Line Out - Comments on ABBA http://lineout.thestranger.com/2007/09/abba Yeah, yeah: I'm a 'tard, no taste, prefer musicals to rawk. But my boyfriend put a bunch of ABBA albums on my iTunes last night, and I'm sitting here at Victrola having my usual inexplicable reaction to "Fernando." It makes... Copyright 2008 Tue, 11 Sep 2007 09:52:20 -0800 Sat, 15 Sep 2007 04:19:51 -0800 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.34 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Comment by Meinert Abba is seriously one of the best pop groups ever Dan. Fernando, Dancing Queen, Mama Mia, etc, etc. The Best.

]]> Meinert http://lineout.thestranger.com/2007/09/abba#c802265 http://lineout.thestranger.com/2007/09/abba#c802265 Song Tue, 11 Sep 2007 10:11:25 -0800 Comment by Ari Spool It's called having a heart. CRY YOUR TEARS!

]]> Ari Spool http://lineout.thestranger.com/2007/09/abba#c802269 http://lineout.thestranger.com/2007/09/abba#c802269 Song Tue, 11 Sep 2007 10:17:41 -0800 Comment by Kurt B. Reighley "The Way Old Friends Do" is the one that always gets my waterworks fired up.

]]> Kurt B. Reighley http://lineout.thestranger.com/2007/09/abba#c802312 http://lineout.thestranger.com/2007/09/abba#c802312 Song Tue, 11 Sep 2007 10:38:18 -0800 Comment by June Bee Last week at Victrola the girl in front of me inexplicably gave me her mistaken Americano order, just what I was going to order! Cheers!

Kurt, enjoyed the Algebra Suicide write up.

"u can danse you can juve, having the tuime of your life!"

]]> June Bee http://lineout.thestranger.com/2007/09/abba#c802333 http://lineout.thestranger.com/2007/09/abba#c802333 Song Tue, 11 Sep 2007 10:54:45 -0800 Comment by Hernandez I have the exact same reaction to "Gimme Gimme Gimme (a man after midnight)", but instead of crying, I MUST DANCE!!!

]]> Hernandez http://lineout.thestranger.com/2007/09/abba#c802470 http://lineout.thestranger.com/2007/09/abba#c802470 Song Tue, 11 Sep 2007 12:31:31 -0800 Comment by The General If loving Abba is wrong, I don't want to be right.

In case you're also a Meryl Streep fan (who isn't?), you'll be happy to know she'll be starring in the movie adaptation of Mamma Mia!

]]> The General http://lineout.thestranger.com/2007/09/abba#c802654 http://lineout.thestranger.com/2007/09/abba#c802654 Song Tue, 11 Sep 2007 15:23:13 -0800 Comment by Catman Remember Erasure's "Abbaesque"? Pure gold.

]]> Catman http://lineout.thestranger.com/2007/09/abba#c802679 http://lineout.thestranger.com/2007/09/abba#c802679 Song Tue, 11 Sep 2007 15:40:00 -0800 Comment by adamblast It's OK, Dan. I can't listen to Pet Shop Boy's version of "Go West" without balling like a baby.

I just think of all those '70's and '80's gay refugees running to "safety" in the big city, and what happened to them... :(

]]> adamblast http://lineout.thestranger.com/2007/09/abba#c802699 http://lineout.thestranger.com/2007/09/abba#c802699 Song Tue, 11 Sep 2007 15:50:43 -0800 Comment by gkb Read if you haven't yet Elisabeth Vincentelli's book on "Abba Gold," part of the 33 1/3 series. A beautiful appreciation. Made me run out and buy all the original albums. I agree with her that "SOS" is their best song--

]]> gkb http://lineout.thestranger.com/2007/09/abba#c802729 http://lineout.thestranger.com/2007/09/abba#c802729 Song Tue, 11 Sep 2007 16:09:00 -0800 Comment by graham marr balling like a baby.

That's one precocious, horny baby.

]]> graham marr http://lineout.thestranger.com/2007/09/abba#c802955 http://lineout.thestranger.com/2007/09/abba#c802955 Song Tue, 11 Sep 2007 20:28:29 -0800 Comment by sheila It means that you prefer the melodious, gorgeous voice of Frida's (Fernando) over Agnetha's (Nina ... though everyone's vocals were pretty representative). Tell your boyfriend to put on Knowing Me, Knowing You.

You'll be a goner.

]]> sheila http://lineout.thestranger.com/2007/09/abba#c803051 http://lineout.thestranger.com/2007/09/abba#c803051 Song Wed, 12 Sep 2007 05:10:14 -0800 Comment by mrgoolsby I find Village People's song "Ready for the '80's" to be quite sad as well. All the optimism about the turning of the decade, not knowing about what the '80's would bring to the gay community...

]]> mrgoolsby http://lineout.thestranger.com/2007/09/abba#c804151 http://lineout.thestranger.com/2007/09/abba#c804151 Song Thu, 13 Sep 2007 12:33:10 -0800 Comment by bobbo I loooove that song. Ever since Rachel Griffiths and Toni Collette wistfully sang a couple lines of it in "Muriel's Wedding."

]]> bobbo http://lineout.thestranger.com/2007/09/abba#c804481 http://lineout.thestranger.com/2007/09/abba#c804481 Song Thu, 13 Sep 2007 16:46:01 -0800 Comment by piglet @13: Oh god... don't get me started! Fantastic.
You'll be into Eurovision next, mark my words.

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