recap:
16 Does Your Mother Know - 8 votes, 157 points17 Mamma Mia - 8 votes, 152 points18 If It Wasn't for the Nights - 5 votes, 151 points18 Under Attack - 7 votes, 151 points20 Chiquitita - 7 votes, 150 points21 Eagle - 7 votes, 148 points22 As Good as New - 6 votes, 142 points23 Bang-a-Boomerang - 5 votes, 128 points, 2 #1 votes24 My Mama Said - 5 votes, 116 points25 Money, Money, Money - 6 votes, 112 points25 One of Us - 4 votes, 112 points, 1 #1 vote27 Angeleyes - 6 votes, 111 points28 Slipping Through My Fingers - 5 votes, 108 points29 Head Over Heels - 5 votes, 102 points30 Like an Angel Passing Through My Room - 5 votes, 96 points31 On and On and On - 5 votes, 94 points32 I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do - 5 votes, 93 points33 When All Is Said and Done - 5 votes, 86 points34 Tiger - 4 votes, 81 points35 Arrival - 3 votes, 82 points, 1 #1 vote36 Ring Ring - 4 votes, 81 points37 Should I Laugh or Cry - 4 votes, 79 points38 Super Trouper - 4 votes, 75 points39 Me and I - 3 votes, 71 points40 Thank You for the Music - 4 votes, 66 points41 So Long - 3 votes, 64 points42 I've Been Waiting for You - 3 votes, 63 points42 That's Me - 3 votes, 63 points42 Two for the Price of One - 3 votes, 63 points45 Honey Honey - 3 votes, 59 points45 Soldiers - 3 votes, 59 points
and i'll be wrapping it up tomorrow!
― yorba linda carlisle (donna rouge), Wednesday, 6 June 2012 21:38 (twelve years ago) link
My Mama Said madee it! I thought for sure it wouldn't!!! My #5!
― freebroheem (loves laboured breathing), Wednesday, 6 June 2012 21:39 (twelve years ago) link
Yeah, I figured it would based on how many people talked about it in the voting thread, but 24 isn't high enough for it. humbug.
― Johnny Fever, Wednesday, 6 June 2012 21:42 (twelve years ago) link
Agreed. Boo.
― Naive Teen Idol, Wednesday, 6 June 2012 21:44 (twelve years ago) link
do not shoot the messenger he is too busy twisting in his office chair to "if it wasn't for the nights" right now
― yorba linda carlisle (donna rouge), Wednesday, 6 June 2012 21:48 (twelve years ago) link
I really should have voted for Eagle.
Really surprised Bang-a-Boomerang is so high, I had it low down on my list. Even though lyrically it isn't a masterpiece that chorus is so great. I always put that one and Dum Dum Diddle togther, wonder if that will place too.
If It Wasn't for the Night is such a great song. I always thought the album tracks on Voulez-Vous are way better than the singles.
― Kitchen Person, Wednesday, 6 June 2012 22:43 (twelve years ago) link
There is no mystery with If It Wasn't For The Nights imo, the few people that voted for it scored it highly. Two less voters than the song it tied with, but I was actually surprised it was so low. Was my #2.
― Desire is withered away from the sons of men! (aldo), Wednesday, 6 June 2012 22:44 (twelve years ago) link
delighted 'if it wasn't for the nights' placed so high, genuinely kinda shocked 'chiquitita' didn't place higher, smh if 'fernando' places higher than it (which surely it is but still).
― balls, Wednesday, 6 June 2012 23:35 (twelve years ago) link
i was sick and tired everythiiiiiing when you called me last night from glaaaas-gow/all i do is eat and sleep and siiiiiiiiiiing...
i haven't been able to stop singing super trouper for days now.
― game of crones (La Lechera), Thursday, 7 June 2012 01:53 (twelve years ago) link
Didn't vote for it, but echoing the "If It Wasn't for the Nights" fandom. Good work ILM!
― timellison, Thursday, 7 June 2012 03:03 (twelve years ago) link
― yorba linda carlisle (donna rouge), Wednesday, June 6, 2012 2:48 PM (5 hours ago)
I thought you were a lady!
