ABBA

[George K]

The album:

Link to video

[Axtremus]

How popular is ABBA's music in the OR?

[George K]

@axtremus said in ABBA:

How popular is ABBA's music in the OR?

An orthopedic surgeon I know (but never worked with) listened to nothing else. He had a CD with his faves on it (late 1990s, btw).

None of the surgeons I worked with ever requested it. I know of a heart surgeon who always listened to heavy (death) metal during his cases. I suggested to one of my partners that ABBA might be a way to get him to work faster.

Me? When I was in charge of the music, I'd usually skip it.

[Klaus]

"I still have faith in you" sounds like an appropriate title for an OR. Or at least more appropriate than "Mamma mia!".

[Aqua Letifer]

@george-k said in ABBA:

None of the surgeons I worked with ever requested it. I know of a heart surgeon who always listened to heavy (death) metal during his cases. I suggested to one of my partners that ABBA might be a way to get him to work faster.

Why not have both?

Link to video

[George K]

@klaus said in ABBA:

"I still have faith in you" sounds like an appropriate title for an OR. Or at least more appropriate than "Mamma mia!".

One time, after I had established a really good relationship with a patient, I played the 3rd movement of the Chopin piano sonata.

He laughed, a little.

[Catseye3]

@klaus said in ABBA:

I still have faith in you" sounds like an appropriate title for an OR.

How about "Don't Go Breaking My Heart"?

"I've Got You Under My Skin"?

"(I Just) Died In Your Arms"?

[George K]

The opening of the Mahler #5 is always a hit.

[Copper]

@axtremus said in ABBA:

ABBA's music in the OR?

Slightly better than Yoko Ono

But not much

[Klaus]

@george-k said in ABBA:

The opening of the Mahler #5 is always a hit.

#5? I'd have thought Mahler #2 would be good for surgeries.

Oh believe: you were not born in vain!
You have not lived, suffered to no avail!

What has come into being must go!
What is gone must rise again!

[taiwan_girl]

Interesting what they are going to do with their "concerts". People do not want their memories to age, so maybe they are smart doing what they are doing.