tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10162769717637937182024-03-13T16:42:40.194-03:00Thank You For The Music, ABBAKarenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04837000713575788741noreply@blogger.comBlogger195125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1016276971763793718.post-16228716136299908132012-03-02T16:16:00.003-03:002015-03-06T22:17:29.706-03:00Good bye<div style="text-align: justify;">
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My dear readers,<br />
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I'd like to thank to everyone who has followed and enjoyed my blog until now. It's been two years and a half since I created it, but now it's time to go. I don't know if I'll return, but I <i>really</i> hope so.</div>
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I hope you have had a really great time finding out the pictures and reading the articles I've posted on this blog. I can say I had a really wonderful time here, so I feel sad for leaving it. You can be sure that I'll keep my blog on for everyone who wants to access it, though.</div>
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"Thanks for all your generous love and thanks for all the fun..."<br />
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Karenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04837000713575788741noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1016276971763793718.post-91910858787989490552012-02-16T00:01:00.055-02:002016-03-08T00:26:21.181-03:00Because Valentine's Day is everyday<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">
If you liked the post I made for <a href="http://thankyouabba.blogspot.com/2012/02/lets-celebrate-love.html" target="_blank"><span style="color: #990000;">Valentine's Day</span></a><span style="color: #cc0000;">,</span><span style="color: #cc0000;"> </span>you may also like this one with Benny and Frida's even rarer pictures. After all, if everyday is a Valentine's Day, everyday should also be a Benny and Frida's love celebration.</div>
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Benny and Frida at the premiere of <b>Bond</b> in 1971</div>
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<i>Notice it is not a James Bond movie, but a <b>cigarette brand</b>!</i></div>
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Most of ABBA fans may know this lovely picture...</div>
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... but what about this one, even better?!</div>
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They're looking so relaxed and amused here!</div>
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Posing for a photo in 1975</div>
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Benny and Frida enjoying the sun by the pool in 1976</div>
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Karenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04837000713575788741noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1016276971763793718.post-77023888505923539702012-02-14T00:01:00.060-02:002016-03-07T20:07:18.881-03:00Let's celebrate love!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">
Guess what?! This is <b>Valentine's Day</b>! </div>
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To celebrate this, I'm bringing you some quite unusual Benny and Frida's pictures, in which this ABBA couple were enjoying a really good time together. </div>
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The couple in the early 1970s</div>
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Benny and Frida singing - and almost <i>kissing </i>each other - during a concert from <a href="http://thankyouabba.blogspot.com/2009/11/abba-on-1977-tour.html" target="_blank"><span style="color: #990000;">ABBA 1977 Tour</span></a></div>
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Enjoying their free time in 1978</div>
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Even though they were close to their divorce at that time, they did seem really lovely here...</div>
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<i>Thanks to Karine, from </i><a href="http://abbajoy.blogspot.com/"><span style="color: #990000;">ABBA Joy</span></a>,<i><span style="color: #cc0000;"> </span>for this picture</i></div>
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A joyful couple in another picture from 1980</div>
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This one was taken in late 1980... it's still a great memory, though</div>
Karenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04837000713575788741noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1016276971763793718.post-56015439655386094912012-02-02T20:30:00.014-02:002016-03-07T20:09:40.908-03:00Four individuals<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">
The pictures below are part of a very well-known ABBA photo shoot. The group members look specially nice and elegant in it, and - what is even more curious - there are lots of individual shots of them. Since those individual pictures are the ones I like most, I'm posting here my favorites of this sort. Enjoy! </div>
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Frida and her classic beauty</div>
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Benny looking very serious </div>
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Agnetha using her seductiveness as usual</div>
