Hoy se inaugura una nueva exposición dentro de Abba, The Museum en Estocolmo celebrando el 50⁰ aniversario de "DANCING QUEEN". Es la historia detrás de "DANCING QUEEN" - desde sus comienzos como "BOOGALOO" hasta la actuación legendaria en la Real Ópera en 1976 y su impacto duradero en generaciones de amantes de la música.
Entre lo sobresaliente de la exposición están las nuevas versiones recreadas de los trajes que ABBA llevaron en la gala real de Junio de 1976.
A new exhibition opens today at Abba, The Museum in Stockholm celebrating the 50th anniversary of " DANCING QUEEN". It’s the story behind "DANCING QUEEN" – from its beginnings as "BOOGALOO" to the legendary 1976 Royal Opera performance and its lasting impact on generations of music lovers.
Among the exhibition's highlights are newly recreated versions of the costumes ABBA wore at the royal gala in June 1976.
The British government took the man who broke Germany's wartime codes, convicted him of being gay, and offered him a choice between prison and hormone injections.
Pet Shop Boys have spent more than a decade turning that into an album.
A Man From The Future arrives on 9 October. Eight tracks, written by Neil Tennant and Chris Lowe with Andrew Hodges, the biographer whose book is the reason most people know the story at all. Juliet Stevenson narrates. Sven Helbig wrote the orchestrations.
It follows Alan Turing from school through Cambridge, through the wartime codebreaking, through the machines he imagined that became the computer you are reading this on, and then to 1952, when he was charged with gross indecency.
The same charge they used on Oscar Wilde. He took the injections rather than prison. He was dead by 1954, at 41.
The final track on the album is the British government apologising. Gordon Brown's statement from 2009, then the royal pardon in 2013. Fifty five years too late to be of any use to him.
"Our motive in creating this work was to make a musical memorial to Alan Turing who gave so much to his country and the world and was rewarded for it by being prosecuted for his sexuality," Tennant and Lowe said.
"He also looked forward to a time when being gay would be accepted as normal. In both his professional and private lives, he was ahead of his time."
Created in collaboration with Alan Turning's biographer, Andrew Hodges, and performed by Pet Shop Boys and the Manchester Camerata Octet with narration by Juliet Stevenson and string arrangement by Sven Helbig, the work explores 8 significant chapters in the life and death of Alan Turning, the pioneering mathematician and cryptanalyst who laid the foundations of modern computing.
The work has been revised and updated since its first performance at the BBC Proms in 2014. This new version produced by the Pet Shop Boys and Sven Helbig is released today.
Fotos: Facebook Poland in your pocket / Abbaregistro & Abba the picture page.
Estos días de octubre de 1976, Abba viajó a Varsovia para hacer un especial de TV polaca en su programa musical más popular "Studio2", hoy hace 50 años que se emitió ese programa.
These days in October 1976, Abba travelled to Warsaw to perform a TV special in Polish's most popular music programme "Studio2", 50 years ago today that programme was broadcasted.
De nuevo, el video de una canción de estreno se vende con un desnudo, el cantante estadounidense Grant Knoche presenta así "STRIPPED". Cuerpazo aparte, la canción también es interesante.
One again, a song premiere video sells with nudity, American singer Grant Kncohe shows himself as he is in "STRIPPED". Body apart, the song is also interesting.
LYRICS:
I'm more than a silhouette
I'm more than a face and a fake on the internet
Got bills and a lot of debt
Draw a smile cross the tape of my mouth so you're into it
Got used to the whiplash
Only love me when I'm high, I'm the guy, when I'm all that
Play nice just to hide the fact
That I hate what they say, what they say, when they say that
"I love the way that you pose in the light"
"I wish I was the one taking that photo"
"Oh my god if I had you at night
I would die"
When I'm showing you my heart all you see is my chest
Say you care what's underneath, cause you want me undressed
I could talk all that I want, all you see are my lips
Yeah you say you love me
But you only love me
When I'm stripped
Say you love me
But you only love me
When I'm stripped
16 and he's 41
Saying "I'll change your life if you give me a couple months"
Too young to be getting drunk
But I could for the price of a bitter taste on my tongue
I got my titanium armor tight
To keep out all your ulterior motives
Oh my god if you saw through my eyes
You would cry
When I'm showing you my heart all you see is my chest
Say you care what's underneath, cause you want me undressed
I could talk all that I want, all you see are my lips
Yeah you say you love me
But you only love me
When I'm stripped
"I love the way that you pose in the light"
"I wish I was the one taking that photo"
"oh my god if I had you at night
I would die"
When I'm showing you my heart all you see is my chest
Say you care what's underneath, cause you want me undressed
I could talk all that I want, all you see are my lips
You say you love me
But you only love me
When I'm stripped
Say you love me
But you only love me
When I'm stripped
Say you love me
Only love me
When I'm stripped
Hoy (5 octubre) en 1979, Frida, Benny y Björn visitaron la Casa Blanca en Washington, donde se encontraron con la hija del presidente Amy Carter, que era una gran fan de Abba.
(Agnetha todavía no se encontraba bien debido al temerario vuelo Nueva York-Boston del 3 de octubre, que empezó bien peto luego el avión se vió en medio de una tormenta).
