ABBA - The Name Of The Game

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  • Опубліковано 7 жов 2009
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    (Benny Andersson, Björn Ulvaeus and Stig Anderson)
    © 1977 Polar Music International AB
    Published by: Universal/Union Songs AB
    Video produced by: Lasse Hallström
    Music video by Abba performing The Name Of The Game. (C) 1977 Polar Music International AB
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КОМЕНТАРІ • 7 тис.

  • @toonboy2658
    @toonboy2658 Місяць тому +158

    Who's loving this in 2024 😊

    • @steveturnbull7869
      @steveturnbull7869 Місяць тому +5

      Me. It’s a work of art. And that’s from an old punk. That walking baseline, and that chorus. Superb.

    • @suemathew8375
      @suemathew8375 Місяць тому +4

      Me, I am, ABBA are the best ever band ❤ I will be listening for ever more😊

    • @jesusgonzalez3709
      @jesusgonzalez3709 Місяць тому +4

      Me, I love abba ❤

    • @haeleth7218
      @haeleth7218 Місяць тому +2

      I am, and will be for many, many more years to come. 👍

    • @steadfastandyx4947
      @steadfastandyx4947 Місяць тому +2

      me and in 77

  • @qsstores6933
    @qsstores6933 4 роки тому +2921

    Me: just one Abba song before bed.
    Me two hours later: just one more...

    • @Clayalltheway55
      @Clayalltheway55 4 роки тому +21

      Same

    • @Dustiliciousz
      @Dustiliciousz 4 роки тому +50

      For some reason, I always have the same. You just get into the vibe.... and before you know it, hoursss

    • @JH-ce7yd
      @JH-ce7yd 4 роки тому +28

      Same. Except that I've been doing that two nights running now, and staying up half the night. Arrgh.

    • @churchill981
      @churchill981 4 роки тому +11

      I don’t blame you mate!

    • @rhondamckay5925
      @rhondamckay5925 4 роки тому +13

      Yup...waking up the house with my singing.

  • @harrispetsas3017
    @harrispetsas3017 7 місяців тому +227

    One of Abba's finest songs. Frida's and Agnetha's voices are so different and so beautiful. They are impeccably synchronised and combined. Masterpiece!

    • @inglepropnoosegarm7801
      @inglepropnoosegarm7801 3 місяці тому +5

      Composition, performance, production and arrangement all perfect. A masterpiece indeed.

    • @daynasmum529
      @daynasmum529 2 місяці тому +7

      I think its fair to say they are the most harmonious female duo ever - by a very long shot. Its like angels singing.@@inglepropnoosegarm7801

    • @markokrunic6325
      @markokrunic6325 Місяць тому +3

      Masterpiece

    • @LazyIRanch
      @LazyIRanch Місяць тому +1

      When I first heard them, I assumed they were sisters (like Ann and Nancy Wilson of Heart) because sibling harmonies are often so amazing.
      My mom was born in 1920, grew up very poor. Her dad died when she was five, her mom died when she was eleven in 1931, and she and 3 of her siblings went to an orphanage. The oldest was 14 and considered too old to go to the orphanage, so she went to work as a nanny for a widower with 2 small children. He married her when she turned 15.
      Their mom had no money for gifts for her five kids, so she gave them the only thing she could. She loved music and taught those kids to sing in harmony. She taught them every song she knew, from Gospel to 19th century bluegrass murder ballads, to funny novelty songs from the 1920s.
      When I was a kid, we had family reunions every year, and after supper everyone sat outside under the oak trees as cousin Dale brought out his guitar and those siblings would sing the songs their Momma taught them long ago. I loved hearing them sing!☺

    • @Atheist7
      @Atheist7 11 днів тому

      FACT CHECKED: yes

  • @GdF420
    @GdF420 11 місяців тому +109

    Both Agnetha and Frida at their very best natural drop dead gorgeous selves

    • @fuarkbrah0
      @fuarkbrah0 11 місяців тому +4

      Agnetha>>>>

    • @gracetruthandlight
      @gracetruthandlight 10 місяців тому +6

      Yes stunning and full of life and love

    • @LazyIRanch
      @LazyIRanch Місяць тому +2

      All four of them are very attractive! I especially thought Björn was dreamy when I was a teen.

    • @rachelkelly6592
      @rachelkelly6592 4 дні тому +1

      Frida was stunning!

  • @SuSiMa1lu
    @SuSiMa1lu 6 років тому +1928

    I wonder how many hours of sleep Abba will steal this time...

  • @genepoole1771
    @genepoole1771 2 роки тому +1360

    Really sophisticated song. Minor key verse, pre-chorus, major key chorus, and if that wasn't enough, the major key post chorus breakdown. Many chords, all of them perfectly chosen. And the details in this song are extraordinary. The spaces. The tense little guitar lick at the end of the verse. The accents of horn over the chorus. This is pop songwriting genius. Up there with Jeff Lynn, Brian Wilson, Burt Bacharach and the Beatles.

    • @matt8863
      @matt8863 2 роки тому +95

      Congrats...Comment writing genius.

    • @lookindy7051
      @lookindy7051 2 роки тому +52

      Had John Lennon not said it was the best pop song, Or was that SOS, anyways he was a avud fan of their music.

    • @leslierobertson4734
      @leslierobertson4734 2 роки тому +18

      Agree with whole heart 💜

    • @davelee8961
      @davelee8961 2 роки тому +28

      Agreed! Andersson/Anderson/Ulvaeus concocted so many great tunes.

    • @hajnalkakun7665
      @hajnalkakun7665 2 роки тому +25

      Thank you for your professional music comment.

  • @Robin_Hood054
    @Robin_Hood054 8 місяців тому +74

    *This* *not* *song* *.*
    *This* *is* *timeless* *masterpiece* *.*

  • @lunnouxhinds8464
    @lunnouxhinds8464 2 роки тому +656

    ABBA. How can anyone not like ABBA. Just listen to their voices
    and those harmonies. Everything they did was awesome.

