Oh. Em. Gee. You guys! ABBA got inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame! I’m so excited! Call me lame, but I LURVE ABBA! My parents weren’t very musical when we were growing up but one thing I do remember is that they loved playing ABBA when we would go on one of our annual road trips and family vacations. I carry that love and those memories with me every time I hear this fearsome foursome, so they definitely hold a special little Swedish meatball-shaped corner of my heart! I don’t know what it is about them … It could have to do with my (not so) hidden (anymore) love for disco or just the way all their voices harmonize together in such a way that makes my heart flutter.
Apparently there is some uproar about ABBA not being “rock” enough for the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, though. But come on! Get your panties out of a bunch! There are tons of artists who have been inducted who don’t really qualify as rock. There’s Madonna, Miles Davis, The Righteous Brothers, Michael Jackson (and the Jackson Five in an earlier year), Billy Joel, The BeeGees, Gladys Knight and the Pips, just to name a few! All of these artists are well deserving and COME ON! If the BeeGees are in there, then ABBA can shake their groove thangs in too!
At any rate, I’d just like to make a list of my favie ABBA songs for you to enjoy in honor of this momentous, yet controversial occasion. I’ve never ordered them before so this should be interesting. Enjoy!
Lay All Your Love On Me
Take a Chance on Me
Chiquitita
Dancing Queen
Fernando
Thank You for the Music
S.O.S.
Super Trouper
I Have a Dream