tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16333114.post2468253523976921171..comments2024-03-28T12:07:29.737-04:00Comments on kenneth in the (212): Song of the Day: 'When I Kissed the Teacher' by ABBAKenneth M. Walshhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01666275272819956774noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16333114.post-5114139662187993922019-05-27T21:21:27.824-04:002019-05-27T21:21:27.824-04:00I could have hooked you up a couple of years ago. ...I could have hooked you up a couple of years ago. I knew, quite possibly, the world's biggest ABBA fan. He was my husband's best friend, both of them flight attendants for United, they'd even bought houses next to each other when I met them. His name was Mark, and to say ABBA was his Blondie is underselling it. He had every foreign language version of every song they did, every import, every format, all the videos. . .EVERYTHING. When he passed away last year, we inherited all of it. <br /><br />My favorite thing is the unreleased track, "Just Like That," which exists in a couple of half-finished versions. I think it definitely would have been a hit. And my favorite part about it, is that I was a real shit, and sang the wrong lyrics on purpose (instead of "he found a temporary home in my flat," I sang, "he found a temperamental gnome in my flat"), and he couldn't listen to it without singing it wrong after that!<br /><br />Get Thank You For the Music, the box set, to get all of that and a lot more. Allegedly, they're releasing new songs this year. I like to think Mark had something to do with that.James Greenleehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05236516115418262727noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16333114.post-14456192508648459412019-05-24T18:38:12.154-04:002019-05-24T18:38:12.154-04:00OMG!! I can't imagine my life without ABBA! I ...OMG!! I can't imagine my life without ABBA! I was obssessed with them.I had their posters on my bedroom walls and I made my parents take me to see "ABBA:The movie" when it came out!!!Claude Remainsnoreply@blogger.com