ABBA - I can be that woman | REACTION (The most relatable love song ever made?)

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  • ABBA - I can be that woman | REACTION
    THE MOMENT HAS FINALLY ARRIVED! Here we are at the release of Voyage! This is my reaction to the first song I have not heard yet! I hope you liked it as much as I did.
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КОМЕНТАРІ • 397

  • @karleksang
    @karleksang 2 роки тому +73

    Agnetha uses her voice like an actress.She can transmit such sorrow and emotion.A vocal genius.🧡

  • @JD-yh8hq
    @JD-yh8hq 2 роки тому +59

    Agnetha has the clearest singing voice I have ever heard. Whatever song you listen to, in Swedish, English, Spanish or whatever, she pronounces every syllable beautifully.

    • @Nic-gn4ff
      @Nic-gn4ff 2 роки тому +7

      Agreed - I could listen to her all day 😁

    • @robburdlow4301
      @robburdlow4301 2 роки тому +4

      Something the likes of Sia and Ariana Grande could learn to take note of.

    • @neilanyon4792
      @neilanyon4792 Рік тому +1

      I think that modern production technology allow the voices and instruments to really shine. I am not talking about autotune, pitch correction, digital fx and the like, but quality of microphones, recording, e.q. etc. I think the whole album is exquisitely produced. I know that digital remastering of old tracks is now incredibly capable but this is a step up.

  • @bobbyscott5162
    @bobbyscott5162 2 роки тому +95

    This WOman is in her early 70's and without Auto tune she nails the song. Raw and emotional, this is what Bjorn was speaking of when he said the album was full of their Life experiences. While sounding like a musical and not a Pop album at times, the lyrics are extremely mature. They have come so much further than Dancing Queen.

    • @colinberry1628
      @colinberry1628 2 роки тому +8

      Bobby, Australia, sends greetings.
      You are right, mature songs with the heavenly voices to match.
      A masterpiece.
      My regards, from Col

    • @davidelliott5843
      @davidelliott5843 2 роки тому +5

      This is a stunning work with some seriously dark hints. It's a true shocker that hits me right in the chest. Made me cry - an absolute masterpiece.

  • @richardkane4869
    @richardkane4869 2 роки тому +69

    From the minute that melancholic piano kicks in, you know this is going to be one of those heartbreaking, vulnerable masterpiece Agnetha lead vocals, No hearts and flowers, but a painfully real, honest reflection on the flaws and imperfections in relationships. This has a lush but relatively stripped back production that really suits the grittier lyrics of the song, letting the vocals shine. Agnetha's voice is so expressive and emotional ....at times, it is like listening to a heart breaking. Like a movie in song form. And when Frida's vocals come in later...well, that just finished me. How on earth can they still sound this good all these years later? Well, simply put, they are ABBA and were never gonna be anything else, but I am so glad they have created new classics like this one.

    • @colinberry1628
      @colinberry1628 2 роки тому +6

      Richard, I send greeting to you from Australia.
      A final album, a goodbye, but what great songs.
      Both of the lead vocals have never disappointed,
      All the best to you :

  • @ziggykozera7341
    @ziggykozera7341 2 роки тому +86

    The artists of today need to take note. This is music and not the trash they are releasing. Pure and beautiful lyrics and melodies. Love you ABBA. Thank you for giving us fresh music today.

    • @colinberry1628
      @colinberry1628 2 роки тому +6

      Iam afraid the artists today, have no soul or shame with the songs they release.
      This is the way songs should be made, with meaning
      All the best to you, Zbigniew, keep safe and strong.
      Col

    • @jerilane4420
      @jerilane4420 2 роки тому +13

      Agnetha at 71 can sing like she is in her 30's. And Frida as well. Just crown them now as the queens of pop!

    • @Nic-gn4ff
      @Nic-gn4ff 2 роки тому +4

      Perfectly said! This is REAL music 🎶

  • @AFLOVEable
    @AFLOVEable 2 роки тому +101

    So beautiful, so sad, so Agnetha.... at her best again.... tears
    Vintage Agnetha and this is a very relatable love song. No pink clouds, no languish, no eternal unsatisfied longing, but a deep reflection on a relationship, the struggle through it, the own part in it, the questioning and the realization, that despite all calamities, there is still - love.
    Now "The winner takes it all" has a congenial partner in 'crime', another deeply intimate and emotional performance by Agnetha.
    I am stunned,

    • @saba6502
      @saba6502 2 роки тому +4

      You couldn't have said it better....!🧡

    • @slashdisco
      @slashdisco 2 роки тому +3

      I'll have to listen to it more, but I'm not sure I agree with your interpretation that this song is about deep, mature love. There are so many elements of the story that are sinister, and I can see why others have linked it to themes of domestic violence, alcoholism, or simply a mutually toxic relationship. I don't think it's quite as simple as saying that there's "still love".

