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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 01:08 PM

    I loathed ABBA, considering it almost TRANCE music, a very safe drug ... like an insidious Muzak ...

    happy music ... that put a bounce in your step and a buzz in your ear that would not go away ... very 1984, or THX1138... asexual, unthreatening ...

    Actually the funniest thing I've seen on TV in ages was watching some Time/Life infomercial on the great music of soft rock ... virtually all of which was truly insipid and forgettable ... I felt embarrassed for the presenters who I.DID.NOT.RECOGNIZE. Hawking bands like Air Supply ...

    Catch it. It will bring back memories of reaching over rapidly to punch some other button on your car radio.

    The movie sounds like a lot of fun ... I guess for some folks it was "the soundtrack of my life" ... I was marveling last week that I owned both Fleetwood Mac albums ... oh, and the Doobie Brothers ... don't get me started ...

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