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Abba ingresa en el Salón de la Fama del Rock - ABBA The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame -
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sábado, 20 de noviembre de 2010
Benny and Frida from ABBA backstage at Rock&Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony
Benny and Frida from ABBA backstage at Rock&Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony
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Abba ingresa en el Salón de la Fama del Rock - ABBA The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame -
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Abba ingresa en el Salón de la Fama del Rock - ABBA The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame -
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Benny Andersson Talks Hall of Fame Induction, Band's Reunion Prospects
ABBA's Benny Andersson Talks Hall of Fame Induction, Band's Reunion Prospects
ANDY GREENEPosted Dec 15, 2009 5:53 AM
ABBA's journey: classic photos of the pop icons.
Was the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame nod for ABBA something you thought about or expected to happen?
I'm surprised. It's quite wonderful. I didn't think this would happen, because we were a pop band, not a rock band.
Did you speak yet to the rest of your group about it?
No. Only to Björn [Ulvaeus]. We meet maybe once a week to talk through things. I haven't spoken to the girls, but I know they're happy. I believe that a band that is inducted to the Hall is supposed to do a performance, but I don't think we can do that. Agnetha [Fältskog] is not flying, so I don't know how she's going to get to New York. And we haven't done anything together in 30 years. It's a difficult one. But, again, but you should never say never, you know?
I've seen reports in the papers that you turned down a billions dollars to reunite.
I've seen that, too. But to tell you the truth, I don't know. I haven't seen it in writing. I really doubt it, if you ask me. Who would pay that? We were supposed to do a year and a half of X number of concerts, but we never even contemplated going into negotiations because we didn't want to do it.
Why? Do you think it's just best left to memories of how it used to be?
I think so. Don't you? The people who are really fond of ABBA for what we did, I think we are doing them a favor by not going out. We all feel the same. It's been too long of a time. It's been almost 30 years. There is no reason. I can't understand the bands that reunite, because there will always be a reason, whether it be economic reasons or the fun of it... being on the stage again. We don't have that.
Back in the '70s when you were making all these songs, did you think they'd have this afterlife?
No way. You don't think in those terms. You try to do your best with each song and then you release it and you hope for the best and then you hop on to the next one. It's quite incredible, I can see now that the kids, young children, between five and 15 knowing all these songs, singing all these songs all of a sudden. It has a lot to do with Mamma Mia! I'll tell you one thing. No one thought of this in the '70s.
It seems ABBA that is more lucrative now than in the band's heyday.
I don't know. The back catalog is constantly selling and the whole Mamma Mia! thing from the first musical theater production through the movie, obviously that has generated a lot of money, but I cannot say. We are doing well. I'm just grateful being in this situation. Again, you don't think these thoughts when you are sitting down to write a decent pop song. It takes a while to write good stuff. But you aim to do your best with some sincerity and the outcome — you can't tell until afterwards. It's like putting on a Broadway production. No one knows anything until after the opening night.
There have been reports about a possible sequel to Mamma Mia! Are they true?
It's not as far as I know. I know Universal Pictures wouldn't mind, but the thing with Mamma Mia! is that it's so cleverly put together by Catherine Johnson using the old, original lyrics. And she succeeded in doing that. I don't think there are another 20 good-enough songs. And even if they were, I don't think the lyrics would help her to create another story. There might be some other way we can sort of continue the collaboration between us, the bunch that sort of created Mamma Mia! in the first place, but maybe it could be sort of something else, related only by the fact that it's the same people behind whatever it is coming out.
http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/abba/articles/story/31347781/abbas_benny_andersson_talks_hall_of_fame_induction_bands_reunion_prospects
ANDY GREENEPosted Dec 15, 2009 5:53 AM
ABBA's journey: classic photos of the pop icons.
Was the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame nod for ABBA something you thought about or expected to happen?
I'm surprised. It's quite wonderful. I didn't think this would happen, because we were a pop band, not a rock band.
Did you speak yet to the rest of your group about it?
