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Friday, January 23, 1998 Published at 08:14 GMT



Special Report

Tomorrow: Look what's coming back...
image: [ Abba's Frida and Agnetha, very much the real thing showing pop pickers how it's done. ]
Abba's Frida and Agnetha, very much the real thing showing pop pickers how it's done.

The 1970s are back in vogue, so dig out your flares, polish up your platforms and get down and boogie.

From Saturday January 24, read our special report into the sights, sounds and fashions of the decade that taste forgot.

  • Hear from the Abba-revivalists, Bjorn Again, on how they plan to surf the 1970s wave for as long as they can.

  • Read how pop is eating itself, with a glut of cover versions, sampling and derivative supergroups. And just what is the story behind Natalie Imbruglia's controversial cover version of Torn?

  • See what Radio One film critic Mark Kermode thinks about big screen remakes of old films and television programmes. Is anyone doing anything original any more?

  • Hear Radio Four's Kaleidoscope discussion of the roots and influence of disco and punk.

  • AND measure just how wide Noel Edmonds' lapels were in 1974.

To read this special report, visit this site from tomorrow.


 





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