    • @AFLOVEable
      @AFLOVEable 2 роки тому +2

      @@slashdisco There's nothing about pure, mature love. When I write about problems in a relationship and having to look at the own part you have in them,the doubt you have about yourself,maybe even a guilty feeling because of your shortcomings. Realization can also come out of despair not only from maturity. And under all this rubbish, there still could be love. It doesn't necessarily mean it will be fulfilled or distancing wouldn't be in order.

    • @guentherk.1082
      @guentherk.1082 2 роки тому

      nods

    • @davidhowes5866
      @davidhowes5866 2 роки тому

      YES!!

  • @cookingwithurban4446
    @cookingwithurban4446 2 роки тому +46

    It’s beautiful and pure magic. Only Agnetha can achieve that singing about breakups and hardships in relations. ABBA is the soundtrack of our lives.

    • @colinberry1628
      @colinberry1628 2 роки тому +3

      Urban, greetings to you
      As a final album, the lead vocals do not disappoint, they still have it, deeply moving.
      All the best to you.

  • @jcb561
    @jcb561 2 роки тому +16

    I lost someone I loved to alcoholism and when I heard this song it was like a knife in my heart. This song is so powerful to anyone who's been a victim of someone else's alcoholism. I know exactly how he feels.

    • @GivenToe
      @GivenToe  2 роки тому +2

      I am sorry to hear that ❤️

  • @whisky2roxy
    @whisky2roxy 2 роки тому +18

    Agnetha proves, once again, she is the ultimate pop goddess.

  • @Petlover10000
    @Petlover10000 2 роки тому +13

    This song is just a piano and Agnetha's voice, what else do we need? Just Perfect.

  • @ad61video
    @ad61video 2 роки тому +18

    Agnetha was always great at conveying emotions, especially when it hurts. But she does it even better now than when she was 25 or 30. Because she has so much more life experience now.

    • @kyleday5026
      @kyleday5026 2 роки тому +3

      frida said recently that agnetha is a good storyteller. and said that i let the music speak is a song she really likes was surprised to hear that.

  • @AnSe902
    @AnSe902 2 роки тому +65

    This song immediately stood out to me when I listened to the album for the first time this morning.
    It makes me cry every time I hear it.

  • @camusfamily9034
    @camusfamily9034 2 роки тому +17

    It's one of my favorite songs on the album. Abba stands out for doing majestic in each song.

  • @ortrudjacobs7739
    @ortrudjacobs7739 2 роки тому +13

    To me, this song is one of the most impressing songs ABBA did.
    The whole album is a masterpiece.
    Such a pitty ... for the years we coudnt hear this state of art.

  • @veramarialadicha8996
    @veramarialadicha8996 2 роки тому +16

    What a wonderful love song- I am moved to tears ! The whole album " Voyage " is a piece of art ! With every song of this album you think " This is not possible ! " And then you realize it is !

  • @russelllmercer228
    @russelllmercer228 2 роки тому +11

    This is my personal favorite track on the entire album.

  • @shaungreatbanks9155
    @shaungreatbanks9155 2 роки тому +9

    They've managed to come back after 40 years and knock everything that's around now out the park sorry to say for lover's of today's music

  • @Waslost-nowfound1995
    @Waslost-nowfound1995 2 роки тому +12

    ❤️ I don’t usually post secular music on Facebook, so for me posting this is was an exception. Such a hauntingly beautiful song from the new ABBA album. I don’t know what it is about this particular song but somehow it just pulls at the heartstrings. Sharing in the hope others appreciate it as I do.❤️

  • @dwaynesleech
    @dwaynesleech 2 роки тому +75

    OMG! What a powerful song! This reminds me of when Agnetha sang “ The Winner Takes It All” so much pain and emotion in this. But saying that again both the women’s voices combined in chorus, is just completely mind blowing! I have tears n my eyes, that’s no lie........What a song, and the piano from Benny, again well thought out! Powerful stuff ABBA.

    • @colinberry1628
      @colinberry1628 2 роки тому +3

      Dwayne, greeting to you, from Australia
      Yes you are right, so much emotion and soul, deeply moving.
      All the best to you :

  • @igloozoo3771
    @igloozoo3771 2 роки тому +7

    In this age of playing victim and blame and cancelling loved ones, this is essentially a song about forgiveness and saving relationships. In its simplicity it is very profound for the times.

  • @oliverwittofficial4997
    @oliverwittofficial4997 2 роки тому +32

    I think it is a song about alcoholism. "Is she drunk" / "how low I've sunk" / "sorry for the wasted years" / "I feel sick" / my hands are shaking" / "I've hit rock bottom". The husband cried about this situation and the hopelessness. But she comes in sober for the first time in a long time and he can't believe it. The dog senses that the situation is different now and that although she was never the sober woman the husband once loved she hopes "I can be that woman now". The most touching song and I cried a lot when I heard it.

  • @bjornkarlsson2631
    @bjornkarlsson2631 2 роки тому +74

    This song is unreal, the sound, the voices, the emotions - one of their best ever. I love this one so much! How can they sound like they never been away from the studio, even after 40 years - it is just amazing.

