RARE ABBA INTERVIEW: Band members on songs, Mamma Mia and world tour | 7NEWS Spotlight

ABBA is undoubtedly Australia's favourite pop group of all time, and that affection remains as strong today as it did four decades ago when the Swedish singers first toured the country. Recently, Björn, Benny, Agnetha & Anni-Frid returned to the studio, recording new music and preparing for a very unusual world tour. Rahni Sadler sat down with members of the band for an unforgettable interview.
This story originally aired on September 17 2017.
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  • @gljtiamo
    @gljtiamo3 жыл бұрын

    My mum rented "Muriel's Wedding" when I was little & it was my introduction to ABBA.....I loved their music, right away, and sang "Fernando" in my elementary school's talent show (while all my friends sang songs by Ace of Base & Boys II Men, lol).....and, now, my daughter discovered them on YTube when she was 7 and they have been her favorite group for the last 3 years😊 A big thank you to 7NEWS Spotlight, from a Canadian fan of both your channel & ABBA!

  • @7NEWSSpotlight

    @7NEWSSpotlight

    3 жыл бұрын

    Awww, thank you so much. Thanks for watching and your kind words. Hopefully your girl enjoys this interview, too!

  • @nathanstruik561

    @nathanstruik561

    3 жыл бұрын

    i am a abba fan

  • @Mikeatthenet

    @Mikeatthenet

    3 жыл бұрын

    Ace of Base...another Swedish group

  • @danfrost3043

    @danfrost3043

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@Mikeatthenet and Roxette

  • @amycrunch3812

    @amycrunch3812

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@7NEWSSpotlight 'Björn' means 'bear', you probably know. The 'ö' is pronounced by forming your lips to say 'o' but saying 'e' instead. So more 'Byern' than 'Byorn'.

  • @nirmalsuki
    @nirmalsuki2 жыл бұрын

    ABBA are the only ones surprised about their success. Everyone else knows ABBA is the greatest pop group of all time.

  • @laminage

    @laminage

    2 жыл бұрын

    Exactly! They are so humble and down to earth. That's what made them so iconic.

  • @Swingmesideways

    @Swingmesideways

    2 жыл бұрын

    Typical swedish, never admit that you are Great. We are just i the middle

  • @Capricorn_jan2648

    @Capricorn_jan2648

    2 жыл бұрын

    BTS

  • @AMinuteWithJESUS

    @AMinuteWithJESUS

    2 жыл бұрын

    Totally agree 👍 Loving them all

  • @Operafreak9

    @Operafreak9

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@laminage They were truly loved.

  • @magkal8690
    @magkal869013 күн бұрын

    Abba didn't create music, they created magic...their songs are so magical that they stick to the hearts of people, and just remain there...

  • @nvwcj22
    @nvwcj222 жыл бұрын

    This interviewer did a fantastic job. She asked great questions, didn't interrupt & didn't trap them into any malicious or judgy comments which I've heard many other interviewers (from around the world) do. Thank you! Thoroughly enjoyed hearing from ABBA after all these years.

  • @itsatry

    @itsatry

    2 жыл бұрын

    the interviewer is Rahni Sadler, and she is a MASSIVE ABBA fan!

  • @Judithestears

    @Judithestears

    2 жыл бұрын

    I’m old now, and hearing for the first time. Was back in the deep woods raising babies. Incredible group and fantastical touching new song, “I Still Have Faith In You”. Made me cry 5 times now...

  • @stevenfrasher619

    @stevenfrasher619

    2 жыл бұрын

    I really like the presenter, Rahni -- very pretty but approachable, open and authentic. Loved her laugh.

  • @heisenberg69

    @heisenberg69

    2 жыл бұрын

    Would have been nice if she played a little bit of ABBA music, right? Incompetence right there, Rahni "less" Sadler.

  • @leojson7351

    @leojson7351

    Жыл бұрын

    Credits to the interviewer and the production. Well researched and not too cheesy. I especially liked the reflection of: down to earth.

  • @lldd11
    @lldd112 жыл бұрын

    Agnetha looks so great for her age, she is even more beautiful than younger version! And she is so soft and humble, what a great woman!

  • @SCARAMOUSXL5

    @SCARAMOUSXL5

    8 ай бұрын

    YOU ARE ABSOLUTELY RIGHT!!!AND WHAT A VOICE!!!AGNETHA IS ALWAYS THE GIRL WITH GOLDEN HAIR GOLDEN VOICE AND MORE GOLDEN HEART!!!!GOD BLESS YOU CHIQUITITA AGNETHA!!!!

  • @executivedecision6141

    @executivedecision6141

    Ай бұрын

    Agnetha looked her best in 1968. Check out the cover photo of her in a leather miniskirt on that first album! 😍

  • @rafaelrodriguez1029
    @rafaelrodriguez10293 жыл бұрын

    Dear Benny. It is not luck at all. It is discipline, perfection, music, desire to give the best to the public. God Bless You Four!

