ABBA is the great musical love of my life. Every single last one of their songs summon up some kind of powerful memory, including as a man in his ’50s a joyous/melancholic recalling of past memories, a theme that is common to many of the group’s epically-good songs. One Continue Reading
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Mamma Mia here we go again! ABBA set to release two new songs
Ever wonder as an older adult, and yes that is where I find myself these days, wondering if it is ever possible to recapture the thrill and excitement of youth? Well, it is possible I have recently discovered, very recently in fact with news that ABBA have recorded and plan Continue Reading
Ring Ring to The Visitors: My top 50 ABBA songs
Hi everyone! I’m Andrew, and I’ve been an ABBA fan since somewhere around 1975-ish (date is murky – blame my failing memory!). I grew up in a small town, Alstonville, just south of Byron Bay, far enough from major cities to not really be country but so far away Continue Reading
Yes, I am the City: My 5 big ABBA moments
ABBA were THE defining music group of my youth, and you could well argue my entire life. Though I can’t remember which song I heard first, or when the mania took hold, ABBA dominated my music listening choices all through the 1970s, with the stranglehold – a very welcome Continue Reading
What’s The Name of the Game? 1977 interview with ABBA prior to release of ABBA the Album
SNAPSHOT During ABBA’s week at Bjorn and Benny Studio in the town of Kungav, they were visited by reporter Fredrik Belfrage and a young ABBA fan – also named Fredrik – for a sneak peak on recording sessions for the new album. This rare talk with Bhoyrn and bennty Continue Reading
The Way Old Friends Do: ABBA reunite to sing on stage
At last ABBA has reformed! Well before we, and by we I mean I get completely carried away – with ABBA this is extremely easy to do such is my four decade long devotion to the musical cause of four talented Swedes who made some of the best pop Continue Reading
“We are here to party”: ABBA reunite in Stockholm for first time since 2008 (post #2000)
While it might not have been the concert tour or new album that many ABBA fans, rather vainly it should be aided, hope for, the fact that all four members of the legendary Swedish fans were on stage together this week in Stockholm is a cause for celebration. According to Continue Reading
Happy 40th birthday ABBA: Live at Wembley Arena to release this September
If you thought that ABBA are done celebrating their milestone 40th year, think again. Along with the Waterloo Deluxe album release, and books ABBA the Official Photo Book and ABBA The Backstage Stories / The Treasures, and The Story of ABBA by one of the band members Björn Ulvaeus, the Continue Reading
The history book on the shelf: 40 years since ABBA’s historic Eurovision win
When ABBA, Sweden’s youthful and highly unorthodox entry for 1974’s the Eurovision Song Contest in Brighton, England, walked on stage in all their extraordinarily tight glam pop glory, it was clear that the staid world of Europe’s post World War Two musical experiment in good neighbourliness, was in for Continue Reading
Happy 40th ABBA: Big plans to mark the Swedish supergroup’s epic 1974 Eurovision anniversary
You know that sinking feeling you get when you realise that time is screaming by at an unconscionable pace and there’s nothing you can do about it? Of course you do. It’s usually triggered by some major event or watching a TV program you watched as a youngster turn Continue Reading