Sorry, it is not. Fans of ABBA seem to want to make more out of their meaning than what it is. Dancing Queen has been Hijacked and perverted the same way. A simple lyric about a 17 year old girl they want to turn into something else that it was not meant to be.
@@scottfarley3644 If you had heard any of the recent interviews with Björn, you would probably disagree. But your view is of course perfectly fine. It's just not mine. Oops a rhyme ... 😀
We all cried a little bit mate. ABBA - TIMELESS, AGELESS & PERFECT. There has never been or will ever be a sound like ABBA. Pure JOY. Cheers from Sydney, Australia ✌😎
@@GivenToe How true! This is the (at least) the fifth time I listen to ABBA here at _GivenToe!_ I've listen to many a reaction now, but few are so endearing like his, giving almost more life/energy to them songs; Yes, I love this guy as I love the ABBA music. (I became an ABBA fan in December, so this is to me like it never was a long time in between. All of them are in a way new to me. Oh, how I love this. (Exscuse my bad English...) With gratings from Sweden. sᴇ
Right now they are on the german Amazon bestseller list at rank #1 Ltd. CD box, #2 CD, #4 Vinyl LP, #5 "I still have faith in you" CD, #7 "Don't shut me down" CD, #29 "Abba Gold" CD, and #38 with the "Voyage" MC. Yes, the music cassette made it into the Top 40. :-D
@@AnSe902 and I have many of my orginal cassettes bought when I were 20 - but I miss my Nachamichi 480 cassette recorder it didnt have any problem with the tape being sucked into the machine as with all other .They had some straitening the tape mechanism and Dolby C which took away the hiss - mostly
I have thoght as well that some of the emotions we feel when listening to these are because we are getting some kind of deep memories from the past and the feelings kind of wake up again. But that is just good and wonderful. It is just fantastic to feel very good or sob for joy in these cynical times :-)
Dude, I have been crying for days, every time I watch both videos. I believe that the song is about the band, but I feel it's a message to the human race. Music is a universal language, and they couldn't have come back at a better time! ABBA could have the power to unite the world, in a way no one else could.
I'm not trying to promote my page, but I made my first real talking video last night . If you are interested in watching (no problem either way, I'm not getting paid!), ua-cam.com/video/KCLAubS5mJI/v-deo.html
Nicht ungerecht werden 💔, ob nun Frida's Stimme hier besser zur Geltung kommt ( wie sie es sehen) WIR sollten uns immer vor 👁👁 halten 🅰️🅱️🅱️🅰️, besteht aus VIER Mitgliedern, BENNY UND BJÖRN waren und sind außergewöhnliche Musiker und Songwhiter, haben aus " ihren " Frauen das bestmögliche heraus geholt !!! 👍👍 Ob nun ANNA FRID LYNGSTAD ( FRIDA ) oder AGNETHA FÄLTSGOG ( ANNA ) ,jede der zwei Damen hat unglaubliches Geleistet 👌👌,da sollte man Nie behaupten, eine Stimme ist besser als die andere !!! 👎👎 Jeder darf seinen Favoriten haben, aber NIEMALS sollte ein wirklicher 🅰️🅱️🅱️🅰️ Fan behaupten, dass Frida diesen Song zum Tragen gebracht hat, auch ANNA hat mit ihrer Sopran Stimme ihr bestes gegeben !!! 👌👌 Für mich selbst ist die ODE TO FREEOM der beste Song aus dem Album 💔, als hätten die VIER SCHWEDEN schon damals bei den Aufnahmen gewusst, dass ein Krieg ( mitten in Europa ) bevor steht !!! 😭 Keine Frage, 🅰️🅱️🅱️🅰️ geben die Antwort !!! ❤️ 🥰 🫶
I'm 43 years old. ABBA has been in my life for as long as I can remember. Every time I had bad feelings, ABBA was there to make me happy. And now, 40 years after the last album, we have this song. I completely understand you cause I was in tears while watching your video. ABBA is unique and magical! Thanks for your reaction! Hugs from Brazil.
I have loved ABBA from their first song ever. This tribute to their life together causes us to reflect on our own lives and all that we love and cherish. It was a very touching and palpable. We need this kind of beautiful emotion expressed in this topsy-turvy world. God Bless ABBA always. ❣
I first listened to this song and I immediately fell for it. It's one of the best songs they've ever made. I am now 60 years old and have been with ABBA all the way. I still have their LP and cassettes standing in front of my old turntable. A lot has happened in 40 years for me and this song came at exactly the right time. ABBA shows again what legends they are, not only here in Sweden but all over the world. I'm moved and proud of them. Greetings from Sweden.
Man I’m with you! I’ve never seen a band write a song that shows such gratitude to each other and to their fans. This is my new number one song of all time. Beautifully written and performed.
I saw ABBA in 1979. I was 15. I loved them from then til now. I'm 57 now. They are extraordinary. I feel like the little child getting a new album. I ordered it in vinyl. This cracked open a very weepy side to me. I love these two songs.
