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Does ABBA have the most life-affirming secular music?

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Startling Cowardly Locus
  10/25/23
yes
histrionic codepig
  10/25/23
yes
big trailer park
  10/25/23
yes
henna hot home
  10/25/23
yes also the band name is a palindrome
Appetizing Orchestra Pit Partner
  10/25/23
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Appetizing Orchestra Pit Partner
  02/10/25
It would be fun to go to one of their concerts in London, wh...
big trailer park
  10/25/23
(Alan Partridge)
dull police squad
  10/25/23
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haunting death wish
  11/06/23
yes
aquamarine ape rigor
  10/25/23
Absolutely love the song "Chiquitita".
Aphrodisiac pale office
  10/25/23
whats life affirming about it. i like them but dont understa...
high-end stubborn telephone fortuitous meteor
  10/25/23
Listen to Chiquitita. The sound, the lyrics, the message. Al...
Aphrodisiac pale office
  10/25/23
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henna hot home
  10/25/23
andante andante is great too
big trailer park
  10/29/23
"Chitquita" is about a depressed, near suicidal te...
Appetizing Orchestra Pit Partner
  02/10/25
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frank rizzo
  08/12/25
https://youtu.be/TL0EoXdpOqg what more do you want
histrionic codepig
  10/25/23
They even make sleazy songs like Does Your Mother Know and G...
stimulating dark point
  10/29/23
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big trailer park
  11/01/23
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Autistic Incel
  11/06/23
This Japanese funk is up there imo https://youtu.be/ZxGiE...
histrionic codepig
  11/01/23
yes
Green Garrison Cumskin
  11/01/23
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big trailer park
  11/04/23
I saw them like 10 years ago.
Galvanic stead old irish cottage
  11/04/23
Dancing Queen is about statutory rape and an underage tramp ...
Appetizing Orchestra Pit Partner
  11/06/23
lol
big trailer park
  11/06/23
"Take a Chance on me" is about a desperate self-es...
Appetizing Orchestra Pit Partner
  02/10/25
great explanation
big trailer park
  02/10/25
Where is the weird sex stuff?
Apoplectic magical becky
  02/10/25
obviously that's how she gets the guy to dip back to her aga...
Appetizing Orchestra Pit Partner
  02/10/25
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frank rizzo
  08/12/25
lol
Emotionally + Physically Abusive Ex-Husband
  08/12/25
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Autistic Incel
  11/06/23
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big trailer park
  11/12/23
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big trailer park
  11/20/23
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big trailer park
  01/04/24
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big trailer park
  04/02/24
queen?
Cordovan Thriller Trust Fund
  04/02/24
they're very good too, good pick. i think abba has a lot mo...
big trailer park
  04/02/24
Dad, get off xo!
Beady-eyed Aqua Space
  04/02/24
yanni's 'live at the acropolis' has this kind of mood.
gold razzmatazz senate twinkling uncleanness
  04/02/24
"Waterloo" is about a woman, again lacking self es...
Appetizing Orchestra Pit Partner
  02/10/25
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big trailer park
  02/10/25
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frank rizzo
  08/12/25
two days later on tinder" GIMME GIMME GIMME A MAN AFTER...
Bob Rooney
  08/12/25
that one is less subtle
frank rizzo
  08/12/25
it pains me to say: john mccain was right about ABBA.
disgusting brindle parlour
  02/10/25
Putin allegedly loves ABBA and paid them to do a private reu...
ruby marketing idea
  02/10/25
(Alan Partridge)
Oh, you travel?
  08/12/25
Sing a new song, Chicitita.
Emotionally + Physically Abusive Ex-Husband
  08/12/25
The Name of the Game is about an attractive but socially awk...
frank rizzo
  08/12/25
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jew hater
  08/12/25


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Date: October 25th, 2023 2:02 PM
Author: Startling Cowardly Locus



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5434374&forum_id=2Reputation#46981709)



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Date: October 25th, 2023 2:03 PM
Author: histrionic codepig

yes

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5434374&forum_id=2Reputation#46981716)



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Date: October 25th, 2023 2:05 PM
Author: big trailer park

yes

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5434374&forum_id=2Reputation#46981733)



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Date: October 25th, 2023 2:17 PM
Author: henna hot home

yes

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5434374&forum_id=2Reputation#46981817)



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Date: October 25th, 2023 2:18 PM
Author: Appetizing Orchestra Pit Partner

yes

also the band name is a palindrome

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5434374&forum_id=2Reputation#46981820)



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Date: February 10th, 2025 12:47 PM
Author: Appetizing Orchestra Pit Partner



