Abba On The Jukebox

Abba On The Jukebox was the debut single by Trembling Blue Stars, released back in 1996 (time flies). It's a beautiful song and, given that Trembling Blue Stars was never hugely successful, it occurred to me that not all ABBA fans will have heard it.

The lyrics are a nostalgic montage of snapshot holiday/travel memories that the songwriter had shared with his (ex-)girlfriend, including 'Abba on the jukebox at Par Sands' (Par Sands is a beach and caravan park in Cornwall, UK).

(btw from around its halfway point the song is purely instrumental; still lovely but don't hold your breath for a third verse)




Land's End at dusk
A day of churches
Her getting her hair cut
A windswept walk to Dunnet Head
Boarding a north-bound train at Inverness
A rainy Cley-next-the-Sea
Her swinging on a tyre
Me taking her picture
A station frozen in time
March stars in a Norfolk sky

Her sleeping head on my shoulder
With the bus heading on
And the day-out done
A lighthouse sending its light
Out across Thurso bay at night
To Blakeney Point and back again
Walking in the ruins
Of Binham Priory
Abba on the jukebox at Par Sands
A two way trip on the Bodinnick ferry