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Very little Aussie mention :)

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Hotblooded said on December 10, 2003 03:45:

Well since it’s very rare that they get a mention anymore in this country much less a good one there was a little snippet in SLM magazine that comes with the Wednesday edition of the Daily Telegraph in Sydney today:

“Ikea, SAAB and Roxette are the best known brands to make it out of Sweden and now Boblbe-e luggage is also vying for a place on that winning export list...”

Nice, although I’m sure they meant Abba ;)

MiracleMan said on December 10, 2003 18:46:

Do the kiddies even know ABBA these days? They were probably trying to be “hip and current”. Then again, hip isn’t really current is it?

xarrrr said on December 10, 2003 21:53:

Roxette also got a mention in Kerrang! magazine here in the UK... in an interview thing with Jonas Akerlund cos of Spun.....

“sappy pop-rockers Roxette” is the exact phrase i believe :P

n-Somnia said on December 11, 2003 00:11:

From what I’ve seen, I think the younger folk know Abba songs, just not Abba. Which is why I always say that too many cover songs is not such a good idea at times. The newer generations don’t know who originally sang the songs, and think the cover is “the one”.

Ingo said on December 11, 2003 11:06:

Abba is still very popular in Australia, they released 3 best of albums in the past 2 years, all of them got Gold or Platinum although all had nearly the same songs on it.

ChrisWilliams said on December 12, 2003 22:14:

The ’ABBA Gold’ album has reached the top of the charts more than once in quite a few countries - twice in Britain - and narrowly missed the US #1 last year. But for the first time in about a decade, ABBA are slipping out of the charts across the world, so perhaps that Mamma Mia!-fuelled momentum is finally beginning to run out of energy.

Oh, I’d better make this post Rox-related: umm... ABBA are Swedish, just like Roxette.

Actually, Marie has performed in concert and even recorded with ABBA’s Frida. Frida released a song called Threnody in 1982; it was written by Per. But then you all knew that.