Kitchen sink drama rendered in synth pop as Blancmange cover Abba.My introduction to this excellent piece of life-on-hold mundanity by Andersson/Ulvaeus was through this version by Blancmange. Its minor key synth pop symphony provided an antecedent to the likes of Korallreven, Saint Etienne's work with Golden and, of course, the Pet Shop Boys.
This 12" version is extended with passages of percussion, the warmth of the main melody dropping out, only adds to the sense of life being on hold until that certain someone comes back. Blancmange give the song a wonderfully dark, percussive edge, the extended version bringing the pattering tabla percussion to the fore, synth strings sweeping sadly in a way that says bedsits and rain.
Eight minutes of glorious minimal miserabilism. Enjoy.
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