Lay All Your Love On Me
Posted on 05/22/2007 10:13:17 AM PDT by WesternCulture
Sweden's first museum dedicated to Abba has come a step closer to realization, after the group behind the plan found a location on the quayside in the heart of Stockholm.
The new museum, due to open to visitors in spring 2009, will be housed in a former customs office, after a deal was reached with Stockholm City Council, which owns the building. The story of the Swedish band - the third most successfull musical act of all time, after the Beatles and Elvis - will be told through exhibitions on three floors.
The museum promises to go easy on dusty display cases, vowing instead to make the experience interactive and entertaining. It will make full use of multimedia technology, with film material forming a significant part of the exhibition. It will also include a mock-up of Polar Studios, where the band recorded. Here, visitors will be able to record their own versions of famous Abba songs.
The plan to open the museum was announced last November. Since then, organizers have been focused on finding a location. Ulf Westman, who together with wife Eva owns the company behind the project, said that interest for the idea had been "enormous".
"When we announced this it was reported in over 700 media worldwide. Abba is simply the biggest brand Sweden has," he said.
"The new site right in the middle of the city, and is easily accessible from ferries, buses and the subway."
The building is to be rented from Stockholm City Council.
James Savage
Mama Mia!
Very good.
- Provided The Swedish Chef and The Swedish Bikini Team aren’t counted as ‘Swedish’ that is.
The Swedish Chef and the SBT originate from the US, although they undeniably have meant a lot for establishing a balanced and correct image of Sweden worldwide.
I love ABBA!
I was an ABBA fan, back in the day. I was only 12, so that was before I knew any better.
Can you hear the drums, Fernando?
Do you still recall the frightful night we crossed the Rio Grande?
I prefer Freda’s solo work such as “I Know There’s Something Going On” with Phil Collins on drums.
Did you graduate to the Swedish Bikini Team?
Weird Al included ABBA in his “Achy Breaky Song”:
You can clear the room
By playing Debbie Boone
Or crank your ABBA records until dawn
Oh, I could even hear
Slim Whitman or Zamfir
Don’t mind a Yoko Ono marathon
Or play some Tiffany
On 8-track or CD
Or scrape your fingernails across the board
Or tie me to a chair
And kick me down the stairs
Just please don’t play that stupid song no more
Don’t play that song
That “Achy Breaky” song
You know I hate that song a bunch
And if you play that song
That nauseating song
It might just make me lose my lunch, oooh...
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