No. Only to Björn [Ulvaeus]. We meet maybe once a week to talk through things. I haven't spoken to the girls, but I know they're happy. I believe that a band that is inducted to the Hall is supposed to do a performance, but I don't think we can do that. Agnetha [Fältskog] is not flying, so I don't know how she's going to get to New York. And we haven't done anything together in 30 years. It's a difficult one. But, again, but you should never say never, you know?
I've seen reports in the papers that you turned down a billions dollars to reunite.
I've seen that, too. But to tell you the truth, I don't know. I haven't seen it in writing. I really doubt it, if you ask me. Who would pay that? We were supposed to do a year and a half of X number of concerts, but we never even contemplated going into negotiations because we didn't want to do it.
Why? Do you think it's just best left to memories of how it used to be?
I think so. Don't you? The people who are really fond of ABBA for what we did, I think we are doing them a favor by not going out. We all feel the same. It's been too long of a time. It's been almost 30 years. There is no reason. I can't understand the bands that reunite, because there will always be a reason, whether it be economic reasons or the fun of it... being on the stage again. We don't have that.
Back in the '70s when you were making all these songs, did you think they'd have this afterlife?
No way. You don't think in those terms. You try to do your best with each song and then you release it and you hope for the best and then you hop on to the next one. It's quite incredible, I can see now that the kids, young children, between five and 15 knowing all these songs, singing all these songs all of a sudden. It has a lot to do with Mamma Mia! I'll tell you one thing. No one thought of this in the '70s.
It seems ABBA that is more lucrative now than in the band's heyday.
I don't know. The back catalog is constantly selling and the whole Mamma Mia! thing from the first musical theater production through the movie, obviously that has generated a lot of money, but I cannot say. We are doing well. I'm just grateful being in this situation. Again, you don't think these thoughts when you are sitting down to write a decent pop song. It takes a while to write good stuff. But you aim to do your best with some sincerity and the outcome — you can't tell until afterwards. It's like putting on a Broadway production. No one knows anything until after the opening night.
There have been reports about a possible sequel to Mamma Mia! Are they true?
It's not as far as I know. I know Universal Pictures wouldn't mind, but the thing with Mamma Mia! is that it's so cleverly put together by Catherine Johnson using the old, original lyrics. And she succeeded in doing that. I don't think there are another 20 good-enough songs. And even if they were, I don't think the lyrics would help her to create another story. There might be some other way we can sort of continue the collaboration between us, the bunch that sort of created Mamma Mia! in the first place, but maybe it could be sort of something else, related only by the fact that it's the same people behind whatever it is coming out.
http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/abba/articles/story/31347781/abbas_benny_andersson_talks_hall_of_fame_induction_bands_reunion_prospects
martes, 15 de diciembre de 2009
Abba in Rock and Roll Hall of Fame
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El grupo sueco Abba accederá en marzo al Salón de la Fama del Rock and Roll de EE.UU.
15.12.09 | 18:10 h. Agencia EFE
El popular grupo sueco Abba se sumará el próximo marzo, junto a otros artistas, a los grandes de la música que integran el Salón de la Fama del Rock and Roll de Estados Unidos, informó hoy la institución en un comunicado.
De izq a dcha, Benny Andersson, Frida Lyngstad, Agnetha Faltskog y Bjon Ulvaeus, integrantes del grupo Abba. EFE/Archivo
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Junto al conocido grupo que formaron Benny Andersson, Björn Ulvaeus, Agnetha Fältskog y Anni-Frid Lyngstad también se incorporarán a la prestigiosa institución las bandas británicas Génesis y The Hollies, el grupo de rock estadounidense The Stooges, y el cantante de reggae jamaicano Jimmy Cliff.
"La nueva promoción del Salón de la Fama del Rock and Roll representa a grandes artistas de diferentes géneros que definen el amplio espectro y la historia del rock and roll, así como a personas que han contribuido enormemente a nuestro negocio", dijo hoy el presidente de esa entidad, Joel Peresman.
Los responsables del Salón subrayaron hoy de nuevo en su comunicado la importancia de Abba, "uno de los grupos que más han vendido en la historia de la música pop" y responsables de que Suecia esté "en el mapa mundial del rock", gracias a los éxitos que obtuvieron en todo el mundo en las década de 1970 y principios de 1980.
