Posted on 04/06/2014 1:46:30 AM PDT by JoeProBono
Sure they were cheezy by current standards but they are responsible for a lot of happy. To say nothing about how what they did in the recording studio...techniques ect set standards in innovated concepts for many that came later.
OK...HALF of ABBA was responsible for a lot of happy. The OTHER half was good in the studio ;)
Actually, two members of Abba were responsible for the wonderful score of the hit London show “Chess,” which, unfortunately bombed in NYC. The music from that show is remarkably pretty.
They are the bomb, I love them. I’ve been watching their videos the last couple of months.
Karen Carpenter makes me cry, Agnetha makes me smile.
Their studio innovations are still being used, and the guy’s song writing skills are still very much alive.
Agnetha has a couple of pretty good studio albums out too.
One Night in Bangkok still rocks.
Ah... The dream of united Europe under Napoleon... err... Hitler... err... Putin. Oh well, let’s just hope that never happens. I’m all for European union, but with borders to ensure that the maniacal types stay in their own country. As for ABBA, they were truly awesome but a real rock n’ roll fan would never admit that in the day. I remember one poor chap that we used to torture because he was a huge ABBA fan. Of course, everybody was a fan secret or otherwise and how can you not like their taste in women?
I like the ballads and the Russian anthem and some of the beautiful choral music in the beginning. It was a good play, too, but NYC rejected it. Probably the rotten Frank Rich had something to do with it.
I saw them live in 79. The only year they toured North America IIRC. It was a good show. They were popular in the US but much more so in the UK and Australia and elsewhere.
I remember that song! Thanks.
Of course, they live on in that non-stop musical “Mama Mia.”
I remember reading that ABBA wore these outrageous costumes because Sweden taxed them so much, they could get a tax write-off for purchasing “uniforms”. They paid top dollar for those funky threads, but the cut on taxes was bigger than the costs.
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