It's time to reflect about ourselves

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. Christmas 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.

So what do you think of celebrating this so much special holiday with Frida's Gläns Över Sjö och Strand (Star of Bethlehem, in English)...

 ... and New Year Eve with ABBA's Happy New Year?

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year, everyone!

Different roles

ABBA members can play different roles of those ones we are used to witness. Indeed, the Anni-Frid, Agnetha, Björn and Benny are very versatile artists. So let's see some of their different musical talents...

"Music is my life"

Frida plays the piano since she was a little girl. Once she told that reading and playing the piano used to be her main hobbies, when she was a child

In 1984, Frida proved her talent as a composer, when she wrote both the lyrics and the music for one of her most famous solo songs, Don't Do It

Just like her friend, Agnetha has the same talent - actually she composed a great amount of songs at the piano at a very young age

But I didn't know that Björn could play the piano until I saw this picture!

                        

And Benny can sing! 

He thinks his voice is horrible, but that's nonsense...

Just hear the audio of this video and you'll see how nice he sounds 

I'd like to apologize for not being doing many posts lately. I have really been quite busy, but I promise I'll be back soon to post here more often

Lycka

Anni-Frid Lyngstad recorded her first solo album, Frida, produced by Benny Andersson, her fiancé at that time, and Bengt Palmers, in 1971. Frida covered some great English and American songs for it, like the relaxing Suzanne (composed by Leonard Cohen & Owe Junsjö) and the deep En Ton Av Tystnad (Paul Simon & Owe Junsjö). My favorite track from that album is Lycka - or Happiness, in English -, composed by Benny & Björn, for which I made the tribute below.

Enjoy this magnific song with Frida's marvellous photos and snippets of videos.

A very special day...

Today is Frida's birthday! She is turning 64 years old! 64 years full of love, integrity and strenght! To celebrate it, I did her a tribute, as you can see on this post. 

Have a really Happy Birthday, dear Anni-Frid!