Saturday, December 22, 2012

Dancing Queen by ABBA and the Swedish Music Scene

By Martin Reynolds


If there's one particular track that will explain Sweden it must be Dancing Queen - ABBA. ABBA like a well-known travel host and chef would describe is one kind of Sweden's most widely used export. With all due regard to the music group and its participants, Agnetha Faltskog, Benny Andersson, I will have to understand that assertion not really considering that the band has become so commercial but simply because the band has described the country as well as its way of life. They have built Sweden well-known around the globe because of ABBA's songs.

The group is one of he best selling groups in the 1970's and it has changed an era with their music and songs. Their own dance inducing music along with electronic rich beat provides inspired most of the performers today as well as their tracks has impressed a musical which had been also released as a full feature motion picture.

Previously ABBA, Benny Anderson was a a member of the Hep Stars which in turn in those days has been named as Sweden's Beatles. They cover a lot of famous pop and rock and roll music back then. At the age of Eighteen he is definitely composing tracks and also launching popular songs for his group. The group first became aquainted with in Sweden the moment the two partners went to Cyprus. What began as an impromptu jam by the beach turned into a complete performance for the U . N . troops stationed in the area. This was the beginning of a really remarkable profession to the 4 vocalists. On November 1, 1970 Festfolk was created which was the predecessor for ABBA. Their work together has been on an album named Lycka, which was formerly just participation between Anderson, and Ulvaeus but Lyngstad and Faltskog included the backup vocals on many of the tunes. Their own first record together would be a track about a salvation army soldier named 'Hej, gamle man' The quartet went on working and touring together and has slowly becoming really renowned as a group.

In 1972, the group lastly broke through as a quartet. They released their very first hit, People Need Love and the ladies in the group loved matched popularity with the guys playing guitars and vocals. The song attained number 17 in the Swedish chart, that is certainly enough to be able to convince the group to keep playing as one. It was also the very first single that has been launched by the group to attain the US charts. Nonetheless, in spite of that victory, the group does not have a genuine label yet.

In 1973, the group had been officially generally known as ABBA. The group finally got their best year in 1976 when they introduced the album greatest hits, this in spite of the simple fact they only have 6 established UK and US hits. The album nevertheless actually peaked in numerous Worldwide charts and offered ABBA their greatest years. It included a fresh single Fernando, which gave ABBA some new followers. Nevertheless, Dancing Queen - ABBA remained the bands only US number 1 hit in the US. Despite of that, ABBA's popularity should not be questioned, because their songs remain a well liked among nowadays, most people.




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