ABBA's Influence on Other Musicians ?

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Lammer - 03.10.2007, 07:34

Which Beatle's song do you mean? I am reminded of "Eleanor Rigby" in "SOS." It's in the intro, a certain piano note being played... I don't know piano notes, but I was told it was a minor note, and ER is also in minor notes... Well, I'm imagining it in my head... if I had the song playing right now, I might describe it differently... And a Eurythmics song (Here Comes the Rain Again??) reminds me a bit of ABBA, with the strings...

I had read that ABBA's 2-couples make up and their men-women-men-women sung lyrics (as in He is Your Brother) was imitated a lot in the mid-'70's. One example given was Starland Vocal Band's "Afternoon Delight."

:)

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restareabear - 03.10.2007, 16:21

I think ABBA definitely influenced Ace of Base.

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drimnagh - 03.10.2007, 17:16

Everybody's influenced by everybody else. Fact. Unless you live on a desert island it would be impossible not be affected by the other sounds we hear in this quagmire we call 'life'.

:rotfl2:

It's what you do with that influence that counts so unless something has been outright plaigarised I don't see a problem. It's a compliment!

I can hear ABBA's influence everywhere! Dana International's 'Diva' eurovision thingie was SO ABBA-esque it was untrue! But it worked and the song was/is as catchy as a cold. :wink:

-J

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Bonnie - 03.10.2007, 17:37

Besides the women in the Brotherhood looked like plain English housewifes with no glamour at all.
But this has nothing to do with music so...

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Jambrong - 04.10.2007, 02:20
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Thanks for the replies, guys ... It's good to know that ABBA also influences other musicians.

BTW, when I said this:

Jambrong wrote: I was shuffling all ABBA songs while tring to catch a deadline. Suddenly I realized that one of the songs is so similar to Beatle's songs. I know that the boys are Beatle's fans, so it is just logical if the band has influenced them.


the song I was referring to was "She's My Kind of Girl"

:lol:

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Maxi-saxi - 04.10.2007, 04:45

I think ABBA have influenced a lot of different acts, many noted here. And if you look and watch some ABBA Documentary's Many artists are fans of ABBA.

In the Seventies though Brotherhood Of Man were I think trying to be a poor imitation Of ABBA then What About Bucks Fizz!

Maxi-saxi

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onlyabba4me - 04.10.2007, 17:14

The 2 Male/2 Female Dutch Group, Champagne, were the best ABBA 'copy' Group in my view. They had Hits in Holland & Belgium in the 1970's.

I bought their 'Best Of', recently, on CD.

'Valentino' is so like ABBA that it is untrue - and very catchy. It sounds EXACTLY like ABBA at their catchiest.

'Rock & Roll Star' has 'Fernando-like Flutes in it, & a build-up Chorus that reminds me of the Chorus in 'SOS'. It has a fade that is like the 'Aaahhhh' intro to 'One Of Us' - one of the Females fades out, in the same way that 'One Of Us' starts. Except that 'One Of Us' is a 1981 Song, & the Champagne Single is from about 1976 or 1977.

'Oh Me Oh My Goodbye' is structured like 'Dancing Queen' - it starts with the Chorus, & has the 2 Females singing in the same key as Agnetha & Frida in 'Dancing Queen', in the Verses. It even has the 'tinkling piano' sounds from 'Dancing Queen'.

'Light Up My Eyes' is another very ABBA-like song, from the Group. It is very, very catchy.

As is, 'Rollerball', which reminds me a bit of 'Summernight City', & Black Jack', which has a sort of 'Money Money Money' tempo/sound to the Music.

I have many ABBA-like Singles by, Brotherhood Of Man, Bucks Fizz, The Dooleys, & Dollar, but Champagne did it best in my opinion - as regards sounding like ABBA.

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abbangelears - 06.10.2007, 20:00

Mike Oldfield recorded Arrival in the early eighties. I don't like his version very much, but he certainly changed the style of his music in the following reordings and oriented it towards shorter, catchier tunes. Some of his songs remind me of Abba.

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Villemo - 06.10.2007, 23:16

Hades wrote: ...Another group that may have had ABBA as an inspiration was Guys 'n' Dolls....

I know them and like their music :) And agree, they sometimes sound like Abba :)

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Maxi-saxi - 08.10.2007, 03:50

Hades just out of interest Does champagne still work today?


I do not think they released anything in New Zealand But I could be wrong.


Maxi-saxi

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DistantDrums - 08.10.2007, 20:51

Another dutch combo, although I always thought they were british until YouTube told me otherwise just recently, was "Tight Fit". Now their single in 1982 "Fantasy Island" was so blatantly ABBA, especially on the choruses, it had me fooled when I first heard it on the Radio.

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ABBAnator - 08.10.2007, 23:09

What topic are you referring, Andrea?

I'm not sure that we can be bothered though, we are all busy with important things like voting on beautiful pics and wonderful musical artists in the games section ... :P

Bruce :lol:

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Visitor1982 - 10.10.2007, 20:47

The song And I Wish from the Dooley's sounds very much like ABBA.

I never understood that people thought Fantasy Island by Tight Fit sounded like ABBA. It's nothing like ABBA sounded in 1982 and most of the song is sung by a male voice, not the ABBA sound at all. It's catchy though. There was a rumour that said ABBA and Polar wanted to sue Tight Fit for this song, which is complete nonsense. You can't sue anyone for sounding like you, only if you steal parts from existing songs (melodywise or lyricwise), which Tight Fit never did.

Marnix

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onlyabba4me - 11.10.2007, 15:16

Maxi-saxi,
The Song that Benny & Bjorn sued over was, 'Bring Me Edelweiss',
by Edelweiss - an Austrian Group.

The Chorus used the same melody as the Chorus in 'SOS'.

It was a huge Global Hit in 1988 - 1989. It is said to have sold
5 Million copies Globally. If that is true, it is 1 Million more than
'SOS' sold.

In the UK it did this in the Top 10:,

7- 6 - 5 - 8

In Germany:,

6 - 4 - 3 - 3 - 2 - 3 - 3 - 4 - 6

And in Austria, it spent 8 Weeks at No.1.

Visitor1982, I disagree about, 'Fantasy Island', not sounding
like ABBA. I think that it sounds very much like ABBA.
The UK Trio - Tight Fit - 1 Male & 2 Females, were really
Models - chosen to sing the Cover of the 1960's Tokens
Hit, 'The Lion Sleeps Tonight', & then 'Fantasy Island'.

In 'Fantasy Island', it's true that a Male Sings ONE of the
Verses, but one of the Females Sings another Verse,
& the 2 Females & the Male Sing the Chorus's. They sound
so much like ABBA, (Chorus), that when I copied the Track,
for an American, (in 1984), she thought that she was listening
to an ABBA Track, when it came to the Chorus!

We could just as easily say that, 'Does Your Mother Know',
sounded nothing like ABBA, in 1979. It was nothing like any
of their other 1979 Singles, & it sounded less like ABBA than
'Fantasy Island' did.....

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Lutfi - 20.10.2007, 17:06

Hi Jambrong

All musician have influence from previous generation.
If music have devolopment then is good.
After ABBA all musician on the world influenced from ABBA!!!
Otherwise how to be have devolopment?
For new musician is important to find new sound and styl.
Kind regards
Lütfi