"Se separaron en 1982, pero los álbumes de homenaje al grupo y el éxito del musical 'Mamma Mia' los mantiene permanentemente expuestos", añadieron desde una institución en la que figuran nombres tan ilustres como Elvis Presley, los Beatles, los Rolling Stones, James Brown, Bob Dylan, The Clash, Queen o U2, entre otros.
Los responsables del Salón también destacaron "la larga y variada carrera" de Génesis, un grupo que empezó "como una banda de culto del rock en la Inglaterra de los años 60 y creció hasta llenar estadios alrededor del planeta en los años 80 y 90, así como en su gira de reunión en 2007".
"Sus álbumes 'Selling England By The Pound' y 'The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway' son dos de los discos más aclamados de la historia del rock progresivo", añadió la entidad, que también anunció quiénes serán los galardonados con el premio especial Ahmet Ertegun, en memoria del cofundador de la discográfica Atlantic Records.
Ese galardón irá a parar a manos del productor estadounidense David Geffen y de los compositores Barry Mann, Cynthia Weil, Ellie Greenwich, Jeff Barry, Jesse Stone, Mort Shuman y Otis Blackwell, definidos por la institución como "los extraordinarios responsables de algunas de las mejores melodías del siglo XX".
Un panel de más de 500 figuras de la industria musical fue el encargado de escoger los cinco nombres que serán proclamados como miembros del Salón en una gala que se celebrará el próximo 15 de marzo en el Hotel Waldorf Astoria de Nueva York.
En septiembre la entidad publicó una lista de nominados para acceder al Salón, de la que se han caído finalmente la diva de la música disco Donna Summer, los estadounidenses Red Hot Chili Peppers y Kiss, así como Darlene Love, Jimmy Cliff, Laura Nyro, LL Cool J y The Chantels.
http://www.telecinco.es/informativos/cultura/noticia/1150883/1150883
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Rock hall of fame admits Abba
Kiss and the Red Hot Chili Peppers fail to make the cut
Last Updated: Tuesday, December 15, 2009 | 1:28 PM ET Comments87Recommend13
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The Swedish pop group will be inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in March.Abba members, from left to right, Bjorn Ulvaeus, Agnetha Fältskog, Anni-Frid Lyngstad and Benny Andersson are seen in this photo distributed by Polydor Records. The Swedish pop group will be inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in March. (Polydor/Associated Press)
The Swedish pop group Abba, 1960s Brit-rock pioneers The Hollies and reggae legend Jimmy Cliff will be inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in Cleveland in March, the Hall of Fame Foundation has announced.
The Stooges, nominated and subsequently rejected seven times, and Genesis also got the nod. They'll be joined by U.S. entertainment industry mogul David Geffen and seven songwriters: Barry Mann and Cynthia Weill, Ellie Greenwich and Jeff Barry, Jesse Stone, Mort Shuman and Otis Blackwell.
But Kiss and the Red Hot Chili Peppers, thought to be frontrunners on the short list, did not make the cut.
"It's quite wonderful," Abba's Benny Andersson told Rolling Stone magazine. "I didn't think this would happen because we were a pop band, not a rock band."
But he said the group is unlikely to reunite for a performance at the 25th annual concert and ceremony on March 15 at New York's Waldorf-Astoria Hotel.
"Agnetha [Fältskog] is not flying … And we haven't done anything together in 30 years," he said.
http://www.cbc.ca/arts/music/story/2009/12/15/abba-rockhall.html
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El grupo sueco Abba accederá en marzo al Salón de la Fama del Rock and Roll de EE.UU.
15.12.09 | 18:10 h. Agencia EFE
El popular grupo sueco Abba se sumará el próximo marzo, junto a otros artistas, a los grandes de la música que integran el Salón de la Fama del Rock and Roll de Estados Unidos, informó hoy la institución en un comunicado.
De izq a dcha, Benny Andersson, Frida Lyngstad, Agnetha Faltskog y Bjon Ulvaeus, integrantes del grupo Abba. EFE/Archivo
-
Junto al conocido grupo que formaron Benny Andersson, Björn Ulvaeus, Agnetha Fältskog y Anni-Frid Lyngstad también se incorporarán a la prestigiosa institución las bandas británicas Génesis y The Hollies, el grupo de rock estadounidense The Stooges, y el cantante de reggae jamaicano Jimmy Cliff.
