Ace of Base - The Sign

Not my favorite song, but it takes me back nonetheless.

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I loved this band until I learned that they were overtly Nazis. This song is about experiencing euphoria when seeing the swastika. All That She Wants is about the mythical welfare queens. I used to like their music but now that I know the meaning, it nauseates me.
- WTF? When I sober up, I got some Googling to do apparently. 😞
  
  https://www.vice.com/en/article/ace-of-bases-secret-nazi-past/
Every last one of their songs sounded exactly the same and the world was like okay this is the one we like now shut the fuck up and go away
I started, but have not yet finished, The Song Machine: Inside the Hit Factory by John Seabrook. It was interesting reading about what a milestone this was in the development of modern pop music.
(I stopped reading because I decided I should go back and listen to the songs as they’re referenced in the book, especially ones I wasn’t familiar with, but haven’t done that yet.)

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