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ABBA - The Show

Monday, 10. March 2008, 06:06:57

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I went to the theater yesterday, to see "ABBA - The Show". It's a play that has been talked a lot about here, so I was being very curious about how good it would turn out to be. The history on stage begins in the very late 60s when Bjørn, Benny, Agnetha and Anni-Frid meet for the first time and begin to play music together.

The show was performed by the Swedish cover band Waterloo and The National Symphony Orchestra of London and it was great. The audience experienced a time travel through Abba's gigantic song catalogue. We got Waterloo, SOS, Mamma Mia, Dancing Queen, Money Money Money, Knowing Me Knowing You and many many others. I even got surprised when we got "Ring Ring" in Swedish, I hadn't even imagined that ABBA once sang in Swedish. Homer: Doh!

First half of the show was from the beginning of their career, and it contained mostly hits, no stories about the band in between. Second half was much better, starting in 1977 when the band started to have some problems between the members.

It was good! And they would have earned the last star if I had got a little wiser on the story in the first half.

:star::star::star::star::star: out of 6.

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Comments

theoddbod 10. March 2008, 07:00

:smile:

Dacotah 10. March 2008, 07:15

Glad you liked the show Tilla :smile:

Tånegl 10. March 2008, 08:58

:up:

Furie 10. March 2008, 09:08

:ko:

Cois 10. March 2008, 09:26

I am not a closet ABBA fan! :insane:

r♡se 10. March 2008, 09:54

Interesting how the best part wasn't the music, but the quarrelling :D.

Attila 10. March 2008, 15:08

@ Rose ~ Well we didn't actually hear about the quarrelling, but just why it started to go downhills, and it would have been more interesting how it was when it was really good for them. :smile:

@ Cois ~ I am not excactly a fan, but I got to admit that they made some catchy songs.

:smile: @ the rest of you!

Cois 10. March 2008, 15:40

Its the catchy songs that got me.. Its actually my mum that listened to it and when we took long car trips she popped some ABBA in the cassette deck (some of you might not know what that is:p)

Dacotah 10. March 2008, 16:54

:smile:

Darko 10. March 2008, 17:52

*popping ABBA cassette in cassete player*
:sing:
"You are the dancing queen, young and sweet, only seventeen...."
I think it was the first foreign band that I have heard when I was a kid... :D

Attila 10. March 2008, 17:53

Haha, admit that you sang along with the Dancing Queen, Cois P:

Attila 10. March 2008, 17:54

:lol:

Darko came first with the singing! :lol:

Darko 10. March 2008, 18:13

*pressing fast forward on cassette player... waiting.... waiting....waiting..., pressing play again*
:sing:
"There was something in the air that night
The stars were bright, Fernando
They were shining there for you and me
For liberty, Fernando..."

Attila 10. March 2008, 18:31

:lol:

*Claps hands*

Darko 10. March 2008, 18:35

:D

Cois 10. March 2008, 19:03

I admit to nothing!:no:

Darko 10. March 2008, 19:59

Come on, Clint, this is not embarrassing, your mum would be proud on fact that you know all the words :D

r♡se 10. March 2008, 20:17

I actually liked the movie Muriel's Wedding even if there was nothing but Abba in the soundtrack there :left:.

Attila 10. March 2008, 20:31

You don't have to, Cois. We already know. :D

I must admit that I haven't seen that movie, Rose. :left:

Darko 10. March 2008, 20:47

Ohh, I have seen it, Australian one, right? Nice romantic movie :heart:
:D

Cois 10. March 2008, 21:03

I can't ever remember words to stuff.. It just brings fond memories of long car trips for me.. I don't even wanna mention Tom Jones..:ko:

Darko 10. March 2008, 21:10

*put cassette with Tom Jones tunes*
:sing:
"Well she's all you'd ever want,
She's the kind they'd like to flaunt and take to dinner.
Well she always knows her place.
She's got style, she's got grace, She's a winner.
She's a Lady. Whoa whoa whoa, She's a Lady.
Talkin' about that little lady, and the lady is mine."

Woooow!!!! This is getting wild :devil:
:lol:

Cois 10. March 2008, 21:21

You're scaring me..:insane:

Darko 10. March 2008, 21:30

:lol:
Do you want another one? :whistle:

Cois 10. March 2008, 21:34

Scare? :left: no thanks..the one will do nicely.. Now can we please throw that cassette player out? Or donate it to a museum maybe?

r♡se 10. March 2008, 21:36

*tries to create a diversion*

Yes, it's Australian. I'm not surprised you haven't seen it Tilla - it's pretty old (-94), and I have no idea how I came across it...

Darko 10. March 2008, 21:39

@Cois - what??? are you nuts??? to donate my sweet Techniks? I have bought it in 1991 and it is still working :happy: one day it will worth a millions :lol:

@Rose - it was on our TV few years ago.... twice.... :D

Cois 10. March 2008, 21:42

Still working? Without fixing or changing of parts?:eyes: wow.. It must be worth.. *counts on fingers* alot less than what you paid for it! Amazing isn't it!p:

Darko 10. March 2008, 21:47

You just wait.... :D
*leaves singing American Pie for himself*
:sing:
A long, long time ago...
I can still remember
How that music used to make me smile.
And I knew if I had my chance
That I could make those people dance
And, maybe, they’d be happy for a while....

Cois 10. March 2008, 21:50

Why do I know that?:cry:

Attila 11. March 2008, 04:40

Because Madonna also sang it? :left:

@ Rose ~ Well, I could have seen it anyway. I have seen more weird movies than I like to think of... :smile:

Brian 14. March 2008, 09:57

If you liked that, make sure you see Mama Mia also, it was great.

Attila 14. March 2008, 11:31

I have heard that Mama Mia should be worth seeing, but unfortunately it's not set up in my area. awww

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Furie 22. July 2008, 20:07

Tailored spam. Cool. Got any photos of purple wolves in thongs? :o:

Cois 22. July 2008, 23:50

Hey!

Furie 23. July 2008, 00:42

It's for a friend. :whistle:

Attila 23. July 2008, 04:58

Now you spoiled the birthday surprise! P:

Furie 23. July 2008, 09:42

:o:

Cois 23. July 2008, 23:59

:sst: You're the friend Tilla..

Attila 24. July 2008, 04:51

...and you're the model... P:

Furie 24. July 2008, 12:07

*locks them in a room together with catnip and whipped cream*

Cois 24. July 2008, 21:17

*smokes catnip, smears whipped cream on cat and leaves through window* :rolleyes:

Attila 25. July 2008, 05:13

*Wakes up, confused and dizzy, finding room foggy and weird smelling...*

Eewwwwwwwwwww.... I hate whipped cream! :yuck:

*Hurries out to shower it off*

Furie 25. July 2008, 13:25

*counts down from five then points to the bathroom at the exact moment that the cat screams as she realises she's been shaved to look like a French Poodle*

Attila 25. July 2008, 13:52

:irked:

*shaves the rest off - after all - it is almost 30C...*

Furie 25. July 2008, 14:22

SHAVED PUSSY! :eyes:

Attila 25. July 2008, 14:27

Stop staring! :mad:

Furie 25. July 2008, 15:24

Just curious. :o:

Attila 25. July 2008, 16:27

Yeah right. Just like Clinton "did not have sexual relations with that woman". :mad:

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