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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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  • Saturday, July 19, 2008 11:03 AM

    @ jonathanseer - interesting points... seems to fit my tastes, which have NO background in

    that European tradition ... more American folk and blues ... I can bear celtic folk for about 30 seconds and then my teeth hurt, I appreciate how exquisite it is, even as I change the channel. Polka's fun to visit but I wouldn't want to live there. Loathed the BeeGees too.

    Unless I've been missing something Abba is funk-less... and without the funk, y'mightaswellbe listening to Lawrence Welk.

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