Béla Laszlo - The Day Before You Came - ABBA cover with lyrics

[belalaszlo65]

Thank you for your kind words.

Bela Laszlo

[mathieufarel]

Very very good job you must do a cd with that song. Very good.

[cuntzillamcgonigle]

Nice one and you sound sexy...do you look as good as Agnetha????

[belalaszlo65]

@cuntzillamcgonigle

I wish... :)

[bannorka]

Béla:):) funny joke! :) you should stay singing under the shower:) specially because for your hungarian accent.. its very cheep:) greetings from budapest

[Lightemblem77]

LIKE. LIKE!!!!

[belalaszlo65]

@Lightemblem77

DANKE. DANKE!!!!



[belalaszlo65]

Matias,

muchas gracias for commenting. I'm happy you liked my song.

Take care:

Béla Laszlo

[matias29gdlmex]

Felicidades!! Buena version de este tema, me gusto mucho!!!!! Gracias!

Congratulations!! Very good, I liked it so much!!!

[belalaszlo65]

Hi rhinocep,

thanks for your suggestions. I know the Ah-a tune that you are referring to, the other to I have to look for and I will. I also have a cover version of Mamma Mia if you care to check it out you can find it on my channel. Also I am working on Fernando (as you see I'm a bit of an Abba freak.) and Time After Time. Take care:

Béla Laszlo from Canada.

[rhinocep]

Hello again Bela. Greetings from England.

Have you thought about doing covers of other ballads? Rob Thomas has an acoustic version of Her Diamonds that I think would suit your voice well. Other older favourites like AHA's Hunting High & Low or Peter Sarstedt's Boulevard or the up tempo feel good summer song Frozen Orange Juice could showcase your catchy accent. Best wishes for your sucess

[rhinocep]

I love your voice and look forward to hearing other cover versions from you.

[belalaszlo65]

@rhinocep It's wonderful when somebody says: I love your voice. It feels soo warm inside. :) Thank you!

B.L.

[jigsown]

This is very good! Like it a lot.

[belalaszlo65]

@jigsown

Nice of you to have commented! I'm working on a version with Hungarian lyrics. Now that will be exotic, won't it?

Cheers:

Béla Lászlo

[IzayoiArwena]

Bravo! I love this cover, you have a very wonderful voice... Touchable and melodic, you should become a very good singer, it looks like you know what the song is about and you feel it. Hehe, I think you created "Star Trek" and "Steven King" for the song, so you changed. But I love it, it's for boys. And you are Hungarian, I am Polish, so our grandfathers may have been friends.

Greetings from Poland

[belalaszlo65]

Dear @IzayoiArwena

I love that thought: Our grandfathers may have been friends. And our grandmothers! :) You know whenever I meet Polish people here in Toronto, I always feel that our cultures, our mentality is very similar. Thank you for commenting! Long live Polish-Hungarian friendship! (And of course any friendship between any nations!)

B.L.

[Szilviab]

Legalább megvan a kihívás! Ez sem könnyű, mégis jól szól! :)

[Szilviab]

Imádom hallgatni a hangod! Mintha újra tizenévesek lennénk, és Velencén sétálnánk, te pedig énekelsz :) ABBA rajongás nem múlt el, látom! Nincs a listádon az akkori kedvenc, a The winner takes it all....? Szívesen meghallgatnám az előadásodban azt is.

[belalaszlo65]

Szilvi!

Rendes tôled, hogy idôt szántál dolgaimat megnézni!

Van valahol egy akapella verzióm a kérdezett dalról. Nem találom. Viszont nemrég bukkantam rá arra a kotta füzetre, amiben jó magyar szöveg van hozzá. Talán össze sikerül hozni egy magyar nyelvû verziót. Persze, jobb ha semmit sem igérek. Nem egy könnyû dal.

Puszi:

B.L.

[hinojosagm]

It's fine the mention about Star Trek!!! Better than Dallas

[jaabko]

(He is of course the savior, the Messiah) The Mozart-Requiem style musical interceptions and the non-pop style very serious mood talk for us to this deep subject. Is there any pop-song with similar message?No, only the ABBA (old hebrew word,means Father,the Lord, not just the group names) Like to tell us something, which is on the level of the great classical musics, not the popular emptyminds. Andersson was a genious, not question!

[belalaszlo65]

Dear @jaabko

well, you're interpretation of the song is very interesting. You know that is what great art does: it provides the possibility of different interpretations of different people at different times. Thanks for watching my video and commenting.

Béla

[jaabko]

Intresting for me, everybody talk about the melancholic feeling of this song. But nobody don't talk about the spiritual dimension of this song. (the interpretation is not bad, but don't understand too much about this background)Ok, ABBA never say nothing to the religion, but if you know much more, you exactly now: this song not just a sad love song, but the sad hymn to emptyheart and lonely humankind, who waiting the day, before He came.

[whothefuckismona]

it sounds god for an basement cover well done

[jordimla]

Btw, a trip hoppy arrangement with some fairground vibes will greatly capture the mood of the song.

