Showing posts with label 1978. Show all posts
Showing posts with label 1978. Show all posts

Tuesday, February 14, 2012

Let's celebrate love!

Guess what?! This is Valentine's Day! 

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. 

The couple in the early 1970s

Benny and Frida singing - and almost kissing each other - during a concert from ABBA 1977 Tour

Enjoying their free time in 1978
This one is specially lovely, although its size and quality aren't very good...

Even though they were close to their divorce at that time, they did seem really lovely here...
Thanks to Karine, from ABBA Joy, for this picture

A joyful couple in another picture from 1980

This one was taken in late 1980... it's still a great memory, though

Monday, January 9, 2012

Being successful isn't easy

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. 

ABBA during a concert from their 1977 Tour...

... and during their hard - or funny? - work before that 

Playing Take A Chance On Me on German TV show Am Laufenden Band in 1978...
I like their entrance on the stage!

... and enjoying themselves during their rehearsal for it

ABBA performing Money, Money, Money on the French TV show Top Club France in 1978...

... and during their rehearsal before it

Performing He Is Your Brother and Chiquitita on UNICEF's beautiful charity concert, "UNICEF - A Gift of Songs", in January 1979 (exactly 33 years ago)...

... and having a good time together before the special

Sunday, November 20, 2011

Crazy for you

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.

Do you remember what I wished in Young love?
I was so happy when I found out this picture!

The couple around 1974

Arriving in Poland in 1976

During their interview on the Swedish TV show Nöjesliv in 1977

During their participation on a German TV show in 1978

On the balcony of their house in Lidingö in 1978

Friday, November 11, 2011

Enjoying them once again

As I promissed, here's the continuation for Don't you enjoy them?.

ABBA in Brighton, England, one day after the band's victory in Eurovision Song Contest in 1974

ABBA at studio with some - I guess - fan in 1975

This picture was taken at the time of ABBA 1975 Tour

At a concert from their 1977 Tour
It looks like Benny is lost with his accordeon...

ABBA beautifully pictured in London in 1978

ABBA with the TV presenter Franck Pourcel in 1978

The band having some drinks with Franck

ABBA with a (lucky!) fan in Germany in 1978

A nice picture from the band's 1979 Tour...

... and another amazing one, probably by a fan

Sunday, July 10, 2011

Drawing ABBA

You can do nice works with some computer programs. Yesterday, I used one of them and turned some nice pictures into drawings. I think the results were pretty good, so I've decided to post these drawings here, as well as the original pictures from which I did the works.  

















It looks more like an old picture than a drawing...











Saturday, July 9, 2011

Getting exercises

ABBA goes sports! - article originally published in Dutch magazine Joepie, in November 1978


For several days, Benny had not been feeling especially well when he went to see a befriended doctor in Stockholm. Had he simply been working too hard or was there really something wrong? That question had already caused Benny several sleepless nights and it still took quite some time before he finally gathered his courage and went to see his friend.

The diagnosis relieved all Benny’s fears. “What you need, is some more exercise,” his friend told him. “You are a bit stressed, that’s all...”. Benny: “I have never felt this relieved in my entire life. But this little incident still got me thinking: aren’t we all working way too hard and aren’t we asking too much of ourselves? During a meeting, we discussed this subject and everyone was convinced right away: we should get more exercise!”

And he kept his word: barely one day later, he became a member of a tennis club in Stockholm. Benny: “I had been playing tennis before with Frida, but at the club I got genuine champions as my opponents. I sweated like a horse and the next day my muscles were completely stiff. But I’m feeling much better now. I go there at least once a week, if I’m home that is...”.

Lovely wife Frida chose a more relaxing kind of sports: jazz dancing. She became a student at the Stockholm Ballet Academy where she gets two hours of tuition every other week. Frida: “I’ve always been interested in jazz ballet, but I never had the time for it. Now that we are taking the time to do some sports, I decided to sign myself up. The plan is that I will be demonstrating some of these dance moves next year on our upcoming tour.   

Björn even went as far that he signed himself up for the Lidingö, a marathon of thirty kilometres. Björn didn’t finish first, but he still ran the entire track. “And I think that’s quite an accomplishment for me,” according to Björn. “I have been in training for two weeks for that competition and during that period I have forced up the amount of kilometres. But thirty kilometres is still a lot, believe me. I have to admit that I have walked a couple of kilometres, but I wasn’t the only one. I’m not planning to join these kinds of competitions regularly. I actually did this one more to please the organizer. But these days I do run four or five kilometres every day”.

