ABBA singing other's songs?

Re: ABBA singing other's songs?

Toni - 27.12.2006, 17:04

Listen to "Weekend" from Earth & Fire, and itŽs easy to imagine ABBA performing it!


Toni :band:

Re: ABBA singing other's songs?

michiganrafter - 29.12.2006, 05:27

During the Olivia Newton-John special in 1978, ABBA joined ONJ and Andy Gibb in singing the Cat Stevens hit "Remember the Days of the Old School Yard". I can't recall the tv special, but I came across the song on WINMX. It was a very bad bootleg, but Frida and Agnetha were incredible on the last verse of the song and as backing vocalists for ONJ.

It made me wonder what other songs out there Frida and Agnetha and ABBA could have performed, and here's my wishlist:

1. If I Can't Have You from Saturday Night Fever. Fact: The BeeGees offered this to ABBA first, but ABBA turned the Gibb Brothers down because they only recorded their own material. Yvonne Elliman turned it into a #1 hit worldwide. Considering how large Saturday Night Fever was, this would have been ABBA's biggest hit in the states, and a surefire #1. Every time I hear this song, I can hear ABBA singing it. I really believe the BeeGees wrote this song for ABBA.

2. I Know Him So Well. Elaine Paige and Barbara Dickson made this a 4-week chart topper in the UK, but you know this song was really written to take advantage of Agnetha's and Frida's voices and ranges. If ABBA had recorded this song, it might have been somewhat autobiographical as well, don't you think?

3. Magic by Olivia Newton-John.

4. Hold On by Wilson Phillips.

5. How come ABBA never wrote a song for a James Bond Movie? The Spy Who Loved Me or For Your Eyes Only would both be awesome interpreted by ABBA. As for an ABBA composition suitable for a James Bond movie, I nominate The Visitors.

6. California Dreaming by The Mamas and Papas. I sure would love to hear ABBA's take on this one.

7. Up, Up and Away by The Fifth Dimension. If there's any group out there that sounds like ABBA, the Fifth Dimension comes closest.

8. We Can Work It Out by The Beatles. I would love to hear a Beatles classic sung by Frida and Agnetha.

9. One good turn deserves another...ABBA should try Madonna's The Power of Goodbye.

10. We Got The Beat by the Go-Go's. Just because.

Cheers!

Matt Urdan
Columbus, OH

Re: ABBA singing other's songs?

Lammer - 29.12.2006, 06:12

michiganrafter wrote: 4. Hold On by Wilson Phillips.

I would like to have heard Wilson Phillips cover some ABBA songs.

I would also like to hear ABBA interpret some Heart songs.

:)

Re: ABBA singing other's songs?

agnethaulvaeus - 04.01.2007, 15:21

Maybe a MANIC MONDAY from bangels or few ones from Beatles... there is lot of good songs I can imagein ABBA singin but now I can remember just this.

Re: ABBA singing other's songs?

restareabear - 05.01.2007, 01:28

What about "I'm Alive (Let's Move On)". Disco song from 1982-1983 by a studio group that actually SOUNDS like ABBA. When it first came out we all thought it was ABBA. It's a cool track, and if ABBA had done it the vocals would have blown us away and the instrumentation would have been marvelous.

P.S. You have to hear the original EUROPEAN mix to get the ABBA sound. The American remix turned up the reverb, muted the sound, and messed with the equalization, and, as usual, when we in the US mess with the UK's music, it basically sucks (IMO).

Re: ABBA singing other's songs?

Joe - 09.01.2007, 16:58

drimnagh wrote: Joachim mentioned it earlier
Sorry Joe, but I don't think you really wanted to refer to me (or do I understand you wrong?), because I rather am the "killer" yet again (as on the remixes topic...)! :mrgreen:

Joachim