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Post by mwilson on Oct 20, 2014 13:00:26 GMT
I was inspired by Poul's post of her "Baby Love" performance photos to start a video thread for Frida. These can be entire videos or skips to parts of videos where Frida says or does things we just love.
This is adorable and hilarious. And her voice sounds lovely at this pitch in my opinion.
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Post by chelseacharger on Oct 20, 2014 22:58:37 GMT
Yes. You can tell she was simply in her element when on stage. Love all of this from 1981.
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Post by shoshin on Oct 21, 2014 0:12:27 GMT
Frida's jaw-dropping live vocal gymnastics at the end of En Ledig Dag:
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Post by mwilson on Oct 21, 2014 3:44:53 GMT
Great find Chelsea. Here is a video from the same time period. I know she was a huge fan of Earth Wind and Fire and here we see that this is surely not an easy song to sing, but charming to see her attempt at tackling it.
Also love her early takes on American jazz standards
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Post by mwilson on Oct 21, 2014 3:52:30 GMT
Martin, I could watch that clip every day. Her range there was truly amazing.
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Post by poul on Oct 21, 2014 21:36:08 GMT
That's a wonderful idea, mwilson. Here's my absolute favourite video upload of "Just One Of Those Things" plus "Mad About The Boy", both in very good quality.
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Post by poul on Oct 21, 2014 22:35:34 GMT
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Post by shoshin on Oct 22, 2014 0:45:20 GMT
At an inconveniently melancholic moment ('If I had to do the same again, I would my friend') Frida gets her camera angles all wrong. As she corrects herself, she catches sight of Agnetha trying hard not to crack up, and spends the next few seconds ingeniously converting suppressed giggle into enigmatically wistful smile |
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Post by mwilson on Oct 22, 2014 4:31:28 GMT
Great moment, Martin. Always gets a laugh out of me too. Funny how in such an intense setting, they could still find the humor in what had happened.
Here on the Don Lane show Frida playfully acknowledges a fan in the audience who calls out to her
and then attempts to teach Don Lane some Swedish, which turns into a funny, flirty moment
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Post by chelseacharger on Oct 22, 2014 11:45:04 GMT
This one from the 'Nar Stenkakan Slog' series doesn't feature Frida singing but looking cute in her 1920's outfit. Sten Nilsson is the lucky guy who ends up getting chased by her.
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Post by mwilson on Oct 22, 2014 20:48:00 GMT
Prettiest airplane mechanic ever
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Post by poul on Oct 23, 2014 20:49:29 GMT
I stumbled over an about 10 second long video clip with Frida just sitting there looking beautiful, but I lost it, except for a couple of stills. Can anybody place it in context and time. Or even link to it? It seems that the cameraman had Frida listening to a song. It's just my guess, but if so, that was a great idea.
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Post by shoshin on Oct 23, 2014 21:39:09 GMT
Is it this one? Here it is within the programme, ABBADABBADOO 1976 (included on Arrival Deluxe). |
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Post by poul on Oct 23, 2014 22:23:12 GMT
Yep! Thanks, shoshin. It's actually 22 seconds with Frida listening to an early Swedish hit of hers. She looks so much younger when listening to the music than afterwards. Quite remarkable, the subtle changes of expression. Showing music's power of transformation, I'd say. She's about thirty here, I suppose.
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Post by shoshin on Oct 23, 2014 22:51:56 GMT
The equivalent interview clip with Agnetha was very similar in structure and reaction, including the 'rejuvenating' phenomenon when the music starts. Agnetha was 26 years old, but she looks extremely young in the close-ups. |
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Post by mwilson on Oct 24, 2014 2:53:09 GMT
Heyyyy, how did a blonde video end up on this thread? Ha Ha. Just kidding, Martin. She is very cute here.
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Post by poul on Oct 24, 2014 9:33:48 GMT
Heyyyy, how did a blonde video end up on this thread? Must agree with the threadmaster, shoshin, you're being way out of line here, but much thanks anyway.
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Post by mwilson on Oct 24, 2014 13:02:59 GMT
Heyyyy, how did a blonde video end up on this thread? Must agree with the threadmaster, shoshin, you're being way out of line here, but much thanks anyway.
No, not so much out of line. I was about to go over to the Agnetha section and start a video thread for her but I abbadiego has beaten me to it, so I'll post something for her over there. |
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Post by chelseacharger on Oct 25, 2014 15:32:41 GMT
This is a long video but is interesting to view even without subtitles. It features Frida and Ruzzo who along with others accompanied King Carl Gustav and Queen Silvia of Sweden on a trek through the Himalayas. The video title is a little wrong, it took place in 1993 and was in the isolated country of Bhutan. To save looking through it all Frida and Ruzzo appear sporadically throughout but the main moments. 1:00 Frida and Ruzzo followed by Queen Silvia on a ginger haired Yak........as you do  , 11:20 In a mountain side hot-tub, 12:10 Pulse taken at high altitude, 14:30 Photographing the royal couple at a mountain top temple, 15:50 At a campsite, 23:00 The Queen and Frida arrive at a mountain pass on mules and Ruzzo hands out snacks. 31:15 Outside their tent and 41:50 Reaching their destination. The King and Queen also seem like good sports mucking in and it's sad that Ruzzo would be gone only a few years later.
