A is for ABBA - 1993 BBC Documentary - Part 1

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  • Опубликовано: 17 мар 2014
  • Part 1 of an excellent BBC Documentary, charting the rise and fall of ABBA. featuring collaborations with Erasure and U2, Bjorn Again, French and Saunders and Ian McCullough, narrated by John Peel.
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  • @DOC19581
    @DOC19581 4 года назад +31

    They were BOTH beautiful. And all could sing. So good and original and has certainly stood the test of time!

  • @PeteKlimek
    @PeteKlimek 3 года назад +21

    This band is as close to the perfect package as anything that art can and has ever created.

  • @nikkeirwin1910
    @nikkeirwin1910 7 лет назад +113

    When talent mattered, not the clothing. I love ABBA to this day. They look great to me and they can belt out the songs!

  • @luvlyeleonora4248
    @luvlyeleonora4248 3 года назад +17

    I never get bored of any of the ABBA performances. I am Indonesian, but used to live in the Netherlands during the mid 70's right in the middle of ABBA's popularity years. Their songs are unforgettable and bring back so many sweet memories of my childhood and my late parents back. I feel sorry that they had to split from each other....ABBA we LOVE YOU

  • @neo866
    @neo866 6 лет назад +48

    Abba were the perfect band. I'm so glad i lived through their time.

    • @markjolley3768
      @markjolley3768 4 года назад +2

      I agree I'm glad I was alive height of there popularity

    • @59sharmanalin
      @59sharmanalin 3 года назад +1

      I'm jealous

  • @Chris-xj4kk
    @Chris-xj4kk 3 года назад +18

    I can’t , even when I tried,😃 to become bored with ABBA. Their talents were amazing, the rhythm catchy, and the music timeless. !!!

  • @lu1784
    @lu1784 3 года назад +6

    I love Frida.Beautiful,cool,strong and kind.
    Thank you so much.

  • @ceciliaestherfloresbotello2588
    @ceciliaestherfloresbotello2588 5 лет назад +14

    We were not looking at how the look, but we were LISTENING to their marvelous musical style!

  • @alittlebitofspice6789
    @alittlebitofspice6789 2 года назад +8

    How about some of you stop comparing and pitting women against each other. They are both beautiful. Period. You are doing the same thing that woman was doing, comparing one to the other based on “beauty”. They are BOTH amazingly talented and gorgeous.

  • @WHATWHAT440
    @WHATWHAT440 7 лет назад +85

    The envy is free and this documentary proves it. ABBA was, is and will be one of the best pop groups in the world!!!

    • @matheit7883
      @matheit7883 Год назад

      ABBA bleibt in Ewigkeit......genau wie Bach /Mozart/ Händel....usw...

    • @matheit7883
      @matheit7883 Год назад

      Niemand wird Sie jemals erreichen können.......Sogar die neuen Generationen der heutigen 12 bis 14 jährigen begeistern sich für diese vier ....

  • @joelcross1355
    @joelcross1355 3 года назад +4

    Some people have asked which girl was the better singer. I say that's like asking who had the best looking legs. I love them both!

  • @michaelogden5958
    @michaelogden5958 3 года назад +5

    I thought ABBA was a breath of fresh air back in the day. Fun to listen to then, great memories today.

  • @lertyuis6484
    @lertyuis6484 7 лет назад +90

    The caddie commentary in this documentary is exactly what ABBA is NOT. Pretentious, jaded, envious. ABBA are talented, humble people who are light years more successful than the commentators will ever be.

    • @conniealosi893
      @conniealosi893 3 года назад +6

      That woman is nasty with her nasty comments on abba they are legends so shut it woman

    • @johnhills4126
      @johnhills4126 3 года назад +4

      @@conniealosi893 Isn't she just ghastly!

    • @realsus6741
      @realsus6741 3 года назад

      BJ-orn has always been pretentious, jaded envious, shallow, and abusive. Just carefully read the lyrics to “Winner takes it all” it’s definitely about the divorce, read the lyrics- he wrote them. He basically bragged that the marriage was a game. He won it all, was left standing tall, and he left her standing small with nothing. SURPRISE! He was married to the most beautiful girl in the world with the most Beautiful voice. SHE IS ABBA AND WAS ABBA.. I hope his new wife takes him to the cleaners. He’s no Bezos or Gates, but he is meaner.
      What he did to Agnetha was viscous and mean, Butt more than that- it was STUPID.. millions of people all over the world love her and her magic voice. If she wishes she can form a band and it will make everyone forget about him and his henchmen.
      If he is connected in any harm to her, I want to have a video link so that I can watch him hide from all the people who love and admire her. Fun.
      Agnetha ….. you trusted him once (big mistake) SO you must never trust him again. All us guys out here adore you. Getting security people.will be easy. Never go anywhere without an advocate, for our peace of mind.
      And your voice is even more beautiful than before. New Swedish Nightingale?
      It wasn’t the divorce that mangled your peace of mind- it was BJ-orn. The proof is in the lyrics, and they are immortal- but ONLY because you sang them.

