Dick Clark Interviews ABBA - American Bandstand 1975
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- Опубліковано 27 сер 2024
- Dick Clark interviews ABBA on American Bandstand. Clarks asks them about their name pronunciation, their Swedish accents, their musical background, and their nationalities. The band members speak about the different English accents they can imitate and how there are areound 8 million people living in Sweden. They speak about their next single called "I Do, I Do, I Do".
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Dick Clark never fails to make an interview awkward.
I didn't even notice that as a kid when I was watching this as it aired, but now......you can't unsee the awkward cringe.
Lol just thinking the same thing. That was cringe as fuck
This was definitely a highlight (or lowlight) in his canon of terrible interviews. Half the time, he didn't even seen to know who he was interviewing.
Yep, he was always awful in these interviews.....
Woketerds of today WOULD be cringed out. Duh. Lol
O...M...G... Frida looks amazing here. Breathtaking!
Frida is lovely with this hairstyle ❤️
And the AbbA women are still amazingly beautiful to this day.
You're so right, they're both beautiful, even in those green-screen dresses with the dots all over them.
Suuuree😂😂😂
All of Abba's music will never stale over the decades as they have great lyrical content, music are well composed ,the words are true to life and their music will live on through the ages . Thanks for contributing your music to the world .God bless you all !!!!!!!!!!
Truth Indeed
Frida is beautiful,refined,and a georgeous lady ticks all my boxes love her
Frida's speaking voice is so relaxing...it's melodic ;)
I know she always sounds sultry lol
@@NostalgiCrazy lovely and graceful all the time.
@@lu1784 Yeah :)
She should take up singing.
Sing with wispers into my ears....
Anni-Frid(Frida) is so beautiful,lovely,warm and friendly.
Even though she did not say much I love it when Agnetha talks.
Why all the hate towards this Dick? :D As a Swede, I found this interview (and interviewer) pretty spontaneous and charming. Not the usual boring questions that they mostly got from the press and tv.
There has never been a man with such a fitting first name....even his mother knew
Wow
lol
lol
Oooh, nice one
Ha ha ….good one. Fully agree. He sure was treating them like a bunch of school kids.
I have always loved Abba and their music. They are one of the most beautifully harmonically blended groups I have ever heard. Of the two girls Frida and Agnetha, my friends all seem to root for Agnetha as far as beauty goes. I don't know...maybe I'm the odd man out here, but I think Frida is absolutely beautiful, and I prefer her voice to Agnetha's, but I couldn't imagine any one of their voices being absent from the group...but oh well...I guess its all according to taste.
That's because most men go for blonde hair girls....seem to be more sexy and beautiful.....but then there's many men that love the brunette hair.....seem to be not only beautiful but senuiously sexy too so in my opinion and I'm a woman....I think both are sexy and very fine ladies😊
I love how unfazed Benny is by the sheer stupidity of the questions.
@James Brice I'm pretty far from woke myself. Dick Clark's just an awful interviewer. His questions are so pointless.
@James Brice your excuses for why clark was such an inept interviewer is readily contradicted by OTHER interviewers of this time period who asked INTERESTING questions of their guests & didn't make fools of themselves. Y00're just a moron, james.
@James Brice good point
He was totally patronizing
They have a new album coming out in November 2021 and right now released 2 new singles. I have faith in you and don't shut me down.
Oh dear Madonna, he treated them like some sort of aliens - "Where do Swedish people learn rock?".
Horrible. I know who he was, but this was so cringeworthy.
not from America for sure cause they think they know all about Rock...lol...two words...The Beatles and The Stones. To be honest America are copy cats and it is a big world and doesn't revolve around the U.S.!!!!!!
The internet didn't exist back then.
Cliff Riley Surely you don't think the Beatles and the stones invented rock? The genre originated and evolved from African American culture in the U.S. Even Paul McCartney said the Beatles would have never existed without Chuck Berry.
America invented Rock music. The Beatles loved Elvis and dressed like him until their manager put them in those suits and ugly hairstyles.
I just wanted to hear Agnetha and she only spoke once -.-
+Cookie Monster . l think he was avoiding her , think he had the hot for her not try to look but when he did he stuffed up , how could you not look
Agnetha was always the quiet one she lets her singing voice do the talking
Cookie Monster Agnetha’s English was not as good as the others and it could be a bit scary during English speaking interviews. Just love her, by the way. What a sweetheart!