Anna is now regularly getting into her jogging gear as well to loosen up her legs. “But I would never consider to join in a competition,” she says. “I’d rather determine my own pace...”.

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ABBA pratica esportes! - artigo originalmente publicado na revista holandesa Joepie, em novembro de 1978

Durante vários dias, Benny não se sentiu muito bem. Por isso, decidiu consultar-se com um médico amigo seu. Estaria ele simplesmente trabalhando demais? Ou haveria, de fato, algo sério? Essa dúvida o levou a uma série de noites maldormidas, tomando-lhe boa parte do tempo, até que ele tivesse coragem suficiente para procurar seu amigo.

Contudo, o diagnóstico apazigou todos os seus temores. "Você precisa praticar mais exercícios físicos", disse-lhe o médico. "Seu problema é apenas o estresse, nada mais". "Nunca me senti tão aliviado em toda a minha vida. Esse pequeno incidente, porém, me fez pensar: afinal, não estaríamos todos nós trabalhando e cobrando-nos demais? Discutimos esse assunto num encontro e nos convencemos de que deveríamos praticar mais exercícios", declara Benny.

E, de fato, ele manteve sua palavra: apenas um dia após a discussão, tornou-se membro de um clube de tênis de Estocolmo. "Eu costumava jogar tênis com Frida, mas, no clube, pude realizar jogadas com verdadeiros campeões. Suava feito um cavalo e, no dia seguinte, meus músculos estavam completamente rígidos. Agora, contudo, estou me sentindo bem melhor. Ao menos uma vez por semana, quando possível, frequento o clube", diz Benny.

Frida, sua adorável esposa, por sua vez, escolheu um tipo mais relaxante de esporte: dança jazz. Ela se tornou aluna da Academia de Balé de Estocolmo, onde faz duas horas de aula a cada duas semanas. "Eu sempre me interessei por balé jazz, mas nunca tinha tempo para praticá-lo. Já que resolvemos dedicar algum tempo aos esportes, porém, decidi me matricular. Meu plano é exibir alguns dos movimentos dessa dança em nossa próxima turnê, no ano que vem", comenta.

Björn, por outro lado, foi tão longe no assunto que se inscreveu na maratona de trinta quilômetros de Lidingö, na qual, embora não tenha terminado em primeiro, conseguiu percorrer toda a pista. "E eu considero esta uma grande conquista", ele diz. "Treinei por duas semanas para a competição e, nesse período, cheguei a aumentar a quilometragem. Pode estar certo, porém, de que trinta quilômetros já é muito. Tenho que admitir que consegui correr apenas alguns, apesar de não ter sido o único. Mas não planejo participar regularmente dessas competições; só ingressei nesta, para agradar seu organizador. Ainda assim, atualmente corro quatro ou cinco quilômetros por dia".

Já Anna regularmente veste sua roupa de cooper, a fim de movimentar mais as pernas. "Mas eu jamais pensaria em me envolver numa competição", ela diz. "Prefiro poder estabeler meu próprio ritmo...".


Text in English from ABBA The Articles Blog

Thursday, June 23, 2011

Coincidences

I have always thought ABBA members share many coincidences with each other. Both couples met - almost at the same time - in 1969, both Benny and Frida had two children - a boy and a girl - from previous relationships, both Frida and Agnetha had alrealdy met each other on a TV show before they met Benny and Björn, both guys didn't know to read or write music and both are musical geniuses, both of them got married for the second time with women with whom they are married till today... and so on. We may come across these and many other facts when we read their biographies or even when we collect their pictures. If you still have any doubt about it, just take a look at the pictures below and you'll know what I mean.

When I see the foursome here, for instance... 

... I quickly remember them in this another photo
Notice that even ABBA members are in the same places

When I see Frida's dress here...

... I immediately remember Agnetha's in this another one

When I take a look at Frida's leg here...

... I remember the same joke in this picture...

... or in this another one
And even the same smile on Benny's face!

And when I got delighted with this lovely dance...

... I know I've already seen this another one!