Livinghigh: Super Troopers

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Tuesday, July 17, 2007

Super Troopers

Uploaded a 4 CD "Best of ABBA" set on my iPOD finally, and have been listening to a whole bunch of old favourites. And it struck me, that despite all the "happy happy" image, the group have tons of not-so happy songs. I mean, apart from the all-too-famous "Dancing Queen" and a coupla others, you have songs dealing with:

waiting around for the phone to ring from that person wringing your heart
having a last dance, even though the love has gone
"pick me! pick me!" happening in a crowded dance floor - Take a Chance...
guy/ gal going away and you're left crying your heart out
How winners take everything and losers are left... ummm.. singing.

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Of course, now that I recall, ABBA was composed of two couples who later split up, so maybe all of that was just a symptom, chiqitita...? :)

1 Comments:

Eh nostalgia!
The winner takes it all is the saddest of them I feel.. Many of their songs are quite uplifting as well.. the sheer tunes. They will remain a classic!

By Anonymous, at 12:16 PM