[kj] Pleasure/Pain , One Word..... Abba

[Janean Lancaster]

Neil Perry <neilfperry at btinternet.com> wrote: 

<<< Having dismissed Abba in my teens, I rediscovered
them when Swedish biker punk types Leather Nun did a storming
cover of Gimme Gimme Gimme. But I was bound to return to them - 
the first single I ever bought was Waterloo, when I was eight or nine.>>>

 

ABBA are great.  Back in 1992/3 I listened to nothing but industrial/hardcore stuff: Ministry, Neubauten, Rev Co, Big Black, Killdozer etc etc.  Me and my oh-so-cool friends all turned our noses up at pop.  One day I bought ABBA's Gimme Gimme Gimme for 10p from a second hand shop for a laugh.

 

When I put it on it blew me away.  I know that's such a cliché, but it literally blew the cobwebs out of my head.  I'd been snobbishly listening to "hard" stuff for so long that this was a real breath of fresh air.  It was bouncy and super-melodic.  I turned up the volume and couldn't stop playing it.  

 

(And Super Trouper was the first single I bought when I was nine.)

 

Cheers,

Janean

 

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From: gathering-bounces at misera.net [mailto:gathering-bounces at misera.net] On Behalf Of sade1
Sent: 19 December 2006 04:34
To: A list about all things Killing Joke (the band!)
Subject: Re: [kj] Pleasure/Pain , One Word..... Abba

 

ABBA is (was) a great band. Even their bad stuff they did well, like another band i know...

Neil Perry <neilfperry at btinternet.com> wrote: 

Was it? Blimey. Having dismissed Abba in my teens, I rediscovered
them when Swedish biker punk types Leather Nun did a storming
cover of Gimme Gimme Gimme. But I was bound to return to them - 
the first single I ever bought was Waterloo, when I was eight or nine.

Alex Smith <vassifer at earthlink.net> wrote: 

"Dancing Queen" is fucking dire, but "S.O.S" is great (and also the source for the central riff from the `Pistols' "Pretty Vacant" --- FACT!)

 

Alex in NYC



	-----Original Message----- 
	From: Neil Perry 
	Sent: Dec 11, 2006 3:01 PM 
	To: "A list about all things Killing Joke (the band!)" 
	Subject: Re: [kj] Pleasure/Pain , One Word............. 
	
	I like Abba. SOS, Dancing Queen and 
	Knowing Me, Knowing You are perfect pop songs.
	
	Robert Mallett <robert at jrcardwell.fsnet.co.uk> wrote: 

	Corporate MOR shat
	
	
	----- Original Message ----- 
	From: "folk devil" 
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	Sent: Monday, December 11, 2006 5:31 PM
	Subject: Re: [kj] Pleasure/Pain , One Word.............
	
	
	> Jaz likes ABBA. Not for dogs.
	
	

	 

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