And What a sweet voice...
Of the girls Frida always was the more talkative, fun and outgoing one on stage. Frida, also loved the stage, lights, camera, etc.... and was noticed for her great live singing and her joy of being on stage. She was very flirty and engaging.
Frida's background is a stage singer and performer since grade school, turning pro in 1958. In 1967-1972 she did live TV shows, live radio shows and also modeled before ABBA.
Agnetha was most comfortable in studio. Agnetha's background was studio pop singer before ABBA. That is how she was known. A pop star. She had some live stage experience, but very little.
Frida was the ABBA girl that was known for her fun and flirty on stage performances and her one-on-one fan interactions.
I saw this when I was 5, had a crazy crush on Frida. Still do! haha
The women are so beautiful!
Awesome to look back at a simpler, happier time.
Happier time indeed, Benny hoped Frida would become his wife, both couples were blooming
1:14 this „seven years“ sounds so amazing! I love her voice!!😍❤️
I remember that group in the 70's and ahead , They sang like Angels, They really have fans world wide, plus they were conservative and married couples as an example that family together can acomplish amazing skills and virtues , God bless them even today .
Benny is like “what is the deal with this guy?”
lol
@Dixie Pastille he wasn't
@@keendeesjarlais3636 Damn, you beat me to it.
@@keendeesjarlais3636 I guarantee they were all thinking that, because he was talking nonsense. Krauts? Jews? You're not all blonde? Can you do a German accent? What a load of drivel.
The girls looked like they were about to wrap that microphone cord around his neck. They must have thought he was an idiot.
Looks like Dick is interviewing 4 aliens from Mars.
"Do you have rock and roll on your planet ??"
Please find a way to clone these two women for eternity.
And Benny too... Well, the four all them. We need them to make this world a happier place to live, ❤️🤩
You can tell that Dick Clark is just trying to fit as much material in with the little time they have left for the interview, luckily whatever annoyance or irritation that might be going through the group's minds does not show, and all of them are well composed, polite, and respectful, as true artists are!
they always professional
I agree Friend. I have lots of respect for Mr. Clark and his talent and professionalism although as I stated this interview was very awkward and uncomfortable. The group ABBA showed how gracious and patient they were during this interview. I’m sure Mr. Clark was an intelligent man and realized it did not come off the way it should have and made apologies to them in private for the interview
As for Dick Clark, his unprofessionalism here was stunning. You’d think that a longtime TV and radio personality would have better interviewing skills, but this was terrible. And no, it looked like the members of ABBA clearly thought he was an idiot, or at least making a fool of himself. They indulged him nonetheless, but I almost wish one of the girls would hit him over the head with that microphone!
He was absurdly unprepared and laughably unprofessional here.
Dick Clark does ask a lot of stupid questions here. Finally someone who agrees. Thank You.
Wow weird interview. Anna was SO fine. A goddess.
Agnetha Fältskog is her name. ("Anna" was totally made up.)
@@herrbonk3635 how do you pronounce the two dots on top of a letter like ä or ö?
@@Soundeagle3456 It depends on the letter following the ä/ö, but approximately, Fältskog is pronounced like felt + school - l + g. In words where the ä is followed by an r (lär, bär, ära, etc) the ä opens up and becomes similar to the vowel sound in fair, hair, bare, dare, etc. Meanwhile, the sounds in sir, stir, bird, learn, etc. are similar to an open ö.
(There are no closed ö-sounds in English. No (Swedish) u-sounds either. The two languages generally differs a lot in the vowels department, although consonants and basic syntax are more similar.)
Thanks for the info. I’ve seen videos of Agnetha pronouncing her first name but not her last.
@@herrbonk3635 she said she did not mind been called Anna herself because people could not pronounce her name. BJORG called her Anna all the time. Listen thoroughly and watch all their videos and interviews.
bloody hell those questions are so STUPID!
not so stupid at that time, ask your grandma
I used to be in love with Agnetha...
