Benny always had a beard, and that helped distinguish him from Bjorn, just as Anni-Frid's dark hair distinguished her from Agnetha.

The Stones aged in the public space. Abba, on the other hand, disappeared for 25 years. So when they reappeared they seemed. with the exception of Agnetha. Old.

If sales figures determined who got tenure then we would fire all our professord of musicology and hire ABBA.

Kim Wilde is the daughter of 60s British singer Marty Wilde. She had a hit in the early 80s with Kids In America when she was 20, blonde and cute.

REM songs are sometimes good enough to get covered. Tori Amos recorded Losing My Religion.

Steely Dan drummer Jeff Porcaro died while gardening, possibly due to drugs and pesticides. A drummer for Spinal Tap also died in a freak gardening accident.

A 2nd drummer dies in garden in freak accident: Abba's drummer fell forward through a glass door. It slit his throat. He crawled into his garden and collapsed.

Back in 1992 BennyBjorn was happy to go onstage with U2 and perform Dancing Queen. Now U2 ABBA are bigger than U2. They have had a hit show and movie.

Ballad of John and Yoko is a simple ditty about something going on in John's life at the moment. Beacause he was musical he could write a popular throwaway song

Ballad of John and Yoko was a simple little song about something that was going on in John's life at the time. Because he was so musical he was able

Frida is now a 63-year-old grandmother. One should not expect her or the other members of Abba to look the way they did 30 years ago. I didn't recognize Benny.

The New Colony Six wore identical mock-colonial outfits and high black boots. Strangely, they later added a seventh man but kept the name New Colony Six.

Despite Geldof giving his band a spot on LiveAid, by '86 the Rats were over 30 and without a record deal in the US. They broke up and Geldof went solo.

Sting had the ability to come up with simple, catchy refrains or repeated elements which would stick in listener's minds. E.g.. "Da do da di, Da do da da."

After Trevor Horn was in the Buggles and Yes he produced Frankie Goes To Hollywood during their brief chart run.

Tears For Fears were two Brits, one of whom was named Raymond Orzabal. They feuded and one quit, leaving the other to perform as a solo act under the name.

Difford and Tilbrook were a successful songwriting team as members of Squeeze. "Black Coffee In Bed" had an R&B-influenced vocal accompaniment.

The Guess Who were from the Prarie Provinces and had an album called Wheatfield Soul. But to an American wheat comes from Kansas and Nebraska, not from Canada.

The Guess Who were from the Prarie Provinces and had an album called Wheatfield Soul. But to an American wheat comes from Kansas and Nebraska, not from Canada.

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