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Karenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04837000713575788741noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1016276971763793718.post-48744943047961979552012-01-28T21:00:00.001-02:002016-03-07T18:42:48.076-03:00During a break time<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: inherit;">While Frida was waiting for the recordings in <strong>ABBA - The Movie</strong>, the photographer probably saw a great opportunity to take some pictures of the <em>Beauty of ABBA</em>. I think he did a nice job, don't you? </span></div>
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Frida's smiling friendly to the camera</div>
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Here she's looking really joyful</div>
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Frida are probably delighting the photographer with her deep and velvet voice...</div>
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Karenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04837000713575788741noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1016276971763793718.post-87735062386778743852012-01-22T00:01:00.065-02:002016-03-07T18:36:01.625-03:00Unofficial - but still great<div style="text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">The three videos below bring songs that ABBA has never recorded officially. It's a pity, since some of them are really good tracks, with catchy melodies and promising vocals, like <strong>Scaramouche, Hamlet III </strong>and<strong> Just Like That</strong>. While listening to the audios, you might also notice that the band members were having a lot of fun with the songs <strong>Summer Night City,</strong> <strong>Money, Money, Money </strong>and<strong> Here Comes Rubie Jamie. </strong>It's also interesting to pay attention to the nice piano solo for <strong>Take A Chance On Me</strong>.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">As I don't speak Swedish and I was really curious to know what ABBA was saying, I asked my Swedish friend </span><a href="http://www.youtube.com/user/aluzzz000"><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: inherit;">Henrik</span></a><span style="font-family: inherit;"> to help me with the translation of the audios into English. All you are going to read below was translated by him, so that I thank him so much for such precious contribution. </span></div>
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<strong>ABBA Undeleted - Part I - video by <a href="http://www.youtube.com/user/mozpiano2?feature=watch"><span style="color: #cc0000;">mozpiano2</span></a></strong></div>
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After <i>Scaramouche</i>, Frida asks "Why should it always be so serious?" and Agnetha seems to agree with her and says something like "In England, it wasn't so". Around 0:57, Björn, Agnetha and Benny play around while say their names and, as Benny says it with a low and feeble voice, Frida laughs and asks him "Is it <span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: PT-BR;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">hard to talk?". Björn laughs too and says "It's difficult with this announcement".</span></span><br />
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After <i>Take A Chance On Me</i>, Frida says “You have to turn down the piano, because it is sharp in the ears.” So Björn claims: “Very miserable listening...”. Soon after Agnetha says “I only hear Frida in my headphones.” And Frida: “And I only hear you”. They all start to joke with each other with silly voices: “How to do now?...”; “Fix better listening!...”; “Yeah, Yeah!”; “I sink!”; “I sink too!”; and so on.<br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><b>First song</b> (deom 0:00 to 1:25): <i>Burning My Bridges</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">After <strong>Here Comes Rubie Jamie</strong>, someone says “A f*** nasty situation...”. And all of them laugh.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><b>First song</b> (from 0:00 to ~1:39 ): <i>Free As A Bubble Bee</i></span><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><b>Second song</b> (from ~1:40 to 3:09): <i>Rubber Ball Man</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">After the song <i>Givin’ A Little Bit More</i>, someone says “Okay, this we will take, no?” And the others answer “Yes”.</span></div>
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Karenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04837000713575788741noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1016276971763793718.post-82964768597003830832012-01-20T21:06:00.000-02:002016-03-27T01:32:39.087-03:00I've travelled every country, I've travelled in my mind<div style="text-align: justify;">
One of the things Anni-Frid likes most to do is reading. Her passion for books comes from her childhood, when, according to her, reading and playing the piano were her main hobbies. Among the books she likes most are the famous <em>The Lord Of The Rings</em> by <strong><a href="http://www.tolkiensociety.org/author/biography/" target="_blank"><span style="color: #990000;">J. R. R. Tolkien</span></a></strong>, all <strong><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leon_Uris" target="_blank"><span style="color: #990000;">Leon Uris</span></a>'</strong>s works - especially the novel <em>Mila 18</em> - and the deep <em>Women Who Run with the Wolves</em> by <strong><a href="http://www.clarissapinkolaestes.com/" target="_blank"><span style="color: #990000;">Clarissa Pinkola Estés</span></a></strong>. It's said<strong> <a href="http://www.dorislessing.org/biography.html" target="_blank"><span style="color: #990000;">Doris Lessing</span></a> </strong>and<strong> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ana%C3%AFs_Nin" target="_blank"><span style="color: #990000;">Anaïs Nin</span></a> </strong>are also appreciated by Frida. <br />
