April 19, 20205 yr Wouldn't be this high for me (maybe low top 10/high top 20) but still a good song overall
April 19, 20205 yr I enjoy dancing queen but its there most used or covered song so I go through phases for it. I enjoy knowing me knowing you it would be among my faves.
April 19, 20205 yr Knowing Me Knowing You is one of their best,no doubt. For me,The Day Before You Came would be 1st followed by One Of Us in 2nd place. They are both songs I appreciate more now than I did at the time they were out. I've enjoyed reading through the thread.
April 20, 20205 yr Great thread Popchartfreak. Must admit I'd not heard of some of Agnetha's solo songs but they're rather good.
April 20, 20205 yr Author Wouldn't be this high for me (maybe low top 10/high top 20) but still a good song overall Thanks Danny :)
April 20, 20205 yr Author I enjoy dancing queen but its there most used or covered song so I go through phases for it. I enjoy knowing me knowing you it would be among my faves. I'm the same with Dancing Queen - I love it but I could do with not hearing it for a few years to make it fresh again :D
April 20, 20205 yr Author Knowing Me Knowing You is one of their best,no doubt. For me,The Day Before You Came would be 1st followed by One Of Us in 2nd place. They are both songs I appreciate more now than I did at the time they were out. I've enjoyed reading through the thread. Thanks Rollo! I agree about their later stuff, the big surprise for me re-playing everything was how well tracks off the last album did in my ratings. Maybe it's because it was largely not included in the Mamma Mia phenomenon and over-familiar, or maybe it's because it has a more subtle charm. Jury's out at the mo... :D
April 20, 20205 yr Author Great thread Popchartfreak. Must admit I'd not heard of some of Agnetha's solo songs but they're rather good. Thanks Chris, glad you liked them, I was hoping to promote some of the lesser-known stuff :heart:
April 20, 20205 yr Lay All Your Love On Me is comfortably my favourite ABBA song - possibly down to the fact that I liked Erasure before I'd ever heard ABBA.
April 20, 20205 yr Thanks Chris, glad you liked them, I was hoping to promote some of the lesser-known stuff :heart: Here's my Top 10 then. 1. Fernando 2. That's Me 3. The Piper 4. Super Trouper 5. The Day Before You Came 6. As Good As New 7. The Winner Takes It All 8. Lay All Your Love On Me 9. Mamma Mia 10. Angel Eyes The classic Dancing Queen is over-played and doesn't make my top 10 but would be in the next 5 maybe. Edited April 20, 20205 yr by Crazy Chris
April 21, 20205 yr Author Lay All Your Love On Me is comfortably my favourite ABBA song - possibly down to the fact that I liked Erasure before I'd ever heard ABBA. Oh you youngsters.... :lol: It is a great song though.... :wub:
April 21, 20205 yr Author Here's my Top 10 then. 1. Fernando 2. That's Me 3. The Piper 4. Super Trouper 5. The Day Before You Came 6. As Good As New 7. The Winner Takes It All 8. Lay All Your Love On Me 9. Mamma Mia 10. Angel Eyes The classic Dancing Queen is over-played and doesn't make my top 10 but would be in the next 5 maybe. Some interesting choices in there, especially rating the B side of Dancing Queen higher than the A side :) Great seeing some great album tracks amongst great singles :wub:
April 21, 20205 yr Oh you youngsters.... :lol: It is a great song though.... :wub: I'm afraid I still prefer the Erasure version even now - I am very much aware that I'll be alone in that view though! :lol: And YAY it's not often I get called a youngster!!! :lol:
April 21, 20205 yr Author I'm afraid I still prefer the Erasure version even now - I am very much aware that I'll be alone in that view though! :lol: And YAY it's not often I get called a youngster!!! :lol: :lol: I think the version you hear of a song first is more often than not the fave version - I'm the same, it's rare that versions of songs I love that I hear afterwards are loved even more....
