No ABBA reunion

[yoda313]

Hello,

http://www.cnn.com/2004/SHOWBIZ/Music/11/10/abba.reunion.reut/index.html

Wow, a group turned down $1billion to come back??? They must have really let themselves go!

Kevin

[BJ_M]

one of the women in that band ( Anni-Frid?) was living as a recluse and went a bit nutty also .. she talks to no one at all except one helper and has lost all her English anyway .... she lives in a small house in Sweden ..

[DereX888]

Wow, so much money for toothless wrinkled zombies show?
They gotta be in their 70's - 80's by now?
incredible

[yoda313]

one of the women in that band ( Anni-Frid?) was living as a recluse and went a bit nutty also .. she talks to no one at all except one helper and has lost all her English anyway .... she lives in a small house in Sweden ..

Hello,

How sad....

The only Swedish group that I really listen to is ROXETTE

Kevin

[Capmaster]

one of the women in that band ( Anni-Frid?) was living as a recluse and went a bit nutty also .. she talks to no one at all except one helper and has lost all her English anyway .... she lives in a small house in Sweden ..

She doesn't run a video help forum, does she?

[yoda313]

one of the women in that band ( Anni-Frid?) was living as a recluse and went a bit nutty also .. she talks to no one at all except one helper and has lost all her English anyway .... she lives in a small house in Sweden ..

She doesn't run a video help forum, does she?

Hello,



"dancing queen"?????

Kevin

---hopes baldrick doesn't read this post ---

[JohnnyCNote]

Make sure I'm sitting down before you tell me these things!

[Baldrick]

one of the women in that band ( Anni-Frid?) was living as a recluse and went a bit nutty also .. she talks to no one at all except one helper and has lost all her English anyway .... she lives in a small house in Sweden ..

She doesn't run a video help forum, does she?

Hello,



"dancing queen"?????

Kevin

---hopes baldrick doesn't read this post ---

Close...but I live in a big house....

[Doramius]

Make sure I'm sitting down before you tell me these things!

But every time I sit down, someone posts a picture that makes me have to get up.

[Capmaster]

one of the women in that band ( Anni-Frid?) was living as a recluse and went a bit nutty also .. she talks to no one at all except one helper and has lost all her English anyway .... she lives in a small house in Sweden ..

She doesn't run a video help forum, does she?

Hello,



"dancing queen"?????

Kevin

---hopes baldrick doesn't read this post ---

Close...but I live in a big house....

[Doramius]

one of the women in that band ( Anni-Frid?) was living as a recluse and went a bit nutty also .. she talks to no one at all except one helper and has lost all her English anyway .... she lives in a small house in Sweden ..

She doesn't run a video help forum, does she?

Hello,



"dancing queen"?????

Kevin

---hopes baldrick doesn't read this post ---

Close...but I live in a big house....

I assume you're not talking about a prison, right?

[Baldrick]

one of the women in that band ( Anni-Frid?) was living as a recluse and went a bit nutty also .. she talks to no one at all except one helper and has lost all her English anyway .... she lives in a small house in Sweden ..

She doesn't run a video help forum, does she?

Hello,



"dancing queen"?????

Kevin

---hopes baldrick doesn't read this post ---

Close...but I live in a big house....

I assume you're not talking about a prison, right?

I don't know...they wont let me out so I can check.

[bazooka]

Wow, so much money for toothless wrinkled zombies show?
They gotta be in their 70's - 80's by now?
incredible

More like fitty's

[Doramius]

I don't know...they wont let me out so I can check.

[JohnnyCNote]

Sometimes I wonder if being of Swedish ancestry is all it's cracked up to be....

[Baldrick]

[Roundabout]

I thought Agnetha was better looking than Annafrid (if I'm spelling the name correctly).

But what always got me was them showing super closeups of their mouths in some of the videos. They looked fine until they did that, then we were treated to a nice view of bad or crooked teeth.

You'd think with all the money they had, they would have enough to get their teeth fixed. Yikes.

What are they doing today? Anyone know?

And did they ever get their teeth fixed?

For the kind of money they were offered to get back together, they could have bought a complete set of dental implants for all of them

[jimmalenko]

<said in best Dr Evil voice> One beeeeeeellion dollars ....<holds pinky finger up to mouth>

I guess they'd be wary of letting sleeping dogs lie. I heard that they all don't exactly get along any more and that the lure of money was not enough to foregore the tension between them, or the possibility that they might be the laughing stock should they suck at it in this day and age.

[yoda313]

Hello,

could have bought a complete set of dental implants for all of them

For being in their fifties dental "IMPLANTS" aren't the only kinds of IMPLANTS they'll need if they do come back!

