To me, she was the main voice of Abba, and probably the main 'face' of Abba. She was certainly MY favourite. It was a sad day when they broke up, and what happened after, but she still looks amazing and I hope things will somehow turn around for the better.
Our society is so obsessed with fame, we don't understand why someone would want to willingly walk away from it. But there's a huge difference between being a recluse, and being a person that stays away from the media spotlight...
The best exit from the limelight was Barbara Mandrell. She said she was giving up performing. Did a televised concert, and went home. No endless farewell concerts. Very classy exit.
@@andyjenkinson5070 The longest break in music history. Happily, they got back together. I hope Frida is right and that there’s another album before they call it a day.
I’m close to 56 years old and I grew up with ABBA. Quite literally from when ABBA won the Eurovision Song Contest with Waterloo. As much as my musical taste changed as I reached my mid-teens, ABBA’s music has never left me and I still listen to them regularly. ABBA was also the reason why I fell in love with Scandinavia, especially Sweden. Mostly I listen to Scandinavian Heavy Metal these days because it is the best; it is both pure and honest. May I also say that when Scandinavians speak English, their glorious accent comes to the fore. It’s wonderful. ABBA will always be the best.
I'm two years older than you and never really appreciated Abba in their heyday, but came to love them in the 1990s (and still do). Ska and reggae are my main musical loves. Re accents, yes the Swedish and Norwegian accents are a bit like the Welsh accent at times (I'm Welsh myself). They have that up-and-down sing-songy feel!
@@johnnyb8825 I had older family members (cousins etc) who we saw all the time and they loved ABBA, too, so I heard their music pretty much constantly. To be honest I remember more of the times around when ‘Arrival’ was released, but my mum reminds me quite often how I’d be dancing and singing to their earlier stuff with family when I was 6. Apparently I’d put my hands on my hips and move from side to side while singing to Waterloo.😇 Happy days.
Yet look at today's completely dumbed-down world, that sh*thead Taylored Spliff, just like Slagdonna before it never get blamed for being the talentless, dictatorial, lousy corrupter of people's tiny minds and tinier tastes!
It is admirable to listen to Agnetha with the prudence and sincerity that she expresses and respect for past situations with ABBA (even knowing her difficulties in the English language) in particular, the clarity with which she speaks about divorces, because "The winner takes it all" was composed in July 1980 more than a year and a half after her separation from Björn and closer to the separation of Benny and Frida which was a few months later
I like agnetha from the beginning 1975 when abba started to the top, until now 2024 I have always symphaty and love her so much even she is 5 years older than me.
What a beautiful and talented gift to me and to the world. Sending all my love from Melbourne Australia. I have seen ABBA Voyage 10 times. The best nights of my life. I love you as does the world Agnetha. XXX
I had the good fortune to meet Agnetha and ABBA in a disco in Leysin, Switzerland, back in 1979. They were dancing, enjoying the music, and were fun and kind.
I like the breakup songs. It's impressive they could still make very good musical art in such difficult circumstances. It's a bigger challenge than when everything's "going great!".
Its incredible they continued working together despite divorces. Imagine the atmosphere in the studio, on gigs and all that. But again, it wasnt all grudges and stuff because there are videos that show they still collabed, like christmas 86 something, opening of the museum etc, they all in good terms and thats so nice, and look they even reunited made new stuff, thats just amazing
in the studio they were professional but outside not so much as they have said themselves tensions it wasnt fun for them anymore etc thats why by 82 because of the divorces they were burned out and went there separate ways.
From the very start the interviewers were inaccurate by stating she walked away from the business after Abba ended. Agnetha had a nice solo career throughout the rest of the 80s. The title of the video is not too much better as it is clickbait because she stated the PRESS blamed her (not the public). But I don't recall anyone blaming her. And finally, it was the entire group that said it doesn't feel good anymore to continue. Not just Agnetha.
Almost every band/group has a limited lifespan and regardless of personal relationships, ABBA's was clearly coming to an end. There are only so many high quality songs the vast majority of songwriters can create and the quality of ABBA songs was in decline in the 80s. Bands can hurt their legacy by dragging things out for as long as they can just for the money. The ones that do invariably rely on playing their old material when performing Live. ABBA were mainly a recording and lip-sync TV act and only played live concerts sporadically. They probably retired the band at the right time imo.
@@gustaaf1892 It's often said ABBA didn't tour much and compared to some other big groups it's true. However, they did perform over 200 concerts between 1973 and 1980. They toured comparatively little primarily because they all had children. All four and particularly the older three had toured extensively in previous bands or as soloists during the 1960's. From the mid 70's, Benny and Björn also had an attitude that the time was better spent writing and recording new songs. It's certainly not because they couldn't play live. I saw them at Wembley in 1979 and they were excellent. But of course, they did plenty TV shows around the world and on them they were more often than not promoting their latest album and singles off it. So they would naturally want the audience to hear the recorded song, not a live version. On top of this, it was simply impractical to drag their full backing band around from studio to studio abroad to only perform one or a couple of songs. Some countries, like the UK and Australia also had union rules with regard to employing local musicians on top of a usual touring band. But ABBA did sing live even on some TV shows. I do agree with you that it is best to quit on a relative high instead of dragging it out. ABBA's final albums in 1981 and 1982 both went to number one. The long break probably helped to cultivate the group's mystique and legend.
@@chelseacharger 200 live shows over 7 years is far more than I would have guessed because that amounts to an average of about one every two weeks. Perhaps living in Australia I just didn't have an awareness of that because I'd imagine that most of those concerts would have been in Europe. Learn something every day.
I as a fan back then I always resented the sense that Agnetha was blamed for the breakup by the press. There was no one to blame especially someone who gave so much to the success of the group. Change is inevetable. Of course they earned a lot but they gave so much to all of us too.
As humans we need to understand that the troubles we have are reflected in the lives of the rich and famous, their happiness, sadness, pain and struggles are as our own. Let them be, pray for them.