I saw them in 1979 too! October 3, 1979 to be exact 😊 in Boston. I haven’’t been able to listen to either song without tearing up either. I was very excited like all ABBA fans were during the days just prior to the livestream last week, but, I never imagined a scenario in which I would be so emotionally affected and actually brought to tears by both songs and the fact that this seems to by the situation with practically every serious ABBA fan. It’s a testament to just how much of a force music (quality music) can have over people. ❤️ ABBA ❤️
When the songs debuted, I was on a FaceTime call with a very dear, old friend of mine who has been a fellow ABBA-obsessive since our school days. Both of us just crumpled up and ugly-cried during this song. You would have been so welcome on that FaceTime, ABBA-brother. 💖
Being of Swedish heritage (parents both born in Sweden), it’s that accent that has always made ABBA just SO special to me! And hearing it now with their older voices, it’s even more so! 🥰🇸🇪
This American always appreciates their accents so much. One word in the lyrics where I notice it particularly is “bittersweet,” a word which captures so perfectly how this song and the reunion in general makes me feel.
Such a beautiful song.. I cried like a little girl when I first heard it. Something so special about Abba's music. Thank you for sharing your reaction. ❤
I am a lifelong ABBA fan from Sydney. I will never forget freezing when I heard SOS on the radio in my Grandmother's room. It changed my life. Being from Australia, I lived through ABBA MANIA. It was So Special. 40 years on, I have never had SUCH a reaction to any song (save for SOS), but this time with "I still have faith in you" it's way bigger. I am weepy, always crying with joy, not believing it's even real. The images of the Australian Tour, the ABBA Plane, all the outpouring of love, and everything about this song is SUCH a trigger. It is a masterpiece and has come at a time when the world SO needs it. I really love your raw reactions to these clips, as well as your technical inputs. We are witnessing a life-changing moment in history & it is really demonstrating the power of REAL music and of this special group in particular. ABBA were technological leaders doing video's back in the 70's, as they are now with the ABBAtars, WOW
Give yourself a pat on the back for bringing such a raw and unfiltered perspective to the emotions that we fans are all feeling. I do not have anyone in my circle that feels this way, so watching and listening to all the announcements was overwhelming because I had no one to share this with. My friends and family like ABBA, but I’m the one that had that raw reaction. It’s been so surreal and I’m finally at that point where it’s all real and exciting. ABBA truly is a bright light through all the shit going on in the world right now. So thank you for letting us join you and share this with you. I look forward to sharing this voyage GivenToe! New album and probably other surprises on the horizon. Let’s stock up on Kleenex! Cheers!
ABBA brings SO much joy and happiness to people. Even though some of their songs emote sad emotions, the songs at the same time seem to bring up so much happiness. Great reaction! Bjorn and Benny are geniuses. I´m glad I came across your channel. Love your style.
I have often told people-long before these new songs-that ABBA is the only group I can think of that can sing the very saddest of songs and still make me smile and feel happy while doing it. Now that’s what I call magic!
Since these new songs were released UA-cam has been flooded with reaction videos. I find yours to be one of the more honest, heartfelt, emotional reaction videos. The pride you feel in your homeland comes through. You are charming, straight forward and really have something to say, and you say it very well. Thank you for these 2 videos (plus the announcement reaction video which was outstanding and fun to watch).
I hope ABBA know that their words "we have a story, and it survived" resonates with so many and not just them as a group. I had to hide my love of ABBA because being gay and loving ABBA songs apparently went hand in hand and that was what i was continuously attacked for. They have survived, and many of us have survived, thanks to THEIR music. I would LOVE just to see one of them in person one day. It wont happen but maybe this virtual concert will come Down Under and i can see what i missed out on in 1975.
I van only image how that must feel, and I am sorry you were treated badly 😞😞😞 abut as you say, you survived, and ABBA did too, and I for one, am very thankful for that. Take care now 🙏🏻❤️
Five days later and this is still a grower. The more one listens to it, the more the brilliant little touches and nods to past ABBA songs are in there. And OMG, Anni-Frid's voice. Fragile tenderness to amazing power whilst still retaining those velvety tones. It's a brilliant return and these two songs have actually entered the UK singles chart in high positions. For a group that has been basically inactive for forty years and generally has an older fan-base who are less likely to stream their music, that's an amazing achievement. They are much more likely to top the album charts and I'm sure they will.
Truth. The thing that is so fascinating about ABBA is that they produced brilliant songs, but they also captured our hearts-people of alll ages are just moved. Timeless brilliance.
I have been listening to both for a week several times a day....I just can't get enough of that or crying every time thing. I know we are sad because this the goodbye album and feel cheated because 40 years of no ABBA is more pionant and sad...n that's why we are all a sobbing fanbase.❤️
@@annemow hey. Take it easy! Just give thanks. All artists have their own lives to live, and their own lessons to learn. That ABBA returned at all is a priceless gift. They owed us nothing. I wouldn’t be at all surprised to learn that it had taken them 40 years to make sense of their extraordinary lives together (and then together-apart) back then, and come to terms with everything they’d experienced since.
Ann frid vocals are so on point and the Harmonies are so amazing and i think truly that Abba Comeback came on so right Time we needed Abba to get trough this Pandemic And i can not wait for the Album to come out and see them back on stage as Abba avatars and hear them sing again you Reactions are so heartwarming and we are all feeling it I hope The abba fans Come together and stream and download and get them in the top spots on the Charts that will be so Awesome for them and Us
Unfortunately the fans don’t stream that much. I bought the vinyl 7”, both CD singles but that is not enough for the charts nowadays unfortunately so I have both songs on repeat all day in Spotify. We should ALL do that and give them new number ones but in the second week they unfortunately are dropping down in the charts because we don’t stream enough. Drake now unfortunately rules the charts with his shitty music yakki!!! So I beg all of you who have Spotify premium: stream Abba’s new songs all day on repeat even with the volume turned down for instance. ABBA best group ever! ❤️ from the Netherlands.
The reason you're getting subscriptions is because you are viscerally involved with the songs you react to. And whoever comes to the videos is able to see that.
At first listen I thought, hmmm...I get it, it’s their musical theatre side but not everyone will get it (they don’t) But when the chorus hit....wow! It is a message to humanity - We do have it in us. It’s a real grower, totemic. Everything everyone says is true. don’t shut me down though? That’s beyond stratospheric.
If your looking for the Old ABBA sound, look to Don't Shut me Down. it's a fun song! But if your looking for background, feelings that have lasted and evolved over 5 decades between 4 people then this is the song! It's an Anthem of themselves and it's a question to themselves asking if they can still do this. Is it still inside them to project out and be done in a quality manner, or has time erased all that. For me? I am like thousands of others Yelling Yes! You can do it and you do have it in you! ABBA, Thank you for MORE Music.
Are they saying they still have faith in themselves?? They should never doubt themselves! No one will ever hold a candle to them!! I love ballad vibe!!! Thanks for being true to yourselves ABBA!
Im sorry to say ABBA IS the number one band on the planet.They have the power to bring emotions in every song.People say what about the Beatles.The Beatles have never evoked the emotion and musical nous that ABBA can and do.Listen to The Winner Takes It All.So many people can relate to that song if they have ever had a relationship breakdown.Abba's mucic just brings out emotion and is so well produced.They ARE masters of emotion!!!!!!!
Mostly Agnetha has the leadvoice. This time its Anni Frids voice. Beautifully done and the color of her voice goes right trough me. She is amazing too !!!
Annifrid sang lead on dozens of amazing songs, but for some reason few of those were released as singles between 1977 and 1980. As a huge fan then and now, I never understand why and felt that she was short-changed! Hopefully ISHFIY will encourage everyone to explore their back catalogue (and then to agree with me! 😉)
@Herman Smeets - both Frida and Agnetha had a similar amount of leadvocals on each album. Benny & Bjorn made sure of that and many others were joint vocals. Agnetha’s voice was possibly more suited to the “poppy” numbers and Frida’s voice was adaptable so often used on their more complex creations that weren’t necessarily mainstream pop of that time. That said: ABBA had 9 Number 1 hits in the UK - Frida was lead vocalist on 3 of those and 5 were joint leads.
Agnetha is NOT 'the' lead singer. I get so tired of this myth. True ABBA fans know that they were BOTH lead singers, and equally shared doing lead vocals. Frida's lead songs actually had bigger chart success, so to diminish her impact in the group is just disrespectful
Both songs are great, but this is clearly the better one. "We've only just arrived. We stand on a summit, humble and grateful, to have survived" - that says it all. There is more to expect.
Yippee, another one. I've been banging on about what this song means to me and how unique it is to have a beautiful song that revolves around a long term relationship, as opposed to almost every other song in the history of pop music, which deals with new love. To hear Frida's warm and soulful voice tell the world how amazing it feels to know her closest friends for so long and how wonderful it is to share an entire life with others. It makes me cry, but in a good way.
I've watched so many reaction videos to the new ABBA song releases - because this is maybe the most impactful music release of my adult life - and only your videos so far resonate with the emotional impact of how the songs hit me too. Thank you for sharing your genuine emotions about the return of ABBA - during this era of lockdown, I really appreciate getting to share in that sort of moment here.
I'm 29 years old. Being Brazilian, i primarily speak Brazilian Portuguese. I grew up surrounded by LPs. Classics were the soundtrack of my almost 3 decades of life, and ABBA accompanied me in every step of the way. English, lyrics were not the main meaning of a song, but the emotions that transpired in each key, each intonation of each word. ABBA was there to embrace me when I laughed in happiness and cradled me and my tears in those endless nights, until i could fall asleep. Later in life i learned English. And those songs... they just got such a deeper meaning, the multitude of complexity of the human emotions declared in those words I now learned to understand. My first travel outside my home country? Will be next year. I'll see them in England. Because they had faith in us for 40 years. And I have faith in them, even when new spirit has arrive to keep them going, when they are no physically with us anymore. I'll carry their new spirit within me. I forever will.
And they say people in the Nordic countries are cold... Kudos to you for showing so much emotion! My eyes well up every time I hear these 2 new songs. I was 14 when they split up. Considering that I grew up in the communist Romania, and access to foreign music back then was a luxury, I'm grateful I had the chance to grow up with their music. And now witnessing their historic comeback! It's such a treat. I cannot wait for the album to come out and maybe be in London next year to finally see them in concert (ABBAtars or not). Thank you for sharing your reaction with the ABBA community.