    • @kenw.1112
      @kenw.1112 2 роки тому +17

      I fell in love with ABBA the very first time hearing them in the 70's! They are truly a miracle from God!

    • @hajnalkakun7665
      @hajnalkakun7665 Рік тому +12

      I think who do not love ABBA have a problem of being GOOD.

    • @vinylovaa532
      @vinylovaa532 Рік тому +1

      @@hajnalkakun7665 but those freaks do exist... 🥸🥸

    • @unfvzedmak
      @unfvzedmak Рік тому +4

      @@hajnalkakun7665 period

    • @kencoleman5007
      @kencoleman5007 Рік тому +5

      And the compositions as a whole. There's great reason why ABBA songs get interpreted into great instrumentals.

  • @Gondo60
    @Gondo60 5 років тому +2585

    Perfect vocal harmonies. No autotune. That’s talent.

    • @amyozzbo5368
      @amyozzbo5368 5 років тому +29

      Totally

    • @BroccoliBeefed
      @BroccoliBeefed 5 років тому +65

      No, but there is wall-of-sound, track layering technique. And lots of auto harmonies to create those haunting choruses

    • @jonathanbradbury2665
      @jonathanbradbury2665 5 років тому +109

      @@BroccoliBeefed Sure...but those layers were added on WITHOUT Autotune. As in....multple passes and hitting the right note each time.

    • @danielk.2298
      @danielk.2298 4 роки тому +82

      ABBA never used autotune. Each vocal harmonie were sung by themselves originally.

    • @rw8733
      @rw8733 4 роки тому +30

      Faultless. Heavenly.

  • @Lovejazz01
    @Lovejazz01 6 років тому +3034

    It happens to me all the time...when I hear one ABBAsong(original or cover) I fall into playing and watching an ABBA marathon of music and videos , can't stop listening and watching!! Love ABBA!!❤️

    • @tweeny55
      @tweeny55 6 років тому +24

      Same happens with ELO lol

    • @104thDIVTimberwolf
      @104thDIVTimberwolf 6 років тому +29

      Lovejazz01, I'm glad I'm not the only one!

    • @TheSteveinNY
      @TheSteveinNY 6 років тому +22

      Lovejazz01 Good call. that's what I'm doing right now lol

    • @adamhill5721
      @adamhill5721 6 років тому +11

      Lovejazz01 me too!!

    • @adamhill5721
      @adamhill5721 6 років тому +25

      I just started my marathon now!😁

  • @mymidlifeedit4318
    @mymidlifeedit4318 11 місяців тому +42

    Brilliant artists aside, can I just say how refreshing it is to watch a video of people with their own lovely and charming teeth (not veneers), women not overly made up so that they're unrecognizable, and just healthy, beautiful, but natural looking people sharing their talent with the world? I miss people looking like people.

    • @Alisonws
      @Alisonws 2 місяці тому

      💯 👏🏻 😍

  • @JESUS-SAVES_1975.
    @JESUS-SAVES_1975. Рік тому +40

    I'm starting to believe that this is what music will sound like in heaven.

    • @georgelukyamuzi9108
      @georgelukyamuzi9108 Рік тому +1

      True haa haaa.

    • @baldrbraa
      @baldrbraa 13 днів тому

      After you have been welcomed by the last movement of Sibelius 5th symphony.

  • @carl_anderson9315
    @carl_anderson9315 4 роки тому +1597

    Agnetha’s voice sounds like the purest crystal. Annie-Frida’s voice sounds like the warmest and finest wood.

    • @davidp2287
      @davidp2287 3 роки тому +95

      What a great comment. Their blended vocals are among the best ever.

    • @ochirbatnyamsuren3574
      @ochirbatnyamsuren3574 3 роки тому +29

      Their voices were different from others that are ABBA franchise now. You named it... crystal voices

    • @ricky3180
      @ricky3180 3 роки тому +35

      I have listened to Abba since 1974 and no one ever described the magic of the blend of their voices as perfect as you do👍

    • @SC-jh9qp
      @SC-jh9qp 3 роки тому +13

      I love the similes you chose!

    • @MrGoneTroppo
      @MrGoneTroppo 3 роки тому +8

      Agree! Definite wood.

  • @robertphilip6974
    @robertphilip6974 5 років тому +475

    You’ll never get a harmony like agnetha and Frida, perfect!!!

  • @nellies
    @nellies 2 роки тому +376

    This song is brilliant, one of my favorite ABBA songs. Not only does it sound great, but its structure and everything is very complex and unique. There's so many layers of vocals and the harmonies are perfect, and there's so many changes in sound and pace. The verses and the chorus sounds like two completely different songs, and then Frida also sings acapella in one part, but somehow it all works. Genius songwriting.

    • @JCTiggs1
      @JCTiggs1 2 роки тому +18

      I consider this one of their 'hidden gems' in the sense that it isn't one of their most popular songs.

    • @kevinfhaney
      @kevinfhaney Рік тому +5

      I love this song , take a chance and Waterloo

    • @vicsaul5459
      @vicsaul5459 Рік тому +5

      Their production , sound engineering 👌 off the charts, maybevtheir best and most unique recording so far ❤

  • @richardwarry7281
    @richardwarry7281 Рік тому +230

    My favourite Abba song. Their most complex hit. By rights the structure is too complicated for a big pop hit, but the genius of Benny and Bjorn turned it into a number one hit in the UK. Just such an incredibly satisfying listen: a mini classical opus masquerading as a pop song.

    • @marknorwood7521
      @marknorwood7521 Рік тому +5

      To be Honest, "I" Can't pick a "Favorite" ABBA song. There are So Many that are LITERALLY Great. I can't pick just 1.

    • @martinbosch8022
      @martinbosch8022 Рік тому +1

      Great music,... and human beauty... 🌞

    • @AudieHolland
      @AudieHolland Рік тому +2

      Greatest ABBA song.

