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Post by shoshin on Oct 28, 2015 12:42:08 GMT
did you know it was between Hasta Mañana and waterloo for eurovision,they decided to enter with waterloo,,yet i always thought Hasta Mañana was a lot better personally Interesting as Hasta Manana would have meant featuring so much more of Agnetha on her own... I think this was a reason for choosing Waterloo; HM would have positioned the group as being Agnetha plus backing. The previous year's Ring Ring also featured full blooded dual delivery. Hasta Manana was good enough to win most years, but 1974 was a particularly strong year; indeed two other songs from it became very well known afterwards. Hasta Manana would have certainly been a safe top three contender, but Waterloo was more likely to stand out, like their costumes and conductor. The rationale was probably that it was no use finishing a solid second or third; better to either win by a mile or miss by a mile. |
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Post by Zeebee on Nov 24, 2015 21:29:45 GMT
There are 12 ABBA songs that have one-word titles, if you count Angeleyes, which actually should be two words. The other ABBA songs with one-word titles are Disillusion, Waterloo, Fernando, Tiger, Arrival, Eagle, Chiquitita, Lovelight, Soldiers, Elaine, and Cassandra. SOS doesn't count, because that is an acronym, not a word.
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Post by chelseacharger on Nov 27, 2015 9:37:24 GMT
Did you know that the letter 'B' does not feature anywhere in the nineteen song titles of the original 'Gold' album? In fact, if you check through the groups entire recordings, the letter only appears sporadically. In an interview Benny has said he and Bjorn may have been subconsciously avoiding their own name initials.
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Post by shoshin on Nov 28, 2015 19:24:06 GMT
...In an interview Benny has said he and Bjorn may have been subconsciously avoiding their own name initials. Yet they inserted a gratuitously superfluous Boomer into Bang-A(-Boomer)-Boomerang  |
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Post by chelseacharger on Nov 28, 2015 19:48:33 GMT
 It's interesting though. Apparently a Dr. of Music in Stockholm did some research into B & B's music and came up with these theories. That people who were at the forefront of B & B's influences were Burt Bacharach, The Beach Boys, The Beatles, The Bee Gees. Benny also admitted that they never really liked their 'Bjorn and Benny' title before ABBA as it "sounded like a comedy duo".
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Post by shoshin on Dec 25, 2015 0:56:12 GMT
ABBA got a rather unexpected mention on tv last night in 'Britain's most dangerous songs' (BBC4). Did you know that, for a period of time, two ABBA songs were banned from airplay by the BBC due to their lyrical content?
The songs were Waterloo and Under Attack, during the 1991 Gulf War.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 25, 2015 1:18:54 GMT
I remember a whole list back then, one was Phil Collins' "In the Air Tonight", probably because of the scud missiles.
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Post by Zeebee on Dec 28, 2015 21:32:35 GMT
After the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks here in the USA, there were songs that were temporarily banned from airplay, at least by the owners of one group of radio stations. I don't know what songs, or how many songs, but I wondered if Under Attack was one of them. |
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Post by shoshin on Feb 12, 2016 18:39:54 GMT
Did you know that according to Billboard magazine (3/4/1999), Dancing Queen wasn't ABBA's most successful hit on its Hot 100, even though it was their only U.S. number one?  |
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Post by Zeebee on Feb 15, 2016 21:31:41 GMT
I'm interested to see that the list includes Super Trouper, Money Money Money, The Visitors, Angeleyes, On And On And On, and Voulez-Vous. I didn't know which ABBA songs were released as singles here besides the 14 songs that made the Top 40. I assume So Long also was released as a single here.
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Post by shoshin on Mar 20, 2016 4:32:29 GMT
'Abba' is mentioned three times in the Bible (New Testament - Mark 14:36; Rom. 8:15; Gal. 4:6)
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Post by Fafner on Mar 20, 2016 10:48:04 GMT
'Abba' is mentioned three times in the Bible (New Testament - Mark 14:36; Rom. 8:15; Gal. 4:6) Lol yes, which means 'father' in Hebrew/Aramaic... |
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Post by shoshin on Mar 20, 2016 14:02:20 GMT
'Abba' is mentioned three times in the Bible (New Testament - Mark 14:36; Rom. 8:15; Gal. 4:6) Lol yes, which means 'father' in Hebrew/Aramaic... Padre Pio! Now I really know  |
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Post by Fafner on Mar 20, 2016 18:52:15 GMT
Lol yes, which means 'father' in Hebrew/Aramaic... Padre Pio! Now I really know Also, apparently the word 'abbot' comes from the Bible's 'abba' - www.newworldencyclopedia.org/entry/AbbaAnd btw, here's the Hebrew spelling: Father - אבא Abba (the band) - אבבא So it isn't exactly the same word in Hebrew, but it sounds the same. |
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Post by shoshin on Sept 7, 2016 0:29:09 GMT
Did you know that in April 1974 ABBA won the Eurovision Song Contest with Waterloo and for the first time ever a Swedish act was number one on the US Billboard Hot 100?
It's true, but what's the catch?