As someone who was born in 1966, Abba were the soundtrack to my childhood. Re divorce, loads of my schoolfriends had parents who were divorced or separated. It's like the 1970s were the "fallout" from the sexual revolution of the 1960s. My best friend's mother was the same age as Agnetha (she was 17 when he was born). I remember her splitting up from his dad and moving to another part of the city and taking the kids with her. Looking back, it's as if songs like "Knowing Me Knowing You" and "The Winner Takes It All" summed it all up.
Agnetha was the main front of the band, it was obvious, the looks, the hair, and oh that voice, having that presence must become a burden eventually if your unlucky I guess, I’m just glad she’s back recording again, and she’s still a beautiful woman
I would say the woman were very equal front women. Watch out for the Frida fans lol. I love both of them but Agnetha really captures my heart and imagination most.
Faltskog had roots that were as long as Sweden top to bottom and a massive gap in her teeth. Child bearing hips. Too much eye make-up too. Anni-Frid Lyngstad was the better singer, a far more natural appearance and a better figure. Anni-Frid actually looked like she wanted to be there as well, unlike Miss Sourpuss
She didn’t exactly walk away and hide in 1982 from the world. She released an album in 1983, and Albert 1985, and , 1987. She did massive tours with all three of them and huge promotions. She recorded one of them in America with Peter Cetera in her own words. When the 90s came, she decided to just chill out kickback and do her own thing as As it was time to let the new comers Take A Chance
She still looks great and oozes class. When she was young I was (still am) convinced she had been sent by the Gods to show us what real feminine beauty was, somewhat along the lines of the classic Greek literature stories, where the men sailing out would have a goddess protecting and guiding them.
She's always been most reserved, aloof as Scandinavians are. No surprise there. Also it's all business too. This is why they continued to perform together after their separation & divorce.
It would be great to spend enough time to really learn what Agnetha is all about, what makes her tick and get her perspectives on the extreme fame and fortune that she experienced. She certainly had a unique and beautiful voice and she also had the musical talent to go along with it. Couple that with her incredible eye appeal and she was a real powerhouse. Anna-Frid was equally beautiful and talented as well, so it's no wonder that they reached such an incredible level of super-stardom. There've been a lot of ABBA tribute bands that I've heard and none of them can come anywhere close to recreating the magic that Agnetha and Anna-Frid generated on stage. Together, they were one-of-a-kind.
No, we don't want to even further intrude in her life. She is like the rest of us, different on a different day and wants to be what she wants to be, without letting others know that she's happy or sad. Her life belongs to herself only and to her family. Jut imagine having to answer all these questions you have asked? She's not a public property. 😊
@@E-Kat Interviewing someone is not an intrusion into someone's life as long as they are willing to do it. And they don't have to answer questions with which they feel uncomfortable. Interviews are actually a great opportunity for someone to share their true feelings and perspectives and inform people of the truth. It's certainly better than media speculation and rumors.
Yes, Artvand. I like your reply. Stars get paid to do interviews & they set boundaries before the interview about what to ask & not to ask. About Frida. I always found her personality to be aloof & frosty. She always came across as more of a businesswoman than a singer singing about love. When she sang, her voice sounded harder too. She just didn't put her emotions of singing with her heart & soul like Agnetha did. I found Frida just very ordinary. We would never have heard of her without ABBA. Joining ABBA was her lucky break.
@@johanna5688 I know plenty of people who are perceived as aloof but if you really get to know who they are inside, they are not. Your perception is your perception. I enjoyed Frida's singing every bit as much as Agnetha's and while Agnetha had her platinum blond hair and queen-of-the-nile look, I found Frida to be every bit as sexy and her body was every bit as attractive, maybe even moreso than Agnetha's. Regardless of how Frida got into the band, it was clearly fate that put her there. Her voice was very much like Agnetha's and blended with it perfectly. She was the perfect yin to Agnetha's yang. No one in the world could have matched up better with Agnetha than Frida.
agnetha was verry personal in this intervieuw nice to see.i dont have the feeling she hated this questions. she nows the questions it is not a life intervieuw. i dont find the interviewer rude. no one forced her. but i understand that sbe doesnt like interveuws. it must be verry painfull if everybody blames you for everything . but i have the feeling that agnetha hated more the public eye than bjorn benny and frida. bjorn gives the most intervieuws i think he loves the attention can handle it verry well.
Agnetha gets blamed as the media saw that she was the most negative about towards ABBA of the core four. The media kinda filled in the narrative. Although Frida was upset over Benny, it was not a deal breaker concerning ABBA. She had always been positive and wishful about ABBA starting up again - perhaps after BB and Tim Rice finish writing musical. After CHESS concept album (1984) was completed. 'One Night In Bangkok ' promo video was shot. Murray Head singing lead. And ABBA "singing" backup vocals. It was just for promo. Actually it 3/4 of ABBA and a stand-in for Agnetha. Anni-Frid Lyngstad Benny Anderson Bjorn Ulverus Karen Glenmark This is why Agnetha took the hit in the media. I am sure Agnetha was asked by BB to be part of CHESS/One Night In Bangkok photo op/video.
I’ve talked to many people who have gotten to meet her they all say she’s sweet and I truly see it. She’s got a new album she’s ready to come back. But I don’t blame her for leaving the first time.
What is a shame is that she doesn’t really realise how much the public really love her and the whole of ABBA. People think is such a shame but no blame
I don't think anyone blames Agnetha. I think it's fairly evident that all four ABBA members needed a break from each other. The two men were making no secret that they wanted to 'try something else' and Frida recorded her 'Something's Going On' album not long after 'The Visitors' was released. Agnetha did not walk away from music either. She recorded solo albums during the 80's and even travelled to Los Angeles to record 'I Stand Alone'. It was always the endless promotion that took the group away from home Going solo allows the artist to do things a little more at their own pace and have a better work / home lifestyle balance.