    • @realsus6741
      @realsus6741 3 года назад +1

      And he blew it. He may be the only idiot who would be stupid enough to divorce our perfect Agnetha

    • @nvwcj22
      @nvwcj22 2 года назад +1

      @@realsus6741 wow you sound like a stalker! I love Agnetha too but you can't base everything on the lyrics. You weren't there in their relationship behind the scenes so you don't know the full story. Besides if she disagreed with the lyrics she wouldn't have sung the song.

  • @Marcus-wp9je
    @Marcus-wp9je 3 года назад +8

    Non seulement Frida & Agnétha chantent merveilleusement (des voix d'anges), mais les mélodies et orchestrations sont magnifiques chez ABBA, rien n'est laissé au hasard. I LOVE ABBA !

  • @RavennaAl
    @RavennaAl 4 года назад +5

    1993, the time of this documentary. 10 years after they stopped performing and they had sold 240 million records. Now, nearly 30 years later and they have sold 390 million. How many bands sell 150 million records this long after they broke up???

  • @andiirejino1210
    @andiirejino1210 7 лет назад +112

    none of the girls in Abba where ugly both super fine. the music was great and so was everything about Abba

    • @geraldinekearney542
      @geraldinekearney542 3 года назад +8

      Abba were a brilliant band, so much so that they are still popular all these years later ❤️❤️❤️❤️

    • @JustWickedSwede
      @JustWickedSwede 2 года назад +4

      They are both gorgeous.

    • @1966jtgf
      @1966jtgf 2 года назад +2

      True.

  • @keane464
    @keane464 7 лет назад +11

    ABBA was the first group I listened when I was a child, and I never forget none of their songs...

  • @1969Wilus
    @1969Wilus 9 лет назад +61

    Never mind about Abba's lyrics, the script of this documentary was certainly found on the back of a cornflakes packet.

    • @realsus6741
      @realsus6741 3 года назад +1

      An incredibly valuable cornflakes packet

    • @59sharmanalin
      @59sharmanalin 3 года назад

      Good one!!

    • @angelicakarlsson6618
      @angelicakarlsson6618 2 года назад

      Du vet ju inte vad du pratar om, kan ingenting om popmusik, varför uttalar du egentligen dig över huvud taget om något du inte förstår dig på.

  • @davidholt1250
    @davidholt1250 7 лет назад +34

    I agree with Kent. Condescending, supercilious, BBC commentators....ugh! Let
    's face it: ABBA had the laugh on their critics. World wide success and enduring popularity.

  • @elinorjones9396
    @elinorjones9396 3 года назад +7

    Yes some jealous comments there like being back in the playground. Two beautiful women with two great voices. Two great guys that did lyrics and music so well.. Xx. I love ABBA.

  • @ewaf88
    @ewaf88 6 лет назад +20

    It was sad for me to find out that the two girls had so many emotional problems and had suffered in their lives. Can't believe this documentary is 25 years old

  • @donaldconley4761
    @donaldconley4761 4 года назад +5

    ABBA I miss them , thanks for the memories

  • @erikskifte8862
    @erikskifte8862 3 года назад +9

    NOTHING BEATS ABBA'S MUSIC. GO BUY ALL OF THEIR 8 STUDIO ALBUMS. SO MANY MASTERPIECES ON THEM, THAT U CAN'T FIND ON ABBA GOLD/MORE GOLD. U WON'T REGRET IT🤩🤩🤩🤩

  • @richardwhitten2633
    @richardwhitten2633 6 лет назад +45

    This woman knows NOTHING! Rock and roll started out fun but in the mid to late 60s turned dark, introspective and political. In the early 70s ABBA reminded the world that rock and roll was FUN again. The songs were extremely well engineered and the simple lyrics were impossible to forget. A few months ago my 5 year old niece and I danced in the living room to DANCING QUEEN. We both smiled and laughed the whole time. IT WAS FUN. That was ABBA!

    • @Letsmarchishere
      @Letsmarchishere 3 года назад +5

      She's irrelevant, ignore her. Our ABBA girls are amazingly beautiful and sexy 😍

    • @Kthig3
      @Kthig3 2 года назад +2

      Exactly Richard Whitten!

  • @malgozata1875
    @malgozata1875 5 лет назад +7

    It is nice to see some new footage of ABBA. As for the commentators, well, they were wrong, obviously. ABBA was known and is still known all over the world and their worldly and financial success and even two movies made around their music beg the difference. ABBA is one group whose songs I simply love, more than any other singer's or group's songs. They were and are awesome!

    • @chriscarrick1513
      @chriscarrick1513 Год назад +1

      Ummmmm.....5 movies in total. 1. Abba The movie. 2. Muriels Wedding. 3. Priscilla queen of the desert. And the 2 mamma Mia films. And the play. ❤🎉

    • @wespaul9345
      @wespaul9345 7 месяцев назад

      That English woman criticised everything. Someone needs to let her know what a bag she is

  • @jackyblue67same10
    @jackyblue67same10 4 года назад +7

    Who could not love ABBA .They where always a good band good music & I liked their clothes myself .

