(April 15, 2015 at 9:10 pm)Parkers Tan Wrote:(April 13, 2015 at 5:26 pm)bennyboy Wrote: Abba is a mystery to me. The lyrics don't seem particularly deep, the timing, melodies and harmonies don't seem particular creative or interesting, although they did have a distinct sound. The mystery is why people like it: did something about them capture the imagination? Were posters up in teenage rooms causing wet dreams?
If I listen to Led Zeppelin, I may like or dislike some songs, or have times when I do or don't want to listen to them: but I know WHY. I can describe what it is about the instrumentation, the lyrics, the personality of Robert Plant, etc. that makes me want to hear that music.
But what about Abba? What makes them stand out as a band worth mentioning as anything more than a historical sidenote? What grabs their attention more than, say, elevator music? I just don't see the attraction.
I think that when they broke out big, a sound based on synthesizers was still pretty novel. And they didn't threaten the older generation.
But to be honest, they are really a historical sidenote. They don't have the gravitas of Zeppelin or the Stones or even Donna Summer, who blew disco open in 1975. They weren't game-changers, but they hit the broad middle-of-the-road perfectly.
Yet another lesson that sales do not equate to quality.
Um no, they are quality, again, just simply say you don't like them. That part I get, to say they lack quality is absurd.
