Everyone Loves Abba?

Chiquitita, but of course I always sing the words wrong. Quite like Fernando too.

Apparently my two eldest girls sing Thank You For The Music at school. Their music teacher is incredibly young and they sing all kinds of modern songs, not the hymns I sang in my day.
 
I downloaded 1.38 giga bites of ABBA MUSIC on bitcomet and am going to make an mp3 c-d disk of the songs I can put 99 songs on an ordinary blank C-D and play on my music system, but not in my car as the c-d player does not recognise mp3 codecs........... obviously I can make normal disks that hold up to 25 songs depending on their length that work in the car.... ;)
 
Cold cold cold cold...europop

Catchy tunes...but so what? Utterly souless, as you might expect from sweden

and the lyrics? Well....

I hated them. Still do. Or should i say...totally indifferent to them

whilst mourning the great james brown it seems almost sacriligeous to even think about the complete polar opposites to the genius godfatehr of soul
 
Funny as although I cannot name a single one of their songs when they come on radio I can sing along with all of them. (Think this is a bit sad probably)

Have a story about this anyway.... and I can name drop a teeny bit during the story although not very impressive really.

Once upon a time in my mispent youth I had a flat on the Kings Road a few yards from where Johnny Rotten lived. The Sex Pistols were still together, just, and I needed a lift somewhere one day not having a car. Steve Jones (I think, God cannot remember that either) took my friend and I in a car with the old bass player, not Sid, and guess what they were blasting out on the tape player ? Yes, good old Abba, who they apparently loved. Not so sure what Rotten thought though as he declined riding with them!
 
The wrath of Ardross may soon be upon you Isinglass for name dropping. As it is your first offence (or at least you are not in double figures yet) you may get off with just a friendly (ish) verbal warning.

Continue at your peril. :ph34r:
 
thanks for warning but at least I did admit to it before doing it! Maybe he will show mercy and the penalty will not be severe. (??) Must be some kind of compensation for those of us who can only name drop from our youth.
 
Nah, sorry Isinglass. I don't think Ardross is up for bending his rules about namedropping . I have decided to take his warning on board, but will continue to namedrop anyway. :blink:

Did I tell you I am off to watch Chelsea, tonight? My God ,will I be in name dropping good form tomorrow morning! :D See, I am doing a pre warning, but I still think I will get a telling off. Such is life, eh!
 
Yes Gareth that will be the one, Glen. He stayed friends with Paul Cook and Steve Jones, but stayed away from Rotten, nee Lydon.

Ardross, why are you against name dropping ? Do you not know anyone worthy of dropping yourself?

Good luck Kathy - are you a WAG?
 
Originally posted by clivex@Jan 10 2007, 11:52 AM
Cold cold cold cold...europop

Catchy tunes...but so what? Utterly souless, as you might expect from sweden

and the lyrics? Well....

I hated them. Still do. Or should i say...totally indifferent to them

whilst mourning the great james brown it seems almost sacriligeous to even think about the complete polar opposites to the genius godfatehr of soul
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Abba made great pop music, Brown was a wife beater who prostituted himself for any worthless tv programme that would have him and his "I Feel Good" anthem. He wasn`t in Marvin Gaye`s league anyway.

Mama Mia
Fernando
S.O.S.
 
ABBA was nothing to do with soul, in the same way that James Brown was nothing like Beethoven - what a completely daft comparison, clivex! They made a lot of moribund parties get up 'n' go, and I don't know anyone who doesn't want to make an arse of themself to 'Dancing Queen'. They had a unique sound and definitely a unique look (!) and they've stood the test of time in that people still play them.

James Brown ended up as a parody of soul, cheesy and kitsch, and sadly, madly self-deluded that his horrendous polyester jumpsuits suits and bouffant hair made him a sex god. Bouffant hair and polyester jumpsuits on the ABBA boys, meanwhile, just looked like a normal part of the package!
 
Yes and Marvin Gaye has nothing to do with James Brown. Complete opposites in terms of charachter, music and background. Of course in some eyes they are just the same,.....

Abba "made catchy pop songs". Great. So did the smurfs

James Brown cheesy? Well, how many other artists influenced both the stones and the beatles (to name two) and kicked off whole genres (pared down funk and rap)

he was often a mess, but he was non conformist and highly original. Great artists are rarely nice smiley happy grinning clones

I personally find the coldness of abba unappealing. A party? welli would get in Norman Jay or failing that, some decent eventies/eigthies dance stuff like Chic or Slave
 
I think we've maybe got the message that you don't like Abba, Clive. :D

I Have A Dream would be on my list of favourites, along with Dancing Queen. Good, old fashioned, cheesy, sing-along pop.
 
I was talking about his latter years, Clive, and while he may have been one of the many soulmen behind a number of bands, don't forget how many were behind HIM... but back to ABBA! 'Good fun' is what comes to mind, unpretentious, unthreatening, something your Granny could dance to (if your Granny could dance) and that you could put on for your kids to knock themselves out, too, without worrying about any 'effing' lyrics.

Thinks: I guess if Euronymous ever replicates, his ankle-biters will grind their first teeth to 'The Ace of Spades'? :D
 
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AHA!
 
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