    • @TheJimbo1791
      @TheJimbo1791 Рік тому +1

      How well you said it ! So true !

    • @steveturnbull7869
      @steveturnbull7869 Рік тому +1

      Stunning arrangement

  • @Laffingrl
    @Laffingrl 3 роки тому +128

    The way that Benny looks at Frida....Wow!

    • @ronavena
      @ronavena 3 роки тому +13

      Indeed, I've never seen them (or Agnetha & Bjorn) be so affectionate toward each other in any ABBA video.

    • @mikem189
      @mikem189 2 роки тому +15

      I don't blame him. I try to look at my wife the same way.

    • @excaliburhead
      @excaliburhead 22 дні тому +1

      It’s how I look at her too. 😆

  • @SpookyElectric319
    @SpookyElectric319 8 років тому +225

    How can anyone NOT like this.. Or Abba?!

    • @lewminati139
      @lewminati139 8 років тому +14

      +Celtic Lady. Sadly, I'm old enough to remember when this first came out.
      It was an OK, average sort of song to me then.
      I never noticed all the subtleties in the arrangement that I can hear now.
      Now I realise just what a fantastic song this is (along with all of the others!)
      I've heard a lot of ABBA fans say that they didn't really appreciate how good they were at the time. It's only in recent years that they've experienced an epiphany.

    • @claudioarnaud4032
      @claudioarnaud4032 8 років тому +2

      who does not like it because they never heard or do not like what is good

    • @lewminati139
      @lewminati139 7 років тому +2

      Ben, a lot of their songs have great basslines (especially songs like One Of Us) that I never really noticed at the time. It was partially due to the fact that 40 years ago our TV's and radios had tiny little tinny speakers.

    • @bencurry5295
      @bencurry5295 7 років тому +2

      Lew Minati Wasn't they awful :) Great to hear the quality with today's stereo's,But' At least we still had music.

    • @levaithenofgods9215
      @levaithenofgods9215 7 років тому +4

      Sometimes the songs and tunes that stays with you forever are those that grows into you slowly not the HITs.

  • @rustybearden1800
    @rustybearden1800 10 місяців тому +63

    Such a fantastic story of four people who came together to realize a dream, fell in love with each other, created such an amazing musical songbook and changed the world forever. Love them or hate them, you cannot ignore their legacy in modern pop music.

    • @beavoicenotanecho8590
      @beavoicenotanecho8590 5 місяців тому +2

      Just Love them , I can't imagine that there is someone who can hate those talented and beautiful people

  • @geneedgerton4482
    @geneedgerton4482 Рік тому +111

    Those two women’s voices shine, like a godly yin and yang in perfect harmony. Frida’s richly intense EARTHY tone (that seems to portray wisdom and contentment) blended with Agnetha’s poignantly open ANGELIC voice (that seems to capture love and desperation) … creates this GODLY sound, a vibrational frequency that puts us in awe and in harmony with the universe. Magic, I tell you. It’s magic. 😊😊😊😊

    • @AudieHolland
      @AudieHolland Рік тому +7

      To be fair, when Frida sings in a higher register I have mistaken her voice for Agnetha´s.
      For years I thought Departure was sung by Agnetha.

    • @seamuslittle
      @seamuslittle 9 місяців тому +4

      I love 'Departure'. Massive effect on me when I was 18 and about to go off to university.

    • @geneedgerton4482
      @geneedgerton4482 9 місяців тому

      @@seamuslittle Me too! :-)

  • @shaneluscombe4798
    @shaneluscombe4798 5 років тому +1031

    Even tho I’m a heavy metal fan I can’t help but love and adore ABBA

    • @brandnewrock8375
      @brandnewrock8375 4 роки тому +58

      Shane Luscombe Be proud brother, im a heavy metal fan too.. but nothing still compares to ABBA ever 👍

    • @musicmind72
      @musicmind72 4 роки тому +36

      ABBA is not just about a particular. They glorify music in general.

    • @musicmind72
      @musicmind72 4 роки тому +13

      *about a particular genre of music... (correction, above)

    • @uyauabing
      @uyauabing 4 роки тому +13

      Abba brought me to King Crimson.

    • @Chetallica
      @Chetallica 4 роки тому +5

      Agree!!

  • @Mingus8
    @Mingus8 3 роки тому +870

    Imagine a band.. that only writes hit songs.

    • @debjaniroygupta1
      @debjaniroygupta1 3 роки тому +15

      @Michael H. Hey I'm a Beatles fan to !

    • @luanunes14
      @luanunes14 3 роки тому +17

      ABBA

    • @anarita.53
      @anarita.53 3 роки тому +11

      @Michael H. Yesss Beatles ❤️

    • @leemurphy8159
      @leemurphy8159 3 роки тому +1

      Shawaddywaddy?

    • @garyk1334
      @garyk1334 3 роки тому +6

      As I grew up I was constantly amazed that yet another classic had appeared . After a few years you knew it was just a dead cert

  • @Jess-hm7ft
    @Jess-hm7ft Місяць тому +9

    Takes me back to a time when the only man in my life was my Dad ❤😊

  • @hollywilson322
    @hollywilson322 23 дні тому +6

    "Somewhere deep inside, you must know I miss you"...
    What a lyric!

  • @hairyrichardson8921
    @hairyrichardson8921 2 роки тому +210

    I'm starting to believe that in the waiting room in Heaven, ABBA is playing on the speakers!

    • @tomcarpenter700
      @tomcarpenter700 2 роки тому +2

      Happy friendship day

    • @abigailemelle5600
      @abigailemelle5600 2 роки тому +2

      So true..... amazing

    • @Mr356b
      @Mr356b 2 роки тому +4

      We’re all already in the waiting room, so you’re right 😁

    • @keithrg1
      @keithrg1 2 роки тому +2

      I love this!

    • @miroslavmilan
      @miroslavmilan 2 роки тому +4

      Come on man, they’re not dead yet!

