And the group was inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame back in 2010. We're going to get to the new album in a little bit. But first, let's talk ABBA Glen, you are an ABBA enthusiast. THOMPSON: How did you come to know and appreciate the band and its music. WELDON: I mean, my personal experience is that they were kind of the background noise to my childhood. They were every long car trip not because my parents owned any of their albums - they didn't - but they listened to the easy listening station, Philadelphia's WWSH, Stereo 106, all day, all night, all nice. THOMPSON: Literally, the call letters are a calming sound. And they were on such heavy rotation that I considered them, like everything my parents liked, kind of square and kitschy and nice. I was hovering in between waking and sleep. And for the first time, I listened to the lyrics. And the imagery with the drums and the war and the stars. And then the chorus kicked in, just that huge release.ĪBBA: (Singing) There was something in the air that night. They were shining there for you and me, for liberty, Fernando. WELDON: If I typify anything, if I think of anything when I think of ABBA, I think of so much tension in the verse that when the chorus comes, it's this joyous kind of release. And because of that, this band has put up with a lot of rockist snobbery over the years. And all they were doing, Stephen, was they were doing humanity a service because we all know it - someday, the body snatchers are going to come.
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