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[Elitist1945]

Best pop music around.

 

[clevbrowns94]

Love them. Timeless music, yet ahead of their time, excellent songwriting and instrumentation, catchy, very influential, and just fun to listen to.

 

[CloudWolf]

first thing to do is divorce the movie Mamma Mia from Abba's music and then you'll see how Abba's is some of the finest non-rock music from the 70's.

Mamma Mia is a trash movie

Non-rock? I don't know, they were often pretty close to rock. I would classify them as a form of pop rock myself, songs like I'm a Marionette and Does Your Mother Know are definitely 70's rock music.

 

[bionic77]

Its about as good as pop music can get.

ABBA is like sugar for the soul. Instantly would put you in a better mood.

 

[SiegfriedFM]

Björn and Benny never really stopped. They've written several musicals including Chess, Kristina and indeed Mamma Mia since, and also done a ton of folk music. Agnetha and Anni-Frid have had solo careers, Agnetha had a new album in 2013.

 

[PepsimanVsJoe]

I LOVE ABBA.

They're pretty much the ultimate Pop group. Every song is immediately catchy, yet also has multiple layers of depth.

I used to have Voulez Vous on loop while playing Burnout Revenge - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=za05HBtGsgU

The Name of The Game is awesome - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iJ90ZqH0PWI
Eagle is also great - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dDI7x1nwTUw
On and On and On - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PyxBYbfu6k8
Take a Chance on Me is perfection - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-crgQGdpZR0

There's also the criminally underrated album The Visitors.

Title track is just incredible - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mhr6tUE32YA
The Day Before You Came - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1HnOFwqpLRQ

 

[PixelatedBookake]

"Disco girl, coming through, that girl is youuuuu.... ooooh oooooooooh ooooh ooooooooooh"

 

[Herne]

One of the greatest bands of all time. I was very obsessed with them as a teenager, and I didn't hide it either which obviously made thinks tough for myself. I couldn't possibly name a favourite song, but The Visitors is an incredibly beautiful album.

I really wish we could get the full live show from the Australian tour in 1977 rather than having the videos being broken up into stupid crap from the terrible movie. I'm A Marionette and Get On The Carousel need to be shown in all their glory.

Had a massive crush on Agnetha for years. Benny and Bjorn's debut album Lycka is well worth a listen. They remind me of Simon & Garfunkel.