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Friday, July 18, 2008 12:00 AM

Knowing me, knowing ABBA

How did a cheesy Scandinavian pop group in jumpsuits and blue eye shadow become as seriously beloved as the Beatles?
By Mary Elizabeth Williams

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  • Thursday, July 17, 2008 09:20 PM

    ABBA is magical girl music...

    although I know they have male fans, like my husband. Their songs are infectious and create their own little pop universe of heartfelt feeling and danceablity; even "Fernando" makes me want to do an interpretive ballet. And I suppose they have a kind of wholesome appeal that is like catnip to our ironic sensibilities, and which caused many Swedes to commend their "tidiness" in "ABBA: The Movie". But if they had recorded nothing other than "Dancing Queen", they would still be beloved by dreamy females everywhere.

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