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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 09:18 PM

    "Oliver's Army"

    That was the turning point for seventies hipsters: if Elvis said ABBA was cool, then ABBA was cool.

    Going after them on a long since disproven charge of "cheesiness" now is major missing-the-boat-that-sailed-thrity-years-ago--as if you hadn't heard that Karen Carpenter is also cool and went after her for being MOR or Tom Jones for being vulgar. Well, d-u-fuckin-h.

    Cultural illiteracy is not an attractive quality in a critic.

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