  • @RVMaxtube
    @RVMaxtube 4 роки тому +576

    Seriously one of the best songs ever written. The lyrics, the music, the voices. Perhaps, perfection.

    • @mortisxx5712
      @mortisxx5712 3 роки тому +22

      It is. With its intricate verses and bridges, it's not like a hit song at all. Still, it comes out as a masterpiece.

    • @carolinemorgan1712
      @carolinemorgan1712 3 роки тому +15

      I love love love ABBA. This song, and SOS are my absolute favourites; they have the most wonderful layers, depth, melody, and lyrics in my opinion.

    • @patriciaalvareztostado8170
      @patriciaalvareztostado8170 3 роки тому +4

      Is a great song, and one that I didnt knew before, until i hear it in Mamma Mia...

    • @Ndotra
      @Ndotra 2 роки тому +4

      I think you just described every abba song!

    • @joannajamerson35
      @joannajamerson35 2 роки тому +1

      💯

  • @mf5202
    @mf5202 2 роки тому +464

    The harmonies are still unmatched. Still get goosebumps when the voices join in for the chorus.

    • @xr7coug
      @xr7coug 4 місяці тому +3

      I couldn't have said it better!!

    • @daynasmum529
      @daynasmum529 3 місяці тому +2

      I honestly dont think there has ever been a greater pairing of voices, these 2 girls set the benchmark & it has never been beaten.

    • @Atheist7
      @Atheist7 11 днів тому

      FACT CHECKED: yes

  • @F1hislife
    @F1hislife 2 місяці тому +9

    ABBA is my childhood❤

    • @1ghenny
      @1ghenny 22 дні тому +1

      same here :) I heard them for the first time as a baby exactly 30 years ago, on my Mom's birthday :)

  • @pankonplatano
    @pankonplatano 9 років тому +131

    What a GORGEOUS woman is Frida. She's stunning!

  • @victorhugotoledocofre1366
    @victorhugotoledocofre1366 4 роки тому +401

    The spontaneous scene between 03:33 and 03:54 must be easily one of the most romantically satisfying pieces of imagery ever achieved in the history of motion pictures

    • @someshheble1204
      @someshheble1204 4 роки тому +55

      Spot on! It’s spontaneous and genuine. She bursts out laughing with such abandon... and looks all the more beautiful !

    • @judyreyes9250
      @judyreyes9250 4 роки тому +39

      Lovely, genuine, playful. Who could ask for more? Good eye, friend.

    • @ae5631
      @ae5631 3 роки тому +15

      such a beautiful moment

    • @lexipayne8237
      @lexipayne8237 3 роки тому +17

      I agree 100 percent it's so beautiful

    • @evasmith3020
      @evasmith3020 3 роки тому +10

      @Abi_Lou I think it was true love ❤

  • @CatBlack01
    @CatBlack01 2 роки тому +36

    3:50. Benny and Frida. So cute. Tremendous song, wonderful vocals and arrangement, really gets under your skin.

  • @davidnorris4946
    @davidnorris4946 5 місяців тому +14

    They get better the older the songs get, pure class

  • @JimHanner
    @JimHanner 4 роки тому +450

    The drop at 2:05 is just incredible. You're just begging for a chorus and throws you back into that lazy minor riff.

    • @Anna-yp3bb
      @Anna-yp3bb 4 роки тому +48

      They were sheer genius composers the guys😍😍😍

    • @phila3884
      @phila3884 3 роки тому +24

      That's one of my favorite parts of the song. Even that short figure has some intricate 3-part in there.

    • @d.j.vandermeer3832
      @d.j.vandermeer3832 3 роки тому +28

      Great to see that I’m not the only one who is enjoying this. Absolutely stunning composing.

    • @RickAiello
      @RickAiello 3 роки тому +23

      The version on ABBA Gold does just that, skips the second verse and goes straight to another round of chorus to the end. I hate that version because I love the second verse, and it makes no sense when they sing “your smile and the sound of your voice” in the ending chorus, because that line is introduced in the second verse.

    • @IsabelleAnneAbraham
      @IsabelleAnneAbraham 3 роки тому +12

      100% it's wonderful but drives me crazy at the same time!

  • @PKMNFan4664
    @PKMNFan4664 7 років тому +620

    One of ABBA's more underrated songs.

    • @drummerman1964
      @drummerman1964 7 років тому +13

      Indeed, but my "number four" in my ABBA-Singlehit-topten.

    • @redletter2008
      @redletter2008 7 років тому +23

      Yes. It's now my new favorite ABBA song. Always liked them, but after watching a documentary on them last night I have "rediscovered" my love of their music - and this song in particular.

    • @azazelviking3510
      @azazelviking3510 7 років тому

      Nirvana Fan Of course,cause they has had many more better.Good,lovely,but Money(3),Gimme(2),Dancing Queen overshadows it.

    • @paullambethii9041
      @paullambethii9041 6 років тому +5

      This, Waterloo and SOS were the Apex of their talent.

    • @BilisNegra
      @BilisNegra 6 років тому +10

      Well, it was released as a single, and there's no such thing as an unsuccessful ABBA single, so better quit parroting cliché typical UA-cam "underrating" comments where it does not belong or apply, if you kindly will.

  • @ruthdixon7807
    @ruthdixon7807 Рік тому +15

    curiously complex for something so immediate. absolute masterpiece in songwriting.

  • @bernie4268
    @bernie4268 2 роки тому +93

    Who were those music critics that failed to see the brilliance of Abba? The people voted. Abba were the Gods of pop. Rediscovered this gem. One of their best.

    • @fluffyhamster550
      @fluffyhamster550 Рік тому +2

      Music critics are idiots trying to sound like they know better 😂

    • @barrycuda3769
      @barrycuda3769 Рік тому +1

      I ' believe one of the critics was Rolling Stone magazine ' ABBA were too pleasant and pure for their liking ' they prefer to idolize people that plant bombs that cripple and maim other people.

