Abba

Kerre Li (xix) · **Posted:** Wed Oct 19, 2005 3:08 pm

the new Madonna single has resurrected my love of Abba. The only album I have is Gold- anyone know anything more?

Billzebub · **Joined:** Mon Oct 25, 2004 10:26 pm **Posts:** 6459

ABBA? ABBA, Swedish?
I knew them when they were a Lancashire clock dancing trio! ...

Dusty Chalk · **Posted:** Wed Oct 19, 2005 3:46 pm

Mrs. Neuro Wrote:

the new Madonna single has resurrected my love of Abba. The only album I have is Gold- anyone know anything more?

They don't suck? Some of the hookiest hooks ever?

That 2-disc collection contains pretty much anything you'll ever need to hear by them, unless you need to hear their albums.

Cotton · **Joined:** Mon Oct 25, 2004 6:12 pm **Posts:** 17155

the only thing a new Madonna single should ressurect a love for is strangling Madonna.

no guru · **Posted:** Wed Oct 19, 2005 3:51 pm

My wife loves ABBA. I pretend to.

Some songs like The Winner Takes It All are good.

Kerre Li (xix) · **Posted:** Wed Oct 19, 2005 4:56 pm

whatever people. You need to know the origins of good dance music

hello? Voulez Vous? Awesome. Gimmie Gimmie Gimmie?

no guru · **Posted:** Wed Oct 19, 2005 5:02 pm

Mrs. Neuro Wrote:

whatever people. You need to know the origins of good dance music

hello? Voulez Vous? Awesome. Gimmie Gimmie Gimmie?

I excuse myself from your grouping. If there's anything I'm schooled in more than is necessary, it's cheesy old pop hits.

Stone red's dark sunshine · **Joined:** Mon Oct 25, 2004 2:17 pm **Posts:** 1096

Dusty Chalk Wrote:

That 2-disc collection contains pretty much anything you'll ever need to hear by them, unless you need to hear their albums.

I agree with this. There may be a few other good songs out there on their albums that aren't on the collection, but their best stuff is on the 2 disc set.

Cotton · **Joined:** Mon Oct 25, 2004 6:12 pm **Posts:** 17155

Mrs. Neuro Wrote:

whatever people. You need to know the origins of good dance music

seafoam · **Posted:** Wed Oct 19, 2005 5:55 pm

I've been a fan since I was 11. I only owned ABBA. The Gold is really all I need now to satiate a need for cheezed out, smooth, harmonic, blissful pop.

SOS
Name of the Game
Take a Chance
Chiquitita

It also reminds me of Europe when ABBA had their 2nd return to fame on the Gold release with remixing. Something about a huge Austrian man swinging a stein singing at the top of his lungs with the rest of the haus makes me giggle like little kid.

Elvis Fu · **Posted:** Wed Oct 19, 2005 7:35 pm

Leave it to white people to think that "good dance music" originated with white people.

Dunwoody Dude · **Joined:** Wed Nov 03, 2004 11:20 am **Posts:** 2869

Hey, I dig on the Carpenters so I aint saying shit.

Steve

aerodynamics · **Posted:** Wed Oct 19, 2005 7:47 pm

My favorite from them is The Album, but Arrival is a great great record as well. These are their two best IMO.

Kit · **Joined:** Mon Oct 25, 2004 2:47 pm **Posts:** 3052

S.O.S. is a good song.

no guru · **Posted:** Wed Oct 19, 2005 7:50 pm

Hedley Lamarr Wrote:

Hey, I dig on the Carpenters so I aint saying shit.

Steve

Would go so far as to say that every sha-la-la-la, every wo-wo-wo still shines and that every shing-a-ling-a-ling that they're starting to sing's
so fine?

Dusty Chalk · **Posted:** Wed Oct 19, 2005 8:15 pm

Bastard. Now I'm going to have that song stuck in my head. And I'm listening to Venetian Snares, so it's not like it's going to get ousted by that shit. Hopefully Lhasa will perform the proper exorcism.

pinehurst · **Joined:** Fri Dec 10, 2004 1:45 am **Posts:** 1526

http://dailywav.com/0699/noabba2.wav

Sorry...link seems to be gone, just a quote from Priscilla Queen of the Desert...

MontyTheMongoose · **Posted:** Wed Oct 19, 2005 11:09 pm

Elvis Fu Wrote:

Leave it to white people to think that "good dance music" originated with white people.

You mean The Jazz Singer wasn't black..?

Radcliffe · **Posted:** Wed Oct 19, 2005 11:12 pm

Mrs. Neuro Wrote:

whatever people. You need to know the origins of good dance music

Abba also originated hip hop, and shoegaze, and death metal... well, good hip hop and shoegaze and death metal, anyway. And Frida was the first white woman to shave her pubic patch into the shape of a valentine heart.

Yup. Abba. The originators.

MontyTheMongoose · **Posted:** Wed Oct 19, 2005 11:13 pm

Radcliffe Wrote:

Mrs. Neuro Wrote:

whatever people. You need to know the origins of good dance music

Abba also originated hip hop, and shoegaze, and death metal... well, good hip hop and shoegaze and death metal, anyway. And Frida was the first white woman to shave her pubic patch into the shape of a valentine heart.

Yup. Abba. The originators.

You're Canadian. You should know, then, that Rush begat the first two you mentioned, and maybe contributed a little to the development of death metal as well.

Finch Platte · **Posted:** Thu Oct 20, 2005 1:10 am

My town has an Abba cover band. They'd be alright, except the drummer plays like Neil Peart throughout every song, and has a drumset just as big as Neil's.

"Waterloo, waterloo" boom boom thruttuka thruttuka doon doon blenketa thraaboom blenketa dubdubdubdubdubdubdub... "waterloo, waterloo."

It would be funny if it weren't so sad. And it's the drummer's band, so they can't kick him out. :shock:

fp

Buck_Wild · **Joined:** Thu Jul 21, 2005 3:28 am **Posts:** 232

I agree about S.O.S.--one of their best choruses. While shopping at the drug store once I came to the inescapable conclusion that 'Dancing Queen' is a genius single. I find their early bubblegum-simple stuff kind of annoying & prefer the sweeping, later period disco epics. At this point, I'm not really into listening to just the music. What I saw of Abba The Movie looked cool so theoretically I wouldn't mind seeing a video collection someday. I think there's two volumes.

Damen · **Posted:** Thu Oct 20, 2005 2:40 am

Didn't the Clash play a festival once with ABBA's equipment? Johnny Green talked about it in A Riot of Our Own

ptrck · **Joined:** Wed Oct 27, 2004 10:55 pm **Posts:** 5568

Billzebub Wrote:

I knew them when they were a Lancashire cock dancing trio! ...

Dusty Chalk · **Posted:** Thu Oct 20, 2005 3:11 am

Finch Platte Wrote:

My town has an Abba cover band. They'd be alright, except the drummer plays like Neil Peart throughout every song, and has a drumset just as big as Neil's.

"Waterloo, waterloo" boom boom thruttuka thruttuka doon doon blenketa thraaboom blenketa dubdubdubdubdubdubdub... "waterloo, waterloo."

It would be funny if it weren't so sad. And it's the drummer's band, so they can't kick him out. :shock:

fp

OMG, I have to hear this...

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