When I was in Germany a few weeks ago, I heard about 20 seconds of the most incredible cover of ABBA’s “Super Trouper” in my hotel’s lobby. The sound was low and tinny, but I could have sworn that it was a full-on lounge version of the song. I kept meaning to ask what CD was playing before I left, but somehow forgot and ended up back in Tokyo still wondering what I had heard.
After a few weeks of poking around through the huge numbers of ABBA covers on amazon.de, I finally turned up the track. Turns out, it’s not lounge at all, but cabaret by Max Raabe & Palast Orchester. The song totally works as a cabaret number, I think.
A (fair-use-sized) clip is available here.
Posted by pmk at July 2, 2004 8:27 PM | TrackBackFor a minute, I thought I heard pmk whistling in the background.
Posted by: Noah at July 22, 2004 8:57 AM