April 29, 20205 yr Ah, we have the same No.1 and No.3! Knowing Me Knowing You is faultless as far as I'm concerned. There's nothing you could add to it or remove to improve it. Why Eagle was never a UK single is beyond me. As much as I love Summer Night City (which would be in the low teens in my fave Abba list), I think Eagle would have been a much bigger UK hit if they released that in its place. Dancing Queen would have been in my Top 10 once upon a time, but over familiarity and overplay has pushed it down. Still a classic though obviously. :wub:
May 2, 20205 yr Author Ah, we have the same No.1 and No.3! Knowing Me Knowing You is faultless as far as I'm concerned. There's nothing you could add to it or remove to improve it. Why Eagle was never a UK single is beyond me. As much as I love Summer Night City (which would be in the low teens in my fave Abba list), I think Eagle would have been a much bigger UK hit if they released that in its place. Dancing Queen would have been in my Top 10 once upon a time, but over familiarity and overplay has pushed it down. Still a classic though obviously. :wub: Thanks AH, agree completely about KMKY, a perfect creation even if Alan Partridge did his bit to try and kill its pure class :lol: Also your other comments are all true too - I could do with not hearing DQ for a few years just to get it sounding fresh again and in a straight choice say, between hearing DQ or If It wasn't For The Nights (much lower in my chart) I'd opt for the latter much as I still love the former... :)
October 24, 20204 yr John, "I'm Marionette" got very deserved high position in your list. :cheer: This song grew up very much for me after this "The Girl with the Golden Hair" performance. ih5tuwdhs2A My full ranking here : 1. That's Me 2. Honey Honey 3. When All Is Said And Done 4. I Am Just A Girl 5. When I Kissed The Teacher 6. Disillusion 7. Angeleyes 8. Knowing Me, Knowing You 9. The Winner Takes It All 10. Ring Ring 11. Waterloo 12. Hasta Manana 13. Head Over Heels 14. Nina, Pretty Ballerina 15. Thank You For The Music 16. I'm A Marionette 17. Dream World 18. I Have A Dream 19. Two For The Price Of One 20. Kisses Of Fire 21. Slipping Through My Fingers 22. Happy New Year 23. Me and I 24. You Owe Me One 25. One Of Us 26. Me & Bobby & Bobby's Brother 27. I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do 28. Dancing Queen 29. Another Town, Another Train 30. I Wonder (Departure) 31. I Let The Music Speak 32. Andante, Andante 33. Money, Money, Money 34. Like An Angel Passing Through My Room 35. I've Been Waiting For You 36. My Love, My Life 37. Super Trouper 38. Elaine 39. Dum Dum Diddle 40. Gonna Sing You My Love Song 41. If It Wasn't For The Nights 42. As Good As New 43. Should I Laugh Or Cry 44. Dance (While The Music Still Goes On) 45. I Am The City 46. Why Did It Have To Be Me ? 47. Tiger 48. Bang-A-Boomerang 49. Love Isn't Easy (But It Sure Is Hard Enough) 50. On And On And On 51. Medley (Pick A Bale Of Cotton / On Top Of Old Smokey / Midnight Special) 52. Summer Night City 53. Crazy World 54. Lovelight 55. Take A Chance On Me 56. One Man, One Woman 57. S.O.S. 58. Our Last Summer 59. Suzy-Hang-Around 60. Mamma Mia 61. Rock 'N' Roll Band 62. Merry-Go-Round 63. She's My Kind Of Girl 64. The King Has Lost His Crown 65. What About Livingstone 66. The Name Of The Game 67. So Long 68. Rock Me 69. The Day Before You Came 70. Happy Hawaii 71. Under Attack 72. Does Your Mother Know 73. Hey, Hey Helen 74. He Is Your Brother 75. Tropical Loveland 76. Voulez-Vous 77. I Saw It In The Mirror 78. People Need Love 79. Sitting In The Palmtree 80. Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! (A Man After Midnight) 81. The Piper 82. Cassandra 83. The Way Old Friends Do 84. Lovers (Live A Little Longer) 85. Soldiers 86. The Visitors 87. Santa Rosa 88. My Mama Said 89. Lay All Your Love On Me 90. Hole In Your Soul 91. Move On 92. Man In The Middle 93. Eagle 94. Chiquitita 95. Put On Your White Sombrero 96. Watch Out 97. King Kong Song 98. Intermezzo No.1 99. Arrival 100. Fernando Edited October 24, 20204 yr by Last Dreamer
