I went to the gym today I heard "Knowing Me Knowing You" on the radio there. It occurred to me that ABBA is much more prevalent today than what had previously been the king of pop. No, Michael, I'm not talking about you, I'm talking about the Beatles. They have always been held up as the pinnacle of pop success and yet, how often do you hear them nowadays? There has recently been a broadway musical and movie made around their music, and I'm willing to be that more 17 year olds would recognize "Dancing Queen" than "Yesterday. I was a bit surprised to think of this, but I don't know why. ABBA really was amazing. It was about as pure a pop sound as has ever been made. I think their music will have legs for the next 20 years. I wonder what's going to happen to the beatles...
Friday, June 19, 2009
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