Walk On By - The Story of Popular Song (BJÖRN)

Location: London or Stockholm

Broadcast: Saturday 5 May 2001, BBC2, UK

Release status: Unreleased

Duration: Full programme 48:52, ABBA segment 7:30

Shown in: UK, Australia & Sweden

Additional information

This was a UK music documentary series in 2001, including 8 episodes of 50 minutes length, a BBC production in association with Bravo, the film arts network.

Björn and Michael B. Tretow took part in the final programme of a series of eight analysing various aspects of the music industry. The episode was narrated by actor Clive Owen.

The episodes in the series were:

  1. Episode 1: From Russia With Love
  2. Episode 2: Stardust
  3. Episode 3: Road to Rock and Roll
  4. Episode 4: Producer Pop
  5. Episode 5: Atlantic Crossing
  6. Episode 6: After The Gold Rush
  7. Episode 7: Soundtracks
  8. Episode 8: Pure Pop

Michael demonstrated Dancing Queen by playing the backing track coming together track by track (first the drums, guitars, piano, etc). Incredible sound.

Björn described the sound of Agnetha and Frida's voices together as "amazing" and we headr a bit of the backing track - goose pimple time!

Broadcast information:
Saturday 5 May 2001, BBC2, UK (where it was also known as The Story of Pop)
USA (where it was known as Popular Song: Soundtrack of the Century)
27 January 2005, Australia
w/c 28 April 2006 on ABC, Australia
Sweden, SVT2

Thanks to Rudolf Ondrich, Jan Bach, Steve Layton, Jozsef, Harold Hanlon and Ian Cole and George Lewycky c/o ABBAMAIL (no longer online).
YouTube clip c/o Stephen Layton



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