| ABBA – Fernando Lyrics | 16 years ago |
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The writers of Fernando have stated that the song isn't about any specific war. I think this speaks against the Mexican revolution. It could still be about the Spanish civil war however. That war was more controversial in 1976, with Franco still at power only a year earlier, and therefore the writers might have wanted to disguise it as a nameless war in the song. There were actually several songs in Sweden being written about Spain during this period. There was a strong leftist political movement in Swedish music back then, and they really hated Franco. ABBA wasn't a political band however, something they were often critisised for in Sweden. Making a political song could maybe have confused their audience. Could be mentioned that the swedish version of Fernando have no references to war or revolution. |
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| R.E.M. – (Don't Go Back To) Rockville Lyrics | 16 years ago |
| Peter Buck produced an Uncle Tupelo album, "March 16—20, 1992", wich was released on Rockville Records. I always thought it would have been nice if the song were a reference to that. It isn't, of course, it was written years earlier. But it is one of my favourite R.E.M. songs, especially with Mills on vocals. | |
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