Now that they're old and grey

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ellielovesabba - 24.06.2012, 22:38

Erm... nothing :wink: the music still sounds the same, its all good.

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Seanie(: - 24.06.2012, 22:40

Yeah nothing changes for me. I have never known them as young people, when I started my ABBA fandom they were already old so that's how I have come to view them. People who remember them from the 70s might be different.

But their music is still young and fresh, to me.

Re: Now that they're old and grey

wavrom - 25.06.2012, 10:10

nothing changed for me either, age and looks doesn't matter, what they achieved does, they're still the same 4 members Of ABBA or that's how most of us remember them as, the world wouldn't have been much fun had it not been for their music i love them :)

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Agnetha1 - 25.06.2012, 10:48

When i see them, i must deal with the fact that i'm also getting older.
For the music, when i hear it, it makes me young again.
When i hear Agnetha singing in Swedish, i forget everything around me, and moves me to the seventies.

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Fire&Ice - 25.06.2012, 21:17

^^^ That pretty much sums it up.

Now that they're old and grey, I am more and more convinced Bjorn was absolutely right about the "ten-year attention span", and I do agree with his wish that people remember ABBA as they were, young and vibrant.

I certainly see ABBA like that, and it stays forever and ever. That's my ABBA.

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Geordiegirl - 25.06.2012, 21:34

It changes nothing for me - they are old(er) and grey, but then again so am I. Listening to their music and watching their videos just evokes strong memories for me, the same as any music I love does. Gill

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marco-esteban - 26.06.2012, 19:40

Pabs wrote: ABBA are the young people I hear on records and see in the videos. Agnetha, Bjorn, Benny and Anni-frid are people I see on the net, in the news, or in magazines, sometimes. I mostly see A,B,B, and A here, as they are today, on this forum. It's still good to see them, but these four people, at least for me, definitely have very little to do with "ABBA". ABBA is now a concept, not a reality. A concept doesn't age. It just is.

I feel exactly the same. That's why I always have been surprised that some people still want them to come back. I think that if today Agnetha, Benny, Björn and Frida came back recording anything together it wouldn't be ABBA, perhaps it would sound like a B&B composition, but it wouldn't have anything to see with their work in the 70's and 80's under the name ABBA.

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lemmon - 27.06.2012, 21:19

It's been so long ago that they recorded something new! The fact that they are old and grey doesn't bother me. But the music is sooooo familiar and I have played it so may times that I don't feel the urge to listen anymore. But I like to see new pictures of the girls if they dress well! :))

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Chiquitita79 - 29.06.2012, 18:18

I grew up with Abba and I am older too. It doesn't matter Abba means for me the same. I am so glad all of them are here with us and they have good health this is important. I am happy reading news about them and new vinyl released these things bring back the old times and memories and feelings for me.

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abbascots - 29.06.2012, 23:53

I loved them then and i love them now..............I still see all ABBA members as ABBA it doesnt make any difference that some are now pensioners :wink:

JS

Re: Now that they're old and grey

ben5450 - 05.07.2012, 23:06

Why would it change anything?
I know them only since 2004 so they have always been 'old' so it doesn't matter.
The quality of the music is what matter.