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Topic History of: The Joy of Abba
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robbiex	DJones wrote: In The Know wrote: robbiex wrote: This documentary on bbc4 tonight has reminded me what a brilliant group Abba were. Is this worth watching - or is it just a rehash of the similar show on C4 a couple of weeks ago? It is (sort of) a rehash / remix of stuff seen before, but there are new (at least to me) interviews (with Dave Haslam, Pete Waterman and other experts). Especially good is the first 20 minutes about the early years in Sweden. Perhaps JK could explain why Benny refered to Ring Ring (1973) as a Eurovision-style song and Waterloo (1974) as non-Eurovision-style. I cann't spot a big difference between both songs. Dave Haslam says that Joy Division, The Stooges, and Patti Smith were much more influential. Completely disagree. Abba reached millions and had some very profound songs like "The winner takes it all" and "Knowing me, Knowing you".
DJones	In The Know wrote: robbiex wrote: This documentary on bbc4 tonight has reminded me what a brilliant group Abba were. Is this worth watching - or is it just a rehash of the similar show on C4 a couple of weeks ago? It is (sort of) a rehash / remix of stuff seen before, but there are new (at least to me) interviews (with Dave Haslam, Pete Waterman and other experts). Especially good is the first 20 minutes about the early years in Sweden. Perhaps JK could explain why Benny refered to Ring Ring (1973) as a Eurovision-style song and Waterloo (1974) as non-Eurovision-style. I cann't spot a big difference between both songs.
andrew	Each to their own. Abba are not for me just to poppy and light.
JK2006	Yes Robbie, we publish their songs and I used to pick their singles (or give advice about which I felt were hits) in the 70s.
honey!oh sugar sugar.	I would hardly call them underrated. Over if anything, seen as they were considered uncool and boring for many years and this is never mentioned in the documentaries. I like Waterloo and Dancing queen best.