From what I understand, everyone was worn out and had to stop, or it would kill them. Having been on the road several times, I can easily see it, and I wasn't doing anything near what ABBA was trying to do!
As one gets older there is a move to the spiritual. A person wants Peace and the craziness of the world is less enjoyable. Agnetha is just 3 years younger than me. I really loved her voice....Sal : )
I can't believe the invasive questions this TV host slams into her while she's merely trying to promote her album. First of all, how dare he ask about her private life, and secondly, these are events from decades ago. The main reason she walked away was to raise her young children, as it killed her to be away from them on long tours. But really, the nerve of this guy to cheerfully ask if she found it difficult to be onstage with Bjorn during their divorce. Of COURSE it was difficult, you bozo, and thanks so much for bringing it up!
why can he not asking this questions. i find him not rude. this intervieuw is about her life etc. i think they talked about the questions before recording this intervieuw. i have the feeling that agnetha is glad she can tell the side of her story how it was beiing a member of abba and working with your ex for years.almost 7 years i think. yes they blamed agnetha i always thaught that it was for agnetha the most difficult. she was more the face of the group then the others. but she is great.
now i have the feeling that agnetha can handle this intervieuw verry well the intervieuwer is not that rude. taking care of her children she was is verry ridge their are nannys. the children hardly saw the parents. not everything was bad. that great succes.beautiful songs beiing verry ridge it opent Doors for them. and still that huge succes. so not everything was bad.
agnetha didnt stay at home after tthe break up with abba. she had a verry succesful solo career she was performing etc. again now solo staying home with her children taking care of them realy . i dont think so. later in the end of the 80ties she gave up her solo career and was leading a verry private life.
@@petradevries8839 She has never enjoyed interviews and she is a very private person and was only there to talk about her new album. And also she has been asked these same questions a million times in other interview through the years, when ABBA reunited to release their latest album in 2021, she refused to do any publicity to promote it and I don't blame her. So I hope you're right that she agreed to talk about those subjects, because I think it's disrespectful to ask such personal things to someone you don't even know. Just as it would be difficult for you or I to talk about painful subjects to a stranger on camera. Her personal life is her own business. Anyway, I appreciate your comment and I wish you a good week.
@@skylinerunner1695 what ever i am not famous and verry private. when you are famous you cant expect these questions the press is already talking about her for years. this intervieuw was not life. if you dont like intervieuws dont give an intervieuw. she good have said i dont wanna talk about this. it is private. agnetha perhaps she was glad to tell her sight of that story. she told him how she felt about the press talking about her that way. no one forced her to give this intervieuw. but she also needs the press. the press made abba big. about me. i wood never give an intervieuw. only singing. what i hate about press they still talking about you if you like it or not. i dont have the feeling she hated the questions. i think that a person like agnetha exacly nows what se wants to talk about. i saw manny intervieuws from her alone with abba. intervieuws i have the feeling agnetha new these questions before they recorderd this. she needs the press. when you are famous like agnetha the press is already give her album attentions. no one forced agnetha. but i can understand that agnetha is a private person. me i wood never give an intervieuw. i still think agnetha new about all of this questions. and the rest. we dont now. you dont i dont. it was not that horrible agnetha stoot up for herself. verry good from her.
By her own actions, words it was somewhat justified. Remember CHESS promo. The One Night In Bangkok promo video? Murray Head lead vocalist and ABBA lined up "singing" back-up. No Agnetha. Anni-Frid Lyngstad Benny Anderson Bjorn Ulverus Karin Glenmark The informed know ABBA never officially broke up in 1982. They were on a break. Perhaps after BB wrote their musical (CHESS) they would be back. That was the hope. But you have to have ALL four core yes for that to happen.. Everyone knew Frida loved being part of ABBA. She wanted to group to be whole again and recording. Her comments, actions, ABBA legacy appearances, continued fan engagement, etc... signified her positive position and attitude towards ABBA. It was always Agnetha that seemed to be the 'No'! Vote. Her actions and words always signified her position. _____ Of the entire Polar Music Team it has always been Frida and Gorel Hanser that have been the "rocks".
Also, listen to this interview when she brings up Frida and Benny's divorce and everyone being sad. Yes. Of course everyone is sad. Those two were that groups romantic and sexy couple. But, their break up did not sour Frida on ABBA returning and recording more music. It is like she is acknowledging her want of letting ABBA go and trying to tag Frida has having the same position as Agnetha. That has never been Frida's position. Frida has always been resilient and her divorce with Benny, although tragic, did not diminish her wanting ABBA to continue.
Don't blame yourself it's a natural when you up the top there's too many questions.. but the important is you enjoy every moment and everybody enjoyed your music.. i love ABBA
Agnetha Has a lovely voice. Both her and Anni-Frid Sang so well together . When Agnetha sang The song The winner takes it all you could see the pain in her eyes
Funny period - nearly every building site was belting out ABBA songs on their radios and singing loud , kind of singing, but they knew all the tunes and lyrics.
