Forum Home Forum Home > Other music related lounges > General Music Discussions
  New Posts New Posts RSS Feed - Waterloo
  FAQ FAQ  Forum Search   Events   Register Register  Login Login

Waterloo
 Post Reply Post Reply
Poll Question: Which Waterloo song do you like the most
Poll Choice Votes Poll Statistics
6 [42.86%]
4 [28.57%]
4 [28.57%]
0 [0.00%]
You can not vote in this poll

Author
Message
  Topic Search Topic Search  Topic Options Topic Options
Icarium View Drop Down
Forum Senior Member
Forum Senior Member
Avatar
VIP Member

Joined: March 21 2008
Location: Tigerstaden
Status: Offline
Points: 34086 		Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote Icarium Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Topic: Waterloo
    Posted: May 12 2021 at 03:01
Three classics with Waterloo in the title, which do you like the most. Three very different songs, the whimsical Kinks song, the groovy Caravan song or the happy ABBA song.

The Kinks
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=N_MqfF0WBsU

Caraven
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Cl70UahZ3a4



ABBA
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Sj_9CiNkkn4
Back to Top
Blacksword View Drop Down
Prog Reviewer
Prog Reviewer
Avatar

Joined: June 22 2004
Location: England
Status: Offline
Points: 16130 		Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote Blacksword Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: May 12 2021 at 03:14
All good songs, but The Kinks get the vote.
Ultimately bored by endless ecstasy!
Back to Top
Ronstein View Drop Down
Forum Senior Member
Forum Senior Member
Avatar

Joined: October 13 2020
Location: Wiltshire, UK
Status: Offline
Points: 1280 		Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote Ronstein Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: May 12 2021 at 03:39
Kinks, iconic song. 
Back to Top
chopper View Drop Down
Special Collaborator
Special Collaborator
Avatar
Honorary Collaborator

Joined: July 13 2005
Location: Essex, UK
Status: Offline
Points: 20035 		Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote chopper Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: May 12 2021 at 04:20
Originally posted by Blacksword Blacksword wrote:

All good songs, but The Kinks get the vote.

This, absolute classic song. Terry and July - supposedly Terence Stamp and Julie Christie.
Back to Top
Ronstein View Drop Down
Forum Senior Member
Forum Senior Member
Avatar

Joined: October 13 2020
Location: Wiltshire, UK
Status: Offline
Points: 1280 		Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote Ronstein Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: May 12 2021 at 04:24
Originally posted by chopper chopper wrote:

Originally posted by Blacksword Blacksword wrote:

All good songs, but The Kinks get the vote.

This, absolute classic song. Terry and July - supposedly Terence Stamp and Julie Christie.

Ray Davies keeps changing his mind about who it refers to. In his autobiography he said it was his cousin, Terry Cooper and his girlfriend. Add that to the fact it was originally written as Liverpool Sunset and I suspect Ray can't remember LOL
Back to Top
chopper View Drop Down
Special Collaborator
Special Collaborator
Avatar
Honorary Collaborator

Joined: July 13 2005
Location: Essex, UK
Status: Offline
Points: 20035 		Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote chopper Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: May 12 2021 at 04:45
Originally posted by Ronstein Ronstein wrote:

Originally posted by chopper chopper wrote:

Originally posted by Blacksword Blacksword wrote:

All good songs, but The Kinks get the vote.

This, absolute classic song. Terry and July - supposedly Terence Stamp and Julie Christie.

Ray Davies keeps changing his mind about who it refers to. In his autobiography he said it was his cousin, Terry Cooper and his girlfriend. Add that to the fact it was originally written as Liverpool Sunset and I suspect Ray can't remember LOL
Ah yes I'd forgotten about Liverpool. Still Terence makes a better story than Ray's cousin Terry.
Back to Top
Ronstein View Drop Down
Forum Senior Member
Forum Senior Member
Avatar

Joined: October 13 2020
Location: Wiltshire, UK
Status: Offline
Points: 1280 		Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote Ronstein Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: May 12 2021 at 04:49
Could be the basis for a new thread, celebs name-checked in songs like Susan Penhaligon in VDGG's 'Refugees' Big smile
Back to Top
Psychedelic Paul View Drop Down
Forum Senior Member
Forum Senior Member
Avatar

Joined: September 16 2019
Location: Nottingham, U.K
Status: Online
Points: 43895 		Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote Psychedelic Paul Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: May 12 2021 at 04:52
Back to Top
Icarium View Drop Down
Forum Senior Member
Forum Senior Member
Avatar
VIP Member

Joined: March 21 2008
Location: Tigerstaden
Status: Offline
Points: 34086 		Post Options Post Options   Thanks (1) Thanks(1)   Quote Icarium Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: May 12 2021 at 10:12
Originally posted by Psychedelic Paul Psychedelic Paul wrote:

Interestingly its soon ESC finals, which is were this ABBA song was the winner of in 1974.
Back to Top
The Dark Elf View Drop Down
Forum Senior Member
Forum Senior Member
Avatar
VIP Member

Joined: February 01 2011
Location: Michigan
Status: Offline
Points: 13238 		Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote The Dark Elf Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: May 12 2021 at 10:26
Kinks. 
...a vigorous circular motion hitherto unknown to the people of this area, but destined
to take the place of the mud shark in your mythology...
Back to Top
The Anders View Drop Down
Forum Senior Member
Forum Senior Member
Avatar

Joined: January 02 2019
Location: Denmark
Status: Offline
Points: 3535 		Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote The Anders Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: May 12 2021 at 10:32
I admit I didn't know the Caravan song before, listening now.

I'm not a big fan of the Kinks, but "Waterloo Sunset" is clearly one of their better songs. Then there is Abba: It has some obvious pop appeal, and it is very catchy, but Abba made much better songs later on. As usually with Abba I admire the production values. If I remember correctly, the entire rhythm section was recorded twice to make a sort of Wall of Sound.
Back to Top
Steve Wyzard View Drop Down
Forum Senior Member
Forum Senior Member
Avatar

Joined: March 30 2017
Location: California
Status: Offline
Points: 2854 		Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote Steve Wyzard Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: May 12 2021 at 12:20
Admittedly, it's not part of the title, but UK's "Rendezvous 6.02" (from the Danger Money album) is the first Waterloo-oriented song I thought of. 
Back to Top
nick_h_nz View Drop Down
Collaborator
Collaborator
Avatar
Prog Metal / Heavy Prog Team

Joined: March 01 2013
Location: Suffolk, UK
Status: Offline
Points: 6737 		Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote nick_h_nz Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: May 12 2021 at 13:19
This is the very first Waterloo song that came to my mind. A favourite of mine from when I was a wee sprog. Wellington was my favourite Womble, and I assumed he was named after the NZ capital, because that’s the way a child’s mind works. Trains were my favourite toy because Wellington liked trains.
Reviewer for The Progressive Aspect
Back to Top
 Post Reply Post Reply

Forum Jump Forum Permissions View Drop Down



This page was generated in 0.270 seconds.
Donate monthly and keep PA fast-loading and ad-free forever.