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Post by gary on Apr 11, 2024 7:16:41 GMT
Yes, the best ABBA programme I’ve seen in a long time. It’s nothing amazing but at least it didn’t feel like a rehash.
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Post by Alan on Apr 13, 2024 13:16:38 GMT
The ABBA Waterloo 50th celebrations continued last night with a showing of the episode of Top of the Pops from 1974 featuring ABBA’s first appearance.
Although BBC Four is showing the ongoing repeats of the show (currently at late 1995) as well as two random episodes each week from the late 1970s onwards, this episode was significant as I don’t think it’s been shown since its original broadcast? In April 2011, they began re-showing episodes from April 1976 onwards (from that point they had almost a complete archive of them, even though, for various reasons, they couldn’t re-show some).
This was the episode shown on the Thursday after Eurovision, so Waterloo hasn’t yet charted and ABBA are on it merely because they were the contest winners. They’re getting full use out of those Waterloo costumes (I wonder how many of each they had? It’s unrealistic that they only had the one).
The Wombles were also on, so presumably ABBA met them for the second time in a week. Apparently Mike Batt gave Agnetha a Wombles badge to wear amongst the others on her Waterloo costume.
Also on were Mud, Slade, Mungo Jerry, Bill Haley & His Comets (a re-release) and Terry Jacks.
Noel Edmonds presented, so he was there almost from the start of ABBA’s UK career, just as he was at the end.
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Post by bjorenny on Apr 14, 2024 19:30:28 GMT
So what did you all think of the Radio 4 programme 'ABBA - Behind the Music'? I really liked it, but feel the chronological review of their music writing and production was rushed as the programme progressed, and could have done with another 15 minutes or so. It was still better than the ABBA TV programmes shown on 6th April, although I enjoyed them too.
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Post by HOMETIME on Apr 15, 2024 12:07:13 GMT
I've just listened to that, bjorenny, and I loved it. It wouldn't have taken too much effort, I think, to add visuals to that for a TV broadcast. It's so refreshing to have something respectful that focuses on the music. |
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Post by johnny on Apr 19, 2024 15:20:47 GMT
Two ABBA programmes on Channel 5 tonight
22.30 - ABBA: How they won Erovision
23.30 - ABBA - The missing 40 years
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Post by Alan on Apr 19, 2024 16:34:55 GMT
Two ABBA programmes on Channel 5 tonight 22.30 - ABBA: How they won Erovision 23.30 - ABBA - The missing 40 years I think they were both on last Saturday as well? I caught the Eurovision one. I thought it was quite good for Channel 5, but then I found out most of the interviews had been recycled from a 2019 programme. I think the missing 40 years one dates from 2021. |
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Post by johnny on Apr 19, 2024 17:06:07 GMT
I haven't seen either so will watch them.
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Post by Alan on Apr 19, 2024 17:25:59 GMT
Correction: The Missing 40 Years was first shown on 21 May 2022, so dates from the opening of the Voyage show.
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Post by HOMETIME on Apr 19, 2024 18:01:50 GMT
Saturday 27 April on Channel 4, "ABBA: 50 Years of Pop." Looks like it's about half an hour.
The Missing 40 Years is on YouTube for those who can't get Channel 5. It was way better than I expected.
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Post by eddie on Apr 20, 2024 13:07:44 GMT
I watched the Channel 5 documentary last Saturday evening " How ABBA Won Eurovision " and was rather disappointed as it was indeed as Alan points out a recycled programme with lots of clips we have already seen. Oh dear !
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Post by johnny on Apr 22, 2024 5:35:37 GMT
I saw ABBA: the missing 40 years last night.
No new revelations but quite good. The celebrity talking heads weren't as annoying or intrusive as the ones in When ABBA Came to Britain.
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Post by gary on Apr 23, 2024 7:59:01 GMT
I also watched The Missing 40 Years last night. I don’t think I learned much but it was fairly entertaining, seemed accurate to me, and was a decent attempt at saying something new to non-super-fans. 😉
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Post by iiwftn on May 26, 2024 12:10:00 GMT
I just watched the ‘Against the Odds’ documentary.
I thought it was…ok, a bit drab at times and slightly vague in terms of the music chronology. I’m fact, their musical output seemed somewhat secondary to the central theme: the court of public opinion. Hardly any time was dedicated as to how the band got together. They played about ten seconds of ‘People Need Love’. There was little about the early struggle for success and the post-Eurovision toil was largely disregarded.
Whilst it was worthy to recognise that the band members had their personal struggles throughout their time with the group, not nearly enough was discussed about the quality and brilliance of their music and talent.
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Post by lamont on May 26, 2024 12:49:54 GMT
I made a 4 disc anthology of Abba, just for my own amusement. I made it in 2014 and I didn’t have any talking heads in it, apart from Abba, Stig and Lasse Halstrom.
Each disc was around 90 minutes long, the editing was a bit scrappy and amateurish but I was proud of it. I wanted to update it with other interviews and info, but it was such a massive undertaking that I never got round to it, plus the reunion dated it! It was very interesting to watch it again as you can sense the vigour and enthusiasm slowly drip away.
The documentary was in chronological order and were titled as such;
The Napoleonic Years (before Abba up to end of 1975.)
White & Gold (1976- 1977.)
The Northern Lights (1978-1979.)
The Suffering Bird (1980-1982.)
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