Abba

[daniela]

cos they put in you in brilliant mood, hehe. name ur faves.

[Bjorny]

ABBA fricking rule! :happy:

[Freddy]

Abbas for old people in my opinion altough the music they sing is alright

[Grapevine]

Mmm..It's fun music

[tjej]

<3 Abba.

[Bubble Wrap]

I love ABBA! :D

Aww, they were the first band I ever loved, back in the day *sigh* Funilly enough I was watching an old one of their live concerts the other day :happy:

[Steven_K]

http://tube.tfl.gov.uk/content/metro/02/0202/20/abba.jpg
you can't get much more rock and roll than that

[tjej]

The winner takes it aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa aaaaaaaall.

[Grapevine]

Money Money MONEY!

[Bubble Wrap]

I found my old video with some ABBA stuff I got off the tv on it! It's a bit ancient now though...too scared to play it incase the video player sucks all the tape out of the cassette!

[Grapevine]

Did anyone see the programme that was on channel 4 just then?

[Bubble Wrap]

Did anyone see the programme that was on channel 4 just then?

Yup, I did.

[Grapevine]

Yup, I did.

I only saw the last 10 minutes or so, was it any good?

[Bubble Wrap]

I only saw the last 10 minutes or so, was it any good?

It wasn't as good as I hoped it'd be, you didn't miss too much. No new info was on it, it was interesting, but nothing you probably didn't already know.

[Grapevine]

It wasn't as good as I hoped it'd be, you didn't miss too much. No new info was on it, it was interesting, but nothing you probably didn't already know.

Aah cheers, yeah only saw the bit with the guy who stalked her and her love interests. :LOL:

[Bubble Wrap]

Aah cheers, yeah only saw the bit with the guy who stalked her and her love interests. :LOL:

Hmm, that was a bit weird that bit. I suppose i was wondering if there wold be anything new that I didn't know. I also realise it's been too long since I listened to my Abba cd's!

[Grapevine]

Hmm, that was a bit weird that bit. I suppose i was wondering if there wold be anything new that I didn't know. I also realise it's been too long since I listened to my Abba cd's!

I'm listening to the greatest hits now...put me in the mood :D

[Bubble Wrap]

I'm listening to the greatest hits now...put me in the mood :D

They are still top of my list of bands I wanna see live but never will :(

[Grapevine]

They are still top of my list of bands I wanna see live but never will :(

Aaww :( Well maybe...slim chance of a reform ever. :LOL:

I went to the Mamma Mia musical in London a few years ago....thought it was pretty good.

[Bubble Wrap]

Aaww :( Well maybe...slim chance of a reform ever. :LOL:

I went to the Mamma Mia musical in London a few years ago....thought it was pretty good.

*sniff* I only wanna see thme though! I get what they said though, they say they'll never reform because people wanted to see them then, not as four oldies trying to be what they used to be.

[Grapevine]

*sniff* I only wanna see thme though! I get what they said though, they say they'll never reform because people wanted to see them then, not as four oldies trying to be what they used to be.

Aaah well that's true...can't imagine it would sound the same really :LOL:

[Bubble Wrap]

Aaah well that's true...can't imagine it would sound the same really :LOL:

Nope, then everyone would be well disappointed too. This is for the best...sadly.

[tjej]

It wasn't as good as I hoped it'd be, you didn't miss too much. No new info was on it, it was interesting, but nothing you probably didn't already know.
It was good f't Swedish. Ahhhh.

[Krasnojarsk]

My parents kind of knew the dark haired woman's mother *rises to king of thread*

[tjej]

*genuflects*

[Krasnojarsk]

*Accepts genuflection*

[random guy]

Am I the only one on here who hates them then :stunned:?

[Krasnojarsk]

No

[random guy]

Good :).

I just don't see what's so great about them. I mean, I'm not saying they're talentless, but I just like more diverse music I guess.

Plus they were too happy and their clothes sucked.

[Krasnojarsk]

Plus they were too happy and their clothes sucked.

Welcome to Sweden.

[random guy]

Really, I thought it was 80's fashion?

