I will die on that hill: In this case, Benny has no idea what he's talking about. Maybe the last ABBA moments in 1982 have colored his opinion of the song. But I think “Just Like That” could have been ABBA's last big hit. The saxophone version in particular perfectly captures the typical 80s vibe, paired with the familiar ABBA sound.
I agree. Although I don’t agree that it fully had the typical ABBA sound. It feels like an ABBA song, but something is off. I suspect it’s the vocals, because only Agnetha is singing, both the melody and the harmonies. It also feels very melancholy to the point that I almost get uncomfortable listening to it. But that could be because I know it was one of ABBA’s last recordings.
@@Bruce-yv9tm I understand what you mean, because I also always had the feeling that the sound of the last ABBA recordings at that time felt somehow different. Be it “I Am The City”, “You Owe Me One” etc. The songs somehow felt colder. Even if some of them were good songs, the cheerfulness in them no longer seemed honestly cheerful.
I agree to an extent. After the mediocre Under Attack and You Owe Me One my first hearing of the sax version of Just Like That was wow! This was so new for them and sounded magnificent. It could have been a stunning hit if it was finished
@johnschlegel7309the song has full verses. They were just edited out for the ABBA undeleted melody. Just because the only versions out there are bad quality, doesn’t mean the verses weren’t finished. The song just had various overdubs and mixes (such as Na na na and the sax)
Benny/ Bjorn here (we ABBA fans) have one of the best interviewers who loves you and you could ever had in your career.Bobby's Brother.Plz Give him a chance,he's one of us.We have a lot of serious things to ask and we can all connect with pleasure.
I know Benny is adamant that JLT isn’t good enough, but I think many fans (maybe a majority) disagree. I do hope that some day, his objections to releasing the full sax version will melt away and ABBA will gift us this one elusive track.
Judging by what B&B did to Just Like That for Gemini, they really didn't know how good the song was. The Gemini version had all the good things drained from it.
I've always said that JLT should have been on Voyage instead of Just a Notion since it was released. If they wanted to pull something from the archives for that album, JLT is infinitely better than Just A notion for me
100% agree and thought just the same… never liked Just A Notion, whereas Just Like That has something magical about it… here’s hoping it might join the set list in whichever Country Voyage moves to next…
Amazing video as always Bobby's Brother!!! I have loved Just Like That ever since I first heard it on the Thank You For The Music box set in 1994 but I respect Bjorn & Benny's decision to not release it in full. Still at least the song has been leaked on bootlegs and I think the best quality versions out there of the 3 versions of Just Like That are: Slow version - Opus 10 bootleg CD Na na na version - If It Wasn't For The Music bootleg CD Sax version - Take A Chance On Us bootleg LP (this version is sped up on the LP but I have slowed it down for it to have the correct running time of 4:48 and have used noise reduction with Audacity software to clean it up as much as I can) Also speaking of Carl Magnus Palm's book Abba on Record Carl reveals in the Tretow Tapes section that parts of Just Like That originated in an unreleased Abba song from September 1981 called I Believe In You where a section of the verses in it were later used in "Just Like That" (and I must admit/he has something that I miss) as well as part of the bridge also being used in the chorus (but I led him on/knowing that someday soon he'd be gone) Also in the Voyage section Carl reveals that during 2019 an early version of Ode To Freedom was recorded along with possibly two or three more unfinished songs (one of which was Hit By A Train).
I have to say that of all the unreleased ABBA tracks, the ones from the "Voyage" album sessions are the ones that I would most love to hear. Keeping my fingers crossed for an eventual anniversary special edition that would include these two songs.
My first touch with JLT was in early/mid '90s after my ordering a bootleg CD via mail .It included the so called 'first most relaxed version".That was the first time i heard the original recording,...Listening to this I felt a grey cloud of nostalgia and personal 'pain' from Abba's 'loss' from my life that had taken place already almost a decade before. On one hand my inner world was mourning listening to this beautiful piece of music.On the other hand I couldn't believe, i had in my hands a piece of history hidden in a time capsule that my fave Swedish friends had left hidden somewhere not to be found soon.It also felt like me looking back,staring all alone at a once glorious palace , that then got silently abandoned without warning and got burried deep in obscurity.Finally VOYAGE was deffinately the catharctic missing part for the happy ending i needed.
Thank you BB!! I love your new "Sit & Chat" format!! I'm amazed at how critical Benny & Bjorn can be about their own music. I think "Summer Night City" is another song they never seemed quite satisfied with, yet I consider that to be classically majestic!! "Just Like That" is also so original, yet brilliantly pure ABBA!! But perhaps Michelangelo wasn't all that crazy about his Sistine Chapel painting!!😂
I love your channel. I dont know any other dedicated to ABBA with the amount of information and detail as yours. Hopefully you get once the chance to interview Bjorn.
Benny was asked about Just Like That again, this year at the Q&A at ABBA Voyage by the moderator who thinks Just Like That is one of ABBA's best songs. Benny then sheepishly said it 'wasn't so bad'.
I can follow Benny's thinking (5%) about "just like that", but that other 95% is as close to a hit as can be! As a songwriter and producer myself, I can assure you, that with the RIGHT production, "Just like that" could be an even bigger hit than "Don't shut me down" in this day and age. Maybe not with the saxophone or Na na na themes, those can sound a bit cheesy today, but done the RIGHT way, it can absolutely be done! :) If you set your mind and heart to it, it shouldn't be rocket science. And what a banger they could finish off with! (if we don't get other new music from them)
Would love to see this at least been given a chance in a possible trilogy of the MM film series.Btw 'na,na" / 'sax version" i find not cheesy at all.Sax Kinda '80s retro maybe but Agnetha's na na na" echo is really piercing right through me.
We also know that one of the two songs is called “Hit By A Train”, Lasse Wellendar and Little Boots (a member of the ABBA Voyage backing band) described the song “Hit By A Train” is a upbeat and dark song.
Isn’t the other one rumoured to be Where The Story Ends? Or something like that. Fan rumours are they were maybe remade into new songs for the new BAO album.
Just Like That is my favorite ABBA song too. After listening to some of the most beautiful songs ever like Dancing Queen and Chiquitita for as long as I can remember, encountering "Just Like That" for the first time (buried in a medley on a compilation on Spotify) was like being suddenly thrust into space. It was like stumbling into another reality, hearing a song that could have easily been just as successful in Dancing Queen's place. Thank God for the Thank You For The Music 1994 compilation. The main reason I subscribed to this YT channel last year was because I figured he would cover "Just Like That" if it ever got released. Actually, I bought three of Carl Magnus Palm's book, including the one referenced in this video - yes because I love ABBA - but like 70% just so I could find out any more lore pertaining to "Just Like That" that's still missing from the internet. I love the "NA NA" vocals and dreamy guitar in Version 2, and I love the thick bass, drumming, and reverb in Version 3. I immensely disagree with Bjorn/Benny for rejecting it, and I think that the verses and chorus fit quite well together. The most awkward part about the song is how the sax awkwardly lingers in Version 3 in some places, which could've easily been fixed. Despite the poor audio quality on all the bootlegs and rips, you can just tell (and hear based on the lone officially released chorus) it's a full and saturated recording. The lyrics are fine, but I am completely mesmerized by the dreamy ethereal sonic qualities it boasts that can only be found in ABBA's discography. The song was eventually released with the band Gemini, but significantly pales, and not just because Agnetha and Frida are missing, but because of the less elaborate instrumentation and production.
Enjoying these chats . Particularly this because it’s one of my favorite subjects ( unreleased material) and as I’ve said previously feel like I’m getting to know you better Bobby ! .❤
I respect the opinion from B & B, but I think that the saxo's version is so beautiful... Thank you for your analysis of the topic, Bobby. Big hug from San Luis Argentina
Actually, I am one of those who just can't understand what Benny dislikes about it, and why they don't go and try find a final version which he likes too. Of course it is a matter of taste as always, but I personally don't understand why he considered "You Owe Me One" good enough to be released at least as a b-side, but "Just Like That" wasn't even good enough for that in his opinion. I think "Just Like That" is the far better song. On one hand, I like him following his inner guidelines, not to release something he is unhappy about. On the other hand it drives me nuts. And it would also drive me nuts if I was one of the other three. Why can't they convince him? Should we start a worldwide petition maybe?
But as Görel's press release of the summer of 1982 said: I Am The City and Just Like That were held over for a 1983 LP. You Owe Me One was only mixed because they needed a B-side for the Under Attack single. Naturally by 1983, ABBA were no more.
Thank you very much for your new format Sit and Chat! I really like it. It allows for more interaction😊. What I would like to see with Just like that: a new version of the album Voyage 2.0 (or called Reloaded or Plus). A second CD could include the song Just like that and the two unreleased, unfinished songs. The sung version of Lottis Schlottis would also be possible. And a song by Abba was recorded in 1982 called something like Every good man. The melody was then used for the musical Chess. Do you know anything about the song Every good man? I also think that three or four songs by BAO are basically ABBA songs: Story of the heart, Bara, bara du, En dag i sänder, Mitt hjärta klappar för dig, They could also be put on a second side of the album as such. That way you could release new songs, but you wouldn't have the pressure of another album and all the work behind it. But you could still give the fans something at the end. What do you think about that?
I never understood why it mattered so much that they thought the verses and chorus didn't quite fit. It makes it different and stand out from other 99.9% of other songs
Thank you so much BB for addressing the questions re 'Just Like That' & 'Funky Feet'. I personally think JLT & IATC would've been bigger chart successes than releasing 'The Day Before You Came' & then 'Under Attack' with its more ABBA uplifting commercial sound. They were tired, the boys wanted to move onto writing a musical. I know JLT demos were previously being taken off RUclips but note the demos are available again, maybe Benny & Bjorn are softening their opinion of allowing the fans access to the track Could I ask you BB, if you could interview one of the members of ABBA, who would you choose? Love your chat format videos BB, thank you again for your dedication & hard work.
