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Darrellh
Member
07-21-2004
| Friday, July 11, 2008 - 11:06 am
LOL!
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Mocha
Member
08-12-2001
| Friday, July 11, 2008 - 11:06 am
Someone said Vegas? I desperately need to go to Vegas next year lol.
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Beekindpleez
Member
07-18-2006
| Friday, July 11, 2008 - 11:17 am
Nice poem...but Streep wasn't in Star Wars. Maybe you could switch it to Silkwood
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Darrellh
Member
07-21-2004
| Friday, July 11, 2008 - 11:26 am
I was playing with the lyrics of "What Would Brian Boitano Do". In the song, the kids sing about him fighting grizzly bears, traveling through time, building the pyramids, and using his magical fire breath. I was just playing with that exaggeration.
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Texannie
Member
07-16-2001
| Friday, July 11, 2008 - 11:32 am
Roxi, have you seen the musical? Feather boas are important. LOL
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Beekindpleez
Member
07-18-2006
| Friday, July 11, 2008 - 11:45 am
Ooohh...see, I suck at poetic license. But I would LOVE to have magical fire breath!
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Holly
Member
07-22-2001
| Friday, July 11, 2008 - 11:49 am
I've seen the musical but don't get the boa ref. Did the fancy friend wear one?
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Darrellh
Member
07-21-2004
| Friday, July 11, 2008 - 11:53 am
Beez, some mornings I think I wake up with magical fire breath.
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Texannie
Member
07-16-2001
| Friday, July 11, 2008 - 11:54 am
At the end, the Dancing Queen number. Meryl is wearing one on the poster too.
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Jimmer
Moderator
08-30-2000
| Friday, July 11, 2008 - 12:05 pm
I think ABBA was huge in Europe and Canada but not as successful in the U.S. That's not to say they weren't successful in the U.S. They just didn't enjoy the same enormous success there. However, it is nice to see that their music has now gained a lot of new fans as a result of Mama Mia.
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Texannie
Member
07-16-2001
| Friday, July 11, 2008 - 12:12 pm
I knew every single ABBA song made! LOL
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Beekindpleez
Member
07-18-2006
| Friday, July 11, 2008 - 12:12 pm
Beez, some mornings I think I wake up with magical fire breath.

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Calamity
Member
10-18-2001
| Friday, July 11, 2008 - 1:15 pm
Good song parody! While ABBA did have a few U.S. Top 40 hits in the '70s-'80s, they were much bigger stars elsewhere. I got hooked on their music in the summer of 1981 after hearing "The Winner Takes It All" on a K-tel album. But when I started junior high I discovered that being an ABBA fan was a one-way ticket to hopeless nerddom. It seemed like it wasn't until the '90s that it suddenly became retro-cool to listen to them (or admit you listened to them). When I was so into them it was the pre-internet Dark Ages so I had to save my babysitting wages to order imported records, magazines, songbooks, etc. from places I found in the back pages of Rolling Stone or on trips to Toronto. I don't really listen to them anymore but I did see the stage musical and we'll probably see the film.
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Mamie316
Member
07-08-2003
| Friday, July 11, 2008 - 1:42 pm
Too funny, Darrell!
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Texannie
Member
07-16-2001
| Friday, July 11, 2008 - 2:22 pm
my bad, not the Dancing Queen number at the end (that's all spandex! LOL) drawing a blank. i just remember tons of people wearing boa's at the show i went to and being ticked off that i didn't have mine! LOL
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Nyheat
Member
08-09-2006
| Friday, July 11, 2008 - 5:06 pm
I always thought ABBA was big here, everyone knows their songs. They are very popular!
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Mameblanche
Member
08-24-2002
| Friday, July 11, 2008 - 11:04 pm
Darrell that poem was sumptin special and made me LOL. 
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Sharinia
Member
09-07-2002
| Wednesday, July 16, 2008 - 7:03 pm
But when I started junior high I discovered that being an ABBA fan was a one-way ticket to hopeless nerddom. It seemed like it wasn't until the '90s that it suddenly became retro-cool to listen to them (or admit you listened to them). lol Calamity...so true I haven't listened to ABBA in a while, but went thru an ABBA phase in the 90s and have their greatest hits cd
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Rissa
Member
03-20-2006
| Friday, July 18, 2008 - 1:29 pm
Just got back from the movie. Let me just say: 1) Really bad movie 2) Will probably see it again tomorrow and will enjoy it while rolling my eyes all over again. 3) DD's are begging me to promise to buy the movie as soon as the DVD comes out. It's very very very lightweight fluff but being ABBA it's irresistible (interesting Jimmer, I always assumed ABBA was just as huge in the USA as they were in Canada, I knew every word to every song as did most of the audience I saw it with (lots of mumbled singing going on)). Pierce Brosnan should never sing again with Colin Firth coming a close second. LOLOL Biggest problem (IMHO) was that the choreographer needs to be fired and banned from ever working in Hollywood again. The dancing was horrible (if you can call it dancing). About 20 minutes from the end it seemed to find it's spirit so it ends on a high note (no pun intended). As an aside, the theatre was 75-80% full with only one man that I could see.
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Holly
Member
07-22-2001
| Friday, July 18, 2008 - 2:33 pm
Saw it too! Pretty over the top at times, but being a Greek island-phobe, the scenery etc. made it OK with me. Kinda cheesy and cringe-worthy at times too --like when all the guys danced down the dock in big flippers, . The musical is coming to town again soon, and I'd definitely go back to see that although I don't think I could sit through the movie again.
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Msbullwnkl
Member
08-16-2005
| Friday, July 18, 2008 - 2:55 pm
Wow! I was so looking forward to seeing this movie with my mom next week. We have both seen the musical, (three times for me). Am I going to be that disappointed?
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Holly
Member
07-22-2001
| Friday, July 18, 2008 - 3:11 pm
Not necessarily. Seemed like a lot in the theater enjoyed it. There were a lot of older folks there (mostly women) at the show I caught today, and they were having a fine time. Could have just been me. But seriously, Pierce and Colin should NOT sing, lol.
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Texannie
Member
07-16-2001
| Friday, July 18, 2008 - 3:45 pm
The musical isn't exactly Phantom of the Opera! LOL it's totally a fluff show. it's AABA music! I am leaving to see it now.
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Mamie316
Member
07-08-2003
| Friday, July 18, 2008 - 4:44 pm
I totally disagree with anyone saying it was a bad movie! It was great fun! I think that everyone in it was just having a blast and we smiled all the way throughout. I may be one of the "older" folks who were there but there was also my BIL, daughter who's 22 and niece who's 14 and they loved it as well. Pierce may not be the best singer in the world but you can totally overlook it and Colin was just so adorable, who cares about the rest. Meryl Streep, that's all you have to say. She's so good and Julie Walters and Christine Baranski were just as good.
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Aurora23
Member
03-22-2008
| Friday, July 18, 2008 - 5:35 pm
i'm from the USA and i thought that ABBA was big back in the 70's/80's. am i missing something? maybe they were just big on the station i listened to which played bubble gum rock instead of the heavy metal stuff.
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