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ContinentalOp (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-15-08 06:50 PM Original message |
Forget Clinton. Forget Obama. Can we PLEASE put an end to all of the ABBA bashing. |
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Bluzmann57 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-15-08 06:54 PM Response to Original message |
1. No |
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ContinentalOp (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-15-08 07:36 PM Response to Reply #1 |
29. Disco bashing is also lame and tired. |
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progressoid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-15-08 09:46 PM Response to Reply #29 |
50. E: None of the above. |
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The Doctor. (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-15-08 10:22 PM Response to Reply #50 |
52. Why do you hate America and gays? |
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NashVegas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-16-08 10:27 AM Response to Reply #52 |
71. Hey, I Liked Alphaville |
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Prophet 451 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-15-08 09:47 PM Response to Reply #29 |
51. I'll give you ABBA... |
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ContinentalOp (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-16-08 12:27 AM Response to Reply #51 |
56. Sorry, but you're stuck in the past. |
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Prophet 451 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-16-08 10:25 AM Response to Reply #56 |
70. Dance, yes; hip hop, no |
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GoesTo11 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-16-08 12:43 AM Response to Reply #51 |
61. Tell me this doesn't get you out of your seat and onto the floor |
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Madam Mossfern (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-16-08 11:36 AM Response to Reply #61 |
79. It didn't |
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snake in the grass (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-16-08 03:56 AM Response to Reply #29 |
68. I'm 42... |
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NashVegas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-16-08 10:39 AM Response to Reply #68 |
74. It Was Just Good Pop |
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ContinentalOp (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-16-08 11:07 AM Response to Reply #68 |
77. Hey I love all of those bands too! |
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NashVegas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-16-08 10:31 AM Response to Reply #29 |
73. Totally Lame |
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Bluzmann57 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-16-08 08:13 PM Response to Reply #29 |
84. Bullshit |
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ContinentalOp (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-15-08 07:47 PM Response to Reply #1 |
34. Oh I just noticed the Chicago icon. |
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VolcanoJen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-15-08 08:51 PM Response to Reply #1 |
41. Word. |
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panader0 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-15-08 06:54 PM Response to Original message |
2. I'm with Bluzman |
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The Velveteen Ocelot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-15-08 06:55 PM Response to Original message |
3. Nuh uh. |
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greguganus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-15-08 06:57 PM Response to Original message |
4. Mama mia! n/t |
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Just-plain-Kathy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-16-08 02:59 AM Response to Reply #4 |
67. I enjoyed Mama Mia! ...And always liked ABBA ....Was a "Dancing Queen" way back when. n/t |
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Happyhippychick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-15-08 06:57 PM Response to Original message |
5. I'm sad. I hadn't realized that there was any ABBA bashing going on. And I thought I had found a |
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glitch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-15-08 07:01 PM Response to Reply #5 |
11. No worries, there will always be people who must put down other people's taste. |
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blondeatlast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-15-08 07:10 PM Response to Reply #11 |
14. Sad but true. I love ABBA. Screw them if they don't like it. nt |
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blondeatlast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-15-08 06:58 PM Response to Original message |
6. I like ABBA, I love the Sex Pistols and the band X. No musical fascist I, and I agree with you, CO. |
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TexasObserver (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-15-08 06:58 PM Response to Original message |
7. I love hard rock and hip hop, but I'm down with ABBA. |
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blondeatlast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-15-08 07:08 PM Response to Reply #7 |
13. My iPod would give some of my more hard-core friends apoplexy. |
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TexasObserver (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-15-08 07:17 PM Response to Reply #13 |
17. me, too! sometimes I just need to hear Fernando after hearing Lucy In the Sky with Diamonds |
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DevonRex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-15-08 07:22 PM Response to Reply #17 |
19. NOOOOO!!!!! Not Captain Jack. OMG Earworm alert! nt |
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TexasObserver (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-15-08 07:24 PM Response to Reply #19 |
20. I listen to it once a month, whether I need to or not! |
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DevonRex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-15-08 07:27 PM Response to Reply #20 |
23. Did he write any songs about running cars into trees? nt |
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TexasObserver (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-15-08 07:33 PM Response to Reply #23 |
27. Hahaha! No, but he did write about his Uptown Girl. |
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DevonRex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-15-08 07:37 PM Response to Reply #27 |
32. LOL! At least he's not the guy who wrote "Havin' My Baby." |
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TexasObserver (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-15-08 07:47 PM Response to Reply #32 |
35. Paul Anka wrote that. He also wrote the Tonight Show theme used by Johnny Carson. |
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ContinentalOp (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-15-08 07:29 PM Response to Reply #13 |
25. See, this is the thing. |
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TexasObserver (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-15-08 07:36 PM Response to Reply #25 |
28. I don't generally like C&W, but there are still many C&W tunes I enjoy. |
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ContinentalOp (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-15-08 07:37 PM Response to Reply #28 |
31. Wait a minute... Gordon Lightfoot? |
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TexasObserver (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-15-08 08:01 PM Response to Reply #31 |
37. Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald is a classic!! |
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ContinentalOp (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-15-08 09:01 PM Response to Reply #37 |
45. This is the stuff my parents listened to when I was a child and it kind of depresses me. |
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DevonRex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-15-08 06:58 PM Response to Original message |
8. I can't live without bashing ABBA. Sorry, but there it is. nt |
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TexasObserver (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-15-08 06:59 PM Response to Reply #8 |
10. you're going to make ceiling cat cry |
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DevonRex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-15-08 07:01 PM Response to Reply #10 |
12. Oh. Well, in that case I'll keep my ABBA bashing to myself. Can't |
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TexasObserver (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-15-08 07:37 PM Response to Reply #12 |
30. Ceiling cat will sleep better tonight! |
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Ichingcarpenter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-15-08 06:59 PM Response to Original message |
9. ABBA is the greatest pinnacle of mankind's musical achievement |
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bronxiteforever (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-15-08 07:13 PM Response to Original message |
15. McCain was at Waterloo in 1815 so I think he is biased |
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JoFerret (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-15-08 07:17 PM Response to Original message |
16. With you there |
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ContinentalOp (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-15-08 07:32 PM Response to Reply #16 |
26. I said one of the greatest. |
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terrya (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-15-08 07:19 PM Response to Original message |
18. I'm recommending this. |
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gateley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-15-08 07:26 PM Response to Original message |
21. You're asking too much. No can do. nt |
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swishyfeet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-15-08 07:27 PM Response to Original message |
22. Why couldn't he have just loved Starship? |
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DevonRex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-15-08 07:29 PM Response to Reply #22 |
24. It would have been Airplane in his time, right? Ugh. Don't want |
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DU GrovelBot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-15-08 07:37 PM Response to Original message |
33. ## PLEASE DONATE TO DEMOCRATIC UNDERGROUND! ## |
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ContinentalOp (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-15-08 07:51 PM Response to Original message |
36. If McCain were truly a patriot he'd wear something like this: |
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DevonRex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-15-08 08:01 PM Response to Reply #36 |
38. My eyes! OMG. |
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Faygo Kid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-15-08 08:13 PM Response to Reply #36 |
39. Ah yes, the 70s. How I survived them, I don't know. Skyyyrockets in sight, afternoon delight. . . |
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ContinentalOp (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-15-08 08:58 PM Response to Reply #36 |
44. Forget flag pins. The real question is this: |
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Berry Cool (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-15-08 08:48 PM Response to Original message |
40. "Waterloo" rocks. |
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davidpdx (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-15-08 08:53 PM Response to Original message |
42. No ABBA bashing!!!! |
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TexasObserver (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-16-08 12:43 AM Response to Reply #42 |
62. a silly song, but a catchy tune! |
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SemiCharmedQuark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-15-08 08:55 PM Response to Original message |
43. My husband says that Waterloo is his Jam |
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NYC Liberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-15-08 09:07 PM Response to Original message |
46. Can we please stop insisting that personal taste in music CAN be "wrong"? |
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Ichingcarpenter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-15-08 09:10 PM Response to Reply #46 |
47. I think its a light sarcastic thread parody |
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NYC Liberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-15-08 09:31 PM Response to Reply #47 |
49. LOL well, I'm young, so I naturally get shit for my musical taste |
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ContinentalOp (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-16-08 12:32 AM Response to Reply #46 |
58. I couldn't agree more. |
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blondeatlast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-16-08 11:50 AM Response to Reply #46 |
82. If we can amanage that, we can start immediately after on world peace. I don't get it myself, |
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jesus_of_suburbia (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-15-08 09:27 PM Response to Original message |
48. I freakin' love Abba... I like the Fugees too though! |
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Colobo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-15-08 10:28 PM Response to Original message |
53. ABBA has two great tunes: Dancing Queen and Fernando. Nothing else. |
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ContinentalOp (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-16-08 12:29 AM Response to Reply #53 |
57. Those are a couple of their worst hits! Or at least the most overplayed. |
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Metric System (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-15-08 11:06 PM Response to Original message |
54. I have a soft spot for pop music, even bubblegum pop. HOWEVER, ABBA never appealed to me at all. |
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dkf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-16-08 12:25 AM Response to Original message |
55. Saying you love Abba is like saying you love Barry Manilow. |
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TexasObserver (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-16-08 12:43 AM Response to Reply #55 |
60. Oh, Mandy. You came and you gave without taking ... |
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blondeatlast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-16-08 11:48 AM Response to Reply #55 |
81. I love ABBA, hate Barry Manilow. I also love the Cramps, The Carpenters, |
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ContinentalOp (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-16-08 12:39 AM Response to Original message |
59. And for those who were wondering, THIS is the greatest ABBA song: |
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Unvanguard (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-16-08 01:15 AM Response to Original message |
63. ABBA is awesome. So was "Mamma Mia!". n/t |
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Liberal_Stalwart71 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-16-08 02:11 AM Response to Original message |
64. ABBA ROCKS!!! What the hell is wrong with you people???!?!? |
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Enrique (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-16-08 02:15 AM Response to Original message |
65. Obama should take a hard line against ABBA |
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lumberjack_jeff (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-16-08 02:35 AM Response to Original message |
66. Leave the dancing queen alone!!! |
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shireen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-16-08 08:30 AM Response to Original message |
69. i don't like any music set to words |
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Madam Mossfern (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-16-08 11:42 AM Response to Reply #69 |
80. What do you think of Erik Satie? |
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shireen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-16-08 12:12 PM Response to Reply #80 |
83. never heard of him, but will find him and listen. thanks. nt |
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NashVegas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-16-08 10:28 AM Response to Original message |
72. I'm Down With ABBA, But "Mama Mia" Is a REALLY Weak Musical |
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ContinentalOp (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-16-08 11:04 AM Response to Reply #72 |
76. I definitely agree with you there. I hate that trend. |
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mvd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-16-08 10:51 AM Response to Original message |
75. Well, I'm used to it |
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DFW (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-16-08 11:11 AM Response to Original message |
78. McCain liked ABBA? This is TRAUMATIC!! |
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