![]() ![]() ![]() In the 44 years since Abba launched their career, essentially a career-long imperial phase, at the 1974 Eurovision Song Contest, few have mastered the craft as definitively – or for as long – as a group formed of two married couples from Stockholm.īut while they were seen as the acme of uncool during the punk 70s, time has been kind to Abba – because their music is timeless. Over the decades, pop stars – and pop songwriters – have come close to nailing this curious alchemy, but really, if we’re honest, they all work in the shadow of one group: Abba. Some strange admixture of melancholy, melody, joy, lust and a glorious middle eight, maybe? But something else, too, something far more elusive than structure and theme. Who knows what strange formula goes into the perfect pop song.
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