"I Saw It In The Mirror": Is The Worst ABBA song?

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Clock_With_Lemon - 18.04.2007, 07:18
"I Saw It In The Mirror": Is The Worst ABBA song?
I myself think it's awful. What do you think of the song?

Re: "I Saw It In The Mirror": Is The Worst ABBA song?

Clock_With_Lemon - 18.04.2007, 07:42

Zeebee wrote: It isn't one of my favorites, but it isn't the worst ABBA song. Man In The Middle is probably the worst ABBA song.

Yeah, "Man In The Middle" is pretty awful :!:

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spong - 18.04.2007, 11:31

hello

isn't it good that they did not sound exactly the same , song after song?
mind you , that is exactly the attitude of a stupid public.
we , of course know better.

i agree with Supertrouper:..no bad songs

gary :D

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Toni - 18.04.2007, 18:03

I agree with Anthony & Gary. None of the ABBA songs is bad.

"I Saw It In The Mirror": I like it! IŽts not the "worst" ABBA track.

In Germany, in the 70Žs the "Ring Ring"-Album was released with the name "Honey Honey", but "I Saw It In The Mirror" wasnŽt on it. Instead of it we could hear the title track.

I didnŽt knew that there was a song missing, but in 1990, in the record store, I saw a double album "The Collection Volume 2". I was totally surprised that there was a song called "I Saw It In The Mirror" on it.

Of course I bought that double LP. When I heard the song at home, I felt very happy, because of the very nice melody. I liked the song very much. After many years it was a "new" ABBA song to me.

I canŽt understand that almost every fan donŽt like it, but tastes are different.

Toni :wink1:

PS "Man In The Middle" isnŽt the worst ABBA song, too. I like the funky arrangement and the good lyrics. 8)

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Joe - 18.04.2007, 19:01

If not the worst then pretty close to it. :-) But no problem, to me this is rather a B&B song anyway. :tongue:

Toni wrote: In Germany, in the 70Žs the "Ring Ring"-Album was released with the name "Honey Honey", but "I Saw It In The Mirror" wasnŽt on it. Instead of it we could hear the title track.

I didnŽt knew that there was a song missing, but in 1990, in the record store, I saw a double album "The Collection Volume 2". I was totally surprised that there was a song called "I Saw It In The Mirror" on it.
Haha, Toni, I know this so well! :lol:

Toni wrote: PS "Man In The Middle" isnŽt the worst ABBA song, too. I like the funky arrangement and the good lyrics.
:agree:

Joachim

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Maxi-saxi - 18.04.2007, 20:38

I wouldn't call any ABBA song a worst or Bad song, This was rushed into the Ring ring Album to complete the finishing of it. I think some of the songs were meant to be on a Bjorn And Benny Recording. You can tell some of these were written very early.

I kinda like it.

Maxi-saxi

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Simsalabim - 19.04.2007, 15:24

I really like the lyric in 'I saw it in the mirror'... :oops: :D
But it's NOT my favourite...

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abbagav - 19.04.2007, 22:07

I find it hard to compare the songs on Ring Ring to the other songs actually release under the guise of ABBA as they were at the time BBA and F (which I know is the same thing) but it somehow has different connotations (correct spelling? never typed it before!) for me. ABBA for me is the Waterloo album onwards - Ring Ring was an experiment as they were finding their feet and sometimes it worked but sometimes it didn't.

I know some tracks were rushed so they could meet the release date but on the whole, it's not a great album so ISIITM does sound a bit naff but perhaps that's only because they developed so quickly song-writing wise, it doesn't stand up to being compared to their subsequent material - I don't know.

Not one of my faves but everyone is different - I can't believe that some people have chosen Move On as their least favourite track from The Album - one of my top 5! I'm really not a fan of Disillusion so will now probably be banned from this site!

abbagav

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Joe - 22.04.2007, 09:06

abbangelears wrote: Songs like King Kong song [...] are worse.
:axe: :D

Only if you try to see more in it than a fun song!



Joachim :D :wink:

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MarryMeAgnetha - 23.04.2007, 04:28

I Saw it in the Mirror is definitely not a fan favorite, but obviously some people like it. (I don't have any documentation, but I seem to recall reading a survey that did place it dead last among ABBA fans. I could be wrong. That's just a vague memory.)

It's not one of my personal favorites, but I have to say that the girls' voices are delicate and beautiful on the bridge. The bridge itself is pretty nice for that matter.

Most of the other candidates for worst song mentioned in this thread have also cropped up in similar threads. No surprises there except for one person who mentioned Move On.

Really? Move On? I think it's one of ABBA's most beautiful songs, although I like the Spanish version better. Agnetha just sings the first verse beautifully instead of Björn speaking it in that weird pastiche of an American accent.

I like most ABBA songs, some more than others of course, but please don't come down too hard on our fellow fans who dislike some songs. After all, the former ABBA members have declared various ABBA songs to be awful and even embarrassing, even the former ABBA members who wrote and produced those songs!

--Daniel

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Anonymous - 23.04.2007, 16:37

abbagav wrote: I find it hard to compare the songs on Ring Ring to the other songs actually release under the guise of ABBA as they were at the time BBA and F (which I know is the same thing) but it somehow has different connotations (correct spelling? never typed it before!) for me. ABBA for me is the Waterloo album onwards - Ring Ring was an experiment as they were finding their feet and sometimes it worked but sometimes it didn't.

I know some tracks were rushed so they could meet the release date but on the whole, it's not a great album so ISIITM does sound a bit naff but perhaps that's only because they developed so quickly song-writing wise, it doesn't stand up to being compared to their subsequent material - I don't know.

Not one of my faves but everyone is different - I can't believe that some people have chosen Move On as their least favourite track from The Album - one of my top 5! I'm really not a fan of Disillusion so will now probably be banned from this site!

abbagav

it's a shame you don't like disillusion because its in my top 3 :!: :D also Disillusion is under produced I know but rember that when this song was recorded Linda was only about two weeks old (I read that somewhere I can't remember where though) I read also that during that session her legs felt like jelly so, I don't think Agnetha was really in the mood to put her best effort into the song.

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MarryMeAgnetha - 28.04.2007, 02:25

Steve,

Baffling, but true!

--Daniel

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Toni - 05.05.2007, 18:31

Hello MMM,

with the two versions of "IŽm A Marionette" I fully agree with you

BUT

:wrath: :axe: :evil: :fight: :jedi:


"I Am Just A Girl" is one of my absolutely favorite songs! ItŽs full of romance, love and emotion! The melody is wonderful and the voices of ABBA suit very well. I loooooooooooooooove it!

But itŽs always funny to talk about the different tastes from ABBA fans. :D

Toni :wink:

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Cronus - 06.05.2007, 04:21

Quote: Some of my less favorite songs mentioned have some redeeming qualities - "King Kong Song", for example is very silly, but kind of fun.


I think King Kong song is the worst one of all - yes, it could've been fun but Bjorn's singing is so terrible it just ruins it. :shock: