Waterloo - ABBA

Taking Over the World One Song After Another

Oh, the 70’s, how much I love this era, so full of raw talent and all around fun. ABBA was popular in Europe for a time before expanding into the states, they recorded many songs in various languages and were one of the largest sensations of the 70’s, and for good reason too. As much as people may poke fun at them, and their cheery and cheesy music, they are fantastic musicians. Check out Waterloo, which was their breakthrough song into mainstream media. The song itself has very upbeat sound with great use of instruments. The very bright piano keeps the beat with the drums. Sassy saxophone and crisp guitar responds wonderfully to the singing. The instruments take parts in adding perfect amounts of personality to the song while keeping the strong rhythm going. The lyrics are pretty creative, comparing Waterloo to giving in to love, well done ABBA (slow claps). But the most iconic part of ABBA is obviously the singers. our two female leads Agnetha and Anni-Frid harmonize so perfectly and are all around amazing. The guys back up singing is good, but not really noticeable. A great song, and I don’t care what you haters might say, you better find it in you ears a place for this song and ABBA, they deserve your respect.

Originality:9

Instruments:8

Vocals:9

Longevity:8

Red Score:8.5