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Post by abbafanie on Apr 17, 2020 23:08:49 GMT
Maybe I was just cheering myself up and unwittingly jumping the gun. Anything to evade the present situation we are faced with. You are right guys, there is no official confirmation of a new ABBA album. I don't want to end up with egg on my face. If we can't hope and dream, we've nothing left! On that note, I can only imagine the sheer number of physical editions of a new album that would be released to secure a first week #1...my wallet feels under threat!  |
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Post by josef on Apr 18, 2020 13:23:33 GMT
Here's Björn recently talking about being on lockdown during this pandemic. Actually he doesn't really say much of any interest but it's still worth a watch as it's him. Can't believe the interviewer didn't ask him about the new songs! http://instagram.com/p/B_E9EC7pID_ |
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Post by Deleted on Apr 18, 2020 17:39:47 GMT
Thanks, Josef for posting this interview. To be honest, I think Bjorn is keeping quiet about the new songs and the interviewer sworn to secrecy. You were right to say we musn't be too hasty and assume a new ABBA album is on the way. We can hope and pray. ABBAfanie, in reply to your post, I would imagine sales to be mega huge !
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Post by chron on Apr 18, 2020 22:25:18 GMT
God, I dislike the American pronunciation of ABBA - "Ahbah".
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Post by jj on Apr 19, 2020 8:04:11 GMT
God, I dislike the American pronunciation of ABBA - "Ahbah".
I wonder if you also dislike the way Swedes pronounce "ABBA". You do realise that English people pronounce "ABBA" quite differently to the way Swedish people pronounce that word, don't you?
What I'm saying is, who's to say your idea of the correct pronunciation is necessarily the "correct" or "better-sounding" one? And, if we're going to be pedantic, I guess we should all pronounce "ABBA" exactly as the Swedes do. Unfortunately (for you at least), it actually turns out that the Swedish way to pronounce "ABBA" is closer to this American-style of pronounciation that you dislike. 
For the record, this is the way most Europeans pronounce the word "ABBA" (listen to the German host of this tv show, then listen to Agnetha near the end):
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Post by josef on Apr 19, 2020 9:05:39 GMT
I'm allergic to the American way of pronouncing the word, too. I'm not saying I'm right or they're wrong - it simply makes me wince. The first time I heard it was on a tv show when Donny Osmond mentioned the group. How I cringed. In his defense, he's clearly a fan.
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Post by bennybjorn on Apr 19, 2020 9:09:47 GMT
Nothing was said at all about what might be released, but my own guess would be that they are on their way to putting an album together. I imagine that the pandemic has stopped everything in its tracks for now. The pandemic might actually be enabling them to work on new songs. Good to see a current interview with Bjorn. When people ask him for his favourite songs, it would be good if they said 'excluding the singles'. Be nice to hear his favourites among the lesser known songs. |
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Post by Alan on Apr 19, 2020 12:50:26 GMT
I tend to say ABBA as “Abber” which I think is how most UK English-speaking people would say it. It wouldn’t quite sound like -er normally does but it wouldn’t sound like the first A either.
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Post by gazman on Apr 19, 2020 16:33:31 GMT
The pandemic might actually be enabling them to work on new songs. Good to see a current interview with Bjorn. When people ask him for his favourite songs, it would be good if they said 'excluding the singles'. Be nice to hear his favourites among the lesser known songs. Björn's answer here reveals that he is isolating at home with his wife and pets. So, the group is obviously not in the studio - or working, unless they can do so 'remotely'. Added to which, we cannot be sure that all 4 of them are even in the same country. Frida might well be isolating in the UK with Henry, with the other 3 in Sweden. |
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Post by chron on Apr 20, 2020 13:08:21 GMT
I wonder if you also dislike the way Swedes pronounce "ABBA". You do realise that English people pronounce "ABBA" quite differently to the way Swedish people pronounce that word, don't you? What I'm saying is, who's to say your idea of the correct pronunciation is necessarily the "correct" or "better-sounding" one? [...] I was making no claim on correctness, just expressing a personal peeve. I tend to dislike long 'a' sounds (the way people from Southern England tend to say 'bahth' for bath, 'Newcahrsle' for Newcastle, and so on, grates equally). It's just a subjective quirk. I reckon I know how Europeans pronounce ABBA without having to click on that link - slightly drawn-out first syllable, and a percussive, 'bouncy' second (down and up!). |
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Post by Deleted on Apr 25, 2020 12:42:28 GMT
Orf, I also, find the American pronunciation of ABBA cringeworthy. I don't like the way they refer to "Mamma Mia" as "Momma Mia" either.