    • @Sunburst75
      @Sunburst75 2 роки тому +3

      I agree, it's amazing.

    • @ad61video
      @ad61video 2 роки тому

      Agnetha has brought out albums in 2003 and 2013. Frida however stopped somewhere in the late 80s.

    • @jerilane4420
      @jerilane4420 2 роки тому +1

      Because they are the best of all time hands down!!

    • @saba6502
      @saba6502 2 роки тому +3

      @@ad61video I think Frida published her last solo album in 1996.

  • @christinakern4710
    @christinakern4710 2 роки тому +15

    Crystal clear voice of Agnetha, the story ( Like The Winner Takes it All), and then the first time the chorus was sung with those beautiful harmonies with Frida’s velvet warm voice, I get ( good ) chills.

    • @GivenToe
      @GivenToe  2 роки тому +1

      Yeah so amazing ❤️😍

  • @erikskifte8862
    @erikskifte8862 2 роки тому +43

    THIS IS SOOOOOOO EMOTIONAL. ABBA VOYAGE ALREADY MY FAVE ALBUM. WHAT AN ABBASOLUTE JOY YOU ARE ABBA, TO THE WHOLE UNIVERSE. THIS SONG GIVES ME GOOSEBUMPS ALL OVER 🥰🥰🥰🥰

    • @colinberry1628
      @colinberry1628 2 роки тому +3

      Erik, greeting from Australia.
      A final album, to which I think is mature in its songs, deeply moving, their voices never disappointed, a great album to say goodbye, but they will never be forgotten
      My regards to you :

    • @erikskifte8862
      @erikskifte8862 2 роки тому +1

      @@colinberry1628 ABBASOLUTE AGREE. ABBA has been my fave music since 1974, when they exploded through my parents tv set with waterloo. I was totally sold on the spot. Their costumes, Bjørns silver star guitar, the song, what's not to like? ABBA for me, is THE best music EVER recorded. Thanks for your comment. Wish you an ABBALICIOUS evenin🤗

  • @Zinatra
    @Zinatra 2 роки тому +32

    Agnetha sings so beautifully and with emotion. And she interprets the text with sincerity. Björn and Benny show that they only get better and better. I will listen many times and close my eyes ...❤️😥

  • @johnsowle6918
    @johnsowle6918 2 роки тому +61

    What stunning vocals from Agnetha! Could this song be a prequel or sequel to The Winner Takes It All? I love your reaction, it adds to the emotion and excitement of hearing the songs for the first time.

    • @GivenToe
      @GivenToe  2 роки тому +1

      😁🙏🏻

    • @troyahughes
      @troyahughes 2 роки тому +2

      Wow 🤩 great observation! Definitely a prequel to Winner!

    • @djsaxby
      @djsaxby 2 роки тому +1

      Totally.

    • @robburdlow4301
      @robburdlow4301 2 роки тому +1

      Or One of Us…..she walked out on him and now returns…..

  • @amespo13
    @amespo13 2 роки тому +46

    No artist like Agnetha. Her voice tugs at our souls. Deeply moving. I completely understand your reaction.

    • @graphiquejack
      @graphiquejack 2 роки тому +6

      Her voice is really well suited for an old school country ballad. Wild. Her best is this and Don’t Shut Me Down and Frida’s best is I Still Have Faith in You and No Doubt About It. Then we’ve got Little Things, When You Danced with Me and Ode to Freedom… wow… what an album!

    • @shereekendall1003
      @shereekendall1003 2 роки тому +3

      @@graphiquejack I agree with you on that the whole album is phenomenal....both ladies have out done themselves on this final album for sure😊

  • @jeanscruggs6049
    @jeanscruggs6049 2 роки тому +42

    Grew up with ABBA. Huge fan still, but this....OMG!! How did you not cry? Her voice. What can I say? Thank you ABBA! You're back!!!

    • @colinberry1628
      @colinberry1628 2 роки тому +1

      Jean, my regards to you,
      This album is one of the classics, deeply moving and heavenly voices, I think we were lucky to have a final album.
      Keep strong and safe, regards to you, from Australia,,, Col

  • @kramercapriati
    @kramercapriati 2 роки тому +6

    I wish I could hear this on the radio...every song has a new "atmosphere" on the radio...

  • @berniefoto
    @berniefoto 2 роки тому +15

    My thoughts always was: how is it possible, that Annafrid and Agnetha singing all the words always in the same way, like twins and with the perfect harmony....Benny writes beautyfull melodys, Björn beautyfull Lyrics...but all the songs are just complete and perfect with the perfect harmony and voices of the "girls". I loved all of the songs of ABBA, now I love 10 more...thank you ABBA...

  • @veramarialadicha8996
    @veramarialadicha8996 2 роки тому +6

    " I am aware of how far I have sunk ! And the dog is the first to feel it ...." Lyrically excellent and it made me a complete breakdown !

