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Wed, 04/08/2009 - 11:23
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Reunion would only disappoint: ABBA



Swedish supergroup ABBA won't reform because they fear they'd disappoint their fans,
two of the band's founding members say.

ABBA's four members - Benny Andersson, Anni-Frid Lyngstad, Bjorn Ulvaeus and Agnetha
Fältskog - went their separate ways in the early 1980s after selling millions of
records around the world.
Their songs have recently enjoyed a resurgence in popularity, thanks in part to the
hit stage and screen musical Mamma Mia.
In a rare interview marking the 35th anniversary of ABBA winning the Eurovision song
contest with Waterloo, Andersson and Ulvaeus said there were no plans to reform the
group.
"I picture myself walking on stage as ABBA and an audience out there being very
disappointed afterwards because it is not at all what they had anticipated," Ulvaeus
told BBC TV.
"Even if they know we are much older now, still they would expect some of the old
energy and all of that, the youthfulness.
"Why disappoint them and why disappoint myself? There's absolutely no reason to do
that."
Andersson said there were also no plans for he and Ulvaeus to produce a sequel to
their hit stage and screen musical Mamma Mia, which features many of ABBA's hits.
"Why would you do exactly the same thing again," he said.
"It will take you absolutely nowhere."
Ulvaeus said he believed Fältskog and Lyngstad's voices were the key to the band's
success.
"I think the two girls' voices were very special," he said.
"The songs can be minor key, the lyrics can be very sombre, but when the girls sing
somehow it sounds very joyous and uplifting and that's a very strange phenomenon
which I think is very much part of ABBA."

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