ABBA interview

[CelineElla123]

BJÖRN ULVAEUS <333333333333333

[CelineElla123]

@CelineElla123 MITT HJÄRTA SMÄLTER NÄR JAG SER HAN <333333333333333

[cgek1996]

Can anyone translate it into English please

[Smashinz2002]

I can not understand their mutterings.. What is that Jibber Jabber they are mumbling?

[Curious142]

@Smashinz2002 I'm sure that their Swedish "jibber jabber mumbling", as you so eloquently put it, is a lot more intelligent and makes a lot more sense than any of your obnoxious YouTube comments.

[svenskaflicka428]

@Smashinz2002 it's called swedish. wanna be a little more rude?

[shawn3975]

@Smashinz2002 It's called Swedish. They use to speak it in Sweden before English and Arab took over.

Soon to be just Arab.

[mistofoles]

Translation,please?

[pjusiii]

ABBA Forever!

[DudemanSwede]

HaHa, grymt bra motfråga där, Björn! :-)

Insiktsfullt av en erfaren pop-yngling! :-)

You've gotta love'em!!

Stolt Svensk!

[billiejeangirl123]

första gången jag hör dem i en svensk intervju :O älskar ABBA ett av de bästa banden någonsin tycker jag:D nu är man väl stolt att vara svensk LOL;)

[misshair]

amazing to watch, for so many reasons..

tfs!!

[MoveOverCasanova]

agneta is always shocked as it seems, she is hypersensitive.

I find Frida extremely attractive, but she seems

to be not the person you should mess with--

agneta is the "nicer" one,--

ABBA,  probably the most underrated band ever!!

[kasense]

why underrated? the whole world is like in love with them... still..

[MoveOverCasanova]

sure, but what is a little overseen is the quality of their songwriting and their overall musical skills.

it is considered as easy listening radio music, but when you look closer their songs are extremely subtle!

they were like the beatles of sweden to me

[abbaddict47]

first of all, a very COOL video!

second, Agnetha is so shocked there!

and, third, they are fun to watch!

and, i love SWEDEN!

love ur video!

keep it up!

[AbbaChick]

I love hearing them speak in Swedish, even though I don't understand it at all. Their voices sound really different when they speak in english or swedish. I wish I could understand Swedish, it's such a beautiful language. :)

[Hilarygirl93]

Kort men intressagn intervju.

Jag älskar ABBA!!!

ABBA4ever!!!! :) :)

[Millionsofme]

HAHA. LAMASTE FRÅGAN I BÖRJAN!

[lizzieswe]

de är inte något bra på att sjunga och så/they are not ven good at singing and so

[CelineElla123]

@lizzieswe haha jo :D Det är säkert inte många som kan sjunga som de :D eller jo det är klart men de är bra :D

[MyLoveIsntEasy]

They are BOTH fantastic, and they can both sing, they are both nice persons and I think you must not compare them.. ABBA was great and they are still. ;)

[LovesMike33]

I think Frida is pretty but everyone says Agnetha was better looking one. I think Frida's beauty depended on her hair style. Curly does not become her, nor does the bangs in this interview.

[cynosure3]

And the opening question, which I forgot to translate is: What's it like being an idol?

[xXxStarStormxXx]

Thank you for the english translation!

[cynosure3]

Agnetha: It feels quite normal for us.

Björn: But of course we feel a great deal of responsibility in knowing that there are so many people who appreciate what were doing.

Frida: I dont know if you should really use the word idol. The word is quite strange to me, because we never look upon ourselves as idols in any way. Ive never even considered using that term before.

[cynosure3]

(translation continues...)

Björn: Another thing is that, in our case we all went directly from school and into this field of work, I think most of us did anyway. And because of that thats almost ten years ago and because of that maybe the question you should ask us is: whats it like NOT being an idol, because weve been idols almost all the time, and you live with that, so

(continues...)

[cynosure3]

For all you non-Swedish speakers out there, here is a rough English translation of this short interview:

Frida: Oh, Im completely exhausted! (laughter).

Benny: Well, it is You never consider yourself being an idol, you know. But a great deal of our audience, not all of them, but many of them think of us as their idols. In that sense its flattering that they appreciate what were doing. That what were doing is so good that they even want us to be their idols.

(continues...)

[xbeckixxx]

the dark one doesnt sing that much she only sings the chrous!

[romanovs1918]

You mean Anni-Frid?

[AbbaChick]

She sings heaps, she sang lead vocals on Knowing Me Knowing You, Super Trouper, Fernando, One Man One Woman, and plenty more.

[producermattpop]

Even though I don't speak the language, I always prefer to see them interviewed in swedish. They always seem much more relaxed, especially Frida and Agnetha, who were not quite as fluent in english as the guys.

[diapheneity]

1:05 to 1:14 you get a good chance to compare the two women's looks in ordinary life off stage. 30 year old Frida looks happy, healthy and relaxed...but decidedly plain and not unremarkable....while 25 year old Agnetha, with her stylish long blond hair flowing in the wind, looking every inch an utterly head-turning babe.

