Friday, September 26, 2008

Mamma Mia!

What a song by the successful pop group ABBA released in the album 'Waterloo' in April 1974! Mamma Mia is an Italian expression and it means surprise or anguish. I have uploaded the song on Orkut as a token of a poor fan's appreciation and I could not resist posting on the song Honey Honey..., which found a place in the 2008 movie Mamma Mia!, a stage-to-film adaptation the 1999 West End musical also titled Mamma Mia!, based on the ABBA, with additional music also composed by ABBA member Benny Andersson. Mamma Mia! features Amanda Seyfied (the actress singing this song in the movie), Pierce Brosnan, Meryl Streep etc. Mamma Mia! is a lighthearted comedy, subsuming events around the eight main characters and trying to untangle the not-so-serious complicity, which will decide the fate of each: young Sophie, her fiance Sky, her mother Donna with two lady friends (who sang together years ago as Donna and the Dynamos ), plus the three men Donna had been with in midsummer 21 years ago (Sam, Harry and Bill). Each of them has been concealing secrets from the others, and the frantic pace of wedding preparations will lead to further miscommunications.Oblivious to all, no one is who they at first appear to be, and a divine intervention might reveal the truth. Fortunately, all are about to meet together, on a Greek island dedicated to the ancient goddess of love and beauty Aphrodite.
The Hindi movie 'Dil Ashna Hai''s plot bore a tad of verisimilitude, if i am perceiving both correctly.

"Honey, Honey" is a song recorded by Swedish pop group ABBA and included on their Waterloo album. It was the 2nd single to be released from the album after the success of the title track winning the 1974 Eurovision Song Contest.

"Honey, Honey" was written by Björn Ulvaeus, Benny Andersson and Stig Anderson, with shared vocals by Agnetha Fältskog and Anni-Frid Lyngstad.

The lyrics are:
Honey honey, how you thrill me, ah-hah, honey honey Honey honey, nearly kill me, ah-hah, honey honey I'd heard about you before I wanted to know some more And now I know what they mean, you're a love machine Oh, you make me dizzy Honey honey, let me feel it, ah-hah, honey honey Honey honey, don't co ... Honey honey, how you thrill me, ah-hah, honey honey Honey honey, nearly kill me, ah-hah, honey honey I'd heard about you before I wanted to know some more And now I know what they mean, you're a love machine Oh, you make me dizzy Honey honey, let me feel it, ah-hah, honey honey Honey honey, don't conceal it, ah-hah, honey honey The way that you kiss goodnight (The way that you kiss me goodnight) The way that you hold me tight (The way that you're holding me tight) I feel like I wanna sing when you do your thing I don't wanna hurt you, baby, I don't wanna see you cry So stay on the ground, girl, you better not get too high But I'm gonna stick to you, boy, you'll never get rid of me There's no other place in this world where I rather would be Honey honey, touch me, baby, ah-hah, honey honey Honey honey, hold me, baby, ah-hah, honey honey You look like a movie star (You look like a movie star) But I know just who you are (I know just who you are) And, honey, to say the least, you're a dog-gone beast So stay on the ground, girl, you better not get too high There's no other place in this world where I rather would be Honey honey, how you thrill me, ah-hah, honey honey Honey honey, nearly kill me, ah-hah, honey honey I heard about you before I wanted to know some more And now I know what they mean, you're a love machine.

Oh, this song is sooooooooooooo melodious! It gives me a real high!