ABBA - Waterloo Sync Listen

[Tisch]

Hasta Manana genuinely was nearly considered for Eurovision. I can definitely hear it, it's much more in line with the kind of thing that did well in the early 70s.

I'm hearing a slowed down Främling!

 

[Pingu]

5. My Mama Said

 

[Suomi]

5. My Mama Said

This would have been a good cover by Billie Piper, very faux r n b

 

[Iguana]

I like the GROOVE

 

[Pingu]

My Mama Said is a bit of a dud.

 

[Iguana]

My Mama Said is a bit of a dud.

Yeah but it's the best dud so far!

 

[Pingu]

6. Dance (While The Music Still Goes On)

 

[Pingu]

Now THIS one I like a lot. It really leans into the Phil Spector thing.

 

[lolly]

Also the first Agnetha sad-vox song.

You're disregarding Disillusion?

 

[Tisch]

6. Dance (While The Music Still Goes On)

Sounds musical-y this one. I like.

 

[Suomi]

I can’t listen right now and I’ve just been told I have to choose ‘between heating and eating’??

 

[Pingu]

I can’t listen right now and I’ve just been told I have to choose ‘between heating and eating’??

You could always just not fly Jessica Anderson over for your wedding.

 

[Tisch]

I can’t listen right now and I’ve just been told I have to choose ‘between heating and eating’??

You mean you were asked heating, eating or Abba and you've eliminated Abba already?

 

[Pingu]

7. Honey Honey

 

[Pingu]

Erm... is anybody else getting Angeleyes right now...?

 

[Tisch]

Erm... is anybody else getting Angeleyes right now...?

Nope, Honey Honey, honey

 

[Pingu]

Fun/nonsense musical fact... Honey Honey never ends. It's a constant loop that just fades out.

 

[Pingu]

One for @Tisch coming up.

 

[Pingu]

8. Watch Out

 

[Tisch]

ABBA's British record label, Epic Records, decided to release a remixed version of "Ring Ring" instead of "Honey, Honey". However, this single only reached No.32, and a cover version of "Honey, Honey" recorded by the act Sweet Dreams, featuring vocalist Polly Brown, hit the UK top 10.

How ANNOYING

 

[Iguana]

I think Watch Out might be my least favourite song ever

 

[Pingu]

Yeah they really were a bit deluded about their glam rock credentials at this point.

 

[Pingu]

9. What About Livingstone

 

[Pingu]

Don't worry @Iguana there is a Frida ballad coming next that might salvage things for you.

 

[Iguana]

Don't worry @Iguana there is a Frida ballad coming next that might salvage things for you.

Phew!

 

[Pingu]

And then a Benny lead vocal.

 

[Suomi]

I liked that Livingstone one

 

[Pingu]

10. Gonna Sing You My Love Song

 

[Tisch]

9. What About Livingstone

Maybe I just wasn't listening but I could barely make any actual lyrics out in this

 

[Iguana]

I liked that Livingstone one

I liked it enough to score it a 1 (and that's not even my lowest score so far)

 

[Tisch]

10. Gonna Sing You My Love Song

Ooh it's a lighters up one!

 

[GNL]

Wow I can't believe Kate Bush AND ABBA both have songs about idiot London mayor Ken Livingstone.

 

[Suomi]

I liked it enough to score it a 1 (and that's not even my lowest score so far)

Is your baseline score in the MINUS figures?

 

[GNL]

We love a ballady moment.

 

[Iguana]

This is BETTER but there's still not really anything to it!

 

[GNL]

Their best days were definitely ahead of them at this point.

 

[Iguana]

Is your baseline score in the MINUS figures?

When your average score is -5, it's time to give up

 

[Tisch]

Ooh it's a lighters up one!

Hmm, i retract this

 

[Suomi]

Suzy Hang Around is a real fave and the only album track I knew from this, so cruel and Swedish

 

[Pingu]

11. Suzy-Hang-Around