Guys, you are living legends, and I wish so hard that you can give us something more while you all are here. Please, give a concert - not a tour, just one concert, but live, with you four personally without that silly holograms etc. People love you, not pictures!
I only turned on onto ABBA about a year and a half ago. I absolutely love their music and I'm an old rock and roller. Benny and Bjorn are great songwriters with fabulous arrangements , incredible dynamics , superb harmonies , powerful vocals by Agnetha and Frida with the sexiest front- ladies to ever grace a stage. I loved their wonderful and sometimes outrageous costumes and Frida and Agnetha oozed sensuality and were not afraid to show it and did indeed show it fabulously ! They took us on a great and wonderful musical and theatrical journey and their music is obviously standing the test of time. Those negative critics of ABBA are only jealous of their deserved success.
is amazing how their music is still beeing listening, in my family there is a 3 generations of listeners of abba, my grandfather, my dad and me. I started to listened to them when i was 11 and after 9 years im still listenting to them, the best pop band ever create definitely
I was born in Bombay India in 1982,and was introduced to this music by my father. He got casettes from middle east, where he used to work. I still listen to those tracks. Amazing music ! And definitely not corny !
I find it quite amusing to see some of the comments here expressing outrage at comments made in a 1993 documentary. I was born in 1960 and was a teenager when Abba were at their height and I was always a big fan. They were huge in Britain and Britain was quite instrumental in helping turn them into a worldwide phenomena. Being big in Britain got you introduced into former British empire nations such as Canada, Australia, New Zealand, and many more. But despite the fact they consistently produced massive hit singles there was always this thing in the air that they weren't quite 'hip' for want of a better term. Sort of staid and not wild like some bands of the period. Then by the early 1980's when Abba were coming to an end and a new type of music typified by Duran Duran etc came in they were seen as even less hip and sort of old fashioned. By the time this documentary was made in the early 1990's music had changed even further and Abba were seen as a product of their time and even laughable in some respects. Look back at any number of stage costumes from the 1970's now and many are considered to be 'horrendous'. Take a look at some David Bowie outfits for an example of that. It wasn't until into the 2000's when people like myself were entering our 40's and 70's tribute bands began appearing that Abba began to be reassessed and seen in a different light. Probably more respected for their achievements and music now than they ever were at their height.
Funny that so many people comment on them and they all speaks about how bad ABBA were. That´s 30-40 years ago, their music is still alive. At least they were able to engage... Can´t feel anything but sad about this not so excellent documentary..
Not a great documentary. But it did succeed in bringing back the memories. Corny or not, anyone who looks at Benny's or Bjorn's smiles while they are performing can see that they come straight from the heart. They truly enjoyed what they were doing and that's the "secret" of their lasting success.
ALL OF ABBA'S 8 STUDIO ALBUMS, ARE MASTERPIECES. PERFECT BLEND OF POP, ROCK, FOLK, REGGAE, CLASSICAL, COUNTRY, FUNK AND DISCO MUSIC. ABBA, AN ETERNAL FLAME IN MUSIC🤩🤩🤩🤩
There is an attempt to make them out as nothing more than a piece of fluff that had a brief period of fame. They wrote corny lyrics, wore bad costumes, and had bad haircuts according to many of the people commentating upon them and their success at the time. Here's the thing though.....you don't sell over 300 million records and counting because you were corny and had bad lyrics and bad haircuts. You sell over 300 million records because you have connected with people in such a way that your songs are timeless. Which is more than I can say for every single one of the people that had awful things to say about them. ABBA is timeless and they didn't stick around for decades making music, slowly declining into irrelevance like other more so-called important bands.
Absolutely true. Besides, which radio station STILL plays 80% or 30% of Elvis Costello’s, Kinks, etc music? All those who criticized their music have not even had a comeback and ABBA built a huge structure in London for their music and was a great success.
It's typical envious British criticism of success stories at the time- bashing something you don't understand because you think yourself superior- referring to the British musicians / critics. They had something otherwise they wouldn't have outlasted so many....
It's always fun and sad to watch people criticizing and judge others who have had great success in their career. Its called envy and it shows so well in this document. In their own pathetic lives they are those ones who are willing to pay hundred that their neighbour can not earn fifty.
ABBA is just great. I disagree with the blonde woman who said that the costumes were atrocious. They weren't naked or practically naked like today women singers. Besides it was the fashion at the time. Silly comment. I love them and listen to them oftenly. My best wishes to them !