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I identify myself a lot with her, since I also love reading since I was a child. Indeed I would really like to know if she has ever read authors like <b style="color: #990000;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jos%C3%A9_Maria_de_E%C3%A7a_de_Queir%C3%B3s" target="_blank"><span style="color: #990000;">Eça de Queirós</span></a></b>, <a href="http://www.biography.com/people/mary-shelley-9481497" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: #990000;">Mary Shelley</span></b></a> and, mainly, <a href="http://www.janeausten.org/" target="_blank"><span style="color: #990000;"><b>Jane Austen</b></span></a>, who is my great favorite. It would be wonderful!</div>
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I'd like to know which books are these, but it's impossible trying to identify them in this picture...</div>
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Benny and Frida enjoyed sharing their love for reading with each other</div>
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<em>Does anyone know what book are they reading here?</em></div>
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Benny and Frida's bookshelves in their Lidingö's home </div>
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<i>It would be amazing if we could read the titles of the books! All I can see are some Arts books on the first shelf upwards</i></div>
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Karenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04837000713575788741noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1016276971763793718.post-9904333443726029342012-01-15T00:01:00.015-02:002015-02-10T15:23:19.403-02:00Ring, Ring<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">
ABBA really had a hard work not only at the studios, but also at their office. Just look at the following pictures and you'll see how serious their work was. </div>
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<strong>Benny:</strong> "Hello! Who is it?"</div>
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<strong>Benny:</strong> "Oh, Agnetha? How are you? May I talk to Björn, please?"</div>
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<strong>Björn:</strong> "Don't you recognize my voice?!"</div>
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<strong>Benny:</strong> "Of course I do, Anna. You sound like an angel, you know? But I really have to talk to your husband." </div>
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<strong>Björn:</strong> "But It's ME!"</div>
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<strong>Benny:</strong> "Well... if Björn can't talk to me now, please, ask him to call me later! Bye bye!"</div>
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ABBA had a really hard work with lots of rehearsals for TV shows and world tours. Below you can see some of the band's most popular performances with their respective rehearsals. </div>
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ABBA during a concert from their <span style="color: #990000;"><a href="http://thankyouabba.blogspot.com.br/2009/11/abba-on-1977-tour.html" style="color: #990000;" target="_blank"><span style="color: #990000;">1977 Tour</span></a>...</span></div>
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Playing <strong>Take A Chance On Me</strong> on German TV show <strong>Am Laufenden Band</strong> in 1978...</div>
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... and enjoying themselves during their rehearsal for it</div>
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ABBA performing <strong>Money, Money, Money</strong> on the French TV show <strong>Top Club France</strong> in 1978...</div>
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Performing <strong>He Is Your Brother</strong> and<strong> Chiquitita</strong> on <b>UNICEF</b>'s beautiful charity concert, "UNICEF - A Gift of Songs", in January 1979 (<i>exactly</i> 33 years ago)...</div>
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... and having a good time together before the special</div>
Karenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04837000713575788741noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1016276971763793718.post-75388632336633733012011-12-25T01:01:00.028-02:002016-03-25T20:28:22.057-03:00It's time to reflect about ourselves<div style="text-align: justify;">
When people think about Christmas, they often think about what they want to get as Christmas gifts, what they want to eat at Christmas dinner and even where they want to go for their Christmas trip. <i>Christmas</i> is everywhere, but almost never related to its truest and deepest meaning, that is Jesus Christ's birth, which implies to celebrate peace, happiness, friendship and, above all, love. It's not necessary to be a Christian to believe it nor to follow this path. We all should remember it and try keeping the spirit of Christmas not only on December 25th, but every single day of our lives.</div>
