🇸🇪 Some no-name band dropped a new song 🇸🇪

[spitzoid]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hWGW...annel=AbbaVEVO

[running coach]

Technically, you're right. It's not a name, it's an acronym.

[What Exit?]

Wow, that is worse than a Rick Roll.

[spitzoid]

Originally Posted by What Exit?

Wow, that is worse than a Rick Roll.

You're welcome.

[Slate]

You have to give ABBA credit for writing some absurdly infectious pop music back in the day, but that was just a melange of noises.

[spitzoid]

Originally Posted by Slate

You have to give ABBA credit for writing some absurdly infectious pop music back in the day, but that was just a melange of noises.

I thought the writing aspect was very good, but the studio magic aspect... Not so much. The chord progression and the melody work off each other nicely, and I like what they tried to do studio-wise. But yeah, doesn't really work overall.

I say this as someone who was never really "into" them, but appreciated their skill and artistry. Despite all of its flaws, I think that's a decent effort after 40 years of not releasing new material.

As much as some elements are annoying me now, I'll give it a few more listens and see what I think then.

[spitzoid]

For those of you panning it, they released https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=pAzEY1MfXrQ this one as well. This one is truly truly awful. Such a boring piece of twattle.

[kayaker]

The thing I've never been able to figure out is why ABBA is so popular in the Caribbean. You can be sitting in a Caribbean bar/restaurant listening to reggae and then an ABBA song comes on.

[Helena]

I like it. Looking at the comments, the world needs it right now.

[BeeGee]

Sorry, but that felt like the beginning of a multi-level marketing seminar. EST Fest or something.

[Zeener Diode]

Originally Posted by kayaker

The thing I've never been able to figure out is why ABBA is so popular in the Caribbean. You can be sitting in a Caribbean bar/restaurant listening to reggae and then an ABBA song comes on.

It's a break from hearing all those steel drums.

It's like that old joke: if you live in paradise, where do you vacation? I imagine some destitute Jamaican listening to ABBA and dreaming of fur parkas, rosy cheeks and endless miles of white, pristine snow.

[Pencil]

None of them need the money.

Swedish media is of course going gaga about this, and reporting on the accolades from international media. How easy we forget. ABBA was despised and spat on in Sweden during the height of their career: plastic, mind-less, vapid. The negative comments just kept coming with each subsequent album. I think they stopped recording partly because of this.

As for the new songs? Meh. They sound like something that didn't make the cut in '82. For Abbologists that's fine, since they want more of that stuff. For me, it'd be more interesting if they'd included some of the influences they've soaked up in the interim years. Björns the one who handles the ABBA legacy. Benny has made a lot of records in Swedish, most of it on the folk-sy side.

[Secret_Squirrel]

Originally Posted by Slate

You have to give ABBA credit for writing some absurdly infectious pop music back in the day, but that was just a melange of noises.

Yeah. I'm just gonna have to disagree. The song is classic ABBA.

[Secret_Squirrel]

Originally Posted by Helena

I like it. Looking at the comments, the world needs it right now.

Thank goodness I'm not alone.

[JackieLikesVariety]

sounds OK to me.

now, more importantly, how do you get the little flags in the thread title?

[Pencil]

Like that?

[running coach]

Originally Posted by JackieLikesVariety

sounds OK to me.

now, more importantly, how do you get the little flags in the thread title?

First, you get a large flag and shrink it waaaaaaay down...

[C2H5OH]

... and then go to this site and c&p it... 🇺🇸 🇺🇸 🇺🇸 ... "And the rockets' red glare..."

[JackieLikesVariety]

stop taunting me! it's too easy!

[Pencil]

More serious answer - at least AFAIK, all those emojis, including the 'chocolate soft serve' is part of UTF-8, which is the global standard for letters, glyphs, symbols and stuff. It's easily available on your phone, when you text.

Some computers have them, others don't. If you don't - go to the link Boozy supplied. Ready... set... 🏁

[Zeener Diode]

Weird. It shows up on my screen as "SE" and "USA."

I can't see the Afghan flag in my header.

[Slate]

Originally Posted by Secret_Squirrel

Yeah. I'm just gonna have to disagree. The song is classic ABBA.

I'm going to disagree with your disagreement, but this time I'm going to stamp my foot.

[Zeener Diode]

Originally Posted by Pencil

None of them need the money.

Swedish media is of course going gaga about this, and reporting on the accolades from international media. How easy we forget. ABBA was despised and spat on in Sweden during the height of their career: plastic, mind-less, vapid. The negative comments just kept coming with each subsequent album. I think they stopped recording partly because of this.

As for the new songs? Meh. They sound like something that didn't make the cut in '82. For Abbologists that's fine, since they want more of that stuff. For me, it'd be more interesting if they'd included some of the influences they've soaked up in the interim years. Björns the one who handles the ABBA legacy. Benny has made a lot of records in Swedish, most of it on the folk-sy side.

I get this. I associate ABBA's debut with the advent of disco, which at that time I totally despised. But through the osmosis of pop culture I began hearing them, whether from a TV or passing car that happened to be playing it, and sometime in the late 90s I found myself enjoying their music. Yes, it's formulaic, and trite, but it's wormed its way under my skin.