Top five songs to a fellow fan

abashfulchild
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Top five songs to a fellow fan Jan 21, 2018 13:34:02 GMT shoshin and Liebezeit like this

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Post by abashfulchild on Jan 21, 2018 13:34:02 GMT

Hi everyone. This is my first post on this site - I have followed these ABBA chatrooms through their various incarnations and closures over the years and it's great to find this one. And I recognise a few of the names on here from years ago. Well done everyone for keeping the magic of this wonderful group'so legacy alive.

Anyway, I would be interested for people's thoughts on my question. I met a girl fellow fan in a crowd of friends a few weeks ago who asked me my favourite Abba songs. I trotted out the standard answers of Dancing Queen, The Winner Takes it All and Knowing Me, Knowing You. But then she blew me out of the water by saying her favourite is a rare B side called Should I Laugh or Cry, and did I know it? We then proceeded to sing the entire song in the middle of the pub, much to our crowd of friends' amusement! So my question is, what would be your top five songs to a casual music fan and an avid fellow Abba fan?

To a casual fan, mine would be:
1) The Name of The Game (hence my login name!)
2) The Winner Takes It All
3) Knowing Me, Knowing You
4) Chiquitita
5) The Day Before You Came

To an avid fan, my top five would be:
1) If It Wasn't for the Nights
2) I've Been Waiting For You
3) Put on Your White Sombrero
4) Just Like That (na na na version)
5) Like An Angel Passing Through My Room

Thanks everyone

shoshin
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Top five songs to a fellow fan Jan 22, 2018 16:58:49 GMT

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Post by shoshin on Jan 22, 2018 16:58:49 GMT

Jan 21, 2018 13:34:02 GMT abashfulchild said:

Hi everyone... I have followed these ABBA chatrooms through their various incarnations and closures over the years...

Hi, welcome. The site seems to be very well frequented at the moment, and has remained friendly for years now. Previous incarnations haven't always managed to tick both boxes for long

I wouldn't make too much of a distinction between the choices for casual and avid fans, except perhaps when it comes to 'Marmite' tracks like TDBYC. I am 100% with you regarding IIWFTN, and probably IBWFY too, though for the casual fan My Love, My Life would do the same job. I understand why POYWS might be included, because the vocals on it are amazing. But as a song, I fear that it's punching well above its weight in any top 5. LAAPTMR is beautiful, but I feel that FATSTAPA shows that even better versions were overlooked. So I would direct the avid fan to the latter.

I think that SOS would have to appear in one or other of my lists, but number one in both categories would be Slipping Through My Fingers.

Many thanks for starting this interesting thread

Edit: I forgot: Hole In Your Soul live for the casual fan who might think that they could only lip synch

Last Edit: Jan 22, 2018 17:06:20 GMT by shoshin

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Top five songs to a fellow fan Jan 22, 2018 19:54:57 GMT

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Post by foreverfan on Jan 22, 2018 19:54:57 GMT

It's always good trying to keep the dream alive, and think we do ok on here. As always we could do with some debates and more enthusiasm from members, but over all we survive...

top safe 5

1. Dancing Queen
2. TWTIA
3. KMKY
4. TACOM
5. Fernando

ok I like the above and perhaps would feature in a definitive top 20

alternative top 5

1. As Good As New
2. Kisses of Fire
3. Lay All Your Love On Me
4. Lovelight
5. Hole in Your Sole.

like all of us our favourites vary, sometimes daily, but guess a certain few are always close to the top.

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Top five songs to a fellow fan Jan 22, 2018 22:16:13 GMT shoshin likes this

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Post by Zeebee on Jan 22, 2018 22:16:13 GMT

Jan 21, 2018 13:34:02 GMT abashfulchild said:

3) Put on Your White Sombrero

It's nice to see that Put On Your White Sombrero is one of your favorites. I know some fans don't like it, but it has been one of my favorite ABBA songs ever since I first heard it when I got the TYFTM boxed set.

Mike USA

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Top five songs to a fellow fan Jan 23, 2018 8:21:26 GMT

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Post by Deleted on Jan 23, 2018 8:21:26 GMT

I'll be a nuisance and provide three lists:

My 'Top Five' if talking to a non-fan or someone with marginal knowledge of (and perhaps minimal interest in) ABBA:

Knowing Me Knowing You
Eagle
Voulez-Vous
Take A Chance On Me
Gimme Gimme Gimme

My 'Top Five' if talking to a fairly casual fan:

The Visitors ("You don't know it??? You've GOT to hear it...")
Eagle ("It really should have been a single in the UK...")
Head Over Heels ("No, it wasn't a big hit - a lost gem - you should give it a few more spins!")
Slipping Through My Fingers ("It was in 'Mamma Mia!', you know...")
Knowing Me Knowing You ("Copper-bottomed classic, I'm sure you'll agree!")

My actual 'Top Five':

The Visitors
Eagle
Lovelight
Head Over Heels
Hey Hey Helen

abashfulchild
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Top five songs to a fellow fan Jan 28, 2018 23:28:13 GMT

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Post by abashfulchild on Jan 28, 2018 23:28:13 GMT

Thanks for your interesting replies everyone. Whilst we all have our favourite songs, it's terrific that we can agree to disagree and still come together to celebrate such a wonderful group. Right, I am now off to another thread to defend Cassandra!