― timellison, Thursday, 7 June 2012 03:14 (twelve years ago) link
"Super Trouper" seems surprisingly low.
― LeRooLeRoo, Thursday, 7 June 2012 03:25 (twelve years ago) link
I was just thinking that. Perhaos I shouldve voted for it.
― freebroheem (loves laboured breathing), Thursday, 7 June 2012 03:45 (twelve years ago) link
I did for a long time until he posted a photo in a wdyll thread a while back.
― Johnny Fever, Thursday, 7 June 2012 04:18 (twelve years ago) link
I somehow missed "Eagle" off my ballot too. :(
I have given up on "King Kong Song" making it now - I should have repped for it.
Otherwise, no complaints so far!
― Jeff W, Thursday, 7 June 2012 09:41 (twelve years ago) link
I don't think Hey Hey Helen is gonna make it, which is really sad. But this has been great thus far.
― freebroheem (loves laboured breathing), Thursday, 7 June 2012 12:44 (twelve years ago) link
haha yeah i am a fella. my DN is from an italo disco song. (one that, coincidentally, i think would sound pretty good mixed out of "summer night city" in case anyone's DJing anytime soon)
― yorba linda carlisle (donna rouge), Thursday, 7 June 2012 16:27 (twelve years ago) link
ok, gonna wrap things up today! this has been super fun tho
― yorba linda carlisle (donna rouge), Thursday, 7 June 2012 16:28 (twelve years ago) link
you might want to avert your eyes, balls
― yorba linda carlisle (donna rouge), Thursday, 7 June 2012 16:36 (twelve years ago) link
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/7/7c/Fernando_Hey_Hey_Helen.jpg15. Fernando“Fernando” b/w “Hey Hey Helen” single, 1976(196 points, 9 votes)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQsjAbZDx-4
IN THE FIRELIGHT FERNANDOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
― Peppermint Patty Hearst (VegemiteGrrl), Thursday, 7 June 2012 16:44 (twelve years ago) link
http://b.vimeocdn.com/ts/278/470/278470694_640.jpg14. When I Kissed the TeacherArrival, 1976(203 points, 9 votes, 2 #1 votes)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VR4LJjCBWE0
― yorba linda carlisle (donna rouge), Thursday, 7 June 2012 16:49 (twelve years ago) link
god I love this song
and I love how Agnetha's accent is really pronounced, it's so much fun to sing along to
ONE OF THIS DAYS
― Peppermint Patty Hearst (VegemiteGrrl), Thursday, 7 June 2012 16:52 (twelve years ago) link
the background vocals on this song are so perfect
― yorba linda carlisle (donna rouge), Thursday, 7 June 2012 16:53 (twelve years ago) link
SOS at number 2?
― indian rope trick (remy bean), Thursday, 7 June 2012 16:54 (twelve years ago) link
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/4/4c/Gimme_Gimme_Gimme.jpg13. Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! (A Man After Midnight)“Gimme! Gimme! Gimme!” b/w “The King Has Lost His Crown” single, 1979(205 points, 10 votes)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RLtU7aOnp2U
― yorba linda carlisle (donna rouge), Thursday, 7 June 2012 17:13 (twelve years ago) link
When I Kissed The Teacher was my #1. Hoped it would have been higher.
― Desire is withered away from the sons of men! (aldo), Thursday, 7 June 2012 17:25 (twelve years ago) link
I do love Gimme Gimme Gimme - but it's undeniably faded for me a bit since Hung Up came out, because that's even better.
― Ismael Klata, Thursday, 7 June 2012 17:39 (twelve years ago) link
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/3/3c/VoulezVous.jpg12. Voulez-VousVoulez-Vous, 1979(212 points, 8 votes, 1 #1 vote)
― yorba linda carlisle (donna rouge), Thursday, 7 June 2012 17:47 (twelve years ago) link
There's my no.1. A hard-hitting disco classic.
