Hmm, I believe most look at this song too literally. The for this is that the song is completely sarcastic. Abba attempts to explode a stereotype, using clear hyperbolic statements, in order to criticize that very stereotype. In this case, they take the assumption that having lots of money will make you eternally joyful, and exaggerate it so that audiences may start to realize how ridiculous it really sounds. Note that Sweden is a socialist country and Bjorn currently resides in Sweden, even after having clearly experienced the "rich life" of capitalist America.
@drek01 no this song is pretty literate, it's not exploring any stereotype-it's commentating on the common unhappy worker who spends so much of their life working and paying bills in a mundane job but never having the cash to be able to live their dreams as the money all goes on food/rent/gas bills... The song is just reflecting on the dreams of so many people of landing a windfall and being able to escape the working life and be rich.
@drek01 no this song is pretty literate, it's not exploring any stereotype-it's commentating on the common unhappy worker who spends so much of their life working and paying bills in a mundane job but never having the cash to be able to live their dreams as the money all goes on food/rent/gas bills... The song is just reflecting on the dreams of so many people of landing a windfall and being able to escape the working life and be rich.
Hmm, I believe most look at this song too literally. The for this is that the song is completely sarcastic. Abba attempts to explode a stereotype, using clear hyperbolic statements, in order to criticize that very stereotype. In this case, they take the assumption that having lots of money will make you eternally joyful, and exaggerate it so that audiences may start to realize how ridiculous it really sounds. Note that Sweden is a socialist country and Bjorn currently resides in Sweden, even after having clearly experienced the "rich life" of capitalist America.
2nd sentence should say "the REASON..." my mistake xD
2nd sentence should say "the REASON..." my mistake xD
@drek01 no this song is pretty literate, it's not exploring any stereotype-it's commentating on the common unhappy worker who spends so much of their life working and paying bills in a mundane job but never having the cash to be able to live their dreams as the money all goes on food/rent/gas bills... The song is just reflecting on the dreams of so many people of landing a windfall and being able to escape the working life and be rich.
@drek01 no this song is pretty literate, it's not exploring any stereotype-it's commentating on the common unhappy worker who spends so much of their life working and paying bills in a mundane job but never having the cash to be able to live their dreams as the money all goes on food/rent/gas bills... The song is just reflecting on the dreams of so many people of landing a windfall and being able to escape the working life and be rich.