Only cool-tempered Swedes could take a hot-blooded Italian expression like "Mamma mia" (imagine Anna Magnani saying it) and use it without any syllabic stress in a light, snappy song, as if the value of the two words derived from their alliterative appeal alone. But Bjorn Ulvaeus and Benny Andersson knew just what they were doing in generating that song, and a whole bunch like it, for their...
The touring musical features two dozen ABBA songs at the Hippodrome through Nov. 29 Only cool-tempered Swedes could take a hot-blooded Italian expression like "Mamma mia" (imagine Anna Magnani saying it) and use it without any syllabic stress in a light, snappy song, as if the value of the two words derived from their alliterative appeal alone. But Bjorn Ulvaeus and Benny Andersson knew just...
UK Eurovision Song Contest entrant James Fox and Katherine Jenkins performing Anthem from Chess at The Festival of Remembrance at The Royal Albert Hall . Text och musik: Benny Andersson, Tim Rice and Björn Ulvaeus.
When Benny Andersson the cowriter of Abba's hit songs told Mandrake earlier this year that there would be no sequel to Mamma Mia he hadn't reckoned with the determination of Judy Craymer who owns the rights to the hugely successful film.
It was a long day, full of contrasts. First the drive out to Skogskyrkogården woodland cemetery. Kjell impressed me by finding an alternative route thereby avoiding the traffic jams, lines of cars bumper to bumper all on their way to the same place. Swedes have always celebrated All Saints Day by lighting candles on graves , but I've noticed that every year there seem to be more and more people....
Then what is the point? We reported recently that some of the cast members are eager to return to the sequel of Mamma Mia, provided that the catchy tunes of ABBA were involved. Now, we are hearing that we will most likely be getting Mamma Mia 2 but WITHOUT the sweet sounds from Sweden. Recently, Benny Andersson, [...]
Meryl Streep and Amanda Seyfried are game for a "Mamma Mia!" movie sequel - as long as it includes ABBA duo Bjorn Ulvaeus And Benny Andersson. Seyfried, who played Streep's daughter in the movie[...] Read more!
I don't know how many of you have ever been to an Ikea, one the Swedish furniture stores that have sprouted across the U.S. over the last couple of decades, bringing Swedish design sensibility and off sized sheets to the the masses at affordable prices; that is, if you can stand the crowds. Apparently Jesus likes Ikea, too, as he has shown his holy visage at Ikea's Braehead outlet, near Glasgow ....
‘Mamma Mia!’ star Amanda Seyfried has dismissed reports that a sequel to the movie musical is being planned, and believes there is “no point” trying to make it. “I don’t think that’s correct. I don’t think it’s accurate. Because I don’t see the point in trying to top something,” the Daily Express quoted her as saying. The [...] Related...
Can there be such a thing as a Mamma Mia sequel without ABBA music? Maybe. First Meryl Streep teased that she’d welcome a sequel to the smash movie musical, as long as all the film’s male actors returned. Then, ABBA chieftain Benny Andersson seemed to shoot down the possibility by insisting that his band’s music
Story Of A Heart by the Benny Andersson Band will be on many best songs list this coming winter. I am a big fan of mixes that stays fairly faithful to the original but adds a little something else. So here's the Matt Mix of Story of A Heart which includes both English and Swedish versions. The vocals are by Helen Sjoholm. Paul, who is a huge fan of the song, has a lovely post here on the ABBA tribute...
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