스크랩 S.O.S.- ABBA

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KXTS47c6IUI

아바 (ABBA) : 1972년 스웨덴 스톡홀름(Stockholm)에서 결성
아그네사 팰트스코그 (Agnetha Fältskog, 보컬) : 1950년 4월 5일 스웨덴 옌셰핑(Jönköping) 출생
애니프리드 린스태드 (Anni-Frid Lyngstad, 보컬) : 1945년 11월 15일 노르웨이 발랑겐(Ballangen) 출생
비요른 울바에우스 (Björn Ulvaeus, 기타) : 1945년 4월 25일 스웨덴 예테보리(Göteborg) 출생
베니 앤더슨 (Benny Andersson, 키보드) : 1946년 12월 16일 스웨덴 스톡홀름 출생


Abba가 탄생하기까지 그룹 멤버들의 여정을 살펴보면 먼저 스톡홀름 출신의 베니 앤더슨(Benny Andersson, 피아노, 키보드, 1946년 12월 16일 생)은 18세가 되던해에 스웨덴의 비틀즈라는 평을 들었던 팝록 그룹 The Hep Stars 에 가입하여 베이스를 담당하였다. The Hep Stars의 전성기였던 1965년과 1966년을 이끌었던 그룹의 일원으로써 베니 앤더슨은 한축을 담당하며 눈부신 10대 시절을 보내고 있었다.

고텐부르크(Gothenburg) 출신의 비요른 울바에우스(Björn Ulvaeus, 리드기타, 1945년 4월 25일 생)는 베니 앤더슨과 마찬가지로 18세의 나이에 스웨덴의 유명한 스키플(Skiffle,1950년대 후반에 유행한 재즈와 포크가 섞인 음악) 그룹 The Hootenanny Singers 에 가입하여 1960년대 후반을 화려하게 보내고 있었다.

아그네사 팰트스코그(Agnetha Fältskog, 보컬, 1950년 4월 5일 생)는 이왼최핑(Jönköping) 출신으로 17세 때부터 싱글 음반을 발표하며 인기를 얻어가고 있던 중, 1971년에 앤드류 로이드 웨버 (Andrew Lloyd Webber)의 록 오페라 Jesus Christ Superstar 에 출연하여 Don't Know How to Love Him 을 불러 주목받는 인기 가수가 되었다.

밴드의 멤버 중 유일하게 노르웨이에서 태어나 스웨덴으로 이주한 가족을 따라 스웨덴에서 자란 애니프리드 린스태(Anni-Frid Lyngstad, 보컬, 1945년 11월 15일 생)는 애니프리드 포(Anni-Frid Four)라는 댄스 그룹을 결성하여 1967년 TV 쇼의 콘테스트에 출전, 입상을 하며 경력을 쌓아가고 있었다.

1966년 어느 파티장에서 우연히 만난 비요른 울바에우스와 베니 앤더슨, 두 사람은 이후 틈틈히 함께 일하며 친목을 다져나가고 있었는데 1970년 두사람은 Björn & Benny 라는 이름으로 스웨덴에서 Lycka 라고 명명된 한장의 음반을 발표하게 된다.

음반 발표 당시 비요른 울바에우스와 아그네사 팰트스코그는 연인 사이였으며, 역시 서로 사랑하는 사이였던 베니 앤더슨과 애니프리드 린스태드는 스톡홀름에서 동거를 하고 있었다. 1971년 7월에는 스타의 결합으로 세간의 이목을 집중시켰던 비요른 울바에우스와 아그네사 팰트스코그가 결혼식을 올리고 부부가 되었다.

이렇게 하여 자연스럽게 모이겐 된 네사람은 함께 그룹을 결성하기로 하고 멤버들의 이름 앞 글자를 딴(Anni-Frid Lyngstad, Björn Ulvaeus, Benny Andersson, Agnetha Fältskog) Abba 라는 이름을 그룹 이름으로 결정하고 1973년에 데뷔 음반의 녹음 작업에 들어가게 된다.

Abba 는 데뷔 음반 발매와 병행하여 유로비전 송 콘테스트에 출전하기 위한 스웨덴 예선에 Ring Ring 이라는 곡으로 참가하게 되는데, 최종 예선일이 아그네사 팰트스코그의 첫 아이 출산 예정일인 1973년 2월 23일 이었다. 하지만 출산이 조금 늦어져 성공적으로 무대를 마칠수 있었지만 3위에 입상하여 유로비전 송 콘테스트 참가는 다음으로 미룰수 밖에 없었다.

