Abba's Benny Andersson doesn't understand their popularity - Sitcoms Online Message Boards

Brian Damage · 07-10-2009, 10:10 AM

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz...s-reunion.html

Benny Andersson is bemused by the endless appeal of Abba. Boosted by the stage and screen versions of the musical Mamma Mia!, the Swedish group are, arguably, bigger now than they were in their stack-heeled Seventies' heyday.
They have sold 380million albums around the world and seen songs like The Winner Takes It All and Dancing Queen embraced enthusiastically by a new generation.

But, as he sits by a grand piano in his small studio on the Stockholm waterfront, the 62-year-old grandfather of five admits to being nonplussed by the ongoing popularity of a group who won Eurovision in 1974 and last recorded together in 1982.
'It's truly amazing, and I don't know why it has happened,' he says. 'I suppose there might be a little quality in one or two of the songs, but I don't understand how we have kept on being successful to such an extent.
'I'm obviously happy about it, but I honestly don't get it.'

Cactus Jack · 07-10-2009, 10:15 AM

Well here's something I agree with him on

catlover79 · 07-10-2009, 09:59 PM

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Originally Posted by Cactus Jack

Well here's something I agree with him on

No comment.

Jude The Obscure · 07-10-2009, 10:04 PM

Well I enjoy ABBA regardless

I'm sure Benny gets it enough to keep cashing those royalty checks!

Marvo301 · 07-10-2009, 11:02 PM

I think the answer can be found in one of Abba's own songs "Thank-you for the Music".

So I say
Thank you for the music
, the songs Im singing
Thanks for all the joy theyre bringing
Who can live without it, I ask in all honesty
What would life be?
Without a song or a dance what are we?
So I say thank you for the music
for giving it to me

catlover79 · 07-10-2009, 11:29 PM

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Originally Posted by Jude The Obscure

Well I enjoy ABBA regardless

I'm sure Benny gets it enough to keep cashing those royalty checks!

I still have to admit I enjoy Dancing Queen and Take a Chance on Me (both of which are on my iPod).

ABlairican Pie · 07-11-2009, 11:03 PM

I have been a really big ABBA fan for nearly thirty years. A girl in Finland with whom I was writing turned me on to them. I think they're great!!

Oops, as a metal fan I'm not supposed to say that.

catlover79 · 07-12-2009, 12:40 AM

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Originally Posted by ABlairican Pie

I have been a really big ABBA fan for nearly thirty years. A girl in Finland with whom I was writing turned me on to them. I think they're great!!

Oops, as a metal fan I'm not supposed to say that.

John McCain is also supposedly a huge ABBA fan.

We're all entitled to our musical guilty pleasures.

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Brian Damage I'm Rich Bitch Forum Icon Join Date: Feb 03, 2002 Location: What Ain't No Country I Ever Heard Of...They Speak English in What? Posts: 63,107	Abba's Benny Andersson doesn't understand their popularity http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz...s-reunion.html Benny Andersson is bemused by the endless appeal of Abba. Boosted by the stage and screen versions of the musical Mamma Mia!, the Swedish group are, arguably, bigger now than they were in their stack-heeled Seventies' heyday. They have sold 380million albums around the world and seen songs like The Winner Takes It All and Dancing Queen embraced enthusiastically by a new generation. But, as he sits by a grand piano in his small studio on the Stockholm waterfront, the 62-year-old grandfather of five admits to being nonplussed by the ongoing popularity of a group who won Eurovision in 1974 and last recorded together in 1982. 'It's truly amazing, and I don't know why it has happened,' he says. 'I suppose there might be a little quality in one or two of the songs, but I don't understand how we have kept on being successful to such an extent. 'I'm obviously happy about it, but I honestly don't get it.' Attached Images
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Marvo301 I'm NOT a Blockhead! Forum Celebrity Join Date: May 17, 2002 Location: The Great White North Posts: 21,460	I think the answer can be found in one of Abba's own songs "Thank-you for the Music". So I say Thank you for the music , the songs Im singing Thanks for all the joy theyre bringing Who can live without it, I ask in all honesty What would life be? Without a song or a dance what are we? So I say thank you for the music for giving it to me
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