  • @peterivarsson6819
    @peterivarsson6819 2 роки тому +16

    When you listen to ABBA's music, you are moved, happy, emotional and melancholy in your soul. Now
    that I see how many people around the world are taking the music to their to
    grips and being influenced by it, I am convinced that we can all unite around
    the world. We're not so different, we're the same as people. We can stop
    fighting, destroy, argue and be greedy, but instead help each other so that man
    can be happy again. I thank ABBA for the music and am a proud Swede myself.
    Positive thoughts from Sweden!

  • @dashoverton1963
    @dashoverton1963 2 роки тому +24

    What I love about this song is that no blame is laid on the man or the woman for a failed relationship, and that all loving strong relationships depend on both sexes.

  • @onlyforbrian2
    @onlyforbrian2 2 роки тому +34

    This is one of my favorite songs on the album, about how relationships can go from good to bad, than blaming each other, then second guessing and the woman thinking "It's my fault" wondering how did we get to this point when I stll love you. I think it has a real country feel to it. I love it.

    • @Tom_McMurtry
      @Tom_McMurtry 2 роки тому +5

      This song is both a tribute to the fantastic country singer Tammy Wynette, as well as one to Marie from Roxette who passed in 2019 with a little motif from their famous song "Listen to your heart" as one of the melodies of the chorus. So I reckon you're right about the country feel for sure!

    • @onlyforbrian2
      @onlyforbrian2 2 роки тому +2

      @@Tom_McMurtry Awwww.. Marie and Roxette, my other favorite band. I miss her. I know she was good friends Frida, and songs like "Milk and toast and Honey" for me, has an ABBA feel.

    • @christine3043
      @christine3043 2 роки тому

      @@Tom_McMurtry ..the song is a nod to her by naming the dog Tammy, it’s not a tribute to her and was never said to be
      Roxette doesn’t own those two notes. It’s a coincidence. They’re a small footnote in music at the most.

    • @Tom_McMurtry
      @Tom_McMurtry 2 роки тому

      @@christine3043 a tribute to Roxette at least. Some Abba members were good friends with her. Roxette is another Swedish band afterall. It's not a coincidence. And Marie passed in 2019. That's not to say the whole song is not it's very own creative thing. It is and it is done beautifully. And listen to your heart makes sense within the wider themes of this song.

    • @annafitzpatrick548
      @annafitzpatrick548 2 роки тому +1

      @@Tom_McMurtry I agree with you about the nod to Roxette - I also was reminded of Billy Joel’s Goodnight Saigon and the line ‘prayed to Jesus Christ with all of our might’ for example is the exact same tune as Agnetha singing ‘this is how all our fights have begun’ - I was intrigued as to where I heard it before until it came to me. Love to hear your thoughts on this.

  • @mariannesigley9086
    @mariannesigley9086 2 роки тому +17

    This song really made me cry OMG Agnetha you beautiful lady. You have done it again. Boys Wow that was beautiful. All 4 of you THANKS.

    • @colinberry1628
      @colinberry1628 2 роки тому +1

      Yes, truly, a powerful song,
      All the best Marianne
      Greetings from Australia.

    • @mariannesigley9086
      @mariannesigley9086 2 роки тому +1

      @@colinberry1628 thanks Colin, from New Zealand

  • @abbascots
    @abbascots 2 роки тому +17

    Hej
    Agnethas voice is impeccable amazing 🤩 such a deep and emotional song but with serious emotions and meanings 💕 I love this one it’s in my top 5 within Voyage

  • @leafolland7982
    @leafolland7982 2 роки тому +10

    The lyrics, diction, voice, music - one entire package.

  • @ramonfioricompositor8462
    @ramonfioricompositor8462 2 роки тому +10

    Man, now I know that Abba doesn't need years to build classics. It takes them a day, a week. Incredibly awesome.

  • @123billydog
    @123billydog 2 роки тому +17

    Agnetha has recorded some great music between 1982 and 2021 but, just somehow, when she works with ABBA, she somehow makes it even more believable. Get Frida doing vocals on the same track and the magic is a given. Bjorn has actually already stated the lyrics influence. "It’s a country song, in essence. And a little gesture to the queen of country, as far as I’m concerned: Tammy Wynette. The good dog is called Tammy. There’s a lot of stuff going into that song, but it’s basically about someone who has come down from an addiction and finally come down into real life and is sorry about all the wasted years. But there’s hope at the end of the tunnel: I can be that woman now. Only we know what is fact and what is fiction about our life experiences together. It’s a kind of freedom that you get. With 70, you get that freedom". It reflects the union of Tammy who was hooked on prescription drugs and her husband George Jones who was an alcoholic.

    • @p.m.6064
      @p.m.6064 2 роки тому +4

      It’s amazing how this single song captures the essence of Agnetha, the performer and singer, much better than any of the producers who produced her solo records. I loved A in 2013 but compared to this, you see that Jörgen Elofsson had no real idea what Agnetha is capable of. Benny, however, has been pressing all the right buttons with this song.

