but Faith Hill sang 'The Winner Takes It All' beautifully (with Benny accompanying her on the piano!) last night at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Class of 2010 Induction Ceremonies.
Thoughts about the ceremony:
Frida is beautiful. She gave a most wonderful acceptance speech, very classy and thoughtful. It is easy to forget that English is not ABBA's native language given how well they emoted their songs.
Benny's acceptance speech reminded me of a video clip I found on YouTube where he also spoke of Sweden, mentioning the climate and other famous people from there including Ingmar Bergman and Greta Garbo. Very heartfelt.
Although I tried to be okay with it, I really missed seeing Agnetha and Bjorn. It would have been so nice to see Agnetha, Bjorn, Benny, and Anni-Frid (Frida) all standing there at the podium together even if they didn't perform.
Faith Hill is beautiful.
A couple of the highlights for me were the induction speeches presented by Stevie Van Zandt for the Hollies, and by Jackson Browne for David Geffen.
I'd forgotten that Peter Gabriel was not going to make an appearance and as expected, Genesis didn't perform at all.
Tony Hicks and Bobby Elliot weren't there for the Hollies; I've only seen Graham Nash in recent years and was able to easily recognize him. Allan Clarke looked the same, just a bit older. So amazing to think that Allan and Graham have been close friends since childhood!
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