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2021-09-05 -Short Attention Span Theater-
Swedish pop legends ABBA announce comeback after nearly four decades
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Posted by Besoeker 2021-09-05 01:54|| || Front Page|| [11127 views ]  Top

#1 Circa 1980 my radio alarm clock awoke me to the sounds of song "Chiquitita".
The harmony between the two ladies was one of the most beautiful sounds I have ever heard.
At that time I was studying Spanish at a city college.
I understood very little of the words sung (which must have been the Spanish version),
but I believed Chiquitita was my dream lady with a beautiful voice.
Also, I loved the keyboard playing in "Chiquitita".
I love the sound of the harpsichord in a similar way.
I also like the harmony singing of Simon and Garfunkel in "The Sounds of Silence".

When one loves the harmony sound by itself,
it is a great reward to see the two vocalists lips sing the song together side by side and to try to distinguish between the two vocal chords.
Posted by boomerc 2021-09-05 04:27||   2021-09-05 04:27|| Front Page Top

#2 /\ Just for boomerc

Enjoy.
Posted by Besoeker 2021-09-05 06:39||   2021-09-05 06:39|| Front Page Top

#3 ...And our return to the 70s is now complete.

Mike
Posted by Mike Kozlowski  2021-09-05 07:08||   2021-09-05 07:08|| Front Page Top

#4 As a Blue Oyster Cult fan I'm utterly immune. But ABBA makes their fans happy and I respect that a lot.
Posted by M. Murcek 2021-09-05 07:39||   2021-09-05 07:39|| Front Page Top

#5 OK the 70's are back - gas lines, runaway inflation, inept Democrats in office, military and political defeats.... but ABBA, TOO?!? NOOOOO!!
Posted by Mercutio 2021-09-05 07:46||   2021-09-05 07:46|| Front Page Top

#6 Reminds me of the old fighter trying for the comeback. The mind perhaps is willing but the body shows the reality.
Posted by Dale 2021-09-05 07:50||   2021-09-05 07:50|| Front Page Top

#7 /\ The mind is somehow wired to remember the good times and forget the not so good. Let us pause from the current insanity and just for a moment, and 'think on these things'.... the good things.
Posted by Besoeker 2021-09-05 07:57||   2021-09-05 07:57|| Front Page Top

#8 Any time I'm dealing with a difficult situation, I play "Sweet Home Alabama" in my head and the scenario improves immediately.
Posted by M. Murcek 2021-09-05 08:26||   2021-09-05 08:26|| Front Page Top

#9 Recommended reading...
Posted by M. Murcek 2021-09-05 08:30||   2021-09-05 08:30|| Front Page Top

#10 Heh, MM. I've seen BOC at least 5 times. Still would
Posted by Frank G 2021-09-05 09:21||   2021-09-05 09:21|| Front Page Top

#11 I heard Iron Butterfly is making a comeback.
Posted by Skidmark 2021-09-05 09:24||   2021-09-05 09:24|| Front Page Top

#12 Frank, I saw BOC live at St. Augustine Amphitheater in late May (The Last Days of May) They still got it. So did the fans. Mark Farner opened. Talk about music I hadn't thought of in a while. Excellent!
Posted by M. Murcek 2021-09-05 09:32||   2021-09-05 09:32|| Front Page Top

#13 ^ a 2 hour version of "Ina Gadda..."?
Posted by Frank G 2021-09-05 09:50||   2021-09-05 09:50|| Front Page Top

#14 Best In a Gadda Da Vida video
Posted by M. Murcek 2021-09-05 09:53||   2021-09-05 09:53|| Front Page Top

#15 Thread officially hijacked - Buck's Boogie.
Posted by M. Murcek 2021-09-05 09:55||   2021-09-05 09:55|| Front Page Top

#16 M Murcek, thnx for the reccy on the book
Posted by 746 2021-09-05 10:47||   2021-09-05 10:47|| Front Page Top

#17 What's next - disco and bell bottoms? Gimme Van Halen, Black Sabbath & AC / DC instead.
Posted by Raj 2021-09-05 13:02||   2021-09-05 13:02|| Front Page Top

#18 I think Chiquitita was written by Charro. I remember a long, long time ago watching her accompany herself on guitar while she sang it on the old Merv Griffen show. I always thought she was just coochie coochie until I saw that. She really was talented.
Posted by Abu Uluque 2021-09-05 15:45||   2021-09-05 15:45|| Front Page Top

#19 I think the ABBA song Fernando was also written by Charro.
Posted by Abu Uluque 2021-09-05 15:46||   2021-09-05 15:46|| Front Page Top

#20 Both great songs.
Posted by Abu Uluque 2021-09-05 15:46||   2021-09-05 15:46|| Front Page Top

#21 A sign of the Apocalypse, as was foretold.
Also, Springsteen on Broadway.
Get right with the Lord, 'cause he ain't impressed.
Posted by ed in texas 2021-09-05 19:39||   2021-09-05 19:39|| Front Page Top

#22 Came four horesmen. They put out one good album then three of them ODd.
Posted by M. Murcek 2021-09-05 19:50||   2021-09-05 19:50|| Front Page Top

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