Yes, it is from a musical. Yes, it was written by the folks from Abba. Those two things by themselves make it a guilty please but...Murray Head's vocalizations make it the ultimate in guilty pleasures.
Can you guess what it is?
Yep, One Night in Bangkok.
Maybe the song has been haunting me because of The Hangover 2...maybe.
The queens we use would not excite you. Love it.
ReplyDeleteLux, I first heard this song the same week that I saw "The King and I" on Broadway (one of Yul Brynner's last performances) and I loved that a pop song was referencing this actor.
ReplyDeleteNow, I see it as a nuanced discussion of the Cold War and the role of client states in a post MAD world.