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*Dancing Queen*. Can't type today.


My band wants to have a crack at this. I don't like it at all. How to make a sow's ear out of a silk purse, in my opinion. What does everybody else think, please?

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When doing a version of something, I reckon it's best to learn the original first- then make your own natural changes to make it heavier/ rockier etc. It's a great song, so will go down well in most places.
In one of my bands we did something a bit like this with Mama Mia - not quite so quick, girl singer - guaranteed dancers and smiles https://youtu.be/Ql89SQzpquU

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[quote name='lurksalot' timestamp='1508363916' post='3391773']
We tried rocking it , but just couldn't nail it , parts sounded good , but it didn't gel so after trying to gig it we gave up ..... however 'Does your mother know' rocks out brilliantly
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I suggested Does your mother know as an ABBA song that's much more likely to work as a rock cover. But no - the band wants to do Dancing Queen.

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[quote name='Thunderpaws' timestamp='1508399240' post='3391870']
Check out Paul Gilbert's live version. Was on one of his live albums a few years ago. It was a Japanese recording.

Just looked, here it is:

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Thank you. I'll have a listen.

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[quote name='solo4652' timestamp='1508401688' post='3391893']
Thank you. I'll have a listen.
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That's a cool version!

I have to admit I always have a pre-emptive cringe reaction when someone says they do a metal version of a pop song. Yes, there are some great, well thought out deconstructions of songs, but my ears want to explode the minute I hear a really obvious 'Djent' ostinato shoe-horned in to the song. I heard a cover of a C Aguilera track the other day that completely shot wide of the mark. Sure, they managed to get some screamo vocals in there and the obligatory double kick drum over cooking, but it just all sounded a bit too... well, I cringed!

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I absolutely hate dancing queen, so IMO you can only improve it.

If I could have my way, a metal cover would be ideal.
Get every copy of the f***ing song that exists, including digital, bury them as deep as you can & pour molten metal into the hole, covering every copy there is.

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[quote name='xgsjx' timestamp='1508413439' post='3392001']
I absolutely hate dancing queen, so IMO you can only improve it.

If I could have my way, a metal cover would be ideal.
Get every copy of the f***ing song that exists, including digital, bury them as deep as you can & pour molten metal into the hole, covering every copy there is.
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Nowt as strange as folks! Having grown up with punk rock I still absolutely love this song and think it is probably the best song written since the heyday of the Beatles!

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[quote name='redbandit599' timestamp='1508364374' post='3391781']
When doing a version of something, I reckon it's best to learn the original first- then make your own natural changes to make it heavier/ rockier etc. It's a great song, so will go down well in most places.
In one of my bands we did something a bit like this with Mama Mia - not quite so quick, girl singer - guaranteed dancers and smiles https://youtu.be/Ql89SQzpquU
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That's a lot better

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[quote name='hiram.k.hackenbacker' timestamp='1508417644' post='3392052']
Do you have no appreciation at all of how good Rutger Gunnarsson's playing is in this song?
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Quite the contrary, my good man. Musically, I love ABBA & most of their songs are superb. But the intro to Dancing Queen & the vocals on it just grate on my nerves. The individual instruments are superb, but all together, it's horrible.

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[quote name='Delberthot' timestamp='1508422980' post='3392097']
Voulez Vous is incredibly easy to turn into a rock song. Myself and our guitarists are both from rock band backgrounds so we tend to approach this song from a rock point of view and it works really well
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I reckon "Winner takes it all" would be pretty powerful as a rock / metal song (it would probably be a bit like Paradise Lost's cover of "Missing").

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Although it is [color=#282828][font=helvetica, arial, sans-serif]Rutger Gunnarsson on 'Dancing' Queen', he isn't on every ABBA tune. An English studio player (Mike Watson) who lived in Sweden at the time, did a bit as well[/font][/color]

An interesting little read about both of them here.
[url="https://philwbass.com/2014/01/02/the-bassists-of-abba/"]https://philwbass.co...ssists-of-abba/[/url]

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