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ABBA - WELLANDER STUNNED AT MAMMA MIA! SONG CUTS
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WELLANDER STUNNED AT MAMMA MIA! SONG CUTS
Former ABBA guitarist LASSE WELLANDER is dumbfounded after discovering two of the pop group's hit songs have been axed from the forthcoming MAMMA MIA! film production.
Mamma Mia! The Movie is being directed by Phyllida Lloyd, but the filmmaker is believed to have dropped the popular songs I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do - also known as The Wedding Song - and Knowing Me Knowing You from the movie's soundtrack because she is not a fan of those releases.
But Wellander, who played in the Swedish quartet's backing band, is stunned at the news.
He says, "You'll just hear short bursts of (The Wedding Song) at the end, I gather. For some reason, it won't be played in full."
The axeman will contribute to the soundtrack for Mamma Mia! The Movie, which is set to star Meryl Streep, Julie Walters and Pierce Brosnan.
24 July 2007 07:19
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posted on 24/07/2007 13:21
I also am stunned that those songs are cut from the movie. My thoughts are that
they would add songs that they could have used in the stage play. Those weren't
two of my most favorite songs from ABBA either, but they were a big part of
what they were about.
I just saw Mamma Mia! twice this summer and it never gets old to me! I have
been an ABBA fan for years. However, in recent years I have become more of an
Agnetha fan, and listen to her music all the time...especially: "I Stand Alone"
which in my opinion, is about as good as music gets!