― Ismael Klata, Thursday, 7 June 2012 17:49 (twelve years ago) link
not that none of you know what it sounds like but forgot to include the video link on that one:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=za05HBtGsgU
― yorba linda carlisle (donna rouge), Thursday, 7 June 2012 18:20 (twelve years ago) link
er. not that none of you DON'T know. hi triple negatives
and keep your dancin' shoes on for:
― yorba linda carlisle (donna rouge), Thursday, 7 June 2012 18:21 (twelve years ago) link
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/4/4f/ABBA_-_Summer_Night_City.jpg11. Summer Night City“Summer Night City” b/w “Medley” single, 1979(218 points, 11 votes)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_d5dPYHi17k
Cor, for a moment I was wondering if Summer Night City wouldn't place. #11 seems quite high (though I like it and voted for it).
― Jeff W, Thursday, 7 June 2012 18:24 (twelve years ago) link
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/3/32/ABBA_-_The_Name_of_the_Game.jpg10. The Name of the GameABBA: The Album, 1977(274 points, 10 votes)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iJ90ZqH0PWI
― yorba linda carlisle (donna rouge), Thursday, 7 June 2012 18:53 (twelve years ago) link
Didn't vote for it, but this is a great way to kick off the top 10.
― Johnny Fever, Thursday, 7 June 2012 19:41 (twelve years ago) link
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:ABBA_-_The_Visitors_(US).jpg9. The VisitorsThe Visitors, 1981(281 points, 10 votes)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=59hkcS5wr9k
― yorba linda carlisle (donna rouge), Thursday, 7 June 2012 19:43 (twelve years ago) link
i think i had this at #2
― yorba linda carlisle (donna rouge), Thursday, 7 June 2012 19:44 (twelve years ago) link
I always assumed this was really about paranoid schizophrenia, but it seems to be a straight cold war story. My #5 anyway.
― Ismael Klata, Thursday, 7 June 2012 19:47 (twelve years ago) link
i know their names but not sure which one is which; but blondie is completely smokin' on that summer night city pic sleeve!
― epigram addict (outdoor_miner), Thursday, 7 June 2012 19:48 (twelve years ago) link
agnetha = blonde (lighter voice)frida = redhead (huskier voice)
― yorba linda carlisle (donna rouge), Thursday, 7 June 2012 19:50 (twelve years ago) link
everytime I look at Frida now I see the dude from Erasure (when they dressed in drag for the Take A Chance On Me vid)
― Peppermint Patty Hearst (VegemiteGrrl), Thursday, 7 June 2012 19:51 (twelve years ago) link
while we're at it
benny = beardbjorn = no beard
― yorba linda carlisle (donna rouge), Thursday, 7 June 2012 19:54 (twelve years ago) link
bjeard no bjeard
― Peppermint Patty Hearst (VegemiteGrrl), Thursday, 7 June 2012 19:57 (twelve years ago) link
thanks for that. I always forget which guy is which.
Following their post-ABBA careers a little bit helps keep Agnetha and Frida distinct, though.
― Johnny Fever, Thursday, 7 June 2012 19:57 (twelve years ago) link
see I was never confused by the ladies, I think I was born knowing which was which lol
― Peppermint Patty Hearst (VegemiteGrrl), Thursday, 7 June 2012 20:00 (twelve years ago) link
beards? aye that works although less so SINCE Abba..
http://www.abbafan.dk/images/benny%20og%20bjorn%20stockholm.jpg
http://img.thesun.co.uk/multimedia/archive/00521/SNF02SPDA_682_521777a.jpg
― piscesx, Thursday, 7 June 2012 20:03 (twelve years ago) link
Agnetha and Frida aren't really confusing at all, no. But, as was the case for most everyone from the 70s, some days you look amazing and others you...GODWHATWEREYOUTHINKING don't. There is plenty of photo and video evidence to document both extremes with those two.
― Johnny Fever, Thursday, 7 June 2012 20:06 (twelve years ago) link
we need to do an outfits poll one day. so many lols
― Peppermint Patty Hearst (VegemiteGrrl), Thursday, 7 June 2012 20:06 (twelve years ago) link