  • @c50ge

    @c50ge

    3 жыл бұрын

    Benny saying it’s luck is showing humility. If he were to say it was because 4 great singers with excellent pitch ,tone, etc. you would think he was soooooo stuck on himself no one would want to hear them even if they are great

  • @EchoBravo370

    @EchoBravo370

    2 жыл бұрын

    Success is ALWAYS a combination of hard work and luck. You gotta have both because so many talented people go unnoticed in this world.

  • @lilyr6755

    @lilyr6755

    2 жыл бұрын

    Awwe I love their humbleness. Those you mentioned & their humbleness is why they deserve such love, respect, & their fame & success !

  • @gnx71

    @gnx71

    Ай бұрын

    Amen❤✝️🙏✝️

  • @malcolmbrown7683
    @malcolmbrown76833 жыл бұрын

    Benny says that they were lucky. No, they were all so talented

  • @cameliabudulai2913

    @cameliabudulai2913

    2 жыл бұрын

    I would add modesty.

  • @Mike-yb5md

    @Mike-yb5md

    2 жыл бұрын

    You need a little bit of both sometimes. But yes, still highly underrated.

  • @edwardthetwentyfifth6462

    @edwardthetwentyfifth6462

    2 жыл бұрын

    Plenty of talented people out there who never got a big break. They’re amazing, but they were also very lucky. Many people think that very gifted artists automatically become famous superstars, but many are selling shoes or insurance, they are stay at home mothers, and so on. They are superstars who never got a break for whatever reason. We see them occasionally on America’s Got Talent and go, “How can this person not be famous?”

  • @Eleventhearlofmars

    @Eleventhearlofmars

    2 жыл бұрын

    The stars did align perfectly for them at the time though, right place right time first off with Eurovision in Brighton, I believe Benny bet a decent sum of money at big odds that Abba would win with Waterloo, won a large amount of money for the time.

  • @urekmazino6800

    @urekmazino6800

    2 жыл бұрын

    Need both

  • @graphiquejack
    @graphiquejack Жыл бұрын

    So sad Frida wasn’t a part of this, but both of the women are very media shy. Great interviews all around. This group deserves all the love that they have given us over the years

  • @user-lx1or5ln6g

    @user-lx1or5ln6g

    12 күн бұрын

    Устали они....

  • @azariahisrael5632
    @azariahisrael5632 Жыл бұрын

    Keith Richards of the Rolling Stones calls Abba's song SOS the greatest pop song ever written. 360 million albums is mind boggling. One of the greatest bands ever.

  • @tinasjostrand2677
    @tinasjostrand26773 жыл бұрын

    I know it's silly but as a Swede, this makes me so proud 🙂

  • @EvertssonTelevision1

    @EvertssonTelevision1

    2 жыл бұрын

    Du har helt rätt 😀

  • @nickfatsis9607

    @nickfatsis9607

    2 жыл бұрын

    It's not silly, you should feel very proud!!

  • @pennykay6368

    @pennykay6368

    2 жыл бұрын

    It is not silly at all. I miss Sweden 🇸🇪 everytime I listen to their music 😢

  • @nickfatsis9607

    @nickfatsis9607

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@pennykay6368 I'm not even Swedish and I miss Sweden when I hear ABBA!! LOL

  • @brianbozo2447

    @brianbozo2447

    2 жыл бұрын

    Nothing Silly about 4 fantastic people getting together and making the world a better place.

  • @charleskristiansson1296
    @charleskristiansson12963 жыл бұрын

    The girls speak good English and their Swedish accents when they speak their native language are so beautiful.

  • @cymro6537

    @cymro6537

    3 жыл бұрын

    That distinctive accent can also be heard in the diction of the singing in the songs: "Thank you for the *moosick* " Just one of the reasons perhaps that made this band so special ✨

  • @logauffin701

    @logauffin701

    3 жыл бұрын

    Omg I’m sorry but this is so funny to me cuz in Sweden we always say English whit Swedish accent sounds so ugly lmao

  • @timothypowell8624

    @timothypowell8624

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@logauffin701 trust me. I'm an English man and I live in Tranos in Sweden for 2 years. Your English pronunciation is beautiful :)

  • @HBIKevin

    @HBIKevin

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@logauffin701 Most English speakers around the world speak the Queen's English, at least to us in the US. Almost everyone has a Brit accent to us, which is somewhat surprising if you don't know the history of places like India or Nigeria. However, Swedes I have met are mostly relatively accentless except that induced by their parent tongue's natural pronunciation, which in the case of Swedes is not at all distracting. The only thing that most Swedes in the past (and this may have changed with more interaction via the Internet) didn't have was US idiom, that was something that they needed to learn here. Hats off to English teachers in Sweden.