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Post by poul on Oct 25, 2014 22:30:42 GMT
Thanks for sparing me the time, chelseacharger. I've been to those mountains and didn't like it much. Apart from a couple of bright mornings with the sun shining on the moutainsides, it was really cold and primitive.
No hot running water, I can tell you that. So the princess, our princess, impresses by sporting a nice set
of gold earrings in the wilderness. Frida, stylish as ever.
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Post by chelseacharger on Oct 25, 2014 23:25:51 GMT
Yes, As can be seen in the whole film, conditions in Bhutan were very basic. If I remember right they didn't even have television there till fairly recently. Anyway, here's a much shorter clip of Frida singing a Stig Anderson written comedy song.
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Post by mwilson on Nov 1, 2014 4:18:24 GMT
Our Frida can do anything
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Post by mwilson on Nov 7, 2014 19:24:43 GMT
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Post by poul on Nov 11, 2014 0:19:17 GMT
Yes, journalists popped the question ever so often, I think. Must have felt tiresome. Like this one:
Didn’t you get upset when all the papers always wrote that Agnetha had the sexiest bottom in the world?
-I got very upset. I wanted to have a bottom that was at least as sexy as Agnetha’s, Frida laughs.
Don't believe Frida had anything to worry about actually.
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Post by shoshin on Nov 12, 2014 2:13:34 GMT
Agnetha having just bullied Björn into conceding that she didn't fall in love with him but rather he fell in love with her, Frida tries the same with Benny. After his mock terse response he leaves it as long as he dares before redeeming himself with a whisper at 5m37s
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Post by chelseacharger on Nov 12, 2014 16:41:44 GMT
I also like the bit at 7m 22s and 7m 30s with the two lads at the end of the piano. One seems fascinated with Benny's playing whilst his older mate has his eyes firmly fixed on something entirely different......but I can't think what it could be.  |
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Post by Ausfan on Nov 13, 2014 10:44:33 GMT
Yes, journalists popped the question ever so often, I think. Must have felt tiresome. Like this one:
Didn’t you get upset when all the papers always wrote that Agnetha had the sexiest bottom in the world?
-I got very upset. I wanted to have a bottom that was at least as sexy as Agnetha’s, Frida laughs.
Don't believe Frida had anything to worry about actually.
Frida had absolutely nothing to worry about in that regard. I never understood that journalists (especially here in Australia) carried on so much about Agnetha's bottom - and totally overlooked Frida's stunning figure. Has always made me really mad actually - especially when I watch ABBA The Movie and that scene in the hotel with the newspaper article. I disliked the thought that Frida was possibly upset by all the attention focussed on Agnetha - as though she was not even there. I understand that average red blooded men do like a curvy female figure - and Agnetha had a beautiful curvy, all woman figure - but the obsession over the years with women like Bo Derek shows a less curvy figure is just as admired - and Frida was gorgeous with a bottom to die for. I do hope Frida understands just how stunning she was - especially during the 77 tour when all the fuss about Agnetha was happening. Journalists can be such twits - especially Aussie ones back then. This is one of my absolute favourite videos of Frida - and at around 3.20 I rest my case about her bottom My Mum always said she wanted Frida's figure  |
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Post by mwilson on Nov 13, 2014 15:23:50 GMT
This was Frida at her absolute sexiest. The first time I saw this part of The Movie my jaw dropped. Obviously she looks great (those legs on the 77 tour, my goodness!) but her comfort and vibrant personality on stage add to her appeal.
I have wondered...if the group had just been Benny, Bjorn and Frida, would Frida have gotten the attention Agnetha got?
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Post by poul on Nov 14, 2014 19:41:28 GMT
Yes, Roxy, you’re right. It’s how these journalists work, sadly enough, thriving on conflicts. Make them up as they please. Silly buggers.
But what a great show by Frida! Actually, I’m neither a bottoms man, nor of any specific body parts. I like that Frida was always amazingly fit, but still naturally graceful. In some concert pics, she looks more like an Olympic swimmer right out of the water than a pop goddess on stage. Like an art nouveau model of the late twenties. Another happy period, which she would have ruled with ease, I’d say.
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Post by dizzymoe33 on Jan 19, 2015 20:17:16 GMT
Rare early video of Frida in an airplane
Thanks to Evelyn Nuyens
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, 11:20 In a mountain side hot-tub, 12:10 Pulse taken at high altitude, 14:30 Photographing the royal couple at a mountain top temple, 15:50 At a campsite, 23:00 The Queen and Frida arrive at a mountain pass on mules and Ruzzo hands out snacks. 31:15 Outside their tent and 41:50 Reaching their destination. The King and Queen also seem like good sports mucking in and it's sad that Ruzzo would be gone only a few years later.