    • @ianbrown_777
      @ianbrown_777 Рік тому +5

      NME was one. There's a youtube of Benny getting stuck into an NME reporter at the Voyage thing last May. He has a long memory.

  • @Koot-gh8ts
    @Koot-gh8ts 5 років тому +506

    There is such a special atmosphere in this song. Highly underrated Abba-song.

    • @SharpeNeal
      @SharpeNeal 5 років тому +30

      Agree, but only underrated commercially I believe. Like SOS (and others of course), a masterful composition rightfully recognised by peers...

    • @rudyniosho2505
      @rudyniosho2505 4 роки тому +15

      True! It’s one of my favorites! Very underrated 🥰

    • @Dbusdriver71
      @Dbusdriver71 4 роки тому +4

      So True, Koot 1968. Very underrated but timing is everything in the music business; perhaps this is why this tune was as big as it should have been.

    • @leblonocean6781
      @leblonocean6781 4 роки тому +12

      Exactly! That's what I feel, a special atmosphere in this song. I used to sing it going to school, during the classes, returning home. Magic part of my life.

    • @dianelindsay1327
      @dianelindsay1327 4 роки тому +9

      Very true, my favourite Abba song.

  • @beardedbaldie2698
    @beardedbaldie2698 4 роки тому +113

    It’s nice to hear both Agnetha and Frida share lead vocals in the same song. In almost all their other songs, either one leads or the whole track is sang in unison.

  • @guidomilan1613
    @guidomilan1613 Рік тому +17

    One of the Best Abba'song

  • @Echnaton1954
    @Echnaton1954 Рік тому +7

    Here in Sweden we say >The one who doesn´t love ABBA is like a cat that lost it´s sleeping place< --- love from Stockholm

  • @Lee71England
    @Lee71England 9 місяців тому +15

    The subtle trumpet in this song may well be subtle.....but it adds even more perfection to this perfect track.

    • @andrewmarcellis2007
      @andrewmarcellis2007 9 місяців тому

      Hey You gotta check out a band called The Doublejumps if you like ABBA. Beautiful singing and songwriting

  • @theone456
    @theone456 9 років тому +45

    From a musical standpoint....this is the most perfect structured pop song. ABBA were the highest class of pop music

  • @CelticSaint
    @CelticSaint 2 місяці тому +6

    when those harmonies come in! WOW!

  • @stur.7502
    @stur.7502 2 місяці тому +7

    Listing to the acoustic rhythm in this song is like listening to Ringo on his drum kit, really catchy melodic riffs.

  • @johnno556
    @johnno556 4 роки тому +91

    ABBA were the epitome of Musical royalty. The boys were musical geniuses and Agnetha & Frida were vocally perfect. The likes of which will never be replicated. LEGENDS.

  • @fritzzapatak318
    @fritzzapatak318 9 місяців тому +44

    One the real master pieces from the masters of pop. Cannot stop hearing it, just mindblowing. For all times.

    • @steveturnbull7869
      @steveturnbull7869 7 місяців тому +1

      It’s a stunning song. And that’s from a lifelong punk!

  • @anthonydieva2691
    @anthonydieva2691 11 місяців тому +21

    The closeness of this group, shows in their playfulness with each other!

  • @mrihjannerejschn6146
    @mrihjannerejschn6146 Рік тому +62

    By far my favourite ABBA song. So, of course, I see it harshly underrated.

    • @patstoll4044
      @patstoll4044 Рік тому +3

      I'm with you on this.

    • @JJONNYREPP
      @JJONNYREPP 9 місяців тому

      ABBA - The Name Of The Game 0842am 3.8.23 the working title of this song was: what's the name of the fart? and a starter for ten: which recording studio engineer pulled off the massive feat of not only collecting the whole liquor store stash for a heavy abba recording session but broke wind as he entered the recording room door as beni was bouncing down the original 8 track. his mighty guff being heard from quite some distance and can still be discerned much to beni's consternation.. during the opening of said song?

  • @hejiranyc
    @hejiranyc 7 років тому +2673

    I just can't believe how shocking it is to see pop stars filmed in natural light without a care about forehead wrinkles and eye bags. This is reality. This would never happen today.

    • @desertrose1226
      @desertrose1226 7 років тому +267

      and, people today think only old crones get eyes bags and wrinkles! they're wrong!! Abba were youngsters here and they still had ''imperfections'' which I actually like and think they look great!!!

    • @harrietjahn2625
      @harrietjahn2625 7 років тому +145

      hejiranyc yes, it's nice to see some non perfect teeth!

    • @feebee77
      @feebee77 6 років тому +103

      And it is all the better for that - they all look fantastic

    • @flintmcgerty
      @flintmcgerty 6 років тому +93

      Natural beauty. No other way, be happy on how you look. I know I am

    • @dragonscoils8149
      @dragonscoils8149 5 років тому +62

      As an optimist I'm pretty sure things will come around eventually. What's true is true, and people will recognize that and move away from the million dollar productions surrounding beauty without talent.

  • @MiguelGarayStarty
    @MiguelGarayStarty 7 років тому +923

    best pop band in history

    • @JohnLennon100
      @JohnLennon100 7 років тому +12

      It was a good manufactured song band. No one can beat the Beatles.

    • @MiguelGarayStarty
      @MiguelGarayStarty 7 років тому +29

      Beatles was rock n roll for me

    • @JohnLennon100
      @JohnLennon100 7 років тому +6

      Do you think the Song All you need is Love, is Rock? Blackbird?YEsterday? HEy JUde?

    • @garddisc1551
      @garddisc1551 7 років тому +32

      yes, I agree. Abba is the best.

    • @angelicabrito3676
      @angelicabrito3676 7 років тому

      garddisc

  • @ratter531
    @ratter531 Рік тому +179

    All of Abba's songs still sound so beautiful in 2022.

    • @jamesswain2465
      @jamesswain2465 Рік тому +6

      They never seem to get old. I just discovered ABBA last April, 2022 so they are all new to me.

