ABBAsite still a mess

Re: ABBAsite still a mess

Vancho - 07.06.2012, 21:37
ABBAsite still a mess
:evil:
Even though they put up the article ABBA Gold - A success story, they took down the music subsection.

Now there's neither music nor lyrics on the website. What's wrong with them :x

Re: ABBAsite still a mess

billydog - 08.06.2012, 11:39

TBH I hardly ever look at it :(

S x

Re: ABBAsite still a mess

Vancho - 08.06.2012, 12:37

Guys, the problem is, it hasn't always been like this!

A few years ago, we had lyrics to every song, information and artwork for each single and album, high-quality wallpapers and other kinds of multimedia.

I don't know why they're trying to reduce it to bare bones.

Re: ABBAsite still a mess

golliwog - 08.06.2012, 12:45

the question is, who is interested in such things? i couldnt care less for lyrics to every song and wallpapers....u can find lyrics on YT and other sites, selfmade wallpapers from fans in much better quality and so on

Re: ABBAsite still a mess

Vancho - 08.06.2012, 14:31

golliwog wrote: the question is, who is interested in such things? i couldnt care less for lyrics to every song and wallpapers....u can find lyrics on YT and other sites, selfmade wallpapers from fans in much better quality and so on NO, NO and NO!

I'm super anal when it comes to having things official.

Having official lyrics is absolutely essential to me as a fan. Often times I've seen different sites reporting lyrics differently -- the only way to know the real lyric is to see the official source, ABBAsite.

As for wallpapers -- ABBAsite had the best selection of official album cover wallpapers in all dimensions. Fanmades look... fanmade. These were legit ABBA album covers in all their glory, HQ of course.

The Beatles have their full discography online, so do Queen, Eagles, lots of big bands, Madonna. Why not ABBA?

Re: ABBAsite still a mess

I Let The Music Speak - 08.06.2012, 15:34

Vancho wrote:
The Beatles have their full discography online, so do Queen, Eagles, lots of big bands, Madonna. Why not ABBA?
None of those acts are with Universal though are they? Queen are now (having moved from EMI) but licensed from their own company, so Universal won't have involvement. Perhaps Universal don't see the need for proper websites for their acts?

Re: ABBAsite still a mess

iancee - 09.06.2012, 06:52

Vancho wrote: Having official lyrics is absolutely essential to me as a fan. Often times I've seen different sites reporting lyrics differently -- the only way to know the real lyric is to see the official source, ABBAsite.
Indeed, most sites have many incorrect lyrics. Most of them are copied from fan sites in the early days of the net. It was one of the few sites to have correct lyrics.

Re: ABBAsite still a mess

ABBAFANUSA - 10.06.2012, 06:54

iancee wrote: Indeed, most sites have many incorrect lyrics. Most of them are copied from fan sites in the early days of the net. It was one of the few sites to have correct lyrics.

A while back someone on here quoted a lyric from "Under Attack" and it looked wrong to me. I did a google search for the lyrics and it came up as the forum member wrote, but then I looked at a different site and it was how I've always known it. So you are so right! They should put them back online.

Re: ABBAsite still a mess

iancee - 11.06.2012, 01:24

Seanie(: wrote: I think ABBA Omnibus has the correct lyrics up on their site.
Indeed ;)

Re: ABBAsite still a mess

Seanie(: - 13.07.2012, 12:14

With the single artwork also! Very nice!
Pity I still can't listen to them on Spotify :axe: :axe: :wall: