“WE HAVE GROWN OLD, BUT THE MUSIC HAS NOT”. They sat there—just two ordinary Swedish men on a park bench. Benny and Björn. Gone were the sequined costumes; gone was the blinding glitter of the 70s. It was just two old friends looking back on the long road they had traveled. They spoke of the old days, of Agnetha and Anni-Frid, of the broken marriages and the melodies that healed the world. A group of teenagers walked by, blasting “Dancing Queen” from a portable speaker and dancing in the street, completely unaware that the two architects of that very anthem were sitting right behind them, offering a gentle, knowing smile. Björn tapped his foot softly to the beat. He turned to Benny and whispered a single sentence that summed up the entirety of their glorious, bittersweet legacy…
If you walked through the Kungsträdgården park in Stockholm on a crisp autumn afternoon, you might have passed them without…