  • @djsaxby
    @djsaxby 2 роки тому +9

    This is The Winner Takes It All part 2. Possibly it’s a prequel or could be exploring deeper into the lyrics of Winner Takes It All and the aftermath I feel this song is deeply connected to Winner Takes It All. And those harmonies. Sublime. Totally agree lights out volume up and let the sounds envelope your senses. Agnetha is flawless in her vocals and delivery. And Yes you can cry. I did. It’s beautiful.

  • @ian2402
    @ian2402 Рік тому +5

    The harmonies of these two women are out of this world and voices are as strong as ever 👌

    • @GivenToe
      @GivenToe  Рік тому

      Yes its amazing 🙏🏻

  • @deniseschlumpf1424
    @deniseschlumpf1424 2 роки тому +6

    the third voice.. wow..heaven, heaven, heaven...angels exist !!!!!!!

  • @sanderhoefsloot6852
    @sanderhoefsloot6852 2 роки тому +10

    I also sat back in my chair and just let the song take me.

  • @maloum-lsodermark7869
    @maloum-lsodermark7869 2 роки тому +7

    This shows their strengths in all their glory .A story real hardcore and still so poetical.A wonderful voice that holds you spell bound.A mix of voices with Frida and Agneta that is angelic.And a music that disguise as simple, when it is in reality, really complicated and so wonderful.Yes , it is all four of them.BRAVO!A very real love song .

  • @asawesshagen4668
    @asawesshagen4668 2 роки тому +31

    The lyrics is about a strong woman who knows her shortcomings. I believe the song will be loved by grown-ups that have experienced life. The music has a country-touch to it. That fits perfectly with the sad and torn emotions expressed in the song. The sound reminds me of american country-singer Tammy Wynette.

    • @amusethemasses3797
      @amusethemasses3797 2 роки тому +1

      It’s about the same old country singer .. Björn told that in an interview

    • @asawesshagen4668
      @asawesshagen4668 2 роки тому +1

      Thank you Amuse! I should have realized that it was not a coincidence that the dog’s name is Tammy!

    • @ursgeiser6570
      @ursgeiser6570 2 роки тому

      @@amusethemasses3797 Urs Geiser

    • @ursgeiser6570
      @ursgeiser6570 2 роки тому

      @@amusethemasses3797 Thank you for this fact information. I read always the same sentences "Tammy Wynette story" published under different names on several channels without reference.
      Then it's a similar situation as by Fernando. Bjorn has written a fictional story inspired by Tammy's Biography.
      Friday night I readed so wierd stories in German about the background of this masterpiece, something what not many artists could do "write a popsong about a profound tonic".
      Once Merci and all the Best for you!!!

    • @dashoverton1963
      @dashoverton1963 2 роки тому +1

      Indeed. Well said. Although she says her man wasn’t the man he should’ve been, she takes equal responsibility and acknowledges that she too wasn’t the woman she could’ve been. A very mature, sophisticated song.

  • @JONAS-co4ut
    @JONAS-co4ut 2 роки тому +8

    The kind material Agnetha's vocal does better than anyone else!

  • @MrWipex
    @MrWipex 2 роки тому +16

    mmm So, beautiful. So nice of Bjorn to describe the dog as part of the family like that. Bravo!!

  • @andrearesca7344
    @andrearesca7344 2 роки тому +6

    in this song there is much very much indeed very much more than the words of Bjiorn and Agnetha can express. There is so much of what the two of them have experienced. So much feeling and so much suffering. The enormous emotion that overwhelms us listening to this song, happens because who wrote it and who sings it, puts in it all his soul and the memories of the TRUE feelings that have united them in a period of life. This is a huge gift that two people have given to those who listen to them

  • @Jo-ik4xp
    @Jo-ik4xp 2 роки тому +7

    I was going to say they don’t make songs like that anymore but they just did- in fact 10 of them! Haven’t stopped listening since I bought it ! Beautifully written played and sung - everyone !

  • @victor1978100
    @victor1978100 2 роки тому +14

    My favorite song of the album Voyage.

  • @sigridragnarsson1709
    @sigridragnarsson1709 2 роки тому +8

    OMG! What a powerful song! This reminds me of when Agnetha sang “ The Winner Takes It All” so much pain and emotion. Agnetha can sing with such emotion. You can feel the pain and regret in her voice! The string and Musik . Love it they are healing the people.

  • @summerside1967
    @summerside1967 2 роки тому +47

    Well done my friend! Agnetha can sing with such emotion. You can feel the pain and regret in her voice! I agree with your comment about pets and feeling our emotions. I have three dogs The occasion that we do have a silly fight…you can see it in their eyes!! Great song!!