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5434374&forum_id=2Reputation#48642617)



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Date: October 25th, 2023 2:29 PM
Author: big trailer park

It would be fun to go to one of their concerts in London, which is a story of its own. Band members used Industrial Light and Magic to de-age themselves into homograms back to when they were young in the 1970s and outfitted a whole stadium for their performance. Apparently the concert has been done in such a way that it feels seamless and real:

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ABBA_Voyage

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5434374&forum_id=2Reputation#46981877)



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Date: October 25th, 2023 2:30 PM
Author: dull police squad

(Alan Partridge)

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5434374&forum_id=2Reputation#46981883)



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Date: November 6th, 2023 10:29 AM
Author: haunting death wish



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5434374&forum_id=2Reputation#47024689)



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Date: October 25th, 2023 7:58 PM
Author: aquamarine ape rigor

yes

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5434374&forum_id=2Reputation#46983451)



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Date: October 25th, 2023 7:59 PM
Author: Aphrodisiac pale office

Absolutely love the song "Chiquitita".

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5434374&forum_id=2Reputation#46983452)



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Date: October 25th, 2023 8:03 PM
Author: high-end stubborn telephone fortuitous meteor

whats life affirming about it. i like them but dont understand the question.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5434374&forum_id=2Reputation#46983458)



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Date: October 25th, 2023 8:11 PM
Author: Aphrodisiac pale office

Listen to Chiquitita. The sound, the lyrics, the message. All of it just makes you feel good and positive.

https://youtu.be/p4QqMKe3rwY?si=HxBVfkOPcy8jDcsd



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5434374&forum_id=2Reputation#46983485)



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Date: October 25th, 2023 8:12 PM
Author: henna hot home



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5434374&forum_id=2Reputation#46983487)



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Date: October 29th, 2023 11:25 PM
Author: big trailer park

andante andante is great too

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5434374&forum_id=2Reputation#46997536)



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Date: February 10th, 2025 12:52 PM
Author: Appetizing Orchestra Pit Partner

"Chitquita" is about a depressed, near suicidal teenage girl who gave it up way too quickly to some doofus she thought she loved and now is heartbroken and self loathing over it. Her childless wine aunt is there to comfort her and assure her that she'll probably get over it, meet another guy and be back on that pogo stick in no time.

manages to be very positive, upbeat and life affirming

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5434374&forum_id=2Reputation#48642640)



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Date: August 12th, 2025 5:03 PM
Author: frank rizzo



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5434374&forum_id=2Reputation#49179133)



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Date: October 25th, 2023 8:44 PM
Author: histrionic codepig

https://youtu.be/TL0EoXdpOqg

what more do you want

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5434374&forum_id=2Reputation#46983568)



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Date: October 29th, 2023 11:27 PM
Author: stimulating dark point

They even make sleazy songs like Does Your Mother Know and Gimme a Man After Midnight seem upbeat and wholesome.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5434374&forum_id=2Reputation#46997541)



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Date: November 1st, 2023 10:15 PM
Author: big trailer park



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5434374&forum_id=2Reputation#47009848)



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Date: November 6th, 2023 10:52 AM
Author: Autistic Incel



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5434374&forum_id=2Reputation#47024806)



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Date: November 1st, 2023 10:14 PM
Author: histrionic codepig

This Japanese funk is up there imo

https://youtu.be/ZxGiEoczryg

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5434374&forum_id=2Reputation#47009840)



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Date: November 1st, 2023 10:25 PM
Author: Green Garrison Cumskin

yes

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5434374&forum_id=2Reputation#47009870)



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Date: November 4th, 2023 11:13 PM
Author: big trailer park



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5434374&forum_id=2Reputation#47021059)



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Date: November 4th, 2023 11:21 PM
Author: Galvanic stead old irish cottage

I saw them like 10 years ago.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5434374&forum_id=2Reputation#47021078)



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Date: November 6th, 2023 10:26 AM
Author: Appetizing Orchestra Pit Partner

Dancing Queen is about statutory rape and an underage tramp using a fake ID to get into clubs and grind on dudes before picking one to fuck.

Knowing Me Knowing You is about a long but dysfunctional marriage riddled with abuse and infidelity that ultimately ends in a bitter divorce and their children's childhood home being sold as part of the distribution of assets.

