My My!, Giles Smith
My My!, Giles Smith
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My My!
ABBA Through the Ages

Author: Giles Smith

Narrator: Kris Dyer

Unabridged: 10 hr 27 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 05/09/2024

Synopsis

‘A lovely book – as bright, shiny and uplifting as an Abba hit’ Daily Mail

‘[A] witty and affectionate account . . . It’s not a stretch to say that, at its core, My My! is a book about time, death and the possibility of immortality’ Sunday Times

My My! The story of ABBA told through a selection of their greatest hits.

This year is the fiftieth anniversary of Waterloo (the song, not the battle) – a seminal moment in pop history which saw Swedish sensation ABBA burst on to the international music scene. How is it that half a century later this seventies Eurovision act is bigger than ever – reaching listeners of all ages and spinning off into musicals, museums and holograms? Giles Smith, writer and music fan, sets out to find out why.

My My! is a celebration of ABBA through the ages. It’s one fan’s way of saying: thank you for the music.

About Giles Smith

Giles Smith is the author of the pop memoir Lost in Music, an updated version of which will be published by Penguin in the summer of 2023. His writing has appeared in numerous British publications and in The New Yorker. He has published two collections of journalism and a spoof memoir of the comic-strip footballer Roy of the Rovers, and, in the last ten years, he has been the ghost-writer for eight Sunday Times bestselling autobiographies. 

Reviews

Goodreads review by Pete

A great book for anyone interested in music from the 1970s, whether an Abba fan at the time or someone who has puzzled over their enduring popularity despite the fickleness of the public about them over the years. A series of mostly short chapters as the author visits several Abba-related events to......more

Goodreads review by Rosalie

2.5 This is not quite what I expected, as it is neither a music biography nor a biography of ABBA. Certainly Giles Smith gives us some details about ABBA, but really nothing that most people did not know.Nor is it a book about the music of ABBA, the inspiration for the songs, the way the songs came t......more

Goodreads review by Tim

Early in 2024 I was walking through Wynwood, Miami. Wynwood is one of Miami’s coolest districts, known for its urban art. It’s a district alive with music, loud, modern and ubiquitous, seemingly emanating from every doorway. Despite this ubiquity one song stood out, that sunny afternoon in February;......more

Quotes

‘[Giles Smith] is a perfect guide to ABBA’s ups and down on pop’s stock market [and] an astute musicologist, able to take apart these songs without wrecking their delicate internal workings . . . For such a droll book, then, My My! comes with an existential kick, concerned with the effects of time’s passing on art, the way it can become distorted through hearsay and assumption, like a fuzzy tenth-generation mix tape . . . It’s not a stretch to say that, at its core, My My! is a book about time, death and the possibility of immortality . . . As Smith’s loving testament to the band so clearly shows, in 2024 there’s nothing to hide. ABBA, their avatars facing down death itself from their purpose-built arena, have won the war’

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