    • @GivenToe
      @GivenToe  2 роки тому +3

      Thanks buddy 🙏🏻😁

    • @colinberry1628
      @colinberry1628 2 роки тому +1

      @@GivenToe
      Greetings from Australia
      I do like your response to the songs, and, I feel we are lucky to receive one final album after such a long time.
      All the best to you ::

  • @sonicfoxxmusic4281
    @sonicfoxxmusic4281 2 роки тому +5

    Beyond doubt a future classic which is 100% relateable and has ABBA written all over with the vocal alone...let alone anything else played on the song...if somebody told me this went in at no.1 in any chart, I would say...."are you surprised, Agnetha was, is and always will be vocally exceptional".

    • @sonicfoxxmusic4281
      @sonicfoxxmusic4281 2 роки тому

      Giventoe...keep your eye on this song...it may just blow your mind.
      MESSIAH by Helena Softley.............................it is rising on you tube...peoople are getting to hear it now.

    • @GivenToe
      @GivenToe  2 роки тому

      Added to suggestions list 🔥

    • @sonicfoxxmusic4281
      @sonicfoxxmusic4281 2 роки тому

      @@GivenToe Thank you sir..you're a star...and an absolute lover of quality in song.

    • @GivenToe
      @GivenToe  2 роки тому

      Thank YOU! 🙏🏻

  • @troyahughes
    @troyahughes 2 роки тому +17

    This one took me by surprise. Agnetha does a hauntingly beautiful job of what is essentially a song about domestic violence and a crippling relationship. Has grown more and more interesting and beautiful 😍 the more I listen! Understand your goosebumps; feel the same now. Once again, most likely based on true life experience, as in early ABBA days…once again, Agnetha sings about the breakdown of their relationship…using Bjorn’s lyrics..?

    • @christine3043
      @christine3043 2 роки тому +5

      It’s not about domestic violence at all. Bjorn said it is about addiction. That’s what the lyrics say. There’s no domestic violence in the song at all.

    • @theasissi
      @theasissi 2 роки тому +3

      @@christine3043 Right, the woman is addicted and now comes to sobriety, that's the meaning.

    • @lamdao1242
      @lamdao1242 2 роки тому +1

      @@christine3043 agreed

  • @geoffroydecrombrugghe4961
    @geoffroydecrombrugghe4961 2 роки тому +8

    Probably my favorite song of the album. Agneth'a's voice is so fragile nowadays and so filled with emotions, this brings me to tears every time I'm listening. The choruses with Frida blow my mind!! ABBA are back. Thank you so much for sharing your emotions (missing the tears though... ;-) ).

  • @MrMafu666
    @MrMafu666 2 роки тому +14

    You completely got this song❤️ brilliant reaction. This is exactly what it did to me. Is so amazing. The lyrics, the music, the VOCALS. It's simply stunning.

  • @koning-muziek
    @koning-muziek 2 роки тому +8

    Amazing emotional... what a song, what a voice....in there 70's!! Unbelievable.

    • @colinberry1628
      @colinberry1628 2 роки тому +1

      Greetings, Rob, from Australia
      Those voices are heavenly
      I feel lucky we have received a final album after such a long time, yes it's probably a goodbye, but never will they be forgotten.
      All the best to you,

  • @ansell1972
    @ansell1972 2 роки тому +4

    Seriously...as a human being conditioned to feel love and sadness, I am completely moved to my inner core. The song has such an innocent sound which creeps up behind you and punches your senses. The voices are beyond amazing as always and the music perfectly blend with the lyrics being sung. These guys are genuine geniuses worthy of our adoration and respect. I am booked to see the London show on June 3rd and I am certain that all emotions will be stirred up, stripped down and elevated by ABBAs phenomenal power.

    • @GivenToe
      @GivenToe  2 роки тому

      Uou are so very correct and you make sense 😊

  • @b.j.s674
    @b.j.s674 2 роки тому +7

    The more I listen to this song, the more I love and appreciate it...both the lyrics, the music and most of all, the raw, emotional singing by Agnetha...I cry each time..LOVE IT!

  • @ArieBlueNoirChannel
    @ArieBlueNoirChannel 2 роки тому +19

    I have heard it a few times And i felt the ache in my heart and i felt those tears in my eyes welling up. pfffff

    • @GivenToe
      @GivenToe  2 роки тому +1

      😂😁🙏🏻❤️

  • @davidtanser
    @davidtanser 2 роки тому +4

    You'll cry on subsequent listens, I guarantee it... such a beautiful song.

  • @sharonking3355
    @sharonking3355 2 роки тому +25

    love the lyrics and Agnethas voice

  • @elena-violetaionescu7952
    @elena-violetaionescu7952 2 роки тому +9

    A heartwarming song, brings back memories of a lullaby! Agnetha`s voice is still unsurpassed, even with shockingly blunt lyrics. However, a woman having gone through such domestic violence, would not sing as affectionately as Agnetha does.

  • @panaydunn8535
    @panaydunn8535 2 роки тому +37

    Amazing Amazing Amazing. Agnetha's voice is great. It still has not sunk in.

