Doesn't that just make ya wanna jump up and dance? About that "40 years" thing...
And while you are in the mood for dancing, we celebrate the 40th anniversary of Abba's Eurovision Song Contest victory in Brighton with Waterloo. This week's celebrations of their victory – they scored nul points from the UK – included a party at the Swedish embassy in London and a celebration at Tate Modern, which featured the mesmeric magic skills on Charlie Caper.That's from the Usual Source of the Saturday videos. And just so you don't have to click that link above, here's Mr. Caper doin' his magic tricks... from Stockholm.
That's cool, Charlie, but tell me: what about yer taxes?
Man, I love a good sleight-of-hand artist. I wonder how Helsinki, Oslo and Copenhagen feel about that last claim, though :-)
ReplyDeleteThat guy is one of the best I've ever seen.
DeleteI remember hearing that song every inch of the way from Newport to Block Island that summer. I don't know how the Swedes 50 years from now will feel when they look back on what they had and what they traded it all away for.
ReplyDeleteI remember ABBA bein' all over the radio at that time, too. It was nearly impossible to NOT hear them. As for the Swedes, they seem to be quite happy with their socialist state.
DeleteGood grief! Was it really 40 years ago? I remember that night as if it were yesterday. Not that I was in the Dome but I wasn't a million miles away!
ReplyDeleteYou certainly were right close, Brian.
DeleteNext year is the 200th anniversary of the battle of Waterloo. Most don't know why the war was fought anymore. You'd think Napoleon just got restless and decided to have a war in Belgium. He was actually sent into exile after losing the previous war. They let him rule the island exile with 400 men. After the monarchy was restored he felt the French were being ruined. He promised not to return, but he finally couldn't take it anymore and returned. The countries quickly formed Armies and were going to invade France to restore the Monarchy again. As they started gathering in Belgium, Napoleon decided the best defense was an offense. It would have worked too, except it rained and rained, and after kicking British ass for a couple of days, the Prussians arrived and ended the little war. The French then made a huge tactical error in joining in an alliance with Great Britain, and lost Alsace-Lorraine in 1857, and were reduced to 1 man out of 10 after 4 years of the Great War a 100 years later. France has now not been invaded for 52 years (Algerian independence). Film at 11... P.S. I hate ABBA...
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