Abba

take everything · 28-06-2017 03:47AM #1

I ****ing love Abba.
I am a heterosexual male but I ****ing love Abba.
I am also q bit drunk.

AllForIt · 28-06-2017 03:55AM

Fancy a f*cK while your temporarily gay?

AllForIt · 28-06-2017 03:59AM

I'll thank you for the Music if you do ...

AllForIt · 28-06-2017 04:03AM

I'll give you some Money Money Money if you finally meet your Waterloo with me..

AllForIt · 28-06-2017 04:04AM

Does Your Mother Know you listen to ABBA?

AllForIt · 28-06-2017 04:05AM

Oh come on, Take a Chance On Me...

AllForIt · 28-06-2017 04:06AM

If you change you mind, I'm the first in line..

Lucy8080 · 28-06-2017 04:06AM

Does your mother know?

I bet she always suspected !

I'm bored , off to airport in couple of hours, offer me more A.H.

Richard Hillman · 28-06-2017 04:12AM

Phenomenal music. One of the rare occasions where their later stuff was better than the earlier times (which were also amazing)

AllForIt · 28-06-2017 04:19AM

I think I was 8 years old when this song was about and I used to play it in the jukebox in the pub on a Sunday after Mass when my Dad went to the pub for a few jars before going home for the spuds.

What can I say but thank them for the music.

Arghus · 28-06-2017 04:25AM

One of the best pop songs ever written:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cvChjHcABPA

28-06-2017 04:38AM

Can't stand them. Used to like Super Trooper when it was out but was about 7 or 8. Hated that whole revival in the early 90s when every rural disco had to end up with Thank You For the Music. Hate some stuff more than others, like Waterloo and Mammia Mia are worse than the Winner Takes It All. But can't say I like one single song.

spurious · 28-06-2017 04:48AM

15 Nov 1979. I was there.

Conall Cernach · 28-06-2017 09:48AM

Deleted User wrote: »

Can't stand them. Used to like Super Trooper when it was out but was about 7 or 8. Hated that whole revival in the early 90s when every rural disco had to end up with Thank You For the Music. Hate some stuff more than others, like Waterloo and Mammia Mia are worse than the Winner Takes It All. But can't say I like one single song.

I blame Erasure for making them "cool" again. During the 80's ABBA were laughably uncool.

biko · 28-06-2017 09:51AM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wydPIAxuXdw

28-06-2017 10:46AM

I love them and I'm proud of it.

Yamanoto · 28-06-2017 12:04PM

They're an odd hybrid of Euro-pop cheesy razzmatazz meets glam rock, producing absolutely genius levels of melodic sophistication, brilliant arrangements with innumerable catchy hooks and lyrical simplicity with punch.

The fact they've steadfastly refused the massive financial inducements to go out on the road as essentially their own tribute band admirably bucks the trend too.

28-06-2017 12:21PM

Conall Cernach wrote: »

I blame Erasure for making them "cool" again. During the 80's ABBA were laughably uncool.

Yep. The 80s were not good to Abba. Then Erasure got hold of them, they became a kinda gay anthem group (maybe they always were and Erasure were just exploiting that), and have ridden that wave since. Still twee pop for me, albeit cleverly crafted twee pop.

28-06-2017 12:25PM

Yamanoto wrote: »

The fact they've steadfastly refused the massive financial inducements to go out on the road as essentially their own tribute band admirably bucks the trend too.

But didn't some of them become very reclusive, thought the blonde lived on some island and kinda shuns interaction with others now. It's not like they've given the money to charity or anything.

jmayo · 28-06-2017 12:39PM

I remember visiting Stockholm in Gamla Stan area and there was military parade of sorts with military band in area round the Palace.

The band were playing Dancing Queen.

Then to top it off they dumped their weapons and gear into the back of Volvo estate cars.

28-06-2017 01:18PM

jmayo wrote: »

Then to top it off they dumped their weapons and gear into the back of Volvo estate cars.

Did they drive off to a bisexual orgy in a sauna? :P

As far as I remember even Sid Vicious from the Sex Pistols was a massive Abba fan. I think he was kicked out of one of their UK gigs in Wembley Arena when he got a bit over excited and ran up the aisle towards Agnetha with his arms in the air, complete with leather jacket, boots, spiky hair and chains. But because there was a film crew there making a movie security tackled him and booted him out instead.

SecretsOfEarth · 28-06-2017 01:29PM

Deleted User wrote: »

But didn't some of them become very reclusive, thought the blonde lived on some island and kinda shuns interaction with others now. It's not like they've given the money to charity or anything.

