The Way Old Friends Do

I have mentioned before that I check out any musical talent that Amira Willighagen endorses. When interviewed at the start of her career, she said she listens to pop from the 1980s. ABBA is one of her favorite groups.



The above is ABBA performing their original song "The Way Old Friends Do" at Wembley Arena in 1979.

Here now is Amira's Dutch version of the same song (Zoals Vrienden Doen) from her 2018 album With All My Heart.

Below, a nine year old Amira performs the Abba song 'I Have a Dream' at a celebration of 50 years of Abba. From what I understand, Amira had just won the Holland's Got Talent contest, and received an invitation to perform at the event. She was so eager to do it, that the family drove 10 hours from the Netherlands to Sweden for Amira to perform. Amira arrived deprived of sleep and exhausted, but still performed. And that is why she may appear tired as she does. It is still a magical, though lesser-known, performance. The people in the audience are Abba fans.



Zoals Vrienden Doen (Like Friends Do)
Recorded in Dutch in South Africa, 2018
Producer: Coleske Artists
Composer Lyricist: B. NEYMAN
Composer Lyricist: B.Andersson S.Andersson B.Ulvaeus