Rogues Gallery
Finally got an Autographed Photo of Agnetha!
On this page, I pay "homage" those rascals and rogues who bash, chide or deride the magnificent, stupendous, great, fantastic, (did I say incredible) band Abba!
From the Discovery Channel's Anthony Bourdain, host of the TV
travel show, "No Reservations." Now... Tony's got a nice show and a good
sense of humor, but like a lot of folks, no appreciation for the magnificent
four. Here's a picture and quote from an episode of his show... I
wish they'd replay it, as it was hilarious!
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Tony… thanks for informing me that my taste in music stinks… that’s been apparent since grade school when I thought the Monkeys were better than the Beatles. I “reformed” when my classmates informed me exactly how wrong I was… so who should I be listening to in order to have good taste? On the other hand… I know what I like! Just out of curiosity Tony… if it’s not too personal, what kind of music do you like? (I'm sure it's a lot "better" than Abba!)
… Anthony Bourdain… I think that he proudly proclaims that he hates Abba and states that people who like Abba have terrible taste… well at least he’s not saying Abba should be drawn and quartered, or hung out to dry... or maybe he is? On the other hand, I wonder if his work will be around as long as theirs? I have to admit that I’m not a connoisseur of music, so my opinion is not an expert one, but just as Tony knows what he hates, we know what we like! Power to the people, let the experts take a hike… My wife would probably agree with Tony, although kind soul that she is, her words might be gentler… although she is the one who said “I Was So in Love”, made her want to bang her head against a wall, I just can’t understand her sometimes.
Tony’s actually pretty matter of fact about the whole thing... it’s not really an earth shattering subject anyway, and he approaches it with humor!
I don’t want to call the rouges gallery “Abba haters”, they generally don’t take the subject that seriously. I was also a detractor for years, although I didn't give the group much thought… after all, they're not exactly a household word around here.
Robert Plant....
the lead singer of Led Zeppelin (tied with Abba as my
favorite rock group). A couple years
ago, Bobbie P. , stated that ,
"I went to sex club with ABBA
stars." Below is the rest of the story... take it for what it's worth, but
to me, it's very interesting that there's a connection between my two
favorite bands... I guess I'm "reading" into it, but how couldn't Bobbie
have been turned on by the Abba girls and isn't it strange that Aggie and Bjorn
got divorced a year later? I'm not implying anything like an affair, but
it probably would have made the gals good and mad if they had to go drag the
fellows out of some seedy club that Bobbie boy had taken them too... for the
record, as you'll read below, Bjorn and Bennie deny most of his account:
"I went to
sex club with ABBA stars"
Benny Andersson and Björn Ulvaeus went to sex clubs together with Robert Plant.
According to the british rock icon.
- Benny and Björn, do you remember when you used to sneak away from your women?
the british rock icon asks in a tv/interview.
Robert Plant, former singer of Led Zeppelin, was recently in Sweden to play at
Cirkus in Stockholm. During his visit in Sweden he was interviewed by Carina
Berg in the show "God natt, Sverige" on TV4.
In that interview he reveals his friendship with the ABBA stars.
- I knew Benny and Björn very well. Led Zeppelin was here and recorded at Polar
Studios in 1978. Jimmy Page and I went out with Benny and Björn most nights.
There were some really nice clubs here back then, he says.
People were having sex.
It is a surprised Carina Berg who hears the rest of the story.
- People seemed to want to go to sleep very early when we came to them (the
club's that is: aftonbladet comment)because they laid out a circle shaped
matress around us. And women and men started having sex with each other whilst
we were having a drink.
Carina had to interrupt.
- It's called a sex club, he adds.
Robert Plant wants to continue talking about what happened at the club but
Carina interupted him.
- That is an entirely different story. We'll have to invite Benny and Björn to
our show so they can tell their side of the story about what happened, she says
before continuing with the show.
But Robert Plants makes time for a greeting to the two ABBA stars:
- Benny and Björn, do you remember when you used to sneak away from your women?
"Completely wrong"
1978 was the year Benny and Björn opened Polar Studios together with their
manager Stikkan Anderson. And they confirm through their spokes person, Görel
Hanser, that they
did indeed meed Robert Plant that year. But according to them, they never
visited any sex club.
- They say he must remember completely wrong. They have not been to any sex club.
What he says applies himself only, says Görel Hanser.
Were about to get married
At the time of the alleged sex club visit Björn Ulveaus was married to Agnetha
Fältskog. They were divorced one year later. Benny Andersson married Anni-Frid
Lyngstad that very same year, 1978. They marriage lasted until 1981. The
interview with Robert Plant is aired on TV4 tonight.
written by Pontus Hammarlund Translated for ABBAMAIL by ABBAMAILer Gustav
Sandberg, Stockholm, Sweden
http://www.abbamail.com/news/2005_04_01_archive.htm
