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Re: (TV) The Polar Prize
In message <BAY22-F8vCWO6hm8Ua80001c585@hotmail.com>, leif joley
<leifjoley@hotmail.com> writes
Today the next winners of the Polar Prize were announced: German
romance-singer Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau and the Brazilian singer (and
cultural minister) Gilberto Gil.
Is this award really world-known?
I'm afraid I've never heard of it. On the other hand I'd never heard of
Ashlee Simpson either and as the world seems shocked by something or
other she's done then maybe I'm the wrong person to comment.
In their time, ABBA was pictured as a very happy collective of two
married couples. . Agnetha is today a complete reclusive (although she
recently released a record) - living on her own island; she also have a
tragic history of being stalked Jodie Foster-style by a murderous lunatic.
At a recent televised "reunion" in London to celebrate some no-doubt
dire musical based on their songs, she didn't turn up to join the other
three in being fawned over by people who really should know better. I
know 'cos my wife was watching it and I was drawn in by the horrible
yuckiness of it all. On another Abba note back in the '70s I once worked
on some Abba concerts at the Albert Hall. During most of the performance
most of the roadies, hangers-on and anyone who didn't have to be
somewhere else was lined up behind the stage staring at the lady in
question's bottom for the duration of the performance. I don't know why
I'm telling you this except that it's about the only thing I remember of
ABBA, except, of course, the awful songs.
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