. Voulez Voys ( up 7)
8. Take A Chance On Me ( up 4)
9. Lovelight (up2)
10. On And On And On ( up 17 )
11. When You Danced With Me ( new entry )
12. Gimme Gimme Gimme ( up 3)
13. The Winner Takes It All ( down 4)
14. SOS ( up 2)
15. As Good As New ( down 10)
16. Angeleyes ( up 21)
17. Hey Hey Helen ( non mover )
18. If It Wasn't For The Nights ( non mover )
19. I've Been Waiting For You ( down 9)
20. Money Money Money ( new entry)
All are subjective of course, and only 2 tracks from Voyage, will any others make it as time goes by ?
Looks as if I'm a sucker for the more uptempo tracks.....
Back to this in 2024.. lol
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Post by johnny on Jul 29, 2023 20:29:59 GMT
Foreverfan well you certainly do like the uptempo tracks.
Big moves up for Money Money Money and Angeleyes. I didn't have you dowm for the TikTok audience 😃
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Post by foreverfan on Jul 30, 2023 8:43:01 GMT
OMG ^^ I didn't realise until you mentioned the subliminal influence that the likes and media had on my choices 😱
That all said I've always preferred the more uptempo, depends on mood of course..
As many have mentioned, with over 100 tracks to choose from it's virtually impossible to narrow it down to a top " whatever " , that all said I do feel in general we have our preferred tracks. When was the last time I listened to the likes of Watch Out, Man In The Middle etc...years....
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Post by johnny on Jul 4, 2024 5:21:13 GMT
We had these lists June 2022 and July 2023. Time for a new one...
40. I Let the Music Speak (26)
39. Slipping Through My Fingers (New)
38. Waterloo (29)
37. One Man, One Woman (38)
36. Fernando (27)
35. If it Wasn't For the Nights (New)
34. The Winner Takes it All (16)
33. The Piper
32. Like An Angel Passing Through My Room (17)
31. Hole in Your Soul (33)
30. So Long (40)
29. Cassandra (31)
28. Keep an Eye on Dan
27. Don't Shut Me Down (15)
26. Elaine (32)
25. Kisses of Fire (19)
24. I've Been Waiting For You (39)
23. Head Over Heels (25)
22. One of Us (24)
21. My Love, My Life (28)
20. As Good as New (21)
19. Voulez Vous (36)
18. Soldiers (22)
17. I'm a Marionette (11)
16. Ring Ring (20)
15. Take a Chance On Me (5)
14. Money Money Money (18)
13. I Still Have Faith in You (10)
12. When You Danced With Me (New)
11. Eagle (8l
10. Mamma Mia (9)
9. The Visitors (14)
8. My Mama Said (12)
7. When All is Said and Done (30)
6. Summer Night City (7)
5 The Name of the Game (6)
4 Lay All Your Love On Me (4)
3 SOS (1)
2.Knowing Me Knowing You (2)
1 Dancing Queen (3)
Dancing Queen is the new #1.
Big climbs for When All is Said and Done, Voulez Vous and I've Been Waiting For You
Big drops for Don't Shut Me Down, The Winner Takes it All
New Entries - When You Danced With Me, If It Wasn't For the Nights, Slipping Through My Fingers
Out - Another Town, Another Train, Nina Pretty Ballerina, No Doubt About It.
Until next year...
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Post by foreverfan on Jul 4, 2024 9:22:18 GMT
Thanks for resurrection of post.. something to drag me out of semi retirement..lol...
I'm afraid that I rarely post these days as so little happening in all reality in this so called Anniversary year, but hey I still have a little hope for something by year end and I do pop in everyday just to see so not gone fully....
Hard to believe another year has gone by , and I'll stick to my top 20 as let's be honest those 21-40 there's not much in it....so I've based this current top 20 on what I've really liked over the past few months , so here we go...
20. Hey Hey Helen .... Down 3
19. I'm A Marionette ....NE
18. Angeleyes .... Down 2
17. On And On And On ... down 7
16. I've Been Waiting For You... Up2
15. The Piper.. NE
14. When You Danced With Me..Down 3
13. As Good As New Up 2
12. If It Wasn't For The Nights .. Up 6
11. The Winner Takes It All ..Up 2
10. Summer night City..Down 8
9.. The Visitors Down 4
8. Lovelight ..Up 1
7. Kisses Of Fire..Down 1
6. Voulez Vous .. Up 1
5. Lay All Your Love On Me...Down 4
4. Dancing Queen..Non Mover
3. Don't Shut Me Down..non mover
2. SOS ..Up 12
1. Take A Chance On Me..up 7
A few surprises even for me , SOS and TACOM have grown hugely on me over the past few months, otherwise it's pretty static with only. 2 new entries and a bit of shuffling around ,
So until 2025...
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