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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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  • Friday, July 18, 2008 06:33 PM

    Wrong Order

    Left-Benny Anderson, Front-Frida Lyngstad, Back-Agnetha Faltskog, Right-Bjorn Ulvaeus

    The reason ABBA still rules is because they had a gift for song hooks and melody that hasn't been matched since. It helps that Frida and Agnetha were great singers (not just pop singers, but singers in any genre) and unlike so many American singers, they don't ham it up by over-singing (i.e. enunciating every vowel in a one syllable word -I remember a re-make where the singer cycled through O-U-E-I-A while singing the word "I" in "I Will Survive").

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