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Post by The Rubber Ball Man on May 16, 2020 20:24:40 GMT
Well I did not see that coming. Fully expected KMKY to clean up. Thanks Rubber Ball Man . Interesting too is that if you add up all the points for the songs on the original listings on the studio albums, not the extras added at a later date the albums finish like this ...1 Arrival 410 points, 2 The Album 369, 3 Super Trouper 316, 4 Voulez Vous 270, 5 Abba 266, 6 The Visitors 170, 7 Waterloo 45 and 8th Ring Ring 17. Other songs not featured on an original album scored 340. From this sample , it suggests that The Visitors is not as popular as commonly perceived. That’s such a great idea. I’m going to do that right now. Thank you.
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Post by The Rubber Ball Man on May 16, 2020 19:43:25 GMT
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Post by The Rubber Ball Man on May 16, 2020 19:38:33 GMT
Are you ready?
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Post by The Rubber Ball Man on May 16, 2020 19:03:55 GMT
#10-6 The top 5 includes:- SOS Dancing Queen Knowing Me, Knowing You Eagle The Winner Takes It All I still find this really exciting even though I’ve known the results for a few days.
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Post by The Rubber Ball Man on May 16, 2020 15:52:03 GMT
#20-11 The remaining 10 songs SOS Dancing Queen Knowing Me, Knowing You Eagle The Name Of The Game Summer Night City Gimme Gimme Gimme The Winner Takes It All The Visitors The Day Before You Came
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Post by The Rubber Ball Man on May 16, 2020 14:49:52 GMT
Here’s the results of The Final from #35-21 What do you all think about the fact that there weren’t any songs that received nil points. The remainder of the results. SOS When I Kissed The Teacher Dancing Queen Knowing Me, Knowing You Money Money Money Eagle The Name Of The Game Move On Summer Night City Voulez-Vous Does Your Mother Know If It Wasn’t For The Nights Chiquitita Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! The Winner Takes It All Our Last Summer Lay All Your Love On Me The Visitors One Of Us The Day Before You Came
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Post by The Rubber Ball Man on May 13, 2020 14:27:29 GMT
The Studio Albums will be released on 3rd July 2020 where the albums will be pressed on coloured vinyl. It costs £134.99 on udiscovermusic. It’s about time they did something like this. I preordered this straightaway. I am really excited about this. www.udiscovermusic.com/news/abba-studio-albums-box-set/
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Post by The Rubber Ball Man on May 12, 2020 23:09:18 GMT
The Final is now closed for voting. Thank you all so much for voting in the ABBA Eurovision contest. I am forever grateful for that. The results will be revealed on the 16th of May (When the final of the real Eurovision was supposed to have take place). Stay tuned. It’s pretty exciting and close.
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Post by The Rubber Ball Man on May 12, 2020 20:54:02 GMT
If anyone else is interested in submitting any votes for The Final, now’s the last chance to do so until midnight (UK Time)
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Post by The Rubber Ball Man on May 11, 2020 16:04:50 GMT
The deadline for the final is at Midnight on the 12th of May.
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Post by The Rubber Ball Man on May 10, 2020 21:17:13 GMT
I watched the video today and preferred it a lot more now. Overall, I think it’s a good cover.
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Post by The Rubber Ball Man on May 9, 2020 19:10:18 GMT
I was really disappointed by the vocals. It’s like they were forced out of Cher’s mouth. Whereas in ABBA’s version, Frida and Agnetha’s voices had a much more natural flow. What happened in the 2nd verse? Did they forget the lyrics or do they mean something significant to UNICEF and the Coronavirus? However, I loved the instruments of it but as a whole, Cher’s version is missing something that ABBA’s version had.
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Post by The Rubber Ball Man on May 7, 2020 20:05:47 GMT
£35 seems a lot. Surely they were cheaper in hmv a few years ago? I can’t remember.
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Post by The Rubber Ball Man on May 7, 2020 17:17:39 GMT
Wow, I’ve just won the French version of Waterloo (French pressing with Gonna Sing You My Lovesong on the B-Side) on eBay for a little over £40. Even though the cover looks worn, I do hope the vinyl plays fine. I’m so excited for it to come any day now. Because of how rare it is, do you guys think it was worth it for that price?
