ABBA’s Bjorn Ulvaeus rerecorded one of many band’s traditional songs and accompanied it with a lighthearted video as a roast for fellow Swedish musician Tomas Ledin.
The roast was performed again dwell at Ledin’s celebration live performance at Stockholm’s Avicii Area on Feb. 25, which marked his seventieth birthday. Ledin was one among ABBA’s backing singers within the ‘70s and toured with the band earlier than discovering success on his personal. He’s married to a daughter of a former band supervisor.
The video finds Ulvaeus singing “Hey Grand Ol’ Man,” an English revision of ABBA’s first-ever hit, “Hej Gamle Man.” He’s seen wearing nation gear whereas driving a truck, busking in a railway station, line dancing and struggling along with his boots as he tells Ledin, “The time has come so that you can be taught that women don’t see previous males / And after you have gone invisible, you’re by no means seen once more.”
You possibly can watch the “Hey Grand Ol’ Man” clip beneath.
ABBA will launch a digital live performance expertise at a custom-build venue in London in Might. After releasing the brand new album Voyage final 12 months, the band’s Benny Andersson stated no additional music would comply with.
“That is it,” he insisted. “It’s obtained to be, .” He stated the choice had nothing to do with the disputes that plagued the members within the ‘80s. “We’ve been seeing one another via the years, assembly for this and that. We’re mates.”
However Anni-Frid Lyngstad later prompt it wasn’t over. “I’ve realized by no means to say by no means,” she famous. “This 12 months now we have in all probability stated this should be the very last thing we do as a result of … [we’re] considering of our ages, . We aren’t younger any longer, however I’m saying you by no means know. So don’t be too certain.”
