67: ABBA from A to B (with Terrance Balazo) (Patreon)

Toronto writer and trivia master Terrance Balazo joins the show for a deep dive into the history of the Fleetwood Mac of Sweden, ABBA. From their origins in the European "Schlager" music genre and the contempt for the group in Sweden in their early days, to their legendary victory at the Eurovision Song Contest with "Waterloo" that instantly broke them in England and kicked off ABBAmania around the globe, to the spectacular disintegration of the band in the early eighties, and forty years later, their unexpected 2021 album Voyage and their bizarre and ambitious new hologram reunion engagement starting this March in London.

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ABBA’s legendary Grand Prix Eurovision-winning performance of Waterloo, 1974

ABBA’s commercial for National Home Electronics in Australia, 1976

Trailer for ABBA: The Movie (Lasse Hallström, 1977)

A selection of ABBA music videos

S.O.S. - 1975 

Dancing Queen - 1976 

Knowing Me, Knowing You - 1976 

The Day Before You Came - 1982