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Post by Deleted on Sept 7, 2016 1:52:03 GMT
Did you know that in April 1974 ABBA won the Eurovision Song Contest with Waterloo and for the first time ever a Swedish act was number one on the US Billboard Hot 100? It's true, but what's the catch? That it was Björn Skifs and Blue Swede with Hooked on a Feeling, it's funny how that almost eclipsed ABBA in the news here in Sweden for a while! And they made some extra money money money a couple years ago when their version was on the soundtrack of that Marvel comics movie. |
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Post by josef on Sept 15, 2016 17:00:35 GMT
Well, I found out something today. Our dear Anni-Frid shares a birthday (November 15th) with none other than another lovely lady- the singer Petula Clark! There are a few years and differences between them- Petula is almost 84, still recording and about to go on another tour! Incredible.
Another titbit... Agnetha shares her birthday, April 5th, with someone equally amazing- the late, great actress Bette Davis.
Feel free to add your own 'ABBA trivia' here if you have a mind to.
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Post by WATERLOO on Sept 15, 2016 17:04:32 GMT
'Peter Brown' is such a common name that it may be worth running this one past you. Did you know that the co-writer of Agnetha's Maybe It Was Magic also wrote Madonna's massive hit Material Girl ? Indeed, his collaborator on MIWM, Pat Hurley, sang vocals on the demo that was pitched to Madonna. There is another lose connection between Madonna and Agnetha. Bruce Gaitsch co-wrote La Isla Bonita with Pat Leonard for Michael Jackson's next album back in 1985/6. However, MJ refused to record the song so Pat Leonard played the song for Madonna who then wrote the lyrics and melody we all know to the composition. Bruce Gaitsch also co-wrote I Stand Alone with Peter Cetera and we all know who recorded that song. Who know who would have recorded La Isla Bonita had Madonna turned down the track as well. I actually think the songs sound slightly similar, despite the different arrangements. The chorus of La Isla works very nicely with the verses of I Stand Alone. |
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Post by josef on Sept 15, 2016 17:06:37 GMT
Just seen this thread. I wonder if my ABBA trivia topic could be merged with this? Or would that be too much work?
I don't want to inadvertently create similar threads when one is already in existence.
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Post by Zeebee on Sept 15, 2016 20:35:42 GMT
Josef, I saw your ABBA trivia thread before I visited this thread, and I moved that post into this thread. It wasn't a problem.
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Post by josef on Sept 15, 2016 23:14:24 GMT
Thank you. I'm still finding my way around the forum. I guess it will take a while.
Here's one thing that has only fairly recently occurred to me....the fact that Frida's natural hair colour is actually fairly blond! Strange, when for the longest time I only ever really thought of her as a redhead (Waterloo perm aside).
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Post by abbarich on Sept 18, 2016 17:02:59 GMT
ABBA had a few isolated hits that were peculiar to a particular country. ABBA had a top 10 hit with I've been waiting for you but only in New Zealand, reaching #8 in 1977. I don't think this was a hit anywhere else. Also Nina pretty ballerina reached #8 in Austria in '73, but wasn't a hit anywhere else. Also The Visitors single reached #6 in Poland in '82, and As good as new reached #1 in Mexico in '79. Can anyone add any more isolated hits?
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Post by The Rubber Ball Man on Oct 2, 2016 11:19:55 GMT
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Post by shoshin on Oct 13, 2016 23:27:15 GMT
Did you know that three quarters of ABBA once performed together on German television, with Agnetha missing and another girl making up the foursome? And no, I'm not thinking of the 1973 appearance, when Frida's friend Inger Brundin stood in for a heavily pregnant Agnetha. There was another occasion, more than ten years later. I could give you a clue if you need one: the name of the 'Agnetha'. But that would be a rather big clue. Maybe you don't need it? |
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Post by Deleted on Oct 13, 2016 23:36:06 GMT
^^^
It must be this one, no? Is that Karin Glenmark standing in?
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Post by shoshin on Oct 13, 2016 23:56:11 GMT
^^^ It must be this one, no? Is that Karin Glenmark standing in?.. Aw, too easy for you! Yes, I'm sure it's Karin. Have you seen the video of the time she saved the day when Barbara Dickson failed to make her entrance for Endgame? |
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Post by The Rubber Ball Man on Oct 15, 2016 19:26:05 GMT
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Post by Deleted on Oct 28, 2016 20:15:39 GMT
Did you know that Frida was once interviewed on American television by a journalist who is closely related to another very famous Swede? Can you guess who I'm talking about?
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Post by shoshin on Nov 22, 2016 22:54:26 GMT
Did you know that Frida was once interviewed on American television by a journalist who is closely related to another very famous Swede? Can you guess who I'm talking about?... I always wondered why her Swedish pronunciation was unusually good for a US interviewer! I managed to solve this one, but it took a fair bit of youtubing and googling to first work out the name of the show, then who would have been presenting it, and finally who were her famous relations. I use the plural because the Italian-American daughter of the Swedish close relation followed in her mother's footsteps career-wise, and became very famous herself  |
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It's interesting though. Apparently a Dr. of Music in Stockholm did some research into B & B's music and came up with these theories. That people who were at the forefront of B & B's influences were Burt Bacharach, The Beach Boys, The Beatles, The Bee Gees. Benny also admitted that they never really liked their 'Bjorn and Benny' title before ABBA as it "sounded like a comedy duo".