SHE HAD SAID SHE HAD NOTHING TO OFFER TO MUSIC!!!IS IT POSSIBLE SUCH A VOICE NOT TO OFFER TO MUSIC???PLEASE DON'T SAY THAT CHIQUITITA AGNETHA YOU CAN CREATE MASTERPIECES!!!IMAGINE YOU SING EVITA,THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA,AQUARIUS,JESUS CHRIST SUPER STAR-WAIT SHE HAD DID THAT-THE MISERABLES,THE TITANIC, FROZEN!!!❤❤❤❤❤
Each of the songs you suggested she could sing are rubbish. I hate all of them. She sings pop music, not Phantom of the Opera crap. Pop fans won't go for crappy Evita et al. People enjoyed their pop songs. That's what they were famous for. If you want theatre musicals, you're on the wrong channel here.😂😂
BJORN, wrote “The Winner Takes It All”!! He stated in MULTIPLE interviews that “it was an expression of how HE felt about the divorce”, and wanted Agnetha to “be the one to sing it”!! (“@SSHOLE MOVE”!!) In MY eyes…It was a “slap to the face” for Agnetha!! However, being the CONSUMMATE PROFESSIONAL that she was, and STILL IS, she poured ALL HER (at the time) “current emotions”, as well as her ASTOUNDING VOCAL CAPABILITIES into “recording the song”, the “making of the video”, and in “EVERY SUBSEQUENT ‘PUBLIC’ PERFORMANCE OF IT”!! Although I “envied” Agnetha’s “looks and vocal talent” as an “awkward and impressionable young girl with ‘similarly blonde hair’,” FRIDA was EQUALLY as “beautiful and talented” in HER “OWN “RIGHT”!! Without the “two of them”, there WOULD BE, NO “ABBA”!! Bjorn HIMSELF, stated in interviews, included in the “mockumentary” 1977 film, “ABBA: The Movie” (filmed while on their 1977 cross-continent Australian tour; with “some footage” being filmed later that year in Stockholm), that “what made ‘ABBA’, distinctly ‘ABBA’…was ‘the combination of the voices of the girls…’!!” Though Agnetha was often “given lead vocals” on MANY ABBA songs, FRIDA ALSO “SANG LEAD VOCALS”!! (“Hello!! ‘Fernando’ and ‘Money, Money, Money”!!) Agnetha has been quoted in interviews, that “because our vocals were so similar, if one of us felt ‘sick’ while performing live, the OTHER would ‘sing more loudly’!!” (Thus, “becoming the ‘lead vocalist’!!”) I suggest you listen to “I am an ‘A’!!” The “guys” wrote the song; which “describes the ‘unique personalities and quirks’ of each of them”!! Agnetha’s “happy place” was “at home, going to sleep early”; while Frida “craved ‘fame, fortune and the spotlight’!!” “They” ALL “wanted different things in life”, and IMHO, THIS was potentially the “reason for their subsequent divorces”!! Catherine, Florida
Love offers no guarantees but the music is in the bag, what could be more important? ABBA has fulfilled their mission! If you're feeling sentimental you can always listen to Tragedy by the BEE GEES :)
Never mind. She is well compensated for her suffering. Multi millionairess😂😂 I'm the one who's suffering along with others who are broke. We have nothing to cheer us up for it. Agnetha has everything & more that anyone can even dream of. We don't need to feel sad for the wealthiest of all. They will give us no empathy or even a thought. Grow up & live in the real world. She could live anywhere in the world she chooses, unlike me.
She is still so beautiful.
Agnetha has always been my favorite member of ABBA. 💖
Beautiful voice. She’s aged naturally and is still lovely.
Very much so
She clearly had something done.
She's great! I grew up with ABBA and their lyrics. I am pleased Agnetha is happy.
She is still so
beautiful today in her mid 70s. And so gracious too. ❤
She is always such a lovely woman.
Beautiful woman, inside and out.
Agnetha is an amazing woman, artist. She is both a beautiful woman on the outside as well as the inside🥰🇦🇺
Absolutely agree. She is beautiful and amazing
One of the most beautiful women of her time... ❤
To me, she was the main voice of Abba, and probably the main 'face' of Abba. She was certainly MY favourite. It was a sad day when they broke up, and what happened after, but she still looks amazing and I hope things will somehow turn around for the better.
Our society is so obsessed with fame, we don't understand why someone would want to willingly walk away from it. But there's a huge difference between being a recluse, and being a person that stays away from the media spotlight...
Agree,they share and we appreciate their talent. Nothing more,nothing less.We don't own them,and their lives belong to them
i understand it more famous people never talk to the press. you here nothing from them. theire is nothing to tell.
The best exit from the limelight was Barbara Mandrell. She said she was giving up performing. Did a televised concert, and went home. No endless farewell concerts. Very classy exit.
@@johnearle1ABBA did not give a farewell concert nor did they even say they had split up. They just went their separate ways for 40 years😊
@@andyjenkinson5070 The longest break in music history. Happily, they got back together. I hope Frida is right and that there’s another album before they call it a day.
Very elegant and classy lady.
I’m close to 56 years old and I grew up with ABBA. Quite literally from when ABBA won the Eurovision Song Contest with Waterloo. As much as my musical taste changed as I reached my mid-teens, ABBA’s music has never left me and I still listen to them regularly. ABBA was also the reason why I fell in love with Scandinavia, especially Sweden. Mostly I listen to Scandinavian Heavy Metal these days because it is the best; it is both pure and honest. May I also say that when Scandinavians speak English, their glorious accent comes to the fore. It’s wonderful. ABBA will always be the best.
I am exactly the same age, and I learned about ABBA when they were already behind their highpoint. Still love their music.
I'm two years older than you and never really appreciated Abba in their heyday, but came to love them in the 1990s (and still do). Ska and reggae are my main musical loves. Re accents, yes the Swedish and Norwegian accents are a bit like the Welsh accent at times (I'm Welsh myself). They have that up-and-down sing-songy feel!
@@johnnyb8825 I had older family members (cousins etc) who we saw all the time and they loved ABBA, too, so I heard their music pretty much constantly. To be honest I remember more of the times around when ‘Arrival’ was released, but my mum reminds me quite often how I’d be dancing and singing to their earlier stuff with family when I was 6. Apparently I’d put my hands on my hips and move from side to side while singing to Waterloo.😇 Happy days.
At 16 in 76 my girlfriend and I our song was Dancing Queen everytime I hear it now I still think of her, ABBA songs iconic
"DITTO" !!!
So many good memories of abba she is my all time favourite beauty class an a wonderful voice ❤
I still love you Agnetha. Your great and beautiful. And I'm proud to tell everyone I'm an Abba fan.
BLAMED FOR WHAT, SINGING AND LOOKING LIKE AN ANGEL. THE MOST POPULAR 70'S GROUP IN HISTORY!!