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Post by gazman on Apr 27, 2020 6:31:40 GMT
While we may not have heard the new songs yet - we can at least wish this thread a very happy 2nd birthday! :-)
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Post by gary on Apr 27, 2020 9:19:17 GMT
Blimey, I can remember when I started this thread. Exciting times! But two years later, nothing! Oh well, at least now I am quite optimistic that there will be a new album.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 27, 2020 16:58:57 GMT
A very happy 2nd birthday, ABBAChat. Time does fly. One day ABBA's new songs will be released for the world to hear.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 28, 2020 15:12:05 GMT
'HuffPost', the American News & Opinion Website, has just done an On-Line Article - asking where the New ABBA Songs are and whether we will ever get them: LINK: link |
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Post by foreverfan on Apr 28, 2020 15:42:48 GMT
All very interesting and pointing towards a new Album ? Ive waited this long.. I can wait a little longer....let’s all get through this mess we are in and celebrate big time, with the release of the new music.... |
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Post by josef on Apr 28, 2020 17:11:02 GMT
I'm not counting the chickens until they're hatched.
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Post by gazman on Apr 30, 2020 7:42:07 GMT
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Post by josef on Apr 30, 2020 9:04:30 GMT
What a fantastic interview. Thank you for posting it, gazman.
It really was great. I got a proper idea of what Björn is like as a person. Never knew he'd had problems with alcohol, like Benny. We need more of this kind of interview. Excellent pictures, too.
Other ABBA fans! Please read this interview with Björn.
I noticed one mistake. A picture of Agnetha and Björn on stage in 1977 is claimed to be from 1979. Silly error.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 30, 2020 13:35:34 GMT
I, too have read Bjorn's interview and found it very honest and moving. Thank you very much, Gazman, for posting it.
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Post by foreverfan on Apr 30, 2020 14:00:48 GMT
Throughly enjoyed that...
quite interesting... only together a couple of months ago!!
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Post by HOMETIME on May 2, 2020 11:14:35 GMT
What a great interview. Very thoughtful, humanising and giving. Imagine the incredible biograophical documentary that could be made if all four members shared their insights and histories like that.
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Post by chron on May 4, 2020 22:02:38 GMT
Great to see you back and posting, onlyabba4me. Your desperate-sounding mid-March post had a few of us seriously concerned about you (presumably you've read some of the replies it provoked). Hopefully you're coping better now than you were then (the fact that you feel up to making contributions here again would certainly would suggest so).
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Post by chron on May 5, 2020 23:26:18 GMT
An odd business - quoting someone's post and then adding a few lines that didn't originally feature, making it look as though the poster of the original reply had written them. Accidental, though, surely; the additional lines were almost certainly meant to be a response to onlyabba4me's reply, but due to a formatting error became part of the quote.
