昨天和一群同事去了dinner and dance. 在一个叫Sebastopol 的小地方。
是一个叫BABBA的乐团， 表演的都是ABBA的成名之作。到场之后，有点后悔，因为一眼望去，全都是中年以上的白发女生居多，而且， 只有我和一个学姐是亚洲人。整个场景，非常澳洲，非常复古，也非常农村（有人说，这样的场面，在澳洲大城市中已是难寻）

第一次接触ABBA 是十二三岁的时候，一次意外在凌晨时分的第五波道看到的。
那时候，和我二姐是笑翻了。他们的发型，还有这个奇怪的名字（都不知道怎么念）。后来，来了澳洲，上了一些澳洲文学与文化的课，看了一部叫Muriel’s wedding的澳洲电影。 才知道ABBA曾经在澳洲红的不得了。

虽然对他们不了解，而且有很大的时代差距（他们鼎盛的时候，我们还没出世），可是，整个晚上，我还是很开心的跟着他们的音乐摇摆着。其实，可以看得出来，这些歌对于这群中年人来说，意义不轻。欢愉的，轻快的，这些音乐里的希望与热情洋溢，是浅显意见的。

一直以为他们是澳洲的组合， 其实是错的。他们来之Sweden. 更多的资料，可以看一下这个网址：http://www.abbasite.com/start/index.php?ret=/start/index.php&flash=yes

简单放上一些他们的经典，还有更多让你们自己去发掘吧。
Take a chance on me
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SuB8xWeA59I&mode=related&search=
Mama Mia
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hskKIsf-PAg&mode=related&search=
Dancing Queen
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7GFpMb0sOaw
Knowing me, Knowing you

昨晚现场听，我最喜欢的还是这首Fernando
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I9g2EO2HxEw&mode=related&search=
Can you hear the drums fernando?
I remember long ago another starry night like this
In the firelight fernando
You were humming to yourself and softly strumming your guitar
I could hear the distant drums
And sounds of bugle calls were coming from afar

They were closer now fernando
Every hour every minute seemed to last eternally
I was so afraid fernando
We were young and full of life and none of us prepared to die
And Im not ashamed to say
The roar of guns and cannons almost made me cry

There was something in the air that night
The stars were bright, fernando
They were shining there for you and me
For liberty, fernando
Though I never thought that we could lose
Theres no regret
If I had to do the same again
I would, my friend, fernando

Now were old and grey fernando
And since many years I havent seen a rifle in your hand
Can you hear the drums fernando?
Do you still recall the frightful night we crossed the rio grande?
I can see it in your eyes
How proud you were to fight for freedom in this land