  • @jari2018

    @jari2018

    Жыл бұрын

    The girls talk old swedish in the interwievs in the 70's its like a throwback to 30-40 or 50s movies - very special (for me)

  • @MVEProducties
    @MVEProducties2 жыл бұрын

    Benny is a musical genius, together with Bjorn. Frida and Agneta's voices blend so wonderful together.

  • @brucewarnock4661
    @brucewarnock46612 жыл бұрын

    Agnetha still looks kind, and she still has that soft perfect voice in her older years. their music will stand the test of time.

  • @kentfuqua9634
    @kentfuqua96343 жыл бұрын

    They were in the right place and at the right time with all the right music. They are and always be great and much loved. I am 72 and still listen!

  • @johnlennon5656

    @johnlennon5656

    3 жыл бұрын

    I am 55 years old I remember them very vaguely I was very young at the time and I found Agnetha very beautiful ... I am not an English speaker but I loved hearing their melody ... I learned to know them only this year as you say they arrived at the right time with very beautiful song whose music remained in our heads

  • @marlenejohnston9445

    @marlenejohnston9445

    3 жыл бұрын

    I’m nearly 60,and still absolutely love ABBA.It’s just a pity they didn’t get back together as all their concerts would sell out right away.

  • @Urfinchannel

    @Urfinchannel

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@marlenejohnston9445 they do

  • @suziquestionable2845

    @suziquestionable2845

    3 жыл бұрын

    Pp

  • @fairmaiden6472

    @fairmaiden6472

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@johnlennon5656 57 and i was CRAZY about them

  • @waterbird1998
    @waterbird19982 жыл бұрын

    I love that my 16 year old daughter likes ABBA like I did when I was younger

  • @regina.phalange.

    @regina.phalange.

    2 жыл бұрын

    That's really cute! As an avid 16 year old ABBA fan, I wish my parents liked ABBA as well.

  • @nicole.stanhope

    @nicole.stanhope

    2 жыл бұрын

    Play Dancing Queen at her 17th birthday party 💗

  • @rodrigovelasquez9854

    @rodrigovelasquez9854

    2 жыл бұрын

    ABBA is timeless. They’ve got lots of new fans. I can’t wait for the album!!

  • @Beans-great
    @Beans-great10 ай бұрын

    I had the honour of auditioning for Benny and Bjorn. I was in the original North American cast of Mamma Mia in Toronto in 2000. It was one of the highlights of my acting career. If I was in a bad mood, I was always in a better mood after doing the show. 2 years of magic. I love their music as much today as I did as a kid in the late 70’s.

  • @elizabethwilcox9199

    @elizabethwilcox9199

    7 ай бұрын

    Congratulations on getting the gig! Dream come true.

  • @Querencia7779
    @Querencia77792 ай бұрын

    ABBA is a gift. They combined many cultures of musical traditions, sounds, and songs and then gave it to the world.

  • @MusicEssentials
    @MusicEssentials2 жыл бұрын

    What The Beatles were for the 1960's, ABBA were for the 1970's. Both bands have an impressive, unmatched catalog of timeless classic pop music tracks.

  • @Toastrackman

    @Toastrackman

    2 жыл бұрын

    Definitely, but unlike the Beatles, ABBA were never arrogant with their fame. John Lennon upset a lot of people on his ego trip back in 1966, with his 'We're bigger than Jesus' comment.

  • @dejanve

    @dejanve

    5 ай бұрын

    And what are the Rolling Stones from 1960's until present day 😁

  • @pedrogarcia208
    @pedrogarcia2082 жыл бұрын

    My mom used to tell she didn't understand a word of their songs, but she would play their music until the end of time. Once I learned English, it blew my mind how beautiful the lyrics are. She is no longer with me, but I am forever grateful she introduced me to ABBA. 💙

  • @rickjohnson6559
    @rickjohnson6559 Жыл бұрын

    They never ever claimed greatness. Always stayed grounded. It was inner heartache that ended it. Remember the video honey honey. Stay grounded. Then the end. The winner takes it all. My gosh I'm a 64 year old cowboy and this still brings tears. And then the Eurovision win. It was like a race horse leaving the gate. Thankyou 4 for ALL the memories. God bless you 4.

  • @lilypartida

    @lilypartida

    4 ай бұрын

    How sweet! God bless you, Sir 😊

  • @robinwagner3293
    @robinwagner32933 жыл бұрын

    The young girl " Who's Abba? You got to be joking!" Really. Still love this group. There was indeed something special there and the music was enjoyable.

  • @TomBTerrific

    @TomBTerrific

    2 жыл бұрын

    Wonder if those children were listening to grandma’s music when visiting? Haha bet they were…

  • @JadeNut
    @JadeNut10 ай бұрын

    Me and Agnetha have the same favorite ABBA song. I LOVE The Winner Takes it All. Her voice is so magical in it. .

  • @RK-ml2ns
    @RK-ml2ns3 жыл бұрын

    The greatest pop band in history.