[Krasnojarsk]

Just happens that sentence just summed up Sweden pretty nicely.

[random guy]

:LOL:

It wasn't my intention to describe the Swedish :p.

I have no knowledge of Sweden, although I am doing a music collaboration with a dude from there and the music is anything but happy, but that's how we want it :happy:.

Don't know how he dresses though.

[Krasnojarsk]

He dresses boringly probably, like they all do. Well most.

[music]

woooo i get to revive this thread!!

hehe for some random reason, bjorn again (abba tribute) closed the saturday at oxegen, after greenday probs to relax everyone?!
they ruled started with waterloo and ended with dancing queen how class!!! :happy:


rock on my swedish dudes

[tjej]

*loves them*

They're so much better than German Literature.

[Bewilders]

So good :) I can play S.O.S on piano :)

[dimitrisdoc]

Yep,they still rule and they will always do that.

Abba's music has a lot of classic inside,same as Muse.

That's what coughted my ear when I first heard Bellamy's music.
The guys are extremely talented in composing/recording and producing music.Apart of course of the wonderful live acts.

Muse and Abba are my absolute favourite Bands.So different and alike at the same time.

[Aneta]

I love ABBA!!!:D :happy:

[monkeyinair]

WOOO!!! WOOOO!!! WOOOO!!!! ABBA PWNS!!! WOOOO!!! WOOOO!!! OH YEAAAAHHH!!!!

:\mm/:

[megglefreggle]

yay! abba! can u hear the drums fernando? does your mother know that you're out? gimme gimme gimme a man after midnight!

yay!! abba!

[Andrew28913]

Ring, ring, why don't you give me a call? Seems to me now that the dreams we had before are all dead, nothing more than confetti on the floor. Under attack, I'm being taken - about to crack, defenses braking. Knowing me, knowing you - ah-haaaaa....

I do love some of the more obscure ABBA songs :P

http://www.circleskyrecords.com/Melody%20Hill/Abba%20-%20The%20Visitors.jpg

And I do love that album cover :P One of my favorite albums of all time, although as far as ABBA goes Super Trouper was better metinks. The Winner Takes It All....what a massive tune.

[Judderman]

ABBA > Muse :yesey:

[monkeyinair]

ABBA > Muse :yesey:

:yesey:

ABBA > everything else

[mr.jingles]

Here in the U.S. it's embarrassing to say that you like ABBA.
I think the rock oriented audience in America is just way too pop biased. I admit that a lot of pop music is disposable, but there is a lot of good pop out there. For your typical American rock fan who listens to Led Zeppelin, The Who, or the Stones it's way too hard for them to admit that there was indeed great pop.

ABBA was a great pop band. Looking past the horrendously cheesy on stage outfits, and the crappy choreography, ABBA was a band that created great songs. I was raised listening ABBA because my parents love them, and listening to their songs always reminds me of my childhood.

[Andrew28913]

Looking past the horrendously cheesy on stage outfits
:eek: How can you say that? !:p

http://img204.imageshack.us/img204/1672/ringringsb9.png

[monkeyinair]

It's just embarrasing to admit you like ABBA at this age. I tell people that I like ABBA, But they think I'm just goofing off. Ah well.

[Raw Power]

Abba is a houndred times better than modern pop-music.

[danger]

Me and my friend were Agneta and Frida last Halloween, and he is a man. I was Frida. :happy:

If someone asks me if I like Abba, I always say yes. I grew up on their music, and it's still a major influence on me because most of my favorite bands are Swedish. :LOL:


And you must agree it's quite fun to sing Fernando in Spanish loudly, and drunk.

[Mneme]

Gonna breathe some life into this one too!

I love ABBA Gold...I play it every day I think...

Waterloo ROCKS!!!

C'mon--show the love...I know you're out there! :p

[E-Mused]

Abba is a houndred times better than modern pop-music.

+1

Not my kinda music, but they seemed very talented and could actually write good pop songs, catchy ones at that.

[Andrew28913]

I thought this thread was let to die...
apparently not.

