Kraftwerk Robot ABBA
Not bad, they sound old, but don't pander with the obligatory Pharrell guest spot.

Not Crap. Abba, but older. Wouldn't want anything else from them.

If I can get to that live show with a few grams of cubensis then I'm there.

NC. I like how they're going about this. The real question is, is it better than Spoonman?

Edit, kudos for the poll choices.

'Don't shut me down' is a shit version of 'the day before you came' and the other one is a horendous kitchen sink mess with the worst guitar sound I can remember.

Having said that, they are both better than most contemporary chart drivel.

Tough call. Pure waffle factor.

I think they came back to cheer people up so good on them, songs are OK enough I guess. I seem to remember them being offered millions to reform a decade or so ago and didn't. Whilst completely and utterly overplayed, Dancing Queen always takes me back to childhood and Agnetha crushes.

Wellsyuk wrote: Tue Sep 07, 2021 6:34 am I think they came back to cheer people up so good on them, songs are OK enough I guess. I seem to remember them being offered millions to reform a decade or so ago and didn't. Whilst completely and utterly overplayed, Dancing Queen always takes me back to childhood and Agnetha crushes.

They were offered a round billion, or so it goes.

Never understood the appeal of this schlock. It's the green and orange carpet of music.

penningtron wrote: Tue Sep 07, 2021 6:53 am Never understood the appeal of this schlock. It's the green and orange carpet of music.

In short, their pop songs are highly composed and technically refined, in the lineage of traditional "standards" and dance hall composers of the past, but tastefully updated to a rock and disco era. Their lyrics are also full of pathos, without having to be obtuse, or falling into the obnoxious verbosity of musical theater.
In the US they were never considered anything more than just another disco act...but in Europe they were the apex of the "Schlager" music . I don't think anybody growing up in Europe made it through a certain era without having a Jean-Michel Jarre or Abba record in the house.

It could be misspeak, so don't quote me on this, but I thought they said in interview that the new record is completely just the four of them and a sound engineer. So it would be even funnier that the billion dollar reunion would be effectively a bedroom project.

Adam_I_III wrote: 'Don't shut me down' is a shit version of 'the day before you came' and the other one is a horendous kitchen sink mess with the worst guitar sound I can remember.

Having said that, they are both better than most contemporary chart drivel.

Tough call. Pure waffle factor.

I find it hard to argue with this.

zorg wrote: Wed Sep 08, 2021 7:52 am In the US they were never considered anything more than just another disco act...but in Europe they were the apex of the "Schlager" music .

I’d never thought of them as Schlager, but it is obvious. Exceptional Schlager.

I'm no ABBA fan but that seems harsh! Isn't Schlager like the German equivalent of Lee Greenwood?