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ABBA - Thank You [VHS]

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If you are looking for pure music than buy Gold and More Gold. But if you also would like to know something new about ABBA, to see some interviews with people who worked with them, than Thank You is what you need! And there are not only ABBA clips. There are also some extracts from clips by young Anni-Frid, Agnetha, Hep Stars and Hootenanny Singers. That's really interesting!

I purchased this video thinking it was entire music videos of their songs. I was very dissappointed when they would start with a good song and video and it would be interrupted by talking from a costume designer or their manager. It was a waste of my money and I will be purchasing ABBA Gold greatest hits in hopes of getting music videos instead of interviews of managers, costume designers and fans.

This is a very interesting video about the times of ABBA. With interviews of ABBA's manager Stig Anderson, their costume designer Owe Sandstroem, and others, you get a good idea of what ABBA was like.....I've watched it at least 10 times in the past 2 months. END

Thank You ABBA, another summation of their legacy, brings together manager Stig Anderson, engineer Michael B. Tretow, costume designer Owe Sandstrom and art director Rune Soderqvist. Sandstrom and his clothes steal the show. He defends himself against those who would save the music and trash the fashion. An unwritten law of the revival was that ABBA had to be divested of the glitter. No doubt the costumes contributed much, a counterpoint to the melancholy of the lyrics and the Vietnam/Watergate era. Tretow says he appreciates the girls' talents more in retrospect, the ease of working with them. Stig resigns himself to being left behind. It is disconcerting to watch the ABBA camp age.

An insatiable public will adore this biographical video compilation. Behind the scenes and more make it well worth owning.