I lost my shit when you said they came down and get together like guardian angles, cause that’s exactly how it feels. It’s almost as a miracle, wild dream came trough. It’s not as if they needed cash, they done it purely for fans to express their gratitude for sticking by their music over the years.
Great comments, Martin. I think I saw Bjorn say last week that he also had been feeling that 'something was missing' these last 40 years. This comeback is a gift to fans from the Gods -- but I think that their reforming completes something very, very deep and private for them all
Hej I still have faith in you Is one of the most beautiful touching/heartwarming and sophisticated ballads I’ve ever heard David 💕 It’s got so much heartfelt sentiments within the lyrics the production the four vocals the whole heart and soul of ABBA is within this beautiful recording ❤️ Frida has got a voice that instantly warms your heart it goes deep into your soul and mind it’s can give you so many emotions joy sadness and happiness and all at the same time 🥰 Unbelievable but like many ABBA songs it’s a true emotional rollercoaster of a banger that keeps your heart pumping and for me the tears flowing 😉 Agnetha and both BBs just add that magical complicated unison and unique ABBA sound ❤️ Without a doubt it’s an absolutely stunning recording the long and emotional awaited song wee have been yearning for and Wow I’ll say that again Wow 🤩 did they deliver 🤩 A wee story 😉 I have been an ABBA fan since 1981 or 82 It’s so long ago now Haha 😛 So I’ve listened to ABBA for over 40 years but sadly in 2016 I lost my mum to cancer it’s was a shocker 😿 but not wanting to damper my comments I’ll be quick 😉 I stopped listening to ABBA as these songs gave me so many reminders and memories involving my mum it’s was her who gave me my first ABBA single who introduced me to ABBA so one way or another I just couldn’t bring my self to listen to ABBA because it became to hard and emotionally wrenching 🖤 But gradually i learned to cope ect 👍 So in 2018 when ABBA announced the new songs I knew I had to listen and would 😉 that September night 2021 was so so emotional like so many who listened to ABBA the first time in so many years it was so special and I had tears or joy but also of happiness I I have to say this is now my fave ABBA somg for many reasons if you get me 👍it instantly makes such an impact on your heart and soul you can feel the rawness and emotions in it’s entirety and for what it stands for Ps I’m back to being my ABBA old self specially since the new songs arrived it’s brought me so much joy happiness in more ways than one ☝️
Yeah this specific song truly is an emotional rollercoaster. It is very good, beautiful, and the lyrics really hit you. Im sorry to hear about your mom, that is heartbreaking. Now, you can at least listen tho their new songs, remembering her, honouring her memory 🙏🏻 Have a nice day Scots! 😊
Absolutely love this song Fridas voice is just so perfect for this song love ABBA always there songs are amazing loved them in the 70s n stil love their music today this song is awesome
Yet another 50 something guy, and I still can't stop crying every time I heart this and your reaction was so genuine it's great. Having been an adult for what feels like a long time, listening to Frida begin to sing, her voice was like being given a hug by my mum and told everything will be ok, it really is that big a deal. You do what pleases you on your UA-cam channel, there's a reason people poured into your channel, believe me a million people did abba reactions, but yours was just a bit special,. If you find things that connect with your soul, then show us. You don't have to please everyone all the time, just be great at what you do and that will keep people coming back.
This song brings tears to my eyes each time I hear it. I purchased The Visitors when in Trieste, Italy in December 1981 and, as usual, began my anticipation of their next album. I didn't know at the time it would be a 40 wait. But this song made it worth the wait. Welcome back ABBA! Huge hug from southern Alberta!
I bought The Visitors as well back then in December 1981. After that next year I bought double album The Singles-First ten years and much later, don´t remember what year, maybe in early 2000´s I bought 4-cd box Thank you for the music. But yes, 40 years of wait for completely new music, I did not think this would happen but was wrong :-)
@@anterooinas4334 Ya, a year later in Dec. 1982 I was in Huntingdon, UK when a radio announcer in London said there was a contest and he had 50 autographed ABBA The First Ten Years sets to give away. So I wrote down the answers to his 5 questions and sent in the postcard. Three weeks later my autographed 'First Ten Years' albums arrived. I still have them with the commemorative picture disks set of The First Ten Years I bought at the same time. I still have my two ABBA belt buckles. ABBA FOREVER!!!! Oh, and I too have the 4 disk Thank You For The Music set. Seems like we must be like twins or something. LOL!
I‘m f…ing 58 years old and I had tears in my eyes, when I listened to that song first time. In our youth, we listened to Deep Purple, Thin Lizzy, Led Zeppelin etc. But AbbA had a special place as well. In those difficult times it was what we needed. The comback of the century. I agree 100% The voices of the ladies brilliant. Of course you might hear the age, but it made it even more brilliant. About the music arrangement and the lyrics, there is no comment needed. For me it is perfect music.👍
this is ABBA.man.maybe now you will understand by the example of these two songs why they were number one and why their songs and music are still popular forty years later
"I'm fine." 😂 Watching your reactions gives me so much joy, you can't imagine. It makes listening to this music even better. You have a rare gift for communicating to others, and deserve every success in the world. Thank you for sharing with us.
