A couple of weeks ago Rol posted Ash's excellent cover of Jump In The Line. At the time, it reminded me that Ash had previously covered Abba, of all people, and that the result was half worth a listen. I must blog about that some day soon, I thought. Well, today is that day (mainly because I have naff-all else to post).
Tim Wheeler and co's fairly straight playing of Does Your Mother Know? saw the light of day on the 2008 collector's edition of their remastered debut album 1977. Here it is.
And for comparison, the original, with a rare lead vocal for Bjorn.
Far from their best work but somehow this has still clocked nearly 52 million views on YouTube. Imagine.
It suits them, who'd have thought it?
ReplyDeleteYes, a pleasant surprise.
DeleteFirst came across the Ash version when I bought the CD single of 'Oh Yeah' and was very pleasantly surprised by their take on it (and that’s coming from someone who is not an Abba fan).
ReplyDeleteLooking back on things, Ash did a lot of great things in the mid-90s.
I think Ash are one of those bands that, when you properly re-examine their output, you find yourself realising you know and like more than you expect.
DeleteThat was me by the way!!
ReplyDeleteAha!
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