In our most recent analysis of an ABBA song, which was their 2021 track “No Doubt About It“, it was argued that in the band’s lyrics, as far as those centered on heartbreak goes, the...
It can be said that the music industry is such that men are the ones who are most often depicted as screwing up romantic relationships, which is more or less a reflection of real...
Christmas, as it tends to be practiced in the Western world, is perhaps by and large what we would refer to as a consumer holiday. And whereas that aspect of gift giving is present in...
Climate change is a hot topic these days. The pace at which the world is currently consuming certain resources is unsustainable, on top of said consumption contributing to environmental degradation. As we have noted to...
ABBA is one of the most unique musical acts in industry history not only because they have sold hundreds of millions of records but also, even if only for a brief moment, there was...
Breakup songs are a dime a dozen. But sometimes a songwriter may attempt to breathe new life into a well-worn trope and, on rare occasions, even succeed at doing so. And such is the case with...
To note, as written, this song is not actually an “ode to freedom”. Rather it centers on the vocalist conceptualizing, if she did in fact accept the challenge to pen such a piece, what it...
The ‘hood, if you will, is such that upon adulthood some people bounce, while others may spend their entire lives there. And it is that residential realty that “When You Danced with Me” is meant to...
As we delved into a bit more in depth in our analysis of “I Still Have Faith in You” (2021), ABBA, in its heyday, was a world-famous band that dissolved prematurely due to marital issues between...
This song was actually written for a musical entitled “Chess”. And in this track, singer/actor Murray Head takes on the role of one of the main characters in the musical, who is a chess grandmaster...
