ABBA
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ABBA est une formation musicale suédoise fondée à Stockholm en novembre 1970 par Agnetha Fältskog, Benny Andersson, Björn Ulvaeus et Anni-Frid Lyngstad (dite Frida). Les initiales des 4 prénoms formant le palindrome ABBA, ce n'est qu'en 1976 que le désormais célèbre logo (avec un B inversé) sera utilisé (ce logo est un ambigramme). Leur aventure s'achève en 1982. Arte (la chaîne de télévision franco-allemande) leur a consacré un excellent documentaire en 2008 ; voici le texte intéressant qui l'accompagnait sur leur site, et complètera le paragraphe précédent. "Les rois du disco, ce sont eux. Agnetha Fältskog, Benny Andersson, Björn Ulvaeus et Anni-Frid Lyngstad (...) se font connaître en 1974 au concours de l'Eurovision avec "Waterloo". Deux ans plus tard, ils ne cessent d'enchaîner les tubes ("Dancing queen", "Money money money", "Super troupers", "Knowing me, knowing you", "Take a chance on me"...) qui se retrouvent en tête des hits parade du monde entier. Le documentaire retrace l'histoire d'un groupe idolâtré, troisième au palmarès des meilleures ventes (après Elvis Presley et les Beatles) avec 370 millions d'albums vendus." Même si Abba a démenti les rumeurs selon lesquelles le groupe se reformerait, les quatre membres semblent avoir enterré la hache de guerre. Fin juin 2008, ils sont apparus en public pour la première fois depuis vingt-cinq ans à l'occasion de l'avant-première du film Mamma mia ! Inspiré de l'histoire du groupe," Mamma mia !" est à l'origine une comédie musicale lancée à Londres en 1999 et vue depuis par plus de 25 millions de spectateurs dans le monde. Le film réunit Meryl Streep, Colin Firth et Pierce Brosnan dans les rôles principaux. Il est sorti en France le 10 septembre 2008 ; le succès fut au rendez-vous dans le monde entier... User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License and may also be available under the GNU FDL.
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 | 1972 | People Need Love |  |
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People need hope, people need loving People need trust from a fellow man People need love to make a good living People need faith in a helping hand
Man has always wanted a woman by his side to keep him company Women always knew that i[...]
.jpg) | 1973 | Ring Ring | |
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I was sitting by the phone I was waiting all alone Baby by myself I sit and wait and wonder about you It's a dark and dreary night Seems like nothing's going right Won't you tell me ho[...]
 | 1974 | Waterloo | |
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My my, at Waterloo, Napoleon did surrender Oh yeah, and I have met my destiny in quite a similar way The history book on the shelf Is always repe[...]
 | 1974 | Honey Honey | |
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Honey honey, how you thrill me, ah-hah, honey honey Honey honey, nearly kill me, ah-hah, honey honey I'd heard about you before I wanted to know some more And now I know what they mean, you're [...]
 | 1974 | So Long | |
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You think you're gonna make me softer with your fancy car But I can tell you all your tricks ain't gonna get you far They say that money's got a magic touch But not to[...]
 | 1975 | I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do | |
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Love me or leave me, make your choice but believe me I love you I do, I do, I do, I do, I do
I can't conce[...]
 | 1975 | Mamma Mia | |
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I've been cheated by you since I don't know when So I made up my mind it must come to an end Look at me now Will I ever learn I don't know how But I suddenly lose control There's a fire within my soul
Just o[...]
 | 1975 | SOS | |
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Where are those happy days, they seem so hard to find I try to reach for you but you have closed your mind Whatever happened to our love, I wish I understood It[...]
 | 1976 | Dancing Queen | |
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You can dance, you can jive Having the time of your life See that girl, watch that scene Diggin' the dancing queen
Friday night and the lights are low Looking out for a place to go Where they play th[...]
| 1976 | Thank You For The Music | |
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I'm nothing special, in fact I'm a bit of a bore If I tell a joke, you've probably heard it before But I have a talent, a wonderful thing 'Cause everyone listens when I start to sing I'm so grateful and [...]
 | 1976 | Fernando | |
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Can you hear the drums, Fernando? I remember long ago another starry night like this In the firelight, Fernando You were humming to yourself and softly strumming your guitar I could hear the distant drums And sounds of bugle cal[...]
 | 1976 | Money Money Money | |
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I work all night, I work all day, to pay the bills I have to pay Ain't it sad And still there never seems to be a single penny left for me That's too bad In my dreams[...]
| 1976 | Knowing Me, Knowing You | |
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No more carefree laughter Silence ever after Walking through an empty house, tears in my eyes Here is where the story ends, this is goodbye
Knowing me, knowi[...]
 | 1977 | Eagle | |
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They came flying from far away, now I'm under their spell I love hearing the stories that they tell They've seen places beyond my land and they've found new horizons They speak strangely but I und[...]
 | 1977 | Take A Chance On Me | |
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If you change your mind, (take a chance, take a chance...) I'm the first in line Honey I'm still free Take a chance on me If you need me, let me know, gonna be around If you've got no place to go, if you're feeling down
If you're all alone when the pretty birds have flown Honey I'm still free Take a chance on me Gonna do my very best[...]
 | 1977 | The Name Of The Game | |
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I've seen you twice In a short time Only a week since we started It seems to be For every time I'm getting more open-hearted
I was an impossible case No one ever could reach me But I think I can see in your face There's a lot you can teach me So I[...]
 | 1978 | Chiquitita | |
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Chiquitita, tell me what's wrong You're enchained by your own sorrow In your eyes there is no hope for tomorrow How I hate to see you like this There is no way you can deny it I can see that you're oh so sad, so qui[...]
 | 1978 | Summer Night City | |
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Summer night city... Summer night city...
Waiting for the sunrise Soul dancing in the dark Summer night city
Walking in the moonlight Love-making in the park Summer night city
In the sun I fe[...]
 | 1979 | Gimme Gimme Gimme | |
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Half past twelve And I'm watching the late show in my flat all alone How I hate to spend the evening on my own! Autumn winds Blowing outside the window as I look around the room And it makes me so depress[...]
 | 1979 | Voulez-vous | |
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People everywhere A sense of expectation hangin' in the air Givin' out a spark Across the room your eyes are glowin' in the dark And here we go again, we know the start, we know the end Masters of the scene We've do[...]
 | 1979 | Does Your Mother Know | |
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You're so hot Teasing me So you're blue but I can't take a chance on a chick like you It's something I couldn't do There's that look In your eye I can read in your face that your feelings are driving you wild Ah, but girl you're only a child
Well,[...]
 | 1979 | I Have A Dream | |
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I have a dream, a song to sing To help me cope, with anything
If you see the wonder, of a fairy tale You can take the future, even if you[...]
 | 1980 | The Winner Takes It All | |
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I don't wanna talk About things we've gone through Though it's hurting me Now it's history I've played all my cards And that's what you've done too Nothing more to say No more ace to play
The winner tak[...]
 | 1981 | One Of Us | |
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They passed me by, all of those great romances. You were, I felt, robbing me of my rightful chances. My picture clear. Everything seemed so easy. And so I dealt you the blow [...]
 | 1982 | The Day Before You Came | |
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I must have left my house at eight, because I always do My train, I'm certain, left the station just when it was due I must have read the morning paper going into town And having gotten through the editorial, no doubt I must have frowned
I mu[...]
| 1982 | Under Attack | |
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Don't know how to take it, don't know where to go My resistances running low And every day the hold is getting tighter and it troubles me so (you know that I'm nobodys fool) I'm nobodys fool and yet its clear to me[...]
