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Post by shoshin on May 9, 2017 22:12:36 GMT
...their chorus melody is in the C Dorian mode... Oooh C Mixolydian, surely?  |
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Post by Liebezeit on May 9, 2017 22:13:50 GMT
...their chorus melody is in the C Dorian mode... Oooh C Mixolydian, surely? Thanks for pointing it out! – I stand corrected except my statement that both of the songs' scales are similar. I hope you know which ABBA song bears a similarity to this Resident song.  |
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Post by Liebezeit on May 10, 2017 1:58:52 GMT
I take it that The Residents's 'Skratz' is by far too radical for this game? Anyway, whoever is reading this, has got time to guess... 'which ABBA song shares the same scale as The Residents' song', no worries. :-)
Anyway, here's a back-to-basic clue...
An ABBA song has a Beatles-like, George Harrison-like feel, like this, once again. But there's a hint: the ABBA song you're about to answer is NOT in 'The Visitors'.
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Post by shoshin on May 10, 2017 21:49:58 GMT
Oooh C Mixolydian, surely? ...I hope you know which ABBA song bears a similarity to this Resident song. Not really  I can sing Mamma Mia to it, but it sounds like the weirdest ABBA cover ever  |
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Post by Liebezeit on May 10, 2017 22:50:23 GMT
...I hope you know which ABBA song bears a similarity to this Resident song. Not really I can sing Mamma Mia to it, but it sounds like the weirdest ABBA cover ever Incorrect - tis not Mamma Mia. To be fair, Meet The Residents was released in 1974 with barely any coverage, and the ABBA song (give up yet?) that sounds like the Residents, was post-Eurovision and post-1970s.  Did you try to speed up the video to 1.5x or 2.0x, despite the fact that the Residents had a different kind of time signature? |
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Post by Liebezeit on May 13, 2017 18:25:50 GMT
No answer in many days... hmm.
The Residents' song sounds like: 'On and On and On' by ABBA
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Post by Liebezeit on May 17, 2017 23:26:54 GMT
Finally some song I selected that's not weird: This song vaguely reminds me of an ABBA song that's very bouncy like a Moody Blues song, minus the acoustic guitar...  Can anyone with at least a full feeling make a connection between this and ABBA's similar pace in their song (guess which song)? This candidate has a staccato break! |
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Post by shoshin on May 18, 2017 0:15:32 GMT
My time on earth being finite, I'm reluctant to delve into further Name That ABBA Song conundrums until I first have at least some idea of what On and On and On could possibly share musically with The Residents, not to mention what either or both of them might share with Somewhere |
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Post by Liebezeit on May 22, 2017 2:18:23 GMT
Now here's an extremely easy one
Hint I: Shift that Carole King song to the key of A
Hint II: It's something Frida would sing back in the old days, in this similar vein, but not in the exact Carole King composition, but the styling, and the theme (in such a very vague way in terms of lyrics; ABBA's and King's both share the same theme; "Are you feeling down? I will be there to cheer you up").
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Post by Liebezeit on Jun 1, 2017 6:17:39 GMT
Whoops, I just struck another music that is more blatant and easily digestible but sounds rather much like an obscure ABBA track in terms of music production (wah wah guitar + clavinet, simplistic drum)...
The ABBA song is faster than this, but YouTube's 1.25x speed picks it up rather a bit too fast, thus.. it can be inferred that when you increase the Rufus song by 5–10% of the speed, it may clear the borders between Rufus and ABBA...
Did this Rufus song have an ABBA song in mind, for you readers?
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Post by gary on Jun 1, 2017 21:07:37 GMT
Not my discovery, but this is certainly ABBA-influenced. It's rather good.
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Post by Liebezeit on Jun 5, 2017 23:35:02 GMT
Legend says that The Beach Boys was a big influence on ABBA in terms of music production, but since neither of the artists wrote it, it's safe to reveal what ABBA song I've been thinking of when I heard the Beach Boys's song... I was about to link the original version of 'Papa Oom Mow Mow', but the Beach Boys' vocals phrasing are a key factor of formulating the ABBA sound, I suppose... except that papa oom mow mow is Benny's synthesizer. 
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Post by The Rubber Ball Man on Jun 20, 2017 21:47:38 GMT
Just listened to Komm Doch Zu Mir by Agnetha and I've had a BIG flashback. Listen to the choruses.
Should Agnetha sue Pink?