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Post by The Rubber Ball Man on May 2, 2020 13:08:46 GMT
Here’s the Final list. Vote 10 of the songs in the 8-10-12 voting system like this.
1 point - 2 points - 3 points - 4 points - 5 points - 6 points - 7 points - 8 points -
10 points -
12 points -
I don’t mind whether you can vote by private message or on this thread. By private messaging though, this can bring in an element of surprise for people. Do what you want to do.
The Final songs Ring Ring Waterloo Honey Honey SOS Bang-A-Boomerang I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do I've Been Waiting For You When I Kissed The Teacher Dancing Queen Knowing Me, Knowing You Money Money Money Tiger Eagle One Man, One Woman The Name Of The Game Move On Hole In Your Soul I'm A Marionette Voulez-Vous I Have A Dream Does Your Mother Know If It Wasn’t For The Nights Chiquitita Kisses Of Fire Summer Night City Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! The Winner Takes It All Happy New Year Our Last Summer Lay All Your Love On Me The Visitors When All Is Said And Done One Of Us Should I Laugh Or Cry The Day Before You Came
I will set the deadline for voting for 12th May 2020 as that was when the 1st semi-final was supposed to be due. I will post the results of the final on the 16th May 2020 as that was the day when the final was due.
Let the Eurovision 2020:ABBA Edition Final Contest begin.
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Post by The Rubber Ball Man on May 1, 2020 20:09:57 GMT
Sorry about the delay. I had to prioritise some things before posting the results of the 2nd semi-final list. These songs from the 2nd semi-final have made it through to the final.
Ring Ring Bang-A-Boomerang When I Kissed The Teacher Tiger Eagle One Man, One Woman I Have A Dream Does Your Mother Know If It Wasn’t For The Nights Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! Happy New Year The Visitors When All Is Said And Done Should I Laugh Or Cry The Day Before You Came
Eagle had a whopping 17 votes. Gimme Gimme Gimme was in 2nd place with 10 votes and The Day Before You came and The Visitors both had 9 votes.
The songs that didn’t get past the 2nd semi-final.
Another Town, Another Train Love Isn’t Easy (But It Sure Is Hard Enough) Rock ‘n Roll Band Hasta Manana My Mama Said Dance (While The Music Still Goes On) Watch Out Gonna Sing You My Lovesong So Long Why Did It Have To Be Me I Wonder (Departure) Angeleyes The King Has Lost His Crown Lovers (Live A Little Longer) On And On And On The Piper Slipping Through My Fingers Like An Angel Passing Through My Room I Am The City You Owe Me One
The songs with absolutely 0 votes.
Me And Bobby And Bobby’s Brother I Am Just A Girl Santa Rosa Sitting In The Palmtree Intermezzo 1 Crazy World Medley Dum Dum Diddle Lovelight Soldiers Two For The Price Of One
What are your opinions?
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Post by The Rubber Ball Man on Apr 23, 2020 8:37:51 GMT
Also, Fernando was recorded around the same time as Dancing Queen which would’ve made more sense to include it on the bonus tracks of Arrival.
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Post by The Rubber Ball Man on Apr 21, 2020 18:13:42 GMT
It’s the 45th Anniversary of ABBA today. What songs are your favourites from this album? Are there any that you skip?
There are 3 songs that are close to each other in the top spot: Hey Hey Helen, SOS and So Long. I can’t seem to decide. I tend to skip Bang-A-Boomerang and I’ve Been Waiting For You. I just don’t like the whiney instruments used in Bang-A-Boomerang and I just find I’ve Been Waiting For You a bit bland. I suppose it could be because it’s sandwiched between Intermezzo No.1 and So Long which are more upbeat. And as for Man In The Mirror, even though it’s a weak song, I can still sit through it once in a while.
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Post by The Rubber Ball Man on Apr 18, 2020 12:56:38 GMT
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Post by The Rubber Ball Man on Apr 18, 2020 12:53:52 GMT
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Post by The Rubber Ball Man on Apr 18, 2020 9:00:38 GMT
I will post the results for the 2nd semi final and post the final list. It’s just that I have to prioritise some other things for a couple of weeks first. Hope that’s ok.