Winner Takes It All is about a chick who is repeatedly rejected for younger/hotter women by a chad she's in love with and, in a last ditch effort to keep him, resorts to letting him do weird sexual shit to her but she still fails.

all of these somehow manage to be very positive, upbeat, and life affirming.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5434374&forum_id=2Reputation#47024680)



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Date: November 6th, 2023 10:29 AM
Author: big trailer park

lol

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5434374&forum_id=2Reputation#47024688)



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Date: February 10th, 2025 12:41 PM
Author: Appetizing Orchestra Pit Partner

"Take a Chance on me" is about a desperate self-esteem lacking dick drunk cooze unsuccessfully trying to torpedo some Chad's relationship and explicitly stating she is dtf 24/7 no matter what if he makes the call.

Still manages to be very positive, upbeat and life affirming

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-crgQGdpZR0

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5434374&forum_id=2Reputation#48642592)



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Date: February 10th, 2025 12:52 PM
Author: big trailer park

great explanation

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5434374&forum_id=2Reputation#48642638)



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Date: February 10th, 2025 1:06 PM
Author: Apoplectic magical becky
Subject: Where is the weird sex stuff?

I don't wanna talk

About things we've gone through

Though it's hurting me

Now it's history

I've played all my cards

And that's what you've done too

Nothing more to say

No more ace to play

The winner takes it all

The loser's standing small

Beside the victory

That's her destiny

I was in your arms

Thinking I belonged there

I figured it made sense

Building me a fence

Building me a home

Thinking I'd be strong there

But I was a fool

Playing by the rules

The gods may throw a dice

Their minds as cold as ice

And someone way down here

Loses someone dear

The winner takes it all (takes it all)

The loser has to fall (has to fall)

It's simple and it's plain (it's so plain)

Why should I complain? (Why complain?)

But tell me, does she kiss

Like I used to kiss you?

Does it feel the same

When she calls your name?

Somewhere deep inside

You must know I miss you

But what can I say?

Rules must be obeyed

The judges will decide (will decide)

The likes of me abide (me abide)

Spectators of the show (of the show)

Always staying low (staying low)

The game is on again (on again)

A lover or a friend (or a friend)

A big thing or a small (big or small)

The winner takes it all (takes it all)

I don't wanna talk

If it makes you feel sad

And I understand

You've come to shake my hand

I apologize

If it makes you feel bad

Seeing me so tense

No self-confidence

But you see

The winner takes it all

The winner takes it all

So the winner takes it all

And the loser has to fall

Throw the dice, cold as ice

Way down here, someone dear

Takes it all, has to fall

And it's plain, why complain?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5434374&forum_id=2Reputation#48642699)



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Date: February 10th, 2025 1:11 PM
Author: Appetizing Orchestra Pit Partner

obviously that's how she gets the guy to dip back to her again (guy is prob a freak who wants to piss on her or something). it's certainly not her charm or youthful good looks.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5434374&forum_id=2Reputation#48642738)



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Date: August 12th, 2025 5:02 PM
Author: frank rizzo



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5434374&forum_id=2Reputation#49179129)



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Date: August 12th, 2025 5:11 PM
Author: Emotionally + Physically Abusive Ex-Husband

lol

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5434374&forum_id=2Reputation#49179177)



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Date: November 6th, 2023 10:52 AM
Author: Autistic Incel



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5434374&forum_id=2Reputation#47024802)



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Date: November 12th, 2023 12:03 PM
Author: big trailer park



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5434374&forum_id=2Reputation#47047367)



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Date: November 20th, 2023 12:03 PM
Author: big trailer park



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5434374&forum_id=2Reputation#47078182)



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Date: January 4th, 2024 12:00 AM
Author: big trailer park



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5434374&forum_id=2Reputation#47247154)



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Date: April 2nd, 2024 4:33 PM
Author: big trailer park



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5434374&forum_id=2Reputation#47548857)



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Date: April 2nd, 2024 4:34 PM
Author: Cordovan Thriller Trust Fund

queen?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5434374&forum_id=2Reputation#47548862)



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Date: April 2nd, 2024 4:36 PM
Author: big trailer park

they're very good too, good pick. i think abba has a lot more good songs though

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5434374&forum_id=2Reputation#47548871)



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Date: April 2nd, 2024 4:37 PM
Author: Beady-eyed Aqua Space

Dad, get off xo!