I am a big fan of “Gracias Por La Música” (1980) álbum, yet I hardly ever see it discussed anywhere. It would be interesting to find out more from those involved in the project, especially the procedure to get Frida and Agnetha‘s nearly perfect Spanish pronunciation. For example. Did someone use a microphone and audio phones to dictate pronunciation? Did they do it phonetically? Memorize each song? Swedish and Spanish are similar when pronouncing the vowels. Carl Magnus Palm didn’t get too deep into the info about this particular album. The other subject is what is your opinion of the similarities between Giorgio Moroder’s “Underdog” (1972) and “Ring Ring” (1973). Worth discussing.
Hi Bobby's Brother. The new Carl Magnus Palm book is wonderful as is the Complete Recording sessions. The new book has the Tretow tapes chapter. Worth reading for the other unreleased songs discovered on those tapes plus the alternative versions. So much left in the archive it would appear even if rough recordings from both books plus the original recording sessions book from 1994.
Imo JLT should have been reworked and driven to the Voyage album.There was place for both JLT and JAN.After all the concept of Voyage was " now and then combined" connecting past and present.I find JLT almost complete.Agnetha's 1982 vocals in it are piercingly fabulous,i wouldn't remove what was captivated in the recorded vesion at that point of time.The general sense from fans is that the majority adore this song.Yet B's +B's estimations are negative.But then i recall reading that Benny once wasn't even keen on releasing 'One Of Us" as a single in '81.SILOC was banned from the original Visitors" Lp,'Summer Night City" was also smth they also didn't think much of back in '78 and Bjorn(must have been) wasn't also keen on 'Angeleyes".Also 'Underattack" was a song they also didn't think much of but i numbly remember -i think Benny mentioned it was good , in a '21 interview.Sometimes they reconsider yet JLT seems to stand no chance.
Just like that: First time i heard about it. So I had to look it up and listen. Here is a first impression from a humble fan. It has some really great potentials, especially in melody "plot"... allmost like I let the music speak, which is my absolute favourite ABBA song... that why i just had to make this comment :)
I listen to several versions on RUclips and the song is good and worth salvaging along with other outtakes. If I wants to continue giving product to the fans, give us stuff like that instead of the same songs just different repackaging.
My most favorite version of "Just Like That" is the "Na, na, na" version. I sometimes play those beginning vocalizations over and over again. That being said, I actually do like Gemini's version a lot, and I can live without an official ABBA release.
'Na,na,na" is also my favest version.I also like Gemini's version.But this version keeps only Abba's original chorus.All the rest is newly written both verses.My option for a 'complete' version would have been the original one" na,na' version,sax in the outro/ (original vocals from '82) and the part from Gemini's verse where it goes ... "but i led him on / in a way i was the one to deceive,always accepting the fact he would leave" reworked/recorded /added by ABBA this time.
ps. my option for the ultimate version of VOYAGE's album's tracklist (apart from a better kinda Tretow-ish mix -on which every single sound concieved/recorded sparklied echoing crispy and flashing from every corner)would have been 1/ with the addition of Gammal Fadopsalm as an opener,2/JLT in between 'Bumblebee" and 'No doubt About it" 3/A longer duration of 2 songs (WYDWM/NDAI).'Hit by a train"/"My story ends with you" i have no comment cause i don't know how they sound and will never know i guess.
I really enjoy the new format! I am actually very interested in ABBA Coverversions and a few of them I really like (obviously they can not be better than the originals). What I can highly recommend is the "ABBA in Hindi" 7'' EP from 1979 featuring four ABBA songs played in Indian style (Honey Honey, Hasta Manana, Ring Ring and Move On), and these versions are so adorable and really special. I have the original EP in my collection.
In fact, JLT was officially released twice at least: By Gemini and by German singer Angelika Milster ("Einfach so"). Benny once stated in an interview, that by ABBA's release of JLT would mean it to be a cover-version of an already exisiting song. Something they never did. So also this should be considered when we discuss an official ABBA-version.
I was aware of that, but I don’t consider this statement of Benny to have any legit reasoning, as it is factually wrong in two ways. First, it wouldn’t be a cover version, it is the *original* version, and will always be that. Secondly, ABBA did this several times - taking a song back: in 1975 with “Bang-A-Boomerang”, first released by Svenne & Lotta actually as a “cover”, and even by Danish artist Ulla Pia in a version based on ABBA’s earliest arrangement, and in present times with “Just A Notion”, which was recorded in its full length version by tribute band Arrival in 1999.
Although, admittedly, in the context of our question if “Just Like That” was a “complete recording”, this is certainly something that has to be considered as well, as it is Benny’s approach after all to the song, the version and its status of completion.
You mentioned Michael B. Tretow in this video, how is he doing in retirement? I know that he suffered a stroke and retired, but his opinions are still important to the ABBA world, and he certainly is responsible for the ABBA sound.
The city of Melbourne in Australia seems very keen to be the next host of the 'Voyage' shows. Flemington Racecourse was previously mentioned. And in the recent mayoral contest , having an ABBA Arena at the Docklands area was suggested. That doesn't mean the USA or Asia will have to wait much longer. Now that the London shows are close to paying off the original investment, I think we'll see things move faster in bringing 'Voyage' to other continents.
Flemington Racecourse? Will never happen. Docklands may be possible, but they have to primarily consider tourist numbers. I would imagine they'd have to be resident for at least 2 years to make it worthwhile.
@@grantc61 Yes, the tourism angle is vital. Melbourne gets about 3 million international visitors annually and that amount is multiplied fourfold when domestic visitors are added. I think the Voyage producers have said that a quarter of those who go to the London shows are from overseas.
B&B used a lot of chords and tricks from Funky Feet in Dancing Queen. That's why this song is actually a rehearsal for the big and grand Dancing Queen. It needed maturing...
No. Dancing Queen was recorded September 1975, Funky Feet July 1976. They abandoned Funky Feet because they thought it sounded too familiar to Dancing Queen.
On a somewhat controversial note, I have often felt that Bjorn's lyrics to JLT seemed to be very sophisticated for Abba. Especially in the 1st verse: Until that day, my life had been a river following a safe, PRE-DESTINATED course. Suddenly, DETOURING UNEXPECTEDLY, with UNCOMPROMISING force. My STRONGHOLD broke down all too easily. Can anyone name another Abba song with such educated lyrics?
@@marklockyer7652 Yeah!No Doubt About This.Different theme to JLT and so greatly composed.A cold war theme yet some lyrics in it are still like a poet.
@marklockyer7652 I agree Mark. Over the years, Bjorn's lyrics became more meaningful & told very powerful stories. The Visitors still used what I would describe as normal, everyday English words, exception being 'ominously' whereas JLT was different.
I have seen several remix or extended versions of ABBA hits on RUclips 1 remixer is DJ Tony and the other is well known remixer Matt pop they are excellent versions since Abba has never released an extended mix of any of their songs it would be great to have you review these or play some on your next sit and chat session
JUST LIKE THAT. 4 MAY 1982 / EARLY ROUGH MIX : First stage of production, consisting of the recording of the working basic backing-track with vocals, without overdubs. This mix is often mistakenly called the "slow version". 17-19 MAY 1982 / EARLY ROUGH MIX + GUIDE-VOCAL OVERDUB : This step consists of recording an additional vocal-track on the basic EARLY ROUGHT MIX recording. This is a guide-vocal overdub by Agnetha who guides saxophonist Raphael Ravenscroft (to indicate the parts where he should play). This mix is often mistakenly called the "na-na-na version". 24-28 MAY 1982 / MASTER : This final step consists of recording overdubs including Raphael Ravenscroft's saxophone. The mix is made on 28 may 1982. This mix is the Master. This mix is often mistakenly called the "saxophone version".
One of our friends here in the comment sections who is also into songwriting and stuff observed by his experience that there's no participation of Frida in any of the known recordings of JLT.Do you happen to know smth more about this?I personally can't really clear out this for sure but i have the sense that i hear the distinctive Abba harmonies in the chorus (at least the sax version) from both ladies in soft unison.
Benny is wrong about JLT. I think the last days of 1982 ABBA colours his judgement. Even releasing when the waves roll out to sea as an instrumental on Voyage would have been gorgeous! Back in 1990, I had 3 versions of Just Like That on cassette. When I went to Uni in 1993, I converted so many non-ABBA fans by playing that one song. Just Like That made people who said they hated ABBA actually appreciate them (funnily enough, it was the non-sa, non na-na-na version that was the most popular). I don't get how Benny cannot see this? After all, they released You Owe Me One, which is a much inferior song. It would definitely have been be their biggest hits.
I have been saying that for a long time too. I think those May 1982 sessions may have been some of the most tense between them and where they finally realised: This is it - it's not fun any more. And I think that clouds Benny's opinion indeed.
Since you are a fan of Carl Magnus Palm are you excited about the revised and updated version of Bright Lights /Dark Shadows the is being released in March of 2025? Thank you for all your hard work in keeping us informed and entertained. 😀
I remember when MAMMA MIA opened in London, the pillars outside the theatre listed all the songs, including Just Like That. Bjorn was interviewed on BBC & a caller asked about the song saying she was an Abba fan but had never heard of it. Bjorn quickly sort of glossed over the question, mentioning that the show was too long so a couple of songs had been removed from the show.