I would disagree on your description as "the rise and fall of ABBA", when they just made a new album a year ago, 2 successful movies based entirely on their music and talk about a third, ongoing musical, imitation bands still performing, having the greatest numbers of old and new UA-cam videos after 47 years (I searched enough to know). They may be grey but are still going strong.
Benny and Frida were divorced prior to his getting his (second) wife pregnant as Ludvig was born in January 1982 and Benny and Frida divorced in February 1981
Strange how adverse comments come from Wanabes and One Hit Wonders who must be still struggling with their own brand of Music , (thats music in the widest sense) ; very difficult to recall most of those making the comments these days ; to me (as a TV person of 15 years) this prog production was very slanted and political biased
The Bono thing is only forgivable because they were in Sweden. Bono kinda ruined Benny's playing there with his foot in mouth, but what do you expect from a #2? Swedish fans got to see a little Bjorn and Benny, so enduring Bono's douchebaggery is a small price to pay.
ABBA was more important to me than my own parents growing up in my rebellious teenage years, as I could not understand why my parents were not as attractive or as fit. I was devastated that my parents did not look as good or sang as good as ABBA (my mom was an opera singer and I hate Opera still).
ridiculous tv feature.. arrogant and full of selfsatisfactory comments.... uuuaaah. The thing with the accent, come one, they were successfull not only in the english speaking countries, so at the time millions of fans never noticed an accent... never heard so much rubbish..
ABBA THE BEST ABSOLUTELY WITHOUT A DOUGHT WHAT GROUP EVER WERE AS GOOD AS ABBA, TRUTH THERE ISN'T ONE.SPICE GIRLS GIRLS ALOUD ABSOLUTELY TERRIBLE NOT ONE HAD A VOICE THE ONLY ONE WITH A VOICE WAS THE IRISH GIRL,
I` am and in big young not need see one very sweete sexualn-worms etc in beautiful nord-deutsch womans!! I` am not need open and person right see one sexualn !! yes I` am going in real sexualn-tollerant young too..And in soul ..I` am like and like in my young years ABBA and dear nords and everybody real historical simvoliks and in real tollerant time too!! For sincere light nord-deutsch my culture too what`s in my knights soul everyday open and hot men crying and very big hard men sport security for dear nords and for my deutsch people!! And in my soul =Father it`s time!!
WTF???!!!..... someone is either completely deranged or was totally off his rocker on serious fuckin' drugs when he typed this...dude you're not making ANY fuckin' sense!!!...
ABBA-mania=Not bad understanding!! Abba mania=Real real and real very sincere light deutsch-nord-nord-deutsch-in very big statuse nord-sweden-european light civilisation culture!! What`s open real music in ABBA=Real softley light nord very magik vision =sincere nord love and not not big comments!! I` am real real everyday hear and open 1,2 4,5 legendary alboms =And in my soul =Real very vety big Sevurity for my very light sincere talantl nords people and in Sweden too..And on deutsch lands too!! And open ..my sincer knights-heart in adress and my future light magik nord-deutsch love..Your music=Not melodic-sexy-dance music=Your music big big and big melodic -sea big sincere light in big feelings in play in sing..Fantastish =Your real mmm my lovely perfect!! And your dears my sincere light and spiritual and fisical and army deutsch nord Security!! For your light sincere wizdom open big World =Sincere light civilisation culture and nord very big super status love on earth!! Your not my idil!! God my and your Dear Father and teacher!! And ABBA =Real dears nords fathers and dears softley -velvet nnn bords-mothers!!! i` love you everybody in ABBA!! Nords,dear my deutsch people and in civilisation europe and in civilisation culturn light World!!
Real live =Your not circus! With my sincere deutsch-nord wars history and go go and go in very big tollerant and in sport and in has hard works everyday and not sleep neight ..for real men -tollerant in life and in person music too ..Not see my real nord-deutsch sincere love on my horizont..Not surrender and in sincere in knights-soul =real not sweete dreams =real go go and go in life not surrender not on one mig!!And in Russia!
Guys, you are living legends, and I wish so hard that you can give us something more while you all are here. Please, give a concert - not a tour, just one concert, but live, with you four personally without that silly holograms etc. People love you, not pictures!