Девушки обе великолепные. Но я обожаю Фриду!!! Она настолько хороша, что дух захватывает, а когда говорит своим завораживающим голосом.... Ой, заслушаешься.🥰🥰🥰
Oh the German-English accent was so well imitated! (I live in Germany so I can tell)
Hands up----Agnetha gives an absolutely gorgeous look at 1:13, huh?
I am a musician and I pity those who are condemning this interview and the interviewer. Why can't you just be thankful that we are still able to see interviews such as this. I am just happy I have a chance to see this.
I know! Since I discovered these interview spots a couple weeks ago, I'm amazed at how easily people are willing to pick apart Dick Clark and the interviews and the off-hand comments he makes. To me, it's like biting the hand that feeds. For YEARS, it was the only chance people had a chance to see performers, and the interviews were just bite-sized conversations with a guy who understood the business and was willing to give you a look inside it, too.
Bless you. ♪♪♪♪
Brian Mortensen Thank you from a fellow son of a Morten. Haha
Those that appreciate, will appreciate and may pass on to others, those that hate, will pass on to others who may be gullible too OR may see things differently THAN what the hater intended, so let's all cheer and enjoy....
Jessica M just because you can see something doesn’t make it good.
ABBA YOUNG FULL OF ENERGY AND AMBITION 🎻🎶🎤🎶🎼🎻🎼🎶🎻🎤🎶
Agneta is the finest woman in the world!
Agreed! I saw her first! She’s mine! 😁
@@SportsKnowItAll11 She's still beautiful at 71!
This is me arguing that point 😶
But let's hear some love for Anna-Frid as well.
These were the luckiest men alive back then.
Que voz tan dulce la de AGNETHA!!!!!!!.
My favorite al time group, ABBA!!
Yes she is,she is my favorite female in the pop rock music extremly talented,simpatic and beautiful,both are nice But my choice is Anifrid !
What if Anni-Frid Lyngsad and Christine McVie made an album together?
Agnetha😍😍
Being a cat person, I have to say, I love both of their cat t-shirts! They are cute! hehe
Yes I agree. I've always love the cat mini skirt I totally love ABBA
Started watching Abba on TV and listening to their records and tapes since 1975 when I was 19 . Then age 52 up to now been watching them on You Tube Liked You Tube ! I am now 65 years old ! Ill be 66 on April 22nd 2022 ! Love their music and songs they sang in 70s and 80s !
Also 50 years ago they won the Eurovision Contest beating Olivia Newton-John who came in fourth place. They worked with her on her 1978 Special Simply Olivia and then worked with her on The Unicef Charity Concert in 1979. Kids born in the 1990's listen to them, and are blown away. Even Entertainment Weekly said that they were next to Little House On The Prairie, and Xanadu a guilty pleasure. Frida (The Brunette) and they in general were also influenced by Motown when she did her Version of Baby Love in Swedish and Benny acknowledged them when they were inducted into The Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame.
The blonde has a sweet voice.
ABBA was such a big part of my teen years. Sure miss it.
A remarkable interview we would never see today. ABBA was huge in Ireland and also with Irish Americans and I love how Benny points this out. I love the non PC freedom of Dick Clark'scomments. Reality.
LOL, it's called cluelessness and unprofessionalism, not "non PC freedom." He made some stupid comment about "Kraut rock and roll," then tried to mansplain his way out of it by lecturing them on American culture. A bumbling idiot.
RIP Dick Clark. You will be truly and deeply missed. A class act all on his own. America has lost a true legend and a part of America died today. New Year's Eve will NEVER be the same.
Truth Indeed
You have to remember that before Abba, all of the foreign pop and rock musicians who came to the United States were from England or Canada. Never before had a group come from Continental Europe like Germany or Sweden. So the questions are just awkward because people only know the bare minimum about Sweden whereas they know a lot about England and Ireland and Canada
Still, the questions were incredibly unprofessional coming from a television host of a major program like Bandstand was at that time. He was unprepared and bumbling around like he had no idea who his damn guests were.
I love Frida's cat dress! Too Cute! :)
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Dick Clark acts as if he's never met anyone from anywhere other than his native country.
or even the Bandstand studio. When a television appearance is being set up, doesn't the presenter go over the questions, etc., with the guests in advance? He acts like he just bumped into them at a bar.
