ABBA - Voyage RELEASE DAY SYNC LISTEN

[dmlaw]

The trouble is, if Tammy is a cat then the dog doesn't have a name and that would make even less sense.

Have we considered that the dog might be Dan and this is part two of the song?

 

[Iguana]

"I know that this shouldn't be a traumatic event but it is" - great opening line

It really sets the scene for a mum dropping her son off at her ex's

 

[octophone]

Have we considered that the dog might be Dan and this is part two of the song?

By jove, you've cracked it.

 

[HerSereneHighnessAnniFrid]

This song is absolutely perfect for me. This kind of dangerous situation melodrama is exactly what I need from ABBA.

 

[Tisch]

The most joyous chorus since SDSM, and therefore perfectly placed on the album.

 

[RJN]

It really sets the scene for a mum dropping her son off at her ex's

I haven't really been listening to the lyrics that closely (I will later) but that is so true and also what a great topic for a song

 

[dmlaw]

This is the first one that sounds like Visitors era ABBA for me, and so is very, very good.

 

[octophone]

Abba's portrayal of domestic drama is a key element of their catalogue as far as I can see, so it stands to reason that this album would cover such things.
KAEOD is my favourite musicially, I think.

 

[HerSereneHighnessAnniFrid]

This is the first one that sounds like Visitors era ABBA for me, and so is very, very good.

It has UNDERCURRENTS

 

[Iguana]

SOS

 

[HerSereneHighnessAnniFrid]

TRIUMPHANT

 

[octophone]

SOS

Oh, indeed - I wonder if that was intentional?

 

[Iguana]

Bumblebee

 

[dmlaw]

Did that have part of SOS right at the end?

 

[Iguana]

Oh, indeed - I wonder if that was intentional?

I'm sure!

 

[octophone]

Right, I low-key love Bumblebee already.

 

[Iguana]

Bumblebee seemed to get the worst comments today apart from Little Things, but I love it

 

[HerSereneHighnessAnniFrid]

Now Bumblebee has massively improved for me. This burnished vocal is glorious. The lyrics are quite shit but I feel so warm listening to it.

 

[Iguana]

I can imagine her sitting in her castle garden all rich and listening to bees, feeling bad for people who don't have it

 

[dmlaw]

I quite love doing a sad song about Bumblebees. Greta Thunberg would approve.

 

[octophone]

Bumblebee seemed to get the worst comments today apart from Little Things, but I love it

It does require a certain type of sweet tooth, I think. An ear that indulges McCartney at his most faux naïf should be fine with this. I think it's a lovely pastoral thing.

 

[Iguana]

I quite love doing a sad song about Bumblebees. Greta Thunberg would approve.

It did make me wonder if she's thinking about a time when bees are extinct and lamenting it.

 

[RJN]

Bumblebee is the first one not really making an impression on me

 

[Iguana]

No Doubt About It!!!

 

[dmlaw]

It did make me wonder if she's thinking about a time when bees are extinct and lamenting it.

That’s my immediate reading. She’s certainly aware that they’re disappearing.

 

[Iguana]

W000p!

 

[HerSereneHighnessAnniFrid]

SCREAAAAAAAAM

 

[octophone]

Here we go, an absolute tits-out-doing-the-Macarena banger.

 

[Pingu]

No Doubt About It has grown on me the most today.

 

[Iguana]

I had a TENDENCY to EXAGGERATE

 

[Iguana]

WHY am I BITING my NAILS?

 

[HerSereneHighnessAnniFrid]

THIS has a beautifully helter skelter energy

 

[HerSereneHighnessAnniFrid]

It’s such a LOL for what a piece of work Frida is

 

[dmlaw]

This has more moods than should be possible in less than three minutes.

 

[octophone]

THIS has a beautifully helter skelter energy

The pauses and switches in the rhythm track are EXPERTLY judged. The dynamics give it proper drama.

 

[HerSereneHighnessAnniFrid]

She really is the Dannii to Ag’s boring old Kylie

 

[RJN]

What a whirlwind. I think I need more listens to get it

 

[Iguana]

THIS ISN'T WHERE IT ENDS!

*ends*

 

[octophone]

This has more moods than should be possible in less than three minutes.

It has more moods that the entire career of Oasis.

 

[octophone]

THIS ISN'T WHERE IT ENDS!

*ends*

That's why it should be the last track. Can you imagine the fan theories??