The distressing Mr. Flynt

[Jester]

At 05:39 PM 01/23/1997 -0500, Adam wrote:

>On the other hand, since I just ordered the ABBA _Thank You For The Music_
>boxed set--four whole CDs of everyone's favorite Scandinavian
>supergroup--you'd all probably be wise to utterly ignore anything I have to
>say about absolutely anything whatever.
>

Actually, I just saw _ABBA: The Movie_ on VH-1 a couple o' weeks back.  At
first, I was prepared to laugh at it, and crack all those cliche jokes about
a 70's disco act -- BUT man, was *I* surprised!  The movie was actually a
bit postmodern -- lots of strange narrative tricks, was it concert footage
or make-believe questions running through my mind, and a total flip-flop of
my expectations ensued.  I now have total respect for the group -- and the
knowledge that the founders went on to have a hit Broadway play provides
some satisfaction.  Funny also, from the concert footage, it appeared that
their music actually bordered on progressive classically-influenced European
rock (amazing how little of their music seemed to sound like "Dancing Queen"
-- their only US hit).  Interestingly also, I dedect some influence by the
act on early Queen material (see Night at the Opera, Queen II and A Day at
the Races) and even modern progressive acts like Marillion.  Neat.

JJ

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