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Ever since Abba first put Sweden in the musical spotlight, a steady stream of songs has flowed from the north. Swedes have "disproportionate influence" in music, says MTV Networks International chief William Roedy, because "so much artistic leadership comes out of the place." That's really no surprise, given music's important place in the country's folk culture. And thanks to an educational system that offers free music lessons and extensive English training, the songs travel well...
...Growing up, they listened to everything from ABBA (of course) to jazz, and their own discography reflects that eclecticism. They've done pop ballads (Because of You, for 98 Degrees) but they've also gone Latin (Una Noche, also for 98 Degrees) and sampled rhythm and blues (Gotta Tell You, co-written with Irish sensation Samantha Mumba...
...Whoopee" on the piano; seasons changing as Hugh Grant walks down the Portobello Road to "Ain't No Sunshine" (Notting Hill); the bittersweet use of "Raindrops Keep Falling on my Head" in Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid and of "I Love the Nightlife" in Last Days of Disco; Abba songs punctuating Muriel's Wedding; that inimitable discussion of "Like a Virgin" in Reservoir Dogs; "No More Mr. Nice Guy" in the background as Wiley Wiggins gets paddled in Dazed and Confused; Faye Wong dancing to "California Dreaming" (Chungking Express); Tom Everett Scott hitting the drums too fast but just...
...BILL GATES Nerd overlord's Microsoft is the best performing Dow Jones stock of 2001. Which is like being the best general in the Taliban BEE GEES Disco kings are honored by Queen and named Commanders of the Order of the British Empire. Their first edict: declare war on Abba GEORGE HARRISON Ex-ex-Beatle may be up for first posthumous knighthood. Maybe it's us, but England's knights are a less and less impressive fighting force Losers MIKE TYSON Iron Mike goes "crazy" in Cuba and gets in a fight with journalists. As all brave reporters would, they...
...music that accompanied the athletes' entrance in the opening ceremony, it was obvious that the wry Australian sense of humor was working well. The entry of the smiling French was heralded by a selection from "Les Miserables"; the Swedish team got "The Winner Takes It All" from the ABBA-loving hosts, while the huge Aussie contingent marched along to half a dozen numbers including the classic "Tie Me Kangaroo Down, Sport...