One reason I keep up this blog is that, since age 38, I have a real hard time remembering names. It's like my memory buffer got stuffed with names, and now they spill out all over the floor and end up under the refrigerator. By writing down names and posting pictures, it helps me retain what ability I have left.
Bjorn Ulvaeus apparently has a more-serious version of this problem. Maybe by writing a chronicle of his life, he can recover some of those stellar times:
Who can forget the silver suits, boots, flares and big hair that defined the ABBA years? Apparently Bjorn Ulvaeus has. As a new generation of fans discovers ABBA thanks to the hit film Mamma Mia!, Ulvaeus has revealed he is suffering from memory loss and cannot even remember winning the Eurovision song contest in 1974 with one of their best-known songs, Waterloo.
It was the victory at the contest in Brighton, England, that propelled the Swedish group to international stardom.
"It is like I was not even there," said the 58-year-old father of four.
Ulvaeus composed the music for the Mamma Mia! stage musical with fellow ABBA star Benny Andersson and makes a brief uncredited appearance in the film, which stars Meryl Streep, Pierce Brosnan and Colin Firth.
The movie sparked an ABBA revival, but Ulvaeus says he can't remember chunks of his life, even turning to hypnosis to find a cure.
The songwriter, who divorced ABBA's blonde singer Agnetha Faltskog in 1980, studied old photos and video to try to remember his life.
No comments:
Post a Comment