{"id":1023,"date":"2013-04-20T19:09:08","date_gmt":"2013-04-20T17:09:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/helensjoholm.nu\/_eng\/?page_id=1023"},"modified":"2022-03-13T19:22:11","modified_gmt":"2022-03-13T17:22:11","slug":"wow-bao","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/helensjoholm.nu\/_eng\/press-clips\/reviews-2011\/wow-bao\/","title":{"rendered":"Wow, BAO"},"content":{"rendered":"

Aftonbladet 110722<\/strong><\/p>\n

By: JENS PETERSON<\/p>\n

The sound of summer – an explosion of joy  <\/strong>
\n+++++<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u00d6RNSK\u00d6LDSVIK. They are just getting better.  Benny Andersson and his musicians have had a two-year break. Now they kick off the summer tour, eager as debutants. Loaded with strong new songs. And an unexpected old ABBA song.<\/strong><\/p>\n

This is the best concert I’ve seen with Benny Andersson Band. For relapse listeners it\u00b4s a familiar unique mixture. From the new album, they add “K\u00e4ra Syster,” “Midsommarpolka”, “M\u00e5nstr\u00e5lar klara,” “Allt syns n\u00e4r man \u00e4r naken\u201d and the crazy dance-friendly “En dag i s\u00e4nder.” The wonderful statement “De ljuva dr\u00f6mmarnas orkester” opens after the break.<\/p>\n

Plus the great and strong “O Klang och Jubeltid” and “Jag h\u00f6r\u2026”. The latter is magnificent, here Tommy K\u00f6rberg has a new “Anthem”. He sings about the end of life with a passion as if it was his last chance.<\/p>\n

Helen Sj\u00f6holm is not only Sweden’s top singer with an amazing voice. She is interesting to look at and makes every lyric a drama. Sometimes comedy.<\/p>\n

She dances weird swing when the band plays jazz in a New Orleans way. The impressions come from many directions. Bach on the banjo. Shostakovich as a dance floor waltz.<\/p>\n

Impressive sound<\/strong>
\nEffective and fun small talk. Nice. Costume changes.<\/p>\n

And what a sound to the audience! An impressive sound, both in leg breaking folk dances as ” B\u00e4lter Svens paradpolkett” and in rock.<\/p>\n

“Cadillac” drives like a Formula 1 car with this brass accompaniment. 45 years ago Benny Andersson played this song with Hep Stars in \u00d6rnsk\u00f6ldsvik and similar folk parks.<\/p>\n

BAO may sound like a greeting from the past. Besides their own songs they do golden oldies, dashing lyrics where two hearts beat the same beats, where everything is said with a smile and it\u00b4s getting better and better day by day.<\/p>\n

The colored lights are blinking seductively around the dance floor. A kissing couple hug each other after a whirling snoa. Some people bug possessed to “Bonde s\u00f6ker fru\u201d. The dance floor filled to songs like “Du \u00e4r min man” and “Dr\u00f6mmen om Elin”, and it gets crowded during ABBA songs like “Hasta ma\u00f1ana,” “I do I do I do” and Why did it have to be me”.<\/p>\n

“Great to be here”<\/strong>
\nThe first section ends with ABBA’s “Kisses of Fire,” a surprising choice that works perfectly with the band.
\n– It’s great to be here, says Benny Andersson.<\/p>\n

It shows and it can be heard. The audience seem as happy as the happy gang on stage. The night is bright and warm. This is the sound of summer.<\/p>\n

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Benny Andersson Band<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u00d6rnsk\u00f6ldsvik.<\/p>\n

Audience:<\/strong> 4000
\nDuration:<\/strong> 4 hours, including 20 minutes break
\nSongs:<\/strong> 52.
\nBest:<\/strong> “Jag h\u00f6r”
\nWorst:<\/strong> The dance floor was leaning.<\/p>\n

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The tour continues in<\/strong><\/p>\n

J\u00e4rvs\u00f6 22\/7
\nLeksand 23\/7
\nKarlstad 24\/7
\nHelsingborg 27\/7
\nGothenburg 28\/7
\nMariefred 29\/7
\nStockholm Skansen 30\/7<\/p>\n

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