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Karenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04837000713575788741noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1016276971763793718.post-20711072335765743532011-12-18T00:30:00.004-02:002016-03-07T19:09:47.154-03:00Endless love...<div style="text-align: justify;">
... is my love for Benny and Frida!<br />
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Singing <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d3VjTcYYdRw" target="_blank"><span style="color: #990000;">The Way Old Friends Do</span></a></div>
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Karenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04837000713575788741noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1016276971763793718.post-9500535468552326482011-12-16T00:01:00.012-02:002016-03-07T18:39:04.184-03:00Benny is 65!<div style="text-align: justify;">
Lots of love, peace, health, happiness and prosperity are the greatest blessings I wish to the kind-hearted human being and talented musician who Benny Andersson is.</div>
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Karenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04837000713575788741noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1016276971763793718.post-37495275936971367882011-12-12T00:01:00.001-02:002016-03-07T19:11:07.113-03:00Dolls<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">
I would have really liked to have an ABBA doll when I was a child, wouldn't you? Have a look at the following dolls, some of the coolest I've ever found on the internet. </div>
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ABBA dolls made and released by <a href="http://www.matchbox.com/"><span style="color: #990000;">Matchbox</span></a> in 1978 </div>
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"The world's most successful pop group, captured here in miniature for fans to own. Agnetha, Anni-Frid, Benny and Björn all set to repeat their world wide music success, this time across the toy counter."</div>
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Karenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04837000713575788741noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1016276971763793718.post-55588593392276160222011-12-11T00:01:00.052-02:002016-03-07T19:27:06.062-03:00What are they dancing?<div style="text-align: justify;">
Let's face it: neither Frida nor Anna were very <i>skillful</i> for dancing on stage. They did have a lot of fun there together - especially Frida, who used to be a little more cheerful while performing -, although, as a matter of fact, none of them were very... hmm... coordinate with it. But we cannot fail to recognize that their marvellous voices and dance movements, combined to Benny and Björn's amazing music, brought to ABBA performances what we call <i>magic</i>.<br />
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Karenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04837000713575788741noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1016276971763793718.post-48001739692002691702011-12-09T20:00:00.005-02:002015-01-28T23:45:32.688-02:00Have you seen this?<div style="text-align: justify;">
I don't know how many of you have already seen Benny's younger granddaughter, but, until yesterday, I had never seen a picture of her before. So you can imagine how delighted I was when I found out the photo below. Benny's granddaughter - whose name is <strong>Viola</strong>, according to a reader of my blog - is such a sweetie!</div>
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Karenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04837000713575788741noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1016276971763793718.post-48562588557382639422011-11-20T00:01:00.002-02:002016-03-08T00:30:52.947-03:00Crazy for you<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">
This is a post for Benny and Frida's fans who use to jump off the chair every time they find out a new picture of the couple - just like me.</div>
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Do you remember what I wished in <a href="http://thankyouabba.blogspot.com/2011/01/young-love.html" target="_blank"><span style="color: #990000;">Young love</span></a>?</div>
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The couple around 1974</div>
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Arriving in Poland in 1976</div>
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During their interview on the Swedish TV show <strong>Nöjesliv</strong> in 1977</div>
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On the balcony of their house in <a href="http://thankyouabba.blogspot.com.br/2009/11/home-sweet-home.html" target="_blank"><span style="color: #990000;">Lidingö</span></a> in 1978</div>
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<span style="color: #cc0000;"><em>See also</em> </span><a href="http://thankyouabba.blogspot.com/2010/04/rare-benny-and-frida.html" style="color: #990000;" target="_blank"><span style="color: #990000;">Rare Benny and Frida</span></a><span style="color: #cc0000;"> <em>and</em></span><span style="color: #990000;"> </span><a href="http://thankyouabba.blogspot.com/2010/04/more-rare-benny-and-frida.html" style="color: #990000;" target="_blank"><span style="color: #990000;">More rare Benny and Frida</span></a></div>
Karenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04837000713575788741noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1016276971763793718.post-73860242064001403122011-11-15T00:01:00.123-02:002016-03-08T00:29:42.653-03:00Now she is...<div style="text-align: justify;">
<strong><span style="color: #990000;">... 66! </span></strong></div>
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<span style="color: black;">On November 15th, 1945, Frida was born. She has passed through a lot of experiences in her life, but, regardless of happy or sad moments, what always stands out in Frida's behaviour and feelings is the best of her. In other words, <i>love</i> is what invariably leads Frida's steps, making her character even stronger and, her heart, more open and generous. That's why I love her and I will always admire her.</span></div>
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ABBA in Brighton, England, one day after the band's <span style="color: #990000;"><a href="http://thankyouabba.blogspot.com.br/2009/09/waterloos-victory.html" target="_blank"><span style="color: #990000;">victory</span></a> </span>in <strong>Eurovision Song Contest</strong> in 1974</div>
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ABBA at studio with some - I guess - fan in 1975 </div>
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At a concert from their <a href="http://thankyouabba.blogspot.com.br/2009/11/abba-on-1977-tour.html" target="_blank"><span style="color: #990000;">1977 Tour</span></a></div>
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ABBA beautifully pictured in London in 1978</div>
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ABBA with the TV presenter Franck Pourcel in 1978</div>
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The band having some drinks with Franck</div>
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ABBA with a (lucky!) fan in Germany in 1978</div>
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A nice picture from the band's <a href="http://thankyouabba.blogspot.com.br/2009/11/abba-on-1979-tour.html" style="color: #990000;" target="_blank">1979 Tour</a>...</div>
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... and another amazing one, probably by a fan</div>
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<span style="color: #990000;"><em>See also</em> <a href="http://thankyouabba.blogspot.com/2009/12/rarities.html"><span style="color: #cc0000;">ABBA rarities</span></a><span style="color: #cc0000;">,</span> <a href="http://thankyouabba.blogspot.com/2010/05/more-abba-rare.html"><span style="color: #cc0000;">More ABBA rarities</span></a> <em>and </em><a href="http://thankyouabba.blogspot.com/2011/04/more-rare-abba.html"><span style="color: #cc0000;">More rare ABBA </span></a></span></div>
Karenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04837000713575788741noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1016276971763793718.post-54562379598483298582011-11-08T00:01:00.004-02:002016-03-17T16:22:26.591-03:00Don't you enjoy them?<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">
I don't know about you, but, as I love ABBA, Frida and Benny & Frida (Ohh! Really?!), I simply love to find out rare pictures of them. Some of my findings may not be as notable for everyone as they are for me, I'm sure they may really be news for many people, though. So here I'm sharing with you some of the rarest ABBA photos I've found on the last months. Hope you like it!</div>
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Agnetha is really looking like <strong>Barbie</strong> here</div>
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ABBA in Waterloo, Belgium, in 1974</div>
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Boating in 1975</div>
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ABBA on the German<b> </b>TV show <b>Disco</b> in 1975</div>
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In Australia in March 1976</div>
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Sometimes we may find one or another alternate from a photo shoot that is pretty well-known... </div>
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... and it really makes us <b>happy</b>!</div>
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Björn poses for the camera during a break on <strong>ABBA - The Movie</strong> filming</div>
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Probably singing <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Igey30e3JCw" target="_blank"><span style="color: #990000;">Hole In Your Soul</span></a></div>
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A very cool picture from <a href="http://thankyouabba.blogspot.com.br/2009/11/abba-on-1979-tour.html" target="_blank"><span style="color: #990000;">1979 Tour</span></a></div>
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<em><span style="color: #cc0000;">Thanks to my friend Edit for the first two pictures!</span></em></div>
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<span style="color: #cc0000;"><em>Wait for the next November 11 and </em><em>go to</em></span><span style="color: #990000;"> </span><a href="http://thankyouabba.blogspot.com/2009/12/rarities.html" style="color: #990000;" target="_blank"><span style="color: #990000;">ABBA rarities</span></a><span style="color: #cc0000;">,</span><span style="color: #cc0000;"> </span><a href="http://thankyouabba.blogspot.com/2010/05/more-abba-rare.html" style="color: #990000;" target="_blank"><span style="color: #990000;">More ABBA rarities</span></a><span style="color: #cc0000;"> </span><span style="color: #990000;"><em style="color: #cc0000;">and</em> <a href="http://thankyouabba.blogspot.com/2011/04/more-rare-abba.html" target="_blank"><span style="color: #990000;">More rare ABBA</span></a></span></div>
Karenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04837000713575788741noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1016276971763793718.post-51770597773375161882011-11-03T18:00:00.010-02:002015-01-22T01:13:28.560-02:00Posting again<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">
Hi, my dear readers! How are you? I hope you have had a great time during the last two months. I'm sorry for the long waiting, but now I'm back to do new posts. </div>
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Karenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04837000713575788741noreply@blogger.com14tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1016276971763793718.post-69556505524449595352011-08-26T22:48:00.008-03:002016-03-09T00:18:06.604-03:00Thanks<div style="text-align: justify;">
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Firstly, I would like to apologize for my long and unusual silence for so many weeks. I've been very busy lately, so that I couldn't do new posts for you. Actually I'm going to be busy for the next two months, so I'm not going to post here during that time. I'd like to emphasize that it is <em>not</em> a good bye. It's only a suspension of my activities for a while.<br />
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Secondly, I'd like to thank you very much for all your support and appreciation for my work on <a href="http://thankyouabba.blogspot.com/" target="_blank"><span style="color: #990000;">Thank You For The Music, ABBA</span></a> since I created the blog. In fact, it's turning two years old in the next August 29th and it makes me very happy, as I didn't expect it could happen when I started doing my work here. You can be sure it's only going on because of the great feedback I've been receiving from you, my readers.<br />
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Love,</div>
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Karen</div>
Karenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04837000713575788741noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1016276971763793718.post-16422952995276128952011-08-05T00:01:00.013-03:002015-02-20T14:54:34.992-02:00It's ABBA, babies!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">
Who doesn't like babies' pictures? They are sweet, smiling and, when they have plump cheeks and feet, they are simply irresistible! When we think about ABBA members as babies, then, we do have a great photo album.</div>
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Baby Frida was only 5 months old at that time...</div>
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Here she was a year and a half old</div>
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<i>I got really crazy when I saw this one...</i></div>
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Posing for the picture with his cute younger sister, Eva-Lis</div>
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Agnetha's biting her little fat hand!</div>
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Pretty Agnetha playing among some chickens</div>
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Baby Björn looking like he is going to cry... </div>
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Lots of pictures show us Frida and Agnetha's <em>passion</em> for sunglasses. Yes, I really think ABBA girls - especially Agnetha - had a kind of passion for that accessories and, sometimes, their sunglasses really made them even more beautiful than they already were. </div>
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Frida is stunningly gorgeous here with these ones - plus the scarf! </div>
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Agnetha and her <i>big</i> sunglasses</div>
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An absent-minded air is giving a charming look for Anna here...</div>
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I've noticed Agnetha was <i>really</i> obsessed with makeup when she was younger - maybe she is even nowadays, I don't know. She liked wearing lipstick and blush, and had a special taste for (light blue) eye shadows. No wonder Björn said on <strong>ABBA - The Movie</strong> that his wife was wearing five pounds of makeup before a concert...</div>
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"It is not perfect yet!"</div>
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Karenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04837000713575788741noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1016276971763793718.post-40434157349201689962011-07-20T20:00:00.004-03:002016-03-08T01:45:58.311-03:00ABBA girls in Germany<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">
The pictures below were taken at a very sad time. It was November 1982, so ABBA was about to break up. Frida and Agnetha were trying to look joyful for the photographers on their visit to Saarbrücken, Germany, though, and the photos came out to be quite good. They certainly lack the spontainety of ABBA good old days, but the pictures really worth a look.</div>
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