From the Observer archive, 5 May 1974: Abba? I can't see them lasting long

This week's Top 30 is more like a shamble than a triumphal marchFor one definition of pop music you need look no further than the Hit Parade, although this week's Top 30 is more like a shamble than a triumphal march. Included in the procession are several Glitters, a Womble or two, the girl next door and a venerable holy relic. This Falstaff's army is headed by somebody called Terry Jacks, whose No 1 song "Seasons in the Sun" is a gloomy ditty that embarrassingly runs out of melody rather soon a...

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