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5434374&forum_id=2Reputation#47548878)



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Date: April 2nd, 2024 4:48 PM
Author: gold razzmatazz senate twinkling uncleanness

yanni's 'live at the acropolis' has this kind of mood.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5434374&forum_id=2Reputation#47548951)



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Date: February 10th, 2025 1:05 PM
Author: Appetizing Orchestra Pit Partner

"Waterloo" is about a woman, again lacking self esteem and self respect, staying in a toxic abusive marriage to a man she resents because she knows she can't do any better and has ultimately committed/wasted the best years of her life pursuing a life with him. She draws the comparison to Napoleon being all-in and past the point of no return on an doomed cause.

the song is very positive, upbeat and life affirming

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5434374&forum_id=2Reputation#48642697)



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Date: February 10th, 2025 1:07 PM
Author: big trailer park



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5434374&forum_id=2Reputation#48642712)



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Date: August 12th, 2025 5:03 PM
Author: frank rizzo



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5434374&forum_id=2Reputation#49179134)



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Date: August 12th, 2025 5:09 PM
Author: Bob Rooney

two days later on tinder" GIMME GIMME GIMME A MAN AFTER MIDNIGHT

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5434374&forum_id=2Reputation#49179162)



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Date: August 12th, 2025 5:13 PM
Author: frank rizzo

that one is less subtle

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5434374&forum_id=2Reputation#49179184)



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Date: February 10th, 2025 1:06 PM
Author: disgusting brindle parlour

it pains me to say: john mccain was right about ABBA.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5434374&forum_id=2Reputation#48642701)



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Date: February 10th, 2025 3:29 PM
Author: ruby marketing idea

Putin allegedly loves ABBA and paid them to do a private reunion show for him and some VIPs

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2009/feb/06/vladimir-putin-russia-abba-tribute-concert

Concert raises questions about Putin's alleged love for Abba

This article is more than 16 years old

Abba tribute band Björn Again claims they were tapped to play exclusive concert for Russian prime minister

It was a highly exclusive concert. In fact, when the Abba tribute band Björn Again took to the stage there were just eight people in the audience, tactfully screened off from the performers by a bizarre gauze curtain.

According to the band's founder Ron Stephen, however, the guest of honour at the show was none other than Vladimir Putin, Russia's judo-loving former president and current prime minister. Sitting next to him was a woman wearing an elegant cream dress, he said. "There were basically only 8 or 9 people in the audience," Stephen told the Guardian today.

"Björn Again is a very interactive show. When we play Super Trouper we get people to wave their arms in the air from side to side. With Mamma Mia they point two fingers to the sky."

He added: "We were advised we couldn't have any dialogue with the audience. In fact, everybody was dancing along. There were yells of 'Bravo, Bravo!' and heavy applause."

Putin's press spokesman Dmitry Peskov this afternoon denied that Putin had been at the concert. Today however Stephen said the tribute group had received an invitation before Christmas to do a show on 22 January.

The concert was a private New Year celebration "for the No 2 person in Russia", he said he was informed. The band agreed, and was flown from London to Moscow.

It was then driven for "nine hours through sleet and snow" to a highly protected official compound near Lake Valdai, a wooded picturesque holiday region 200 miles north of the Russian capital.

During the concert the group sang 15 Abba hits including Waterloo, Gimme Gimme Gimme and Dancing Queen.

Today Stephen said he was "99% certain" Putin had been in the audience. He had been sitting next to an unidentified "Miss X" wearing a "really pretty long cream dress", he said.

AND

https://www.irishstar.com/news/us-news/putin-abba-russia-ukraine-war-33537977

Vladimir Putin 'jives' to pop group in surprise music admission

Russian President Vladimir Putin is said to be a huge fan of Abba and loves to dance to their hits, according to defence experts

Vladimir Putin is reportedly "jiving" to ABBA tunes in the Kremlin amidst the ongoing conflict with Ukraine, according to defence analysts.

Professor Michael Clarke remarked that the Russian leader adores the Swedish pop sensation and often dances to their music.

In Clarke's words: "Putin jiving away to Dancing Queen. Just think about that - preferably with his shirt on. You know he is a great fan of Abba. He loves Abba."



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5434374&forum_id=2Reputation#48643185)



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Date: August 12th, 2025 5:07 PM
Author: Oh, you travel? ( )

(Alan Partridge)

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5434374&forum_id=2Reputation#49179151)



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Date: August 12th, 2025 5:10 PM
Author: Emotionally + Physically Abusive Ex-Husband

Sing a new song, Chicitita.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5434374&forum_id=2Reputation#49179167)



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Date: August 12th, 2025 5:22 PM
Author: frank rizzo

The Name of the Game is about an attractive but socially awkward woman, likely with Aspergers, who overcompensates for her social difficulties by being overly promiscuous and later realizes she doesn't know how to actually build a real relationship with a guy she likes well after fucking him multiple times.

manages to be positive, upbeat, and life-affirming

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5434374&forum_id=2Reputation#49179206)



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Date: August 12th, 2025 6:13 PM
Author: jew hater



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5434374&forum_id=2Reputation#49179375)