@@DHC16048 Oh so it was never played in the musical!So it was removed last minute according to Bjorn due to overloaded running time. ah!what a shame ,we lost a chance of getting to know how it had been shaped as an "approved" version according to B+B standrds unless it was the Gemini's version.Thanx for replying and sharing..
Dunno if this will help... or get you more confused,lol. 'The original ABBA version of "Just Like That" was originally intended to be featured in the ABBA musical, Mamma Mia!, sung as a love duet between Sophie and Sky, but was discarded during rehearsals, as the song apparently did not advance the story.Finally, the discarded verse melody found its home in "Glöm Mig Om Du Kan", a version not far removed from "When the Waves Roll Out to Sea", now with vocals by Per Myrberg, released on the Swedish version of the Chess musical in 2002, Chess på Svenska. Wikipedia
@alexioverdo5225 thank you for this information. It helps to clarify why it was removed from MAMMA Mia. I knew it had been attempted during the original Chess concept album recordings by Elaine Paige as When The Waves Roll Down to Sea & Tommy Korberg as With the Stars up in the Sky as well.
Off course those teddy bears went out of stock since you bought "quite a few of them " ;-) Maybe every teddy bear in the store. Anyway, great video again. As for Funky Feet I think ABBA gave it to S&L because it was too similar to Dancing Queen.
There is no ABBA song that divides opinion as much as Just Like That! Every time it crops up on any of the ABBA forums it starts off a very, shall we say, "robust" discussion! The fact that Agnetha, Frida and MB Tretow rate it so highly, obviously means something so I must be missing something because I always think it sounds very ordinary against so much of their catalogue. I don't think I've ever commented on it before as I don't want to upset the JLT fans but, you know what? it doesn't matter - if someone doesn't like something that you do like, it doesn't change anything - their dislike doesn't take away your appreciation or enjoyment. By the way Bobby's Brother, CMP's 'ABBA On Record' is a must read! (I'm sure you know that already). I urge you to get a copy. The back story to their career, how the record companies around the world worked with ABBA, the important contribution from people who until now have just been names on record sleeves (like Rune Soderqvist for example) - all these stories are just too good to miss.
A short 20 second sample or so of In The Arms Of Rosalita was actually briefly out there on RUclips about 7 months ago. Along with all kinds of other ABBA rarities in good quality that were grouped together by album. Among them was an "unmixed" version of Dancing Queen where the girls really take it to the next level with additional vocal layers & licks. And The Super Trouper outtakes actually include an "unmixed" version of The Winner Takes It All where Björn takes the lead from Agnetha at 4:23 of the nearly 5 minute recording! Did anyone else happen to catch the discovery of these gems before that RUclips channel was removed? Unfortunately there was no recording of Funky Feet included.
@@TF-97 Oh yeah i had heard Bjorn's demo lead in the outro of The Winner!Great and very emotional.Also the backing vocal choral part featured there is beautiful.Same wonderful way as in 'Our Last Summer" ' featured in some 'deconstructive" video, especially in the interlude hidden beneath the guitar solo of the released version.
If ABBA ever decide to open another arena in another country, maybe we'll get to hear those two tracks from the voyage sessions. (If they release them as singles while promoting the show) 🤔🙂
What I am curious about is, if "I know him so well" (Chess) has been performed by Agnetha and Frida in the studio (it's got their name on it)? And if so, are these recordings public?
Aw!Imagine such a thing?!They would have nailed it!Gee!But i think Agnetha only did some Chess demos to be around 1982.Abba had ceased recording together since August '82 right after 'The Day before You came" as far as i'm concerene.IKHSW was released in '84 so logically no way they did some demo on this unless somebody else knows smth more.Sadly i think B'sb would have a 'no' answer too. ps.btw "it's got their name on it"?may you explain some more plz?
Actually they did sing some sample of it during a sketchy humouristic self introductory live number in '77 but that was the melody based in the chorus. ('I Am an A")..
So, when the "Forever More ABBA Gold" will be released, then we'll get the full version 😊 I did ask Benny to release it once (why didn't that help?😉😅😭 I'm a fan fan of 35-years, and have collected ABBA (+B&B) on Vinyl ever since - I love the Sax JLT. I remember first finding JLT on a bootleg - Rarities & Demos I think. Before this I'd only heard the melody on a midi file in the 90:s. (Does anyone else remember that?). I was surprised there were no sax - it was not until then I understood there were three versions. Another bootleg sent from another fan ❤️ fixed that (can't remember which title though). Thankfully the full song can be found, but as we know the source is a badly dubbed tape several generations away. (But, there is a fan out there that have uploaded a great remaster 💯) I'd never cared much for the Gemini versions - but loved the verses from JLT when they became a part of Chess in Swedish. I remember sitting next to Björn and Benny at the premiere and was the first he spoke to, and really lit up when I assured him of how good the lyrics were and so on. It must have been a very nervous evening for them both. And, later on during a signing event for the CD I spoke to Per Myrberg (RIP) as his performance and especially the JLT version were the absolute highlight of the musical. And, I did mention a wish for the full JLT to Benny. It's apparent he really has thought about JLT many times - so his decision seems final. (For now🙏). (And when a friend asked Björn to release the full Burning my bridges, he laughed, saying "Ah. That old thing".). Thanks for a great channel, and to everyone here👍
In terms of ever getting a tenth studio album, who do you think would be game to write and record it, and which member(s) are against it? Also, yes, the ABBA Bears have definitely become famous! 🐻🐻🐻🐻
Loving the videos. Please keep up the good work. I have been a life long fan and Abba-nut since 1976- and love the detail you are putting into these docu-videos. I am still learning new stuff about Abba. One thing I find strange is - Benny always said he was never happy with the original version of "Just Like That". I love it- and similarly love the differing Gemini version- which has different tempo and lyrics. I find it strange that Benny doesn't like it - while he thinks the Voyage's "Just a Notion" is good. This is literally the weakest song on Voyage. It is not up to the standard of earlier Abba recordings or even the Voyage sessions. (Don't shut me down for saying this..lol) - Even the vocals sound as if they are not up the the same Abba standards- it feels like a first attempt to record the song to be honest. I reckon Benny is just being overly self-critical. Agnetha and Frida liked "Just Like That"- and I agree with the girls. Regards Andrew
Hi BB, really enjoyed this video, some fascinating insights into the unreleased Abba songs. I do have a question about Frida and her collaboration with Jon Lord. There’s a great video of her singing the sun will shine again live on RUclips. Do you know how they got together and whether there are any unreleased songs from this period?
I see comments, where people are pretty confident that just like that wouldve been some big hit, but ABBA’s chart performance was nothing to do with the quality of their songs at that point. I don’t know how old some fans are personally, but I just find a lot of younger fans always say things like this but they weren’t there at the time. Is easy to look back on a time period that you weren’t there and have rose tinted glasses, but They don’t realise how incredibly uncool it was like to ABBA in 1982. Specially in England. People would even get a beating. I remember being on the bus and a teenage lad around 13 had a ABBA scarf on and some kids stole it and after throwing it round the bus they throw it out of the window and give the kid some stick. The directors of the day before you came video even kept their involvement secret, as it was not considered good on the CV. The youth dominated the chart sales and most of us back then, wouldn’t be seen dead buying an abba single. Hence why their songs charted poorly in this period, because only mums and dads were buying them. I remember being a fan from the start after Waterloo and then hating them by 1981. Of course, as I’ve grown I realise how silly we all were but it was just part of growing up. I like abba again now of course.
I was wondering if you caught the Saturday Night Live sketch from last December? It was titled "ABBA Christmas". I thought it was very funny and paid tribute to the four members very well. I tried finding any feedback from ABBA themselves but I'm guessing they either didn't see it or didn't like it. What are your thoughts about the sketch?
I am not a big fan of cover versions either but do like that ABBA allowed Just Like That and Funky Feet to be recorded Both are great songs and I would love to hear ABBA singing them Just Like That is surely not far from being up to standard and I am sure with todays tech could be made into a very good recording. I wonder what Benny does not like about it, he never really says what bugs him. Funky Feet as you say seems to of never been recorded so very unlikely we will hear anything of ABBA singing it. ABBA merch. I don't have much but I really wanted the ABBA letters and got those in London at a special exhibition we went to. Really pleased I got them as they sold out fast. I would love a Volvo tour truck I had not seen that one so something to search for.
In regards to the Voyage outtakes being "unfinished" i wonder if he means unfinished by Benny's standards because he still says Summer Night City is unfinished
Regarding past Abba outakes,i remember reading in a Human League forum that the UK band once considered doing a cover of Abba's 'I am the city" but finally never happened.Don't know why but i do like the fact tht one of their team admitted that the main keyboard line in 'Don't You want me" was kinda Abba related ('Eagle" 1977). My questions... Is there any chance you ever interview an Abba member?Do you know if (apart from Agnetha), Benny/Bjorn/Frida are aware of your channel's material and your connection and contribution to us all?Can't the ABBA fan club (which i think offered you a chance to be present in the VOYAGE premier) fix an interview?
All very interesting! I'm not sure if Just Like That is my favourite, but it definitely is associated with a period in time that we were all still yearning for more ABBA songs so I loved hearing it, even though it was first of all Gemini's version. That version sounds quite dead, too slow, and as someone else has said, they took out all the good things of their own recording sessions, it's a shame. But it doesn't make sense that Benny says that they were not happy with the final version, however they still released it for Gemini. So good enough for Gemini but not good enough for ABBA? All very strange. I agree with him that the verses don't match the chorus very well, there's something there that doesn't make a smooth progressive lead up to the chorus or a nanana part. But the saxophone has to be included. Thanks BB!
