Dancing Queen

I remember walking home in a late summer sundown through the Rivierenbuurt in Amsterdam as a ten-year old kid, repeating that great end-bit with the violin in my head. I thought it was so brilliant, to put that in (what was meant to be) the fade-out of the song. Other pop-songs did not have this. Must have played it on the piano as well. And to be honest, 30 years later, I still can't get annoyed by this track. Always brings me back to the seventies. Really hammers me home. Pure genius; The original video by Lasse Hallström, recorded somewhere just outside Stockholm (refurbished for FlashVideo on dailymotion - by me). Note the retro piano at the start. And check the worn-out wood and crappy wiring just above…

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