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Post by 15/11/79 on Dec 14, 2014 10:10:08 GMT
From this morning's Irish Mail on Sunday newspaper (December 14th)  |
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Post by dizzymoe33 on Dec 14, 2014 16:44:41 GMT
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Post by chelseacharger on Dec 15, 2014 11:14:03 GMT
On the 2005 Frida DVD there is a clip of an interview of her and Stig at a reception after the Eurovision win. It's also on Youtube but unfortunately not with subtitles there. Anyway, a reporter, from Aftonbladet I think, asks Stig how he feels about winning with a song "about how 40,000 people died". You can see Frida give Stig a little look (she could probably feel his fingers tightening on her shoulder). Stig then explains that the song is not about the battle at all but a 'famous concept all over the world' and 'nothing to do with people dying'. During his answer he looks like he's fighting to stay calm. And apparently after the interview he went ballistic with the reporter. It sort of sums up the attitudes the band had to put up with back then. |
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Post by dizzymoe33 on Dec 15, 2014 16:59:04 GMT
What debt?! They nothing to no one!!
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Post by Deleted on Dec 16, 2014 14:00:16 GMT
For me, it would depend on the nature/tone of the exhibition. If it really did set out to demonstrate delicately the enduring impact of the battle on public consciousness, popular culture etc, that could be a legitimate and interesting use. Maybe (although I totally appreciate that it's a further step removed, being about the bridge in London named after the battle) they'd seek to use The Kinks' 'Waterloo Sunset', for instance. They already make copious use of the Rod Steiger/Christopher Plummer movie 'Waterloo' at the Visitor Centre. Can understand why ABBA said no, though.
(Well worth going to the battle site, incidentally, if you're ever in Brussels and have got a half-day spare. Very easy to get to and very thought-provoking. And yes, there WAS a bloke dressed up as Napoleon when I went there - Mrs Thisboycries had her photo taken with him...)
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Post by abbaman48 on Dec 16, 2014 19:09:07 GMT
pretty sure,i saw a man dressed up as napoleon on the 1974 eurovision contest,seems strangeto do that,,if its not about waterloo,,just sayin
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Post by chelseacharger on Dec 21, 2014 13:41:19 GMT
Yes, Sven Olof Waldorf dressed as Napolean was a bit of a gimmick. Another part of ABBA's performance along with the bands outfits that would make them stand out from the rest. And of course they did visit the town of Waterloo during a publicity trip to Belgium. But the song is really about what Waterloo represents in language terms rather than the battle itself. Where Napolean and his previously all conquering army 'met their moment of truth'.
Regarding things that ABBA have objected to being associated with, I wonder if this ever got smoothed over? Probably Universal rather than the band themselves got in a huff over the song being used. Which is a pity for such a good cause. Warning - Cuteness Overload. |
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