  • @imdone1965

    @imdone1965

    2 жыл бұрын

    The Eagles , Rolling Stones , Foreigner, the Beatles , Fleetwood Mac and Chicago would like to have a word with you...

  • @josephmiller997
    @josephmiller9972 жыл бұрын

    I want to compliment this interviewer. Really fantastic job. I appreciate the subtlety of the questions. She seems to be a genuine fan. It's so silly to focus on the negative, which is all some interviewers want to do as a cheap way to create drama. She drew out the darker parts with compassion, gentleness, and humanity. Truly well done. Thank you!

  • @LordTelperion

    @LordTelperion

    2 жыл бұрын

    Hear, hear!

  • @jensj2

    @jensj2

    10 ай бұрын

    She's lovely. Also did a great Barry Gibb program.

  • @tonyo4339

    @tonyo4339

    5 ай бұрын

    I thought the same thing throughout the whole interview.

  • @lincarrey
    @lincarrey3 жыл бұрын

    ABBA is eternal. Good things never die. Thanks for the songs!

  • @EfficientTrout

    @EfficientTrout

    2 жыл бұрын

    "Thank you for the music"

  • @Samp50
    @Samp50 Жыл бұрын

    All songs are melodious. No screaming, no jarring..beautiful lovely songs..

  • @marieslabbert6009
    @marieslabbert60092 жыл бұрын

    It is wonderful to hear how they, ABBA themselves, think of their experiences. I miss Frida in the interview.

  • @edberns2420

    @edberns2420

    2 жыл бұрын

    Me too.

  • @elpostre9234

    @elpostre9234

    2 жыл бұрын

    Me too!!!

  • @rainysunday6186

    @rainysunday6186

    2 жыл бұрын

    She’s too high class now as a princess.

  • @Madebyadakiara

    @Madebyadakiara

    Жыл бұрын

    @@rainysunday6186 she’s very humble actually. Probably she couldn’t make it. Stop spreading immotivate hate

  • @shereekendall1003

    @shereekendall1003

    Жыл бұрын

    Me too!

  • @Noob-vj6iy
    @Noob-vj6iy8 ай бұрын

    The 2 men who wrote and composed the songs are definitely in the top ten of the best musicians of the century. They are music geniuses

  • @sandeepbekal1
    @sandeepbekal13 жыл бұрын

    I can't think of any Pop Star Band giving so many hits with each tune being so refreshingly different.. They captured the hearts of the people , both with their music as well as their Swedish grace and charm !

  • @RoxannaMoos2014

    @RoxannaMoos2014

    2 жыл бұрын

    Well put.

  • @MondoMiami

    @MondoMiami

    10 ай бұрын

    LOL!! Every song literally sounds like the last. Every. Single. Song.

  • @viktorgoa

    @viktorgoa

    10 ай бұрын

    bee gees

  • @michaelvoorhees5978
    @michaelvoorhees5978 Жыл бұрын

    The girls voices are so unreal sounding. Their harmony is amazing. The most unique ever

  • @momzies93
    @momzies93 Жыл бұрын

    I grew up listening to ABBA. Their music was a great inspiration for us all during the 70’s ♥️♥️. “So I say thank you for the music, for giving it to me”. ♥️

  • @Safferpsyche
    @Safferpsyche3 жыл бұрын

    The world needs ABBA now more than ever

  • @TrippyFPV469

    @TrippyFPV469

    2 жыл бұрын

    My thoughts exactly!❤️

  • @davidhaber5304
    @davidhaber5304 Жыл бұрын

    Agnetha is still a beautiful woman. You know why? She looks so natural. No surgeries on her face. Aged beautifully. So modest. And with all do respect she had the greatest rear end!!

  • @malagastehlaate230
    @malagastehlaate2303 жыл бұрын

    Abba can never be forgotten... their music was too beautiful... I passed my love of their music on to my children.

  • @alecneate76

    @alecneate76

    2 жыл бұрын

    Now they enjoy their new current music

  • @despereauxxx
    @despereauxxx3 жыл бұрын

    Even my grandchildren knows who ABBA is. My youngest grandchild is 5 years old and his favourite song is Fernando. Being humble takes you far. This is a great example of them being so greatful, humle and down to earth friends of all. Viva ABBA !!