Dick Clark is an alien visiting earth for the first time and ABBA was polite enough to answer a few of his questions
@@calistacatkiss hes a nobody.they are SOMEBODIES
@@calistacatkiss Aba very intelligent answers to stupid questions,
He was laughably unprepared and unprofessional here, but this also has the feeling of “This group isn’t going to be a big hit here, so I can just bumble and bullshit my way through a few questions that I ask them.” I’m sure Bandstand had a lot of artists appear who didn’t become big hit makers.
Agnetha did a little cheeky grin after Clark skipped the mic because she was shy and didn't like publicly talking. It might've seemed mean, but inside she was probably like "YES"
She looked like she wanted to bonk him over the head with that microphone. Wish she would have, he was so stupid here.
god frida is a babe.
If there were a musical sensation touring the US, Dick Clark had to have them in American Bandstand. Yes, he tried to get as many questions in with little time he had for them. All members of ABBA very polite and accommodating. Thank you.
But his questions were terrible. For a show that was as widely broadcast, you’d have expected the host to be more professional and more prepared. This was awful.
Strange this interview did not focus on their tour or album. "Where do Swedish learn rock," and "We thought all Swedish were blonde" What ? And why all the questions about how Germans speak ? I know times were different then, but this was a poor interview. They must have thought he was stupid !
Oh you could see it on their faces that they thought he was an idiot.
Cringe inducing interview.
AGNETHA
No one could rock a comb-over AND a leisure suit like Dick Clark.
Nice conversations with ABBA 🌟
Wow Dick Clark living up to his name 😂😂😂
The questions made me cringe.....so where is Sweden, how many people live there. Are they like you ? Do they have feet and hands ? Do they speak with strange accent ?
I can see Agnetha isn’t impressed with the interview questions haha. This is unbelievable, he has the opportunity to ask an amazing musical group about their music, but all he focuses on is foreign accents in Sweden?? Nothing about their music!
And did you notice, out of the entire interview, he asked her (Agnetha) one stupid question, and then shut her down. What's up with that? I wanted to hear more from her.
their sound was different to any in pop that came before yet he asks silly questions.go figure
@@joequillun7790 If you watch other interviews he did, he had a very irritating habit of doing that...interrupting his guests and then talking over them. He really wasn't very good at interviewing people and that was a big reason why. However, he could have asked them some better questions. There are plenty of ways that he could have been smoother when asking about their accents and their musical influences.
Benny's not having it
What do you mean?
Natiii K. It means he’s far beyond over Dick’s stupid ass questions and has no problem showing on his face how stupid he thinks the questions are
@@natiiik_ He thought Clark was an idiot.
Dick Clark was awesome pepole, it was a much bigger world back then.He was just trying to inform his viewers on these people from a far away country. They were probably the first Swedish group to hit it big here so yeah folks were curious about them.
Yeah, but this was so amateurish from someone who should have been more polished. "Where do Swedish people learn rock and roll?" SERIOUSLY ? He could have instead asked, "Who are your major influences?" or "Many Americans may not know a lot about Sweden, so can you tell us a little about your background and the music that's popular there?"
it hurts to listen to Dick Clark do aninteriew
Agnetha is simply gorgeous here.
1:10 Haha, Agnetha looks like she wanted to slam the piano lid on Dick Clark's fingers here. He was such a bumbling and patronizing fool to them.
Good man benny - dont forget the Irish
Beautiful Frida!
That Blonde
THAT ANNA BLONDE WAS SUPER SUPER HOT!
Dick Clark: "How large a country is your country?" What????? LOL.
Pretty good interview. And Frida is so beautiful
Frida was beautiful but a horrible interview
Dick Clark is one of those people who always think they have a lot to say or ask in an interview, but really doesn't. He spent so much time in the music business, interviewed a lot of acts through the decades, and yet every interview I've ever heard from him is just as awful as this one.
I have to agree.
absolutely agree. I've seen him interview many acts here on UA-cam and it's almost always cringeworthy.
For as respected as he apparently was for American Bandstand, watching him bumble his way through this (and most other interviews) was a jaw-dropping experience. Incredibly unprofessional.
*Dick* certainly lived up to his namesake....
Dick Clark could make a brick wall uncomfortable.
