Revel in the bright lights of ABBA’s show-stopping musical career, and hear the whispers from the shadows that lurked behind. Bright Lights Dark Shadows: The Real Story of Abba is the first true, full-scale biography ever written about the band. With lucid prose and an inquisitive eye, author, Carl Palm, covers all aspects of the band’s lives and careers. The period before the group formed; their global domination throughout the 1970s; their marriages and divorces; their business empire and; their eventual, inevitable split.
An illustrated celebration of ABBA, from childhood through the Voyage album Emerging victorious from Eurovision in 1974 with winning tune "Waterloo," ABBA catapulted to fame and captured hearts across the world with their melodic and ever-so catchy pop songs. Formed in Stockholm in 1972 by Agnetha Fältskog, Björn Ulvaeus, Benny Andersson, and Anni-Frid Lyngstad, ABBA became one of the most commercially successful acts in the history of popular music, topping the charts worldwide from 1974 to 1982 with classic hits such as "Dancing Queen," "Gimme, Gimme, Gimmie," and "Knowing Me, Knowing You". Their total record sales are estimated at more than 150 million; only the Beatles have sold more. ABBA at 50 charts the journey of the Swedish quartet, from humble beginnings in post-war Sweden to global superstardom. Beautifully illustrated with essential images, it examines the group's enduring legacy and much-loved musical repertoire of perfectly crafted pop. From the group's outlandish outfits to the toll commercial success took on the private lives of the two married couples, this book is a must for all ABBA fans.
Von Carl Magnus Palm. Ein Überblick über sämtliche Alben und Titel, die je von der Gruppe veröffentlicht wurden, von 'Ring Ring' 1973 bis zu 'The Visitors' acht Jahre später. Enthält Abschnitte über Compilations, Live-Aufnahmen, Filme und Aufnahmen der vier Mitglieder Abbas vor und nach ihren gemeinsamen Karrieren.
Als ABBA nur sieben Jahre nach ihrem sensationellen Sieg beim Song-Contest 1974 auseinanderbrachen, wurde jedem klar, dass hinter der Fassade der fröhlichen, glitzernden Showband aus Schweden vier höchst unterschiedliche Individuen standen. Agnetha, Frida, Benny und Björn und als 'fünftes' Bandmitglied ihr Manager Stig kamen teils aus ärmsten Verhältnissen – doch alle waren sie Vollblut-Künstler durch und durch. Jeder von ihnen hatte seine Karriere vor der Zeit mit ABBA begonnen, doch den internationalen Durchbruch schafften sie erst gemeinsam und reihten sich in Kürze mühelos neben den ganz Großen der Pop-Musik ein. Es ist die bewegende Geschichte zweier Gesangstalente, der Norwegerin Anni-Frid, die als uneheliches Kind eines deutschen Besatzungssoldaten den Weg zum dunkelhaarigen Dream-Girl schaffte, und der kühlen, blonden Agnetha, die ohne viel Zutun zum Sex-Symbol der Pop-Welt avancierte. Es ist die Story zweier kreativer Freunde mit Wurzeln in der Folk-Szene, Benny und Björn, die Text, Musik, Sound und Rhythmus für viele Pop-Hits lieferten und zusammen mit dem Selfmademan der Platten- und Verlagsbranche, Stig Anderson, den Ruhm ABBAs begründeten. Und es ist der Weg zweier Paare von der ersten Liebe bis zur Trennung, Scheidung und Neuorientierung. In Licht und Schatten beschreibt Curt Magnus Palm, wie eng Glück und Krise für ABBA zusammenlagen. Die 'wahre Geschichte' ist mehr als nur eine Abfolge von Chartplatzierungen und Verkaufserfolgen. Sie zeigt die vier Musiker und ihren Manager abseits des Rampenlichts, bei der Arbeit an der Musik, an der Karriere und privat – ungeschönt und fundiert. ABBA-Songs sind längst 'Pop-Klassiker' geworden – doch der weltweite Hype um ABBA hat mit Mamma Mia! als Musical und Film wieder eingesetzt. Diese Biografie enthüllt die fulminante Entwicklung der Band, ihrer Musik und der fünf Lebensschicksale spannend und kompetent.
In the 1970s, Benny Anderson reached worldwide fame as the songwriter and keyboard player in ABBA, one of the all-time classic pop acts. However, his first taste of stardom came a decade earlier, when he was a member of the Hep Stars, Sweden's biggest pop bands of the 1960s. In a marked contrast to ABBA's studio-based career, The Hep Stars swept through the country like a tidal wave, scoring hit after hit and playing hundreds of gigs each year in front of hordes of screaming teens. Benny's Road to ABBA tells the amazing story of Benny's life and career in Swede-pop.
ABBA is one of pop music's most iconic and influential bands. This book contains 50 specially arranged songs from the band's repertoire, as well as striking images, and a written commentary and time line.
Revel in the bright lights of ABBA’s show-stopping musical career, and hear the whispers from the shadows that lurked behind. Bright Lights Dark Shadows: The Real Story of Abba is the first true, full-scale biography ever written about the band. With lucid prose and an inquisitive eye, author, Carl Palm, covers all aspects of the band’s lives and careers. The period before the group formed; their global domination throughout the 1970s; their marriages and divorces; their business empire and; their eventual, inevitable split.
Quick sketching" stimulates the artist's ability to rapidly capture a subject's features, expressions, and movements as they are actually happening. A perfect introduction to this invaluable technique, this concise and uniquely organized guide easily helps artists of every capacity explore new ideas and methods for creating powerful, true-to-life works of art. Discover over one hundred masterfully drawn sketches that wonderfully illustrate the accompanying text. An effective path to acquiring the artistic essentials of the human figure and countenance, as well as busy backgrounds, Quick Sketching offers up innovative, workable methods for quickly—and beautifully—drawing: • adults • children • animals • interiors • portraits • landscapes . . . and more! Affordably priced and sure to be viewed and reviewed again and again, Quick Sketching is a worthy addition to the library of every artist!
Catalog of an exhibition which opened at The Metropolitan Museum of Art on Dec. 20, 1988. This first comprehensive study in English devoted to Sienese painting to be published in four decades centers on the fifteenth century, a fascinating but frequently neglected period when Sienese artists confronted the innovations of Renaissance painting in Florence. Two introductory essays survey fifteenth-century Sienese painting, and individual entries examine 139 key works in exhaustive detail, presenting new insights into long-debated issues of interpretation and attribution, and often utilizing previously unpublished material. Most of the major paintings are reproduced in color and supplemented with illustrations of related comparative works.
The first USAAF fighters to engage the Japanese in World War 2, a handful of P-40s rose to defend Pearl Harbor from attack on the morning of 7 December 1941. Warhawk units were also heavily involved in the ill-fated fight to stem invading Japanese forces in the Philippines and Java between December 1941 and April 1942 and again in the Gilbert and Marshall Islands between January 1943 and March 1944. This book examines The Warhawk's wartime exploits and all of its aces including 'aces-in-a-day' Mel Wheadon and Joe Lesika.
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