ABBA是瑞典的流行组合,成立于1973年。乐队名称来自于四名成员的姓名前字母的缩写的组合,这两男两女在事业走上坡路时曾是两对夫妻,在事业开始下坡时又分别劳燕分飞,是流行音乐史上著名的夫妻组合也是著名的离婚组合。ABBA于1982年解散。
组建时间: 1971年
解散时间: 1982年
国 籍:瑞典
风 格:
Euro-Pop(欧洲流行)
Pop/Rock(流行/摇滚)
Swedish Pop/Rock(瑞典流行/摇滚)
ABBA成员包括:比约恩·奥瓦尔斯(Bjorn Ulvaeus,1945年4月25日生于哥德堡)、本尼·安德森(Benny Andersson,1946年12月16日生于斯德哥尔摩)、阿格妮莎·福斯克格(Agnetha Faltskog,1950年4月5日生于乔克平)、安妮-弗瑞德·林斯塔德(Anni-Frid Lyngstad,1945年11月15日生于挪威的纳尔维克)。在成立乐队前,安妮和阿格妮莎已是瑞典颇有名气的独唱演员,比约恩属于 Hootenanny演唱组,本尼是Hep Stars乐队的成员。后来,本尼和安妮、比约恩和阿格妮莎分别结成夫妻,并用每个人名字的第一个字母组成ABBA乐队。
应该说,在 旋律方面,ABBA还是具有相当的天赋的,他(她)们有许多朗朗上口的曲目经过不同歌手的翻唱和不同音乐形式的改编,依旧散发着历久弥新的魅力,这远远超 出了一支普通流行组合娱乐大众于一时的存在价值。特别是在欧洲和澳洲,ABBA热经年不衰,甚至在乐队解散后也依旧如此,U2、Erasure都是乐队的 忠实乐迷,在演出和作品中都曾表达过他们对ABBA真诚的喜爱。1981年,作为优异的声乐组合,ABBA在宝丽多(Polydor)旗下获金留声机奖, 而这个奖项一般只是授予古典音乐家的。
No more champagne
and the fireworks are through
here we are, me and you
feeling lost and feeling blue
it's the end of the party
and the morning seems so grey
so unlike yesterday
now's the time for us to say...
happy new year
happy new year
may we all have a vision now and then
of a world where every neighbour is a friend
happy new year
happy new year
may we all have our hopes, our will to try
if we don't we might as well lay down and die
you and I
sometimes I see
how the brave new world arrives
and I see how it thrives
in the ashes of our lives
oh yes, man is a fool
and he thinks he'll be okay
dragging on, feet of clay
never knowing he's astray
keeps on going anyway...
happy new year
happy new year
may we all have a vision now and then
of a world where every neighbour is a friend
happy new year
happy new year
may we all have our hopes, our will to try
if we don't we might as well lay down and die
you and I
seems to me now
that the dreams we had before
are all dead, nothing more
than confetti on the floor
it's the end of a decade
in another ten years time
who can say what we'll find
what lies waiting down the line
in the end of eighty-nine...
happy new year
happy new year
may we all have a vision now and then
of a world where every neighbour is a friend
happy new year
happy new year
may we all have our hopes, our will to try
if we don't we might as well lay down and die
you and I