    • @ratter531
      @ratter531 Рік тому +2

      @@jamesswain2465 They began 50 years ago.

    • @ratter531
      @ratter531 Рік тому +2

      @@jamesswain2465 Their most beautiful song is Abba - Chiquitita (Official Music Video)

    • @ratter531
      @ratter531 Рік тому +2

      @@jamesswain2465 Another beauty is Abba - I Have A Dream - High Quality

    • @TheJimbo1791
      @TheJimbo1791 Рік тому +3

      @@ratter531 😀I appreciate that, but it is impossible to say which one is the most beautiful song. There are SO many. To me it changes all the time right now it is "I am not that woman" from the new album. Greetings from Finland!

  • @daynasmum529
    @daynasmum529 2 місяці тому +7

    Im a huge fan of Led Zeppelin, Jethro tull, Black sabbath, ACDC, Iron Maiden etc. I also believe ABBA is quite possibly the greatest.

    • @henrikfolkesson2157
      @henrikfolkesson2157 2 місяці тому +2

      I am also a great metal fan but the voices of this women is unparalled.

    • @mandylee87
      @mandylee87 Місяць тому +3

      Ritchie Blackmore of Deep Purple's favorite band? ABBA!

  • @TheGringoLoco
    @TheGringoLoco 9 років тому +202

    Those impeccable four-part harmonies gave Queen and The Sweet a run for their money. ABBA did for European pop music what The Beatles and Elvis did for rock music and what Led Zeppelin did for hard rock. Amazing band. Monumental.

    • @hoozerob
      @hoozerob 9 років тому +3

      and I suppose Bob Dylan for what he did for stoners. The Bee Gees for boosting my brothers ego and making his head even bigger than it was back then. He did the whole John Travolta thing and all. On top of that, he looked just like the Beib!. Me? I looked like Screech from saved by the bell, so no luck with the ladies for me. lol

    • @TheGringoLoco
      @TheGringoLoco 9 років тому +7

      *****
      You're a moron.

    • @TheGringoLoco
      @TheGringoLoco 9 років тому +5

      *****
      On what credible grounds do you make such an unsubstantiated claim like that? Indulge me. I'm all ears.

    • @evametdekrullen
      @evametdekrullen 9 років тому +5

      ***** please leave

    • @GeorgiaGeorgette
      @GeorgiaGeorgette 8 років тому +6

      +J. P. Perfectly put.

  • @PA-p23qw
    @PA-p23qw 3 роки тому +136

    This is probably ABBA’s most underrated song,it’s in my top 3 of ABBA songs,it’s wonderful in all its aspects

    • @TheBlueCream
      @TheBlueCream 2 роки тому +3

      its fabulous !

    • @gordonpi8674
      @gordonpi8674 4 місяці тому

      It was a number one in UK and many other euro countries. It’s their only 5 part song, complex one.

  • @abigailemelle5600
    @abigailemelle5600 11 місяців тому +68

    This band is an instrument of the divine to evoke emotions so deep and varied in human beings... there may never be another like them ever again

  • @morganahoff2242
    @morganahoff2242 Рік тому +141

    So nice to see their faces up close, and that they're ordinary people. Not glitsy, supermodels, auditioned for stardom. These ordinary folks brought us all that wonderful music. Thank you.

    • @susannemielke6331
      @susannemielke6331 Рік тому +3

      The name of the game von ABBA gehört zu meinen Lieblingssongs

    • @hajnalkakun7665
      @hajnalkakun7665 Рік тому +2

      yes we also love abba

    • @opentrunk
      @opentrunk Рік тому +3

      It makes you wonder why they all have runny noses though, doesn't it? 04:21

    • @frisco-2.0
      @frisco-2.0 Рік тому

      Supermodels? These women from back than were more sexy and attractive as any supermodel from today!!!

    • @opentrunk
      @opentrunk Рік тому

      It looks to me like the name of the game is let's get another gram of coke.

  • @thatoneidiotzak.1374
    @thatoneidiotzak.1374 3 роки тому +145

    Fun fact: this was filmed in Björn and Agnethas home

  • @pannikattak7533
    @pannikattak7533 4 роки тому +52

    I'm not sure if this song even has a chorus as it is very complex but when Anni-Frid sings "Tell me please.." at 1:17, the song leaves the pop world and soars to another dimension.

  • @joshscarabin
    @joshscarabin 2 роки тому +6

    If there are angels among us, here they are! These people are not human! If they are they’re the absolute best humanity has to offer.

  • @gb4478
    @gb4478 2 роки тому +19

    Metalheads, hard rockers, emos, progs... Everyone takes their hat off to ABBA.

  • @EliasAbensur
    @EliasAbensur 6 років тому +46

    One of the best vocal arrangements I've ever heard.

  • @glorious880
    @glorious880 4 роки тому +25

    Bjorn and Benny their eyes expressed so much warmth and emotion. They were all in love at that time.

    • @ScottScott-uk9eu
      @ScottScott-uk9eu 3 роки тому +2

      Hi Gloria. You must be a very good music lover.

    • @Mario-xr3jo
      @Mario-xr3jo 2 роки тому +1

      I wouldn't say that Agnetha looks very happy in this video-clip...

  • @monavasco8251
    @monavasco8251 11 місяців тому +6

    This is the last piece of ideal world in a time when everything is falling apart.

  • @srinath6247
    @srinath6247 2 роки тому +22

    No band is a match to this phenomenal band.

  • @haeleth7218
    @haeleth7218 4 роки тому +697

    Frida looks sensational in this video.

    • @steverowlands338
      @steverowlands338 4 роки тому +81

      Frida is was and still is stunning!!!!!

    • @hellbent7976
      @hellbent7976 4 роки тому +47

      Yes she is!!! Always loved her!!!

