# ABBA is back **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [April 27, 2018, 2:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/abba-is-back/813219 "2018-04-27T14:22:26Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Omar\_Little](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/omar_little/32/269_2.png) [@Omar\_Little](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omar_Little)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2019, 10:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/abba-is-back/813219/21 "2019-07-29T22:37:06Z")
over a year since the OP, and still no reunion Will there ever be? ---
**Author:** ![Uzi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/91b2a8/32.png) [@Uzi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Uzi)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2019, 5:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/abba-is-back/813219/22 "2019-07-30T05:30:51Z")
> [@Cicero](#): > > Apart from the lyrics and music they traded a lot on the girls looks, … We talking same band? Oldish women that reminded one of their mother? Not judging if that’s your bag, man!😛 > [@](#): > > and voices. I’d assume so as it wasn’t an instrumental band. ---
**Author:** ![LLCoolL](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/llcooll/32/3596_2.png) [@LLCoolL](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LLCoolL)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2019, 7:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/abba-is-back/813219/23 "2019-07-30T07:27:23Z")
> [@Omar\_Little](#): > > over a year since the OP, and still no reunion > > Will there ever be? In June, Bjorn Ulvaeus indicated a new song will come out in “September or October”. > **[Here's a fresh update on when you can expect new ABBA music](https://www.nme.com/news/music/abba-new-music-faith-you-dont-shut-me-down-release-2019-delay-2435979)** > > ABBA's Björn Ulvaeus has revealed a new date for when to expect music from the Swedish pop icons. ---
**Author:** ![Two\_Many\_Cats](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8dc957/32.png) [@Two\_Many\_Cats](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Two_Many_Cats)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2019, 11:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/abba-is-back/813219/24 "2019-07-30T11:29:01Z")
I got turned on to ABBA from a Burger King Giveaway 45 record of all things. The song was _Fernando_, by the way, still one of my favorites. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2019, 3:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/abba-is-back/813219/25 "2019-07-30T15:34:00Z")
It may have been a Swedish foreign exchange student in high school, or a friend of a friend in L.A.; but a Swedish person said, ‘♫ _Money, money, money…_ ♫ We hate them.’ ---
**Author:** ![Death\_of\_Rats](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a6a055/32.png) [@Death\_of\_Rats](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Death_of_Rats)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2019, 4:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/abba-is-back/813219/26 "2019-07-30T16:42:17Z")
> [@Johnny\_L.A](#): > > It may have been a Swedish foreign exchange student in high school, or a friend of a friend in L.A.; but a Swedish person said, ‘♫ _Money, money, money…_ ♫ We hate them.’ I’m sure it would be like if the entirety of American music was defined by Taylor Swift and that was all anybody else knew about it. Everyone on the planet has known ABBA for 40 years, how many people could pick out, say, Yngwie Malmsteen from a crowd? ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2019, 5:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/abba-is-back/813219/27 "2019-07-30T17:12:10Z")
> [@Death\_of\_Rats](#): > > Everyone on the planet has known ABBA for 40 years… FWIW, this was 35 years ago, so ABBA was still popular here. ---
**Author:** ![gaffa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e68b1a/32.png) [@gaffa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gaffa)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2019, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/abba-is-back/813219/28 "2019-07-30T20:18:40Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Bumped. > > PBS will show the documentary _ABBA Forever: A Celebration_ on Aug. 24. Check local listings: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e1ZxNgiR0qU](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e1ZxNgiR0qU) … and presumably will interrupt it a dozen times for pledge breaks. ---
**Author:** ![gaffa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e68b1a/32.png) [@gaffa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gaffa)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2019, 8:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/abba-is-back/813219/29 "2019-07-30T20:23:03Z")
> [@Johnny\_L.A](#): > > It may have been a Swedish foreign exchange student in high school, or a friend of a friend in L.A.; but a Swedish person said, ‘♫ _Money, money, money…_ ♫ We hate them.’ I read an ABBA biography called _Bright Lights, Dark Nights_ and it explored that whole Swedish resentment of success and wealth. Kind of baffling those of us in America, where worshipping wealth and fame is the national religion. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2019, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/abba-is-back/813219/30 "2019-07-30T20:57:15Z")
I remember the song _Money, Money, Money_, but I never listened to what it’s about. I wasn’t an ABBA fan back then, and I don’t listen to them now. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/abba-is-back/813219.md?page=1)