[jordimla]

Hi! What a fantastic cover of a great but sad criminally underated abba track. You're fine re-interpretation of this song has somehow manged to sucessfully delved into the dark noir-ish underpinings that lies buried underneath the laundry list of minutiae. I have always thought the persona in the lyrics is guilty of murdering her beloved and is trying to recall events leading to the murder while in an interogation room...

[belalaszlo65]

@jordimla

I see that you're imagination has been moved by the song greatly. It is a mysteriously wonderful song. Not everyone can "read between the lines" and thus it is underrated. Maybe that is part of the magic, though. Thanks for letting me know that you liked our version. Take care: B. L.

[chilby00]

@jordimla .well murder might be a bit out-there.. but hey who knows. methinks it was written specifically to show off Freda's great voice.. if you look at Anna Sofie von Otters version here you'll see how much breath control is required..and yet Freda does this with amazing timber as well.. methinks the rhythm is typical swede hurdy gurdy to make it danceable.. and yet the writer seems to have inadvertently written in his own rather negative view of love. an accidental Celt maybe..

[strangelyjamesly]

On screen lyrics are a nice touch, as after all these I still dont know them. Curiously difficult to learn. Or I'm just a bit thick. Heard the ABBA version earlier and almost crashed pulling over. Must be 10 years since I heard it last. Good version of a classic song. I also prefer Stephen King to Barbara Cartland. And this still proves that the best songs are the sad songs.

[belalaszlo65]

Hi @strangelyjamesly,

thanks a lot for leaving a comment. It is a nice feeling for me when someone cares to do that. I agree with you that sad songs are magnetic. Agnetha herself was infatuated with sad songs as a child. I myself grew up singing (very sad) Hungarian folk songs singing along with my mom while she was cooking dinner. Although this song is clearly not one of the best Abba recordings, it almost has a cult. People get intrigued by it. Cheers!

Béla Laszlo

[abbafanglosuk]

Nice melodic version and singing Bela! I've heard a few covers of this song, and they all make you realise what a fantastic singer Agnetha is. That's not to criticise anyone else, but I think only Agnetha has the voice and range to create the gradually increasing haunting feeling of tension that makes the Abba version so outstanding!

[belalaszlo65]

@abbafanglosuk Thanks for checking it out. I agree with you there is no comparison to Agnetha!

Cheers:

Béla

[szedlacsek47]

Az az érdekes helyzet állt elő, hogy ezt a dalt előbb hallottam, mint az eredeti Abba-féle verziót. Nem ismertem ezt a dalt ezelőtt. Csak ezután hallgattam meg. Megfogott ez a melankólikus, magányos hangulat ami átitatta a számot. Nagyon illett ehhez a hangulathoz a zenei aláfestés.és az énekhang. (Az Abba dalnál sokkal inkább átjött az az érzés, amit a szöveg átadni kíván.)

[szedlacsek47]

@szedlacsek47

Mármint úgy értve, hogy ennél sokkal jobban, mint annál. Félreérthetően fogalmaztam. :)

[pufeddie]

wacko! This singing sucks. Leave it with the original!

[budnboston]

sweet singing - i ve listened to this many times - now if only we can make the cigarette line more contemporary - "i must have texted my seventeenth twitter by half past two" or something

[belalaszlo65]

Thanks for dropping a line. Feels good to get a nice comment. Your suggestion about how to rewrite the cigarette line is funny. Making everything always contemporary and thus re-writing history is not something I agree with. But I see that it is a tendency that has gained popularity. I'd rather analyze it than re-write it. Wow, I'm getting a bit fancy here with the deep issues. It's just a pop-song, I guess. Let's all just enjoy it. Thanks for writing.

[budnboston]

the Abba edition had archaic American pop references to "Dallas" and "Marilyn French" but the covers always make the TV show & author names in line with what the cover singers would read or watch in their own cultures and times as you made reference, unlike Abba, to your preferences for "Star Trek" & "Stephen King". So if the cover singers do not smoke should they also adjust that line to themselves? Yet the smoking line accurately portrays habits in the 80s even if today smoking is uncouth

[budnboston]

but perhaps your references to "Star Trek" and "Stephen King" were your attempt to reflect 80s American pop culture but from the perspective of a male as opposed to the female culture references in the original - other archaic references in the song are to the "the morning" and "the evening" papers as there are no longer morning and evening editions of newspapers and so no such thing as "morning" and "evening" papers etc.

[belalaszlo65]

Hey,

these issues really got you thinking. That is cool. I like that. You're right. I did change some things. And now that I think of it, I was concerned with the male/ female identity thing. Not so much with the time reference. Changing the smoking line never occurred to me before you mentioned it. I think it is a good image to show how unhappy the person was before Love arrived in his/her life. I associate smoking with feeling unhappy, stressed, unfulfilled. So I wouldn't touch that image.

[belalaszlo65]

Hey, again,

I think the twitter reference would be funny. And similarly to the chain smoking image, it would signal loneliness as well. So, what I'm saying is that you came up with an interesting idea. If I ever rerecord the song I will consider changing it. :)

[budnboston]

interesting about the connection between chain smoking and loneliness - perhaps the twittering today indicates that as well - its interesting how that song reflects its time but yes it does not seem though to effect the song's essence when its updated , almost as if by putting such idiopathic elements in the song Abba expected it to be updated and moderated for each person and time - it would be great to hear the twitter reference in a new cover version ! am subscribing to stay updated ....

