The live version of I'm A Marionette from ABBA The Movie is superb.
― A little bit like Peter Crouch but with more mobility (ShariVari), Monday, 5 September 2011 18:33 (1 year ago) Permalink
Yeah, I was just watching that on youtube! Far more energetic than the studio cut, and just as bizarre!
― Turrican, Monday, 5 September 2011 18:41 (1 year ago) Permalink
yeah Abba The Movie is amazing innit. shame that 'Get On The Carousel' from the film was never put on wax.
― piscesx, Monday, 5 September 2011 18:48 (1 year ago) Permalink
Narrator dude on the live version is great: "She feels like... A MARIONETTE!!!"
― three word displayname (snoball), Monday, 5 September 2011 18:55 (1 year ago) Permalink
"I've Been Waiting For You" is so underrated as well - gorgeous ballad.
― Turrican, Monday, 5 September 2011 21:58 (1 year ago) Permalink
Where on earth has 'Summer Night City' been all my life? Such a tune.
― Chewshabadoo, Wednesday, 9 May 2012 16:44 (1 year ago) Permalink
I've never really been too keen on that one. Apparently even ABBA themselves considered it to be a bit of a weak song. 'I'm A Marionette' is still kicking my ass.
― The Jupiter 8 (Turrican), Wednesday, 9 May 2012 16:54 (1 year ago) Permalink
Summer Night City was inspired by The Bee Gees too according to the liner notes on the re-issue of the Voulez Vous album. "It never turned out as good as it could have been, there's something missing" says Bjorn and they deliberately left it off the album in the end. i like it. still baffles me why If It Wasn't For The Nights wasn't a single off that album.
― piscesx, Wednesday, 9 May 2012 17:16 (1 year ago) Permalink
Well, to me it's more of a 'track' than a song, perfect dancefloor/mixing material, with a really driving atmosphere, therefore to me it's their most disco.
― Chewshabadoo, Wednesday, 9 May 2012 17:26 (1 year ago) Permalink
Great song, Bjorn's wrong. #5 in the British charts, not exactly obscure either!
― Charles Kennedy Jumped Up, He Called 'Oh No'. (Tom D.), Thursday, 10 May 2012 11:44 (1 year ago) Permalink
"WALKING in the moonlight"
― Here he is with the classic "Poème Électronique." Good track (Marcello Carlin), Thursday, 10 May 2012 12:44 (1 year ago) Permalink
Then Play Long finally reaches Abba: http://nobilliards.blogspot.co.uk/2012/05/abba-greatest-hits.html
― Here he is with the classic "Poème Électronique." Good track (Marcello Carlin), Sunday, 13 May 2012 00:06 (1 year ago) Permalink
Sunday morning reminder.
― Here he is with the classic "Poème Électronique." Good track (Marcello Carlin), Sunday, 13 May 2012 08:00 (1 year ago) Permalink
The ABBA Session Band: http://felpin80.tripod.com/ata/id41.html
― My Elusive Memes (James Redd and the Blecchs), Saturday, 14 July 2012 14:38 (10 months ago) Permalink
The soundtrack of the movie, except it's more of a soundtrack of their own minds: http://nobilliards.blogspot.co.uk/2012/09/abba-album.html.
― Here he is with the classic "Poème Électronique." Good track (Marcello Carlin), Monday, 24 September 2012 11:13 (8 months ago) Permalink