| | But there actually won't be much Erasure. No, Owen and I are just hosting the sing-along of actual Abba songs tonight at the downtown Alamo. You can even buy advanced tickets for the show, if'n you want to.Abba's weird, though. I didn't even fully realize it until I was watching the videos and reading the subtitles for all the lyrics, but most of the songs are super duper poppy and happy and catchy but they're all about breaking up. And then that's especially weird when you factor in the idea that the band is comprised of two married couples that got divorced a few years later. That makes songs like "Knowing Me, Knowing You" all the more eerie. Were they actually written because Bjorn knew he was going to break up with Agnetha? I don't have any clue.But check out this video for The Winner Takes It All:
That one isn't full of catchy happy pop and is supposed to be sad sounding anyway, but what the heck is the deal with the way the video makes it look like Agnetha's being kicked out of the band and the other chick is running off with both guys? That's just so weird, especially because it really really doesn't look like they're faking it at all (and in retrospect maybe they weren't?)So this show is sort of a study of their relationships, sort of a disco dance party, and also sort of an investigation into why ABBA is still so popular today, as Owen and I went around town and interviewed people on camera and then got to put that up on the big screen. And I think it should be good. It was good on Sunday, anyway... |
| | Posted 8/16/2006 2:40 PM - 23 Views - 2 eProps - 1 Comment
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