Yet look at today's completely dumbed-down world, that sh*thead Taylored Spliff, just like Slagdonna before it never get blamed for being the talentless, dictatorial, lousy corrupter of people's tiny minds and tinier tastes!
Love her! She speaks English very well.
Yes, she couldn't before in their heydays.
She still looks really good.
The interview ts over 10 years old when Gary Barlow coaxed her out for children in need song she duetted
It is admirable to listen to Agnetha
with the prudence and sincerity that she expresses
and respect for past situations with ABBA
(even knowing her difficulties in the English language)
in particular, the clarity with which she speaks about divorces,
because "The winner takes it all" was composed in July 1980
more than a year and a half after her separation from Björn
and closer to the separation of Benny and Frida
which was a few months later
She's still holds my heart
I like agnetha from the beginning 1975 when abba started to the top, until now 2024 I have always symphaty and love her so much even she is 5 years older than me.
She is still gorgeous
Only 5 words needed!!!!! "Thank you for the music" xx
She was my favourite and her voice is incredible. Looking forward to hearing her new stuff. ❤
Hello Tina, how are you doing today, hope you’re fine and safe from the COVID-19 virus??
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What a beautiful and talented gift to me and to the world. Sending all my love from Melbourne Australia. I have seen ABBA Voyage 10 times. The best nights of my life. I love you as does the world Agnetha. XXX
❤ I love ABBA's music old and new. I adore Angetha she is very beautiful, her eyes seem sad yet she smiles.
I had the good fortune to meet Agnetha and ABBA in a disco in Leysin, Switzerland, back in 1979. They were dancing, enjoying the music, and were fun and kind.
Charlie enjoyed that interview, and who wouldn't ! lovely Agnetha 🥰❤
The sparkle was never the same once the couples decoupled.
I don't think Abba's musical talent and performances were all so connected with how their private lives were going.
I like the breakup songs. It's impressive they could still make very good musical art in such difficult circumstances. It's a bigger challenge than when everything's "going great!".
Its incredible they continued working together despite divorces. Imagine the atmosphere in the studio, on gigs and all that. But again, it wasnt all grudges and stuff because there are videos that show they still collabed, like christmas 86 something, opening of the museum etc, they all in good terms and thats so nice, and look they even reunited made new stuff, thats just amazing
It is, but Fleetwood Mac did the same thing. Don't know how either did it.
in the studio they were professional but outside not so much as they have said themselves tensions it wasnt fun for them anymore etc thats why by 82 because of the divorces they were burned out and went there separate ways.
@@kyleday5026 I don't know how they did it for ANY length of time, although fulfilling a record company contract would focus the mind I guess.
LOVE LOVE LOVE Agnetha (and ABBA), stunning voice!
Beautiful lady!
From the very start the interviewers were inaccurate by stating she walked away from the business after Abba ended. Agnetha had a nice solo career throughout the rest of the 80s. The title of the video is not too much better as it is clickbait because she stated the PRESS blamed her (not the public). But I don't recall anyone blaming her. And finally, it was the entire group that said it doesn't feel good anymore to continue. Not just Agnetha.
Almost every band/group has a limited lifespan and regardless of personal relationships, ABBA's was clearly coming to an end. There are only so many high quality songs the vast majority of songwriters can create and the quality of ABBA songs was in decline in the 80s. Bands can hurt their legacy by dragging things out for as long as they can just for the money. The ones that do invariably rely on playing their old material when performing Live. ABBA were mainly a recording and lip-sync TV act and only played live concerts sporadically. They probably retired the band at the right time imo.
@@gustaaf1892to be fair, at the time the whole lip sync tv was the norm.
@@gustaaf1892 It's often said ABBA didn't tour much and compared to some other big groups it's true. However, they did perform over 200 concerts between 1973 and 1980. They toured comparatively little primarily because they all had children. All four and particularly the older three had toured extensively in previous bands or as soloists during the 1960's. From the mid 70's, Benny and Björn also had an attitude that the time was better spent writing and recording new songs. It's certainly not because they couldn't play live. I saw them at Wembley in 1979 and they were excellent.
But of course, they did plenty TV shows around the world and on them they were more often than not promoting their latest album and singles off it. So they would naturally want the audience to hear the recorded song, not a live version. On top of this, it was simply impractical to drag their full backing band around from studio to studio abroad to only perform one or a couple of songs. Some countries, like the UK and Australia also had union rules with regard to employing local musicians on top of a usual touring band. But ABBA did sing live even on some TV shows.
I do agree with you that it is best to quit on a relative high instead of dragging it out. ABBA's final albums in 1981 and 1982 both went to number one. The long break probably helped to cultivate the group's mystique and legend.
@@chelseacharger 200 live shows over 7 years is far more than I would have guessed because that amounts to an average of about one every two weeks. Perhaps living in Australia I just didn't have an awareness of that because I'd imagine that most of those concerts would have been in Europe. Learn something every day.
Thank you for the music.
Burn out is real! People need to take frequent breaks especially in demanding and intense professions.
Love ABBA, and she looks great! I hope they make some more great music.
She is still so beautiful. Love live Abba
Love Abba!!
I as a fan back then I always resented the sense that Agnetha was blamed for the breakup by the press. There was no one to blame especially someone who gave so much to the success of the group. Change is inevetable. Of course they earned a lot but they gave so much to all of us too.
Winner Takes it all, is their best song she sings it from the heart.
Agnetha you still have the voice. No Kidding. You’re still lovely.
Her voice hasn’t changed❤❤ my Aggie looks fantastic✨
Hello Anna, how are you doing today, hope you’re fine and safe from the COVID-19 virus??
@@trevorjennings72prick
As humans we need to understand that the troubles we have are reflected in the lives of the rich and famous, their happiness, sadness, pain and struggles are as our own. Let them be, pray for them.