You're fast becoming one of my favourite UA-cam reactors, my friend. Your really do wear your heart on your sleeve, and that's very endearing. You've become a big hit on ABBAtalk, the main ABBA forum on Facebook, so no doubt that will bring you many new followers. It's so nice to see that this 'second coming' of ABBA has moved you in the way it has moved so many of their fans around the world. Kudos to you from Scotland.
Wanted to see how you would react to this one. The power of the emotions in the music and the lyrics is something else and your reaction says it all. Unfiltered delight. This is where your success comes from. Don’t change.
abba means father, this is heavenly music, i am 57 and was an abba fan in pubertidy, i have seen abba live in belgium and holland, and it seems like a travel a timeline into time, it is the music like they created in the old days, they bring light in our lives
I just needed one day to calm down and react on your emotional video. First of all thank you very much for showing us your emotions. I'm nearly 57 years old and ABBA were the heroes and the comrades of my youth, their music gave me strength and comfort when things didn't go easy. The highlight was seeing them live here in Germany in 1979. When they left the scene I was very sad, but growing older and turnig to other music. But I never forgot them and was very pleased by the revival of their music and also the appreciation they lately became concerning the high quality of their music. So I went very well and happy seeing Mamma Mia The Musical coming and later the movies. Then they announced their return in 2018 with two new songs and I rather went mad. The delays made me feel sad and in the end I doubted if they really will come back, but I never really lost faith in them. Watching the stream last weeks and hearing I still have faith in you made me cry so much immediately. I couldn't stop crying that evening and was very very touched. Watching young people like you in their interest and love for ABBA makes me very happy. Watching your videos about the new songs not just made me happy, again I cried a lot with watching you and I felt and still feel very touched. Thanks again and a lots of love for you from Germany♥️🙏🍀
Thank you for your honest emotional reaction - it was like watching a mirror. I have been a fan since 1974, and was destroyed hearing this song in the live broadcast. The beauty of those older deeper vocals and the astonishing lyrics and soaring chorus, which reflect their journey as a band and ours as a fan, would have been enough. But, like you, then the avatars suddenly popped up and brought not only the sound but the band members right back in their hey day, broke me. So many emotions that night. How fitting that the video ends with most iconic ever band logo embedded in the cosmos and infinity, right where it belongs. GivenToe, you reacted for all of us - thank you man.
Agnetha Fältskog, married Björn Ulvaeus in 1971. In 1978, Anni-Frid Lyngstad married Benny Andersson both couples divorced and the band broke up. I think both songs reflect that they have all been through a healing process and deep down continued to love and respect each other. That is what I take from both songs.
Abba music is timeless and unique. It’s impossible listen to this song and don’t feel it in your heart. We are all like you. It goes directly to your soul. It’s a gift in 2021 we can enjoy new ABBA music. Thank you for your beautiful reaction. ❤️
I just watched your reaction again, after discovering you just after ABBA’s relaunch last week. (I must have listened to each new song about 100 times since then, and I have frequently found myself weeping!). Your reaction video made me weep all over again! Annifrid has been my “spirit animal” since I was 12, in 1975. Watching you cry upon hearing just the first few seconds of Annifrid’s voice on ISHFIY just validated not just my last week, but my last 46 years! Like many other people commenting on here, our enduring devotion to these amazing people who are ABBA is not typically understood by others. For me it’s a very deep personal identification with their inherent humble honesty and deep moral integrity as much as their phenomenal, stunning talent; and the way that their songs offer emotional transcendence. Just hearing A&A’s combined voices again in these stunning new songs hits me straight in the solar plexus. You described ABBA’s return as if guardian angels had come back down to give us all a gift of love and compassion and hope. You nailed it! There’s a deep spiritual significance to their reunion- for millions of us, as much as them. Well done!! 💐🙌🥰
I grew up with parents playing ABBA like so many others in their late 40s today. I started buying Abba records myself around the Abba gold period in the early 90s. THAT was when Abba were still Young enough to get back on it and continue the Abba career with several more albums and a couple of world tours before calling it quits on new years eve 2000 when the members were 50-55 years old. That did not happen. Nothing 30 years ago, just Abba gold which sold 30 million worldwide and not doing a single new track. Well, at 71-76 years old they finally return with a new album and ten new songs. Inspirational. I am sure it will be good. The demand for another studio album will be huge, but it will only happen if they really had fun doing voyage and feel up to it. The money factor will play zero % into a decision. Us fans never get enough. We are ruthless. So good to have an upcoming album just a month away.
I am 60 Years of Age now, the last Studio Album of ABBA was released in Autumn 1981 when I just finished School at the Age of 20. ABBA was with me since 1975 and I loves their Music since then. The Musical Chess, the Solo Albums of Agnetha und Frida and if course the phantastic Piano-Album of Benny that was released some Years ago. And the Music of the Swedish Group GEMINI where Benny and Björn wrote the marvellous Songs which sounded like ABBA. But what happened last Week was larger than Life for me, much better as I ever expected. When I saw the Video Conference and Heard the two New Songs I had Tears in my Eyes. It was so emotional and overwhelming for me to hear this great Music. After 40 Years. Incredible. The Comeback of the Century! It's the bright Light we all need so badly in these dark and weird Times!