Very correct that the press release in mid 82 stated 2 tracks I Am The City & JLT. They were mentioned in the fan club run by "Sue" in UK. The JLT on the 1994 4xCD actually had been remixed to "sound more of the 90s". I read that in the press release for the CD single released alongside of the 4x CD. Maybe they didn't release it because of the grammar. "Predestinated" is clumsy English, the correct use of the word would be "predestined". Hit By A Train most likely will never be released considering Ted Gardestad met his end by throwing himself on to train tracks. The re release of Live At Wembley probably went through because of parts of the 2014 release were distorted.
I personally remember (around mid 1982) reading in a German music mag(Pop-Corn i think) 3 titles mentioned for an Abba upcoming album.JLT, IATC and "Cassandra".Neither TDBYC nor UA were mentioned.And when both those were released as singles i got surprised and kept wondering ever after,thinking what happened to the rest ones?
Songwriters don't always get it right. Wasn't it Queen that were going to bin 'Another one bites the dust' until Michael Jackson persuaded Freddie Mercury to release it as a single ? The result was one of their biggest US hits. JLT would have been a hit. It's so catchy a chorus. I think sometimes songwriters should listen a bit more to their audience and their recording staff. I get what Benny says about the verse - there are a couple of phrases that don't seem to quite 'flow' as well in the early part of the verse, but the second half connects well with the chorus. Most people only remember the hook of a song anyway, so will not care. BUT it's Benny's song so if he doesn't' want it released, it won't be.
Yes, that’s Björn and Benny’s finalised version of the song from 1985. Many others followed to cover it, actually taking back ABBA’s original arrangement. The band Groenalund even received permission from Björn and Benny to do so.
@@bobbysbrother137 Some Abba tribute band also did a cover of the '82 demo but sounded weak if not cheap compared to the original.Same thing happened with 'JAN that 'Arrival" Abba tribute act recorded.Btw Funny thing is that when ABBA's JAN was released as a single in '21,BBC Radio DJ played Arrival's version instead of Abba's possibly without knowing.What an embarassing lack of knowledge and sense.
The Gemini version had a completely different verse. The verse from Abba's version (with the same lyrics) was recorded by Elaine Paige as a demo for Chess. It is on RUclips. I think it's called when the waves roll out to sea.
Here is a question for you Monsieur Monsieur. Was this song actually recorded in full and do you think it will possibly see the light of day on an Arrival 50th anniversary edition.
Here's a question for you, BB. I know you said you don't care for covers of ABBA songs, but what is your opinion of the Cher "Dancing Queen" covers album? Cher is all over the US media this week with the release of the first volume of her memoirs, so the question seems timely.
Hallo there my friend.If you also may allow me as an older fan since late '70s, to add my opinion.I think Cher's covers are the only decent ones i approve from all i've heard.Especially on 'Fernando" on which her peculiar voice gave it also an exotic Latin flavour.Rest Abba covers by other acts all those years ago, no i don't mind them neither Abba tribute bands except maybe for the first one - Bjorn Again which started in the very late'80s.
I have a theory about the withdrawal of the ABBA teddy bear. Think maybe it was a little jealousy from Benny, Frida and Agnetha (am I right in thinking the Swedish word for bear is björn) 😂
I fear that Björn and Benny may have recycled the two lost Voyager songs for the new BAO album. "Som en sprucken mandolin" certainly sounds like an ABBA song and the same goes for "Lagt kort ligger". Those two songs may be the lost Voyager songs, but this is just pure speculation from me.
very interesting video. Only late at night i find the time watch it... hectic times... I allow myself to share my thoughts on some topics. Just Like That would have been a hit for sure, but I can see Benny's point when i listen to the unfortunately not in very good quality available demo from Elaine Paige for Chess of "When The Waves Roll Out To Sea". This song contains the original verses of Just Like That with a new chorus. Absolutely gorgeous song and for my taste the Just Like That verses match this chorus much better. I would love to see this version properly released and sung by a female lead. Eventually it only ended up as an awkward "old man grumpy version" on the Swedish language Chess release. Hardly recognizable in my opinion and the song lost a lot of it's charme. Very sad. The Gemini version of Just Like That for me is more coherent musically, but it lacks of passion and though Karen is a superb vocalist the song is somewhat cold and very 80's steril and distant. I do enjoy all the different version of Just Like That we do have access to, it's OK and enough for me. And I'm not sure if Agnetha would still approve those lyrics after the relationship she had with that fan who ended up stalking her. Concerning the two Voyage outtakes or leftovers. I guess "the singles the first fifty years" would have the logical release to put those two songs on, like the first album in 1982 contained two new songs... when I saw this chance passed i assumed it's never gonna happen. I don't have much merachandise either. Not my thing, besides... i have a lot of those little magnets with album and singles coversleeves. I like them on my pinboard in chronological order. Unfortunately most of them are not available anymore and not all singles were printed . I still own my original collection of ABBA posters, articles etc from the seventies. Never put them in the bin, even when i was a bit sidetracked from ABBA in 80's and early 90's. And the German covers..... uuuuuuuaaaah. Don't like them. Sorry. Even english ones very seldomly are intersting to me. But I do love some mixes available on youtube, like Matt's Mixes. i love to hear them on long car rides... Good night or good morning from BN/B
Benny's take on 'Just Like That' is quiet irritating. Most fans know the melody from 'Just Like That' has passed through many works since ABBA recorded it. Personally, Its finnished. Benny has stated more than once JLT's verses and chorus dont fit together but, there are ABBA releases out there that he feels the same about ('Should I Laugh Or Cry' for one). I would agree Gemini's verse lyrics are stronger than ABBA's and the added bridge gives the track another strength but, for me, the Gemini vocals don't match the ABBA vocals. It has a nice summery flavour with the late Raphael Ravenscroft saxophone playing. It would be a nice nod in memorium to him. 'Funky Feet' was apparently abandoned because it sounded too much like Dancing Queen. The only thing I see in comon with the two tracks is the lyrics both being about dancing. It actually reminds me much more of a cross between of Mungo Jerrys 'In The Summertime' and The Mixtures 'Pushbike Song' for some reason. As for the unreleased Voyage tracks, maybe if we get an Anthology release, instead of the countless re~releases of what we already have, something else might surface. Having listened to the latest BAO album, there are songs there which would have been perfect for Agnetha and Frida. At the time Voyage was released the ladies both seemed definate in not wanting to be part of any publicity but neither ruled out singing for ABBA again. Sadly, as time moves on, it seems less and less likely this will ever happen.
Agnetha: "i think it is a very good song and recording and I hope it's going to be released one day." So do I. As much as I respect B&B, in this case they are totally wrong. Just Like That is so much better than Just A Notion.
I’m totally in agreement with Benny - glad they never included Just Like That on any album. The song feels disjointed and not of the supreme standard of songs chosen for their albums.
I agree with Benny and Björn: the verse and chorus don't go together. But the chorus is great and, in any case, it's a damn sight better than Under Attack!
The Gemini version of just like that was far more complete and better produced than the ABBA version even though Benny and Bjorn produced the Gemini version.
I will die on that hill: In this case, Benny has no idea what he's talking about. Maybe the last ABBA moments in 1982 have colored his opinion of the song. But I think “Just Like That” could have been ABBA's last big hit. The saxophone version in particular perfectly captures the typical 80s vibe, paired with the familiar ABBA sound.
I agree. Although I don’t agree that it fully had the typical ABBA sound. It feels like an ABBA song, but something is off. I suspect it’s the vocals, because only Agnetha is singing, both the melody and the harmonies. It also feels very melancholy to the point that I almost get uncomfortable listening to it. But that could be because I know it was one of ABBA’s last recordings.
@@Bruce-yv9tm I understand what you mean, because I also always had the feeling that the sound of the last ABBA recordings at that time felt somehow different. Be it “I Am The City”, “You Owe Me One” etc. The songs somehow felt colder. Even if some of them were good songs, the cheerfulness in them no longer seemed honestly cheerful.
I agree to an extent. After the mediocre Under Attack and You Owe Me One my first hearing of the sax version of Just Like That was wow! This was so new for them and sounded magnificent. It could have been a stunning hit if it was finished
I remember when they were in London talking about Voyage. He kept mentioning The King Has Lost His Crown
@johnschlegel7309the song has full verses. They were just edited out for the ABBA undeleted melody. Just because the only versions out there are bad quality, doesn’t mean the verses weren’t finished. The song just had various overdubs and mixes (such as Na na na and the sax)
Benny/ Bjorn here (we ABBA fans) have one of the best interviewers who loves you and you could ever had in your career.Bobby's Brother.Plz Give him a chance,he's one of us.We have a lot of serious things to ask and we can all connect with pleasure.
I know Benny is adamant that JLT isn’t good enough, but I think many fans (maybe a majority) disagree. I do hope that some day, his objections to releasing the full sax version will melt away and ABBA will gift us this one elusive track.
Judging by what B&B did to Just Like That for Gemini, they really didn't know how good the song was. The Gemini version had all the good things drained from it.
@@catmando7262 agree completely about the Gemini version.
I've always said that JLT should have been on Voyage instead of Just a Notion since it was released. If they wanted to pull something from the archives for that album, JLT is infinitely better than Just A notion for me
100% agree and thought just the same… never liked Just A Notion, whereas Just Like That has something magical about it… here’s hoping it might join the set list in whichever Country Voyage moves to next…
Amazing video as always Bobby's Brother!!!