As someone who was born in 1966, Abba were the soundtrack to my childhood. Re divorce, loads of my schoolfriends had parents who were divorced or separated. It's like the 1970s were the "fallout" from the sexual revolution of the 1960s. My best friend's mother was the same age as Agnetha (she was 17 when he was born). I remember her splitting up from his dad and moving to another part of the city and taking the kids with her. Looking back, it's as if songs like "Knowing Me Knowing You" and "The Winner Takes It All" summed it all up.
Still beautiful 😍
I am thankful to ABBA!They are not about the fame.Singing songs about love for their own happiness and their fans!
She's still gorgeous.
Never Giveup Agnetha.
Agnetha was the main front of the band, it was obvious, the looks, the hair, and oh that voice, having that presence must become a burden eventually if your unlucky I guess, I’m just glad she’s back recording again, and she’s still a beautiful woman
I would say the woman were very equal front women. Watch out for the Frida fans lol. I love both of them but Agnetha really captures my heart and imagination most.
Faltskog had roots that were as long as Sweden top to bottom and a massive gap in her teeth. Child bearing hips. Too much eye make-up too.
Anni-Frid Lyngstad was the better singer, a far more natural appearance and a better figure. Anni-Frid actually looked like she wanted to be there as well, unlike Miss Sourpuss
For those who don't know she was a member of a great little disco group in the 70's called ABBA.
Loved all your music
This was recorded in 2013. Why isn’t that mentioned in the description?
To reveal the original date of issue might cost them a few clicks
@@DorisDay-lw4xs the context of when an interview is conducted is fully relevant to a viewer.
That's what I thought.
She didn’t exactly walk away and hide in 1982 from the world. She released an album in 1983, and Albert 1985, and , 1987. She did massive tours with all three of them and huge promotions. She recorded one of them in America with Peter Cetera in her own words. When the 90s came, she decided to just chill out kickback and do her own thing as As it was time to let the new comers Take A Chance
She still looks great and oozes class.
When she was young I was (still am) convinced she had been sent by the Gods to show us what real feminine beauty was, somewhat along the lines of the classic Greek literature stories, where the men sailing out would have a goddess protecting and guiding them.
She's always been most reserved, aloof as Scandinavians are. No surprise there. Also it's all business too. This is why they continued to perform together after their separation & divorce.
As a high school senior in 1977 I was in lover with her and loved the music the group made
Eres bellísima,una excelente profesional
It would be great to spend enough time to really learn what Agnetha is all about, what makes her tick and get her perspectives on the extreme fame and fortune that she experienced. She certainly had a unique and beautiful voice and she also had the musical talent to go along with it. Couple that with her incredible eye appeal and she was a real powerhouse. Anna-Frid was equally beautiful and talented as well, so it's no wonder that they reached such an incredible level of super-stardom. There've been a lot of ABBA tribute bands that I've heard and none of them can come anywhere close to recreating the magic that Agnetha and Anna-Frid generated on stage. Together, they were one-of-a-kind.
It's because of weirdos like you that she became reclusive
No, we don't want to even further intrude in her life.
She is like the rest of us, different on a different day and wants to be what she wants to be, without letting others know that she's happy or sad.
Her life belongs to herself only and to her family.
Jut imagine having to answer all these questions you have asked?
She's not a public property. 😊
@@E-Kat Interviewing someone is not an intrusion into someone's life as long as they are willing to do it. And they don't have to answer questions with which they feel uncomfortable. Interviews are actually a great opportunity for someone to share their true feelings and perspectives and inform people of the truth. It's certainly better than media speculation and rumors.
Yes, Artvand. I like your reply. Stars get paid to do interviews & they set boundaries before the interview about what to ask & not to ask.
About Frida. I always found her personality to be aloof & frosty. She always came across as more of a businesswoman than a singer singing about love. When she sang, her voice sounded harder too. She just didn't put her emotions of singing with her heart & soul like Agnetha did. I found Frida just very ordinary. We would never have heard of her without ABBA. Joining ABBA was her lucky break.
@@johanna5688 I know plenty of people who are perceived as aloof but if you really get to know who they are inside, they are not. Your perception is your perception. I enjoyed Frida's singing every bit as much as Agnetha's and while Agnetha had her platinum blond hair and queen-of-the-nile look, I found Frida to be every bit as sexy and her body was every bit as attractive, maybe even moreso than Agnetha's. Regardless of how Frida got into the band, it was clearly fate that put her there. Her voice was very much like Agnetha's and blended with it perfectly. She was the perfect yin to Agnetha's yang. No one in the world could have matched up better with Agnetha than Frida.
This is my favourite abba album the visitors was such an underrated album . Thank you for this ❤
agnetha was verry personal in this intervieuw nice to see.i dont have the feeling she hated this questions. she nows the questions it is not a life intervieuw. i dont find the interviewer rude. no one forced her. but i understand that sbe doesnt like interveuws. it must be verry painfull if everybody blames you for everything . but i have the feeling that agnetha hated more the public eye than bjorn benny and frida. bjorn gives the most intervieuws i think he loves the attention can handle it verry well.
Agnetha gets blamed as the media saw that she was the most negative about towards ABBA of the core four. The media kinda filled in the narrative.
Although Frida was upset over Benny, it was not a deal breaker concerning ABBA. She had always been positive and wishful about ABBA starting up again - perhaps after BB and Tim Rice finish writing musical.
After CHESS concept album (1984) was completed. 'One Night In Bangkok ' promo video was shot. Murray Head singing lead. And ABBA "singing" backup vocals. It was just for promo.
Actually it 3/4 of ABBA and a stand-in for Agnetha.
Anni-Frid Lyngstad
Benny Anderson
Bjorn Ulverus
Karen Glenmark
This is why Agnetha took the hit in the media. I am sure Agnetha was asked by BB to be part of CHESS/One Night In Bangkok photo op/video.
