Omkring et flygel (Around a Grand Piano) was later renamed Alleycat. It was the signature tune of a TV show of the same name, hosted by Bent Fabricius Bjerre, where he would talk with musicians, and they would also perform. At the end of each show, the participants would hum while Bjerre palyed the tune, as shown in this video.
Thanks, tackar, for this video. I knew about these songs, except for "Vilken lycka att hålla dej i hand", which I had totally missed previously (cool!). There are also a couple of other Björn's pre-ABBA compositions, "Vill du ha en vän" and "Gömt är inte glömt" (lyric Stikkan Anderson), on the B-sides of his solo singles, plus his and Benny Andersson's "Partaj-aj-aj" that was an A-side. What people often seem to miss is that in ABBA and before, Benny and Björn actually wrote the music together, even though the ideas largely came from Benny. On top of that, Björn wrote/co-wrote the lyrics (all the lyrics from Voulez-Vous on). A talented guy!
I think the trickiest part is the early songs and, as you have stated, some of these are unconfirmed. As far as I am aware, anything performed on the 1973 tour is purely guess work as, as far as I'm aware, theres no documented evidence of any setlists. The same is pretty much the same for the 1974 / 75 tour. The only evidence is the fan bootleg recording from June 75 at Eskilstuna, which is believed to have a few songs missing. I've never seen any evidence that 'People Need Love' was performed on that tour, and that's the same for 'Santa Rosa'. The TV appearance of that song is unconfirmed and I would suspect performing it in Japan, November 72 was its last performance. I've never seen any evidence ABBA ever performed Suzy~Hang~Around at anytime. As far as I know its guess work that Nina Pretty Ballerina and Love Isn't Easy might have been performed on the 1973 folkpark tour when ABBA's (Bjorn, Benny & Agnetha, Frida) set list was approx 30 minutes in lengh, sometimes 3 X 30 minute shows in different towns on the same days. Its a little confusing that you have included When All Is Said And Done, which was only performed in promo film by ABBA (Not counting its appearance in the'Voyage' Show), yet other songs only performed in promo's (One Of Us, Bang~A~Boomerang) aren't included and neither are a few other songs with performances (Slipping Through My Fingers, Me And I, Two For The Price Of One). Apart from that, good work.
Re: Setlists, I used the setlists that were documented on the abbaomnibus.com website, as well as this video from Bobby's Brother (ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-YBhBBraoLH0.html). Although there's no visual or audio proof that these are in fact true, I believe at least some of them were compiled from memories from people who were actually there, so it's the best that we have. Re: When All Is Said And Done - This video isn't about songs that have been performed in some way, shape, or form, whether that's as a promotional clip, TV Show, live on stage, or appearing in ABBA Voyage. I already made a video on that (ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-jI9_ELPHG5w.html). This video is strictly comparing and contrasting a song that has to have been performed more than once, and also taking a look at the year span (or in some cases only a couple of months-span) that the song had been performed. For this video, I counted the all the different language versions of songs as one, so although When All Is Said And Done was only performed once for a music video in August 1981, seeing as Agnetha and Frida recorded clips for the Spanish version in November 1981, that counts as two performances in my book. However, Bang-A-Boomerange, One Of Us, Two For The Price Of One, Slipping Through My Fingers, Me And I, and Cassandra, just to name a few off the top of my head, were only performed once so there is no second performance to compare it with. Hope that clears things up, and thank you very much. :)
omgoodness what an emotional ride we are on with our beloved abba evolving over the years. what a fabbaulous tribute to the best band in the world. thank you becky for another great effort. you truly are one of their number one fans {after me, lol}. lol love and peace to you and all, xxxxxxx
This shows the evolution of ABBA over the years. They gave us the best decade of themselves and their music! Awesome Creativity... thank you for sharing! 💖 2:06
Great job but you need to make 1 correction. The Way Old Friends Do was performed by Agnetha and Frida on June 6th, 2016 at a special party for Benny and Bjorn. OK, Benny and Bjorn didn’t sing with them, so maybe an asterisk * by the date?
Yes but Agnetha and Frida didn't perform it as the entity ABBA. It was only Agnetha and Frida performing one of ABBA's songs, so I consider it "After ABBA" rather than ABBA performing it.
Becky, thank you so much for this awesome gem of our Beloved ABBA. You did a beautiful job. I wish I could give you a big Hug and a Kiss for this major effort!! Tack!🌹❤️
Ésa edad de niño, perdura hasta el día de hoy,una belleza como adolescente,una fuera de serie,divina,con una voz como una joya sin final de orfebre,es la voz de Agnetha, dulce y original,brillas
My favorite songs in this list are: Place No.: 4: WHEN YOU DANCED WITH ME (Voyage) 3. JUST A NOTION (Voyage) 2: MOVE ON (The album) - and one of the greatest Abba songs at all: 1: THE PIPER (Souper Trouper)
She looked beautiful no matter the style or length... This lady has it all: warmth, brains, sense of humor, talent, of course and the sweetest smile in pop music .. oh, and did I mention she sings good too!! Still beautiful at 78 BTW... ❤ To all members of Abba ... Lange Lange Leve karleken....
When Annifrid's hair was short, with the purple and silver tints,just like in the songs Head Over Heels, Under Attack and post ABBA, in her hit song I Know There's Something Going On... 😊
