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    Lightbulb Any ABBA Fan?

    if so what is your favourite of all times?
    it may never try
    but when it does it sigh
    it is just that
    good
    it fly

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    Can you hear the drums Fernando?
    You were young and free, only 17, Fernando.
    In the firelight Fernando,
    Having the time of you life, Fernando.

    Take a chance on me, Fernando.
    You were humming to yourself and softly strumming your guitar.
    Honey, I'm still free, Fernando.
    If you need me, let me know, gonna be around.

    They were closer now Fernando.
    Every hour every minute seemed to last eternally.
    Knowing me, knowing you, Fernando,
    You're in the mood to dance.

    At Waterloo, Fernando,
    The roar of guns and cannons almost made me cry.
    Digging the dancing queen, Fernando,
    Oh, oh, oh, finally facing my Waterloo.

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    Abba were a bit too cheesy to admit liking when I was young. I always found this lyric from Super Trouper rather jarring.

    I was sick and tired of everything
    When I called you last night from Glasgow
    All I do is eat and sleep and sing
    Wishing every show was the last show (Wishing every show was the last show)
    According to Aldous Huxley, D.H. Lawrence once said that Balzac was 'a gigantic dwarf', and in a sense the same is true of Dickens.
    Charles Dickens, by George Orwell

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    Quote Originally Posted by kev67 View Post
    Abba were a bit too cheesy to admit liking when I was young. I always found this lyric from Super Trouper rather jarring.

    I was sick and tired of everything
    When I called you last night from Glasgow
    All I do is eat and sleep and sing
    Wishing every show was the last show (Wishing every show was the last show)
    I agree these lyrics are a bit off .
    the other thing I never understood is why they sang in English.
    it may never try
    but when it does it sigh
    it is just that
    good
    it fly

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    Quote Originally Posted by Pompey Bum View Post
    Can you hear the drums Fernando?
    You were young and free, only 17, Fernando.
    In the firelight Fernando,
    Having the time of you life, Fernando.

    Take a chance on me, Fernando.
    You were humming to yourself and softly strumming your guitar.
    Honey, I'm still free, Fernando.
    If you need me, let me know, gonna be around.

    They were closer now Fernando.
    Every hour every minute seemed to last eternally.
    Knowing me, knowing you, Fernando,
    You're in the mood to dance.

    At Waterloo, Fernando,
    The roar of guns and cannons almost made me cry.
    Digging the dancing queen, Fernando,
    Oh, oh, oh, finally facing my Waterloo.
    LOL all lyrics in one. Nice
    it may never try
    but when it does it sigh
    it is just that
    good
    it fly

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    Thanks, Cacian. I'm afraid my boogie shoes have been hanging from a rusty nail for manys the weary year now. But if you want a real answer, Scheherazade is right. Dancing Queen was the most fun to dance to because it gave you a happy feeling inside. It wasn't Shakespeare, but hey...

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    Dancing Queen was playing on the radio when I was little. I love it. Too obvious though, so SOS.

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    Quote Originally Posted by cacian View Post
    the other thing I never understood is why they sang in English.
    It's a much bigger market than the Sweden (where their records would sell anyways). Even a dancing queen needs her Crown Jewels, no?
    Last edited by Pompey Bum; 07-24-2018 at 03:20 PM.

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    Quote Originally Posted by cacian View Post
    I agree these lyrics are a bit off .
    the other thing I never understood is why they sang in English.
    They did not just sing in English. There was Voulez Vous. I think they were the only two French words in the song, but still.
    According to Aldous Huxley, D.H. Lawrence once said that Balzac was 'a gigantic dwarf', and in a sense the same is true of Dickens.
    Charles Dickens, by George Orwell

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    Quote Originally Posted by Pompey Bum View Post
    It's a much bigger market than the just Sweden (where their records would sell anyways). Even a dancing queen needs her Crown Jewels, no?
    LOL absolutely and what we would do without one is the more pressing question
    it may never try
    but when it does it sigh
    it is just that
    good
    it fly

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    Ok, listening to their hits on YouTube... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fKTwzqEmnVU enjoying once more.

    (lol) Just realized I often sing Money Money Money and had forgotten its origin... (the latest time was y e s t e r d a y)

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    Never forgot that blonde bombshell and the others when they knocked the competition sideways with "Waterloo" on the Eurovision Song Contest.

    "The Day Before You Came" was my favourite.

    Also in vogue was Bony M. Sweated off a few pounds in Nigeria dancing to "Rasputin" on a Saturday night in the Jos Plateau Club.

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