  • @andrewjenkinson7052
    @andrewjenkinson7052 2 роки тому +13

    A sad song with an uplift at the end. Great ABBA once again. I think this is the most diverse ABBA album. No 2 tracks can remotely be said to be similar.

  • @scandorelias
    @scandorelias 2 роки тому +5

    What can I add? It's an incredible masterpiece in every way.

  • @colinstevens2691
    @colinstevens2691 2 роки тому +10

    Excellent review. This is absolutely my favourite track on the album and Agnetha voice is just angelic and mournful at the same time. it is true genius and yes I can totally relate to this from personal experience.

  • @tableofignorance
    @tableofignorance 2 роки тому +4

    The lyrics about "hitting rock bottom" and "or is she drunk?" suggest to me that the singer has been plagued by a drug/alcohol problem that has driven this couple apart over and over again. She's had a turning point and realised she needs help, and is hoping she can be a better human. If that's right then it's a really interesting change of voice for this to be sung from a woman's perspective. Very touching. (note: by singer I mean the character in the song - not the real singer!)

  • @adrianwilliams8721
    @adrianwilliams8721 2 роки тому +21

    Tremendo por Dios lo que canta esta mujer... Nadie como ella...! Mas de setente años y esa voz sigue emocionando, tan clara, nítida, cristalina, es una caricia a los oídos y al alma escucharla... Eternamente la mas grande, Agnetha.

  • @ilianna6059
    @ilianna6059 2 роки тому +3

    this song literally HURTS MY HEART. the pain and emotion in agnetha's voice is just as it was all those years ago. it hurts so good, if it weren't for agnetha's love for those kinds of painful love songs, i would be mad at bjorn for having her sing it 😭

    • @GivenToe
      @GivenToe  2 роки тому

      Yeah its really sad!

  • @batardsm
    @batardsm 2 роки тому +7

    And she's over 70!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! eat your heart out beyonce, Rihanna etc etc etc etc

  • @remodelvideos6246
    @remodelvideos6246 2 роки тому +8

    TOTALLY IN LOVE with this song!!! Thank you ABBA for doing it again. We love you ABBA!!! ❤️

  • @diegoshepherd3464
    @diegoshepherd3464 2 роки тому +7

    Beautiful song sung by Agnetha with passion, emotion and heart

  • @chrishudson8822
    @chrishudson8822 2 роки тому +4

    On first listening I wasn’t quite sure about this track. I gave it another go and then the lyrics and the strings hit me and it all fell into place. Like many ABBA tracks they grow on you. There is so much depth and emotion to this song and it’s becoming one of my favourites

  • @petef8796
    @petef8796 2 роки тому +9

    You have just the best reactions on those ABBA melodic moment chord changes. This song hits so deep, almost a lyrically confessional moment of “The Winner Takes It All”. Agnetha sings from the heart ❤️

  • @yvonneloncaric9496
    @yvonneloncaric9496 2 роки тому +21

    Beautiful, emotional, so human...
    Masterpiece of lyrics and melody united with great interpretion!
    Thank you ABBA!

  • @markjones7777
    @markjones7777 2 роки тому +8

    A true legend who knows and is in full charge of her craft! Perfection personified

  • @paulkcormier
    @paulkcormier 2 роки тому +7

    so great that no matter what- this music will survive and the joy it will bring shall last ages upon ages ...

  • @mvermeulen26
    @mvermeulen26 2 роки тому +9

    I think the best song on the album can't stop listening

  • @ole7236
    @ole7236 2 роки тому +9

    I totally agree with you, it's an absolutely fantastic song. When I heard it for the first time yesterday, I was overwhelmed how good it is. The melody is so, so beautiful, Agnetha's voice gives me chills and the lyrics are so touching. It is one of my favourite songs on the album.

  • @petratheiss6711
    @petratheiss6711 2 роки тому +5

    First time I heard this song, not knowing the meaning of the words, tears are running ... so deep emotion this music with this voice. Thank you so much. Thank you Abba for the music you given it to me.

  • @box4859
    @box4859 2 роки тому +15

    At a loss for words but have an abundance of emotions.

  • @stevepritchard3232
    @stevepritchard3232 2 роки тому +14

    It is an amazing song. Her voice is filled with so much feeling. Yes, like you I had goosebumps. Before you mentioned it, I had it on full volume and closed my eyes. Same reaction to the violin strings. Every song they have done has so much depth in the background. You hear something different years later in their music. FANTASTIC ALBUM, FANTASTIC TRACK.

    • @colinberry1628
      @colinberry1628 2 роки тому

      Steve, greeting to you from Australia
      Such mature songs and the heavenly voices, artists today should take note, that after 40 years absent from the charts, Abba did it again, songs with meaning.
      All the best to you.