I have loved Just Like That ever since I first heard it on the Thank You For The Music box set in 1994 but I respect Bjorn & Benny's decision to not release it in full. Still at least the song has been leaked on bootlegs and I think the best quality versions out there of the 3 versions of Just Like That are:
Slow version - Opus 10 bootleg CD
Na na na version - If It Wasn't For The Music bootleg CD
Sax version - Take A Chance On Us bootleg LP (this version is sped up on the LP but I have slowed it down for it to have the correct running time of 4:48 and have used noise reduction with Audacity software to clean it up as much as I can)
Also speaking of Carl Magnus Palm's book Abba on Record Carl reveals in the Tretow Tapes section that parts of Just Like That originated in an unreleased Abba song from September 1981 called I Believe In You where a section of the verses in it were later used in "Just Like That" (and I must admit/he has something that I miss) as well as part of the bridge also being used in the chorus (but I led him on/knowing that someday soon he'd be gone)
Also in the Voyage section Carl reveals that during 2019 an early version of Ode To Freedom was recorded along with possibly two or three more unfinished songs (one of which was Hit By A Train).
I have to say that of all the unreleased ABBA tracks, the ones from the "Voyage" album sessions are the ones that I would most love to hear. Keeping my fingers crossed for an eventual anniversary special edition that would include these two songs.
My first touch with JLT was in early/mid '90s after my ordering a bootleg CD via mail .It included the so called 'first most relaxed version".That was the first time i heard the original recording,...Listening to this I felt a grey cloud of nostalgia and personal 'pain' from Abba's 'loss' from my life that had taken place already almost a decade before. On one hand my inner world was mourning listening to this beautiful piece of music.On the other hand I couldn't believe, i had in my hands a piece of history hidden in a time capsule that my fave Swedish friends had left hidden somewhere not to be found soon.It also felt like me looking back,staring all alone at a once glorious palace , that then got silently abandoned without warning and got burried deep in obscurity.Finally VOYAGE was deffinately the catharctic missing part for the happy ending i needed.
Thank you BB!! I love your new "Sit & Chat" format!! I'm amazed at how critical Benny & Bjorn can be about their own music. I think "Summer Night City" is another song they never seemed quite satisfied with, yet I consider that to be classically majestic!! "Just Like That" is also so original, yet brilliantly pure ABBA!! But perhaps Michelangelo wasn't all that crazy about his Sistine Chapel painting!!😂
And Gimme Gimme Gimme. Bjorn said they got lost in the technology, or something similar. It's amazing
I like "Just like that", more than I ever have "Just a Notion"
Love you BB. Now seen Voyage 15 times. Sending love from Melbourne Australia.
I love your channel. I dont know any other dedicated to ABBA with the amount of information and detail as yours. Hopefully you get once the chance to interview Bjorn.
Benny was asked about Just Like That again, this year at the Q&A at ABBA Voyage by the moderator who thinks Just Like That is one of ABBA's best songs. Benny then sheepishly said it 'wasn't so bad'.
Sounds and seems to me that Ludvig might have been working steadily in the background on shaping Benny's opinion...!
I can follow Benny's thinking (5%) about "just like that", but that other 95% is as close to a hit as can be! As a songwriter and producer myself, I can assure you, that with the RIGHT production, "Just like that" could be an even bigger hit than "Don't shut me down" in this day and age. Maybe not with the saxophone or Na na na themes, those can sound a bit cheesy today, but done the RIGHT way, it can absolutely be done! :) If you set your mind and heart to it, it shouldn't be rocket science.
And what a banger they could finish off with! (if we don't get other new music from them)
Would love to see this at least been given a chance in a possible trilogy of the MM film series.Btw 'na,na" / 'sax version" i find not cheesy at all.Sax Kinda '80s retro maybe but Agnetha's na na na" echo is really piercing right through me.
We also know that one of the two songs is called “Hit By A Train”, Lasse Wellendar and Little Boots (a member of the ABBA Voyage backing band) described the song “Hit By A Train” is a upbeat and dark song.
Isn’t the other one rumoured to be Where The Story Ends? Or something like that. Fan rumours are they were maybe remade into new songs for the new BAO album.
Just Like That is my favorite ABBA song too. After listening to some of the most beautiful songs ever like Dancing Queen and Chiquitita for as long as I can remember, encountering "Just Like That" for the first time (buried in a medley on a compilation on Spotify) was like being suddenly thrust into space. It was like stumbling into another reality, hearing a song that could have easily been just as successful in Dancing Queen's place. Thank God for the Thank You For The Music 1994 compilation.
The main reason I subscribed to this YT channel last year was because I figured he would cover "Just Like That" if it ever got released. Actually, I bought three of Carl Magnus Palm's book, including the one referenced in this video - yes because I love ABBA - but like 70% just so I could find out any more lore pertaining to "Just Like That" that's still missing from the internet.
I love the "NA NA" vocals and dreamy guitar in Version 2, and I love the thick bass, drumming, and reverb in Version 3. I immensely disagree with Bjorn/Benny for rejecting it, and I think that the verses and chorus fit quite well together. The most awkward part about the song is how the sax awkwardly lingers in Version 3 in some places, which could've easily been fixed. Despite the poor audio quality on all the bootlegs and rips, you can just tell (and hear based on the lone officially released chorus) it's a full and saturated recording. The lyrics are fine, but I am completely mesmerized by the dreamy ethereal sonic qualities it boasts that can only be found in ABBA's discography.
The song was eventually released with the band Gemini, but significantly pales, and not just because Agnetha and Frida are missing, but because of the less elaborate instrumentation and production.
Enjoying these chats . Particularly this because it’s one of my favorite subjects ( unreleased material) and as I’ve said previously feel like I’m getting to know you better Bobby ! .❤
I respect the opinion from B & B, but I think that the saxo's version is so beautiful...
Thank you for your analysis of the topic, Bobby. Big hug from San Luis Argentina
Actually, I am one of those who just can't understand what Benny dislikes about it, and why they don't go and try find a final version which he likes too. Of course it is a matter of taste as always, but I personally don't understand why he considered "You Owe Me One" good enough to be released at least as a b-side, but "Just Like That" wasn't even good enough for that in his opinion. I think "Just Like That" is the far better song. On one hand, I like him following his inner guidelines, not to release something he is unhappy about. On the other hand it drives me nuts. And it would also drive me nuts if I was one of the other three. Why can't they convince him? Should we start a worldwide petition maybe?
But as Görel's press release of the summer of 1982 said: I Am The City and Just Like That were held over for a 1983 LP. You Owe Me One was only mixed because they needed a B-side for the Under Attack single. Naturally by 1983, ABBA were no more.
Thank you, B.B. for what you are doing!
Thank you very much for your new format Sit and Chat! I really like it. It allows for more interaction😊.
What I would like to see with Just like that: a new version of the album Voyage 2.0 (or called Reloaded or Plus). A second CD could include the song Just like that and the two unreleased, unfinished songs. The sung version of Lottis Schlottis would also be possible. And a song by Abba was recorded in 1982 called something like Every good man. The melody was then used for the musical Chess. Do you know anything about the song Every good man? I also think that three or four songs by BAO are basically ABBA songs: Story of the heart, Bara, bara du, En dag i sänder, Mitt hjärta klappar för dig, They could also be put on a second side of the album as such.
That way you could release new songs, but you wouldn't have the pressure of another album and all the work behind it. But you could still give the fans something at the end. What do you think about that?
I never understood why it mattered so much that they thought the verses and chorus didn't quite fit. It makes it different and stand out from other 99.9% of other songs
Thank you so much BB for addressing the questions re 'Just Like That' & 'Funky Feet'. I personally think JLT & IATC would've been bigger chart successes than releasing 'The Day Before You Came' & then 'Under Attack' with its more ABBA uplifting commercial sound. They were tired, the boys wanted to move onto writing a musical. I know JLT demos were previously being taken off RUclips but note the demos are available again, maybe Benny & Bjorn are softening their opinion of allowing the fans access to the track Could I ask you BB, if you could interview one of the members of ABBA, who would you choose? Love your chat format videos BB, thank you again for your dedication & hard work.
A-Haaa!GOOD question Clay!Will he answer lol?!
B'sb had once answered that he had met both Benny and Bjorn in the past.Benny more often i think.But no, never for some interview.
I am a big fan of “Gracias Por La Música” (1980) álbum, yet I hardly ever see it discussed anywhere. It would be interesting to find out more from those involved in the project, especially the procedure to get Frida and Agnetha‘s nearly perfect Spanish pronunciation. For example. Did someone use a microphone and audio phones to dictate pronunciation? Did they do it phonetically? Memorize each song? Swedish and Spanish are similar when pronouncing the vowels. Carl Magnus Palm didn’t get too deep into the info about this particular album.
The other subject is what is your opinion of the similarities between Giorgio Moroder’s “Underdog” (1972) and “Ring Ring” (1973). Worth discussing.
The Underdog and Ring Ring similarities simply cannot be a coincidence since Moroder's single was also released on Polar in Sweden ...
I’m a fan of the Na Na Na version of Just Like That. I’d like to see ABBA finish this version as well. Maybe for Voyage part 2.
I prefer the saxophone version. ☺️
Hi Bobby's Brother. The new Carl Magnus Palm book is wonderful as is the Complete Recording sessions. The new book has the Tretow tapes chapter. Worth reading for the other unreleased songs discovered on those tapes plus the alternative versions. So much left in the archive it would appear even if rough recordings from both books plus the original recording sessions book from 1994.
Thank you for today's video!
Just like that must be released. I don't know what is actually wrong with it...not to my ears at least.
Bye Bobby
Imo JLT should have been reworked and driven to the Voyage album.There was place for both JLT and JAN.After all the concept of Voyage was " now and then combined" connecting past and present.I find JLT almost complete.Agnetha's 1982 vocals in it are piercingly fabulous,i wouldn't remove what was captivated in the recorded vesion at that point of time.The general sense from fans is that the majority adore this song.Yet B's +B's estimations are negative.But then i recall reading that Benny once wasn't even keen on releasing 'One Of Us" as a single in '81.SILOC was banned from the original Visitors" Lp,'Summer Night City" was also smth they also didn't think much of back in '78 and Bjorn(must have been) wasn't also keen on 'Angeleyes".Also 'Underattack" was a song they also didn't think much of but i numbly remember -i think Benny mentioned it was good , in a '21 interview.Sometimes they reconsider yet JLT seems to stand no chance.
