ABBA discovered to carry selection to their music from The Beatles.
Benny Andersson – who co-wrote the group’s iconic hits with bandmate Björn Ulvaeus – revealed how the Fab 4 impressed the ‘Thank You For The Music’ hitmakers to have such a various sound.
He informed File Collector journal: “That is one thing we discovered from The Beatles.
“They had been all the time with their type in a manner, far more than we had been, however what they did was, you heard a track with them, then the following single was nothing near the earlier one, or the third, or the fourth, or the fifth.
“At the moment, you wanted to have some variety, no?”
ABBA – accomplished by singers Agnetha Fältskog and Frida Lyngstad – used that outlook on their very own data, whereas having two vocalists additionally gave their sound a lift.
Benny added: “So, you’ve got ‘Fernando’, you desire a track like ‘Dancing Queen’ or ‘My Mama Stated’, or no matter on that album, to offer it some listening worth.
“And one other great point, I’ve to say, that goes for lots of the bands that I like, is that you’ve got a couple of singer; it helps you.
“You may have John [Lennon] and Paul [McCartney], or you’ve got Fleetwood Mac, you’ve got the Eagles: it is nice to have two singers, as a result of that makes a distinction between the tracks as nicely.”
In the meantime, Benny revealed how ‘Mamma Mia’ was the primary observe the place the band realised what they might obtain with their music.
He defined: “I feel ‘Mamma Mia’ was once we realised, ‘Properly that is particular, now we discover out precisely what we will obtain with a track if you happen to work sufficient on it’, you realize?
“You are within the studio, and also you see, ‘Oh, there is a marimba there, let’s have a look at if we will use it’ – that is type of particular, there’s not a lot marimba [in different pop songs[.
“However then additionally it was actually organized, you realize? It wasn’t simply strumming alongside. Everybody was taking part in precisely the notes that had been wanted.”