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Post by Deleted on May 13, 2020 10:22:10 GMT
I don't think that ABBA will now 'tie-in' The ABBAtars 'Shows' with the release of the New ABBA Music. I think that we will only see The ABBAtars in Promo Videos for the New Songs. Bjorn does not think that Theatre Venues will open again for: 'A long, long time'. He has just told that to the BBC, in a Video Interview. I guess that means Concert Venues & Cinema Venues too. I'm sure that all 4 of ABBA have discussed it, and have decided that The ABBAtars 'Show' cannot now go ahead. Not for the for-seeable future, anyhow. (Unless they feel that the New Music would not get much attention, at this time - due to the 'World Virus Crisis'). Now, there is really nothing to hold back the release of New ABBA Music. ABBA will probably get at least 1 Promo Video done first - with The ABBAtars. They may have already created such a Video - maybe more. The Bjorn BBC Video Link is here:
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Since I typed the above Post, 2 ABBA Fans have contacted me with quite the opposite of my conclusions. I said that with no ABBAtars Show in the for-seeable future, (if ever), there was now no reason for ABBA to carry on holding back the New Songs. Some other Fans disagree. They point out that ABBA only Recorded the New Songs, to give The ABBAtars something New to Sing. (Mime). However, if The ABBAtars Show is delayed until well into 2021, (or even later), then ABBA may well hang onto the New Songs until The ABBAtars Show can be given a Venue etc. If The ABBAtars Show is cancelled completely, then ABBA may no longer see any point in releasing the New Songs - at all - for 'The Fans'. In the meantime, all 8 of their Studio Albums will be re-released, (Box Set), on Friday July 3rd. Each will be in a different coloured Vinyl. But, it is all ABBA Music that we already have - many times over. In the UK BBC 1 TV will have 2 Eurovision Programs on, on Saturday Night - 16th May BBC 2 will then do 2 further Eurovision Programs, later that Night. ABBA will feature in at least 3 of the 4 Programs. There will be a chance to Vote for ABBA, in the 1st Show, which starts at 6.25 pm on BBC 1... |
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Post by Deleted on May 13, 2020 17:09:52 GMT
Thanks for this post, Onlyabba4me. I am glad to see that you are well again. I was worried as I suffer from depression and it is a struggle. I would love to buy the coloured vinyl box set but unfortunately I don't own a record player. As for the new songs from ABBA, well we will hear them one day. We have to stay positive.
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Post by Deleted on May 14, 2020 16:07:55 GMT
edmfi76 -- Thank you for your kind words. Yes, we both suffer from Depression. I use Music, (mainly), to
cheer myself up, but it is hard to want to listen, when I'm in a really awful 'low' mood'. I'm sorry for getting
so upset in March. I was not myself. I did not mean to alarm or upset anyone.
Regarding New Releases, I'm not really interested in the Coloured Vinyl Albums Box Set. However, I will be
keen to buy the 'Special' 'Super Trouper' Album, which should, (could), be released in November.
I'm not, (personally), saying that the New Songs may never come out, if The ABBAtars 'Show' is never put on.
That is just the view of a few Fans, that I've spoken to. I think that we will get the New Songs. The big puzzles
are when we get them - and how many. We may still get an entire Album. Maybe...
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Post by Alan on May 14, 2020 16:35:37 GMT
I think they have backed themselves into far too big a corner not to release them. The big announcement and all the teasing, I don’t think they could really get away with not putting them out now. There is still the get-out clause for anything other than those two songs, but the idea that they’re going to use COVID-19 as an excuse to put them on hold indefinitely is unthinkable. And that’s what it would amount to - the already-delayed ‘Tars further put back/cancelled because of the current situation.
However, the ‘Tars are computer-generated aren’t they? The people working on it (if there really are any) wouldn’t need to be in the same room as each other. Social distancing could be maintained and progress still made. The only real delay is them not being able to show it. If need be, could they not televise it instead? Silly question. No - that would mean fewer would go and see it live if and when a mass number of people are allowed in the same venue again.
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Post by Deleted on May 14, 2020 17:29:55 GMT
Onlyabba4me, I often listen to music to cheer myself up but like you I too, sometimes feel very low but I don't take any medication and think that counsellors are not good listeners. It is difficult especially at the moment with this unprecedented situation we are all faced with. Somehow you have to plod on and tell yourself there is light at the end of the tunnel. When ABBA announced that they had reformed and were back in the studio recording new music, I had to pinch myself and the news was a tonic for my depression. However my hopes are dwindling fast as ABBA will have to put back any plans for release of the new songs yet again but I do agree with Alan's comments. Never say never. One day, the new songs will finally surface. Until then we will have to be patient and positive.
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Post by Michal on May 14, 2020 18:06:35 GMT
There might be another problem - if all four of them are in a lockdown, they're not able to finish the recordings. That crossed my mind when I read the interview with Björn. He even mentioned something like they haven't met recently. Yes, there are ways to work remotely to some extent but I doubt the ABBA members would want to do that. Hopefully at least the two tracks recorded two years ago are ready.
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