Abba's lasting greatness

[netzerkaiser]

Has there ever been a band like this, who showed warts & all? Maybe Beatles in last couple of years, but obviously lacking feminine input. At their worst, Abba made some dreadful music... but at their best, alongside Bjorn Borg & Volvo, they, for a period of time, simply made Sweden the coolest place on Earth.

Abba - The Name Of The Game
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iJ90ZqH0PWI

ABBA - Eagle
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-WJLOLehLrI

Abba - The Day Before You Came
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1HnOFwqpLRQ

Abba - SOS
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cvChjHcABPA

Borg = Legend
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=amG_wgdh44U

[Starrio]

ABBA is definitely one of the greatest bands of all time, along Bee Gees, The Who, Queen, The Beatles, Led Zeppelin, The Rolling Stones, Supertramp, The Doors, Electric Light Orchestra, The Beach Boys, Bread, The Moody Blues, Credence Clearwater Revival, The Hollies, America, The Zombies, Pink Floyd, The Kinks, Fleetwood Mac, The Yardbirds, Yes, Genesis, King Crimson, Emerson Lake & Palmer, Simon & Garfunkel, etc..

However I do love the 80s new wave synth pop and new romantics stuff like Pet Shop Boys, Duran Duran, Depeche Mode, The Police, Teras For Fears, Culture Club, Wham!, Spandau Ballet, A Flock Of Seagulls, Frankie Goes To Hollywood, Soft Cell, New Order, Bronski Beat, Kajagoogoo, Erasure, Simply Red, Eurythmics, A-Ha, Cutting Crew, etc..

They were all a thing before I was even born, but that doesn't stop me from appreciating their music.

From today I listen to Dimmu Borgir, Opeth, Meshuggah, Samael, Children Of Bodom, Cradle Of Filth, Arch Enemy, Amon Amarth, Finntroll, Eternal Tears Of Sorrow, Eluveitie, Norther, Kalmah, Bloodbath, Old Man's Child, Callenish Circle, Dark Tranquility, Soilwork, In Flames, etc., and even those bands recognize the greatness of ABBA.

My favorite ABBA cover would definitely be Summer Night City by Therion:

https://youtu.be/yAQwSGGKNhg

[netzerkaiser]

So they DID make video for Eagle

wow!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vdMNexT1OJQ

[MackZatis]

Dimmu Borgir fucking rocks!!!!

[Starrio]

Yeah, they are pretty good. I like them since Puritanical Euphoric Misanthropia, but I like stuff they did before too, like Spiritual Black Dimensions.

[netzerkaiser]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cgynuWyHoJI

Very interesting video, I think...

[ZiziMinuscule2]

The only "pop" music band I've ever listened to for my own pleasure (?), because I liked it genuienly and not because somebody considered it as a "classic" etc.

A lot of wanking over Agnetha's pics, too.

[ZiziMinuscule2]

Test.

[netzerkaiser]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uPWfydIeeHc

As an adult, I just can't see anything as naked as this being released today...

[Paul9080]

Eagle is the best ABBA song ever. None of the cheese of Dancing Queen

[Anselm_Weinberg]

Abba is so great they were even emulated in Yugoslavia.

https://youtube.com/watch?v=-FduJmQ1oco