  • @mred9361

    @mred9361

    2 жыл бұрын

    If anyone had a right to be a bit conceited it was them, but there was nothing but humility

  • @James-bn6zl

    @James-bn6zl

    2 жыл бұрын

    I always play this song every night before going to bed

  • @mariegeorge8865

    @mariegeorge8865

    9 ай бұрын

    My favorite is "Fernando," too. It was the first ABBA song I heard.💕

  • @shereekendall1003
    @shereekendall1003 Жыл бұрын

    What made abba was, the two girls voice's! Their voice's when singing together was the hype of that band....no other female singers can sing like them when they sing in harmoney together...they are extremely extraordinary! Total bliss to listen too💛💛💛💛

  • @WashedOout
    @WashedOout Жыл бұрын

    Been listening to Abba since I was a young girl. My dad bought me the gold album and we’d dance in the kitchen to it! 25 years later I got to take him to the Voyage show. Absolutely beautiful ❤

  • @johanwhiz2632
    @johanwhiz26322 жыл бұрын

    I grew up listening to ABBA. They will always be my favourite artists. I’m glad they lived in that era of musical purity. They remain humble and down to earth to this day❤️❤️❤️

  • @mariegeorge8865

    @mariegeorge8865

    9 ай бұрын

    I still remember walking into the Enlisted Club at NATO HQs, in Germany, July 1976. "Fernando" was playing, and I was hooked. I've loved their music (and them) ever since.

  • @jpallen719
    @jpallen7193 жыл бұрын

    There success is largely due to the quality of them as individuals and humility and professionalism..... it showed in their, music interviews and life even to this day they maintain such high quality.... I take a bow to that.... how privileged we were to hear them first hand......

  • @kyachdistent1301

    @kyachdistent1301

    2 жыл бұрын

    Yeah but since, success for many others is down to being tossers, slags, social media desperados, a mass acquiring followers even dumber than themselves, nepotism and a mass dumbing down of an environmental acceptance of absolutely anything, unless it stirs attention, whether negative or not.

  • @karstent.66

    @karstent.66

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@kyachdistent1301 Thank you! So I am not the only one who is thinking this...

  • @kyachdistent1301

    @kyachdistent1301

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@karstent.66 A pleasure, There's some of us still fighting against the mass evil and base stupidity everywhere.

  • @jerrybrownell3633
    @jerrybrownell36332 жыл бұрын

    Benny composed catchy and memorable music, Bjorn wrote simple but easy to understand lyrics and Frida and Agnetha brought the songs to life with their voices and their stage presence. I am guessing the fact they were so photogenic didn't hurt either.

  • @kyachdistent1301

    @kyachdistent1301

    2 жыл бұрын

    The like of their 1981 and 1982 material were not simple. There's no way their lyrics are all round simple, otherwise EVERYBODYS songs would read like Abba's, instead of the Oasis, Take That, Diane Warren, Whitney Houston, Tina Turner, Madness, Cure, madogga and everything now garbage that rules the world.

  • @Samp50

    @Samp50

    Жыл бұрын

    All songs are melodious. No screaming, no jarring..beautiful lovely songs.

  • @sky173
    @sky1732 жыл бұрын

    oh boy... I feel a nonstop ABBA search on KZread coming on... the 70's/80's were so awesome. So simple...

  • @jaxthename
    @jaxthename10 ай бұрын

    Giving pleasure to billions of people through their music is a wonderful thing. Best band ever.

  • @georgiehollander2199
    @georgiehollander21993 жыл бұрын

    I still have my Concert Programme from 1977......8th of March, Perth Entertainment Centre.............luv luv ABBA......Always will...........xoxo

  • @heikebohne8864

    @heikebohne8864

    3 жыл бұрын

    Wonderful for You. 🧡🧡🧡🧡🧡

  • @rahnisadler9786

    @rahnisadler9786

    3 жыл бұрын

    So jealous Georgie.

  • @johnnymeyer4253

    @johnnymeyer4253

    2 жыл бұрын

    I was in Perth in 2010. Visited a friend named Rachel.

  • @swierzc
    @swierzc2 жыл бұрын

    I truly cried watching this doc because they are such an innocent and fantastic group. I am so happy to hear this album. When life gets tough, I throw on my beloved ABBA and my problems go away for a bit. ❣

  • @Ken_Weber_organist
    @Ken_Weber_organist10 ай бұрын

    ABBA will be a legend forever, very wonderful, wholesome music makers.

  • @blackletter2591
    @blackletter259110 ай бұрын

    There's really no mystery. It's great songs performed enthusiastically and unironically by great performers. It was a magic mix.

  • @anthonyglee1710
    @anthonyglee17102 жыл бұрын

    Not only fantastic song writers and singers, but they touched our souls in a profound way which stays with you for life. Thank you for The Music, ABBA. Isn’t it incredible how the Swedes are so humble and not bothered about celebrity status.

  • @magnusmalmstrom6535

    @magnusmalmstrom6535

    Жыл бұрын

    You said it! Very true.

  • @muffs55mercury61
    @muffs55mercury61 Жыл бұрын

    I thank ABBA for all the great musical memories they left us in the 1970s. Cracking the USA top 40 is very difficult but they did it 14 times (plus one solo hit each by Agnetha and Frida) Agnetha is still beautiful more than 45 years later.

  • @shereekendall1003

    @shereekendall1003

    Жыл бұрын

    So is Annifrid...actually Frida really looks amazingly wonderful for her age now...they both do, but in my opinion Annifrid looks younger than Agnetha😊😊

  • @muffs55mercury61

    @muffs55mercury61

    Жыл бұрын

    @@shereekendall1003 By all means

  • @shereekendall1003

    @shereekendall1003

    Жыл бұрын

    @@muffs55mercury61 Thankyou😊

  • @rubenlopezusa
    @rubenlopezusa10 ай бұрын

    ABBA = Extraordinary composers + amazing voices

  • @jerilane4420
    @jerilane44203 жыл бұрын

    This lady is a great interviewer and of course the topic is soooo great! They all seem to eb such real people.

  • @rahnisadler9786

    @rahnisadler9786

    3 жыл бұрын

    They really are. I think the Swedes and Australians share traits. Among them equality and humility. All of the members we interviewed were just as down to earth as they seem.

  • @bauTom

    @bauTom

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@rahnisadler9786 yeah Swedes=Australians 🤣🤣🤣 when u get out from under your rock, dont turn on the tv, you’re in for a little surprise about some little flu thing… you’ll see that these countries are identical. 🤣🤣😁

  • @rahatsharif598
    @rahatsharif5983 жыл бұрын

    Their music touches my soul.

  • @erikaSE973

    @erikaSE973

    25 күн бұрын

    That's why they are so successful they touched millions

  • @lesleyewen-foster3629
    @lesleyewen-foster36292 жыл бұрын

    I LOVED ABBA, and I always will. Their music makes me feel good and to know that those lyrics were written in their second language is amazing! I love, love, love them.

  • @beatix65
    @beatix652 жыл бұрын

    One of the best ABBA documentarys.

  • @franchescofinocchiaro83
    @franchescofinocchiaro833 жыл бұрын

    Abba was so ahead of their time. Notice there has never a band that success and with such a great hits. My grandma would play mama mia and other hits at parties. I loved them!!!

  • @Elvisrivers1
    @Elvisrivers12 жыл бұрын

    You really can't appreciate the enormity of their skill, abilities and professionalism until you watch a concert video...like Wembley '79. Unfrigginbelievable. They bring everything it takes to reproduce the studio sound but in a live application. Phenomenal.

  • @patriciabarkley735
    @patriciabarkley7352 жыл бұрын

    I love how Benny always says “the girls”. That is so sweet. I also loved him bouncing up and down, playing the piano, while he was shaking his hair around and giving out the cute smiles. He was absolutely adorable and gorgeous! Yummy! By the way, I am only 70 years old and I still feel my heart pounding a little faster and harder! Oh Benny! ❤️🌹❤️

  • @LadyKattyUA

    @LadyKattyUA

    2 жыл бұрын

    У меня такие же чувства)) Бенни феноменален!

  • @steffichristina8169

    @steffichristina8169

    2 жыл бұрын

    Bin ganz bei Ihnen bezüglich Benny ❣️ 🥰👍

  • @alanreynolds2287
    @alanreynolds22873 жыл бұрын

    All of their music has a positive energy about it. One cannot help but feel good listening to it!

  • @MeMommyEms
    @MeMommyEms2 жыл бұрын

    I grew up listening to Abba music. They’re a part of my life and I will never ever forget it.

  • @Godwinpounds4333

    @Godwinpounds4333

    Жыл бұрын

    Hello how’re you doing?

  • @drosefan1959
    @drosefan19592 жыл бұрын

    They are the most compassionate human beings on the earth.they really cared that ticket prices were affordable and that they had the best sound...lighting...that they could get....they were as good as any band ever

  • @kitc3934
    @kitc39342 жыл бұрын

    I have been on an ABBA documentary binge the last few days and it feels like the interview and the story granted to Australian 7 News Spotlight as a gift by ABBA for the gift the Australians gave to the ABBA during the 1977 tour. This video is also a gift to the rest of the world. It helps us to know and appreciate ABBA at another deeper level. This is probably the best documentary on ABBA by far. A big THUMB UP for the entire production team.

  • @luisanato797
    @luisanato797 Жыл бұрын

    ABBA is forever. Their voices are like angels 🎼🥰🎵👏👏

  • @susanhutchinson5243
    @susanhutchinson52432 жыл бұрын

    The music is complexly written and played, the lyrics joyful, and the voices magical. Timeless!

  • @Godwinpounds4333

    @Godwinpounds4333

    Жыл бұрын

    Hello how’re you doing?

  • @ritamali584
    @ritamali5842 жыл бұрын

    Am from African Ghana 🇬🇭. I love Abba and I can sing most of their somgs

  • @KathyR1964
    @KathyR19642 жыл бұрын

    I play my ABBA CDs in my car everyday and while I drive to and from work I sing with ABBA...this brings me happiness and always puts me in a good mood ! :)

  • @BalladSelections
    @BalladSelections2 жыл бұрын

    To those who grew up in the 70s and 80s are really blessed to have ABBA entertained us and continues to until today. They are very sweet and talented. I loved them then and will continue to love them and their songs as long as I live

  • @billbrandine5857
    @billbrandine585710 ай бұрын

    Wow. What an absolutely honest and touching interview video of a most humble bunch of people who really appreciate everything that happened to them. To me, their songs and the performances of them are of the highest quality in pop music. Loved watching this. Thanks for posting.

  • @wistralis7387
    @wistralis7387 Жыл бұрын

    Couldn’t help but smile for the whole 34 minutes

  • @jnb756
    @jnb7562 жыл бұрын

    I am a "metalhead" and grew up in the 70's as a child an a teen in the 80's - I scoff at pop music and can't stand anything that normally gets radio play - but ABBA? I LOVE ABBA - their music touches something deep inside and I don't care what people in my genre of music might think - ABBA is METAL as F**K!!

  • @crakerjack7271

    @crakerjack7271

    2 жыл бұрын

    A fan after my own heart - right on😎

  • @cherylween4973

    @cherylween4973

    2 жыл бұрын

    Metal? I don't understand.

  • @Swingmesideways

    @Swingmesideways

    2 жыл бұрын

    Got same problem, metalhead that cry when I listen to ABBA, so emotionell

  • @Swingmesideways

    @Swingmesideways

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@cherylween4973 metal music, been sleeping the last 30 years? Metalheads, metal music...think you got it now

  • @johnstaf

    @johnstaf

    2 жыл бұрын

    Growing up in the 1970s, my favourite bands were Black Sabbath and ABBA.

  • @jlewis1688
    @jlewis16882 жыл бұрын

    Agnetha is so beautiful I loved her when I was a teenager and still do now

  • @nickfatsis9607
    @nickfatsis96072 жыл бұрын

    For me, ABBA can be summed up in one word "MAGIC"

  • @helenmariejohns868
    @helenmariejohns8682 жыл бұрын

    I will always thank Abba for their music and what they had to go through... pain, fame, sorrow. But they gave us all their best through their music, songs and success. Well done to all 4 of them plus everyone who helped them to make them the greatest foursome ever. Thankyou Abba for the music and being part of our lives. Xxxx.

  • @curleex3838
    @curleex38382 жыл бұрын

    Surely it's us the fans who should be singing 'Thank you for the music' It's been an honour listening to you for all these yrs....✌💙🇬🇧

  • @johnlatham7092
    @johnlatham70923 жыл бұрын

    Love seeing them age so gracefully ...

  • @chuckclough153
    @chuckclough1533 жыл бұрын

    I love how the appreciation of ABBA has grown so much, and across generations now, since I was a fan of theirs beginning in 1976. I was so grateful to see their live concert in Milwaukee on Sat. 9/29/1979.

  • @phylly5576
    @phylly55763 жыл бұрын

    Thank you ABBA for the music ♥️

  • @MsSundis
    @MsSundis2 жыл бұрын

    ABBA forever, my # 1 band, still listening to their music, great, unique voices and songs.

  • @laminage
    @laminage2 жыл бұрын

    When you go back and hear these songs, they really were Masterpieces. Folks born in the 1990's are discovering them and are blown away. I told them that in Sweden between 1974-1983 they "owned" the Swedish Charts.

  • @nancycrayton2738
    @nancycrayton27383 жыл бұрын

    Impossible to have too much ABBA. But, it needs to be all of ABBA.

  • @mcastllo1
    @mcastllo12 жыл бұрын

    Abba came to stay forever, I'm 50 years old, I'm been a lot party to all my years, and Dancing Queen always is the song that wake all to the dance floor...

  • @pearlpurslow2414
    @pearlpurslow24143 жыл бұрын

    I always grew up with abba as my mum loved them. Now I'm 12 and they're all I listen to. I can't sleep on the night without listening to them! ❤️

  • @carla7256

    @carla7256

    2 жыл бұрын

    Same I'm twelve to and instead of nursery times my mom used to sing abba as my nursery ryme.

  • @pearlpurslow2414

    @pearlpurslow2414

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@carla7256 ahaha that's so cool what's your favourite abba song mines either under attack, honey, honey, when I kissed the teacher or head over heels 💕

  • @carla7256

    @carla7256

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@pearlpurslow2414 knowing me knowing you or the winner takes it all.

  • @pearlpurslow2414

    @pearlpurslow2414

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@carla7256 those ones are amazing too! 💕

  • @MMimi-mg4qt

    @MMimi-mg4qt

    2 жыл бұрын

    When I was twelve, they were so not popular amongst my friends from school, they were laughing at me for liking them and today they are popular with those same ppl 40 years later...funny, isn't it?

  • @redoz9768
    @redoz97682 жыл бұрын

    Benny's vision in 2017 to make the band into CGI Avatars of their younger selves is now a reality as we can see in their comeback video. This guy is a creative genius. He was the one that organised the high quality video clips of the band in the 70's, which is what Countdown started to play, and the rest is history. Now he takes them to another level, CGI ABBA in 2021.

  • @alisohoful
    @alisohoful3 жыл бұрын

    I was a big big fan of ABBA and still is up to now. Great songs they are. All of them. Their voice is so fantastic amazing and unique. Wish they will come back to sing again. Love you always ABBA.

  • @7NEWSSpotlight

    @7NEWSSpotlight

    3 жыл бұрын

    We love ABBA too!!

  • @leeanndiamond8218

    @leeanndiamond8218

    3 жыл бұрын

    They have recorded 5 new songs that are to be released this year :)

  • @eduardovelasquez1488

    @eduardovelasquez1488

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@leeanndiamond8218 where did you hear this?

  • @leeanndiamond8218

    @leeanndiamond8218

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@eduardovelasquez1488 It's been all over KZread and other sites. Bjorn and Benny have both done interviews and talked about it. They are planning a virtual tour that use avatars of themselves. They recorded initially 2 songs to be incorporated into the concert but now there are 5. Here is hoping a full album ends up being released :).

  • @MsCatmando
    @MsCatmando Жыл бұрын

    We are still listening and loving the music

  • @Tk-ou9ec
    @Tk-ou9ec10 ай бұрын

    It’s July 2023. Just seen this. ABBA-solutely enjoyed it. Well done everyone involved in making this short doco. I will always love ABBA The best.

  • @Bacchusmbt
    @Bacchusmbt10 ай бұрын

    I’m sure the members of ABBA are fully aware of this…but they have given so much joy and happiness on a global level through their music. ☺️👍🏻

  • @alisonrainbowz6861
    @alisonrainbowz68612 жыл бұрын

    The best interviewer, total respect for Abba and everyone else, thank you🌟🥰

  • @udomueller8627
    @udomueller86272 жыл бұрын

    What a wonderful interview. I wished Frida would have been also in the interview. It brought back so many wonderful memories. I remember so well when ABBA won the Eurovision. My personal most favourite album is their Spanish album " Gracias por la musica" where they sing their most popular songs all in Spanish. A wonderful album. Released in 1980.

  • @wiseowl179
    @wiseowl1792 жыл бұрын

    The stars aligned, there were four of them, they were ABBA, a blessing to the world from God.

  • @MitchBast-xu7jg
    @MitchBast-xu7jg10 ай бұрын

    I'm not an ABBA fan, but, seriously, Agnetha is just a wonderful and sweet person. You can't help it, you just have to love her

  • @crw45able
    @crw45able3 жыл бұрын

    There's a kind of poetic justice in the fact that the band that created "Thank you for the music" perpetually kept the guy who sung "I hate the music" off number one. I think this is a case of keeping the music gods on your side. Of course, with ABBA being music gods themselves the other guy didn't really stand a chance.

  • @thecatwoman6496
    @thecatwoman64963 жыл бұрын

    I remember driving along with my Mum and sister, must have been sometime in the 80’s, singing Ring Ring at the top of our voices. I was in my thirties at the time, and Mum was in her sixties. Good times. It was brilliant music. Happy to be alive music, sometimes sad music, but always fabulous. Thank you for the music ABBA🥰💕💕💕 from 🇦🇺 Australia🥰

  • @user-pk5sj7bj4g
    @user-pk5sj7bj4g2 жыл бұрын

    My all time favorite group never got to see them. Going in 78 in two weeks always loved your music.

  • @pugman111
    @pugman11110 ай бұрын

    Once in a lifetime band. We were so lucky

  • @mjperfume1523
    @mjperfume1523 Жыл бұрын

    I love Abba

  • @harriantoncornell5405
    @harriantoncornell54053 жыл бұрын

    I love ABBA songs and I'm a big fan since my younger days

  • @ozzie-sk9dh
    @ozzie-sk9dh2 жыл бұрын

    They are too modest about their success. They had great talent and got there through hard work and dedication to their craft. Proper old school musicians who paid their dues.

  • @soderlund3610

    @soderlund3610

    2 жыл бұрын

    Typical swedish

  • @bellak9898
    @bellak98982 жыл бұрын

    I fell in love with Anna back in 1976 when l was just 5yrs old and still love them to this day. 💞

  • @TheMarcboi
    @TheMarcboi Жыл бұрын

    Such a powerful and emotional feeling … to see the ones you’ve loved forever express their personal feelings about their past experiences and the appreciation for their fans. All the more reason to love ABBA!!!! ♥️♥️ABBA F♥️REVER♥️♥️

  • @alberickadomo6132
    @alberickadomo61322 жыл бұрын

    I was born in early 70s the first song I heard was knowing me knowing u. I was just around 6 but ABBA still one of my best group ever.

  • @lydiacristinamartinez3058
    @lydiacristinamartinez30582 жыл бұрын

    My favorite band ABBA. My husband fell in love with me when he heard me singing Chiquita!!! Thanks Abba. Fernando is one of my favorite. Until now I sing a lot of their songs.