
Abba's Abba Gold
Elizabeth Vincentelli
Starting a song with the chorus is the equivalent of drawing your gun too early in a shoot-out, of revealing your hand too hastily in a poker game: Once you’ve given everything you have, where’s the pay off? And yet “Dancing Queen” doesn’t flag after its flamboyant beginning: The chorus acts as both teaser and pay off. Ironically for a band that was supposed to be a bunch of control freaks with a solution to every technical or musical conundrum, it later surfaced that “Dancing Queen” starts with the chorus because Abba just couldn’t figure out how to make it work any other way.
Perhaps more than any other Greatest Hits compilation, Abba Gold has come to define a band’s career on one disk. More than that, its release in 1992 heralded the critical rehabilitation of a group which had, since its demise a decade earlier, become little more than a memory of trashy costumes and cheesy tunes to many people. Here, Elisabeth Vincentelli charts the circumstances surrounding the birth of Abba Gold, looks at the impact it had on the music world, and tells the stories behind some of the greatest pop songs ever recorded.
Duration - 3h 5m.
Author - Elizabeth Vincentelli.
Narrator - Stephanie Németh Parker.
Published Date - Wednesday, 29 January 2025.
Copyright - © 2004 Elizabeth Vincentelli ©.
Location:
United States
Networks:
Elizabeth Vincentelli
Stephanie Nemeth Parker
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Description:
Starting a song with the chorus is the equivalent of drawing your gun too early in a shoot-out, of revealing your hand too hastily in a poker game: Once you’ve given everything you have, where’s the pay off? And yet “Dancing Queen” doesn’t flag after its flamboyant beginning: The chorus acts as both teaser and pay off. Ironically for a band that was supposed to be a bunch of control freaks with a solution to every technical or musical conundrum, it later surfaced that “Dancing Queen” starts with the chorus because Abba just couldn’t figure out how to make it work any other way. Perhaps more than any other Greatest Hits compilation, Abba Gold has come to define a band’s career on one disk. More than that, its release in 1992 heralded the critical rehabilitation of a group which had, since its demise a decade earlier, become little more than a memory of trashy costumes and cheesy tunes to many people. Here, Elisabeth Vincentelli charts the circumstances surrounding the birth of Abba Gold, looks at the impact it had on the music world, and tells the stories behind some of the greatest pop songs ever recorded. Duration - 3h 5m. Author - Elizabeth Vincentelli. Narrator - Stephanie Németh Parker. Published Date - Wednesday, 29 January 2025. Copyright - © 2004 Elizabeth Vincentelli ©.
Language:
English
Opening Credits
Duration:00:00:13
Acknowledgements
Duration:00:01:09
Introduction
Duration:00:19:57
1992: The World is Ready for Abba...Again
Duration:00:32:47
Arrival
Duration:00:23:02
Abba
Duration:00:16:42
The Album
Duration:00:13:41
Voulez-Vous
Duration:00:25:24
Super Trouper
Duration:00:15:52
The Visitors
Duration:00:11:50
Waterloo: The Beginning is Not the End
Duration:00:23:55
Closing Credits
Duration:00:00:44