October 25, 20204 yr Author John, "I'm Marionette" got very deserved high position in your list. :cheer: This song grew up very much for me after this "The Girl with the Golden Hair" performance. ih5tuwdhs2A My full ranking here : 1. That's Me 2. Honey Honey 3. When All Is Said And Done 4. I Am Just A Girl 5. When I Kissed The Teacher 6. Disillusion 7. Angeleyes 8. Knowing Me, Knowing You 9. The Winner Takes It All 10. Ring Ring 11. Waterloo 12. Hasta Manana 13. Head Over Heels 14. Nina, Pretty Ballerina 15. Thank You For The Music 16. I'm A Marionette 17. Dream World 18. I Have A Dream 19. Two For The Price Of One 20. Kisses Of Fire 21. Slipping Through My Fingers 22. Happy New Year 23. Me and I 24. You Owe Me One 25. One Of Us 26. Me & Bobby & Bobby's Brother 27. I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do 28. Dancing Queen 29. Another Town, Another Train 30. I Wonder (Departure) 31. I Let The Music Speak 32. Andante, Andante 33. Money, Money, Money 34. Like An Angel Passing Through My Room 35. I've Been Waiting For You 36. My Love, My Life 37. Super Trouper 38. Elaine 39. Dum Dum Diddle 40. Gonna Sing You My Love Song 41. If It Wasn't For The Nights 42. As Good As New 43. Should I Laugh Or Cry 44. Dance (While The Music Still Goes On) 45. I Am The City 46. Why Did It Have To Be Me ? 47. Tiger 48. Bang-A-Boomerang 49. Love Isn't Easy (But It Sure Is Hard Enough) 50. On And On And On 51. Medley (Pick A Bale Of Cotton / On Top Of Old Smokey / Midnight Special) 52. Summer Night City 53. Crazy World 54. Lovelight 55. Take A Chance On Me 56. One Man, One Woman 57. S.O.S. 58. Our Last Summer 59. Suzy-Hang-Around 60. Mamma Mia 61. Rock 'N' Roll Band 62. Merry-Go-Round 63. She's My Kind Of Girl 64. The King Has Lost His Crown 65. What About Livingstone 66. The Name Of The Game 67. So Long 68. Rock Me 69. The Day Before You Came 70. Happy Hawaii 71. Under Attack 72. Does Your Mother Know 73. Hey, Hey Helen 74. He Is Your Brother 75. Tropical Loveland 76. Voulez-Vous 77. I Saw It In The Mirror 78. People Need Love 79. Sitting In The Palmtree 80. Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! (A Man After Midnight) 81. The Piper 82. Cassandra 83. The Way Old Friends Do 84. Lovers (Live A Little Longer) 85. Soldiers 86. The Visitors 87. Santa Rosa 88. My Mama Said 89. Lay All Your Love On Me 90. Hole In Your Soul 91. Move On 92. Man In The Middle 93. Eagle 94. Chiquitita 95. Put On Your White Sombrero 96. Watch Out 97. King Kong Song 98. Intermezzo No.1 99. Arrival 100. Fernando Thanks Alex, glad you love I'm A Marionette :heart: If you add your list and my list together with points 100 to 1... Knowing Me Knowing You wins, and When All Is Said And Done at 2, and then it gets complicated and Ive no idea what the other placings would be as the charts are fairly different :lol: Great to see Kisses Of Fire so high too :wub:
October 25, 20204 yr 9. CHIQUITITA - ABBA (1979 single) p4QqMKe3rwY A video that never got aired at the time, that I recall at any rate, and a single with band profits donated to UNICEF, and featured on a special UNICEF album which I have, as well as Voulez-Vous single 2. The theme and mood suited the charity perfectly, but the song got criticised for being like Fernando. It's nothing like Fernando. They both have Mediterranean name titles, and that's about it. Hey ho. Touching, and a great melody, and the extended instrumental is so good that it appeals to the odd non-Abba fans as a little riff on it's own. My favourite ABBA song. :wub: It has grown on me over time... when I first heard it I didn't take much notice. But slowly and steadily it has risen in my affections to the point I play it more than any other song at the moment. :lol: Truly stunning.
October 25, 20204 yr Author My favourite ABBA song. :wub: It has grown on me over time... when I first heard it I didn't take much notice. But slowly and steadily it has risen in my affections to the point I play it more than any other song at the moment. :lol: Truly stunning. I agree :) I think it ages well, as it was never really "of it's time" when it came out, so it hasn't really dated, and the circus-style outro is also timeless :heart:
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