What most of you don't understand, is that, there was a time when people could engage in genuine discourse, on most topics, without fear of being called 'insensitive' or 'inappropriate'. It was a time when adults spoke to each other like adults, and didn't have a need to run away feeling offended by every little thing.
FINALLY! thank you.
I’m sorry, that is bullshit. Dick Clark here was clumsy, unprofessional, and just clueless. You’d think that a host like this would be more adept at conducting an interview with guests on his show, but he was utterly terrible at it.
1:13 she looks so adorable
Molly Binsfeld who agnetha
@@johnbriancatedrilla4028 the blonde
It is very pleasant to hear this interview of this special group. Sometimes I imagine how good if we could travel back in time and share moments like this.
Dick Clark was the worst interviewer in the business. He was condescending and ignorant.
What? Why?
@@45rockinwax Yes,you are correct. DC was an all American which he wasn't found of Overseas acts which was not right. MY Uncle would Not watch his show Nad called him a square.
American bandstand was the best tv show of all time
So much for the truism that people love to go around repeating that ABBA could not really speak English. Since the end of WW II, i believe that all the Scandinavian countries have been practical enough to see that their people learn English. I wish I could speak any other language as well as they speak English.
well swedish is the second official language in Finland,BUTT even our government, politicians and officiliates cant do both, or very poorly! so daant waarry, you dant haffto da unny thingy, but pay them rents an taxis... Yaman ,du Costa ( btw aye wonderful guitarist!), : )
THe men always knew English, but the women didn't originally, yet quickly learned it early on in their ABBA career.
Thanks for the post.
1:20 - "Where do Swedish people learn rock and roll music?" I'm like, "whaaaaaaaat?"
Haha, and the answer was “well, we have the same music records in our stores as you Americans do, duh”, said in a more polite way.
@@TravelinBand747 They all had separate careers, too. We just didn't know about it over here because we were "entertained" by the likes of "Playground in My Mind" at the time, and we were missing poor Jim Croce who was taken way too soon. Waterloo was just what the AM radio dial needed.
I can't imagine that interview in today's media climate.
"Don't forget the Irish" Funny!
Dick Clark was suppose to be a professional but here he comes across like an amateur; the only question to Agnetha: "How many people live in Sweden?" good one Dick!
The first thing that comes to my mind is, "My God! Look how YOUNG they all are!" But, in 1975 I was 25. Time.
ABBA is eternally awesome, to be sure. But why have we not received a Dick Clark biopic yet? It would need to be over 3 hours. Or Multiple films.
Can you imagine if Dick Clark was alive and said some of those things today. He'd be "cancelled" for sure.
The Good Old Politically Incorrect Days.
God Bless your comment.
Thank you for the compliment regarding my cleverness and wit. I knew you'd like it! :--)
They speak better english when they are singing
Pretty common with artists
Most do, cos they repeat the words on a song and know what to say. It's harder when you have to asnswer questions
Can that man get more patronising. He is out of his depth.
Wonderful interview.
NOT
I don't think Dick at this point quite realized the super huge mega group he was dealing with during this rather silly interview.
At the time of the interview, they only had one significant hit on the charts, Waterloo, and SOS and I do I do I do I do what is soon to follow in 1975
Correct, ABBA had not yet reached superstardom in the US at this point, though they were quite the rage in Europe. Still, for a major television program, for the host to be that patronizing and unprofessional to his guests and not even realize it was astounding. And he thought he was skilled at it.
Yep. Thank you again.
He was a bumbling fool here. He had absolutely no clue what he was doing, and his awkward attempt to talk with them ended up having him doing most of the talking and then attempting to explain his way out of several stupid things he said or asked. This is one of the worst attempts at an interview I've ever seen. A high-school journalism student would have been more professional and prepared.
WE miss you Dick Clark. R.I.P.
Well...
Thanks 👍🇳🇿
dont forget the Irish, kudos to benny
DICK: And you're not all blonds. We thought you were all blonds.
AGNETHA: No, it's only me. It's just that when people look at me, they go cross eyed and see multiple.
lel she's entrancing, very entrancing.
Lol, I can't
Hate to break it to you, but she bleached her hair
"Kraut rock'n roll"?? OMG they would shut down ABC if someone on there said that now