I'm glad to see you truly love their talents and music. I'm so happy they have reunited while they have the chance. To those of us that have so many memories of growing up with their music, this is short of a miracle. We had been given no hope of seeing this. I'm grateful maybe they understood the meaning their music had on so many people around the world. Hang in there, I have shed my fair share of tears listening to these first two songs. And we have more to look forward to!!! ☺️
Minute 4:00 Yes, your battle with emotions... An emotional washing machine. And you can't say anything more about it - you don't have to. It's Abba. They don't just sing, they tell the story. Their story and that of the fans. What fascinates me so much is that they carry you, whether sad or happy, depending on your mood. Many say Abba is upbeat elevator music. I say: Those who say that have not understood it. Abba is making history again. 1.) ABBA had started making music videos for their single releases in 1974 as part of their international breakthrough. They were primarily intended to promote the band's music in countries outside Europe, which were too far away for short promotional tours. In particular, the music video from their hit Mamma Mia helped spark unprecedented enthusiasm for ABBA in Australia and New Zealand in 1975, which lasted for years and made the group a cult band there. 2.) The long hiatus (wasn't really a breakup, after all). 3.) The "comeback" after 40 years and now: 4.) Avatars. Which group has such a thing? and finally 5.) They build (!) an arena for it. They manage to set monuments. Movies, musical, avatars etc. Nobody. Really no one has managed something like that until now. And when I imagine: I was a little boy downunder watching "We wan't Abba!" My children grew up with Abba and my grandchildren (even text sure) sing Abba songs.... Generations. Abba is a part of the family. Thank you ABBA! (for the music) :D
In the darkest days when the world needed them the most…they came back to us
So true, I love them ❤
And we are all having a breakdown
Agree, They did this for us, the fans… Not for the money, not for the fame….
Agree completely. This is what we needed right now.
We needed them missed tgem so much
It is a hymn to humanity. Not only a reminiscence to the band.
We needed this desperately.
Well said! 🙌🙌🙌🙌🙌
Sorry, it is not. Fans of ABBA seem to want to make more out of their meaning than what it is. Dancing Queen has been Hijacked and perverted the same way. A simple lyric about a 17 year old girl they want to turn into something else that it was not meant to be.
@@scottfarley3644
If you had heard any of the recent interviews with Björn, you would probably disagree.
But your view is of course perfectly fine. It's just not mine. Oops a rhyme ... 😀
@@sulamithmaharaj5298 No, Your wrong. The song,,or any of ABBA's songs were not written for perverts.
Tears are flowing.
What a lovely song they are differently back their voices still the same❤❤
Don't worry dude ,this song had us all crying, it's so emotional, they are telling us their story.
Right?
Their story involves
falling in and out of love and are still able to work together…Inspiring message for our planet ❤️
🙏🏻😍
😭🙏🏻
Yes, me too!
And we, their fans, are part of their story!
How is it possible to create sound and music like this? This song is like made in heaven and sung by angels. Oh no, it is just an ABBA-song.
Exactly. Same thing ❤️
Greetings from Sweden, ABBA-land!!!
No one can do that quite like ABBA, and they still have that magic!
Really, It's like they never left
We all cried a little bit mate. ABBA - TIMELESS, AGELESS & PERFECT. There has never been or will ever be a sound like ABBA. Pure JOY. Cheers from Sydney, Australia ✌😎
You are so endearing to watch…and now you know the tight bond of love among ABBA fans! You represent us well.
Thank you! You are the best.
SO TRUE
🙏🏻❤️
@@GivenToe How true! This is the (at least) the fifth time I listen to ABBA here at _GivenToe!_ I've listen to many a reaction now, but few are so endearing like his, giving almost more life/energy to them songs; Yes, I love this guy as I love the ABBA music. (I became an ABBA fan in December, so this is to me like it never was a long time in between. All of them are in a way new to me.
Oh, how I love this.
(Exscuse my bad English...)
With gratings from Sweden. sᴇ
❤️❤️❤️
I still weep with joy every time I hear this song. Frida’s gorgeous velvety beautiful voice is still so powerful. ❤️
Just the best and always has been!
80000 preorders in the UK alone in THREE DAYS 😮
😱😱😱😱😍🔥
Right now they are on the german Amazon bestseller list at rank #1 Ltd. CD box, #2 CD, #4 Vinyl LP, #5 "I still have faith in you" CD, #7 "Don't shut me down" CD, #29 "Abba Gold" CD, and #38 with the "Voyage" MC. Yes, the music cassette made it into the Top 40. :-D
@@AnSe902 The MC is a must buy then.
@@jari2018 Well, I still have my walkman. 😄
@@AnSe902 and I have many of my orginal cassettes bought when I were 20 - but I miss my Nachamichi 480 cassette recorder it didnt have any problem with the tape being sucked into the machine as with all other .They had some straitening the tape mechanism and Dolby C which took away the hiss - mostly
When Frida holds that final "have" for half a second more it absolutely kills me. I'm like that 12 year old kid all over again in 1978.
Yeah its so beautiful!
