Under Attack or You Owe Me One

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imstillalive - 12.11.2006, 21:46
Under Attack or You Owe Me One
Which side do you prefer of this single?

I have to admit I prefer "Under Attack", although I do go through spells of loving You Owe Me One (I'm that sort of ABBA fan, I can't truly say I hate any of them)

Reason for asking??? Travelling to Wales a couple of weeks ago I played one of my ABBA cd's with "you owe me one" on, and my other-half said "what's this s**t?" :( Wonder what he'd say if he heard "King Kong Song" or "Watch out"? :?

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abbascots - 12.11.2006, 23:13

Difficult to anwser as both songs are really good i love the digital sound of Fridas voice on you owe me one,Under attack has a nice sentimental value as it was the last track Abba released so i may have to go with the latter i enjoy them both thou!
Regards johnsteven :D

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drimnagh - 13.11.2006, 18:09

Under Attack, of course. :P You Owe Me One is ok, a bit of frothy fun but it has 'b' side written all over it!

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aggie-fan - 14.11.2006, 01:44

i love both songs, but agnetha sings under attack so i have to go with that one.





aggie-fan

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abbafreak - 14.11.2006, 08:41
Picking a favorite
"Under Attack" to me is a weak recording....by that I mean, it does not sound to me like some of the ealrier works (obviously), but I do like parts of the arrangment and the vocals.

"You Owe me One" to me sounds more typical ABBA-ish...but I agree, it is also a little weak in that the chorus is repeated many many times and there is just not much to the song. But, the chorus IS catchy, and sticks in my head every time I listen to it! Baby you owe me one....I pick it!

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Simsalabim - 09.09.2007, 18:36

I like both songs, but in my opinion Under Attack is the better one.

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Carribean - 09.09.2007, 19:53

I always felt You Owe Me One lacked some production; it sounds as if it is not finished or as if Bjorn and Benny were really over and done with the song. But over the years I have learned to enjoy this cute tune more and more and I like it much better than Under Attack.
The treatment on Agnetha's vocals make her voice sound so cold and distant which makes me not like the song at all. The melody is quite nice so had it been produced differently I would have liked it better I guess.

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itsETK - 10.09.2007, 01:00

Well I'll have to go with Under Attack. I remember hearing this in the record shop on the day the album came out and thinking - "Well at least the next single will be an uptempo one, but I was still a bit disapointed in it.

Still, it certainly grew on me and at least the video has that wonderful bit where the girls walk towards the camera and then turn away. Love Frida's hair!!

But back to the song. It did grow on me and I do like it a lot now, not so much for quality, just for the 'fun' of the melody. It does I think tell a more interesting and dramatic story than YOMOne. It is also the ONLY good scene in Mamma Mia!

As for You Owe Me One, I loved this when I got the single, but I did feel that it was certainly a B side and a very 'basic' song. It's almost something the boys could have written in their sleep - it's so simple in sound to their better stuff. I do still like the song now, but I have to go for Under Attack, as it IS a better produced song.

Though YOMOne is much more 'fun'. I've just put it on now and It does make me smile! I do think it is a great shame that it is not on The Visitors remaster. I love Cassandra, but YOMOne should be there too!!!!

I always think of this as a 'Frida' song, she seems more up front in the mix, though I guess both girls are singing for most of the song.

itsETK

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restareabear - 10.09.2007, 17:14

I prefer YOMO. Probably because I never owned the tune until it came out on cd, so I' haven't had near as many years to play it to death as UA!

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whitzard - 10.09.2007, 23:03

Both songs are very good...so difficult...but i take "You owe me one"

:D:D

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Fire&Ice - 11.09.2007, 09:44

Zeebee wrote:

:?: YOMO is completed. It wouldn't have been released if it were not completed.

Yes, I know YOMO is completed, but as many fans feel, it is as if something lacks there, don't know what. Someone said above it seems as if Bennybjorn were over and done with it, not wanting to bother with it any longer.

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ABBAnator - 11.09.2007, 11:59

This is a fairly easy choice for me because I've never been fond of YOMO. I have a similar critique as has already been mentioned. Not polished sort of a "half-hearted" effort by ABBA standards, so on and so forth.

A similar criticism could be applied to Under Attack. But in the case of UA I quite like the song for two reasons:

The main reason would be the awesome ABBA hooks in this arrangement. I really enjoy the quick transition from chorus back to verse. Benny and Bjorn were masters of the musical hook and UA has some cool examples. Beyond that it's a fairly unimaginative song. Not the polished imaginative production that we were used to hearing from ABBA, but I enjoy the song anyhow.

The second reason is utterly subjective and falls into my admiration of Agnetha the performer. I love how she performs this song on the Late Late Breakfast Show in 1982 (The one that's featured on the ABBA Number Ones DVD). The expressions on her face as she performs the song are quite enjoyable for me personally. I enjoy that performance of the song so much that when I listen to UA on CD I always visualize Agnetha performing it, and it makes the song just that much more enjoyable for me to listen to. I enjoy the song more now than when released back in the day because of the video clip. :P

Bruce :D

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lemmon - 12.09.2007, 20:22

Why ? I think Agnetha does a great job.

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lemmon - 13.09.2007, 10:18

Why?

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Cronus - 13.09.2007, 18:41

You Owe Me One? Never heard of it. It seems I've got some more "ABBA research" to conduct. I've always liked Under Attack, though.

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Maxi-saxi - 20.09.2007, 06:01

Cronus wrote: You Owe Me One? Never heard of it. It seems I've got some more "ABBA research" to conduct. I've always liked Under Attack, though.

Really


I find that incredible! Do you not Have the Complete Studio recordings?

Maxi-saxi

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storm approaching - 22.09.2007, 06:29

Under Attack is my #1 ABBA song overall!


The topic - being stalked - awesome!

The baseline - many ABBA songs I find the baselines are melodies in themselves - more complex than the average pop group.

The chords - especially in the second half of the chorus - very unique style.

The video - I guess I've been influenced by the sadness of their walking away like some of you.

The DREAM SEQUENCE - oh yes!
Looking on youtube however, it seems there are several arrangements for the Mamma Mia version of this song, and quite frankly, 2 of the 3 i've found are awful. Especially the baseline (poor wonderful baseline). The Madrid performance was the best, and thankfully was the version used here in Melbourne as far as I remember :D


You Owe Me One
I like it a fair bit. It sounds good. But it is a bit silly. I have a lot of respect however, for B&B for making that chorus sound good - I've tried to make a midi of this song and it's hard as hell!