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Post by Deleted on Nov 23, 2023 20:24:45 GMT
I'm sure this has been done before but is it possible to pull together an ABBA compilation that would pass muster as a decent/credible rock (or rock-ish) album? E.g.:
Side 1
Hole in Your Soul
Hey, Hey Helen
Tiger
Does Your Mother Know
Rock 'n' Roll Band
I'm a Marionette
Side 2
Lovelight
He Is Your Brother
On and On and On
Intermezzo No.1
Why Did It Have To Be Me
So Long
Other possibilities include Watch Out and Rock Me. And is Eagle's proggy-ness enough to make it enough of a rock track? Can't think of a genuine 'rock ballad', though.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 24, 2023 13:51:38 GMT
Think your Side 1 is pretty spot on but not so sure about Side2. I would not class Lovelight as Rock and He is Your Brother most definitely isn’t to my ears. I’d replace one with Watch Out and the other with Eagle. Intermezzo is prog rock ELP 70s style so Eagle certainly should be there as a soft rock classic. If it had been sung by ‘a more respected’ act than ABBA in the 70s it would be much better known by the wider public and heralded as an all time classic. Others to consider are the awful Rikki Rock and Roller and as you suggest Rock Me. The latter does not get enough love on this forum. I like it anyway Very happy to accommodate 'Eagle' - my second-favourite ABBA track, after all. Probably open Side 2 with it. Loathe to leave out 'Lovelight', though, as it boasts one of their meatiest guitar riffs. Not a fan of 'Watch Out', hence my motivation to omit it. I too have got a soft spot for 'Rock Me' (and indeed RnRB), so happy to give it the nod ahead of HIYB. So my Side 2 might now look like: Eagle Rock Me On and On and On Lovelight Why Did It Have To Be Me So Long Keeping Intermezzo on the reserves' bench, because I wouldn't want prog-overload. |
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Post by HOMETIME on Nov 24, 2023 14:47:57 GMT
I'm thinking that Soldiers might qualify? And both One Man, One Woman and Our Last Summer as rock ballads?
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Post by Deleted on Nov 24, 2023 15:48:47 GMT
I'm thinking that Soldiers might qualify? And both One Man, One Woman and Our Last Summer as rock ballads? OMOW falls just below the threshold, for me. Soldiers is a good shout, although I'm marginally more inclined towards OLS due, not least, to that blissful guitar scrape in the final verse. Not forgetting the very decent (and, by ABBA standards, lengthy) guitar solo just before it, right in the heart of the song (as opposed to Soldiers where the main guitar 'fireworks' are reserved for the last knockings). |
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Post by HOMETIME on Nov 24, 2023 16:18:47 GMT
OMOW falls just below the threshold, for me. Curious about your criteria here - what's missing for you? |
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Post by Deleted on Nov 24, 2023 16:45:02 GMT
I probably just need a slightly harder edge somewhere, anywhere. It may even be down to something as silly as the guitar tone.
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Post by johnny on Nov 24, 2023 18:11:19 GMT
I Still Have Faith in You as rock ballad with those guitars and drums?
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Post by Deleted on Nov 25, 2023 22:11:27 GMT
I Still Have Faith in You as rock ballad with those guitars and drums? Not for me, to be honest. In my Top Ten ABBA songs, though (number 9, in fact). |
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