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Post by Liebezeit on Jun 20, 2017 22:37:54 GMT
These two songs, or musical arrangements (not lyrics), if you will, because Phil Spector's arrangement spoiled the lyrical themes and the Beatles never wrote Please Mr. Postman; were a kind of influence that formulated the early ABBA sound; Do you hear a bit of these in ABBA's early albums? :-)
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Post by josef on Jun 21, 2017 14:31:40 GMT
^I can. I can hear how songs like Honey Honey, What About Livingstone and Dance (While The Music Still Goes On) were influenced.
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Post by josef on Jun 21, 2017 14:37:32 GMT
And Even Nina Pretty Ballerina!
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Post by crackinup on Jul 31, 2017 0:06:22 GMT
Should Agnetha sue Taio Cruz?
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Post by Liebezeit on Jul 31, 2017 5:13:06 GMT
Unfortunately that could be the other way around... the Beatles's publishing company or whoever the dung beetles may represents could sue Frida or Anders Glenmark (responsible for that ersatz-Jeff Lynne sound, actually) for this, but that won't happen.
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Post by Liebezeit on Jul 31, 2017 14:31:54 GMT
Should Agnetha sue Taio Cruz? [two videos] Holy smokes, Batman, that sounds blatantly similar! I'd say let Agnetha and Peter Cetera give it a try on a lawsuit against Taio Cruz, LOL |
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Post by Liebezeit on Jul 31, 2017 18:37:49 GMT
This song reminds me of Agnetha a little bit, just faster.. and much more loose than the tight saxophone, and rockier than that. Hint: the bassline in the saxophone solo in A minor!Anybody wanna take a shot at this about what Agnetha song I'm thinking of?  |
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Post by Zeebee on Jul 31, 2017 20:52:32 GMT
About Free As A Bird and that song by Frida, there is something similar about the music, but the melody is different. I don't think there is enough similarity for anyone to sue anyone.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 18, 2017 20:08:50 GMT
I had never thought of it before, but a poster on Ian Cole's site pointed out that the instrumental break in 'Islands In The Stream' is similar to…something!
Bee Gees being ABBA's soul mates, it does make sense!
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Post by Liebezeit on Aug 18, 2017 20:54:32 GMT
I had never thought of it before, but a poster on Ian Cole's site pointed out that the instrumental break in 'Islands In The Stream' is similar to…something! Bee Gees being ABBA's soul mates, it does make sense! S.O.S. |
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Post by shoshin on Aug 19, 2017 21:05:58 GMT
^^ Interesting because, unlike SOS, the segment in question isn't necessary in terms of composition. It's as if the chord progression has been thrown in towards the end as a sort of musical in-joke.
I hear another connection between Islands In The Stream and not just one ABBA track, but a dozen or so of them. In fact, it's probably the most iconic ABBA lyrical motif of them all. What is this connection?
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Post by shoshin on Aug 20, 2017 21:33:11 GMT
..I hear another connection between Islands In The Stream and not just one ABBA track, but a dozen or so of them. In fact, it's probably the most iconic ABBA lyrical motif of them all. What is this connection? Aw come on! What is quintessentially ABBAlike about the lyrics to Islands In The Stream? |
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Post by Deleted on Aug 21, 2017 16:53:24 GMT
..I hear another connection between Islands In The Stream and not just one ABBA track, but a dozen or so of them. In fact, it's probably the most iconic ABBA lyrical motif of them all. What is this connection? Aw come on! What is quintessentially ABBAlike about the lyrics to Islands In The Stream?  |
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Post by shoshin on Aug 23, 2017 0:30:29 GMT
^^ Been hunting high and low for the solution?
Jens has cunningly given us the right answer without giving away the right answer! So the photo can serve as a heavy hint for anyone else willing to try and find the pure ABBAness in the lyrics to Islands In The Stream
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Post by Liebezeit on Aug 23, 2017 2:39:40 GMT
Aw come on! What is quintessentially ABBAlike about the lyrics to Islands In The Stream? Looks to me like the Norge band "a-ha"! |
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Post by Liebezeit on Aug 23, 2017 2:43:22 GMT
^^ Been hunting high and low for the solution? Jens has cunningly given us the right answer without giving away the right answer! So the photo can serve as a heavy hint for anyone else willing to try and find the pure ABBAness in the lyrics to Islands In The Stream Perhaps Island in the Streams's "aha" motif has something to do with "Knowing me, knowing you, a ha" doesn't it? |
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Post by Liebezeit on Aug 23, 2017 3:15:45 GMT
You know, I've always thought this particular song was similar to (despite that there's a touch up with different versions of the key of F, but you get the idea, eventually): what Agnetha-duet song? but of course, she can't free-fall
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I can sing Mamma Mia to it, but it sounds like the weirdest ABBA cover ever 
Did you try to speed up the video to 1.5x or 2.0x, despite the fact that the Residents had a different kind of time signature? 
