Once intended as a single produced by Jim Steinman...
"An EP with ABBA covers is in preparation." (SPEX magazine, Germany, August 1985, page 5)
Confirmed by Eldritch himself:
"I called him up three years ago when the band still played 'Gimmie Gimmie Gimmie', and I told him about the song and that our version had to be really stupid. He totally agreed with me but was booked out. Then the band split." (SPEX magazine January 1988)
"We were thinking of doing an ABBA song [with Steinman] originally. So we rang him up two years ago and he was busy." (Bingo TV, 26/2/1988)
What could have been the b side? "Knowing Me Knowing You" anyone?
'Gimmie Gimmie Gimmie' - the "lost" 1985 single ..
and i'd love to hear "take me breath away" singed by we-know-who.
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The day before you came, sans his old man yelps! obviously
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what about this one?LouLou wrote:i'd love to hear a version of 'take a chance on me'
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oh, I forgot to mention that I think ABbaaaa are pants apart from The day before you came
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Not ABBA, but an old friend of mine once suggested that Roadhouse Blues by the Doors would make a great TSOM cover. I think he's right.
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aye, but they'd do the Status Quo version
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I would have loved to hear such a single. But ABBA don't allow cover versions or samples. I remember how Madonna, when Hung Up came out, said in a talkshow how difficult it was to get ABBA's permission. She even said something along the lines of they weren't very friendly. I can only imagine how enthusiastic they would have reacted if Eldritch contacted themFodderstompf wrote:Once intended as a single produced by Jim Steinman...
"An EP with ABBA covers is in preparation." (SPEX magazine, Germany, August 1985, page 5)
Confirmed by Eldritch himself:
"I called him up three years ago when the band still played 'Gimmie Gimmie Gimmie', and I told him about the song and that our version had to be really stupid. He totally agreed with me but was booked out. Then the band split." (SPEX magazine January 1988)
"We were thinking of doing an ABBA song [with Steinman] originally. So we rang him up two years ago and he was busy." (Bingo TV, 26/2/1988)
What could have been the b side? "Knowing Me Knowing You" anyone?
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Really?Sita wrote:
I would have loved to hear such a single. But ABBA don't allow cover versions or samples.
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Abbametal-Tribu ... 82&sr=1-46
There are loads of them,the Amazon search even flagged up a panpipe tribute.
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I think she means samples rather than cover versions.ribbons69 wrote:Really?Sita wrote:
I would have loved to hear such a single. But ABBA don't allow cover versions or samples.
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Abbametal-Tribu ... 82&sr=1-46
There are loads of them,the Amazon search even flagged up a panpipe tribute.
No,really !
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B side material would definitely have to be ultra-cheesy. I vote Dancing Queen. I could just see hamming it up and turning into a tragic Emma-esque grinder.
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Oh christ, that woulda been something to see.mh wrote:B side material would definitely have to be ultra-cheesy. I vote Dancing Queen. I could just see hamming it up and turning into a tragic Emma-esque grinder.
I could actually see Lay All Your Love on Me done up all This Corrosion-y with a choir and all
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As was Blancmange's rather lacklustre version of The Day Before You Came.stufarq wrote:Erasure's Abba-esque EP and the various artists Abbamania album were both big hits.Sita wrote:But ABBA don't allow cover versions
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interesting. don't think i've ever come across that info or those interviews before.Fodderstompf wrote:Once intended as a single produced by Jim Steinman...
"An EP with ABBA covers is in preparation." (SPEX magazine, Germany, August 1985, page 5)
Confirmed by Eldritch himself:
"I called him up three years ago when the band still played 'Gimmie Gimmie Gimmie', and I told him about the song and that our version had to be really stupid. He totally agreed with me but was booked out. Then the band split." (SPEX magazine January 1988)
"We were thinking of doing an ABBA song [with Steinman] originally. So we rang him up two years ago and he was busy." (Bingo TV, 26/2/1988)
What could have been the b side? "Knowing Me Knowing You" anyone?
i wonder if it was pressure from wea to produce something chart-friendly? walk away and nttc didn't exactly set the charts on fire, and by '86 "peer" bands like the cure and the banshees were clocking up the hits... maybe wea looked at their material, saw that they did an abba cover and that it was a bit of a cult fave, and in their infinite wisdom "suggested" to the band that they consider levering the popularity of their covers...
or it could have been eldritch winding up the press again. back in those days he wasn't exactly know for, ahem, telling the truth in interviews
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There was talk of a covers ep, the main track being Knocking on Heaven's Door, at some stage I believe.
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