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Mamma Mia!!
May 24, 2010 at 2:18 pm
Bjorn Ulvaeus,lyricist in Abba, is an atheist and a member of the Swedish Secular Asociation.
Stung by some clerics claiming Mamma Mia the musical has a religious message, evidence being the line in Thank You For The Music that goes " I believe in angels, something good in everything I see " , he has added a line to the Swedish version of the song that goes " Who needs religion?/we can do without it..."
Good on him!
A man is born to a virgin mother, lives, dies, comes alive again and then disappears into the clouds to become his Dad. How likely is that?
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RE: Mamma Mia!!
May 24, 2010 at 2:30 pm
I've always detested Abba. Something to do with having been in the punk scene in the late 70s/ early 80s. Abba represented all of the clean wholesomeness that we were reacting against.
But hats off to Bjorn! I guess I'm gonna have to revise my view of the group.
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RE: Mamma Mia!!
May 24, 2010 at 5:39 pm
(May 24, 2010 at 2:53 pm)bozo Wrote: Whoa, slow down there! I don't much like their stuff either, but credit where it's due!
Mind you, I did say that I'd have to revise my opinion of
the group. By which I meant the people that make up Abba.
Nothing could possibly lead me to revise my opinion of their music.
He who desires to worship God must harbor no childish illusions about the matter but bravely renounce his liberty and humanity.
Mikhail Bakunin
A casual stroll through the lunatic asylum shows that faith does not prove anything
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RE: Mamma Mia!!
May 24, 2010 at 6:37 pm
I'm gonna name my kid Bjorn. Either he's gonna be the guitarist for some sick metal band or he'll be a rocket scientist.
Win-Win.
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RE: Mamma Mia!!
May 27, 2010 at 12:56 am
Good on Bjorn for doing that.
I loved ABBA (the two girls really) from day one, and stayed with them until Fernando was played for about the 100th time on the radio. I haven't listened to them since.
