心有多高，梦想就有多远 - ABBA
心有多高，梦想就有多远 -- 在飞往旧金山的航班上，在三万英尺的空中，看了一段ABBA的Documentary, 我写下了这些感慨，它一直留在我的一本记录idea的本子上。这样的本子我有十几本，无一例外上面都满是涂鸦般的草图和呓语般的感言。
ABBA乐队的简要历史可以从wikipedia的条目上看到， 第一次听ABBA 的音乐并不是ABBA的原唱，我也不知道她们叫ABBA, 更不知道他们那时候乐队早已解散。 这首《恼人的秋风》在费翔的一把火之后红遍大江南北，她的曲子就是ABBA的“Gimme! Gimme! Gimme!(1979)”。
ABBA是从1974年Eurovision song contest开始成名的，Eurovision是跨欧洲的娱乐节目，可以认为是“America idol”和中国的“超级女声”的鼻祖，不过不同的是，Eurovision的参赛曲目必须全部是首唱或原创，翻唱是入门的资格都没有的。在参加Eurovision比赛之前，ABBA其实在他们本国瑞典已经小有名气，出了一些国内销售很成功的唱片，除了组合他们各自也有自己的个人发展。 然而ABBA认为他们的理想不是只在瑞典，他们开始尝试用非母语 -- 英语来演唱而让自己的音乐能走得更远。
在ABBA最终成为世界巨星的过程中，他们的成功曲线并不平滑，然而正是他们对音乐的执著爱好、大胆创新、和心高志远，才使得他们取得了骄人的成就。 如果他们没有高于常人的心，也许他们只是瑞典的歌手，也许只是赢得Eurovision而昙花一现的组合，也许只是唱片大亨手中的摇钱树… 也许您需要去看ABBA的纪录片才能理解我为什么会这么认为， youtube上有很多。
今晚看了电影版的Mama mia!(2008), 电影可以算是烂片吧，但有Abba的音乐，美丽的画面，怎么都还是视听的享受。 所以随手翻出了本子，看到了自己当时的感慨，写了这篇随笔。
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ABBA的一首曲子 The visitors 说的是一个反对独裁统治的秘密集会上一个人惊恐的心情。突然觉得在这个黑暗窒息却不让人折腾的时代，ABBA的歌竟也说明了些什么…
I hear the doorbell ring and suddenly the panic takes me
The sound so ominously tearing through the silence
I cannot move, I'm standing
Numb and frozen
Among the things I love so dearly
The books, the paintings and the furniture
Help me
The signal's sounding once again and someone tries the door-knob
None of my friends would be so stupidly impatient
And they don't dare to come here
Anymore now
But how I loved our secret meetings
We talked and talked in quiet voices
Smiling
Now I hear them moving
Muffled noises coming through the door
I feel I'm
Crackin' up
Voices growing louder, irritation building
And I'm close to fainting
Crackin' up
They must know by now I'm in here trembling
In a terror evergrowing
Crackin' up
My whole world is falling, going crazy
There is no escaping now, I'm
Crackin' up
These walls have witnessed all the anguish of humiliation
And seen the hope of freedom glow in shining faces
And now they've come to take me
Come to break me
And yet it isn't unexpected
I have been waiting for these visitors
Help me
Now I hear them moving
Muffled noises coming through the door
I feel I'm
Crackin' up
Voices growing louder, irritation building
And I'm close to fainting
Crackin' up
They must know by now I'm in here trembling
In a terror evergrowing
Crackin' up
My whole world is falling, going crazy
There is no escaping now, I'm
Crackin' up
Now I hear them moving
Muffled noises coming through the door
I feel I'm
Crackin' up
Voices growing louder, irritation building
And I'm close to fainting
Crackin' up
(I have been waiting for these visitors)
They must know by now I'm in here trembling
In a terror evergrowing
Crackin' up
(I have been waiting for these visitors)
My whole world is falling, going crazy
There is no escaping now, I'm
Crackin' up
(I have been waiting for these visitors)
Now I hear them moving
Muffled noises coming through the door
I feel I'm
Crackin' up
(I have been waiting for these visitors)
Voices growing louder, irritation building
And I'm close to fainting
Crackin' up
(I have been waiting for these visitors)
They must know by now I'm in here trembling
In a terror evergrowing
Crackin' up
(I have been waiting for these visitors)
My whole world is falling, going crazy
There is no escaping now, I'm
Crackin' up
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