  • @robert9495
    @robert9495 11 месяцев назад +1

    I never cared to listen to the BeeGees or the Beetles, never liked their music, but did I love ABBA. And still do to this day after being a fan for 38 years and counting. Their music always lifts my spirits and puts me in a melancholic good mood.
    ABBA has stood the test of time and their music will live forever in the souls of their lifetime fans. I wish them all the best wherever they are.😘😘

  • @alisharosey7948
    @alisharosey7948 3 года назад +9

    8:33 wtf Frida was stunning and striking. She was always my favourite of the duo as a child.

  • @sjcmj43
    @sjcmj43 9 лет назад +114

    There are the comments of envy and jealousy from some of the commentators especially that 'designer' woman Louri, all the artists around that time wore what is now classed as kitch, but non of them ever looked or sounded as good as this quartet though . Also both Agnetha and Frida were beautiful and not just in looks they had a special spark that shone through, best pop group ever, the music is still fresh and beats modern stuff all day every day:-)

    • @shereekendall1003
      @shereekendall1003 3 года назад +9

      Totally agree with all you said! They were very jealous and totally envious that's for sure!

    • @kevin.afton_
      @kevin.afton_ 3 года назад +6

      Yea, she takes things out of their context.

    • @A-small-amount-of-peas
      @A-small-amount-of-peas 2 года назад +2

      It's hard to take your impartiality seriously with that avatar pic lol

  • @broddablack5290
    @broddablack5290 3 года назад +5

    I loved their outfits

  • @CarlosPerdomo
    @CarlosPerdomo 8 лет назад +103

    Some of the comments are full of Envy... Abba is one of the best... probably up there on first or second place. The woman that appears around minute 13 is full of, well... you figure it out.

    • @farfisa
      @farfisa 6 лет назад +12

      Yes, that's Lowri Turner - a failed UK journalist.

    • @stephenking6396
      @stephenking6396 4 года назад +2

      She couldnt be more wrong if she tried, the stupid woman.
      How thick does she look now 🤣

    • @foto21
      @foto21 4 года назад +3

      That woman is a pathetic idiot. No one will ever know or care who she was, and ABBA will be played on space bases across the universe, and aliens will probably like it.

  • @tomban3778
    @tomban3778 9 лет назад +7

    you can say what ever you want to digraded ABBA band, but the world knows tha the ABBA band was greatest band that ever exist in the history of pop music..

  • @freddiefox.
    @freddiefox. 3 года назад +5

    Even though this programme was made in 1993, there is *still* that critical tone from some of the interviewees for the clothes, the style, the sound, the look, and even the lyrics. Yes, the 1970s was not well looked back on in the early nineties - although ironically nineties pop borrowed heavily, and seemingly without guilt, from the seventies style book -yet style bashing is rather pathetic when the band in question had so many hit records, many of which were number ones, in numerous countries around the world, including the UK, where this was made. Perhaps it's jealousy from people who can only wish they were half as successful in their own careers as ABBA have been. The seventies was a brilliant decade - especially for music - and is generally very underrated.

  • @sridharneelakanta
    @sridharneelakanta 6 лет назад +16

    Whatever the commentators' comments were (especially the lady's), ABBA's laugh comes last! Period.

  • @hubertvancalenbergh9022
    @hubertvancalenbergh9022 8 лет назад +140

    Those comments on ABBA's clothes are a bit cheap, as they were only a reflection of what was common in the seventies. You should have seen what some of the English bands were wearing in 1973 and 1974. Slade, anyone?

    • @leifpettsson
      @leifpettsson 5 лет назад +4

      And wat about the Wizzards(Se My Baby Jive)

    • @freyastott4369
      @freyastott4369 4 года назад +6

      So true, also David Bowie used to wear some far out clothes too, the seventies were weird from what I can see on RUclips

    • @dennislindqvist8443
      @dennislindqvist8443 4 года назад +5

      They needed someone complaining about something. They weren't like Sex Pistols fashionwise but they still make a huge footprint in today's music and fashion.

    • @TheSighphiguy
      @TheSighphiguy 4 года назад +10

      they wore those outfits to bypass Swedish tax laws.
      they could deduct what they wore on stage as a business expense but ONLY if it was something that couldnt be worn in every day life.
      they werent trying to make, or follow a fashion trend...they just wanted to keep their money.

    • @sootuckchoong7077
      @sootuckchoong7077 3 года назад +2

      Hey, to me, all their clothing were super! I don't see anything wrong in it. It's really lovely and stylish. And most importantly, it's their cool, friendly personality! I LOVE ABBA!

  • @chelseacharger
    @chelseacharger 8 лет назад +15

    A part of why this group is so loved is that nothing came easy for them. All the crap they had to endure from political bores in their own country to the so-called 'serious' music snobs everywhere else. Well guess who had the last laugh? Interesting that they actually got respect from greats like Ray Davies and Elvis Costello who recognised real talent. Lowri Turner, who seems to have had a mental blank on what loads of other pop/rock artists were wearing in the 70's then spouts- "When you make your international debut on Eurovision, you're heading for disaster'. Yeah, that happened. Watch 'The Joy Of ABBA' or the 'Bang A Boomerang' programmes (both on RUclips) for more in-depth insights into the ABBA phenomenon.

