Tag: ABBA

News: ABBA – The Singles: The First Fifty Years

ABBA - The Singles: The First Fifty Years (superdeluxeedition.com)

October 25, 2024, the updated version of the excellent compilation ABBA – The Singles: The First Ten Years will be released. ABBA – The Singles: The First Fifty Years!

Breakups, 25 songs about the end of a relationship

25 Breakup Songs - Header (redonline.co.uk/grindr.com)

25 Years ago the marriage of Mick Jagger and Jerry Hall was declared null and void. A great opportunity to share 25 beautiful breakup songs!

News: Waterloo 50 years, a letter by ABBA

ABBA Waterloo (facebook.com/abba)

50 years ago ABBA won the Eurovision songfestival with Waterloo, the real start of a dizzyingly successfuyl career.

10 Royalty Songs

Willem Alexander on stage with Dutch DJ's and Maxima in Chicago 2015 (nos.nl)

King’s Day in The Netherlands. A great occasion to compile a ‘royalty’ list. This is a 100% random list and could have been 10 times as long. Please, feel free to add to the list!

Review: ABBA – Voyage

ABBA - Voyage (Edward Gubbels)

Guest author Edward provides us with his take on the new ABBA album Voyage!

News: ABBA Voyage

ABBA Voyage announcement (abbavoyage.com)

On August 26th, 2021, ABBA announced a new project called Voyage. On september 2nd, 2021 all will be revealed?

Timur’s top ten best songs of all time (by guest author Timur)

Excactly two years ago my son Timur published his top 10 best songs. He feels his list is no longer correct. So: a newly edited list, here on A Pop Life!

Singles from my elementary school days

When I was a boy, singles were the indicator for success and a cheap alternative to the (mega) expensive LP. All singles I received as a present or bought myself during my elementary school days.

Compact Disc turns 35

Compact Disc Logo

Compact Disc turns 35

The best ABBA singles

ABBA: Sweden’s hitmachine. But no formula music. Beautiful, emotional music. Ingenious melodies and beautiful singing. Particularly thanks to Agnetha Fältskog!

The evening of Sinterklaas Day 1976 & ABBA’s Dancing Queen

The evening of Sinterklaas Day 1976 and the embarrassing events before. Also a tribute to ABBA’s fantastic song (and single) Dancing Queen!

Strongest & best-known band & artist logos

Music and branding go together, more and more. Logos are a part of that. An inventory of the strongest & best known band & artist logos.

Guilty pleasures

Guilty pleasures: a strange and peculiar phenomenon. Why the need measure and compare your musical taste to others think? However, the temptation is too big, even for me: a top 10…

Album top 50, numbers 25 to 11

On March 14th 2016 I turned 50. In honor of that occasion and to the music my top 50 best albums. Today numbers 25 to 11.