[HomoGoldfish]

Agreed

[dancingfrida]

diapheneity:You're full of shit......Frida was just as beautiful as Agnetha,if not more beautiful!.....get your eyes checked dumbhead!

[diapheneity]

Sorry, but nearly everyone i ever ask says Agnetha or "the blond". Agnetha was fairer, had long, thick and fine blond hair, was younger and had better curves. Agnetha featured on the covers of more magazines during the Abba days. That's not being mean - it's just realistic. Even Frida realised Agnetha's beauty.

[dancingfrida]

Next time try asking someone who understands what beauty and grace is......Frida could sing better,she had a better looking face and had a much sexier bottom........the only thing Agnetha had over Frida was her golden hair.

[voldav6691]

@dancingfrida Это субъективное мнение. Для кого-то Агнета поет лучше и выглядит тоже.

[justin64]

@voldav6691 ...i forgot my dancingfrida password,...i can't understand a single word you're saying,but you probably agree with everything i said about frida being much more beautiful than agnetha,...thanks.

[voldav6691]

@justin64 No! Agnetha forever! )

[justin64]

@voldav6691 ......please tell me your address so I can send you a good pair of glasses. Yes you are right Agnetha had golden hair,but Frida was much much more beautiful!

[voldav6691]

@justin64 Для вас наверное да. Для остальных все наоборот. Вкусы как известно у всех разные. Для меня Агнета самая красивая и сексуальная. ))

[justin64]

@voldav6691 .....I'm just kidding,I'm really a huge Agnetha admirer.I always was attracted to dark hair women.....up until the time I saw Agnetha on the Midnight Special.She's by far my all-time favorite celebrity.

[nimpha4]

great keep up

[nimpha4]

i like abba very much if i have a chance ill meet them since kid especially the sweet naive agnetha shes everything i all appreciate all of their songs love nimpha4.ABBA if u read this im glad you'll be back in the stage.keep up

[cvef66]

Even in talking the men dominate....they wrote all the songs too! Never mind; they were great songs! Poor Agnetha always had a problem with English. I believe she has never spoken it since ABBA broke up.

[dancingfrida]

cvf66:Agnetha could sing in twelve different languages.....but she could barely speak english,go figure that one out?????

[Karen21242]

O my GOSH! Bjorn is so cute!

[avii3]

he really is dont you think but now hes as old to be my grandpa

[Karen21242]

Yeah, ditto!

[geoffreyah]

Check Agnetha at 1:00, she responds to the sound of an automobile that frighten's her, the car kind of sounds like a crashing air plane(a very sensative person indeed.)

[klongiklongi]

I didn't notice that!

[khs17]

Hej Ljus85 thank you for the rare video of the legends ABBA even though I am not from Sweden but am close with my Danish heritage it is ok they speak svenska it is their native tongue. Oh yeah I don't live in Denmark, I live in Australia. Do you have any English videos Ljus85? Bye for now.

[Ljus85]

yes i have a few:-) i will upload as soon as possible..:)

[laurenhooba]

they're speaking their native language in this interview.

[SofiaAlskarOlaSalo]

Seriösa damerna i ABBA xD

[Basdlah]

Yeah, all of them speak English. In my opinion Bjorn and Frida are the best speakers. I've heard interviews with Agnetha where she says she doesn't feel comfortable speaking English, but she does understand and speak it.

[dinker333]

They all speak English. Heard them on that idiot Dick Cavette show to your right.

[rapidoxe]

aaah

[buenosdiers]

is it tru that they didn't speak English at all? I heard they never really understood what they were singing. if it's true they did an amazing job fooling us.

[Ljus85]

i bet it's not true, because they wrote the songs so they should know what they write :-)

[kwanyin233]

They speak english, if they didn't they wouldn't be able to write the songs, and I've heard them speak english in interviews.

[dariusb23]

i would say towards the end of the careers their english improved. you can see they couldn't speak english that well originally because on their earlier records they pronounced vowels in simple words wrongly

[ManaXAtemu]

@buenosdiers They did most of their interviews in english, didn't they?

[jontebiogas10]

@buenosdiers Well they sure werent english speaking from the begining!

[dbrinkm1]

@buenosdiers they did speak and understand english quite well .the guys more so than agnetha early on.. They could not write english lyrics without knowing how to construct english words and sentences.

[dbrinkm1]

@buenosdiers they did speak and understand english quite well .the guys more so than agnetha early on.. They could not write english lyrics without knowing how to construct english words and sentences.They have addressed this subject in many interviews.Agnetha was the only one who could read music and so it was amazing how B & B could compose all of those great songs using their own song writing method without writing notes as per formal music scores.

[BrianFormula]

Are they speaking Swedish?

[whirlyfan]

yes they are !

[folliesrock]

Also they mention things like the responsibility of being a famoud person

[folliesrock]

Frida makes a joke she´s exhausted. Basically they´re saying that they cannot look at themselves as idols, since they came from school environment direcly to the business so it´s natural. They think the proper question would be how it would feel not being an idol.

[25NewC]

look at Frida looking at Benny so lovingly when he's talking!! That's soo cute!! Can someone translate please? I'd love to understand what they're saying.