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Podcast: Word In Your Ear
Episode: โAbbaโs success is more about us than themโ: Giles Smith looks back at a 50-year love affair
Description: Giles was 12 when he watched Abba win Eurovision in 1974 and was instantly besotted โ and thus required to spend the next 20 years wrestling with The Love That Dare Not Speak Its Name. His thunderingly funny, fond and illuminating book โ My My!: Abba Through The Years โ traces their story, looks at the snobbery and critical mauling they endured and figures out how they made records so universally popular and which still move him to tears 50 years later. Itโs also the best example of any book weโve read that can explain the mechanics of music to a non-musician. Itโs highly recom...