# When all is said and done - ABBA won't reunite **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [December 6, 2005, 12:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-all-is-said-and-done-abba-wont-reunite/334271 "2005-12-06T00:32:49Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d26b3c/32.png) [@Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Blue_Sky)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2005, 12:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-all-is-said-and-done-abba-wont-reunite/334271/1 "2005-12-06T00:32:49Z")
[CNN story](http://www.cnn.com/2005/SHOWBIZ/Music/12/05/abba.reut/index.html) This comes as no surprise, really. The group once turned down an insane offer of [$1 billion](http://www.musicinsight.com/node/view/28) to do 100 concerts. They continue to make lots of cash from their records and DVDs. Plus, Benny & Bjorn are making a mint from _Mamma Mia_ and their other musicals. Benny even said that _Mamma Mia_ has made them more money than their records (they’ve sold over [350 million](http://www.mamma-mia.com/london/abbastory.asp) over the past 30 years, though the CNN story says 100 million. On one of their DVDs is a presentation of an award for 300 million). Although I was never able to see them live (they came as cloase as Atlanta in 1979), I agree with their decision not to tour. I think a VH1 Storytellers or MTV Unplugged would be interesting, though. ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2005, 1:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-all-is-said-and-done-abba-wont-reunite/334271/2 "2005-12-06T01:20:57Z")
No more fucking ABBA, then? ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d26b3c/32.png) [@Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Blue_Sky)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2005, 4:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-all-is-said-and-done-abba-wont-reunite/334271/3 "2005-12-06T16:02:44Z")
> [@Lute Skywatcher](#): > > No more fucking ABBA, then? Only on box sets (a newer, bigger one is on the way). I rarely hear them on oldies stations anymore. ---
**Author:** ![Stark\_Raven\_Mad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Stark\_Raven\_Mad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stark_Raven_Mad)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2005, 4:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-all-is-said-and-done-abba-wont-reunite/334271/4 "2005-12-06T16:17:40Z")
I had a dream once that I was in that video for _Knowing Me, Knowing You_ where the chorus is set to shots of the band members’ profiles and I climbed up one of the blonde’s nostrils while I sang along. Someone interpret this for me? [/hijack] ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2005, 5:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-all-is-said-and-done-abba-wont-reunite/334271/5 "2005-12-06T17:51:26Z")
Sigh… I guess I’ll have to abandon that dream, and hope for a big Bo Donaldson & the Heywoods reunion… or a big Bay City Rollers comeback tour. ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d26b3c/32.png) [@Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Blue_Sky)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2005, 5:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-all-is-said-and-done-abba-wont-reunite/334271/6 "2005-12-06T17:53:20Z")
> [@astorian](#): > > Sigh… I guess I’ll have to abandon that dream, and hope for a big Bo Donaldson & the Heywoods reunion… or a big Bay City Rollers comeback tour. Put them on a ticket with Hamilton, Joe Frank, and Reynolds and I’m there! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2005, 5:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-all-is-said-and-done-abba-wont-reunite/334271/7 "2005-12-06T17:59:57Z")
Not a surprise. Agnetha, for one, has been adamant about not reuniting for decades. I don’t really blame the girls especially…there was a lot of bad feeling and liverchewing bitterness toward the end. ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2005, 6:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-all-is-said-and-done-abba-wont-reunite/334271/8 "2005-12-06T18:39:51Z")
> [@Mr. Blue Sky](#): > > > [@Lute Skywatcher](#): > > > > No more fucking ABBA, then? > > Only on box sets (a newer, bigger one is on the way). I rarely hear them on oldies stations anymore. [I’ve said it before, and I’ll say it again: “No more fucking ABBA?”](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0109045/quotes) 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d26b3c/32.png) [@Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Blue_Sky)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2005, 6:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-all-is-said-and-done-abba-wont-reunite/334271/9 "2005-12-06T18:43:02Z")
> [@Lute Skywatcher](#): > > [I’ve said it before, and I’ll say it again: “No more fucking ABBA?”](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0109045/quotes) 😃 :smack: Never saw that movie! ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2005, 7:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-all-is-said-and-done-abba-wont-reunite/334271/10 "2005-12-06T19:51:10Z")
You really should. Lots of fun. I hadn’t seen it either until I ran across it while channel surfing and caught it in the middle. Now I have the DVD. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Sage\_Rat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sage_rat/32/399_2.png) [@Sage\_Rat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sage_Rat)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2005, 12:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-all-is-said-and-done-abba-wont-reunite/334271/11 "2005-12-07T00:45:37Z")
On EVE Radio one night, they seemed to be going for what I am assuming is the current European dance sound. Every single song sounded exactly like Abba, just with modern synthesizers and mixing. I couldn’t decide whether Abba should feel cheated or proud to have been chosen as the premiere dance sound. Mama Mia was a fun play.