  • @MissMaria1988
    @MissMaria1988 6 лет назад +4

    We who were young then saw them as very nice, cool outfits. Abba was glam. And it was how they were. People now don't understand that, same as we don't understand most of the music now.

  • @tykotate9346
    @tykotate9346 2 года назад +2

    I recorded this at the time and watching it sooooo many times. Looking back, the sneering at ABBA, even during their renaisannce was bizarre.

  • @mikaham681
    @mikaham681 2 года назад +1

    Every song, every lyric, every melody, every harmony, if only todays songwriters could do this.!!!!!!!!!

  • @pacifier311
    @pacifier311 8 лет назад +81

    I can't believe the lady commentator actually said all those horrendous comments which are not how actually things are. Their outfits were unique and catchy. Sorry to say but I find her even more horrendous-looking in her best get-up.

    • @mwshel46
      @mwshel46 7 лет назад +12

      I don't know who she is but she seems like a jealous little girl.

    • @ioanchristianleomiza8253
      @ioanchristianleomiza8253 5 лет назад +2

      Sorry, what "lady"? lol

  • @kentmains7763
    @kentmains7763 8 лет назад +132

    Amazes me how the BBC will take the time to do a documentary on a band only to spend the entire time insulting them.

    • @mybiz2167
      @mybiz2167 7 лет назад +6

      I know, and I as a Swede thought that the BBC was a serious channel. Oh well, I now live in the UK... Well, until they kick me out that is.

    • @bootlegapples
      @bootlegapples 7 лет назад +6

      pop culture aside BBC is a propaganda outlet,I hate them,the PBS of the UK but worse

    • @Ghrainne
      @Ghrainne 7 лет назад +1

      BBC are world class broadcastres best in the world

    • @timpenfield5
      @timpenfield5 7 лет назад +13

      makes me sick, listening to these trolls knock Abba, especially the women, My god, SO MUCH JEALOUSY. WHO THE HELL IS EDDIE READER? WHO CARES?

    • @farfisa
      @farfisa 6 лет назад +4

      But, +Raymond J, they need to get the facts right and do the research, Dancing Queen, third british number one????!!!! - utterly unforgivable mistakes made by a disinterested production team.

  • @philster611-ih8te
    @philster611-ih8te 4 года назад +2

    There have been very few groups that transcend to that of Supergroup.Beatles. Rolling Stones, ABBA is in that special category. They deserve the title of Supergroup.

  • @Canerican.
    @Canerican. 6 лет назад +115

    I thought Frida was the better looking of all of them!!That woman was terrible tearing them down like that??Why didn't she look in the mirror first before tearing down ABBA!!

    • @natiiik_
      @natiiik_ 4 года назад +1

      What woman?

    • @williamsimmons152
      @williamsimmons152 4 года назад

      Mrs Harpold It happens to almost every famous entertainment group. They all end up infighting and dissolving..

    • @natiiik_
      @natiiik_ 4 года назад +2

      @@williamsimmons152 Agnetha and Frida weren't fighting and are still friends. Only Agnetha and Björn were fighting often and also Frida and Benny. But Agnetha and Björn meet nowadays sometimes because of their kids but I don't know if Frida and Benny still meet sometimes because they hadn't kids together. And now they aren't fighting anymore I think because they spent much time in the studio to record those new songs and if they were still fighting I think the work would be very hard for them. I think Agnetha and Frida still go along very well and I guess Agnetha is still like Frida's little sis. You could see that connection between them on that Mamma mia premiere or when they did a interview together in 2009 and 2016.

    • @williamsimmons152
      @williamsimmons152 4 года назад

      Natiii K. I was kind of speaking generally. About famous groups. ABBA was no different.

    • @realsus6741
      @realsus6741 3 года назад

      Jealousy, just like A,B, and B.

  • @MrApurbaroychowdhury
    @MrApurbaroychowdhury 9 лет назад +87

    ABBA is the 2nd most successful band after THE BEATLES. THEY provided extraordinary tunes which are difficult to erase from our memory.

    • @krisa990
      @krisa990 4 года назад +12

      A better more versatile group then beatles.every day of the week..

    • @wayneriley7367
      @wayneriley7367 4 года назад +3

      Funny, are you for real. They are interesting but even I would put the BeeGees ahead of ABBA. Not to mention Pink Floyd, The Who, and even Bowie.

    • @wayneriley7367
      @wayneriley7367 4 года назад +1

      Anton Antonson Aton, I grew up in the 70s listening to pop radio, always heard ABBA and loved their hits. But, really? Even the BeeGees had more hits that I can recall today, 45 years later. Maybe it’s a USA thing. But to say ABBA was second to the Beatles is very generous. I’d even put Sweet near ABBA.

    • @krisa990
      @krisa990 4 года назад +5

      @@wayneriley7367 I wish I at least could say the same to you,but I find your answer rather unfunny. Sure,music is partly subjective,but if you cant see that ABBA is way more versatile then any of the other bands you mentioned,not to mention skilled song writers, then I really dont know what else to tell you..

    • @wayneriley7367
      @wayneriley7367 4 года назад +1

      Kris A Kris, way more versatile than the Beatles? And the BeeGees? Really? ABBA was pop! And half their appeal was the two girls. I’m not saying they weren’t talented, but to say second to the Beatles is just crazy. Many groups lasted twice as long as ABBA. I think you heart strings are tugging at you, but really their are way more groups that outshine ABBA. And just tell me how they are more versatile than the Beatles? Give me songs that have Sitars, and songs for kids like yellow submarine or octopus garden? Again, ABBA is talented but just behind the Beatles?

  • @lydiazafra3476
    @lydiazafra3476 3 года назад +2

    ABBA lyrics are acceptable to general public and they are all wonderful people , wish they will perform back again , they refused billions to have a reunion performance ..,wow , May God always bless them ..

  • @hubertignatowicz1138
    @hubertignatowicz1138 6 лет назад +26

    I love the comments from the public. I'm really glad it's 2018 now and not 1993. How stupid and narrow-minded the documentary is. It's hard to believe. Only 15 years ago. Whoever did that documentary should be ashamed by now and probably regrets having done it.

    • @a.tanner8524
      @a.tanner8524 3 года назад

      1993 was 25 years ago when you wrote this comment in 2018.

    • @hubertignatowicz1138
      @hubertignatowicz1138 3 года назад

      @@a.tanner8524 You're absolutely right.

  • @jtwilliams8895
    @jtwilliams8895 6 лет назад +10

    ABBA is brilliant. Their heyday was before my time, but in the last month, I’ve come to love ABBA, thanks to RUclips. I love Pink Floyd, Nirvana and ABBA- their songwriting is superb.

  • @lgempet2869
    @lgempet2869 5 лет назад +5

    ABBA’s music seemed to have a core of Swedish folk music, expanded by Euro modern (pop) & a bit of glam/disco which was a potent and unique cocktail that’s timeless....just great music & melodies! What’s not to love?!!

  • @Turtle152
    @Turtle152 8 лет назад +2

    I like how they included footage from TV appearances where the group performed live instead of miming.

  • @tootsie5052
    @tootsie5052 4 года назад +2

    I can remember very well the first time I heard ABBA on the radio, and I thought, damn ,they are great! They were, and they still are, GREAT!

  • @gralaw1965
    @gralaw1965 4 года назад +8

    Love Abba my favourite band in the 70s such good memories, adored Agnetha as a young teenager.

  • @yumerchASMR
    @yumerchASMR 8 лет назад +89

    was it necessary to add mean comments after everything? i thought the documentary was supposed to show what ABBA did with their music and what they were about, not other people's opinions on their clothing and hairstyles...

  • @user-pz5uq1xz2q
    @user-pz5uq1xz2q 7 лет назад +4

    Amazing group

  • @alinedutra5516
    @alinedutra5516 3 года назад +7

    Frida a Agnetha eram fabulosas. Excelentes cantoras , lindíssimas e usavam umas roupas super interessantes.

  • @elisathirah360
    @elisathirah360 5 лет назад +19

    They're all perfect just they way they are. Stop saying mean stuff. The fact that she said Frida looks like Agnetha's grandmother is just unbelievable.

    • @Ndnative3431
      @Ndnative3431 4 года назад +8

      I agree, Frida is and always has been beautiful. The ugly granny comment is ignorant and perhaps inspired by jealousy. Frida has beautiful bone structure in her face in particular and both girls are goddesses in the body department. I’m a heterosexual female by the way. Just appreciating the beauty God gave to other women.

    • @AndanteAndante1945
      @AndanteAndante1945 Год назад

      Frida is super beautiful,cool,sweet,energetic,humoros and grateful-green angeleyes,high nose,thin lips and sweet cheekbones.I only wish Frida didn't change her eyebrows,I love her natural eyebrows!
      There's a difference of 5 years,better you see these 2 ladies at the same age!

  • @matthewrichardson2526
    @matthewrichardson2526 3 года назад +2

    Pete Townsend once said that "S.O.S." was the greatest pop song ever written.

  • @mtbluzman
    @mtbluzman 6 лет назад +69

    That blonde at the end can shut up at anytime. how many records has she sold !!??

    • @amyfikes8936
      @amyfikes8936 4 года назад +3

      I know right!

    • @pt020
      @pt020 4 года назад +4

      I think she has a problem.

    • @frankanderson5012
      @frankanderson5012 4 года назад +3

      Trying to be cleaver and funny and only ends up being snarky and pethetic. Who is she anyways? Somebody long since forgotten.

    • @SteveTheFazeman
      @SteveTheFazeman 4 года назад +2

      Yeah, I got the same bad vibe from her.

    • @Phoebedumplings
      @Phoebedumplings 4 года назад +4

      The blonde at the end is Lowry turner, a shitty little Nobody, by any standard

  • @antosugiharto766
    @antosugiharto766 4 года назад +3

    I am from Indonesia. I like ABBA. Agnetha is the first

  • @janemarett1885
    @janemarett1885 2 года назад +2

    The derogatory comments from supposedly fashion and music experts , are unnecessarily negative at that time . I know all my contemporary age group in the seventies loved ABBA music and to this day in the 2021 , ABBA music is still played at celebration parties world wide .

  • @ronr6450
    @ronr6450 7 лет назад +28

    Less a biography than a hit-piece. I expected arrogance from the BBC, but with at least a little tact. This program is utterly tactless.

  • @irenebento1886
    @irenebento1886 3 года назад +3

    The lady in the white jacket! You don't know what you are saying! Abba was a hit then. And is until. Today! Thousands of people love them!

  • @richalderson6069
    @richalderson6069 3 года назад +1

    The fact that Ray Davies is an ABBA fan makes me happy since I'm a huge Kinks fan.

  • @badapple65
    @badapple65 6 лет назад +6

    370 million records now sold worldwide I recently read. Holy smokes!!!!

  • @moraismorais8828
    @moraismorais8828 3 года назад +3

    I love FRYDA, Aganetha, Ilove. ABBA. ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

  • @vluh
    @vluh 8 лет назад +57

    i'm a guy on my 20's and i'll choose Frida over Agnetha anyday or in any era. Frida has done a lot of hairstyles which might not be to everyone's cup of tea but atleast she tried to explore and never kept the same boring barbie-hairstyle just to be admired by people.. seriously its just the hair.. Agnetha is pretty but imagine them switch hairstyles, Frida has tried blond and she looked amazingly good.. Now try to picture Agnetha with those crazy hairstyles and i doubt she could pull it off the way Frida did.. that BLOND woman at 14:12 wanted to feel good about herself so she criticized Frida while praising another BLOND :(

    • @mwshel46
      @mwshel46 7 лет назад +12

      Agnetha could never hold a candle to Frida in any department.

    • @torbjrnlund903
      @torbjrnlund903 4 года назад +1

      💋 FRIDAMANIA 💥 FOREVER! 👅

    • @randydodge3557
      @randydodge3557 4 года назад +1

      These two ladies had such wonderful voices when they sang together it was magic and the guys were good songwriters there songs were basically simple but yet appealing there was just something about them. They broke up in the early eighties, they had their personal problems like everyone does in life. Will always love their music

    • @angelaattenbon4788
      @angelaattenbon4788 2 года назад +3

      Agnetha is not a classic beauty. She has a prettiness that some blondes have. Frida has beautiful bone structure. She is stunning. Blondes are overrated. But men in general do prefer them. I told a boyfriend I dumped after 4 months who at least admitted he was obsessed with blondes that I could put a blond wig on a greyhound and he would probably rate it as attractive.

    • @angelaattenbon4788
      @angelaattenbon4788 2 года назад +1

      Pretty much all of the classic beauties throughout history have not been natural blondes.

  • @peacewarrior1175
    @peacewarrior1175 5 лет назад +40

    OMG who is that female in the white jacket? NO-ONE has ever HEARD of you ….. and yet you presume to pass judgement on a group loved for years all over the world - classy lady...…..

    • @elsakekahuna8023
      @elsakekahuna8023 Год назад +2

      What she does not know is that those outfits were great at the time.
      The more outrageous the outfits the less taxes, according to Swedish law, they had to pay. Those outfits saved millions them millions. She needs to know what she is talking about as everyone loved those outfits not just their talent!

    • @sprint955st
      @sprint955st Год назад

      @@elsakekahuna8023 She was too young to know, and the bowl haircuts were fashionable then. It’s fashionsable nowntongonkn Telly and sneer at things you weren’t old enough to remember. ALL of those ‘remember the 70s’ type programs do it. Not one of the commentators know what they are talking about

    • @elsakekahuna8023
      @elsakekahuna8023 Год назад

      @Sprint955ST a little research goes a long way if she is going to comment...young or older. Seeing a few youtubers very young like Bobby's Brother that have done his research and provides information that is accurate...research...that is all it takes..

    • @sprint955st
      @sprint955st Год назад

      @@elsakekahuna8023 research doesn’t come into it. Sitting talking about (sneeringly) something as if you were there, when in fact you were too young to have any first-hand experience, is just disingenuous.

    • @andrewjenkinson7052
      @andrewjenkinson7052 Год назад

      Unfortunately nobody in the BBC does research now. They ALL SNEER. The BBC has become a National Disgrace.

  • @JustWickedSwede
    @JustWickedSwede 2 года назад +1

    Background music during the eurovision presentation is "Swedish Rhapsody" which also is know as a number-station on short wave radio.