I have thoght as well that some of the emotions we feel when listening to these are because we are getting some kind of deep memories from the past and the feelings kind of wake up again. But that is just good and wonderful. It is just fantastic to feel very good or sob for joy in these cynical times :-)
Dude, I have been crying for days, every time I watch both videos. I believe that the song is about the band, but I feel it's a message to the human race. Music is a universal language, and they couldn't have come back at a better time!
ABBA could have the power to unite the world, in a way no one else could.
I'm not trying to promote my page, but I made my first real talking video last night .
If you are interested in watching (no problem either way, I'm not getting paid!),
ua-cam.com/video/KCLAubS5mJI/v-deo.html
Ill take a look 👍🏻🙏🏻
Frida blew this out of the water! I always preferred her smooth rich voice to Agnethas high head tunes. Great song great reaction
Thank you 🙏🏻
Nicht ungerecht werden 💔, ob nun Frida's Stimme hier besser zur Geltung kommt ( wie sie es sehen)
WIR sollten uns immer vor 👁👁 halten 🅰️🅱️🅱️🅰️, besteht aus VIER Mitgliedern,
BENNY UND BJÖRN waren und sind außergewöhnliche Musiker und Songwhiter, haben aus
" ihren " Frauen das bestmögliche heraus geholt !!! 👍👍
Ob nun ANNA FRID LYNGSTAD
( FRIDA ) oder AGNETHA FÄLTSGOG ( ANNA ) ,jede der zwei Damen hat unglaubliches
Geleistet 👌👌,da sollte man Nie behaupten, eine Stimme ist besser als die andere !!! 👎👎
Jeder darf seinen Favoriten haben, aber NIEMALS sollte ein wirklicher
🅰️🅱️🅱️🅰️ Fan behaupten, dass Frida diesen Song zum Tragen gebracht hat, auch ANNA hat mit ihrer Sopran Stimme ihr bestes gegeben !!! 👌👌
Für mich selbst ist die
ODE TO FREEOM der beste Song aus dem Album 💔, als hätten die VIER SCHWEDEN schon damals bei den Aufnahmen gewusst, dass ein Krieg ( mitten in Europa ) bevor steht !!! 😭
Keine Frage, 🅰️🅱️🅱️🅰️ geben die Antwort !!! ❤️ 🥰 🫶
I'm 43 years old. ABBA has been in my life for as long as I can remember. Every time I had bad feelings, ABBA was there to make me happy. And now, 40 years after the last album, we have this song. I completely understand you cause I was in tears while watching your video. ABBA is unique and magical! Thanks for your reaction! Hugs from Brazil.
Thank you too 🙏🏻😊
I have loved ABBA from their first song ever. This tribute to their life together causes us to reflect on our own lives and all that we love and cherish. It was a very touching and palpable. We need this kind of beautiful emotion expressed in this topsy-turvy world. God Bless ABBA always. ❣
I first listened to this song and I immediately fell for it. It's one of the best songs they've ever made. I am now 60 years old and have been with ABBA all the way. I still have their LP and cassettes standing in front of my old turntable. A lot has happened in 40 years for me and this song came at exactly the right time. ABBA shows again what legends they are, not only here in Sweden but all over the world. I'm moved and proud of them. Greetings from Sweden.
Beautiful comments! 🥰
Well expressed. Thank you
Thank you Sweden for giving the world these artistic geniuses.
I'm 60 also, and the same as you-I've been with them all along. Legends!
Yes, it's truely fantastic.
Man I’m with you! I’ve never seen a band write a song that shows such gratitude to each other and to their fans. This is my new number one song of all time. Beautifully written and performed.
Its SO amazing!
I saw ABBA in 1979. I was 15. I loved them from then til now. I'm 57 now. They are extraordinary. I feel like the little child getting a new album. I ordered it in vinyl. This cracked open a very weepy side to me. I love these two songs.
YES 👍🏼
I saw them in 1979 too! October 3, 1979 to be exact 😊 in Boston. I haven’’t been able to listen to either song without tearing up either. I was very excited like all ABBA fans were during the days just prior to the livestream last week, but, I never imagined a scenario in which I would be so emotionally affected and actually brought to tears by both songs and the fact that this seems to by the situation with practically every serious ABBA fan. It’s a testament to just how much of a force music (quality music) can have over people. ❤️ ABBA ❤️
Lucky you William!!!!!!
@@jerrycote659 I was there too 5th row. We drove from southern CT through a tornado to get there. Nearly 2 hours late, but they were 2 hours late too.
When the songs debuted, I was on a FaceTime call with a very dear, old friend of mine who has been a fellow ABBA-obsessive since our school days. Both of us just crumpled up and ugly-cried during this song. You would have been so welcome on that FaceTime, ABBA-brother. 💖
Being of Swedish heritage (parents both born in Sweden), it’s that accent that has always made ABBA just SO special to me! And hearing it now with their older voices, it’s even more so! 🥰🇸🇪
Haha yes Frida’s and Agnetha’s accent when they sing ‘inconceivabUL’ instead of inconceivable is a brilliant example of her Swedish accent! Love it.
@@ruudjanssen3485 there’s a couple other places where the accents are more obvious (to me as American) but can’t give exact words now.
This American always appreciates their accents so much. One word in the lyrics where I notice it particularly is “bittersweet,” a word which captures so perfectly how this song and the reunion in general makes me feel.