    • @haeleth7218
      @haeleth7218 3 роки тому +29

      @@steverowlands338 You have taste sir - like me. All the best 🙂

    • @haeleth7218
      @haeleth7218 3 роки тому +31

      @@hellbent7976 She was a beauty then and is now. All the best to you 🙂

    • @thomasyogayoiii3759
      @thomasyogayoiii3759 3 роки тому +4

      Oe.

  • @allein50
    @allein50 5 років тому +63

    16 years old, driving my '72 Ford Maverick, listening to Abba on 8-track.. life was glorious.

    • @Cal90208
      @Cal90208 4 роки тому +5

      Im 12 right now listening to Abba instead of playing video games. Abba for life

    • @josephroo7060
      @josephroo7060 4 роки тому +1

      yyy

  • @mattiasjohansson1908
    @mattiasjohansson1908 2 місяці тому +4

    Timeless. So many elements to the song. If this came out today i belive it would still be a big hit.

  • @sophiashiliagova7883
    @sophiashiliagova7883 2 роки тому +11

    Great duet of Agnetha and Frida. I love those masterpieces

  • @rf6724
    @rf6724 5 років тому +189

    How do you record a perfect pop song? This is how. Epic ABBA.

    • @sixstrings666
      @sixstrings666 4 роки тому +2

      Well, even when hacks like Led Zeppelin goes to record in their studio you know It's good.

  • @MontagZoso
    @MontagZoso 5 років тому +223

    Damn, ABBA has no bad songs. This is one of my favorites (aren’t they all). Power Swedes! They are simply phenomenal. ❤️

    • @harindranvenkatesh
      @harindranvenkatesh 5 років тому +7

      That's correct. I have the discography and I believe as you stated that there is not one bad song at all.

    • @alisonharper9215
      @alisonharper9215 4 роки тому +4

      I agree

  • @SCARAMOUSXL5
    @SCARAMOUSXL5 Рік тому +9

    HAPPY BIRTHDAY DEAR AGNETHA!!!🎂🎂🎂🍾🍾🍾🥂🥂🥂

  • @AwesomeWelles-cy8xg
    @AwesomeWelles-cy8xg 3 місяці тому +5

    Underrated. Catchy and complex, and for my money much better than some of the more popular tracks like Dancing Queen.

  • @max1musbr
    @max1musbr 9 років тому +22

    Both Anni-Frid and Agnetha are awesome singers. They have an almost perfect pitch and tune. It sounds like two angels.

    • @essennagerry
      @essennagerry 9 років тому +8

      I know! They both sound so good, amazing voices, and the when they sing together - wow!

    • @Acidetch303
      @Acidetch303 2 роки тому

      Almost?🤦🏼‍♂️🖐🏼

  • @JimGardner
    @JimGardner 7 років тому +40

    And THAT, ladies and gentlemen, is how you write a PERFECT pop song. Just... I have no words.

  • @joanierogerson5194
    @joanierogerson5194 Рік тому +20

    If we lived in a ABBA world… I’d never want to leave it! ❤😊

  • @deborahkissinger2260
    @deborahkissinger2260 11 місяців тому +16

    No one could ever compare to their harmonies

  • @leewilson2140
    @leewilson2140 4 роки тому +15

    Over 40 years old,knocks the crap out of the modern stuff!!

  • @jerilane4420
    @jerilane4420 3 роки тому +384

    Its 2021 and Im sooooooooooo addicted to this band all over again!! It must be the need for a past time when the world was so much better. These four made it that way and their music of course.

    • @louiseformosa680
      @louiseformosa680 2 роки тому +11

      Exactly the same feeling. Greetings from Malta.

    • @keithrg1
      @keithrg1 2 роки тому +8

      Instant obsession at 11 years old with Waterloo. Never looked back.

    • @abigailemelle5600
      @abigailemelle5600 2 роки тому +10

      A time of innocence and true love

    • @mathewreynolds7607
      @mathewreynolds7607 2 роки тому

      I'm addicted to meth

    • @blackmore4
      @blackmore4 2 роки тому +6

      The world wasn't any better. You were just younger.

  • @seanjones2456
    @seanjones2456 8 місяців тому +8

    Just think if they were around today with the internet?! They were huge back then, but today? They would have had fans from different galaxies!

  • @christosthomasraounas2761
    @christosthomasraounas2761 11 місяців тому +8

    What ever happened to them...miss growing up to their music....the group i wished lived forever ❤

  • @Cires789
    @Cires789 6 років тому +114

    Fridas smile at 2.22, I'm in love.

  • @leticiateixeira5177
    @leticiateixeira5177 2 роки тому +18

    frida is just the prettiest woman i've ever seen

  • @cocod594
    @cocod594 2 роки тому +47

    Graduated from college in 1968! I’m 75 years old in 2021 and still listening to them! So excited they’re getting back together!

  • @thomasfleig1184
    @thomasfleig1184 6 років тому +453

    This is such a well constructed song. It's almost like 3 different songs merged together in one great compilation.

    • @raymondmcmenemy303
      @raymondmcmenemy303 5 років тому +18

      ABBA'S best in my opinion.

    • @apatia29
      @apatia29 5 років тому +4

      Oh yes, the first cd of ABBA I bought was ABBA gold and I remember that I liked the part of this song when Frida starts to sing in solo but later didn't know which song was and I couldn't relate it with the start which sounded somehow darker than the rest of the song.

    • @Mingus8
      @Mingus8 5 років тому +14

      Thats the formula for a real pop tune, a melody and a clever countermelody. Not many musicians can do that anymore.. its more like the same theme repeated all over. Many of todays pop tunes would due for a bridge only in the 70ies..

    • @colmcq
      @colmcq 4 роки тому +6

      It's genius

    • @keithwilson6060
      @keithwilson6060 4 роки тому +2

      And one of the songs is even a capella.

  • @musicmind72
    @musicmind72 4 роки тому +157

    Just imagine.. lyrics, music, rythm, voices, melody, harmony, chorus all blended into one perfect package. Who says ABBA is just a world famous pop band? ABBA is the name of a musical genius of the calibre of a Mozart or a Beethoven of the modern era.

