ABBA Voyage: General Discussion 2022 Sept - Dec

I don’t think you bother to read posts. If you look above, you can see that clumsylikeaclown quoted me and mentioned “rushed”. I then quoted them with a response, saying what I meant.

Stop making an issue of something that really isn’t one. I deleted your previous post about this because it made absolutely no sense whatsoever. If you actually read all the posts, you’d realise.

During the recent ABBA Fan Club Webinar, Baillie Walsh replied to the question from Fans, if and when new songs will be available from the ABBAtars, that there will be changes and additions in the future but that any additional production costs an awfull lot of money and the break even for the actual production is still many miles away, so I think we will need to have some more patience...

And therein lies the problem, and proves what I suspected to be the case in my previous post on this issue.

You called me out on a post you assumed hadn’t been quoted on. The post you refer to was (quite rightly) picked up on by clumsylikeaclown (third post down, this page). I then responded to them quoting their post (fifth post down, this page, immediately above your post). You chose to completely ignore those posts (or by your own admission, not read them) and try and make out that you’re the victim and get pulled up all the time, which was absolute nonsense.

By deleting your original garbled post saying I’d not responded (where I think you quoted a Beverley Knight song) I was trying to save you the embarrassment, but you then had to keep pushing it and make yourself look even more silly.

Oh well, moving on. The point you make about quoting is a valid one. If you’re responding to a particular person you can use @username to alert them (which also provides a link to their profile).

There are a few cases where this might not work - usernames can be completely different to display names, and it has to be the username you put “@“ immediately in front of. For instance, my username is actually alan1 as the name was already in use, but my display name is Alan (which, incidentally, is my real first name and the one I use).

Quoting can be difficult. I find it quite time-consuming removing the bits I don’t want. Recently two people have mis-quoted. Both of them realised, but it’s completely understandable as it’s easily done. My role as moderator is to correct these (which I’m more than happy to do).

Another thing we used to do is put ^^ (the number of them varied) at the very start of a post to signify that you were responding to the post immediately above. A problem here is if your post ends up as the first on a new page, or if someone else has already beaten you to it and posted in the time it’s taken to compose your post. Also it didn’t alert the user that you were responding to them. Probably for those reasons, the practice has all but died out.

How about if they did another anniversary box set of singles, lol he they did in 1984. But this time around they could be pressed on gold vinyl.

I had to look that one up to remind myself what it was.

Wikipedia states:
"Here Comes Rubie Jamie" is the working title of a song recorded in 1974, which had acquired the name "Terra Del Fuego" by the time the lyrics were recorded. The song is unique in that it is the only studio recording to feature lead vocals by all four ABBA members. An excerpt of the song (where only Benny and Frida are heard) was released on the box set Thank You for the Music. The excerpt was particularly edited so as not to include the chorus, as it is said that Björn and Benny violently dislike it. This explains why it is not named after its original title, but named to not refer to the chorus.”

All those recordings sitting on tapes (well, they’ve all been digitised now) and we may never get to hear them.

johnny You're onto something with that 'The Definitive Collection + Voyage songs' suggestion that seems pretty likely.

Following the logic of that album that would be ISHFIY, DSMD, JAN and LT.

Another possibility on a '50th anniversary compilation album' could be 'ABBA Gold + the Voyage songs that aren't from that album'.

gary - Quality over quantity. I'd love it to be something like one hour, brief intermission then another hour, but that's just me being greedy!

Re: the backing group singing DYMK, I noticed that the songs which feature male backing vocals had them massively downplayed in the 'Voyage mix'. This is very noticeable in KMKY and SNC. So I think that had something to do with it.

It’s only 16 months away, @alib. The Eurovision anniversary is 6 April. It’s around then that I expect to see some special releases. But not Definitive/Essential or Gold with Voyage singles added. That’s boring, and in the streaming era, not necessary. They want people to buy/stream both Gold and Voyage.

Interesting news. The piece states “Björn and fellow ABBA legend, Benny, are creating a new arrangement of a track from ABBA’s 2021 album, Voyage, which will be recorded with a choir and broadcast as part of his programme.”

Surely not Little Things though. That already has a choir. Ode to Freedom perhaps?

Ode To Freedom and Little Things are the only two possible contenders I'd say, and hopefully the former.

The Official ABBA Fan Club’s take on it suggests listeners will be able to take part in the new recording of the track. It also reads that he and Jamie Oliver will present together, but that’s incorrect and has got lost in translation (the Fan Club’s source is the Swedish “Expressen”).

Apparently Jamie is doing it on 27th and Björn on 30th. The new recording has probably already been done. I have little interest in it if new ABBA vocals aren’t on it (which they won’t be).

”Björn Ulvaeus will host a program on British radio together with TV chef Jamie Oliver over Christmas.

The future of Europe and the "Eurovision Song Contest", are among the topics that Ulvaeus will address in the program broadcast on BBC's Radio 4.

”Björn Ulvaeus, 71, has been selected to host, together with TV chef Jamie Oliver, 47, a radio show on British Radio 4 over the Christmas weekend.

The Swedish musician is one of seven who are guests as presenters for the radio channel during the Christmas and New Year period.

Jamie Oliver, has promised a "joyful, interesting and intimate" experience for listeners. According to the Daily Mail, he will talk about how to improve children's health, among other things.

Ulvaeus has promised that he will examine the future of Europe and discuss next year's "Eurovision Song Contest" - the competition that put ABBA on the world map once upon a time.

In the program, listeners will also be able to take part in a new recording of a song from ABBA's latest album in 2021, Voyage - which Björn Ulvaeus recorded together with Benny Andersson.”

Alan - re: lost in translation

The Mail online put out a piece which read like Bjorn and Jamie Oliver would be presenting together. It is sloppy journalism. Often for online arricles and tweets there are mistakes which wouldn't occur in a print edition (that exist) or in a broadcast. These online posts are often re-written and re-posted several times a day. I think news outlets just copy these - mistakes included.

ForeverFan - LT is not my favourite. I may have mentioned that 🤣 I prefer uptempo Christmas songs and often by artists I don't normally like such as Mariah and Shakey.

Just saw this video on Youtube - ABBA Undeleted with subtitles
. It will play despite that message you get.

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Bjorn will be a guest on the brilliant podcast, Table Manners, by the brilliant Jessie Ware and her mother. They've had quite an array of stars and their chat is completely down-to-earth and fun. I'm looking forward to it. I'm not sure I envisage a Jessie Ware/ABBA collaboration at any point - her musical style just isn't in that ballpark - but I can imagine she's a huge fan.