• streetfestival
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    2 days ago

    Because I’m not a big fan of Abba’s music, I’d never really thought of them as musical geniuses, but you’re right. I just listened to “Gimme! Gimme! Gimme!” and realized that Madonna sampled it in “Hung Up,” which I thought was an original beat. I love that beat. It reminds me of bonus levels in Sonic 3 on Sega Genesis from my youth lol

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      The synth parts of Gimme gimmie gimmie are a fucking BOP, theres a particular flourish that really reminds me of the triumphant sound of zelda. There’s a goofy “parody” that Brian David Gilbert (a silly youtuber I like) did where it’s Victor Frankenstein singing about lonliness not in needing a lover, but in creating a living companion for himself out of body parts- “gimmie gimmie gimmie a maaan after midnight, won’t some bodyhelp me come and dig up a graaaave 🎵”

      Its amazing, highly recommend. It’s part of a super fun series where he interprets Abba songs as being sung by classic horror villain

      I’ve actually never heard hung up, I’ll have to go give it a listen!

      Edit: https://youtu.be/sABdtEaKMYE it starts out slow and moody and slowly builds into a wonderfully silly jam-of-a-song, highly recommend