Saw them live on their 1979 tour, best night of my entire life. They were fantastic live with the same fantastic voices that were on all their albums.
still a marvellously beautiful human !!!!!!!!!!!!!
Thanks so much - take good care
Stunningly beautiful
I’ve talked to many people who have gotten to meet her they all say she’s sweet and I truly see it.
She’s got a new album she’s ready to come back.
But I don’t blame her for leaving the first time.
Hello Catie, how are you doing today, hope you’re fine and safe from the COVID-19 virus??
@@trevorjennings72 that’s so nice and yes I am keeping safe
@@catieschrager5282 That’s good to know Catie😊. Hope you’re having a nice and a wonderful day today??
@@trevorjennings72 with ABBA and their fan base I feel great
@@catieschrager5282 That’s nice😇. If I may ask Catie, where are you from??
What is a shame is that she doesn’t really realise how much the public really love her and the whole of ABBA. People think is such a shame but no blame
nice intervieuw. she talks verry nice.
I don't think anyone blames Agnetha. I think it's fairly evident that all four ABBA members needed a break from each other. The two men were making no secret that they wanted to 'try something else' and Frida recorded her 'Something's Going On' album not long after 'The Visitors' was released. Agnetha did not walk away from music either. She recorded solo albums during the 80's and even travelled to Los Angeles to record 'I Stand Alone'. It was always the endless promotion that took the group away from home Going solo allows the artist to do things a little more at their own pace and have a better work / home lifestyle balance.
Hello Chelsea, how are you doing today, hope you’re fine and safe from the COVID-19 virus??
She was then and still his today my favorite of the group
Such a beautiful woman, inside and out
From what I understand, everyone was worn out and had to stop, or it would kill them. Having been on the road several times, I can easily see it, and I wasn't doing anything near what ABBA was trying to do!
As one gets older there is a move to the spiritual. A person wants Peace and the craziness of the world is less enjoyable. Agnetha is just 3 years younger than me. I really loved her voice....Sal : )
Extraordinary artists.
Hello Therese, how are you doing today, hope you’re fine and safe from the COVID-19 virus??
Definite wood-making material when she was young. Awesome caboose...
Beautiful album
Brilliant voice still
Hello Kim, how are you doing today, hope you’re fine and safe from the COVID-19 virus??
After years of exhausting work , worn out. No blame.
I can't believe the invasive questions this TV host slams into her while she's merely trying to promote her album. First of all, how dare he ask about her private life, and secondly, these are events from decades ago. The main reason she walked away was to raise her young children, as it killed her to be away from them on long tours. But really, the nerve of this guy to cheerfully ask if she found it difficult to be onstage with Bjorn during their divorce. Of COURSE it was difficult, you bozo, and thanks so much for bringing it up!
why can he not asking this questions. i find him not rude. this intervieuw is about her life etc. i think they talked about the questions before recording this intervieuw. i have the feeling that agnetha is glad she can tell the side of her story how it was beiing a member of abba and working with your ex for years.almost 7 years i think. yes they blamed agnetha i always thaught that it was for agnetha the most difficult. she was more the face of the group then the others. but she is great.
now i have the feeling that agnetha can handle this intervieuw verry well the intervieuwer is not that rude. taking care of her children she was is verry ridge their are nannys. the children hardly saw the parents. not everything was bad. that great succes.beautiful songs beiing verry ridge it opent Doors for them. and still that huge succes. so not everything was bad.
agnetha didnt stay at home after tthe break up with abba. she had a verry succesful solo career she was performing etc. again now solo staying home with her children taking care of them realy . i dont think so. later in the end of the 80ties she gave up her solo career and was leading a verry private life.
@@petradevries8839 She has never enjoyed interviews and she is a very private person and was only there to talk about her new album. And also she has been asked these same questions a million times in other interview through the years, when ABBA reunited to release their latest album in 2021, she refused to do any publicity to promote it and I don't blame her.
So I hope you're right that she agreed to talk about those subjects, because I think it's disrespectful to ask such personal things to someone you don't even know. Just as it would be difficult for you or I to talk about painful subjects to a stranger on camera. Her personal life is her own business.
Anyway, I appreciate your comment and I wish you a good week.
@@skylinerunner1695 what ever i am not famous and verry private. when you are famous you cant expect these questions the press is already talking about her for years. this intervieuw was not life. if you dont like intervieuws dont give an intervieuw. she good have said i dont wanna talk about this. it is private. agnetha perhaps she was glad to tell her sight of that story. she told him how she felt about the press talking about her that way. no one forced her to give this intervieuw. but she also needs the press. the press made abba big. about me. i wood never give an intervieuw. only singing. what i hate about press they still talking about you if you like it or not. i dont have the feeling she hated the questions. i think that a person like agnetha exacly nows what se wants to talk about. i saw manny intervieuws from her alone with abba. intervieuws i have the feeling agnetha new these questions before they recorderd this. she needs the press. when you are famous like agnetha the press is already give her album attentions. no one forced agnetha. but i can understand that agnetha is a private person. me i wood never give an intervieuw. i still think agnetha new about all of this questions. and the rest. we dont now. you dont i dont. it was not that horrible agnetha stoot up for herself. verry good from her.
I love her!
I remember reading the newspapers in 1984 and I fucking hated reading all the blame on Agnetha and all the trash talk against her.
By her own actions, words it was somewhat justified.
Remember CHESS promo. The One Night In Bangkok promo video?
Murray Head lead vocalist and ABBA lined up "singing" back-up.
No Agnetha.
Anni-Frid Lyngstad
Benny Anderson
Bjorn Ulverus
Karin Glenmark
The informed know ABBA never officially broke up in 1982. They were on a break. Perhaps after BB wrote their musical (CHESS) they would be back. That was the hope. But you have to have ALL four core yes for that to happen..
Everyone knew Frida loved being part of ABBA. She wanted to group to be whole again and recording. Her comments, actions, ABBA legacy appearances, continued fan engagement, etc... signified her positive position and attitude towards ABBA.
