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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 11:15 AM

    Dylan?

    It's great that Dylan invented the electric guitar and songs with lyrics and ascended to heaven on the wings of angels and all, but can anybody actually listen to his so-called music without visibly wincing?

    Not me, for sure. The Times They Are A Changing was a kind of song of the epoch, but I revisited Hwy 61 recently and was appalled by how pathetic it all was.

    Of course my musical tastes have not yet arrived at the sixties, but I am getting there. Today I am listening to the Count Basie band of 1957.

    —Amerigo Read Amerigo's other letters

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