Mamma Mia: How Can I Resist You?

This gorgeous book brings together the intertwined tales behind two of popular music's most remarkable stories: the songs of ABBA, and the record-breaking show that gave those songs a fresh life and a whole new audience

In the 1970s, the Swedish musical phenomenon known as ABBA - Agnetha Faltskog, Benny Andersson, Bjorn Ulvaeus, and Anni-Frid Lyngstad - succeeded in reinventing the world s perception of pop. They produced hit after catchy hit, each one instantly recognizable, infectious, and irresistible. Nearly a quarter of a century later, these beloved songs gave birth to the blockbuster musical Mamma Mia!, which became a legend in its own right. It opened in 85 cities and has since been seen by more than 20 million people throughout the world. This officially sanctioned book tells the double story of the band and the play and it is told by those know it best: two of the group's singer/songwriters and Mamma Mia! producer Judy Craymer. It's colorful literally and figuratively, and jam-packed with illustrations from the group s own archives. Through first-person recollections from ABBA members, intertwined with commentary from the Mamma Mia! team, Mamma Mia: How Can I Resist You cuts through the thicket of myths and misconceptions that have grown up around ABBA to reveal what actually happened.

A ShowTime Budapest kft gondoz�s�ban boltokban van a legautentikusabb ABBA k�nyv. Az olvas� egy gy�ny�r� albumot tarthat a kez�ben, rengeteg nagyon sz�p �s ritka fot�val. Benne a musical �s az ABBA dalainak t�rt�nete. Benny Anderssont �s Bj�rn Ulvaeust nem sz�ks�ges bemutatni.

�k ketten, az ABBA sz�v�ben rejl� k�t B, akik partnereikkel, majd feles�geikkel, Anni-Frid Lyngstaddal �s Agnetha F�ltskoggal egy�tt olyan sl�gerek sorozat�t gy�rtott�k, melyek meghat�rozt�k a hetvenes �s korai nyolcvanas �vek zenei vil�g�t. Az ABBA-val befutott karrierj�k ut�n Benny �s Bj�rn meg�rta a Sakkot (Tim Rice-szal), �s 1995-ben bemutattak egy �j musicalt - a Kristina Från Duvemål�t - Sv�dorsz�gban. Miut�n Judy Craymer meggy�zte �ket arr�l, hogy a Mamma Mia sztorija nem az ABBA t�rt�nete lesz, t�rsproducerk�nt maguk is akt�van k�zrem�k�dtek a l�trehoz�s�ban, hozz�j�rulva a musical nemzetk�zi siker�hez.

A k�nyvben megsz�lal a Mamma Mia kreat�v csapat�nak valamennyi tagja, k�zt�k Catherine Johnson �r�, Phyllida Lloyd rendez�, Martin Koch zenei vezet�, Mark Thompson d�szlet- �s jelmeztervez�, Anthony Van Laast koreogr�fus, valamint a sz�n�szek, k�zt�k Siobh�n McCarthy, Jenny Galloway, Louise Plowright �s Lisa Stokke az eredeti londoni t�rsulatb�l, �s Louise Pitre, a Broadway eredeti f�h�sn�je.

Philip Dodd �r� �s szerkeszt� f�leg a zene �s a popul�ris kult�ra vil�g�val foglalkozik. Charlie Watts-szal �s Dora Loewensteinnel k�z�sen � szerkesztette a Rolling Stones szerint c�m� k�nyvet, a zenekar 2004-es memo�rj�t, �s a Pink Floyd Inside Out (Kiford�tva) c�m� k�nyvet, melyet a Pink Floyd dobosa, Nick Mason �rt a zenekarr�l.

A Mamma Mia �r�ja, Catherine Johnson: - A sz�vegek az�rt m�k�dnek, mert gyakran �n�ll�, apr� kis t�rt�netk�nt is meg�llj�k a hely�ket. Persze harminc �vvel ezel�tt fogalmam sem volt r�la, mit m�velek, de most �r�l�k, hogy ezt siker�lt �sszehoznom.

- Azt gondoltam, hagyjunk nyomot magunk ut�n, legy�nk annyira m�sok, amennyire csak lehets�ges, hogy az emberek akkor is eml�kezzenek r�nk, ha esetleg csak kilencedikek lesz�nk - eml�kszik vissza Bj�rn Ulvaeus