ABBA (Official Thread)

[METALPRIEST]

...yeah well it had to be done sooner or later!





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Ring Ring (1973)
Waterloo (1974)
ABBA (1975)
Arrival (1976)
ABBA: The Album (1977)
Voulez-Vous (1979)
Super Trouper (1980)
The Visitors (1981)


I was looking at another thread where they were refrenced as disco and someone else pointed out that they were not a disco band but a pop group. Me? I think ABBA was a GREAT pop group with epic songs that dabbled in the one or two disco tunes of the time as alot of bands did.

Hoping this thread will not only bring the ABBA fans into the house here, but will also allow others to hear MANY songs from their catalog that people are not aware of, or maybe they were but didn't know it was them.

So here we go from Sweden, Anni-Frid "Frida" Lyngstad, Björn Ulvaeus, Benny Andersson and Agnetha Fältskog.

Fältskog & Ulvaeus were married as were Lyngstad & Andersson, the first marriage ending in '79 and the second in '81. After this the music changed a bit lyrically as it became more introspective.

ABBA has sold over 375 Million albums around the world (much praise to the fantastic songwriting of Björn & Benny) and they are in the top 4 biggest pop/rock groups OF ALL TIME!!

So let's get our Dancing Shoes On and have a party with

Agnetha
Björn
Benny
Anni-Frid

Waterloo



Take A Chance On Me



Knowing Me Knowing You











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[Soot and Stars]

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I own one ABBA album! This is a cool group because as much of a guilty pleasure group as they are and how much they cross into disco they are still legitimately enjoyed and respected by many!

Here's another cool track with beautiful vocals:

Fernando

 

[METALPRIEST]

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Fernando is a great song and Video...speaking of which this DVD is a must own for anyone that likes ABBA...it's got EVERYTHING

 

[ILoveJimmyPage]

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Dancing Queen - Good Stuff!




Couldn't really get into the disco, though. Sad to admit I only know a few of their songs.

 

[METALPRIEST]

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Their catalog runs pretty deep....very minimal disco styled tunes

 

[ILoveJimmyPage]

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Their catalog runs pretty deep....very minimal disco styled tunes

Oh really? I always heard they were categorized as "Disco" and I guess that's why I was never really inclined to give them a listen.

 

[METALPRIEST]

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Yeah a few current european power metal bands have covered their tracks because their writing was sooo epic as well as european. Here's a beautiful track

When All Is Said And Done



Here's Helloween covering ABBA...this rocks...

Lay All Your Love On Me

 

[Prime]

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Man I remember listening to this song years ago:

 

[rollingstoned]

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Great band!

 

[Tray73]

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Abba was the first group I became a massive fan of, way back in '78 when I was a wee nipper. I had most of their albums, singles, had my walls covered in their posters and filled three scrapbooks full of pictures of them I still have the records somewhere, but the tapes I outed - I just play the Greatest Hits CD I have these days. Here's my all time favourite:


The Winner Takes It All

Excuse me now while I