# See that girl, watch that scene... **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [January 15, 2005, 3:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/see-that-girl-watch-that-scene/284867 "2005-01-15T15:49:39Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![FilmGeek](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/b19c9b/32.png) [@FilmGeek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FilmGeek)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2005, 3:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/see-that-girl-watch-that-scene/284867/1 "2005-01-15T15:49:39Z")
I have a confession to make. (when you got no place to go, when you’re feelin down) It’s a sickness. (I feel like I win when I lose) I tried to fight it. (my my, how can I resist you?) I’m a **Abba-holic**. I love Abba. I admit it. (knowing me, knowing you – aha) Can’t get enough of em. I had Abba Gold in college and I listened to it non-stop. I lost it in a weird breakup-type-thing and I have been missing it ever since. Seven years with no Abba! How did I ever survive? (sup-p-pa trou-p-pa) This Christmas, Ardred and I got a Best Buy Gift Card. I treated myself to $9.99 worth of Swedish bubblegum pop fun. (can you hear the guns, Fernando?) We listened to it last night whilst preparing dinner and I couldn’t stop bouncing around. I know all the words. (young and sweet only seventeen) I KNOW ALL THE WORDS, PEOPLE. Due to [this unfortunate event](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=297018) I can’t update my journal. Therefore, this goes in to MPSIMS. I apologize. ---
**Author:** ![Suse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/df705f/32.png) [@Suse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Suse)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2005, 3:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/see-that-girl-watch-that-scene/284867/2 "2005-01-15T15:54:24Z")
I feel the same way about the Def Leppard greatest hits CD I got for Christmas. Now, my kids tell _me_ to turn it down! ---
**Author:** ![The\_Mermaid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/a183cd/32.png) [@The\_Mermaid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Mermaid)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2005, 3:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/see-that-girl-watch-that-scene/284867/3 "2005-01-15T15:58:21Z")
Must not listen to Abba… I will not listen to Abba…I REFUSE to listen to Abba Aw shit. [Earworm](http://img106.exs.cx/img106/9331/earwormcolor8xd.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2005, 4:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/see-that-girl-watch-that-scene/284867/4 "2005-01-15T16:21:23Z")
I love ABBA. I’ll admit it. So there. ---
**Author:** ![Susie\_Derkins](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e47774/32.png) [@Susie\_Derkins](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Susie_Derkins)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2005, 5:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/see-that-girl-watch-that-scene/284867/5 "2005-01-15T17:00:12Z")
Mamma Mia is the ringtone on my cellphone. I, too, love ABBA. ---
**Author:** ![SkipMagic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skipmagic/32/20706_2.png) [@SkipMagic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SkipMagic)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2005, 5:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/see-that-girl-watch-that-scene/284867/6 "2005-01-15T17:20:34Z")
> [@Suse](#): > > I feel the same way about the Def Leppard greatest hits CD I got for Christmas. Now, my kids tell _me_ to turn it down! Kids telling you to turn Def Leppard down? That’s just so… _wrong_. ::Runs to go pour sugar on something:: ---
**Author:** ![Kythereia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e8c25b/32.png) [@Kythereia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kythereia)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2005, 5:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/see-that-girl-watch-that-scene/284867/7 "2005-01-15T17:23:09Z")
Ackkkk! Can’t… get… _Dancing Queen_… out of… my head! :eek: :eek: :eek: ---
**Author:** ![WhyNot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c77e96/32.png) [@WhyNot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WhyNot)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2005, 5:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/see-that-girl-watch-that-scene/284867/8 "2005-01-15T17:23:14Z")
My goddaughter’s a cute little thing named Teaghan (“TEE-gun”). She’s pretty shy and withdrawn, but sweet as can be. One day, her mom came downstairs to find her wrapped in a feather boa, dancing around the living room, singing her heart out to a CD on the stereo: “You can DANCE, you can JI-IVE, having the TIME of your life See that GIRL watch that SCENE, TEAGHAN the dancing queen!” 😃 I can’t hear it any other way now! ---
**Author:** ![ruadh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/d2c977/32.png) [@ruadh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ruadh)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2005, 6:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/see-that-girl-watch-that-scene/284867/9 "2005-01-15T18:25:43Z")
Man, I used to get some shit in college for being an Abba fan. This was in 1987, before anybody would admit to liking them. I didn’t care. The first album I ever bought was an Abba collection and I will own and listen to Abba songs until the day I die. So there. “The Winner Takes It All” is my favourite, but I’m also particularly fond of “Knowing Me, Knowing You”, “Does Your Mother Know” and “The Name of the Game”. ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d26b3c/32.png) [@Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Blue_Sky)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2005, 6:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/see-that-girl-watch-that-scene/284867/10 "2005-01-15T18:30:25Z")