Agnetha (the blonde one) suffered from anxiety a lot in the band's later years due to the stress of touring and the sheer insanity of ABBAmania at its peak, particularly in Australia. She also had an intense fear of flying which hindered touring and her own personal welfare. After ABBA, she had a pretty successful English language solo career for three albums then backed out of the spotlight to live a quiet life in Sweden. She did have problems with stalkers but she didn't become a recluse, instead just choosing to try and live a more normal life.

Slowly but surely she eased herself back into the world of celebrity, attending the Mamma Mia The Movie premiere in Stockholm and she released a new English language album, 'A' in 2013, which became her highest charting album in the UK thus far.

They have also made charitable contributions, the most significant being that 50% of all proceeds from 'Chiquitita' (one of their biggest hits, released in 1979) are donated to UNICEF to this day, with ABBA being involved in a UNICEF concert and honouring the song for Year of the Child.

suicide_circus · 28-06-2017 01:40PM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7E43paYkY8E

Richard Hillman · 28-06-2017 01:45PM

I was watching a programme on ABBA a while ago. It highlights the progression of their songs. It started off with The courting phase, to the honeymoon period, the troubled times, the divorce, the getting on with you life phase.

This was generally reflected with the relationships within the band but it is phenomenal that a band can map a whole relationship, in chronological order, throughout their music career.

This is why they couldn't go on (plus the personal issues). If they continued on and made new music it wouldn't have made sense artistically.

It is amazing to think that they could do a small tour, 10 gigs, 80,000 people each, charge between €500-5k a ticket but would still turn it down. They'd pack about 100m each from it but won't do it for artistic reasons. They could even put it on PPV Television and double it. Remarkable. True artists.

keano_afc · 28-06-2017 01:58PM

I have no problem admitting to anyone that wants to hear that I bloody love Abba.

MRnotlob606 · 28-06-2017 02:02PM

Richard Hillman wrote: »

Phenomenal music. One of the rare occasions where their later stuff was better than the earlier times (which were also amazing)

same could be said about the beegees I think

SecretsOfEarth · 28-06-2017 03:01PM

Richard Hillman wrote: »

I was watching a programme on ABBA a while ago. It highlights the progression of their songs. It started off with The courting phase, to the honeymoon period, the troubled times, the divorce, the getting on with you life phase.

This was generally reflected with the relationships within the band but it is phenomenal that a band can map a whole relationship, in chronological order, throughout their music career.

This is why they couldn't go on (plus the personal issues). If they continued on and made new music it wouldn't have made sense artistically.

It is amazing to think that they could do a small tour, 10 gigs, 80,000 people each, charge between €500-5k a ticket but would still turn it down. They'd pack about 100m each from it but won't do it for artistic reasons. They could even put it on PPV Television and double it. Remarkable. True artists.

The fact that they turned down $1bn in 2000 to reunite for a series of shows epitomises their determination to be remembered as they were.

I like that, while not directly reuniting, they have found other ways for their music to live on, and I like that they let the music speak for itself rather than feed any personal ego drive. For example, since their split, they've released compilations (with ABBA Gold selling 30m copies and becoming one of the best selling albums of all time), been involved in Mamma Mia the musical and the movie, designed an interactive travelling exhibition which eventually morphed into their own museum in Stockholm, and are now working on an innovative virtual reality experience with Simon Fuller (masterminded the success of the Spice Girls) to capture their essence in 2018, along with a Mamma Mia: The Movie sequel. Incredible longevity from just one decade of active recording!

Oscar Bravo · 28-06-2017 03:05PM

from 1977, great song.

SecretsOfEarth · 28-06-2017 03:07PM

Oscar Bravo wrote: »

from 1980, great song.

It's quite a strange song for them, especially with the monologue at the start!

It's from 1977, from ABBA: The Album.

Oscar Bravo · 28-06-2017 03:12PM

I have The Album here in the house somewhere, must dig it out soon! i think this one is on it to, jeez its been a while since i heard this

SecretsOfEarth · 28-06-2017 03:14PM

Oscar Bravo wrote: »

I have The Album here in the house somewhere, must dig it out soon! i think this one is on it to, jeez its been a while since i heard this

Yep, while I wouldn't consider it their best in my opinion, it houses a lot of their finest material including Take A Chance On Me, The Name of the Game, Thank You For The Music and Eagle. It also has some nice 'oddities' in their discography, so to speak, including Hole In Your Soul, I'm A Marionette and Move On.

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