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Post by The Rubber Ball Man on Apr 14, 2020 17:56:18 GMT
Was a studio backdrop used for this album cover because it looks like it? Are there any existing uncropped photos from this session without writing?
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Post by The Rubber Ball Man on Apr 14, 2020 17:49:31 GMT
I've always wanted to recreate a cover for this but now with the good quality photo used, here it is.
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Post by The Rubber Ball Man on Apr 14, 2020 17:31:30 GMT
High-res without watermarks
I’ve remini’d this pic. I tried to do it with the swimming pool one too but it didn’t look too good.
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Post by The Rubber Ball Man on Apr 12, 2020 15:55:19 GMT
Altogether in the first semi final, these songs have made it through to the final. Honey Honey SOS I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do I've Been Waiting For You Money Money Money Move On Hole In Your Soul I'm A Marionette Voulez-Vous Chiquitita Summer Night City Kisses Of Fire Our Last Summer Lay All Your Love On Me One Of Us It was clear that SOS would be in first place here as there were 25 votes. In 2nd place was Summer Night City but was quite far behind compared to SOS with 10 votes. The songs that didn’t get past the 1st semi final. Disillusion I Saw It In The Mirror He Is Your Brother Hey Hey Helen Rock Me My Love My Life That's Me Happy Hawaii As Good As New Andante, Andante Me And I The Way Old Friends Do Elaine Put On Your White Sombrero Head Over Heels I Let The Music Speak Cassandra Under Attack The songs with 0 votes. Nothing at all. Brace yourself. People Need Love Nina, Pretty Ballerina She's My Kind Of Girl Merry-Go-Round Ah Vilka Tider King Kong Song What About Livingstone Suzy Hang-A-Round Tropical Loveland Man In The Middle Thank You For The Music I was quite shocked that Disillusion, Happy Hawaii and As Good As New didn’t get many points. Even more shocked that Nina Pretty Ballerina and Thank You For The Music didn’t get any points at all. I find it quite amusing that a song from ABBA Gold is right at the bottom here. What are your thoughts on this?
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Post by The Rubber Ball Man on Apr 11, 2020 20:28:34 GMT
I’ve always wondered how Just Like That would sound if the song would start out with the slow version, by the second half the Na Na Nas could drop in similarly to Move On as well as the saxophone but slowed or muted down to fit in with the song.
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Post by The Rubber Ball Man on Apr 11, 2020 19:28:14 GMT
From the tiebreaker, these songs have gone through to the final.
Move On Hole In Your Soul I'm A Marionette I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do One Man, One Woman Happy New Year When All Is Said And Done Should I Laugh Or Cry Waterloo Dancing Queen Knowing Me, Knowing You The Name Of The Game The Winner Takes It All
These are the songs that are out of the game from the tiebreaker.
Andante, Andante Another Town, Another Train Hasta Manana Watch Out The King Has Lost His Crown Lovers (Live A Little Longer) Slipping Through My Fingers Like An Angel Passing Through My Room You Owe Me One I Am The City Mamma Mia Fernando Take A Chance On Me Super Trouper
I’ll tell you about the rest of the songs tomorrow perhaps.
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Post by The Rubber Ball Man on Apr 11, 2020 9:22:42 GMT
The tiebreaker ends tonight at 6pm.
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Post by The Rubber Ball Man on Apr 10, 2020 0:23:39 GMT
Surprised no IIWFTN or Kisses of Fire or The Visitors to be in the final. Just so you know, this competition has been available on a couple of other sites to get a wider number of participants. I won’t tell which songs have gone through to the final just yet.
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Post by The Rubber Ball Man on Apr 10, 2020 0:05:15 GMT
So, 15 songs from each semi final goes to the final. However, some songs have been tied together and with the tie, the limit for the 15 songs has exceeded. The limit only allows 4 songs from each semi final in the tie. Altogether, there will 35 songs in the final, 30 songs are from both semi final lists and 5 songs will be the result of the UK No.1 reduction.
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