I can't stand the Slade one either but that's because it was playing on the hospital radio when my dad died and since then, every time Noddy Holder screeches, 'IT'S CHRIIIIIIIIISTTTTMAAAAAAAAAAAAS' I think of my dad carking it.
I can't imagine that Benny & Bjorn
need the money after all the Mamma Mia stuff?
ABBA were of their time for me. One of THE iconic bands of the 1970s and their early 80s stuff wasn't bad either. They had a bash at disco and it wasn't bad at all. But I remember listening to The Visitors album and not liking it with the exceptions of 'One of us' and 'Slipping Through My Fingers' - the latter one took on a different meaning when I grew up, had kids of my own, and then my mother died. I left home at 16 and I didn't understand (until many years later) how much this hurt my mum so this particular ABBA song is emotionally evocative to me. Except that the girl in the song appears to like school, and I did not!
Listening to one of the new ABBA songs (and seeing the video showing ABBA as they were) I'm wondering is this is the 'farewell' that we didn't get first time around? I don't think they ever actually disbanded? The music (generally) went downhill and they made an appearance on a TV show - sang
Thank You For The Music - and that was it? I always felt that it was a pretty crappy ending from such a much loved band, and I think fans felt cheated too?
I think it might take me a while to get used to having ABBA around again? But if the music is good and the girl's voices are still there (and not autotuned to feck) then I can see how this could really work for them, and maybe this is the perfect time for them to make a come back because the music in the charts is much of a muchness. Maybe ol' Benny Boy and Bjorn are playing a blinder of a card here? We'll see...