Abba Eban?
February 19, 2008 at 11:18 am
Nope. Just plain Abba.
Would Abba take a chance on him?
Republican presidential front-runner John McCain is not so sure and said he opted against playing the 1977 hit “Take a Chance on Me” by the Swedish group at his campaign rallies because of licensing and other concerns.
“It’s more difficult to play ‘let’s take a chance on me’ than I thought,” the four-term Arizona senator told reporters aboard his campaign plane.
“It gets expensive in a big hurry and if you’re not careful you can alienate some Swedes,” he joked. “If word gets out to Stockholm that we’re using Abba music, then there’ll be a worsening in U.S.-Swedish relations.”
The hit disco song, which begins “If you change your mind, I’m the first in line,” could sum up McCain’s courtship of the powerful conservative wing of the Republican Party.
In a way, we’re kinda glad McCain’s not using the song. It might spoil our greatest memory of “Take a Chance on Me” — when it was done during our ’70s glory days on “The Muppet Show.” No one can ever top this:
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