rubis Posted April 27, 2018 Posted April 27, 2018 https://www.theguardian.com/music/2018/apr/27/abba-announce-first-new-songs-for-35-years WOW! How sad though, that it probably won’t fearure the late great Rutger Gunnarson The Smiths next? Quote
Lozz196 Posted April 27, 2018 Posted April 27, 2018 I really hope that these new ones stand up against the other more familiar material. 1 Quote
Delberthot Posted April 27, 2018 Posted April 27, 2018 (edited) 18 minutes ago, rubis said: https://www.theguardian.com/music/2018/apr/27/abba-announce-first-new-songs-for-35-years WOW! How sad though, that it probably won’t fearure the late great Rutger Gunnarson The Smiths next? Great as he was I'm not sure how he could contribute to a new recording Edited April 27, 2018 by Delberthot Quote
spongebob Posted April 27, 2018 Posted April 27, 2018 Sure they'll be great - and I'm glad they're sticking to not performing live together. If only more bands learned from that..... Quote
Baxlin Posted April 27, 2018 Posted April 27, 2018 (edited) 3 hours ago, JellyKnees said: Money money money... Maybe, but (allegedly) they’ve been asked many times over the years to name their own price to get back together, and they’ve refused. And with the success of the Mamma Mia franchise, and Chess being revived, it’s probably more important for the "A"s rather than for the "B" members........ Edited April 27, 2018 by Baxlin Quote
Twigman Posted April 27, 2018 Posted April 27, 2018 I've been campaigning to my band for years to do a cover of SOS which I believe is quite simply the best pop song ever written. They're not buying it. 1 Quote
rubis Posted April 27, 2018 Author Posted April 27, 2018 More fools them Twigman 5 hours ago, Delberthot said: Great as he was I'm not sure how he could contribute to a new recording Had he still been with us, I imagine he could have contributed the perfect bass lines for the new songs, and if I remember correctly, he did quite a bit of string arrangements on the old stuff Quote
BrunoBass Posted April 27, 2018 Posted April 27, 2018 2 hours ago, Twigman said: I've been campaigning to my band for years to do a cover of SOS which I believe is quite simply the best pop song ever written. They're not buying it. I’m with you, but for me it’s Dancing Queen. Absolute solid gold genius. Quote
EBS_freak Posted April 28, 2018 Posted April 28, 2018 18 hours ago, Baxlin said: Maybe, but (allegedly) they’ve been asked many times over the years to name their own price to get back together, and they’ve refused. And with the success of the Mamma Mia franchise, and Chess being revived, it’s probably more important for the "A"s rather than for the "B" members........ I I doubt it has anything to do with needing money. For example Frida got 75 million in addition to her own Anna based wealth when her husband von Plauen passed. I think all of them are earning enough from royalities (no pun intended) to not be caring about the money aspect. Quote
EBS_freak Posted April 28, 2018 Posted April 28, 2018 22 hours ago, Delberthot said: Great as he was I'm not sure how he could contribute to a new recording Free as a Bird John Lennon stylee Quote
Delberthot Posted April 28, 2018 Posted April 28, 2018 Absolutely if they were using existing recordings but Quote Abba have announced that they have written and recorded their first new songs since they split in 1983. Unless Derek Acorah has been imbibed with the spirit of Rutger Gunnarson Quote
lowdown Posted April 28, 2018 Posted April 28, 2018 (edited) On 27/04/2018 at 18:07, Twigman said: I've been campaigning to my band for years to do a cover of SOS which I believe is quite simply the best pop song ever written. They're not buying it. An English Bassist called Mike Watson played on 'SOS' and a few other tracks as well. Arnold Paseiro played Bass on 'Voulez Vous'. So it wasn't all (the great) Rutger Gunnarsson, although he seemed play on the bulk of the ABBA material. Interesting read about Gunnarsson and the other Bassists, along with who played on what. https://philwbass.com/2014/01/02/the-bassists-of-abba/ Edited April 28, 2018 by lowdown Quote
Delberthot Posted April 28, 2018 Posted April 28, 2018 (edited) We play a medley of Gimme Gimme Gimme into Lay Your Love on Me and then Voulez Vous. Always goes down a storm at weddings and it's a lot of fun to play Edited April 28, 2018 by Delberthot Quote
spongebob Posted April 28, 2018 Posted April 28, 2018 I've always loved 'Summer Night City', although the band could never find a mix they were happy with. Sounds fab to me! Quote
Cato Posted April 28, 2018 Posted April 28, 2018 (edited) Everyone loves a bit of ABBA. Edited April 28, 2018 by Cato Quote
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