[TAJ0urs]

Good performance man !!

[belalaszlo65]

Je te remercie, Thierry!

[phaich]

Nagyon tetszik, vonzalmat, nagy szimpátiát ébreszt (bennem....) Go ahaed...

P.

[belalaszlo65]

Köszönöm, hogy írtál. Jól esik hallani, hogy valaki másnak is tetszik, amit az ember csinál.

Benny and Björn are such wonderful songwriters! I thank them for the music.

[bubblicious161]

@belalaszlo65 What language is that?

[belalaszlo65]

Hungarian

[banem55]

Faszikam jo a hangod. Vajdasag.

[belalaszlo65]

Kösz szép, haver srác! :) Toronto

[malomaloish]

nice

[belalaszlo65]

Thanks so much. Glad you liked it.

[belalaszlo65]

I'm always surprised when young people like you show their appreciation of Abba. Of course, Abba is amazing, but it was a long time ago. And yet the quality of their music and the universality of it still shines through. And I'm talking about people much younger than you. The other day I was teaching a class of Grade 3 (ten year old) students here in Canada and at one point they started singing Mamma Mia in class! I couldn't stop smiling. Anyways, thanks for watching. Privet!

[mikezuev]

pretty good!

[belalaszlo65]

Thanks for commenting! Spasibo!

[HemulenPie]

Reminds me of Sparks a bit?! Don't know why but there you have it. Good demo! Nice works man

[belalaszlo65]

Thanks, man.

[Brigadirok]

I have heard several covers of this genial song and I must acknowledge this one is the best. And your accent is absent as for me, you sing this song perfectly. The instrumental part of your version is a great piece of work as well, just a little monotonous.

This is the male version of the song. Thank you for sharing. I'll be glad to listen to other versions of ABBA and other performers. You seem to be talented.

[belalaszlo65]

Bolshoye T'eb'e/Vam spasibo. It is nice to see that people stumble upon my amateur recording of this great song by the great ABBA. But what is really-really nice is to get a wonderful comment like yours. It is much needed feedback. We all want to know that some people like what we do. Thanks for taking the time to write. Take care. (Another Abba song is in the making.)

[ravisol]

Good good, very good!!

love!

[belalaszlo65]

Muchas Gracias! Glad you liked it!

[BaerchenprinzBln]

And I love the idea with "Star Trek" too. I keep that in mind. I´m a trekkie and ABBA fan. Well, i hope this is not patholgical. Lol.

[belalaszlo65]

Bearchenprinz of Berlin,

Did you notice the Marilyn French-Stephen King swap as well? I think Björn would kick my butt for changing his lyrics around.

If you care and have the time please check out my other song although that is in a more exotic language.

Béla

[BaerchenprinzBln]

Yes, I´ve noticed that, but Blancmange changed it too once. I don´t think Björn would mind that. The song is from the 80´s and so it is only natural to set it into the 21st century. And it´s only two words. Well, I think he´s a pacifist too, so maybe he will only beat you up. :-)))

[BaerchenprinzBln]

Wow. Great singing. I love you rendition. I sang along with you. Would work as a duet too. Great job on this song. Very sentimental and sad. Cheers. André :-)

[belalaszlo65]

Danke schön, André. How do you imagine (the German-Hungarian co-production) duet thing? Sounds good. Let me know. I'm gonna go check out your music now. I see that you have a few Abba goodies, yourself.

Béla

[BaerchenprinzBln]

Ah, I sang with you while I was listening. And it sounded good to me. I didn´t think of anything, but in September when I have more time I am going to think more intensive about it. I love to sing duets. And it´s so great, that we can do it without travelling around. I sung with people from Norway, Netherland, France and the USA. So anything is possible Béla, don´t you think too? :-) Cheers. André

[atlas1008]

Great performance, sound is super cool

[atlas1008]

Great performance :)

[belalaszlo65]

Thanks for commenting. It always feels good. This one in particular as a close friend of mine has recently expressed his dislike of my version. He thought that after Agnetha had perfected it there was NO reason to touch the song. I personally had enormous fun working on it and I am certainly glad that you liked it. You restored the balance. Thanks!

[capslock286]

It is interesting to not that the production is clearly Hungarian (thinking "Gloomy Sunday", or at least Eastern European in its' sound. The piano-part in the instrumental part, in particular.

[belalaszlo65]

You might be interested to know that the piano part was not the creation of a Hungarian, but a Canadian guy with Eastern European Jewish ancestry. Now they also have a penchant for sad melodies. And you are quite right, Hungarians also like sad stuff. Swedes are not an exception either: quite a few of ABBA's songs had a certain sadness about them - if not the music, then definitely the words.

[capslock286]

I like the melo-dramatic Hungarian under-tones which lie beneath tha part: 2.30-3,06. Well done.

[belalaszlo65]

Thanx for your comment. I'm glad you like that instrumental part during the bridge. It is so neat to get feedback from people. Especially nice ones.

Cheers!

Béla