Just like that: First time i heard about it. So I had to look it up and listen. Here is a first impression from a humble fan. It has some really great potentials, especially in melody "plot"... allmost like I let the music speak, which is my absolute favourite ABBA song... that why i just had to make this comment :)
Thanks for sharing!
I listen to several versions on RUclips and the song is good and worth salvaging along with other outtakes. If I wants to continue giving product to the fans, give us stuff like that instead of the same songs just different repackaging.
I would like to see you do a location tour of where the voulez vous album cover was photographed
Bjorn, Agnetha, and Frida liked it, so it must be Benny. So it must be that any member can object to anything?
If one of them says no, it goes for all of them. It’s their mantra which Björn also mentions in the opening backstage sequences of “ABBA In Concert”.
It seems to be Benny has the final say on anything to do with Abba, and things only happen on his terms… it seems when he says ‘we’ it means ‘I’…
My most favorite version of "Just Like That" is the "Na, na, na" version. I sometimes play those beginning vocalizations over and over again.
That being said, I actually do like Gemini's version a lot, and I can live without an official ABBA release.
On the latter part, I disagree. But I do love Gemini’s version tremendously, that gloomy melancholic vibe.
@@bobbysbrother137 I'm also pretty fond of their version of Slowly. Karin Glenmark had quite a voice on her!
'Na,na,na" is also my favest version.I also like Gemini's version.But this version keeps only Abba's original chorus.All the rest is newly written both verses.My option for a 'complete' version would have been the original one" na,na' version,sax in the outro/ (original vocals from '82) and the part from Gemini's verse where it goes ... "but i led him on / in a way i was the one to deceive,always accepting the fact he would leave" reworked/recorded /added by ABBA this time.
ps. my option for the ultimate version of VOYAGE's album's tracklist (apart from a better kinda Tretow-ish mix -on which every single sound concieved/recorded sparklied echoing crispy and flashing from every corner)would have been 1/ with the addition of Gammal Fadopsalm as an opener,2/JLT in between 'Bumblebee" and 'No doubt About it" 3/A longer duration of 2 songs (WYDWM/NDAI).'Hit by a train"/"My story ends with you" i have no comment cause i don't know how they sound and will never know i guess.
Not only Just Like That desereves to be finally released. Rubber Ball Man, Crying Over You, Every Good Man, for example & Voyage outtakes.
Funky Feet Instrumental Demo 3:11 exist (NOT sure if it's the ABBA recording or Svenne and Lotta's basic track , but it exist, i have it)
I really enjoy the new format! I am actually very interested in ABBA Coverversions and a few of them I really like (obviously they can not be better than the originals). What I can highly recommend is the "ABBA in Hindi" 7'' EP from 1979 featuring four ABBA songs played in Indian style (Honey Honey, Hasta Manana, Ring Ring and Move On), and these versions are so adorable and really special. I have the original EP in my collection.
In fact, JLT was officially released twice at least: By Gemini and by German singer Angelika Milster ("Einfach so").
Benny once stated in an interview, that by ABBA's release of JLT would mean it to be a cover-version of an already exisiting song. Something they never did. So also this should be considered when we discuss an official ABBA-version.
I was aware of that, but I don’t consider this statement of Benny to have any legit reasoning, as it is factually wrong in two ways. First, it wouldn’t be a cover version, it is the *original* version, and will always be that. Secondly, ABBA did this several times - taking a song back: in 1975 with “Bang-A-Boomerang”, first released by Svenne & Lotta actually as a “cover”, and even by Danish artist Ulla Pia in a version based on ABBA’s earliest arrangement, and in present times with “Just A Notion”, which was recorded in its full length version by tribute band Arrival in 1999.
Although, admittedly, in the context of our question if “Just Like That” was a “complete recording”, this is certainly something that has to be considered as well, as it is Benny’s approach after all to the song, the version and its status of completion.
You mentioned Michael B. Tretow in this video, how is he doing in retirement? I know that he suffered a stroke and retired, but his opinions are still important to the ABBA world, and he certainly is responsible for the ABBA sound.
indeed-100% he helped create the Abba sound.
The city of Melbourne in Australia seems very keen to be the next host of the 'Voyage' shows. Flemington Racecourse was previously mentioned. And in the recent mayoral contest , having an ABBA Arena at the Docklands area was suggested. That doesn't mean the USA or Asia will have to wait much longer. Now that the London shows are close to paying off the original investment, I think we'll see things move faster in bringing 'Voyage' to other continents.
Flemington Racecourse? Will never happen. Docklands may be possible, but they have to primarily consider tourist numbers. I would imagine they'd have to be resident for at least 2 years to make it worthwhile.
@@grantc61 Yes, the tourism angle is vital. Melbourne gets about 3 million international visitors annually and that amount is multiplied fourfold when domestic visitors are added. I think the Voyage producers have said that a quarter of those who go to the London shows are from overseas.
Melbourne would be a dream come true fo me, given that I live there.
Your insight on all these topics is amazing, BB. Thank you so much for sharing. You are the BEST🎉
B&B used a lot of chords and tricks from Funky Feet in Dancing Queen. That's why this song is actually a rehearsal for the big and grand Dancing Queen. It needed maturing...
No. Dancing Queen was recorded September 1975, Funky Feet July 1976. They abandoned Funky Feet because they thought it sounded too familiar to Dancing Queen.
On a somewhat controversial note, I have often felt that Bjorn's lyrics to JLT seemed to be very sophisticated for Abba. Especially in the 1st verse:
Until that day, my life had been a river following a safe, PRE-DESTINATED course. Suddenly, DETOURING UNEXPECTEDLY, with UNCOMPROMISING force. My STRONGHOLD broke down all too easily.
Can anyone name another Abba song with such educated lyrics?
ha!ha!ok u nailed it!
The Visitors is an amazing lyric… even more so when you realise what the songs is about… I was so glad when the Voyage Show opened with that track!
@@marklockyer7652 Yeah!No Doubt About This.Different theme to JLT and so greatly composed.A cold war theme yet some lyrics in it are still like a poet.
@marklockyer7652 I agree Mark. Over the years, Bjorn's lyrics became more meaningful & told very powerful stories. The Visitors still used what I would describe as normal, everyday English words, exception being 'ominously' whereas JLT was different.
I have seen several remix or extended versions of ABBA hits on RUclips 1 remixer is DJ Tony and the other is well known remixer Matt pop they are excellent versions since Abba has never released an extended mix of any of their songs it would be great to have you review these or play some on your next sit and chat session
I am in the UK I am a huge ABBA fan. you are keeping the group current. Thank you Bobby's Brother I love your calm smooth voice. ❤❤🎉
Thanks for these kind words and for listening and watching. Nice to hear back from you. Greetings to the UK!
JUST LIKE THAT.
4 MAY 1982 / EARLY ROUGH MIX :
First stage of production, consisting of the recording of the working basic backing-track with vocals, without overdubs. This mix is often mistakenly called the "slow version".
17-19 MAY 1982 / EARLY ROUGH MIX + GUIDE-VOCAL OVERDUB :
This step consists of recording an additional vocal-track on the basic EARLY ROUGHT MIX recording. This is a guide-vocal overdub by Agnetha who guides saxophonist Raphael Ravenscroft (to indicate the parts where he should play). This mix is often mistakenly called the "na-na-na version".
24-28 MAY 1982 / MASTER :
This final step consists of recording overdubs including Raphael Ravenscroft's saxophone. The mix is made on 28 may 1982. This mix is the Master. This mix is often mistakenly called the "saxophone version".
One of our friends here in the comment sections who is also into songwriting and stuff observed by his experience that there's no participation of Frida in any of the known recordings of JLT.Do you happen to know smth more about this?I personally can't really clear out this for sure but i have the sense that i hear the distinctive Abba harmonies in the chorus (at least the sax version) from both ladies in soft unison.
@@alexioverdo5225 as far as i know Frida was on vacation during the recording session , so all harmonies were done by Agnetha
@@soldierslake2 thank you for responding and adding some more infos to be examined,i'll keep this in mind. 😊
Benny is wrong about JLT. I think the last days of 1982 ABBA colours his judgement. Even releasing when the waves roll out to sea as an instrumental on Voyage would have been gorgeous! Back in 1990, I had 3 versions of Just Like That on cassette. When I went to Uni in 1993, I converted so many non-ABBA fans by playing that one song. Just Like That made people who said they hated ABBA actually appreciate them (funnily enough, it was the non-sa, non na-na-na version that was the most popular). I don't get how Benny cannot see this? After all, they released You Owe Me One, which is a much inferior song. It would definitely have been be their biggest hits.
I have been saying that for a long time too. I think those May 1982 sessions may have been some of the most tense between them and where they finally realised: This is it - it's not fun any more. And I think that clouds Benny's opinion indeed.
Since you are a fan of Carl Magnus Palm are you excited about the revised and updated version of Bright Lights /Dark Shadows the is being released in March of 2025? Thank you for all your hard work in keeping us informed and entertained. 😀
I remember when MAMMA MIA opened in London, the pillars outside the theatre listed all the songs, including Just Like That. Bjorn was interviewed on BBC & a caller asked about the song saying she was an Abba fan but had never heard of it. Bjorn quickly sort of glossed over the question, mentioning that the show was too long so a couple of songs had been removed from the show.
