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What makes ABBA so irresistible?

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Good music | 3:50 a.m. July 18, 2008
It's good music. Good voices and good music from an era when talent mattered. Ever since the early 80s, the art has been an afterthought to the visual appeal of the singer, the dancing, the stage. People respond to the music because what is played now is so unsatisfying.
Susy | 5:55 a.m. July 18, 2008
I saw them live on stage ages ago and it was
amazing.
my opinion | 11:27 a.m. July 18, 2008
The hooks in ABBA's music are what make some people love it are the same things that makes other people hate it. It's classic bublegum rock.

I like their music, but I didn't like the broadway show.
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fan | 1:19 p.m. July 18, 2008
I don't know about all this science, but I must confess that I did have my ABBA Gold CD playing while I cleaned house on Saturday. Good stuff!
Steve | 1:36 p.m. July 18, 2008
Susy, you saw ABBA in concert?? You are so lucky. Maybe if I hadn't of been only between 8 and 10 at the time they toured the U.S. I might have seen them too. Yes, I've been a MAJOR fan of ABBA ever since I was little in the 70's and still love it just as much today. I'd literally give my right arm to see them in a reunion concert (something that unfortunately will never happen it seems).
Wow... | 6:18 p.m. July 18, 2008
the picture brings back a lot of fond "Mamamia, Dancing Queen, Money Money Money, Fernando, etc etc memories......LOL!!
I still think.. | 8:35 p.m. July 18, 2008
the brunette is hot...
Earworms | 12:58 p.m. July 21, 2008
Yeah, I still listen to & love ABBA. I'm 40 & listened to them from my older brothers & sisters, that is where my "Earworms" came from. Now I "Torture" my teenagers while I'm driving & they are a "Captive" audience .... Ha Ha Ha ... They beg to drive because the rule is: "Driver has control of music listening!"
Fleur | 9:53 p.m. July 21, 2008
The photo caption is incorrect. Agnetha is the blonde, Anifrid( Frida) is the brunette.
Susy | 6:33 a.m. July 25, 2008
To Steve. Yes I saw them at concert. Must have been
around 1978 or so.

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Swedish pop group ABBA, clockwise from top left, Bjorn Ulvaeus, Benny Andersson, Anni-Frid Lyngstad and Agnetha Faltskog shown in 1974.

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