  • @butchweatherly7976
    @butchweatherly7976 2 місяці тому +4

    My name is Butch Weatherly and I am genuinely happy to be listening to this wonderful song very, very loud on Sunday, February 25,2024 in Kihei Maui. This song and ABBA has always warmed my heart and soothed my soul and I sincerely wish nothing but Peace, Happiness, and Prosperity to all who read this. Take Care and I genuinely Love you all! Respectfully and with The Warmest of Aloha , Butch Weatherly

    • @davidl570
      @davidl570 16 днів тому +2

      The ONLY way to play ABBA is very, very loud! You're doing the right thing (and thanks for the post!).

  • @robertcope629
    @robertcope629 2 роки тому +21

    Genius is when you don't have to look or sound perfect but still ARE perfect. Like these guys who surely are the GREATEST group EVER.

  • @Gardner0871public
    @Gardner0871public 4 роки тому +14

    They all seemed to be so happy together here. Very little “acting.” Like someone hid cameras around and captured these moments. It makes me happy to see this

  • @davespeed45
    @davespeed45 3 роки тому +109

    I think this is one of their underrated songs. It showcases both girls brilliant voices and and is one of my favourite ABBA songs. Top stuff.

    • @Davey7358
      @Davey7358 2 роки тому +3

      This song was a hit all over the world. Including the US. Not underrated. I agree with your other comment though 100%. :)

    • @AudieHolland
      @AudieHolland Рік тому

      As some other commenter said, it seems too complex to have been a major hit. But it was.
      And it is one of my favourite ABBA songs.

    • @cookies6455
      @cookies6455 4 місяці тому

      All four of them sing. But yes, the women have amazing voices, but all of them harmonize.

  • @metayful
    @metayful Рік тому +8

    best group ever

  • @chuck9397
    @chuck9397 6 місяців тому +4

    One of the best songs of the 70s

  • @caseygreyson4178
    @caseygreyson4178 5 років тому +204

    Lol anyone here in 2019? Can’t believe I got pulled into the ABBA rabbit hole again. But what can I say? I love them so much lol.

    • @livsstilen
      @livsstilen 4 роки тому +5

      Casey Greyson it happens. I was a school boy when abba were making most of their hits. And since Denmark is so close to Sweden it makes me proud to be a Scandinavian. But even Denmark had its musical place in the sun with AQUA, another great ban.

    • @eloiseroberts9674
      @eloiseroberts9674 3 роки тому +1

      me too

    • @user-gx9sf9iu6o
      @user-gx9sf9iu6o 3 роки тому +1

      @@eloiseroberts9674Me as well and I 'm not an exception, believe!!!

  • @julianblake8385
    @julianblake8385 8 років тому +51

    You listen to Abba and you smile and have faith. Then you lose hope in humanity when you find people in the comments fighting because they can't agree on who was more beautiful: if a super, super hot and talented red head or a super, super hot and talented blonde.

  • @geoffreeve6645
    @geoffreeve6645 Місяць тому +3

    Just the best pop group ever masters at work this era will never be repeated unfortunately glad I’ve lived it

  • @David-dl5vd
    @David-dl5vd 4 місяці тому +4

    The baroque trumpet in the chorus is exquisite

    • @renacleerican7824
      @renacleerican7824 25 днів тому

      You ve perfectly expressed the pure explosion of joy when I listen to this part of this amazing song❤
      It is baroque indeed, in a Scandinavian way: genius.

  • @randomtask9029
    @randomtask9029 5 років тому +67

    A pop masterpiece.

  • @gilessb
    @gilessb 6 років тому +96

    Killer harmonizing between Frida and Agnetha, sends a shiver up my spine

    • @v.dargain1678
      @v.dargain1678 4 роки тому +3

      They could sing it a capella . That's how good they are .

    • @Gardner0871public
      @Gardner0871public 4 роки тому +3

      Like every ABBA song

    • @Mihoyminoy124
      @Mihoyminoy124 4 роки тому +1

      My mom sings this to us sometimes with my sister and I live it when they harmonize

    • @myristicina.
      @myristicina. 4 роки тому +1

      Same

  • @chrisw8284
    @chrisw8284 10 місяців тому +21

    Sooooo talented so beautiful. There will never be a group LIKE ABBA ever again. Soo blessed to have been born when I was to have been "there" for ALL their hits❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

  • @peterivarsson6819
    @peterivarsson6819 2 роки тому +143

    This song is one of those early ones that really still lasts today. You can hear right away that it's ABBA. I am today 60 years old and have followed ABBA from the very beginning. I still have their old LP and cassettes standing at my old turntable who has struggled a lot of years to play the records. I'm looking forward to the new album next month. Greetings from Sweden!

    • @janskeet1382
      @janskeet1382 2 роки тому +11

      Hello Peter. Happy Birthday for two weeks ago. 🥰 Love Jan. I loved them when I was young (I’m 56) but it was hard in England to say that I liked them then as there was scorn in tough mining towns like mine. Those days are gone. I can say now that I loved ABBA and love them still. Go well Peter and Blessed Be.

    • @jasminejay5966
      @jasminejay5966 2 роки тому +5

      Happy new year mama🙏😘❤️

    • @amitabhachaudhuri326
      @amitabhachaudhuri326 2 роки тому +3

      Damn im 67 just love this song even now.

    • @grabitgee
      @grabitgee Рік тому +2

      I love this comment so much, greetings from Miami!

    • @peterivarsson6819
      @peterivarsson6819 Рік тому +1

      @@grabitgee Thank you, for your positive energy!

  • @alexscott7226
    @alexscott7226 3 роки тому +32

    good to see 4 people who obviously loved each other... at this point in their lives

    • @patriciaalvareztostado8170
      @patriciaalvareztostado8170 3 роки тому +2

      Is incredible, becouse they capture that moment in this videos, even if latter that change...