Yeah i recall reading this somewhere.But which version of JLT?Abba's or Gemini's?
Not sure as it was never recorded or used in the show. Hopefully it would have been Abba's version.
@@DHC16048 Oh so it was never played in the musical!So it was removed last minute according to Bjorn due to overloaded running time. ah!what a shame ,we lost a chance of getting to know how it had been shaped as an "approved" version according to B+B standrds unless it was the Gemini's version.Thanx for replying and sharing..
Dunno if this will help... or get you more confused,lol.
'The original ABBA version of "Just Like That" was originally intended to be featured in the ABBA musical, Mamma Mia!, sung as a love duet between Sophie and Sky, but was discarded during rehearsals, as the song apparently did not advance the story.Finally, the discarded verse melody found its home in "Glöm Mig Om Du Kan", a version not far removed from "When the Waves Roll Out to Sea", now with vocals by Per Myrberg, released on the Swedish version of the Chess musical in 2002, Chess på Svenska. Wikipedia
@alexioverdo5225 thank you for this information. It helps to clarify why it was removed from MAMMA Mia. I knew it had been attempted during the original Chess concept album recordings by Elaine Paige as When The Waves Roll Down to Sea & Tommy Korberg as With the Stars up in the Sky as well.
Off course those teddy bears went out of stock since you bought "quite a few of them " ;-) Maybe every teddy bear in the store. Anyway, great video again. As for Funky Feet I think ABBA gave it to S&L because it was too similar to Dancing Queen.
So it ends Just Like That? Perhaps "this isn't where it ends" after all...
Fab watch :)
There is no ABBA song that divides opinion as much as Just Like That! Every time it crops up on any of the ABBA forums it starts off a very, shall we say, "robust" discussion! The fact that Agnetha, Frida and MB Tretow rate it so highly, obviously means something so I must be missing something because I always think it sounds very ordinary against so much of their catalogue. I don't think I've ever commented on it before as I don't want to upset the JLT fans but, you know what? it doesn't matter - if someone doesn't like something that you do like, it doesn't change anything - their dislike doesn't take away your appreciation or enjoyment.
By the way Bobby's Brother, CMP's 'ABBA On Record' is a must read! (I'm sure you know that already). I urge you to get a copy. The back story to their career, how the record companies around the world worked with ABBA, the important contribution from people who until now have just been names on record sleeves (like Rune Soderqvist for example) - all these stories are just too good to miss.
I'm having cognitive dissonance: hearing your calming voice but seeing your copy of Hitchcock's Psycho in the background 😆 Great vlog as always 👍
We all go a little mad sometimes! 🎶
2bobbysbrother...I Also see a guitar.!You play and sing?
I would love to hear in the arms of rosilita, that sounds lovely with Frida on lead.
A short 20 second sample or so of In The Arms Of Rosalita was actually briefly out there on RUclips about 7 months ago. Along with all kinds of other ABBA rarities in good quality that were grouped together by album. Among them was an "unmixed" version of Dancing Queen where the girls really take it to the next level with additional vocal layers & licks. And The Super Trouper outtakes actually include an "unmixed" version of The Winner Takes It All where Björn takes the lead from Agnetha at 4:23 of the nearly 5 minute recording!
Did anyone else happen to catch the discovery of these gems before that RUclips channel was removed? Unfortunately there was no recording of Funky Feet included.
@@TF-97 Oh yeah i had heard Bjorn's demo lead in the outro of The Winner!Great and very emotional.Also the backing vocal choral part featured there is beautiful.Same wonderful way as in 'Our Last Summer" ' featured in some 'deconstructive" video, especially in the interlude hidden beneath the guitar solo of the released version.
@ oh that sounds amazing thank you
@@TF-97 "In the arms of Rosalita" snippet i've heard also sounded beautiful with Frida's voice btw.
If ABBA ever decide to open another arena in another country, maybe we'll get to hear those two tracks from the voyage sessions. (If they release them as singles while promoting the show) 🤔🙂
What I am curious about is, if "I know him so well" (Chess) has been performed by Agnetha and Frida in the studio (it's got their name on it)? And if so, are these recordings public?
Aw!Imagine such a thing?!They would have nailed it!Gee!But i think Agnetha only did some Chess demos to be around 1982.Abba had ceased recording together since August '82 right after 'The Day before You came" as far as i'm concerene.IKHSW was released in '84 so logically no way they did some demo on this unless somebody else knows smth more.Sadly i think B'sb would have a 'no' answer too.
ps.btw "it's got their name on it"?may you explain some more plz?
Actually they did sing some sample of it during a sketchy humouristic self introductory live number in '77 but that was the melody based in the chorus. ('I Am an A")..
So, when the "Forever More ABBA Gold" will be released, then we'll get the full version 😊 I did ask Benny to release it once (why didn't that help?😉😅😭 I'm a fan fan of 35-years, and have collected ABBA (+B&B) on Vinyl ever since - I love the Sax JLT.
I remember first finding JLT on a bootleg - Rarities & Demos I think. Before this I'd only heard the melody on a midi file in the 90:s. (Does anyone else remember that?).
I was surprised there were no sax - it was not until then I understood there were three versions. Another bootleg sent from another fan ❤️ fixed that (can't remember which title though).
Thankfully the full song can be found, but as we know the source is a badly dubbed tape several generations away. (But, there is a fan out there that have uploaded a great remaster 💯)
I'd never cared much for the Gemini versions - but loved the verses from JLT when they became a part of Chess in Swedish. I remember sitting next to Björn and Benny at the premiere and was the first he spoke to, and really lit up when I assured him of how good the lyrics were and so on. It must have been a very nervous evening for them both.
And, later on during a signing event for the CD I spoke to Per Myrberg (RIP) as his performance and especially the JLT version were the absolute highlight of the musical. And, I did mention a wish for the full JLT to Benny.
It's apparent he really has thought about JLT many times - so his decision seems final. (For now🙏).
(And when a friend asked Björn to release the full Burning my bridges, he laughed, saying "Ah. That old thing".).
Thanks for a great channel, and to everyone here👍
Amazing stories. Thank you so much, I felt it all!
In terms of ever getting a tenth studio album, who do you think would be game to write and record it, and which member(s) are against it? Also, yes, the ABBA Bears have definitely become famous! 🐻🐻🐻🐻
Loving the videos. Please keep up the good work.
I have been a life long fan and Abba-nut since 1976- and love the detail you are putting into these docu-videos. I am still learning new stuff about Abba.
One thing I find strange is - Benny always said he was never happy with the original version of "Just Like That".
I love it- and similarly love the differing Gemini version- which has different tempo and lyrics. I find it strange that Benny doesn't like it - while he thinks the Voyage's "Just a Notion" is good. This is literally the weakest song on Voyage. It is not up to the standard of earlier Abba recordings or even the Voyage sessions. (Don't shut me down for saying this..lol) -
Even the vocals sound as if they are not up the the same Abba standards- it feels like a first attempt to record the song to be honest.
I reckon Benny is just being overly self-critical. Agnetha and Frida liked "Just Like That"- and I agree with the girls.
Regards
Andrew
Hi BB, really enjoyed this video, some fascinating insights into the unreleased Abba songs. I do have a question about Frida and her collaboration with Jon Lord. There’s a great video of her singing the sun will shine again live on RUclips. Do you know how they got together and whether there are any unreleased songs from this period?
I love the saxo version.
Me too 💕
I see comments, where people are pretty confident that just like that wouldve been some big hit, but ABBA’s chart performance was nothing to do with the quality of their songs at that point. I don’t know how old some fans are personally, but I just find a lot of younger fans always say things like this but they weren’t there at the time. Is easy to look back on a time period that you weren’t there and have rose tinted glasses, but They don’t realise how incredibly uncool it was like to ABBA in 1982. Specially in England. People would even get a beating. I remember being on the bus and a teenage lad around 13 had a ABBA scarf on and some kids stole it and after throwing it round the bus they throw it out of the window and give the kid some stick. The directors of the day before you came video even kept their involvement secret, as it was not considered good on the CV. The youth dominated the chart sales and most of us back then, wouldn’t be seen dead buying an abba single. Hence why their songs charted poorly in this period, because only mums and dads were buying them. I remember being a fan from the start after Waterloo and then hating them by 1981. Of course, as I’ve grown I realise how silly we all were but it was just part of growing up. I like abba again now of course.
I was wondering if you caught the Saturday Night Live sketch from last December? It was titled "ABBA Christmas". I thought it was very funny and paid tribute to the four members very well. I tried finding any feedback from ABBA themselves but I'm guessing they either didn't see it or didn't like it. What are your thoughts about the sketch?
I am not a big fan of cover versions either but do like that ABBA allowed Just Like That and Funky Feet to be recorded Both are great songs and I would love to hear ABBA singing them Just Like That is surely not far from being up to standard and I am sure with todays tech could be made into a very good recording. I wonder what Benny does not like about it, he never really says what bugs him. Funky Feet as you say seems to of never been recorded so very unlikely we will hear anything of ABBA singing it. ABBA merch. I don't have much but I really wanted the ABBA letters and got those in London at a special exhibition we went to. Really pleased I got them as they sold out fast. I would love a Volvo tour truck I had not seen that one so something to search for.
I hate any ABBA songs by anyone else. Geminis is utterly horrific
@@helenmiddlemas5075 It's certainly not ABBA, so all we really get is the lyrics and a taste of the tune. ABBA recording them would be totally better.
In regards to the Voyage outtakes being "unfinished" i wonder if he means unfinished by Benny's standards because he still says Summer Night City is unfinished
Regarding past Abba outakes,i remember reading in a Human League forum that the UK band once considered doing a cover of Abba's 'I am the city" but finally never happened.Don't know why but i do like the fact tht one of their team admitted that the main keyboard line in 'Don't You want me" was kinda Abba related ('Eagle" 1977).
