Going back to the teenage years in the mid-1970s, my friends and I have a lot in common. Pursue girls who don’t go out with us. Either talk trash or sing the praises of our high school teachers. Many of us are new Christians and sympathize with each other for the lack of music, and we can connect with it, which contains lyrics that reflect our newly discovered beliefs. When it comes to music, there are two other common threads in our young lives. We are pretty sure that in a few decades, if the Lord stays in His second coming, we will walk all the roads of flesh and blood, and our tombstones will be engraved with the inscription “DISCO STILL SUCKS”. Furthermore, at the risk of sounding sacrilegious, we agree that the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse are not actually named war, plague, famine, and death. Instead, they are Agnetha, Björn, Benny and Anni-Frid. In other words, Abba.
Being a teenage boy in the 1970s, instead of being immediately regarded as suspiciously sideways by almost all other boys in the school, means you have to—have—to hate ABBA passionately. Lyrics of schlocky. Polyester, sequined stuffy clothing. Ridiculously over-produced songs. The annoying earworm-like melody will get stuck in your mind until you stand in the middle of the school playground screaming at the exorcist at lunch time, or at least someone blows up the Led Zeppelin with a portable eight-track player. You may have secretly found Agnetha and/or Anti-Frid material suitable for private fantasies, and even the closest friends will not discuss it. But that’s it. If you choose between listening to ABBA or suffering a massive acne outbreak five minutes before attending a prom with your secret obsession, you will be cursed by Clearasil every time.
Fast forward forty-five years (ouch). We who stayed here are now more than 60 years old and hope to live happily in this early autumn of our lives. We still clean up our albums and CDs, or listen to our classic rock radio stations, occasionally stopping to wonder when exactly did grunge become part of the classic rock family. Over the past few decades, our musical tastes may have expanded or even eased. But we are still at the core of rock music, right? Nothing can change this, right?
Then this happens.
Yes, after forty years and two divorces, ABBA is back with a new album. I must be older, yes. However, the tune still exists.
After the band split in 1982, Agnetha Fältskog and Anni-Frid Lyngstad (usually by Frida) tried their personal careers and achieved some success overseas, but not so much in the United States, Björn Ulvaeus and Benny Andersson continued to collaborate, most notably with the music chess Featured with this little song.
Despite this, ABBA is hardly aware of a part of popular culture.In other words, it wasn’t until 1999 that several of the band’s songs were included in the musical (Mamma Mia!). The musical started in London and slowly conquered the world, unlike the Martians of HG Wells. World war, This time minus the invaders who succumbed to the pathogens of the earth.Nothing can stop the four-headed beast because The 2008 movie version was a big success with Countless stage works of Oh mother! It has been fully proven. Now… a new album. I have already written down in my heart to avoid all Targets and Walmarts on the day of the launch on November 5th, lest I get trampled by hordes of fans, most of whom are girls who will not go out with me or my friends that day , Impacting the electronics department selling CD and LP.
Given the continuing impact of COVID and the small details of ABBA members ranging in age from 71 to 76, the lack of appeal of touring in traditional ways is understandable. What should I do?How about it Build your own arena in London And with the support of the live band, stage a group of incarnations as a bench performance for a group of four? Yes, this is exactly what ABBA does. The band posted a photo of themselves wearing the clothes they used to film the show.
We are on the way back! thank you for waiting.#ABBAtravel It’s the concert we always wanted to perform for the fans. The journey is about to begin!
pre order @ABBAThe new album “Voyage” will be released on November 5 to get exclusive pre-sale tickets.https://t.co/erjJHNSIqS pic.twitter.com/xLh6wWL5z7
-ABBA Travel (@ABBAVoyage) September 2, 2021
Quite a fashion statement.
So, gentle readers, those unimaginable are now not only imaginable, but also reality. ABBA is back. What’s even more incredible is that I kind of like new songs. And, just like in the 1970s, to many people’s surprise, all these are still not accompanied by the four horsemen mentioned above.