[Mneme]

Heh, yeah...it's been given a blood transfusion...let's see how long it lasts! :LOL:

Someone earlier in the thread mentioned a bias against pop music...basically true, depending on who you talk to--clearly on a board like this, devoted to a band that can certainly be called hard rock or prog rock, you may have some difficulty finding people who like pop, or at least are willing to admit its existence and the talents of some of its stars...hmm, phrased judiciously enough?

And now it's my turn to hedge :LOL:...I don't love everything ABBA recorded...of course, does that ever really happen with any band?--being completely honest!...however, I do love a whole bunch of their songs, more than one or two hits, and much more than I ever expected I would! I love just about every track on ABBA Gold (19 songs, at least on my CD)--and even those I don't particularly fancy, like Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! (sorry--though the song is rather sad, I find it just sounds pretty silly)...I know, I know, some of you will disagree! And of course a random reader of this post--assuming we get any random readers here :LOL: might choose to say that the entire ABBA catalogue is silly! No accounting for taste, naturally (I can hear the reply..."and no accounting for your lack of taste, you moron!" :LOL:)

Man this is long! I didn't start out to write an essay...it takes me a lot of space to get my thoughts down--it's a fault, as more than one boardie is aware of! :p And you know, speaking to the ABBA fans for a moment, I apologise for all the LOLs in the above--I'm not mocking the band, merely allowing myself to laugh at myself--I'm serious, but in the end I don't like sounding pretentious, so I don't mind making fun of my own tendencies--so I hope you'll bear with me and accept my apology for the facetious tone up above!

Oh--I remember! :LOL: ("it's about time", you might say!) It's a problem when I try to look critically at music I grew up with--like ABBA, like the Beatles--I mean I think I have no trouble talking about songs clinically or analytically, say--but why I like the stuff--and can't not like it, so to speak--is beyond discussion for me, I'm afraid!** (And for that, since I have now stopped talking, you may be glad, dear reader! :D)

** not but that I might not give it a try anyway, lol

[LNM]

ABBA deserve a thread yeh :)
I love them :)

[trogette]

BUMP, though I'm not sure this is the right place exactly as I'm posting about Bjorn Again...

Saw them tonight, fab show! Funny and cute, and the drummer looks so much like Billy Burke!

The photo is linked to the set:

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2791/4423625116_8c7e3435e3.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/32525553@N00/sets/72157623470763215/)

[miss_meadows]

ABBA rocks! I love them. My mum was a fan, so I grew up listening to their songs and it's just really good pop music. In general I prefer rock, something a bit harder or darker than Abba, but I also like some good and catchy pop music from time to time. And whoever wrote it, it's right, Abba is so much better than modern pop music! The girls had great voices, they could really sing, and the guys wrote amazing songs. I've always prefered Agnetha's voice.:)

Oh, I'd love to see Björn Again one day, everybody says that they're the best Abba cover band out there.

[cherry lips]

i don't really listen to them or anything but when i watched Mamma Mia i kind of knew all the songs,one of my friens is a really big fan though....they have one of those songs to get you in a good mood :)

[*OoS*]

I've seen Bjorn Again :awesome:

I was obsessed with ABBA when I was younger - Gold is still one of my favourite "albums" (well it's a best of :p). My parents introduced them to me with Waterloo on holiday in Italy and I never looked back :D

Such a shame I was too young/late to see the real thing live :(

[Obi]

I hate Abba with a burning passion. Just to add a contrast. Carry on. :P

[trogette]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ciWtFnhxxnc

[Mneme]

I hate Abba with a burning passion. Just to add a contrast. Carry on. :P

Can't you just hate them? Burning passion seems extreme. Of course, maybe they invite extremes. :p

[OriginOfStarlight]

ABBA! :dance:

Since I saw Mamma Mia!, I have become a huge fan of their songs, I just love them! :happy:

[mr.jingles]

The reason why so many people seem to hate ABBA is because they don't want to listen to a band that even their grandmas find appealing.

Sure, they are poppy, radio-friendly, and quite cheesy. Yet these are still very well crafted songs.