데뷔 음반 발표 후, 그해 10월 부터 이듬해인 1974년 1월 까지 두번째 음반 녹음 작업을 마친 아바는 마침내 1974년 4월 6일에 열린 유로비전 송 콘테스트에 Waterloo 로 출전하여 대망의 우승컵을 거머쥐게 된다. 전유럽의 5백만 시청자가 지켜보는 가운데 대상을 차지했던 곡 Waterloo 는 전유럽의 차트를 점령했으며 미국의 빌보드 차트에도 6위에 랭크되는 엄청난 성공을 거두게 된다. 하지만 이는 아바의 시작에 불과했으며 Waterloo 로 시작된 아바의 열풍은 1975년에 전유럽에 울려퍼진 아바의 긴급 구조 S.O.S 에 즉각적으로 응답하는 것으로 이어지며 아바의 시대를 맞이하게 된다.

 

ABBA - S.O.S. 1975

Where are those happy days                                  행복한 날들이 다 어디에 있나요
they seem so hard to find                                       찾기가 너무 어려운 것 같아요
I tried to reach for you                                            난 당신에게 가까이 가려 했지만
but you have closed your mind                                당신은 마음을 닫았더군요
Whatever happened to our love?                              우리 사랑에 무슨 일이 생긴 건가요?
I wish I understood                                                알고 싶어요
It used to be so nice                                              지난 일들은 참 멋졌었는데
it used to be so good                                             지난 날들이 참 좋았었는데..


So when you're near me                                         당신이 내 곁에 있을 때
darling can't you hear me, S. O. S.                           내 말이 들리지 않던가요, 달링., S.O.S
The love you gave me                                             당신이 내게 준 사랑 외
nothing else can save me, S. O. S.                          아무 것도 날 구원할 수 없어요, S.O.S

When you're gone                                                  당신이 떠나면
How can I even try to go on?                                   내가 어떻게 살아갈 수 있겠어요?
When you're gone                                                  당신이 떠나가면 아무리 노력한들
Though I try how can I carry on?                              내 힘으로 어떻게 다 헤쳐나갈 수 있겠어요?

You seem so far away                                            당신은 가까이 있어도
though you are standing near                                  너무 멀리 있는 것 같아요
You made me feel alive                                           당신은 날 생기 넘치게 했어요
but something died I fear                                         그러나 분명 무언가 죽었고 난 그게 두려워요


I really tried to make it out                                        난 정말로 알아내고 싶어요
I wish I understood                                                 우리 좋았던 사이에..
What happened to our love                                      우리 사랑에 무슨 일이 생긴건지
it used to be so good                                              알고 싶어요.


So when you're near me                                          당신이 내 곁에 있을 때
darling can't you hear me, S. O. S.                           달링 내 말이 들리지 않던가요, S.O.S

The love you gave me                                             당신이 내게 준 사랑 말고는
nothing else can save me, S. O. S.                          어떤 것도 날 구원해 줄 수가 없어요, S.O.S


When you're gone                                                   당신이 떠나면
How can I even try to go on?                                    내가 어떻게 살아갈 수 있겠어요?
When you're gone                                                   당신이 떠나면
Though I try how can I carry on?                              내가 노력한들 어떻게 헤쳐나갈 수 있겠어요?


So when you're near me                                          당신이 내 곁에 있을 때
darling can't you hear me, S. O. S.                           달링, 내 말이 들리지 않던가요, S.O.S

The love you gave me                                              당신이 내게 준 사랑 말고는
nothing else can save me, S. O. S.                           어떤 것도 날 구원할 수 없어요, S.O.S

When you're gone                                                   당신이 떠나가면
How can I even try to go on?                                    내가 어떻게 살아갈 수 있겠어요?
When you're gone                                                   당신이 떠나가면
Though I try how can I carry on?                              내가 노력한들 어떻게 헤쳐나갈 수 있겠어요?


When you're gone                                                   당신이 떠나가면
How can I even try to go on?                                    내가 어떻게 살아갈 수 있겠어요?
When you're gone                                                   당신이 떠나가면
Though I try how can I carry on?                              내가 노력한들 어떻게 헤쳐나갈 수 있겠어요?
  

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