ABBA

[Stephanie]

Wow I also loooove ABBA!! ;D

I have the greatest hits album Gold with the signatures on the cover. I still love Dancing Queen and Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! a lot! And of course so many songs of them..really hard to pick one actually.

And I also love the movie Muriel's Wedding, because she is soo into ABBA music and you hear their songs all the time during the movie..thats soo cool.
Oops I have my rambling mode on I guess lol.

[DazedOblivion]

Ah great, Steph! Another ABBA fan. There seem to be a lot of them among Corrs fans.

There are still many great songs that never made it onto the ABBA Gold or More ABBA Gold CDs. For example, on the Visitors album (which was their last album), there are back-to-back tracks, one with Agnetha on lead vocals and one with Frida singing lead - called "Slipping Through My Fingers" and "Like an Angel Passing Through My Room." You can feel Agnetha's emotion in the beautiful "Slipping", as if she is singing about her own child. Connected by a ticking watch, it leads right into "Angel Passing", and here Frida's vocals are so haunting that it's too hard to describe.

In other words, there are many great tracks yet to be discovered by fans who have heard only the the ABBA Gold CDs.

[Simone]

I love Abba too... I have the Abba Hits and More Abba Hits. Still have some of thier clips on videotape... It's so joyful!!!!

[lindaj]

Awww.. Thanks, Owis... I LOVE ABBA!!!! Big fan from way back... LOL!!! ;D Now, we have lots of great music in common...

[soyoung]

lindaj said:

Awww.. Thanks, Owis... I LOVE ABBA!!!! Big fan from way back... LOL!!! ;D Now, we have lots of great music in common...

Hey Linda! I knew I could find you here! I love ABBA too.

[lindaj]

That's so AWESOME, Joseph!!!! ;D ;D

[DazedOblivion]

Hey, those of you who like ABBA, Linda told me today about this site that I never knew about!

abbainter.net/

Will go check it out now!

Thanks, Linda! ;D

BTW - I just ordered the 30th Anniversary Edition of The Album which features a DVD of some ABBA performances related to The Album.

[lindaj]

Yes!!!! ;D Thanks, Steve.. The new "ABBA The Album" deluxe Edition is great, good performances.. although, abit lacking when compared to the "Arrival" deluxe Edition a year earlier.. But, oh well.. still nice to have, if you're a fan to the extent that I am.. LOL!!! ;D And, Steve is right... Do check out ABBAinter.net for some wonderful, good quality videos, from as far back as the 70s till present day.. ;D
I've also been visiting an ABBA forum, over the past few days, which is very lively, & fun.. I think it maybe part of the official site, but, I'm not too sure.. It's Abbasite4ever_forum ...not sure of the link.. But, we're not only discussing ABBA over there.. They've also got a pretty good thread happening for Roxette, & the Corrs as well.. Check it out, if you've all got some time..

[lindaj]

Has everyone heard the news of a possible come-back from Frida??!!! ..Again, abit soon to be getting the hopes up too much.. But, it's been my dream for years, that she do another solo album, & now it may finally be happening, so I can't help being excited.. ;D Do you all remember, she did that song with Jon Lord, a couple of years ago, "The Sun Will Shine Again" ?? (I think it's been posted on here) Well, she will be collaberating again with him, in a bigger way.. They're already in the studio doing some demos.. ;D This news comes right from Frida herself, in a recent interview, from Germany.. It's on youtube.. You just have to search "ABBA (Bjorn & Frida interview) ..and, it comes up, in 2 parts.. Check it out, it was "really" interesting!! And, Frida was lovely!! She looks fantastic.. ;D

[DazedOblivion]

Thanks for the information, Linda!!

I think the link for the Frida and Bjorn interviews is:

torgen-am-morgen.blogspot.com/2007/10/torgen-trifft-frida-bjrn.html

I'm very excited about Frida doing another album - especially the Frida-Jon Lord collaboration. I really love "The Sun Will Shine Again" - it's a beautiful song, and I really enjoy the other music by Jon Lord.

[lindaj]

Hi, Steve... *waves* ;D Thanks for the links..

[DazedOblivion]

Are you BORED?!! ;D Got THREE HOURS??? Do you like ABBA?

Here's a link to a three hour broadcast on ABBA hosted by Sir Tim Rice, that was broadcast on New Year's Day:

www.bbc.co.uk/radio2/musicclub/event_abba.shtml

[lindaj]

Wow!!!! I just noticed your post, Steve.. Sorry, haven't been on here in a few days.. ...I'm gonna watch that 3 hour thing, maybe tomorrow, when I'm off work.. ha ha!!! ;D ;D Thanks for the tip off, & for the link..

[DazedOblivion]

lindaj said:

...I'm gonna watch that 3 hour thing, maybe tomorrow, when I'm off work.. ha ha!!! ;D ;D Thanks for the tip off, & for the link..

Well, the link is to a radio show - I didn't think there was something that we can watch. Is there?

The show is hosted by Sir Tim Rice, who I think had a part creating The Lion King, I believe and who is a huge fan of ABBA. After listening to the show, all the sudden in the middle of the night I had "Angeleyes" in my head and couldn't get it out! Ah-ha-ha, ah-aaaah Ah-ha-ha, ah-aaaah

[lindaj]

Oh, darn.. Its a radio thing!! Silly me.. I thought it was "watchable" ..ha ha!! ;D Ah well..

Yes, I think Tim Rice is a big ABBA fan.. But, also he co-wrote the huge broadway musical "Chess", with Benny & Bjorn in 1985... Some great music, in that show..