Let's make an ABBA CD!

[freakytigger.livejournal.com]

A while ago koganbot said he was planning to investigate ABBA, and I thought, yeah, I could make him a CD! But then I thought - why don't WE make him a CD. If we asked the community to pick a track each, and cut it off when we reached 80 minutes, I bet we'd get a good blend of hits and rarities and classics and quirkies and whatnot.

So here we are - use the POLL to nominate one (ONE!) ABBA track and then I will make a CD (or a downloadable playlist thing more likely so everyone can have one).

If it works with ABBA we can use The Method on other bands too.

[Poll #1064712]

Obviously if you don't feel you know koganbot from adambot then just nominate something you think someone should hear. If you only know the hits then cool, just nominate one of the hits. And if you hate ABBA then, erm, well we'll do another poll soon I'm sure.

Comments

[braisedbywolves.livejournal.com]

Does Your Mother Know is the Abba song for people who don't like Abba!

[atommickbrane.livejournal.com]

Although big love for Elaine too.
And Sitting in the Palm Tree.
And Nina Pretty Ballerina.
AND THE REST!

[lockedintheatti.livejournal.com]

I see my suggestion has already been taken. I'll go for "The Visitors" instead.

Hopefully someone else will suggest "Eagle"

You Owe Me One

[freakytigger.livejournal.com]

I'm kind of surprised - tho pleased! - at two votes for this really quite obscure track - isn't it only a bonus track on disc four of the box set? Or has it achieved more fame elsewhere?

[skyecaptain.livejournal.com]

Yo what's going on with accidental hivemind!!!! I thought of "Bang a Boomerang" and decided against it for "When All Is Said and Done" -- anyway, "Lay All Your Love on Me" is my new vote. (Since "Does Your Mother Know" is already taken twice).

[katstevens.livejournal.com]

I wonder how this will compare to the canon (http://community.livejournal.com/poptimists/105794.html)?

[boof-boy.livejournal.com]

If I was making the ABBA CD myself I'd probably go for the more obsure stuff. Everyone knows the singles and there are some real gems on the albums. Hasta Manana, Elaine (which I think was a b-side), When I Kissed the Teacher, Ring Ring.

[katstevens.livejournal.com]

I've changed my vote.

[mackromackro.livejournal.com]

No "Dancing Queen".

Huh.

[koganbot]

"The Winner Takes It All" seems to be the winner! (I don't think I've heard it. Abba I own are "Honey Honey," "King Kong Song" (rhythm not altogether dissimilar to the Kinks' "King Kong"), "So Long," and "You Owe Me One." I used to own "Gimme Gimme A Man After Midnight," but one midnight someone absconded with it.)

[jel-bugle.livejournal.com]

Helloween do a great version of "Lay All Your Love on Me" on their Metal Jukebox album!

[skyecaptain.livejournal.com]

FWIW, I also plan to be waking up to "As Good As New" (http://youtube.com/watch?v=Ec8BFI6bXcc) for a month or so, it being the first track on the CD that's in my cd player/alarm clock at the moment. (Good string intro for waking into harder disco for getting out of bed. Sounds much faster than actually it is when I wake up in the morning, which is also good for efficient bed-making.)