Time has told. It's obvious ABBA's music does and will outlive most others and gather momentum.
True ABBA prevailed !
I only turned on onto ABBA about a year and a half ago. I absolutely love their music and I'm an old rock and roller. Benny and Bjorn are great songwriters with fabulous arrangements , incredible dynamics , superb harmonies , powerful vocals by Agnetha and Frida with the sexiest front- ladies to ever grace a stage. I loved their wonderful and sometimes outrageous costumes and Frida and Agnetha oozed sensuality and were not afraid to show it and did indeed show it fabulously ! They took us on a great and wonderful musical and theatrical journey and their music is obviously standing the test of time. Those negative critics of ABBA are only jealous of their deserved success.
👍👍👍👍👍👍😘😘😘
There will never be another group like this
Always had a crush on Frida... still have today!
is amazing how their music is still beeing listening, in my family there is a 3 generations of listeners of abba, my grandfather, my dad and me. I started to listened to them when i was 11 and after 9 years im still listenting to them, the best pop band ever create definitely
I was born in Bombay India in 1982,and was introduced to this music by my father. He got casettes from middle east, where he used to work. I still listen to those tracks. Amazing music ! And definitely not corny !
I find it quite amusing to see some of the comments here expressing outrage at comments made in a 1993 documentary. I was born in 1960 and was a teenager when Abba were at their height and I was always a big fan.
They were huge in Britain and Britain was quite instrumental in helping turn them into a worldwide phenomena. Being big in Britain got you introduced into former British empire nations such as Canada, Australia, New Zealand, and many more.
But despite the fact they consistently produced massive hit singles there was always this thing in the air that they weren't quite 'hip' for want of a better term. Sort of staid and not wild like some bands of the period.
Then by the early 1980's when Abba were coming to an end and a new type of music typified by Duran Duran etc came in they were seen as even less hip and sort of old fashioned.
By the time this documentary was made in the early 1990's music had changed even further and Abba were seen as a product of their time and even laughable in some respects.
Look back at any number of stage costumes from the 1970's now and many are considered to be 'horrendous'. Take a look at some David Bowie outfits for an example of that.
It wasn't until into the 2000's when people like myself were entering our 40's and 70's tribute bands began appearing that Abba began to be reassessed and seen in a different light. Probably more respected for their achievements and music now than they ever were at their height.
Funny that so many people comment on them and they all speaks about how bad ABBA were. That´s 30-40 years ago, their music is still alive. At least they were able to engage... Can´t feel anything but sad about this not so excellent documentary..
Agree 100%
ABBA Had the last laugh jokes on you BBC
Not a great documentary. But it did succeed in bringing back the memories. Corny or not, anyone who looks at Benny's or Bjorn's smiles while they are performing can see that they come straight from the heart. They truly enjoyed what they were doing and that's the "secret" of their lasting success.
LONG LIVE ABBA FOREVER!!
Thank you for the music!
ALL OF ABBA'S 8 STUDIO ALBUMS, ARE MASTERPIECES. PERFECT BLEND OF POP, ROCK, FOLK, REGGAE, CLASSICAL, COUNTRY, FUNK AND DISCO MUSIC. ABBA, AN ETERNAL FLAME IN MUSIC🤩🤩🤩🤩
Benny was wrong at the end..ABBA weren't corny they were LOVED!
@james catholic I would say there were an innocense to it, and for some reason that's often reckoned being corny.
Agnetha was and will always be one of the sexiest people on earth.
There is an attempt to make them out as nothing more than a piece of fluff that had a brief period of fame. They wrote corny lyrics, wore bad costumes, and had bad haircuts according to many of the people commentating upon them and their success at the time. Here's the thing though.....you don't sell over 300 million records and counting because you were corny and had bad lyrics and bad haircuts. You sell over 300 million records because you have connected with people in such a way that your songs are timeless. Which is more than I can say for every single one of the people that had awful things to say about them. ABBA is timeless and they didn't stick around for decades making music, slowly declining into irrelevance like other more so-called important bands.
Absolutely true. Besides, which radio station STILL plays 80% or 30% of Elvis Costello’s, Kinks, etc music? All those who criticized their music have not even had a comeback and ABBA built a huge structure in London for their music and was a great success.
Damn, U2's rendition of Dancing Queen is just painful)
God! So true, that was just awful! 🤢 although I do appreciate that they appreciated ABBA enough to cover it.
