Just heard the newest ABBA cover. It is one of the best I heard, I guess. It's performed by The Young Professional. I think, this version is just a modern one, it keeps the original sound. :P "The next Summer Hit?" a friend of mine said.
This is sooo delayed, I know. :P So, on that evening I was at the ABBA Mania concert in Lyon (France). I think that kind of concert is a really good way to feel ABBA's spirit and happyness three decades after their break-up. Some of you may say: "I prefer the original Agnetha, Frida, Bjorn and Benny!" I feel that, too, but I'm happy with cover groups. It's better to have cover groups like ABBA Mania than ABBA reuniting on stage. I arrived at 5.40 pm, after a thin rain doors were opened around 6.30 pm and the concert began at 7.30 pm . Such crazy fan I am. :P I was at the best place: just in front of the stage, with nobody in front of me, and in the middle. Actually there was nobody when I arrived. Then the group came on the stage singing Waterloo and the magic started. A two hours show with only ABBA music. :D Great. :D The costumes didn't look exactly like the real one, however they were good. They were, in order of appear, the ESC costumes, the "Chiquitita costumes" and the 1977 tour costumes. I spent a super great fun moment, I was having the time of [my] life. Thanks ABBA, ABBA mania and all the cover group that make us feel ABBA even now! :D Yeah! We Want ABBA! :D
During the 90s and 2000s (the revival years), groups made different covers of ABBA's songs (The Mamma Mia! musical and the tribute bands don't count in this case). For example the A*Teens in 1999 with their The ABBA Generation album. The A*Teens are four Swedish teens who formed a pop group from 1999 to 2004. At the beginning, the name of the group was "ABBA Teens". Their ABBA cover are rather good, I think. Especially Take A Chance On Me. The most famous are the Dancing Queen, Mamma Mia, Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! and Super Trouper covers. These one have videoclips.