History NightmareFuel / Abba

* "Elaine" is also very nightmare-ish once you listen to the lyrics. "They tie your hands and tie your feet"
** "they have your mind, they'll take your soul" Is the poor girl captured by a cult?!

** Not making matters better is that Music/{{Ghost}} covered it. And yet, if Website/YouTube comments are anything to go by, ABBA's version is considered the more sinister of the two.

* You might have noticed a blonde girl looking into the side window of the car (next to Björn's head) on the ''ABBA'' cover, but I bet you didn't notice [[http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8299/7973908634_920848fc79_b.jpg the girl in the back window between Frida and Benny.]]

* "The Day Before You Came" is renowned for this - not only is the music creepy, but so are the lyrics - and it couldn't be more of a contrast to what ABBA was known for before. The song simply tells the story of a woman's mundane workday, all happening 'the day before you came'. The listener never fully finds out who 'you' is, although the most common interpretation is simply that she is recalling the day she met her current lover. However, some have pointed out that the creepy music, along with Agnetha's joyless delivery, makes it sound is if whatever 'you' is, it is not pleasant. This could be a not particularly good lover, or an abusive one, or that her life was so monotone and boring that not even a '''good''' lover could make it better, however some have gone so far to [[EpilepticTrees theorize]] that it is about a woman meeting her murderer. Frida's [[OneWomanWail operatic wailing]] in the background doesn't help the creepy feel either.

* "Waterloo" is about resigning oneself to a toxic relationship, with predatory-sounding lines like "I tried to hold you back, but you were stronger."

* "Waterloo" is about resigning oneself to an abusive relationship, with predatory-sounding lines like "I tried to hold you back, but you were stronger."

* "The Piper" is ostensibly about ''Literature/ThePiedPiperOfHamelin'', but it goes deeper than that. The lyrics imply that the song's title character has a much deeper agenda than just getting back at a town for cheating him-he's a DarkMessiah who charms people into giving him power. WordOfGod says the song was inspired by Creator/StephenKing's ''Literature/TheStand'' series, but it could just as easily apply to any number of other tyrants, from fictional ones like Emepror Palpatine to real ones like Hitler. The sinister music makes the song all the more eerie.

* "The Day Before You Came" is renowned for this - not only is the music creepy, but so are the lyrics - and it couldn't be more of a contrast to what ABBA was known for before. The song simply tells the story of a woman's mundane workday, all happening 'the day before you came'. The listener never fully finds out who 'you' is, although the most common interpretation is simply that she is recalling the day she met her current lover. However, some have pointed out that the creepy music, along with Agnetha's joyless delivery, makes it sound is if whatever 'you' is, it is not pleasant. This could be a not particularly good lover, or an abusive one, or that he previous life was so monotone and boring that not even a '''good''' lover could make it better, however some have gone so far to [[EpilepticTrees theorize]] that it is about a woman meeting her murderer. Frida's [[OneWomanWail operatic wailing]] in the background doesn't help the creepy feel either.

* "The Day Before You Came" is renowned for this - not only is the music creepy, but so are the lyrics - and it couldn't be more of a contrast to what ABBA was known for before. The song simply tells the story of a woman's mundane workday, all happening 'the day before you came'. The listener never fully finds out who 'you' is, although the most common interpretation is simply that she is recalling the day she met her current lover. However, some have pointed out that the creepy music, along with Agnetha's joyless delivery, makes it sound is if whatever 'you' is, it is not pleasant. This could be a not particularly good lover, or an abusive one, or that he previous life was so monotone and boring that not even a '''good'' lover could make it better, however some have gone so far to [[EpilepticTrees theorize]] that it is about a woman meeting her murderer. Frida's [[OneWomanWail operatic wailing]] in the background doesn't help the creepy feel either.

* "The Day Before You Came" is renowned for this - not only is the music creepy, but so are the lyrics - and it couldn't be more of a contrast to what ABBA was known for before. The song simply tells the story of a woman's mundane workday, all happening 'the day before you came'. The listener never fully finds out who 'you' is, although the most common interpretation is simply that she is recalling the day she met her current lover. However, some have pointed out that the creepy music, along with Agnetha's joyless delivery, makes it sound is if whatever 'you' is, it is not pleasant. This could be a not particularly good lover, or an abusive one, however some have gone so far to [[EpilepticTrees theorize]] that it is about a woman meeting her murderer. Frida's [[OneWomanWail operatic wailing]] in the background doesn't help the creepy feel either.

* "Head Over Heels" has bizarrely creepy music, and its sequencing immediately after "The Visitors" is a big part of the reason why the album gained a reputation for being unusually dark.

** Not making matters better is that [[http://cdn.antiquiet.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/ghost-bc.jpg Ghost]] covered it. And yet, if Website/YouTube comments are anything to go by, ABBA's version is considered the more sinister of the two.

** Not making matters better is that [[http://cdn.antiquiet.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/ghost-bc.jpg Ghost]] covered it. And yet, if YouTube comments are anything to go by, ABBA's version is considered the more sinister of the two.

** Not making matters better is that [[http://cdn.antiquiet.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/ghost-bc.jpg Ghost]] covered it. And yet (if YouTube comments are anything to go by), ABBA's version is considered the more sinister of the two.

** Not making matters better is that [[http://cdn.antiquiet.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/ghost-bc.jpg Ghost]] covered it.

* "The Piper" is ostensibly about ''Literature/ThePiedPiperOfHamelin'', but it goes deeper than that. The lyrics imply that the song's title character has a much deeper agenda than just getting back at a town for cheating him-he's a DarkMessiah who charms people into giving him power. WordOfGod says the song was inspired by Creator/StephenKing's Literature/TheStand series, but it could just as easily apply to any number of other tyrants, from fictional ones like Emepror Palpatine to real ones like Hitler. The sinister music makes the song all the more eerie.

* [[http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8299/7973908634_920848fc79_b.jpg That girl you never noticed in the back window between Frida and Benny on the ''ABBA'' cover.]]

* From 'Thank You For The Music', we have "Dream World", which has rather creepy circus music in its intro. It's not helped by the way it fades in, like music in a nightmare (this was due to tape damage, apparently). Thankfully, when the song was included on the Voulez Vous deluxe edtion, it had a clean start.

* "The Day Before You Came" is renowned for this - not only is the music creepy, but so are the lyrics - and it couldn't be more of a contrast to what ABBA was known for before. The implication is that the woman is recovering from an abusive relationship and is trying to piece her life back together, but has essentially lost the will to live.

** "they have your mind, they'll take your soul" Is the poor girl captured by a cult?!

* "Elaine" is also very nightmare-ish once you listen to the lyrics. "They tie your hands and tie your feet"

** Especially if one remembers that: 1) This is from the same album As "Thank you for the music" (and is implied to be the ultimate fate of that girl), and 2) This came from a group that ended in CreatorBreakdown.

** Especially if one remembers that: 1) This is from the same album As "Thank you for the music" (and is implied to be the ultimate fate of that girl), and 2) This came from a grup that ended in CreatorBreakdown.

* "Elaine" is also very nightmare-ish once you listen to the lyrics.

* "The Visitors". It's been [[EpilepticTrees theorized]] to be about either a kidnapping, an alien abduction, a political prisoner's arrest, or a psychotic breakdown. Take your pick. Officially, the correct answer is the political prisoner one...