  • @Doones51
    @Doones51 9 лет назад +38

    hello? Stage clothes tend to be outrageous. They're for show and entertainment. Look how Elton John and David Bowie dressed I give ABBA credit for being fearless in their stage costumes.
    Musically, I used to think they were too pop but after listening closer, there are some great songs there and they are wonderful vocalists. I hear an influence of European folk music. I miss them.

    • @LadyWhinesalot
      @LadyWhinesalot 6 лет назад +1

      thank you ABBA for the music, thank you Owe Sandström for the outfits, Brilliant!

  • @melissagreen_
    @melissagreen_ 3 года назад +2

    I agree with the other posters, the commenters in this doco are ridiculous! Frida was absolutely gorgeous, although obviously the 70s styles were not the best, but Abba were of their time and back then, they certainly were not out of place. The women were both stunning and had the sexiest outfits which only helped to get them noticed. But the incredible talent of all the group members are what really made them superstars.

  • @jalaluddinahmadshaharudin1106
    @jalaluddinahmadshaharudin1106 5 лет назад +5

    I wouldn't want Abba to be any other way because that what make them unique! Masters do not conform!

  • @user-rl9lg5dc6w
    @user-rl9lg5dc6w 8 лет назад +7

    ABBA is our youth!

  • @DougBushMusic
    @DougBushMusic 3 года назад +5

    Both women were total babes. I love how a less attractive woman is the one passing judgement 😂

  • @mcquinn01
    @mcquinn01 5 лет назад +28

    I'm not even going to watch part 2. Not after that journalistic garbage.

  • @elisathirah360
    @elisathirah360 5 лет назад +18

    I love Agnetha but she is better when she's with Frida. I really mean it whenever I say that they're better together

  • @juanball5480
    @juanball5480 4 года назад +2

    Abba greatest band of all time

  • @dockolb
    @dockolb 7 лет назад +1

    ABBA went through a transition phase early and then they made some fortuitous decisions about how to format their group. And they made some EXCELLENT decisions. I suspect Stig Anderson had a lot to do with that. At first I loved their music, then I got tired of it. I had never paid attention to their acting. WOW ! They made some more excellent decisions. (Recently I started noticing their videos. Fantastic, four guys and girls having fun and looking good.) Showcase the two beautiful girls with two visibly different personalities, put them together with the talented Bjorn and Bennie. They always look like they're having fun and uninhibited. Freda had the bouncy, dynamic moves and Anna was more laid back and smooth moving. Put the package together and you sell 250,000 albums. Thank you guys.

  • @SilvioSantosdoLOL
    @SilvioSantosdoLOL 3 года назад +44

    4:07 I love Frida so much! She's so 😍🔥🔥😍

  • @11matt11
    @11matt11 9 лет назад +1

    Kinda shocked this documentary is so incomplete especially coming from the BBC. More like a companion piece. Watch "Abba the complete special" here on youtube if you want to know the real story of Abba.

  • @terecastro-saldana517
    @terecastro-saldana517 5 лет назад +21

    SOMEONE TELL THAT SUPPOSED FASHION CRITIC TO SHUT UP ONCE AND FOR ALL!!
    SHE IS JUST JEALOUS OF ABBA...!!!!

    • @kevin.afton_
      @kevin.afton_ 3 года назад +3

      Actually she is the one tries to be cool and pretentious but without talent.

  • @hornerinf
    @hornerinf 3 года назад +1

    The joke is on the commentator. ABBA is legendary, both ladies are gorgeous and two of the best singers in history, and the guys may be the most successful song writers in the pop music business. Her snippy comments showed mostly ignorance and envy. ABBA created a look and a style that was universally appealing. They were nice people and humble. They still are. And still world famous.

  • @MsFanmail
    @MsFanmail 9 лет назад +28

    This group made a lot of money during their heyday one of the best groups ever along with the beatles

  • @user-po3ud7lh4h
    @user-po3ud7lh4h 4 года назад +4

    Эти четыре буквы обладают магической силой уже 45 лет

  • @IamMagsB
    @IamMagsB 4 года назад +1

    that comment "and the ugly guys at the back" im dead lol!!

  • @edmundlubega9647
    @edmundlubega9647 2 года назад +1

    I enjoyed John Peel's radio broadcasts. This is the first video I have seen him in

  • @marklarson4251
    @marklarson4251 3 года назад +3

    I remember listening to abba in the 1980s as a teenager . Agnetha is a beauty.

  • @scarlettphoenix7024
    @scarlettphoenix7024 6 лет назад +57

    The commentary is absolutely ridiculous. It's ironic that the dowdy blonde commentator thinks Frida was unattractive. In the USA, Frida was the one everyone thought was most gorgeous. Plus - she is a REDHEAD! (Well, she was back then.) She was known as "the redhead" in ABBA. Her hair was not brown. ABBA never tried to be "hip" as this woman suggested. They were the epitome of "hip" at the time. Who wouldn't have wanted to be ABBA? Despite the glamour of the disco era, ABBA were always very natural, with delightful senses of humor. The two women singers were idolized by every woman in the world for their unadulterated beauty, and all of us girls thought the ABBA guys were adorable. Personally, I STILL love their haircuts! It's frustrating to watch that insulting narrator, who probably couldn't play a C Major scale, critique a band that is so very out of her league.