"THE WINNER TAKES IT ALL" se lo lleva todo también en Spotify sumando 1.000.000.000 streams y no es la primera canción de Abba que lo hace, antes: "DANCING QUEEN", "GIMME! GIMME! GIMME!".
"THE WINNER TAKES IT ALL" also on Spotify adding 1.000.000.000 streams and it's not Abba's first song to do so, previously: "DANCING QUEEN", "GIMME! GIMME! GIMME!".
When I get older, losing my hair Many years from now, Will you still be sending me a valentine, birthday greetings, bottle of wine?
If I'd been out till quarter to three, Would you lock the door? Will you still need me, will you still feed me, When I'm sixty four? Ooh
You'll be older too. Ah, and if you say the word, I could stay with you.
I could be handy mending a fuse When your lights have gone. You can knit a sweater by the fireside, Sunday mornings, go for a ride.
Doing the garden, digging the weeds, Who could ask for more? Will you still need me, will you still feed me, When I'm sixty four?
Ev'ry summer we can rent a cottage In the Isle of Wight if it's not too dear. We shall scrimp and save. Grandchildren on your knee; Vera, Chuck and Dave.
Send me a postcard, drop me a line, stating point of view. Indicate precisely what you mean to say, yours sincerely, wasting away.
Give me your answer, fill in a form, Mine forevermore. Will you still need me, will you still feed me, When I'm sixty four? Ho!
Leire Martínez presentó ayer una nueva canción, compuesta por ella, para ser el himno de la edición 2026 de "Cadena 100 Por Ellas" y a beneficio de la Asociación Española Contra el Cáncer. Un homenaje al apoyo que sostiene a los pacientes de cáncer de mama. Será cantada en directo el próximo 24 de octubre en el macroconcierto del Moviestar Arena.
Yesterday, Leire Martínez presented a new song, written by her, to be the hymn of the 2026 edition of "Cadena 100 Por Ellas" and to benefit the Spanish Association againts Cancer. It pays tribute to the help and support to breast cancer patients. It will be performed at the next concert in Moviestar Arena on October 24th.
Lyric video "QUÉDATE CON SU VOZ", Leire Martínez:
Video entrevista / interview Leire Martinez @ Cadena 100:
Hoy Amaral han sido entrevistados y actuaron en el programa "La Ventana" de la Cadena SER desde el Liceo Casino de Pontevedra. Dejamos el audio de la entrevista y actuación.
Today Amaral were interviewed and performed on the programme "La Ventana" of the Cadena SER from the Liceo Casino in Pontevedra. Here's the audio of the interview and performance.
it feels fitting to revisit one of her most poetic and introspective creations: Djupa andetag (Deep Breaths), released on 20/9/1996, which turns 30 today.
A return home
After more than a decade away from the studio, Frida re-emerged not with an international pop album, but with something far more intimate. Djupa andetag was sung entirely in Swedish, produced by Anders Glenmark, and released through Anderson Records, the label founded by ABBA’s legendary manager Stikkan Anderson’s daughter, Marie Ledin.
When the album arrived, it went straight to number one in Sweden — a testament to the love and anticipation that still surrounded Frida. But unlike the glittering days of pop fame, this was a quieter kind of success — rooted in maturity, nature, reflection, and the courage to breathe again.
An album of renewal
The album’s title, Djupa andetag - Deep Breaths, captures its essence perfectly — the act of pausing, inhaling, and reconnecting with life itself. Frida’s voice here is deep and resonant, filled with wisdom and grace. Every song feels like a conversation with herself, a meditation set to melody.
Three singles were released from the album:
• “Även en blomma” (Even a Flower) — a tender hymn to fragility and strength, and perhaps the most quintessentially “Frida” song ever recorded.
• “Ögonen” (The Eyes) — a cinematic ballad that blends sensuality with vulnerability.
• “Alla mina bästa år” (All My Best Years) — a radiant duet with Marie Fredriksson of Roxette, whose voice intertwined beautifully with Frida’s. Marie, who sadly left us in 2019, brought a soft intensity to the track that now feels almost sacred — two icons of Swedish music meeting in a moment of perfect harmony.
Between light and shadow
Djupa andetag was never about chart glory — it was about authenticity. Frida chose not to chase trends or global campaigns; she made a deeply Scandinavian album, full of forests, sky, and silence. Listeners who expected ABBA-style pop found something even more precious: stillness. It is an album to sit with, not dance to — a soundtrack for the inner landscape.
Though released only on CD and never on vinyl, Djupa andetag has endured. It remains available on major streaming services today, introducing new generations to the serenity of Frida’s later artistry.
A missed opportunity, and a lasting treasure
Around 2016, there were confirmed discussions with Marie Ledin about creating a deluxe or vinyl edition of Djupa andetag. Fans were thrilled by the prospect — a remastered celebration of this overlooked masterpiece. Sadly, those plans seem to have faded away, and no such release ever materialised.
Reflection
Djupa andetag feels more relevant than ever. It reminds us that the truest form of artistry is not found in volume or spectacle, but in honesty. It is a record about life after noise — the deep exhale that follows everything.
Frida, Thank you for the courage to pause, to reflect, and to remind us — through every song — that even a flower can bloom again.
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Bobby's brother Video: 30 years of "DJUPA ANDETAG":
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