It was always Agnetha that seemed to be the 'No'! Vote. Her actions and words always signified her position.
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Of the entire Polar Music Team it has always been Frida and Gorel Hanser that have been the "rocks".
Also, listen to this interview when she brings up Frida and Benny's divorce and everyone being sad.
Yes. Of course everyone is sad. Those two were that groups romantic and sexy couple. But, their break up did not sour Frida on ABBA returning and recording more music.
It is like she is acknowledging her want of letting ABBA go and trying to tag Frida has having the same position as Agnetha.
That has never been Frida's position. Frida has always been resilient and her divorce with Benny, although tragic, did not diminish her wanting ABBA to continue.
Agnetha.was.on.a.different.planet.....light.years.ahead.and.still
.....is
Great singer and the sexiest girl ever.
I agree because I am a qualified lesbian
She was, but I don't think she really wanted to be sexy, she just was.
@@herbwarren6671 I am a woman
@@DorisDay-lw4xs I am planning to get pregnant
Don't blame yourself it's a natural when you up the top there's too many questions.. but the important is you enjoy every moment and everybody enjoyed your music.. i love ABBA
I had the biggest crush on her, she is still so beautiful
Agnetha Has a lovely voice. Both her and Anni-Frid Sang so well together . When Agnetha sang The song The winner takes it all you could see the pain in her eyes
She's a beautiful woman who has a beautiful voice, she is not the black sheep at all.
love love this lady and her voice
absolutely beautiful agnetha ! True beauty, sorry for the issues she had to go alone, I understand perfectly! ❤❤❤😢
I'm blaming her and I don't know what for..
It just feels good
Ya gotta blame somebody.!!
Funny period - nearly every building site was belting out ABBA songs on their radios and singing loud , kind of singing, but they knew all the tunes and lyrics.
SHE HAD SAID SHE HAD NOTHING TO OFFER TO MUSIC!!!IS IT POSSIBLE SUCH A VOICE NOT TO OFFER TO MUSIC???PLEASE DON'T SAY THAT CHIQUITITA AGNETHA YOU CAN CREATE MASTERPIECES!!!IMAGINE YOU SING EVITA,THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA,AQUARIUS,JESUS CHRIST SUPER STAR-WAIT SHE HAD DID THAT-THE MISERABLES,THE TITANIC, FROZEN!!!❤❤❤❤❤
Each of the songs you suggested she could sing are rubbish. I hate all of them. She sings pop music, not Phantom of the Opera crap. Pop fans won't go for crappy Evita et al. People enjoyed their pop songs. That's what they were famous for. If you want theatre musicals, you're on the wrong channel here.😂😂
BJORN, wrote “The Winner Takes It All”!! He stated in MULTIPLE interviews that “it was an expression of how HE felt about the divorce”, and wanted Agnetha to “be the one to sing it”!! (“@SSHOLE MOVE”!!) In MY eyes…It was a “slap to the face” for Agnetha!! However, being the CONSUMMATE PROFESSIONAL that she was, and STILL IS, she poured ALL HER (at the time) “current emotions”, as well as her ASTOUNDING VOCAL CAPABILITIES into “recording the song”, the “making of the video”, and in “EVERY SUBSEQUENT ‘PUBLIC’ PERFORMANCE OF IT”!!
Although I “envied” Agnetha’s “looks and vocal talent” as an “awkward and impressionable young girl with ‘similarly blonde hair’,” FRIDA was EQUALLY as “beautiful and talented” in HER “OWN “RIGHT”!! Without the “two of them”, there WOULD BE, NO “ABBA”!! Bjorn HIMSELF, stated in interviews, included in the “mockumentary” 1977 film, “ABBA: The Movie” (filmed while on their 1977 cross-continent Australian tour; with “some footage” being filmed later that year in Stockholm), that “what made ‘ABBA’, distinctly ‘ABBA’…was ‘the combination of the voices of the girls…’!!” Though Agnetha was often “given lead vocals” on MANY ABBA songs, FRIDA ALSO “SANG LEAD VOCALS”!! (“Hello!! ‘Fernando’ and ‘Money, Money, Money”!!) Agnetha has been quoted in interviews, that “because our vocals were so similar, if one of us felt ‘sick’ while performing live, the OTHER would ‘sing more loudly’!!” (Thus, “becoming the ‘lead vocalist’!!”)
I suggest you listen to “I am an ‘A’!!” The “guys” wrote the song; which “describes the ‘unique personalities and quirks’ of each of them”!! Agnetha’s “happy place” was “at home, going to sleep early”; while Frida “craved ‘fame, fortune and the spotlight’!!” “They” ALL “wanted different things in life”, and IMHO, THIS was potentially the “reason for their subsequent divorces”!!
Catherine, Florida
Hey,...this is 10 years or more, ago...😮
It's worth mentioning that this interview is from BBC Breakfast in May 10, 2013. The interviewer is Charlie Stayt.
Still a beautiful woman
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love drága
Nobody thought it was your fault, they Love(d) You
ABBA continues to make a lot of money today 💰 The drama 🎭 is part of the business 💿
Actually, ABBA never officially broke up; they just stopped recording as a band.
Love offers no guarantees but the music is in the bag, what could be more important? ABBA has fulfilled their mission! If you're feeling sentimental you can always listen to Tragedy by the BEE GEES :)
More beautiful now❤
PLEASE PEOPLE DON'T SHOOT AGNETHA SHE HAD SUFFERED A LOT IN THE PAST!!!❤
Why are you shouting?
Never mind. She is well compensated for her suffering. Multi millionairess😂😂
I'm the one who's suffering along with others who are broke. We have nothing to cheer us up for it. Agnetha has everything & more that anyone can even dream of. We don't need to feel sad for the wealthiest of all. They will give us no empathy or even a thought. Grow up & live in the real world. She could live anywhere in the world she chooses, unlike me.