Hey Hey Helen

Re: Hey Hey Helen

Emmanuelle - 09.07.2008, 06:33

Yes I can hear them but I had to crank up the sound and it's almost whispered. "Yes you do" is spoken, not sung and I only heard it the first time they sing the chorus, not when it's repeated at the end. Have you tried to play the CD on several devices ? Sometimes that can make a difference

Re: Hey Hey Helen

Anonymous - 09.07.2008, 08:20

Elin, after I read your post, I listened to those parts of the song again, pretty loud this time, and I think I heard those words.

Re: Hey Hey Helen

Fire&Ice - 09.07.2008, 13:50

Mike,

I have to tell you that I've heard those words ever since I first heard the song (and loved it) and I find them very cool.

Re: Hey Hey Helen

Visitor1982 - 09.07.2008, 18:21

I don't want to offend anyone, but I'm astonished that someone does not hear those words. They're quite loud.

Marnix

Re: Hey Hey Helen

Joe - 09.07.2008, 20:28

Fire&Ice wrote: I have to tell you that I've heard those words ever since I first heard the song (and loved it) and I find them very cool.
Same here, one of the best things in this song.

Joachim

Re: Hey Hey Helen

Anonymous - 10.07.2008, 07:34

John wrote: It's very clear and obvious on the original -perhaps the mix has been changed.

Sometime in the '80s, I came across the ABBA album at the library. I checked it out and tape-recorded Hey Hey Helen, Tropical Loveland, I've Been Waiting For You, Rock Me, and Intermezzo #1. I had never heard those songs before (the rest of the songs on the album are on the Greatest Hits album, so I already had those songs). After reading what John (and others) have said, I listened to that tape recording of Hey Hey Helen, and it was only slightly easier to hear those words. It's neither very clear nor obvious, and I don't think the mix is any different.

Re: Hey Hey Helen

drimnagh - 10.07.2008, 15:53

err, maybe your copy is knackered or perhaps your stereo needs upgrading, or dare I say it without getting lynched, maybe your hearing isn't what it was/is/should be? :oops: :wink:

Have you tried 'oopsing'? Altering the sound levels? Like the old graphic equalizers? How rubbish were they?!

I've never had any probs discerning the words, Zeebee. Maybe you just have duff copys? OR, maybe in actual fact yours is an ABBA rarity that every fan on here would sell their dear old granny for? Ebay, my son!!

:lol:

J

Re: Hey Hey Helen

Lammer - 10.07.2008, 21:00

AbbaNick wrote:
By the way, isn't "Hey, Hey Helen" a great song? It's always been one of my favourites! :)

Nick

Why doesn't that surprise me? :wink:

Zeebee wrote:
Sometime in the '80s, I came across the ABBA album at the library. I checked it out and tape-recorded Hey Hey Helen, Tropical Loveland, I've Been Waiting For You, Rock Me, and Intermezzo #1. I had never heard those songs before (the rest of the songs on the album are on the Greatest Hits album, so I already had those songs).

Mike, a lot of my ABBA collection was audiotapes made off of albums or other tapes, too. When I began collecting the CDs, I was amazed at how much I had been missing over the years! :lol:

:)

Re: Hey Hey Helen

Fire&Ice - 10.07.2008, 21:51

So did I.

HHH rocks! :band:

Re: Hey Hey Helen

Anonymous - 11.07.2008, 08:26

Right after "don't you know what to do", the words "yes you do" are spoken, but very easy to miss. Then, before the chorus is repeated, there is a part that is sung, with a melody that is different from any other part of the song. I never knew the words to that part, but I just listened to it again and realized it's "aha, yes you do, yes you do" sung twice, very easy to hear.

Re: Hey Hey Helen

drimnagh - 11.07.2008, 14:22

Just to say... I really like this song, too!

It kind of goes hand in hand with 'I Wonder' lyrically.

J

Re: Hey Hey Helen

Fire&Ice - 12.07.2008, 11:54

drimnagh wrote: Just to say... I really like this song, too!

It kind of goes hand in hand with 'I Wonder' lyrically.

J

Agreed. :agree: