No ABBA reunion

[Capmaster]

The Beatles were bribed for comeback a lot of money in a similar way before John Lennon was murdered

I remember that. It was done on Saturday Night Live (the real one ) in 1978, IMSC. Lorne Michaels offered the Beatles $3,000 I think it was, for them to get together again and appear on SNL. He said they didn't even have to give Ringo an equal cut if they didn't want to

LOL
He was very generous in his offer! Couldn't find change in his pocket or something?

Probably what he found under his couch cushions

[DereX888]

WOW, $US1Billion is an awful lot of money.

This would mean a break up of the money into 4 ABBAs and this would be $250,000,000 for each.

They would then retire for life.

ChrisX

But they ARE retired for life already

[Doramius]

If I was offered $1 Bill. to reunite, I would even if I sucked. Damn, in a 4 way split, I got $250 Mill. reasons to do it. It'd be nice to have the house paid off and my son's college taken care of.

[SLICK RICK]

$250 million is alot of damn money. I would not have turned it down.

[Rookie64]

Here's a snippet of one of Agnetha's solo songs -

http://members.aol.com/rk2004r/agnetha.mp3

[ViRaL1]

If I was offered $1 Bill. to reunite, I would even if I sucked. Damn, in a 4 way split, I got $250 Mill. reasons to do it. It'd be nice to have the house paid off and my son's college taken care of.

Money isn't ....wait a minute.

WTF AM I THINKING?!?

Yes it is! I'd have done it. I wonder how well off they are now.

[Doramius]

You were right, money isn't everything. It can only buy it. So money BUYS everything.

[Roundabout]

Anni-Frid Lyngstad (also known as just Frida) had successful solo career here in the U.S. during the 80's when she teamed up with Phil Collins and Russ Ballard. She got much radio play as well as on MTV...even hard rock stations, that wouldn't dare play ABBA songs, gave heavy rotation to Something's goin' on with Phil heavy on drums.

I remember that song "Something's goin' on", I think it got quite a bit of airplay back then, though I don't recall hearing it anytime lately. Russ Ballard, isn't he the guy that did the song "Voices" back in the heyday of MTV? "Voices, I hear voices...don't look back, look straight ahead, don't turn away the voices said..." (or something like that). It was a pretty good song, though it didn't get a whole lot of airplay.

If that's the same Russ Ballard, he was a real one hit wonder, I don't remember ever hearing anything else by him. I remember Mark Goodman (MTV VJ) commenting how wierd the video was. IIRC, there was a guy in a field or out in the open being chased by an airplane in part of the video. I only saw it a couple of times so my memory is a little weak on the outcome. Anyone else remember this video?

She's the red head - and the one with bad teeth

I wasn't sure, since you couldn't see their faces when they showed the closeups, only teeth and mouths. Makes me think even more that Agnetha was the better looking one.

She's been caught a couple times by the paparazzi sunbathing topless on beaches in more recent years...and those pix turn up a number of times in skin mags as well as all of the 'net.

Maybe not such a pretty sight to see by now?

Sounds like they had as much drama as Fleetwood Mac

Except FM's drama is still going on, and probably will continue until they're dead

Though they're remembered for their top 40 hits, there's a lot more to 'em if you can get passed Dancing Queen, you may be surprised how good of a band they actually were.

Some of my favorites include, One Man One Woman, Happy New Year, One Of Us and Knowing Me Knowing You.

"One of us" is a very good song, Agnetha looks great in that video. Another I'd add to that would be "When all is said and done", one of my favorites. And even "Ring, Ring" was pretty good, one of their early songs.

And a DVD documentary with 'em being interviewed recently, THE WINNER TAKES IT ALL

I have a Japanese documentary (subbed) called "The ABBA story" that I haven't even watched yet, except the first few minutes, that looks interesting. I'm sure there were many more that ABBA collectors have that might be very scarce now.

[bazooka]

Frida is 59.

I don't know about the others.

[Roundabout]

After doing some checking, seems that Agnetha is the youngest of the bunch (54 y.o), by several years (no wonder she looked better!).

Agnetha = birthdate: April 5, 1950
Anni-frid = birthdate: November 15, 1945
Bjorn = birthdate: April 25, 1945
Benny = birthdate: December 16, 1946

Info from Abbasite.

Anyway, they probably have more money than they know what to do with and have no reason to get back together. I seem to recall they were the largest corporation in Sweden at their peak.

And I believe the guy that owns IKEA is the richest person in the world today, surpassing even Bill Gates. Haven't checked to see if that's true or not, but seems if you live in Sweden, you should use a 4-letter acronym and you'll be filthy rich (maybe Baldrick should rename this site VHCM and make billions? ).

[DereX888]

You were right, money isn't everything. It can only buy it. So money BUYS everything.

I give myself permission to quote myself :
Money can "only" buy you very good life until you die. To atheist "sinners" it means everyfuckingthing.*

* Any authorized or unauthorized use is strictly forbidden. Just **** off and make up your own quotes.**
** Any authorized or unauthorized use of this disclaimer is strictly forbidden. Just **** off and make up your own disclaimer.

[Rookie64]

I remember that song "Something's goin' on", I think it got quite a bit of airplay back then, though I don't recall hearing it anytime lately. Russ Ballard, isn't he the guy that did the song "Voices" back in the heyday of MTV? "Voices, I hear voices...don't look back, look straight ahead, don't turn away the voices said..." (or something like that). It was a pretty good song, though it didn't get a whole lot of airplay.

If that's the same Russ Ballard, he was a real one hit wonder, I don't remember ever hearing anything else by him.

Yes...same guy
He is more of a songwriter and session player for many artists.
He wrote a few songs for Roger Daltrey, Kiss, America, Santana, Argent, Three Dog Night, Night Ranger, The Zombies, Rainbow, etc

Even wrote some songs for Agnetha Faltskog and Frida.

He's the one who wrote Something Goin' On

Not a big name as a singer, but he's been around a long time behind the scenes.


I really liked the second single, Two Silhouettes, from the same album Voices was on. Wasn't a hit but could've been one if it had more airplay back then. There was a video for that one also.



I was looking through some pics of ABBA, and noticed both Agnetha and Frida had much work done on their teeth over the years

I'll post a couple before and after shots in a bit.

[BJ_M]

And I believe the guy that owns IKEA is the richest person in the world today

didnt even make the top 10 list , only 3 in top 100 from Sweden are:

Ingvar Kamprad, Sweden (IKEA Owner)
Net Worth: $18.5 billion
Rank: 13

40 Stefan Persson 6.7 billion Sweden
92 Antonia Johnson 3.6 billion Sweden



Bill Gates is still number one @ 46 billion , but Warren is fast closing in ..




Here is a scary thought, when Sam Walton died , they split up his wealth to the kids and wife.... they are now worth between $17-21 billion EACH , which means if Same were still alive, he would worth 3 TIMES as much as Bill Gates ...



info from: http://www.forbes.com/worldsrichest/

[BJ_M]

1 William Gates III 48 46.6 United States United States , WA , Medina
2 Warren Buffett 73 42.9 United States United States , NE , Omaha
3 Karl Albrecht 84 23.0 Germany Germany , Donaueschingen
4 Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal Alsaud 47 21.5 Saudi Arabia Saudi Arabia , Riyadh
5 Paul Allen 51 21.0 United States United States , WA , Mercer Island
6 Alice Walton 55 20.0 United States United States , TX , Fort Worth
6 Helen Walton 84 20.0 United States United States , AR , Bentonville
6 Jim Walton 56 20.0 United States United States , AR , Bentonville
6 John Walton 58 20.0 United States United States , AR , Bentonville
6 S Robson Walton 60 20.0 United States United States , AR , Bentonville
11 Liliane Bettencourt 81 18.8 France France , Paris
12 Lawrence Ellison 59 18.7 United States United States , CA , Redwood Shores
13 Ingvar Kamprad 77 18.5 Sweden Switzerland , Lausanne
14 Theo Albrecht 81 18.1 Germany Germany , Foehr
15 Kenneth Thomson & family 80 17.2 Canada Canada , Toronto
16 Mikhail Khodorkovsky 40 15.0 Russia Russia , Moscow
17 Carlos Slim Helu 64 13.9 Mexico Mexico , Mexico City
18 Michael Dell 39 13.0 United States United States , TX , Round Rock
19 Steven Ballmer 47 12.4 United States United States , WA , Redmond
19 Li Ka-shing 75 12.4 Hong Kong Hong Kong , Hong Kong
21 Bernard Arnault 55 12.2 France France , Paris
22 Walter, Thomas & Raymond Kwok -- 11.4 Hong Kong Hong Kong , Hong Kong
23 Barbara Cox Anthony 80 11.2 United States United States , HI , Honolulu
23 Anne Cox Chambers 84 11.2 United States United States , GA , Atlanta
25 Roman Abramovich 37 10.6 Russia Russia , Anadyr

[DereX888]

1 William Gates III 48 46.6 United States United States , WA , Medina
2 Warren Buffett 73 42.9 United States United States , NE , Omaha
3 Karl Albrecht 84 23.0 Germany Germany , Donaueschingen
4 Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal Alsaud 47 21.5 Saudi Arabia Saudi Arabia , Riyadh
5 Paul Allen 51 21.0 United States United States , WA , Mercer Island
6 Alice Walton 55 20.0 United States United States , TX , Fort Worth
6 Helen Walton 84 20.0 United States United States , AR , Bentonville
6 Jim Walton 56 20.0 United States United States , AR , Bentonville
6 John Walton 58 20.0 United States United States , AR , Bentonville
6 S Robson Walton 60 20.0 United States United States , AR , Bentonville
11 Liliane Bettencourt 81 18.8 France France , Paris
12 Lawrence Ellison 59 18.7 United States United States , CA , Redwood Shores
13 Ingvar Kamprad 77 18.5 Sweden Switzerland , Lausanne
14 Theo Albrecht 81 18.1 Germany Germany , Foehr
15 Kenneth Thomson & family 80 17.2 Canada Canada , Toronto
16 Mikhail Khodorkovsky 40 15.0 Russia Russia , Moscow
17 Carlos Slim Helu 64 13.9 Mexico Mexico , Mexico City
18 Michael Dell 39 13.0 United States United States , TX , Round Rock
19 Steven Ballmer 47 12.4 United States United States , WA , Redmond
19 Li Ka-shing 75 12.4 Hong Kong Hong Kong , Hong Kong
21 Bernard Arnault 55 12.2 France France , Paris
22 Walter, Thomas & Raymond Kwok -- 11.4 Hong Kong Hong Kong , Hong Kong
23 Barbara Cox Anthony 80 11.2 United States United States , HI , Honolulu
23 Anne Cox Chambers 84 11.2 United States United States , GA , Atlanta
25 Roman Abramovich 37 10.6 Russia Russia , Anadyr

Who are these people?
I only know Ka-ching Li, very very sweet lady, she used to clean my parents house when I was little But I doubt she'd be 75 yet...

[BJ_M]

Li Ka-shing is a man ... lives a lot of the time in canada, his son is a canadian ..

Country of citizenship: Hong Kong

Marital Status: widowed , 2 children
High School, Drop Out

Asia's richest and most influential businessman. Centered on the conglomerates Hutchinson Whampoa and Cheung Kong, Li's empire spans 40 countries and accounts for 11.5% of Hong Kong's stock market value. Leading real estate developer, cell phone provider and retailer, and a leading supplier of electricity in Hong Kong. Also the world's largest operator of container terminals and one of the first outfits to offer high-speed multimedia services via cell phones in Europe and Asia. Has 1,900 retail stores in Europe. Eldest son, Victor Li, who is a Canadian citizen, recently offered $488 million for a 28% stake in bankrupted Air Canada. A dedicated philanthropist, Li has donated more than $450 million to educational causes and medical care such as nursing homes and day-care centers for the elderly.

[DereX888]

Too bad our cleaning lady wasnt related to him... or too bad she isnt him I could still jump on her laps and see what she has for me perhaps it would be a million bucks today? (well, maybe not jump literally since Im 6'4 200pounder and I doubt she was more than 4'/50lbs heh)...

[Capmaster]

Li Ka-shing

Shoulda been named "Li Ka-Ching"

[DereX888]

Li Ka-shing

Shoulda been named "Li Ka-Ching"

who knows her real name for all I know she could have been fresh off the boat, and who knows which is the proper english spelling for her name, right?
well then, im outta here, gotta start tracing her whereabouts....

[Capmaster]

Li Ka-shing

Shoulda been named "Li Ka-Ching"

who knows her real name for all I know she could have been fresh off the boat, and who knows which is the proper english spelling for her name, right?
well then, im outta here, gotta start tracing her whereabouts....

It's a man

[hech54]

This is how they look now:

This is from the Final Video.

[Capmaster]

This is how they look now:

This is from the Final Video.

Gone to seed a bit

Still ..northcat'd hit it

[Roundabout]

Yes...same guy
He is more of a songwriter and session player for many artists.
He wrote a few songs for Roger Daltrey, Kiss, America, Santana, Argent, Three Dog Night, Night Ranger, The Zombies, Rainbow, etc

Wow, that guy really got around, for someone that is hardly known. If he wrote stuff for the Zombies (Rod Argent's old group, right?) he must have been doing stuff going back to the 1960's. I don't recall seeing his name on any records I had, although I wasn't really looking for it. Usually I'd at least notice the songwriter's names on the LP's.

Wonder why he decided to actually start singing his own songs, and why he didn't do much? I thought "Voices" was a really good song, unusual sounding and different. It vanished almost as soon as it appeared.

Not a big name as a singer, but he's been around a long time behind the scenes.

Maybe better that way, make your money and be anonymous

I really liked the second single, Two Silhouettes, from the same album Voices was on. Wasn't a hit but could've been one if it had more airplay back then. There was a video for that one also.

Never heard that one. Since MTV was the only way back then that you would hear new music, if they didn't play it much, it wasn't gonna be very well known. Just like Sandy Stewart's "Cat Dancer" LP, in which she had a really strong single "Saddest Victory" - I bought the 45 PS and still have it today - it sank because of lack of airplay. The video was shown on MTV only a couple of times. I taped it back then on VHS and watch it occasionally, but I know it would never be seen again if I hadn't copied it at the time. I guess a lot of good artists get lost this way.

[Roundabout]

This is how they look now:

This is from the Final Video.

Gone to seed a bit

Still ..northcat'd hit it

A bit? Who's who in that picture? I don't even recognize them!

Maybe NC'd hit it, I wouldn't...looks like grandma's

[sacajaweeda]

Capmaster....don't even think about posting that hideous ******* picture.

[Roundabout]

And I believe the guy that owns IKEA is the richest person in the world today

didnt even make the top 10 list , only 3 in top 100 from Sweden are:

Ingvar Kamprad, Sweden (IKEA Owner)
Net Worth: $18.5 billion
Rank: 13

Hmm. There seems to be some disagreement in the media who is the richest person. I got this from another website, just by Googling these words: world's richest IKEA

http://in.news.yahoo.com/040404/137/2cdva.html

Sunday April 4, 11:54 PM

IKEA founder overtakes Gates as world's richest

STOCKHOLM (Reuters) - Ingvar Kamprad, the Swede who founded furniture retail chain IKEA, has overtaken Microsoft's Bill Gates as the world's richest man, Swedish TV news reported on Sunday.

Citing next week's edition of the Swedish business weekly Veckans Affarer, public service SVT2 television said Kamprad, 77, has a personal fortune of 400 billion crowns ($53 billion).

Gates's fortune is put at $47 billion, according to the latest list of the world's rich in U.S. Forbes magazine, SVT2 said.

Kamprad, known for frugal habits such as flying economy class, lives in Switzerland and no longer takes part in the daily running of IKEA, but has kept ownership of the company with more than 180 stores in over 30 countries in the family.

SVT2 said the dollar's slide against other currencies is the main reason why Kamprad has now overtaken Gates.

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So who knows for sure? Well, they're all so filthy rich I guess it doesn't matter anyway.

[Capmaster]

Capmaster....don't even think about posting that hideous ******* picture.

Oh ....all right. Sheesh!

[BJ_M]

And I believe the guy that owns IKEA is the richest person in the world today

didnt even make the top 10 list , only 3 in top 100 from Sweden are:

Ingvar Kamprad, Sweden (IKEA Owner)
Net Worth: $18.5 billion
Rank: 13

Hmm. There seems to be some disagreement in the media who is the richest person. I got this from another website, just by Googling these words: world's richest IKEA

http://in.news.yahoo.com/040404/137/2cdva.html

Sunday April 4, 11:54 PM

IKEA founder overtakes Gates as world's richest

STOCKHOLM (Reuters) - Ingvar Kamprad, the Swede who founded furniture retail chain IKEA, has overtaken Microsoft's Bill Gates as the world's richest man, Swedish TV news reported on Sunday.

Citing next week's edition of the Swedish business weekly Veckans Affarer, public service SVT2 television said Kamprad, 77, has a personal fortune of 400 billion crowns ($53 billion).

Gates's fortune is put at $47 billion, according to the latest list of the world's rich in U.S. Forbes magazine, SVT2 said.

Kamprad, known for frugal habits such as flying economy class, lives in Switzerland and no longer takes part in the daily running of IKEA, but has kept ownership of the company with more than 180 stores in over 30 countries in the family.

SVT2 said the dollar's slide against other currencies is the main reason why Kamprad has now overtaken Gates.

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So who knows for sure? Well, they're all so filthy rich I guess it doesn't matter anyway.

i do know you didnt read the retraction of that news article as a big mistake .. he doesnt even own IKEA anymore in fact....

Update: IKEA has denied the report above, saying that it mistakes Kamprad's fortune for the value of the company, which Kamprad no longer owns. It's more likely his fortune is around $18 billion which, no matter how you slice it, still adds up to an awful lot of Billy bookshelves

.


http://www.usatoday.com/tech/news/2004-04-05-billg-not-richest_x.htm


for the full report -- IKEA is now a dutch company also .. oddly enough ..

[BJ_M]

The IKEA group is owned by a Dutch foundation, Stichting Ingka Foundation but all management services and the headquarters of the IKEA Group are provided by IKEA International in Humlebaek, Denmark. However, the product range is controlled entirely by IKEA Sweden, thus giving the impression of a Swedish company, and the branding of products "IKEA, country of Sweden".

but in reality - almost all IKEA goods are made in Poland, Slovakia, Russia, Romania, and Bulgaria. - but branded "made in sweden" because of a loophole in sweden.

[Rookie64]

Wow, that guy really got around, for someone that is hardly known. If he wrote stuff for the Zombies (Rod Argent's old group, right?) he must have been doing stuff going back to the 1960's. I don't recall seeing his name on any records I had, although I wasn't really looking for it. Usually I'd at least notice the songwriter's names on the LP's.

Yea, he started out as lead guitarist of the British group, The Roulettes.

He later joined up with Rod Argent and was a member of his band.


Some of his more popular songs are:

Liar (done by Three Dog Night)
Nowhere To Run (done by Santana)
I Surrender (done by Rainbow)
Since You Been Gone (done by Rainbow)
You Can Do Magic (done by America)
Free Me (done by Roger Daltrey)

...just to name a few

Never heard that one. Since MTV was the only way back then that you would hear new music, if they didn't play it much, it wasn't gonna be very well known. Just like Sandy Stewart's "Cat Dancer" LP, in which she had a really strong single "Saddest Victory" - I bought the 45 PS and still have it today - it sank because of lack of airplay. The video was shown on MTV only a couple of times. I taped it back then on VHS and watch it occasionally, but I know it would never be seen again if I hadn't copied it at the time. I guess a lot of good artists get lost this way.

Yea...one of the reasons I was always recording MTV in those days.

I happened to catch the Sandy Stewart video at the time.

The song she did with Stevie Nicks, I pretend, could've been a hit as well.


Stevie recorded some of her other songs - Maybe Love Will Change Your Mind and Seven Wonders (which is on Fleetwood Mac's Tango In The Night album.



@hech54 - that pic is too much