Abba: Bright Lights Dark Shadows (Updated edition): Bright Lights Dark Shadows New Edition

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The author is described as the world's foremost ABBA historian and the detail and sensitivity that is displayed in the writing about the individuals and their history is very impressive indeed. Following on from his well-received book 'Let’s Talk About ABBA', Stany Van Wymeersch now turns the spotlight on how musicians and other creatives from a surprising array of genres have been inspired to draw from ABBA’s mesmerizing musical canon. The book set includes a foreword by the esteemed theatre director and arts producer Jude Kelly CBE, who curated both official ABBA: Super Troupers exhibitions in London. They were one of the first groups to produce music videos and this was a major factor in their success. They were a cheesy, teenyboppered, bubblegummed, no-talent bunch of Swedes on platform shoes who were only in it for the money.

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an attempt at explaining in more detail this genre of music from continental Europe, an important ingredient in ABBA’s mix of influences throughout their career. Rather than a easy read it is in depth, starting with the childhood background of each of the members of the band, detailing their early musical backgrounds and also giving a great deal of space to Stig Anderson, their manager at Polar Music which was responsible for the bands output. The main members of the band are nicely fleshed out and even though I'm not even a casual fan of their music, I found myself being a little wistful at the end that they couldn't patch things up. For the first time, the career of each member of the group prior to the formation of ABBA is pieced together.

The chapters, I thought were very well placed, providing intelligent punctuation of the different events and helping the reader move between different viewpoints and other factors with contributed to the narrative. Keep in mind that anyone can view public collections - they may also appear in recommendations and other places. For students of literary translation, however, the most fascinating part of the editorial apparatus will be the detailed notes on the poems themselves.

ABBA ABBA is one of Anthony Burgess's most original works, combining fiction, poetry and translation. I find autobiographies more interesting (such as Keith Richards, Pete Towhshend) - I suspect we won't get one of those from the Abba members anytime soon, so this book is the next best thing. The sections that detail the intricate finances and dealings of Polar Music slow the book down but still make interesting reading even though much of it was beyond my comprehension. ABBA on üks kõige edukamaid ja müütilisemaid bände muusikaajaloos: üle 400 miljoni müüdud albumi kogu maailmas, virtuaalne kontsertetendus „Voyage“, oma muuseum ning kõrvalprojektid, nagu muusikal „Mamma Mia! The only thing negative I can say is that it delves into the business aspect of Polar Music and all their various investments (and failures) and those parts tend to drag.

Constantly living and working together would eventually take its toll and lead to their bitter break up. ABBA was the first band I ever fell in love with (and don't we all remember that first teenager crush and fascination in a band, that led on somehow to all our latter taste in music?Check out the foreign (subtitled) TV interviews with Agnetha Falkstog on You Tube - much better than the lame British efforts after her new album was released. Now, ABBA: The Book presents the incredible story of four Swedish folk singers who went on to become one of the most influential pop groups of all time.