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Swedish singer's Bjorn Ulvaeus, left, and Anni-Frid Lyngstad, of the pop group ABBA, pose on the red carpet ahead of the band's International anniversary party at the Tate Modern in central London, Monday, April 7, 2014.

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DETROIT, MI -- Members of the Swedish pop group ABBA were in the news last week as they celebrated the 40th anniversary of their hit "Waterloo" winning the Eurovision song contest in April 1974.

The hinted at a reunion, reminisced about the 1970s and professed their love for Detroit's Eminem.

Björn Ulvaeus and Frida Lyngstad talked to the Guardian about darkness in music, saying Slim Shady's anger resonates with them in way that punk rock never did.

"The music of Abba is not that happy," said Bjorn. "It might sound happy, in some strange way, but deep within it's not happy music. It has that Nordic melancholic feeling to it. What fools you is the girls' voices. You know, I do think that is one of the secrets about Abba. Even when we were really quite sad, we always sounded jubilant."

But he said he "never quite understood" punk music.

"There was a musical element missing. The rage, I could hear that. But young men have always been angry, that was no different from other young men," Ulvaeus told the Guardian's Tim Jonze.

Lyngstad agreed.

"Punk never got into my heart. You hear the anger now in rap, for example, but it's different and I like that very much. Eminem is one of my favorites."

"Cleanin' Out My Closet is a great song!" added Björn.

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