T.O.B. IS IN THE MOOD FOR DANCE

by Orson on Jul 18, 2008 3:23 PM EDT

Tom O'Brien loves ABBA. We thought we just might come right out there and say that before anything else happens here. (HT: Bill.)

Later, OBrien owned up to his ABBA addiction: Dancing Queen is just hard to sit down to.

Before ye cast any stones, consider two key facts. First, Tom O'Brien is a Marine, and therefore probably by category tougher than 98 percent of you currently not in ninja school or reading this on a laptop from the back of your donkey somewhere in the Hindu Kush as you travel in your duties as a Green Beret or SEAL. Even in aluminum foil loingerie (male version), he's tougher than you are.

See that girl, watch that scene, diggin' the Dancin' Queen. Pic by Eagle Talon over at BC's Scout board.

Second, "Dancing Queen" is a damn catchy song...no matter who's covering it...

U2:

Salma and Sabina Agha in Hindi:

Diablo (wooo AH AH AH AH):

The original. And please, appreciate the men's shirts. The video gets richer by the second if you do

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I should have killed those brain cells with alcohol instead! Thanks.

by Big Will on Jul 18, 2008 3:30 PM EDT reply actions

@1……. and yeah, first Dancin’ Queen post. I don’t know if I should be proud or shameful.

by Big Will on Jul 18, 2008 3:31 PM EDT reply actions

so….., you’ve replaced cheesecake with ABBA?

by plactic paddy on Jul 18, 2008 3:32 PM EDT reply actions

Sir, I offer contrariwise evidence: from SXSW 2008, the inimitable Wing:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fZO0vecUxG4

by VandyJ on Jul 18, 2008 3:33 PM EDT reply actions

“‘Dancing Queen’ is just hard to sit down to.”

And yet, I manage.

by Doug on Jul 18, 2008 3:40 PM EDT reply actions

Proust had madeleines to return him to his childhood, I have ABBA.

by DC Trojan on Jul 18, 2008 3:47 PM EDT reply actions

I’m not gonna lie. I saw Mama Mia at Mandelay in Vegas and it was awesome.

By awesome, I mean the wife loved it and agreed to go to a strip club to make up for it.

Compromises, gentleman. Compromises.

by GamecockTony on Jul 18, 2008 3:50 PM EDT reply actions

Not that I’d given it a ton of thought. But I didn’t know there were any guys in ABBA. I’m sure they’e proud…

by Last Dragon on Jul 18, 2008 3:52 PM EDT reply actions

Gamecock Tony has been reading his Steven Covey. Win-win FTW.

by Orson Swindle on Jul 18, 2008 4:05 PM EDT reply actions

There are two types of people in this world – those who like ABBA and those who don’t admit they like ABBA.

by Chips O'Toole on Jul 18, 2008 4:10 PM EDT reply actions

Those guys in ABBA invested wisely. And now they write operas and are considered national treasures in Sweden.

If only Roxette had been so lucky. Who knows, though? Perhaps there’s a chance for Robyn?

by UgasTexan on Jul 18, 2008 4:12 PM EDT reply actions

Oh, and Sweden, lads. Sweden. As in Swedish women. Svenska flickor.

Your image = reality.

by UgasTexan on Jul 18, 2008 4:13 PM EDT reply actions

Yes! Salma and Sabina, the hirsute sisters!

by hunglikehussain on Jul 18, 2008 4:35 PM EDT reply actions

I once went to a party in a house occupied by some tough looking metal heads with all kinds of piercings and scary tatoos. By far outpacing other bands in their impressive collection of Vinyl records? ABBA. And they were playing it on the iPod, too. It was strange.

by carlinthemarlin on Jul 18, 2008 5:04 PM EDT reply actions

donde esta la bunda? i haven’t seen cheesecake in ages.

by PSUrob on Jul 18, 2008 5:09 PM EDT reply actions

speakin of cheesecake, how about The Swedish Bikini Team?

by yoyofutbawl on Jul 18, 2008 5:16 PM EDT reply actions

The amazing part is that Salma and Sabina can’t even speak Hindi. They learned the song phonetically.

by ChemE93 on Jul 18, 2008 6:07 PM EDT reply actions

@14, fyi real metalheads generally don’t pierce, they tat. Or at the least engage in some sort of facial hair displays.

And this woman Wing should be euthanized. Desecrating Elvis, the Beatles & AC/DC?? She touches Led Zep or early Metallica pre-black album & I hunt her down myself.

by One And Done on Jul 19, 2008 1:28 PM EDT reply actions