Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! (A Man After Midnight), performed by Victor Frankenstein | AAAH!BBA

frankenstein was the scientist, not the monster, but also, he was totally the monster

Many years ago, Brian David Gilbert and Jonah Scott talked about how most of ABBA's music could be sung by Halloween villains. This year, they turned that 3 minute conversation into a full album.

this is where brian david gilbert is:

[briandavidgilbert]

welcome to AAAH!BBA, the world’s first?/only?/best? Halloween-themed ABBA cover album.

[egg_mittens]

I'm gonna find myself saying "No, Brian David Gilbert was the scientist, you're thinking of Gilbert's Monster"

[mythicdragonrider]

"To my dearest sister/wife, Elizabeth..."
five seconds in and you've already broken me

[hiimelled]

"There's not a soul out there! Why not make one in here?" Holy shit.

[melware]

"I can foresee no repercussions to this!"
That's it
That's his character

[twotoomany]

"There's not a soul out there, why not make one in here?" is such a raw line and I can't believe it's from an ABBA parody song about Frankenstein.

[ketsiaiitan]

I don't know why the rhyme of "dig up a grave" with "electrici-tay" is so funny but I laugh every time

[pepijnoosterhuis]

Mary Shelly is rolling in her grave, grooving to these sick beats.

[perihelion]

The reveal that the monster was just a slightly bigger bdg was incredible

[keithhuang]

that sudden high pitch in "mother's DEATTHHHH" was perfection

[williamkid]

So, we're not going to talk about the absolutely amazing composition in which all the instruments are acoustic up until the point the monster is created and everything is taken over by an exclusively digital score????

[Trixa]

The tentative vulnerability of the first "...gimme, gimme, gimme..!" had me on the floor

[zmbie]

the lyrical changes, the acting, i feel like this is more than a halloween swedish pop album... it's a full musical.

[ArkayeCh]

This entire album feels like a Universal movie franchise. It has just enough flair and unironic cheesiness to make it happen. Huge Moulin Rouge vibes.

[moonlightshadowpony]

intelligence is knowing that Frankenstein was actually the scientist, wisdom is knowing that Frankenstein was actually the monster, charisma is the ability to play both in the same song

[KingApeiron]

BDG just absolutely flexing his robust falsetto in this piece.

[KazisCollection]

“I can foresee no repercussions to this!”
stellar

[Roseforthethorns]

“My dear sister slash wife” has me DYING. That’s legit canonical and I can’t.

[MarquisdeL]

"Dear sister/wife"
Me: "What?!"
Me, remembering that Victor married his adopted sister: "Right."

[gigi-riley]

there’s no reason for BDG to be literally the best voice of victor Frankenstein ever, why did it have to be in a halloween themed abba cover?? i mean i’m not complaining, this shit SLAPS.