It’s the season that critics are posting their Best Of lists for the year. (What always strikes me as a bit odd is that year is not technically over when the critics do this.)
As I don’t want to be like everyone else, I’m going to use the rest of the month to post about non-traditional “Best Of”s.
The best ABBA song?
“Waterloo.”
Why?
Not because it won the Eurovision competition in 1974, but because it begins:
“My, my, at Waterloo Napoleon did surrender
Oh yeah, and I have met my destiny in quite a similar way”
I just can’t imagine any pop song today beginning with a historical reference. This song not only does that, but continues all the way through, comparing this woman’s finally giving into love to Napoleon’s defeat. The military analogy somehow blends perfectly with the upbeat, danceable tempo.
“So how could I ever refuse” to love this song?
