The legal representatives of the iconic Swedish pop group ABBA have requested this donald trumpcandidate for president of the United States, will not use any of his songs during the election campaign of the representative of the Republican Party.
The request was made after a rally was held Minnesota (USA) where the Trump would have played several songs from ABBAincluding the classics Dancing Queen, Money, Money, Money AND Winner Takes Allas well as displaying pictures of group members with messages asking local voters for donations.
Universal Music Group, which owns the phonographic rights to the musical works of ABBAreleased a statement saying that no permission was sought for the campaign to use the Swedish group’s songs or videos. Trumpand that, according to the record company, the images of the event must be “immediately withdrawn and removed.”
Bjorn Ulvaeusmember and composer of ABBA and who is currently the president CISAC (International Confederation of Societies of Authors and Composers) told the news agency TT from the Sweden What “our record label Universal guarantees that (tracks used without permission) will be removed.”
THE ABBA He’s not the first music artist to complain about the improper use of his musical works: the Canadian star Celine Dion he also spoke out against the use of the classic My heart Will Go On at a demonstration Trump In Montana and the pop star Beyonce he did the same when he discovered that his music Freedom was used by the candidate himself without prior authorization.
To strengthen the voice of these artists, other big names such as Phil Collins, Rolling Stones, Bruce Springsteen, REM and the legal representatives of the late American rocker Tom Petty They also spoke out against the use of musical works by politicians without the permission of the official owners.
ABBA: classic ‘Waterloo’ gets a vinyl edition with single image disc
One of the greatest pop groups of all time, ABBA, are launching a new vinyl collection to celebrate fiftieth anniversary from the band’s second studio album, Waterloo.
Now the vinyl single Waterloo gets a special edition on Picture Disc which is now available in Brazil via Umusic Store at the price of R$ 179,90. The album also contains another track, Careful.
Waterloo it is a composition of Benny Andersson AND Bjorn Ulvaeuswith texts written by Stikkan Anderson. It is the first single from the group’s second self-titled album and the first on the label Atlantic Records us United States. This was also the first track to be credited for ABBA.
The title and text refer to Battle of Waterloo since 1815 and use it as a metaphor for a romantic relationship. The Swedish version of the single was accompanied by the Swedish version of Honey, honeywhile the English version had Careful on side B.
In 1974, after winning the 14th edition of the Melodifestivalen, Waterloo represented the Sweden in the 19th edition of Eurovision Song Contest carried out at Brightonwinning the competition and starting the journey of ABBA to worldwide fame. It has climbed the charts in several countries and has reached the TOP 10 us United States.
In 2005, in the competition for the fiftieth anniversary of Congratulations Eurovision: 50 years of the Eurovision Song Contest, Waterloo was chosen as the best song in the history of the contest.
Source: Terra
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