Lousy, from a a so-called famous international group. It shows that no group is better than ABBA, unique in their own special way.
Terrible documentary about a super fab group. The insults were uncalled for.
bbc has no quality...they always follow agendas.
It's typical envious British criticism of success stories at the time- bashing something you don't understand because you think yourself superior- referring to the British musicians / critics. They had something otherwise they wouldn't have outlasted so many....
show must go on ..
It's always fun and sad to watch people criticizing and judge others who have had great success in their career. Its called envy and it shows so well in this document. In their own pathetic lives they are those ones who are willing to pay hundred that their neighbour can not earn fifty.
ABBA is just great. I disagree with the blonde woman who said that the costumes were atrocious. They weren't naked or practically naked like today women singers. Besides it was the fashion at the time. Silly comment. I love them and listen to them oftenly. My best wishes to them !
How kind of Bono to show how Dancing Queen requires an exceptional voice to sing well.
Scoff all u want to but compared to the abhorrent pop drivel thats around today Abba sound like musical geniuses.
No comparisons needed, with drivel or otherwise. ABBA’s music IS genius.
Todays new musicians are no match at any category compared to ABBA.
Totally agree. 100%
That is true ABBA had the last laugh :
jokes on the BBC!p and these talentless so called singers of today!
Seeing U2 sing Dancing Queen is wonderfully surreal.
I am of the opinion that Bono has one of the greatest male voices ever, but he is no Frida/Agnetha. U2's acknowledgement of ABBA is indeed wonderful.
I would disagree on your description as "the rise and fall of ABBA", when they just made a new album a year ago, 2 successful movies based entirely on their music and talk about a third, ongoing musical, imitation bands still performing, having the greatest numbers of old and new UA-cam videos after 47 years (I searched enough to know). They may be grey but are still going strong.
Aos 75 anos foi o grupo mais harmonioso que ouvi! fã incondicional ""ABBA""
Bigger than Volvo and Findus together! ❤️
very nice
agnetha at 3:28 is riveting, freeze the video and get pulled into her eyes, you can't escape her allure.
"Making a musical with Benny", went on to be Mamma Mia
No , at that time Benny and Björn were working in their swedish epic Musical Kristina Fran Duvemala !!
ABBA got the last laugh with over 300 million records sold and counting in 2020.
Actually, it's probably +400 million... Anyway, only reinforces your point.
Those covers are sweet and well-meaning, but they mostly serve as a reminder that nothing comes close to the originals.
thank you.
I'd like to know what program they pulled the excerpt from for the end titles. The arrangement is lovely.
That was from their Japanese Television special they made in 1978.
Sourpussies,part 3 🤷🏻♀️🤦🏻♀️,long live ABBA and their music 💯😍
They were good. 👍👍🇮🇪
benny got married the same year he and frida got divorced? OMG!!! he couldnt wait a minute longer... poor frida... she didnt deserved that...
He had gotten his mistress pregnant.
Benny and Frida were divorced prior to his getting his (second) wife pregnant as Ludvig was born in January 1982 and Benny and Frida divorced in February 1981
not to self don't let bono sing abba
Bunch of BS comments by Brits has been or never been,
Fook me its The Bono and Edge from Ireland's 2nd biggest band, world peace and all that.
Strange how adverse comments come from Wanabes and One Hit Wonders who must be still struggling with their own brand of Music , (thats music in the widest sense) ; very difficult to recall most of those making the comments these days ; to me (as a TV person of 15 years) this prog production was very slanted and political biased
Yes, ABBA were a bit corny. But over all, they were fuckin' brilliant.
Worse damn Dancing Queen by U2 that I have ever heard.
The BBC is the lowest common denominator in journalistic integrity.
1:18 well, that is just a proof that ABBA outfits were better :D
20th July 1993.
💚
The Bono thing is only forgivable because they were in Sweden. Bono kinda ruined Benny's playing there with his foot in mouth, but what do you expect from a #2? Swedish fans got to see a little Bjorn and Benny, so enduring Bono's douchebaggery is a small price to pay.
