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Cannot believe there is no thread for this?:confused:

Is no one excited for their first studio album in 40 year!!

They're doing a virtual tour with cgi versions of themselves back from the 80's Not everyone's cup of tea, but I'm tempted to try and buy tickets.


They spent 5 weeks performing the show using performance capture software.

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NO! I still have flashbacks and wake in cold sweats to this day thanks to being made to wear a skin tight blue dress, blonde wig and stand up in front of a pub full of die hard death/thrash metal fans and sing a few ABBA numbers.

Protip: Never agree to do anything for charity when you're ****** up.
 
Seems a bit arrogant to suggest fans will pay to turn up at a venue for some projected avatar type experience; yes, OK, it's covid safe,
so, it'll be like Max Headroom.

The MET has live broadcast operas to worldwide cinemas, and somewhat similarly, there, not sure of the image quality, or surround sound experience, & doubly, loss of the real venue ambiance.
 
I'm a massive ABBA fan but going by the first two songs released not looking forward to it.
I actually do two ABBA songs in my band and we're discussing doing a couple more.

@Malevolence , I'm at the Gardeners Retreat next Saturday if you fancy being sick.
 
ThundyCat said:
Cannot believe there is no thread for this?:confused:

Is no one excited for their first studio album in 40 year!!

They're doing a virtual tour with cgi versions of themselves back from the 80's Not everyone's cup of tea, but I'm tempted to try and buy tickets.


They spent 5 weeks performing the show using performance capture software.

:)
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No, people still listen to ABBA?! I thought the only people that listen to that is your nan or aunt at a family new year's eve party.
 
Never mind the music, just look at the graphics. The quality seems to be a step up from Star Wars.

But I think the fans would prefer to have the band perform live.
 
Just before covid I went to the Whitney Houston live concert. She was a holo projection and it looked pretty real. She was dancing and the vocals were taken from a live gig sometime in the 80s or 90s. There was a live band playing the music and dancers on stage interacting with the hologram. While it was a fantastic experience and really felt like she was there it was also a little weird. The while audience were acting like it was really her on stage. The wife and I only went due to some free tickets.

I love listening to ABBA and still have Super Trojper on vinyl from my parents old collection. Used to listen to it often when I was about 6-7.

Looking forward to the new album but hope there are better songs than what's been released.
 
builder22 said:
I guess they're just not able/up for touring themselves?

I like this version of Gimme Gimme Gimme :p

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I have an whole album of Scandinavian bands doing ABBA covers, to be honest it's crap.
Probably one of the best covers is from one of my favourite bands basically because they didn't turn it into a metal anthem -

 
Abba is the only music we played where one of our cats actually sat glaring and hissing at the hi-fi. Well apart from our first cat who took exception to Alan Parsons and actually jumped up then walked across the record deck (this is the late 80s), mangling the vinyl!
 
No, no no no no and infinity of No`s a multiverse infinity of NO and still not enough NO`s.

God awfull music, same as the Beatles.
 
I think the concert is pretty lame and sets a bad precedent. You're going to have all these "heritage" artists thinking they can record a gig, sit at home and watch the cash roll in. If Springsteen can still do 3 hours a night I think ABBA can manage it.
 
One More Solo said:
If Springsteen can still do 3 hours a night I think ABBA can manage it.
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I think this is about immortality in a more substantial form, and I find that intriguing (and weird, based on some of the -- IMO -- flawed promo footage). But concerts are about the communal experience, and a show like this allows fans of whoever can afford such a setup to have that experience in perpetuity; it's the Mamma Mia movies without the annoying actors getting in the way of a good tune.

The two released tracks are, for me, quite moving. Neither of them are pop songs; they're tracks for the next movie or a stage show. But their notably older voices in 'I still have faith in you' are powerful, for me, because of the passage of time; the sense that this is a final chapter, and one which exposes them to the risk of throwing away their legacy with what could easily be seen as a cash-in. I'm interested to see what they're holding back for the album and hoping they haven't released the two 'best' songs already.

Anyway, Abba Arrival was the first album I owned. Mum got it for me with a mono cassette player for Christmas '76. I wanted Tubular Bells. :-) Not a promising start. But Abba's music -- like the Beatles and many other bands -- is part of our culture and the soundtrack to my life. And now I love nothing more than belting out SOS when life's getting stressful, and I love this version of Dancing Queen even though it's not a song I ever thought I'd want to play. I do now and it's great!

 
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