  • @extragoogleadressnamediana9015
    @extragoogleadressnamediana9015 2 роки тому +6

    Why did I cryed?? The Album is very sad and it doesn't remind me of ABBA I knew. This is really the last Voyage. It's no Comeback. It's a Farewell....Thanks to all of you- ABBA.

    • @colinberry1628
      @colinberry1628 2 роки тому +1

      I feel very lucky, we got one final album, after all these years.
      It's, I feel, a more reflective album, mature themes, but has some uplifting tracks.
      All the best from Australia.

  • @aleale8508
    @aleale8508 2 роки тому +14

    this song is realy soooooo great. The voice, choros, instrumens ALL!!!

  • @jezthursfield3530
    @jezthursfield3530 2 роки тому +18

    Loving all your Abba reaction videos, you just have great warmth and charm and it comes across well in your videos. This is my favourite song on the album. Breathtaking and beautiful 🙂

  • @manuelabombis818
    @manuelabombis818 Рік тому +2

    A year later, I still feel like crying when I hear this song. Agnetha said in an interview that it's easier for her to put feelings into songs today. In the past, she always had to prepare for the role. And I hear it in her voice. I hear all the pain She is that woman! Wonderful.

    • @GivenToe
      @GivenToe  Рік тому

      Yes I think her life experience shines through here indeed ❤️

  • @lisacrane3143
    @lisacrane3143 2 роки тому +27

    It’s absolutely stunning

    • @GivenToe
      @GivenToe  2 роки тому +1

      It sure is! 😁

  • @supastah68
    @supastah68 2 роки тому +5

    It’s Agnetha’s “One Man One Woman”

  • @dont.wilson2121
    @dont.wilson2121 2 роки тому +16

    Almost profound. Absolutely amazing vocals!

  • @karlturner9038
    @karlturner9038 2 роки тому +32

    The entire song is very moving. The music and the lyrics combined give a strong effect on you while listening. I am not surprised by the fact that the new ABBA songs can be so tear-breaking sometimes especially after such a long break in their together music activity.
    And yes, I just adore the combination of Agnetha's lead- and Frida's back-vocals. How harmonically interwoven they are.
    I just adore it! Maybe I am biased towards them but I think they wouldn't write anything but such an awesome song.

    • @colinberry1628
      @colinberry1628 2 роки тому +2

      Greetings from Australia, Karl
      Yes their voices blend perfectly, and to the final album, which I feel lucky we have received.
      A goodbye, yes, but Abba will never be forgotten.
      All the best to you.

    • @karlturner9038
      @karlturner9038 2 роки тому +1

      @@colinberry1628 greetings from Russia, hehe
      Yes, I fully agree. ABBA is a unique band and always been. The have already made a mark on the history, they won't be forgotten

  • @fjh4379
    @fjh4379 2 роки тому +9

    I think only some female voices are able to transport the feeling in such an intense way like Agnetha and Frida does. I am more and more impressed and blown away as more I listen to that masterpiece. Can‘t wait watching your reaction to „ode to freedom“. Go on and take care! 👍

  • @robertwilliamson9255
    @robertwilliamson9255 2 роки тому +4

    You show how much you are feeling this song, it touches one’s heart!! ‘SUPERB ‘

  • @adrianperrett1137
    @adrianperrett1137 2 роки тому +8

    I cried.... so moving

  • @debbielatter5344
    @debbielatter5344 2 роки тому +7

    So beautiful this song is. It made me cry

  • @asbilarnandreassen9090
    @asbilarnandreassen9090 2 роки тому +3

    The Song 🎵 😍 ❤ it's a Story of Abba Life, it's Pure and Simple and Love ❤ 😍 you AbbA, Ever and Ever

  • @Nobledressage
    @Nobledressage 2 роки тому +7

    This is a combo of Roxette & Dolly Parton song. Love it 😍

  • @gunnerthru
    @gunnerthru 2 роки тому +18

    First listening I loved this song. Absolute brilliant.

  • @mobychima1087
    @mobychima1087 2 роки тому +4

    This is my favorite of all the songs in the Voyage Album . ABBA should have released it as a single instead of Just a notion.
    I can recall I wiped the corners of my eyes twice or more the first time I listened to it alone. I don't know how Agnetha does it. She knows how to make lemons taste like tangerines. Oh gosh... the way she emotes those lyrics, the way she tells a story that tickles your tear ducts and bleeds the bad blood out of our hearts with her healing voice .
    Given Toe, you always have a way to make me keep on watching your reactions. I like how you can connect emotionally with a song without losing sight of the individual part that makes up the song. I hope you remain as intelligently naive and fresh as you have been.

    • @GivenToe
      @GivenToe  2 роки тому

      Thank you so much 🙏🏻😁

  • @neilanyon4792
    @neilanyon4792 11 місяців тому +1

    The more I listen to this song, the more convinced I am that it is one of their best ever ballads. Vocally outstanding, musically perfectly balanced between clarity and beautiful orchestration. And, above all, the way the girls' voices complement each other. With enough exposure this ought to be a classic.