Sad songs

[Henry M]

Noooooooooo... Abba is the band I love to hate the most! Dancing 
Queen is one of the couple of worst songs ever.  I never turn it off 
when comes on the radio.  (The other worst is Trini  Lopez singing
"Kisses Sweeter than Wine.")

On 12 Jan 97 at 12:04, Adam J. Thornton wrote:

> > It is a curiousity of rock music (and probably other popular
> > forms such as the blues) that a lyrically mordant or despairing
> > song will frequently be set to a rollicking beat (as counterweight
> > or yin-yang balance?).
> 
> This is precisely what makes (hold onto your stomachs here, foax)
> Abba (yes, I said it, Abba) such a great band.  Look no further than
> "Our Last Summer" on _Super Trouper_.  The tune is your basic happy
> Abba-disco-pop. But the words (this is the last verse, after a few
> about the bittersweet joys of the couple's last summer in Paris):
> 
> "Now you're working in a bank
> A family man, a football fan,
> And your name is Harry.
> How dull it seems, yet still
> You're the hero of my dreams."
> 
> Or even the title track:
> "I was sick and tired of everything
>  When I called you last night from Glasgow.
>  All I do is eat and sleep and sing..."
> 
> If Abba sang mostly happy songs to their happy disco beats, who
> would ever listen to them?
> 
> Adam
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