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Lynn Russell (CNN Headline News reporter): A new Swedish group is reviving some of the more popular music of the 70s by another Swedish band. Bill Tush introduces us to the A*Teens. Intro - video clip of Mamma Mia Tush: Oh, Mamma Mia, send out an S.O.S.!! These Swedish teens are revamping those timeless tunes made famous by ABBA! TACOM music with still pics of the four members Tush: Marie, Sara, Dhani, and Amit make up A*Teens. Their debut single, Mamma Mia, spent eight weeks at #1 in their homeland. Video clip: Mamma Mia Marie (with Dhani beside her): We are not supposed to look like ABBA or sound like ABBA. We're singing their songs, their lyrics, .... yeah, their lyrics and their music. We're dancing more than them, we're younger, we're not couples. Tush: (With video of the tryouts playing in the background) The four teenagers auditioned for the group. Requirements: Ability to sing, dance, and they had to "dig the dancing queen". Video clip: Dancing Queen Marie with Dhani: The songs are classics, and the music are so great, and you get happy when you listen to it. Clip of Voulez-Vous (performed live) (shown in black and white) Sara (with Amit beside her): We are still listening to it. Amit: Yeah, because it is a lot of good music. Tush: With fame comes perks, and the Fab Four from Stockholm got to tour Universal Studios Hollywood on a private trolley. Scenes of their tour of Universal Studios Hollywood (with TACOM playing in the background) Tush: A*Teens experienced quite a culture shock in the City of Angels Marie (with Dhani): Everything is so big here. The hamburgers are big, the houses are big, everything is big! Video clip of S.O.S. (performed live) (shown in black and white) Tush: The big question: Have the A*Teens had any feedback from their famous predecessors? Amit (with Sara): It was Björn in a Swedish paper. He said that A*Teens are great. Video clip of Super Trouper Tush: Superstars they are .. with a little luck and that ABBA groovin' music! (As the Super Trouper clip comes to an end) Bill Tush, CNN Entertainment News, New York So the A*Teens have appeared all across the US now!! Do we see a chart appearance soon?? Thanks to ABBAMAILer Ron Owens, North Carolina, USA |