Ma ka Poakahi hou, ua Hawaii Symphony hōʻike ʻia "Ka Mele o ABBA, "no laila ua ʻōlelo ʻia mākou. Ua ʻōlelo paha kekahi i ke kaiāulu, no ka mea, he nui nā noho i kūʻai ʻole ʻia i ka ʻahamele. ʻO ka mea a mākou i ʻike ai he kupuna wahine a me kāna mau hoaaloha, he mea hoʻokani pahu hoʻomāinoino, a he mea hoʻokani kīpē nāna, hoʻomaikaʻi i kona puʻuwai, hoʻāʻo nui e hoʻokipa. Manaʻo wau ua hele au ma kahi o Bill Maher's 9th Annual New Year's Comedy Extravaganza ma ka Hale Hōʻikeʻike ʻo Neal S. Blaisdell. He ʻoiaʻiʻo paha nā ʻakaʻaka.
Ua hoʻolaha ʻia ka ʻaha mele e hōʻike ana i ʻehā mau mele: Katalin Kiss, Andrea Koziol, Stephanie Martin, a me Lis Soderberg. ʻAʻole i hōʻike ʻia kekahi o lākou no ka mea he mau mea ʻē aʻe kāna e hana ai. ʻAʻole mākaukau ʻo Stephanie Martin a ua hana hewa i ka wā o kāna mau mele. Ua hoʻohauʻoli ʻo Lis Soderberg iā mākou i kona hiki ke ʻōlelo Kuekene, a i ʻole ka nele. He ʻōlelo tonal ʻo Swedish, akā ʻaʻole i aʻo ʻo Lis i kēlā.
Ua kiʻi ʻo Katalin Kiss i kahi pana haʻahaʻa ma Agnetha Fältskog - e hoʻohewa ana i ka hōʻuluʻulu ʻana o Agnetha o "Summer Night City" ʻaʻole i like me ke ʻano o ABBA. E kala mai iaʻu, akā ke manaʻoʻiʻo nei au ua ʻike iki ʻo Agnetha Fältskog, ʻo ia hoʻi ka ʻāpana o ABBA, e pili ana i ka hui - ʻike i hiki iā Miss Kiss ke manaʻolana i kāna mau moeʻuhane. Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Kiss ua hewa ʻo Fältskog i kāna hoʻoholo ʻana i ke mele, ʻo ia hoʻi ka hōʻailona o ka emi ʻana o ABBA. Ua hoʻopau ʻo "Summer Night City" i ka hoʻoilina o ABBA o nā mele helu ʻekahi ma Suedena. Ua hoʻokuʻu ʻia ma ke ʻano he kū hoʻokahi ma Kepakemapa 6, 1978, a holo wikiwiki nā mea pā e kūʻai, no ka mea he hana ABBA. ʻO ka mea pōʻino, ua waiho ʻia kahi ʻono ʻawaʻawa no nā mea pā, ʻaʻole hiki iā ABBA ke kūʻai aku i nā helu helu hoʻokahi ma Suedena. Ua hoʻopaʻa ʻia kēia hoʻopaʻa hoʻopaʻa ʻana no 3 mau makahiki, no ka mea ʻino loa ka paʻi ʻana, akā ma muli o ka hoʻokele waiwai, pono e hoʻokuʻu ʻia kekahi mea. Ma lalo o ke koʻikoʻi, lawe lākou i kahi manawa a hoʻokuʻu. Ua ʻōlelo ʻo U Discover Music, ʻaʻole i hāʻule ke mele ma nā kūlana super-league o ka hui. Ua kanikau ʻo Benny Andersson, "ʻAʻole mākou i hoʻokuʻu i kēlā."
ʻAʻohe oʻu ʻike pehea i hoʻohuli ai ʻo Jeans 'n Classics (ka hui e kūʻai aku ana i ka ʻike ʻakaʻaka ABBA) i ka Hawaii Symphony e ʻae iā lākou e "hoʻohana" i ka orchestra ma ke ʻano he kākoʻo. ʻO nā mea leo leo 4 (ʻoiaʻiʻo 3, no ka hōʻike ʻole) he 4 wahine. Aia ʻo ABBA he 2 kāne a me 2 wahine. ʻO nā ʻāpana i mele mau ʻia e Göran Bror Benny Andersson lāua ʻo Björn Ulvaeus i pani ʻia e ka kupuna wahine a me kāna mau hoaaloha ʻelua. No ke aha lā lākou i hele ʻole ai i kahi hoʻomoana home ʻole ma Kakaʻako a ʻohi i ʻelua mau barona?
Ua hoʻolaha ʻia ka symphony, "Malia paha he pō mele ABBA ka 'leʻaleʻa hewa' hope loa no mākou āpau." Leʻaleʻa - ʻaʻole. Ua hewa - ʻae paha.
Hana ʻo ABBA i ke mele disco, ʻaʻole rock. ʻOkoʻa nā ʻano hoʻohālike o ka pā pōhaku a me ka disco: ʻoi aku ka nui o ka māhele disco o ka beat, ʻo ia ka 4-to-the-floor. Hoʻomoe ʻia ke mele e nā basslines syncopated kaulana (me ka hoʻohana nui ʻana i nā octaves haʻihaʻi, ʻo ia hoʻi, nā octaves me nā memo i hoʻokani ʻia kekahi ma hope o kekahi) i hoʻokani ʻia ma ke kīkā bass. A i ʻole, i ka hihia o ABBA, i hoʻohui ʻia e like me "Gimme Gimme Gimme." Ua hoʻoikaika nui ka mea keyboardist e hana i kēia. Eia nō naʻe, ʻaʻole mākou e ʻike ma ka disco, a i ʻole kekahi symphony, he puʻupuʻu koʻikoʻi o nā pahu acoustic e poho ana i nā mea kani ʻē aʻe.
Ua haʻi mai kekahi kahu iaʻu ua makemake ʻo ia e lawe iā Jeff Christmas ma hope o ka hale a hoʻolei iā ia i loko o ka ʻōpala kahi āna i noho ai - akā ʻaʻole hiki iā ia ke hōʻike i kona mau manaʻo maoli, no ka mea, ua hoʻonohonoho kāna kāne i ka "lā" e hoʻolauleʻa ai i kā lāua male ʻana. lā makahiki a ʻaʻole makemake ʻo ia e ʻike ua manaʻo ʻo ia he pōʻino pono ʻole ka pō.
"Ua ʻike ʻia ʻo Jeff Christmas ma ke ʻano he narcissist i manaʻo he mea hoʻokani pahu ʻo ia e pāʻani ana i kahi hui metala kaumaha," wahi a kekahi kahu. ʻAʻole hiki iaʻu ke lohe i ka 95% o ka orchestra ma muli o ke komo ʻana o ka pahu pahu i hoʻonui ʻia. ʻO kēlā mau manawa maalea i ka wā i pāʻani ai kahi lālā symphony i ka maracas ua nalowale loa. Loaʻa iā Jeans 'n Classics kahi hiʻohiʻona leo o "Dancing Queen" ma kā lākou pūnaewele - ʻaʻole ia ka mea a lākou i hōʻike ai ma kēia ʻaha mele. Hiki iā ʻoe ke lohe i ka symphony ma kā lākou leo hoʻolaha. Ua manaʻo wau i ka hoʻopunipuni - "Under Attack" i ka hele ʻana o ka mele ABBA. He alakaʻi hoʻi ʻo Jeff Christmas no Jeans 'n Classics, no laila ʻike ʻo ia i kāna hana - ʻaʻole hiki ke kānalua ʻia.
ʻAʻole kēia he pūʻulu hoʻokupu, he pūʻulu uhi - he hui i hōʻole ʻole i ka symphony, e like me ka manaʻo o ka poʻe he nui. Ua pili kēia i ka lapuwale a me ka hoʻopunipuni. ʻOiai i ka poʻe i hoʻonaʻauao ʻole, ʻilihune ka ʻaha mele symphony inā hoʻopololei kekahi mea kani i nā mea kani ʻē aʻe, a kani ʻole ia. Ua ʻōlelo kekahi kahu, “He mea ikaika loa ka pahu; no kahi hui e like me ABBA pono lākou ma hope, ʻaʻole i hōʻike ʻia. ʻO Phil Collins, ʻoiaʻiʻo, he mau pahu pahu kāna i ka wā i ʻike ai mākou iā ia, ʻo ia kāna 'mea,' akā ʻo ABBA, ʻaʻole nui loa.
Ua ʻike ʻia e kekahi kahu e like me ka poʻe kahiko e hana hou ana i kahi moeʻuhane weliweli o ke kula waena. Ma ke ʻano he mea hoʻokani pila, manaʻo wau ʻaʻole pono ka percussion i mua o kekahi mea ke ʻole he ʻahamele percussion!
Ua kiʻi hou ka poʻe leo leo i kahi kiʻi maʻalahi ma ABBA, me ka ʻōlelo ʻana aia nā wikiō i nā hiʻohiʻona pili wale o ko Agnetha lāua ʻo Frida, ʻo ke alo i mua, a i ʻole kekahi i kekahi. ʻIke maopopo ʻole kēia poʻe leo leo i ka ABBA's Dancing Queen, kahi helu hoʻokahi ma ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa. Ua paʻi ʻia ka wikiō ʻo Dancing Queen i hoʻokahi kiʻi ʻana, ma Iune 18, 1976, a hoʻopaʻa ʻia ma ke TV ʻo Suedena i ka wā o kahi hōkū hōkū holoʻokoʻa i mālama ʻia e Kjerstin Dellert ma ka Royal Swedish Opera no ka hoʻohanohano ʻana iā King Carl XVI Gustaf o Suedena a me kāna wahine mare. -be, ʻo Silvia Sommerlath, i male i ka lā aʻe. Hōʻike ka wikiō iā ABBA i nā lole kahiko mai ka makahiki 1700, e hōʻike ana i nā neʻe kino piha, ʻo Benny ma kahi ʻaha mele nui, a me Bjorn ma ke kīkā. ʻO ka mele o ABBA he mea maʻalahi loa mai kahiʻikeʻenehana. Nui ka poʻe i hoʻopunipuni a manaʻoʻiʻo hiki iā lākou ke hana hou.
"Auē, hauʻoli," wahi a kekahi kahu. "Malia paha e hoʻomaikaʻi hou lākou i ke kahua e hana ana i kā lākou kupuna wahine ʻo Kāpena a me Tennille." E lana ka manao o ka Hawaii Symphony i ka pulupulu, no ka mea, aole e mau ke aloha ia kakou.
ʻO ka Hawaii Symphony aʻe ʻo “Ode to Joy,” i alakaʻi ʻia e JoAnn Falletta. Hoʻolauleʻa ka ʻahamele i ka makahiki 250 o Beethoven.
