Abba lives!

“Abba have announced their first album in 39 years and debuted two new songs in a long-anticipated comeback.

The Swedish band - Bjorn Ulvaeus, Agnetha Faltskog, Benny Andersson and Anni-Frid Lyngstad - also unveiled plans for a high-tech concert show featuring digital versions of themselves.

Both projects will be titled Abba Voyage and the album will consist entirely of new material recorded by the quartet.“

The Telegraph, 2 September 2021

Quote from UK Man

They surely can't be on their uppers?

Hmmm. That expression has multiple meanings, UK Man -

Uppers? first image is amphetamines. But given their ages, the reference could be to false teeth! But you meant ______?

Anyway, according to the NYT music critic today: “Don’t Shut Me Down,” their first single off their new album, due Nov. 5, is about a woman surprising an ex with her return. The choruses also recognize the strangeness of Abba’s reappearance: “I’m not the one you know/I’m now and then combined,” Agnetha Fältskog and Anni-Frid Lyngstad sing, backed and produced by Björn Ulvaeus and Benny Andersson. “And I’m asking you to have an open mind.”