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Posted by msquared (Member # 4484) on :

I know many of the music elitist will scoff at me, but I love ABBA. I grew up with their music and I lusted after Anna-Frida and Agnetha as a teenager.

There is a group that does an ABBA show, sort of like those Beetle tribute groups. For my birthday my parents got me tickets to the show tonight. The weather promised to be in the low 70's, low humidity and a slight breeze. Looks like it will be a great night.

The only problem will be that my wife will try and keep me from singing along.

msquared

Posted by Telperion the Silver (Member # 6074) on :

I LOVE ABBA!

If you change your mind! I'm the first in line! Honey I'm still free! Take a change on me!

I do I do I do I do I do!

The winner takes it all! The looser has to fall! The gods will throw the dice...their minds as cold as ice! And someone way down here! Loses someone dear!

I've been so lucky, I am the Girl with Golden Hair! I wanna sing it out to everybody! What a life, what a joy, what a chance! Thank you for the music! The songs I'm singing!

[Smile]

Posted by Erik Slaine (Member # 5583) on :

*flees*

Posted by mr_porteiro_head (Member # 4644) on :

I love listening to Abba.

I listen to Abba Oro (Spanish version of Abba Gold) a lot.

*goes off to listen*

[ July 23, 2004, 03:36 PM: Message edited by: mr_porteiro_head ]

Posted by sndrake (Member # 4941) on :

[Laugh]

*laughs and scoffs at msquared and Telperion*

and mph, who posted while this was being written. [Taunt]

[ July 23, 2004, 03:47 PM: Message edited by: sndrake ]

Posted by UofUlawguy (Member # 5492) on :

If you're an ABBA fan, you should come to Vegas and see the musical Mamma Mia!

I haven't seen it, but then I'm not a big ABBA fan. It's pretty successful here, though.

Posted by Telperion the Silver (Member # 6074) on :

Super trooper beams are gonna blind me, shining like the sun! Smiling havin' fun... Feeling like a number one! [Big Grin]

Posted by TMedina (Member # 6649) on :

Oh hell.

I guess I have to borrow a buddy's ABBA cd and see what the fuss is about.

-Trevor

Posted by mr_porteiro_head (Member # 4644) on :

Give in!

*wonders why mph wasn't scorned as well [Frown]

Posted by Erik Slaine (Member # 5583) on :

Don't touch it, Trevor!

It's EVIL! [Angst]

Posted by sndrake (Member # 4941) on :

MPH,

the error, such as it was, has been corrected. [Wink]

Posted by msquared (Member # 4484) on :

Erik

Why is it evil? They had some of the best pop hooks ever put to music. It is music you can dance to and sing to.

msquared

Posted by Corwin (Member # 5705) on :

I love ABBA ! And I'm not ashamed to say it !
All ABBA fans, let's party:
[Party]

Posted by msquared (Member # 4484) on :

[Party]

We need a singing Graemlin.

msquared

Posted by Erik Slaine (Member # 5583) on :

Eeevil! For those very reasons.

*puts on Marquee Moon by Television to ward off remembering Knowing Me Knowing You*

Ah-Haaah...

Posted by Telperion the Silver (Member # 6074) on :

ABBA Swedish party!!

[Party]

Posted by Narnia (Member # 1071) on :

[Wave]

ABBA fan. Right here. I love it.

And I love that song Telp (Super Trouper). My other favorite song "The Piper" is on that album as well as "Me and I" and some other real gems.

I was raised on ABBA LPs blasting from my dad's nifty turntable with stereo speakers that folded out. The height of coolness. [Big Grin]

If you want proof that the members of ABBA are/were good musicians, just check out the musical "Chess." It was written by two members of the band I believe, and as far as recent musicals go (most of which I'm not a fan) the music in this one is really really nice.

Posted by fiazko (Member # 5812) on :

Two words: Muriel's Wedding

Posted by fallow (Member # 6268) on :

Two words:

Porpoise Spit!

Does that make me australophillic or do I just fancy dolphins?

fallow

PS. Or do I fancy a rack of porpoise on the spit? *nyuck nyuck*

Posted by plaid (Member # 2393) on :

I like the musical "Chess" -- didn't they do the music for that?

Posted by fallow (Member # 6268) on :

plaid,

do dolphins play chess? please tell me they don't. they wouldn't.

fallow

Posted by graywolfe (Member # 3852) on :

[Party]

Mama Mia. I always loved that song [Smile]

. How many of us grew to love them from our parents playing the tunes? Mine used to play them during vacations in the early eighties [Smile]

Posted by rivka (Member # 4859) on :

I'm still sad that I didn't manage to see Mamma Mia when it was playing in L.A. But I just don't make it to shows, even ones I really want to see.

*wanders off singing* Dancing queen, young and sweet, only seventeen . . .

Posted by Annie (Member # 295) on :

My personal favorite is "Take a Chance on Me."

I lived with a good friend of mine a couple of summers ago, and she christened it the "Summer Of ABBA." She'd write ABBA lyrics on our diner-style reader board that we had hung in the window and change them weekly.

She had to write a sonnet for a class of hers that summer, and made it all about her favorite Swedish band. Bet you can't guess what the rhyme scheme was. [Big Grin]