"La nueva promoción del Salón de la Fama del Rock and Roll representa a grandes artistas de diferentes géneros que definen el amplio espectro y la historia del rock and roll, así como a personas que han contribuido enormemente a nuestro negocio", dijo hoy el presidente de esa entidad, Joel Peresman.
Los responsables del Salón subrayaron hoy de nuevo en su comunicado la importancia de Abba, "uno de los grupos que más han vendido en la historia de la música pop" y responsables de que Suecia esté "en el mapa mundial del rock", gracias a los éxitos que obtuvieron en todo el mundo en las década de 1970 y principios de 1980.
"Se separaron en 1982, pero los álbumes de homenaje al grupo y el éxito del musical 'Mamma Mia' los mantiene permanentemente expuestos", añadieron desde una institución en la que figuran nombres tan ilustres como Elvis Presley, los Beatles, los Rolling Stones, James Brown, Bob Dylan, The Clash, Queen o U2, entre otros.
Los responsables del Salón también destacaron "la larga y variada carrera" de Génesis, un grupo que empezó "como una banda de culto del rock en la Inglaterra de los años 60 y creció hasta llenar estadios alrededor del planeta en los años 80 y 90, así como en su gira de reunión en 2007".
"Sus álbumes 'Selling England By The Pound' y 'The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway' son dos de los discos más aclamados de la historia del rock progresivo", añadió la entidad, que también anunció quiénes serán los galardonados con el premio especial Ahmet Ertegun, en memoria del cofundador de la discográfica Atlantic Records.
Ese galardón irá a parar a manos del productor estadounidense David Geffen y de los compositores Barry Mann, Cynthia Weil, Ellie Greenwich, Jeff Barry, Jesse Stone, Mort Shuman y Otis Blackwell, definidos por la institución como "los extraordinarios responsables de algunas de las mejores melodías del siglo XX".
Un panel de más de 500 figuras de la industria musical fue el encargado de escoger los cinco nombres que serán proclamados como miembros del Salón en una gala que se celebrará el próximo 15 de marzo en el Hotel Waldorf Astoria de Nueva York.
En septiembre la entidad publicó una lista de nominados para acceder al Salón, de la que se han caído finalmente la diva de la música disco Donna Summer, los estadounidenses Red Hot Chili Peppers y Kiss, así como Darlene Love, Jimmy Cliff, Laura Nyro, LL Cool J y The Chantels.
http://www.telecinco.es/informativos/cultura/noticia/1150883/1150883
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Rock hall of fame admits Abba
Kiss and the Red Hot Chili Peppers fail to make the cut
Last Updated: Tuesday, December 15, 2009 | 1:28 PM ET Comments87Recommend13
CBC News
The Swedish pop group will be inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in March.Abba members, from left to right, Bjorn Ulvaeus, Agnetha Fältskog, Anni-Frid Lyngstad and Benny Andersson are seen in this photo distributed by Polydor Records. The Swedish pop group will be inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in March. (Polydor/Associated Press)
The Swedish pop group Abba, 1960s Brit-rock pioneers The Hollies and reggae legend Jimmy Cliff will be inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in Cleveland in March, the Hall of Fame Foundation has announced.
The Stooges, nominated and subsequently rejected seven times, and Genesis also got the nod. They'll be joined by U.S. entertainment industry mogul David Geffen and seven songwriters: Barry Mann and Cynthia Weill, Ellie Greenwich and Jeff Barry, Jesse Stone, Mort Shuman and Otis Blackwell.
But Kiss and the Red Hot Chili Peppers, thought to be frontrunners on the short list, did not make the cut.
"It's quite wonderful," Abba's Benny Andersson told Rolling Stone magazine. "I didn't think this would happen because we were a pop band, not a rock band."
But he said the group is unlikely to reunite for a performance at the 25th annual concert and ceremony on March 15 at New York's Waldorf-Astoria Hotel.
"Agnetha [Fältskog] is not flying … And we haven't done anything together in 30 years," he said.
http://www.cbc.ca/arts/music/story/2009/12/15/abba-rockhall.html
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