Long time ABBA fan (since 1974). There is no shame. There is only jealousy. ---
**Author:** ![Zebra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/c0e974/32.png) [@Zebra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zebra)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2005, 10:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/see-that-girl-watch-that-scene/284867/11 "2005-01-15T22:18:26Z")
I am not in this thread. ---
**Author:** ![Steve\_Wright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@Steve\_Wright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Steve_Wright)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2005, 10:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/see-that-girl-watch-that-scene/284867/12 "2005-01-15T22:37:49Z")
Speaking as a long time Radio Three listener, someone whose CD collection includes Gregorian Chant, Baroque, Classical and Romantic music, as well as modern composers such as John Tavener and Einojuhaani Rautavaara, I have to say … … there’s nothing wrong with ABBA in my opinion. There’s a lot to like about ABBA. “Thank you for the music”, indeed. ---
**Author:** ![Zabali\_Clawbane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/ecd19e/32.png) [@Zabali\_Clawbane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zabali_Clawbane)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2005, 10:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/see-that-girl-watch-that-scene/284867/13 "2005-01-15T22:59:29Z")
For your veiwing pleasure, a [cover](http://launch.yahoo.com/ar-294710---ATeens) of the song “Dancing Queen” by the A-teens. (I linked to the Launch artist page, but the link to the video is out in front…) ---
**Author:** ![rolandgunslinger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/cdc98d/32.png) [@rolandgunslinger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rolandgunslinger)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2005, 10:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/see-that-girl-watch-that-scene/284867/14 "2005-01-15T22:59:59Z")
Oh man…this is sad. ☹ Everyone of you …right now…Go to you local Best Buy and buy the following. AC/DC- Highway to Hell Black Sabbath - Live Evil Judas Priest - British Steel Iron Maiden - Powerslave Listen to the Cds for 48 hrs straight. That should wash all that ABBA stuff from you heads. Good luck. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d26b3c/32.png) [@Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Blue_Sky)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2005, 11:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/see-that-girl-watch-that-scene/284867/15 "2005-01-15T23:08:41Z")
> [@rolandgunslinger](#): > > That should wash all that ABBA stuff from you heads. > Good luck. 😃 HA! Fool! NOTHING will get “King Kong Song” out of your head once it gets in! ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2005, 11:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/see-that-girl-watch-that-scene/284867/16 "2005-01-15T23:14:27Z")
I like _Tiger_ and _I Am The City_. I just love Agnetha Fältskog. [Image Link](http://www.abbasite.com/assets/393_443.jpg) Only time I ever had a crush on a singer. Besides Minmei. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![FairyChatMom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fairychatmom/32/21906_2.png) [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2005, 11:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/see-that-girl-watch-that-scene/284867/17 "2005-01-15T23:21:21Z")
I love me some ABBA! Every time I listed to _Slipping Through My Fingers_, I cry. I need to get my turntable hooked up so I can play it… ---
**Author:** ![racer72](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/racer72/32/3075_2.png) [@racer72](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/racer72)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2005, 11:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/see-that-girl-watch-that-scene/284867/18 "2005-01-15T23:21:58Z")
Excuse my ignorance, but what is this ABBA that you all are speaking of? Is it someone that is played on the teen pop or rap stations? My step daughter tried to tell me I would like listening to someone named Toothpick Shaker (or something like that) but I didn’t. I do like the suggestions made by rolandgunslinger though. I just listen to Operation Mindcrime by Queensryche. Life is good. ---
**Author:** ![saramamalana](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/74df32/32.png) [@saramamalana](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/saramamalana)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2005, 9:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/see-that-girl-watch-that-scene/284867/19 "2005-01-16T21:31:45Z")
I heart ABBA! Parents and sister do, too. You can not listen to ABBA Gold and be in a bad mood, just not possible. I sang “Dancing Queen” at karaoke on Thursday because a friend really wanted to hear it, so I had to oblige even though I have tonsillitis. Bonus, here’s me singing [Fernando](http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v203/sullenmoon/montreal4.jpg), you can even see the words on the monitor above my head. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2005, 9:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/see-that-girl-watch-that-scene/284867/20 "2005-01-16T21:37:53Z")
> [@FilmGeek](#): > > (can you hear the guns, Fernando?) Drums. They were drums. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/see-that-girl-watch-that-scene/284867.md?page=2)