Kevin

----ducks for cover from all the 50+ crowd at videohelp-----

[Rookie64]

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.

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

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.

Agnetha Faltskog (the blonde) is the one who was living in recluse.
She also had a solo career, was sucessful in Europe before ABBA and also during her time with ABBA and a little time after ABBA went their seperate ways.
She was struggling with being a mom and managing a singing career...and was all a bit too much for her.
She worked a bit with producer Mike Chapman, who also produced stuff for Suzi Quatro and Blondie.

The guys are still active...writing, producing and doing other stuff, including musical stage shows.

Björn Ulvaeus wasn't happy about touring...and has often stated that ABBA was a studio band - not a live act.

Björn was married to Agnetha and Benny Andersson was married to Anni-Frid...but all ended spliting up - during the time they were still ABBA.

I guess the current spouces of each wouldn't be too thrilled about their ex's reuniting
There were rumors that the girls didn't get along as well - though they claim that is untrue. Sounds like they had as much drama as Fleetwood Mac


Both Agnetha and Anni-Frid had done some acting as well in European films.

There was an ABBA movie made quite a few years back as well, but wasn't a big hit.

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.

They'd record their songs in several languages.

You can see all of their music videos on the DVD, ABBA: THE DEFINITIVE COLLECTION
And a DVD documentary with 'em being interviewed recently, THE WINNER TAKES IT ALL

Both DVDs are available at Netflix.

[jimmalenko]

Both DVDs are available at Netflix.

But Netflix sux !!!

[yoda313]

Both DVDs are available at Netflix.

But Netflix sux !!!

Hello,

THREADJACKER!



Kevin

[jimmalenko]

Both DVDs are available at Netflix.

But Netflix sux !!!

Hello,

THREADJACKER!

Given Lordsmurf's 'Walmart Sux!!!' thread, I thought it was time once again to open up the can ...

[JohnnyCNote]

She worked a bit with producer Mike Chapman, who also produced stuff for Suzi Quatro and Blondie.

Mike Chapman epitomizes all that is wrong with the music industry today. I read an interview with him once, wherein he said "when you making hit records, you aim between the legs, not the eyes." He also produced Pat Benatar and famous one-hit-wonders The Knack. I'd rather never record a single song than sign a deal with his ilk....

[ChrisX]

Hello,

http://www.cnn.com/2004/SHOWBIZ/Music/11/10/abba.reunion.reut/index.html

Wow, a group turned down $1billion to come back??? They must have really let themselves go!

Kevin

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

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

[hech54]

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.

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

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.

Agnetha Faltskog (the blonde) is the one who was living in recluse.
She also had a solo career, was sucessful in Europe before ABBA and also during her time with ABBA and a little time after ABBA went their seperate ways.
She was struggling with being a mom and managing a singing career...and was all a bit too much for her.
She worked a bit with producer Mike Chapman, who also produced stuff for Suzi Quatro and Blondie.

The guys are still active...writing, producing and doing other stuff, including musical stage shows.

Björn Ulvaeus wasn't happy about touring...and has often stated that ABBA was a studio band - not a live act.

Björn was married to Agnetha and Benny Andersson was married to Anni-Frid...but all ended spliting up - during the time they were still ABBA.

I guess the current spouces of each wouldn't be too thrilled about their ex's reuniting
There were rumors that the girls didn't get along as well - though they claim that is untrue. Sounds like they had as much drama as Fleetwood Mac


Both Agnetha and Anni-Frid had done some acting as well in European films.

There was an ABBA movie made quite a few years back as well, but wasn't a big hit.

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.

They'd record their songs in several languages.

You can see all of their music videos on the DVD, ABBA: THE DEFINITIVE COLLECTION
And a DVD documentary with 'em being interviewed recently, THE WINNER TAKES IT ALL

Both DVDs are available at Netflix.

Very Good.
One more thing. They've also just withing the past year....made a FINAL video. All 4 appear in the video though the two women are a little hard to spot if you don't know they are actually IN the video.
It's actually very funny. All (well 99%) of the dialogue in the video are words taken directly from the lyrics to their songs.
I'm not sure if the final video made it overseas.

[offline]

Give half a billion to Simon & Garfunkel
and then the rest to George Lucas if he
promises never to make another movie. :P

[BJ_M]

Hello,

http://www.cnn.com/2004/SHOWBIZ/Music/11/10/abba.reunion.reut/index.html

Wow, a group turned down $1billion to come back??? They must have really let themselves go!

Kevin

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

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

after taxes in Sweden , that would leave them about $100,000 each

[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

[DereX888]

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?