The combination of hit songwriting team (Bjorn Ulvaeus, Benny Andersson and Stig Anderson) and the two strikingly beautiful Swedish women (Agnetha Fal
The combination of hit songwriting team (Bjorn Ulvaeus, Benny Andersson and Stig Anderson) and the two strikingly beautiful Swedish women (Agnetha Faltskog and Anni-Frid Lyngstad) attired in glam-rock fashions has left an undeniable mark on the international pop rock scene from 1974-1982 whose influence cannot be denied.
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Waterloo is the place where Napoleon Bonaparte met his defeat at an epic battle in 1815. This song uses the battle as a metaphor for a woman who gives
Waterloo is the place where Napoleon Bonaparte met his defeat at an epic battle in 1815. This song uses the battle as a metaphor for a woman who gives in and falls in love with a man - he`s her "Waterloo."
Originally recorded in Swedish, it was ABBA`s Swedish version that won the Eurovision Song Contest in 1974, giving the band a huge career boost.
This was one of many ABBA hits used in the 1994 movie Muriel`s Wedding.
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ABBA member Bjorn Ulvaeus wrote this after separating from wife and fellow band member, Agnetha. It`s about a divorce where one person doesn`t want to
ABBA member Bjorn Ulvaeus wrote this after separating from wife and fellow band member, Agnetha. It`s about a divorce where one person doesn`t want to separate and clings desperately to the marriage. Bjorn has said that while he usually didn`t use drugs or alcohol while writing, he had a bottle of brandy next to him while writing the lyrics for this song. It was very personal to him.
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The two songs that were chosen as singles from Waterloo are “Honey Honey” and the big burst of energy that is the title track. Their instincts to
The two songs that were chosen as singles from Waterloo are “Honey Honey” and the big burst of energy that is the title track. Their instincts to really rock it out on “Waterloo” paid off for the quartet fairly handsomely, since it was the entry that helped them to win the Eurovision Song Contest in Europe and was the breakthrough in England that they had been looking for. On “Honey Honey,” Agnetha and Frida purr their way through the song in full-on sex kitten mode and show just how far they’ve come since their lackluster debut single, “People Need Love.” If you want to hear the earliest example of ABBA getting it right, then Waterloo is the perfect place for you to start.
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The man they chose to help them out with the production of the promo clips was a young director named Lasse Hallström. His first clips, for ’Waterl
The man they chose to help them out with the production of the promo clips was a young director named Lasse Hallström. His first clips, for ’Waterloo’ and ’Ring Ring’, were made in 1974. They were both quite simple affairs, featuring straightforward performances of the two songs. But a year later Hallström was commissioned to make clips for four songs on ABBA’s third album, simply entitled ABBA. In those films – ’Mamma Mia’, ’SOS’, ’Bang-A-Boomerang’ and ’I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do’ – Hallström was a bit more ambitious, introducing many of the visual characteristics that would come to define ABBA’s video image. For example, he found that the four members of the band could easily be regrouped into different combinations of pairs, to great, poignant effect.
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What is certain, however, is that during their Spanish visit in May 1974, ABBA recorded an appearance on the television show Señoras y Señores. Alth
What is certain, however, is that during their Spanish visit in May 1974, ABBA recorded an appearance on the television show Señoras y Señores. Although filmed and broadcast in black and white, today this ranks as one of the most hilariously watchable television performances ever made by ABBA. The producers of the show certainly had some very imaginative ideas on how to present the group. In the programme, ABBA performed ‘Ring Ring’, ‘Honey, Honey’, ‘Hasta Mañana’ and ‘Waterloo’. Today, that performance of ‘Hasta Mañana’ is available on the DVD included with the double-disc 30th Anniversary release of the Waterloo album, issued in April 2004.
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Next up is the 1974 eurovision winners ABBA with Waterloo next its Charles Aznavour with She and Pans people dance to Barry White with You`re The Firs
Next up is the 1974 eurovision winners ABBA with Waterloo next its Charles Aznavour with She and Pans people dance to Barry White with You`re The First The Last My Everything
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2004-07-07
Radio Gamba was een internet radio station waar muziek gedraaid werd van Abba tot Zappa, van Hardrock tot Samba. Dat zeg ik, Gamba! (www.r
2004-07-07
Radio Gamba was een internet radio station waar muziek gedraaid werd van Abba tot Zappa, van Hardrock tot Samba. Dat zeg ik, Gamba! (www.radio-gamba.nl)
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2004-07-07Radio Gamba was een internet radio station waar muziek gedraaid werd van Abba tot Zappa, van Hardrock tot Samba. Dat zeg ik, Gamba! (www.rad
2004-07-07Radio Gamba was een internet radio station waar muziek gedraaid werd van Abba tot Zappa, van Hardrock tot Samba. Dat zeg ik, Gamba! (www.radio-gamb...
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