> From: "stephen wilson" > Richard Thompson (the gold standard of musical taste I reckon) paid them a> sort of tongue in cheek tribute by covering one of their songs ('Money') on> his '1,000 Years of Popular Music' album.Along with Squeeze, Prince, the Who, Beatles, and the pinnacle of 'excellence in pop', and former Polar prize winner for 'Best Butt': Mrs Kevin Federline (did I get the name right?)
Actually, RT's version of "Oops, I Did It Again" demonstrates that, to paraphrase him, outside of its original context, it's a pretty good song. His version has a nice quality of menace. RT also has taken the music for "Oops" and rearranged it as a medieval lute-ish piece, which he calls "Marry, Ageyn Hic Hev Donne Yt" - described in the "1000 Years" CD (http://www.richardthompson-music.com/album.asp?id=74) liner notes as "Anonymous fragment from the 13th century, possibly from Brittany."
Marshall Crenshaw is another Abba-admirer. He recorded their "Knowing You, Knowing Me" on his live album "My Truck Is My Home." Personally, I don't get it.
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