Benny is working with björn. But with whom is björn working??? No one knows 🎸 🦌 🤘
ABBA was more important to me than my own parents growing up in my rebellious teenage years, as I could not understand why my parents were not as attractive or as fit. I was devastated that my parents did not look as good or sang as good as ABBA (my mom was an opera singer and I hate Opera still).
what a weird comment. you thought more of abba than your own parents because you thought your parents didn't look as good. You're an idiot.
ridiculous tv feature.. arrogant and full of selfsatisfactory comments.... uuuaaah. The thing with the accent, come one, they were successfull not only in the english speaking countries, so at the time millions of fans never noticed an accent... never heard so much rubbish..
Very big Security!!!
adoraria ver algo reportagem atual de ""FRIDA ""!
A rubbish documentary full of hatred........
ABBA THE BEST ABSOLUTELY WITHOUT A DOUGHT WHAT GROUP EVER WERE AS GOOD AS ABBA, TRUTH THERE ISN'T ONE.SPICE GIRLS GIRLS ALOUD ABSOLUTELY TERRIBLE NOT ONE HAD A VOICE THE ONLY ONE WITH A VOICE WAS THE IRISH GIRL,
I agree that this British documentary was awful. If Australia did the documentary the interviews would be complimentary.
I` am and in big young not need see one very sweete sexualn-worms etc in beautiful nord-deutsch womans!! I` am not need open and person right see one sexualn !! yes I` am going in real sexualn-tollerant young too..And in soul ..I` am like and like in my young years ABBA and dear nords and everybody real historical simvoliks and in real tollerant time too!! For sincere light nord-deutsch my culture too what`s in my knights soul everyday open and hot men crying and very big hard men sport security for dear nords and for my deutsch people!! And in my soul =Father it`s time!!
WTF???!!!..... someone is either completely deranged or was totally off his rocker on serious fuckin' drugs when he typed this...dude you're not making ANY fuckin' sense!!!...
Celebration of ABBA? Well, sort of.
Fathers and Mothers with person sincere right on live on prof-musicaln art on person security on person sincere love!! Achtung!! Fakt!!
PLS EVERYONE _ just compare... :ua-cam.com/video/2kuubm_pHRU/v-deo.html Oh, no!!! It's in German! Oh, shit - what do we know, then?
In my sincere childrens eyes =ABBA =Very dear and nords civilisation in super status =Dears Fathers and Mothers!!! Achtung!! Fakt!!!
big!!
forms!
Nords very dear mothers!!
vision!!
this is some utter bullshit - a back-down "salute" from BBC guts...
ABBA-mania=Not bad understanding!! Abba mania=Real real and real very sincere light deutsch-nord-nord-deutsch-in very big statuse nord-sweden-european light civilisation culture!! What`s open real music in ABBA=Real softley light nord very magik vision =sincere nord love and not not big comments!! I` am real real everyday hear and open 1,2 4,5 legendary alboms =And in my soul =Real very vety big Sevurity for my very light sincere talantl nords people and in Sweden too..And on deutsch lands too!! And open ..my sincer knights-heart in adress and my future light magik nord-deutsch love..Your music=Not melodic-sexy-dance music=Your music big big and big melodic -sea big sincere light in big feelings in play in sing..Fantastish =Your real mmm my lovely perfect!! And your dears my sincere light and spiritual and fisical and army deutsch nord Security!! For your light sincere wizdom open big World =Sincere light civilisation culture and nord very big super status love on earth!! Your not my idil!! God my and your Dear Father and teacher!! And ABBA =Real dears nords fathers and dears softley -velvet nnn bords-mothers!!! i` love you everybody in ABBA!! Nords,dear my deutsch people and in civilisation europe and in civilisation culturn light World!!
please don't try to write in English. None of what you have written in any comment makes and grammatical sense at all.
Real live =Your not circus! With my sincere deutsch-nord wars history and go go and go in very big tollerant and in sport and in has hard works everyday and not sleep neight ..for real men -tollerant in life and in person music too ..Not see my real nord-deutsch sincere love on my horizont..Not surrender and in sincere in knights-soul =real not sweete dreams =real go go and go in life not surrender not on one mig!!And in Russia!
Intersting how they failed to mention that Frida married an aristocrat and is now a princess. Hmmmm....
who cares about that?
I cared. It was an ABBA documentary. You watched it.
No doubte because she was the "ugly" one lol They're just stupid and envious, that's the explanation.
@Batphink Reynolds I don"t get the joke,but it seems to be a good one *)
It might have been Anni-Frid's own decision not to have that particular tidbit publicized.