Thou shalt not resist ABBA

Then there's Madonna's new single, "Hung Up," about which I'll say little, except it's much more irresistable than it has any right to be, since it's, in essence, a sample of my favorite ABBA song* dolled up in club beats, mixing-board fader nonsense appropriated from Kylie Minogue's superior "Love At First Sight," and Maddie's increasingly helium-centric vocals. Is it better than "American Life'? Well. It's the difference between soy lattées and a bad hit of ecstasy.

*The ABBA song is "Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! (A Man After Midnight)."