My questions...
Is there any chance you ever interview an Abba member?Do you know if (apart from Agnetha), Benny/Bjorn/Frida are aware of your channel's material and your connection and contribution to us all?Can't the ABBA fan club (which i think offered you a chance to be present in the VOYAGE premier) fix an interview?
All very interesting! I'm not sure if Just Like That is my favourite, but it definitely is associated with a period in time that we were all still yearning for more ABBA songs so I loved hearing it, even though it was first of all Gemini's version. That version sounds quite dead, too slow, and as someone else has said, they took out all the good things of their own recording sessions, it's a shame. But it doesn't make sense that Benny says that they were not happy with the final version, however they still released it for Gemini. So good enough for Gemini but not good enough for ABBA? All very strange. I agree with him that the verses don't match the chorus very well, there's something there that doesn't make a smooth progressive lead up to the chorus or a nanana part. But the saxophone has to be included. Thanks BB!
Very correct that the press release in mid 82 stated 2 tracks I Am The City & JLT. They were mentioned in the fan club run by "Sue" in UK.
The JLT on the 1994 4xCD actually had been remixed to "sound more of the 90s". I read that in the press release for the CD single released alongside of the 4x CD. Maybe they didn't release it because of the grammar. "Predestinated" is clumsy English, the correct use of the word would be "predestined".
Hit By A Train most likely will never be released considering Ted Gardestad met his end by throwing himself on to train tracks.
The re release of Live At Wembley probably went through because of parts of the 2014 release were distorted.
I personally remember (around mid 1982) reading in a German music mag(Pop-Corn i think) 3 titles mentioned for an Abba upcoming album.JLT, IATC and "Cassandra".Neither TDBYC nor UA were mentioned.And when both those were released as singles i got surprised and kept wondering ever after,thinking what happened to the rest ones?
Hi BB ❤ uk England
Songwriters don't always get it right. Wasn't it Queen that were going to bin 'Another one bites the dust' until Michael Jackson persuaded Freddie Mercury to release it as a single ? The result was one of their biggest US hits. JLT would have been a hit. It's so catchy a chorus. I think sometimes songwriters should listen a bit more to their audience and their recording staff. I get what Benny says about the verse - there are a couple of phrases that don't seem to quite 'flow' as well in the early part of the verse, but the second half connects well with the chorus. Most people only remember the hook of a song anyway, so will not care. BUT it's Benny's song so if he doesn't' want it released, it won't be.
I do like the Gemini version of ‘Just Like That’ and I can imagine Agnetha singing this.
I can't stand the Gemini version
Same here@@helenmiddlemas5075. It sounds like a funeral march with an anaemic, histrionic vocal by Karin Glenmark.
Gemini sang a completed version of Just Like That .
Yes, that’s Björn and Benny’s finalised version of the song from 1985. Many others followed to cover it, actually taking back ABBA’s original arrangement. The band Groenalund even received permission from Björn and Benny to do so.
@@bobbysbrother137 Some Abba tribute band also did a cover of the '82 demo but sounded weak if not cheap compared to the original.Same thing happened with 'JAN that 'Arrival" Abba tribute act recorded.Btw Funny thing is that when ABBA's JAN was released as a single in '21,BBC Radio DJ played Arrival's version instead of Abba's possibly without knowing.What an embarassing lack of knowledge and sense.
@Ian yes indeed,they only kept the chorus.
The Gemini version had a completely different verse. The verse from Abba's version (with the same lyrics) was recorded by Elaine Paige as a demo for Chess. It is on RUclips. I think it's called when the waves roll out to sea.
Gemini destroyed JLT. I don't like Karins voice.
The teddybears=(nalle)björn in Swedish. So guessing they exist because of Björn. The very special one of a kind Swedish musical bear! ❤🐻🇸🇪
Here is a question for you Monsieur Monsieur. Was this song actually recorded in full and do you think it will possibly see the light of day on an Arrival 50th anniversary edition.
The song is finished as 'My Love My Life' , 'Monsieur Monsieur' was just the Demo to it and only 2mins exist
I would like to know what is going to happen to the two extra songs they rejected for the voyage album and what are they called
It is all so strange. Seems like Benny has no desire to add to Voyage even though they do have that material and it would greatly enhance the shows.
Here's a question for you, BB. I know you said you don't care for covers of ABBA songs, but what is your opinion of the Cher "Dancing Queen" covers album? Cher is all over the US media this week with the release of the first volume of her memoirs, so the question seems timely.
Hallo there my friend.If you also may allow me as an older fan since late '70s, to add my opinion.I think Cher's covers are the only decent ones i approve from all i've heard.Especially on 'Fernando" on which her peculiar voice gave it also an exotic Latin flavour.Rest Abba covers by other acts all those years ago, no i don't mind them neither Abba tribute bands except maybe for the first one - Bjorn Again which started in the very late'80s.
I have a theory about the withdrawal of the ABBA teddy bear. Think maybe it was a little jealousy from Benny, Frida and Agnetha (am I right in thinking the Swedish word for bear is björn) 😂
I fear that Björn and Benny may have recycled the two lost Voyager songs for the new BAO album. "Som en sprucken mandolin" certainly sounds like an ABBA song and the same goes for "Lagt kort ligger". Those two songs may be the lost Voyager songs, but this is just pure speculation from me.
I was also thinking about this!But anyway that's not a problem if they ever wanted to do an ABBA version.
Puedes subtitular en español?por favor gracias!!😊
Please go to settings, subtitles, and choose Spanish. It’s available for all my videos.
Funky Feet was a hit for the Silver Studs in Australia in 76/77
I love Hamlet!!!!!
very interesting video. Only late at night i find the time watch it... hectic times... I allow myself to share my thoughts on some topics. Just Like That would have been a hit for sure, but I can see Benny's point when i listen to the unfortunately not in very good quality available demo from Elaine Paige for Chess of "When The Waves Roll Out To Sea". This song contains the original verses of Just Like That with a new chorus. Absolutely gorgeous song and for my taste the Just Like That verses match this chorus much better. I would love to see this version properly released and sung by a female lead. Eventually it only ended up as an awkward "old man grumpy version" on the Swedish language Chess release. Hardly recognizable in my opinion and the song lost a lot of it's charme. Very sad. The Gemini version of Just Like That for me is more coherent musically, but it lacks of passion and though Karen is a superb vocalist the song is somewhat cold and very 80's steril and distant. I do enjoy all the different version of Just Like That we do have access to, it's OK and enough for me. And I'm not sure if Agnetha would still approve those lyrics after the relationship she had with that fan who ended up stalking her. Concerning the two Voyage outtakes or leftovers. I guess "the singles the first fifty years" would have the logical release to put those two songs on, like the first album in 1982 contained two new songs... when I saw this chance passed i assumed it's never gonna happen. I don't have much merachandise either. Not my thing, besides... i have a lot of those little magnets with album and singles coversleeves. I like them on my pinboard in chronological order. Unfortunately most of them are not available anymore and not all singles were printed . I still own my original collection of ABBA posters, articles etc from the seventies. Never put them in the bin, even when i was a bit sidetracked from ABBA in 80's and early 90's. And the German covers..... uuuuuuuaaaah. Don't like them. Sorry. Even english ones very seldomly are intersting to me. But I do love some mixes available on youtube, like Matt's Mixes. i love to hear them on long car rides... Good night or good morning from BN/B
I have the ABBA vinyl of ABBA’s ‘Country Train’ album. Would you like to have it?
Benny's take on 'Just Like That' is quiet irritating. Most fans know the melody from 'Just Like That' has passed through many works since ABBA recorded it. Personally, Its finnished. Benny has stated more than once JLT's verses and chorus dont fit together but, there are ABBA releases out there that he feels the same about ('Should I Laugh Or Cry' for one). I would agree Gemini's verse lyrics are stronger than ABBA's and the added bridge gives the track another strength but, for me, the Gemini vocals don't match the ABBA vocals. It has a nice summery flavour with the late Raphael Ravenscroft saxophone playing. It would be a nice nod in memorium to him. 'Funky Feet' was apparently abandoned because it sounded too much like Dancing Queen. The only thing I see in comon with the two tracks is the lyrics both being about dancing. It actually reminds me much more of a cross between of Mungo Jerrys 'In The Summertime' and The Mixtures 'Pushbike Song' for some reason. As for the unreleased Voyage tracks, maybe if we get an Anthology release, instead of the countless re~releases of what we already have, something else might surface. Having listened to the latest BAO album, there are songs there which would have been perfect for Agnetha and Frida. At the time Voyage was released the ladies both seemed definate in not wanting to be part of any publicity but neither ruled out singing for ABBA again. Sadly, as time moves on, it seems less and less likely this will ever happen.
Agnetha: "i think it is a very good song and recording and I hope it's going to be released one day." So do I. As much as I respect B&B, in this case they are totally wrong. Just Like That is so much better than Just A Notion.
I’m totally in agreement with Benny - glad they never included Just Like That on any album. The song feels disjointed and not of the supreme standard of songs chosen for their albums.
Gemini's version is dreadful.
I agree with Benny and Björn: the verse and chorus don't go together. But the chorus is great and, in any case, it's a damn sight better than Under Attack!
The Gemini version of just like that was far more complete and better produced than the ABBA version even though Benny and Bjorn produced the Gemini version.
I didn't like it. I much prefered ABBAs' unfinished versions. Agnetha's and Frida's vocals are way better.
I have the ABBA vinyl of ABBA’s ‘Country Train’ album. Would you like to have it?