HQ/Stereo here http://ie.youtube.com/watch?v=hCBPkUxFZ5M&fmt=18
Released as a single in Oct. ‘82
“The Day Before You Came” was the last song the group ever recorded together in the studio.
Here in performance on German TV with a ‘cold ending’
It was recorded and mixed on August 20, 1982, with the working title of “Den Lidande Fågeln” (The Suffering Bird). Apart from Fältskog’s lead vocal and an operatic solo vocal line of Lyngstad mixed with the instrumental, the only instruments featured on the song were Andersson’s synthesizer and drum machine, Ulvaeus’ acoustic guitar and a snare drum by Åke Sundqvist. The song minutely details the story of a lonely woman’s mundane life right before she met her loved one, blended with a sombre, haunting melody. (Wiki)
I must have left my house at eight, because I always do
My train, I’m certain, left the station just when it was due
I must have read the morning paper going into town
And having gotten through the editorial, no doubt I must have frowned
I must have made my desk around a quarter after nine
With letters to be read, and heaps of papers waiting to be signed
I must have gone to lunch at half past twelve or so
The usual place, the usual bunch
And still on top of this I’m pretty sure it must have rained
The day before you came
I must have lit my seventh cigarette at half past two
And at the time I never even noticed I was blue
I must have kept on dragging through the business of the day
Without really knowing anything, I hid a part of me away
At five I must have left, there’s no exception to the rule
A matter of routine, I’ve done it ever since I finished school
The train back home again
Undoubtedly I must have read the evening paper then
Oh yes, I’m sure my life was well within its usual frame
The day before you came
I must have opened my front door at eight o’clock or so
And stopped along the way to buy some Chinese food to go
I’m sure I had my dinner watching something on TV
There’s not, I think, a single episode of Dallas that I didn’t see
I must have gone to bed around a quarter after ten
I need a lot of sleep, and so I like to be in bed by then
I must have read a while
The latest one by Marilyn French or something in that style
It’s funny, but I had no sense of living without aim
The day before you came
And turning out the light I must have yawned and cuddled up for yet another night
And rattling on the roof I must have heard the sound of rain
The day before you came
Duration : 0:4:46
January 13th, 2009 at 8:40 am
I’m getting really …
I’m getting really good results with uploading in H264 .avi codec compression. I was experimenting with that tonight. But I need a program that is Windows compatible that does what MPEG Streamclip does, zooming and cropping. That program is optimized for use with Quicktime.
January 13th, 2009 at 8:40 am
Any luck Sharon,? …
Any luck Sharon,? Ill have a look for some info and send it over, You will have to zoom a bit or chop some off the top and bottom of the regular vid
January 13th, 2009 at 8:40 am
Shay, I am going …
Shay, I am going completely mad trying to figure out this new 16:9 format and how to convert my vids so that the picture isn’t smooshed. Obviously, you’re using something that allows you to use a zoom-in feature so that you can maintain video quality. I’ve downloaded another converter that I thought would help, and it probably does on video you shoot yourself on a camera set on widescreen, but it doesn’t help on video converted from DVD. HELP!!!
January 13th, 2009 at 8:40 am
This song is very …
This song is very sad because it was the beginning of the end of my favourite band…!
January 13th, 2009 at 8:40 am
This is one of the …
This is one of the best unknown classics of all time. I’m sure it was not played as much as it should have. I also think it was ahead of its time. The style and content was so different from music of the time. That alone should have made it a big hit. Oh by the way, I adore her.
January 13th, 2009 at 8:40 am
Agnetha really gets …
Agnetha really gets under the skin of a song Salo! She looks great here as does Frida, and with the widescreen you get a bit closer too!
January 13th, 2009 at 8:40 am
thanks Shay!!!! …
thanks Shay!!!! gosh u r great;) Love this song, everytime I listen to it I have to repeat it a couple times b4 move on…don’t u just want to hugh Agnetha, she is so adorable and she gives this song something special. Love to see them, 2gether, hope they still were;)
January 13th, 2009 at 8:40 am
Thanks, no one can …
Thanks, no one can do a sad song like Agnetha
January 13th, 2009 at 8:40 am
Youre welcome!
Youre welcome!
January 13th, 2009 at 8:40 am
Thanks miriam
Thanks miriam
January 13th, 2009 at 8:40 am
Thanks M For …
Thanks M For watching!
January 13th, 2009 at 8:40 am
Recorded this from …
Recorded this from TV straight to DVD last year Dallas, so it very good quality.Its a song that gets better with age
January 13th, 2009 at 8:40 am
Up close and …
Up close and personal Mike, what do you see when you look in those eyes
they could reinvent themselves many times as only the very few groups can
January 13th, 2009 at 8:40 am
Thanks Jim, Its a …
Thanks Jim, Its a very well put together TV performance, a cool design, but you can feel the sadness in the air
January 13th, 2009 at 8:40 am
Yeah you can see …
Yeah you can see the sadness through the smiles Isabelle, They said they could feel the energy draining away
January 13th, 2009 at 8:40 am
Its a special one …
Its a special one Laura, thanks for the kind words
January 13th, 2009 at 8:40 am
Thanks M, I do try …
Thanks M, I do try and do the best I can with them
January 13th, 2009 at 8:40 am
Yeah, Im afraid Im …
Yeah, Im afraid Im guilty too, People took them for granted or ignored them, Maybe if the rock community had shown a bit more respect an encoragment they might have carried on longer
January 13th, 2009 at 8:40 am
Thanks Shay! Great …
Thanks Shay! Great quality and sound like always:)
January 13th, 2009 at 8:40 am
I must say, “The …
I must say, “The day before you came” and “Under attack” were very sad songs for me because they marked the end of the Abba dynasty.
Sadly, many of us didn’t know what we had when we had it.
January 13th, 2009 at 8:40 am
Thank you Shay for …
Thank you Shay for this gorgeous song and video! Stars and nothing but a Fav!
January 13th, 2009 at 8:40 am
Heavy atmosphere is …
Heavy atmosphere is this clip … The end of ABBA is imminent , everybodys knows that (ABBA and audience) and has emotion .
Beautifull HQ video Shay
January 13th, 2009 at 8:40 am
very good shay
very good shay
January 13th, 2009 at 8:40 am
Great job!
Like …
Great job!
Like always
January 13th, 2009 at 8:40 am
Really looks great …
Really looks great in HD & widescreen! I think AGGY looks so nice in red & the head band! Sort of a sad song, but sung so beautifully by Agnetha. Nice upload, thanks Shay!
-Dallas