Imagine getting arrested on the Fourth of July for doing the most American thing known to man: standing up to corrupt authority figures you do not respect.
Happy pride month specifically to folks on the asexual and aromantic spectrum who oftentimes feel isolated and left out of the conversation. You belong here as much as the rest of us and I hope that you are all loved in a way that is comforting to you.
My controversial opinion is that some of you don’t have enough lived experience and maturity to be watching a show like The Pitt.
You don’t know what it’s like to have systems working against you systematically, to be caught in situations where black and white don’t exist, where there is no saving someone, where you can be the victim but still be perpetrating your own misery, to know that no matter what you do, you’re still incapable of fixing something perfectly.
You want clear lines drawn in the sand of this is the bad guy and this is what mental health should look like and this is what should be done in XYZ situation when the reality of it is so much more difficult and shaky and impossible. You want characters that are Good and ones that are Bad and the Bad ones don’t get to redeem themselves or fix themselves or have rocky reconciliation.
You shouldn’t be able to form hard opinions because this show constantly tells us that the real world is so much messier than that. People are messier than that. You think you understand characters perfectly but you show that nuanced and complex characters with flaws AND strengths are beyond your level of comprehension.
If you want a happier TV show where people aren’t hurt, aren’t hurting themselves, hurting the people around them, where people are the villain from the beginning to the end with no chance at redemption, go watch a cartoon or something.
Hasta Mañana – Italy (Dig-It International Records)
So Long – West Germany (Polydor)
I Do, I Do, I Do & Fernando – Austria (Polydor)
Dancing Queen – East Germany (Amiga)
Money, Money, Money – France (Melba)
That's Me – Japan (Discomate)
Slipping Through My Fingers – Japan (Discomate)
All images are from Discogs.
Some additional ramblings below!
As ABBA was never represented by a single record label worldwide, it also meant that the visual design of their records varied between countries, sometimes wildly so. The LPs mostly had a uniform look, but you'll be lucky to find two identical single designs!
After the official ABBA logo was introduced in 1976, the single covers became more alike across the board – a bit more tame and cookie cutter, you could say. I think some of that came about from the flowery, colorful, "groovy" design style of the late 1960s and early 1970s giving way to a more simple, "industrial" look. (I've always been a fan of the former, if you couldn't tell :D)
Imo the most interesting of these is the last one from Japan, which was a promotional single given as a prize in a Coca-Cola competition. They used an image from the "Gracias Por La Musica" Spanish album photoshoot as a base and... *squints* re-drew it? With new re-colored outfits? I think that's what happened here. Björn especially looks markedly different from the original photo ↓. Gotta respect the low-key absurdity of it all.
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