    • @rubycat1170
      @rubycat1170 6 лет назад +8

      I know, Frida was not ugly!

    • @williamoverly1617
      @williamoverly1617 5 лет назад +3

      I agree with you, Scarlett. Many people thought Frida was more classically beautiful. If your read through the comments, you find many of the Agnetha supporters came from societies where blonds are very rare, creating a prejudice for blonds.

    • @williamoverly1617
      @williamoverly1617 5 лет назад +1

      @@rubycat1170
      "Beautiful" is far more accurate.

    • @colinmarble2552
      @colinmarble2552 5 лет назад +4

      Lowri Turner is a bitter dog.
      She is wrong, Anni-frid is a beautiful woman. Pictures of Agnetha without makeup show that she is cute at best, but Anni-frid without makeup is still drop-dead gorgeous.

    • @paulaallen4910
      @paulaallen4910 5 лет назад +2

      I agree somewhat she was pretty cruel. Agnetha...I thought was the most beautiful and her voice was Absoultey gorgeous...BUT they both were beautiful although different. I only thought Benny was cute. Bjorn reminded me of a little elf dancing around. Sorry! They were a great band...couples that loved each other and kept trying and made it. Lol it was the 70s a different time..styles. That blonde woman really was cruel. I think she really didn't care for the band or the members.

  • @sn59826
    @sn59826 3 года назад +4

    It is so obvious that they caught hold of only those that were jealous of ABBA's success and sought their 'views'. It's a very negative attitude; perhaps largely driven by the fact that finally there was a Swedish (non-British) group that stole the limelight in Europe and around the world from what perhaps many considered belonged to British groups.

  • @darrylcombe2469
    @darrylcombe2469 6 лет назад +75

    Wow, some really pompous, condescending commentary. Shameful!

    • @jjcale2288
      @jjcale2288 4 года назад

      Stupid blonde, somebody payed her to talk like that.

    • @waverider227
      @waverider227 4 года назад

      I know right the BBC is usually quite good but they really dropped the stink bomb on this one having this snotty woman as a so called spokesperson. This has become regrettably far too common in today’s media the BBC should be ashamed of this !

  • @Poetic_Justice1962
    @Poetic_Justice1962 5 лет назад +12

    Agnetha looked like an angel.

  • @osvaldosoto4040
    @osvaldosoto4040 4 года назад +5

    ABBA.una hermosa agrupacion..Agnetha.el amor de mi vida..morire enamorado de esta bellisima mujer..linda.preciosa..les envio mil abrazos .y un especial sdo a mi gran amor Agnetha..desde chile..♥️

  • @ahnguyen1
    @ahnguyen1 6 лет назад +13

    You Brits should be ashamed for putting down ABBA like that!

  • @mamamia2534
    @mamamia2534 2 года назад

    Whatever people say....negative or positive..ABBA is the best band in the world..you can't please everybody anyway. ...Thank you ABBA for your music..you made the world brighter and happier....

  • @kendasteeves9793
    @kendasteeves9793 4 года назад +3

    WOW that fashion chick is PATHETIC ! Frida and Agnetha are both STUNNING

  • @marivicyabut6026
    @marivicyabut6026 3 года назад +12

    ABBA is Icon. Even Agnetha Faltskog voice hasn't change at all. I love ABBA!

  • @Steveinthailand
    @Steveinthailand 3 года назад +1

    It wasnt only the songs that Frida and Anna put out that caught everyone's attention, but also their legs.

  • @user-ut6mg6ee8b
    @user-ut6mg6ee8b 2 года назад

    Le meilleur groupe pop de tout le temps . Talent , belles voix , magnifiques chansons , look sympa. ABBA forever ❤️❤️❤️❤️

  • @brettbrown9261
    @brettbrown9261 22 дня назад

    Part 1 of an excellent BBC Documentary, charting the rise and fall of ABBA.
    ...and in 2017 the return of ABBA to a trumpet reception and now we have the ABBAtars for ever...
    ABBA still the best in 2024!!

  • @lisabrooks2167
    @lisabrooks2167 3 месяца назад

    I love hearing them sing

  • @AxxLundOlga
    @AxxLundOlga 5 лет назад +9

    Good this was split in parts so I don´t need to watch anymore than this one. Terrible job BBC!

    • @Letsmarchishere
      @Letsmarchishere 3 года назад +1

      The BBC documentary couldn't understand why ABBA got so famous. These people were simply tone deaf and had cataracts, no need to be a genius to acknowledge how great ABBA were 😁❤️

  • @wolfgangmarkusgstrein8522
    @wolfgangmarkusgstrein8522 4 года назад +2

    ABBA and QUEEN best compositions ever!

    • @lanamedcalf1561
      @lanamedcalf1561 4 года назад

      Wolfgang Markus Gstrein ......my thoughts, EXACTLY!!