Cheers from The Kingdom of Sweden🇸🇪
Such a beautiful song.. I cried like a little girl when I first heard it. Something so special about Abba's music. Thank you for sharing your reaction. ❤
I am a lifelong ABBA fan from Sydney. I will never forget freezing when I heard SOS on the radio in my Grandmother's room. It changed my life. Being from Australia, I lived through ABBA MANIA. It was So Special. 40 years on, I have never had SUCH a reaction to any song (save for SOS), but this time with "I still have faith in you" it's way bigger. I am weepy, always crying with joy, not believing it's even real. The images of the Australian Tour, the ABBA Plane, all the outpouring of love, and everything about this song is SUCH a trigger. It is a masterpiece and has come at a time when the world SO needs it.
I really love your raw reactions to these clips, as well as your technical inputs. We are witnessing a life-changing moment in history & it is really demonstrating the power of REAL music and of this special group in particular. ABBA were technological leaders doing video's back in the 70's, as they are now with the ABBAtars, WOW
Awesome comments! Hi from a fellow 'veteran' in Victoria ;-)
Very well said!
Give yourself a pat on the back for bringing such a raw and unfiltered perspective to the emotions that we fans are all feeling. I do not have anyone in my circle that feels this way, so watching and listening to all the announcements was overwhelming because I had no one to share this with. My friends and family like ABBA, but I’m the one that had that raw reaction. It’s been so surreal and I’m finally at that point where it’s all real and exciting. ABBA truly is a bright light through all the shit going on in the world right now. So thank you for letting us join you and share this with you. I look forward to sharing this voyage GivenToe! New album and probably other surprises on the horizon. Let’s stock up on Kleenex! Cheers!
Well said! I'm alone among my friends, too, so these reaction videos (especially this one) are my outlet.
Beautifully put!
I couldn't have said it better!
Perfect comments. Thank you! 🙌
Cheers and thank you 🥰🔥🙏🏻
It could only be topped, if Mozart came back, or Beethoven.
Yeah pretty much 😅
Only if Mozart, Beethoven and Bach came back at the same time!
What Freddie Mercury did to introduce rock to opera, ABBA has done with pop and classical👍
or queen or The Bee Gees or The Carpenters !
And until last week I thought ABBA’s return was about as likely to happen as one of those.
ABBA brings SO much joy and happiness to people. Even though some of their songs emote sad emotions, the songs at the same time seem to bring up so much happiness. Great reaction! Bjorn and Benny are geniuses. I´m glad I came across your channel. Love your style.
Thank u 🙏🏻❤️
I have often told people-long before these new songs-that ABBA is the only group I can think of that can sing the very saddest of songs and still make me smile and feel happy while doing it. Now that’s what I call magic!
„The comeback of the Century!“ YES!!!!
What's happening? Just like ABBA, you bring joy to the world through your videos.
It’s the comeback of the millennium. Love your reactions. I went to Stockholm in 2015 just to go to the ABBA museum. It didn’t disappoint.
It is the comeback of two millenniums 😉
Thank u 🙏🏻😃🥰
Since these new songs were released UA-cam has been flooded with reaction videos. I find yours to be one of the more honest, heartfelt, emotional reaction videos. The pride you feel in your homeland comes through. You are charming, straight forward and really have something to say, and you say it very well. Thank you for these 2 videos (plus the announcement reaction video which was outstanding and fun to watch).
That means everything to me. Thank you dearly ❤️🙏🏻
Wo bleibt die Übersetzung? Vom Englisch ins Deutsche, es kann nicht jeder die englische Sprache.!
translate.google.com 👍🏻😊
Hear! Hear!
I hope ABBA know that their words "we have a story, and it survived" resonates with so many and not just them as a group. I had to hide my love of ABBA because being gay and loving ABBA songs apparently went hand in hand and that was what i was continuously attacked for. They have survived, and many of us have survived, thanks to THEIR music. I would LOVE just to see one of them in person one day. It wont happen but maybe this virtual concert will come Down Under and i can see what i missed out on in 1975.
I van only image how that must feel, and I am sorry you were treated badly 😞😞😞 abut as you say, you survived, and ABBA did too, and I for one, am very thankful for that. Take care now 🙏🏻❤️
It’s the most beautiful comeback song - so emotional. Cannot cope - lovely to share my emotions with you ❤️
🙏🏻❤️
ABBA is and remains an exceptional band! There's nothing more to say about that.
Her voice is so soothing.
The only thing you have to know is, even in todays messed up society, good people will get good rewards for their hard work.
Five days later and this is still a grower. The more one listens to it, the more the brilliant little touches and nods to past ABBA songs are in there. And OMG, Anni-Frid's voice. Fragile tenderness to amazing power whilst still retaining those velvety tones. It's a brilliant return and these two songs have actually entered the UK singles chart in high positions. For a group that has been basically inactive for forty years and generally has an older fan-base who are less likely to stream their music, that's an amazing achievement. They are much more likely to top the album charts and I'm sure they will.
Awesome comments! You’ve perfectly captured Annifrid’s stunning, comforting, powerful and transcendent voice.
The more you listen to it, the more it grows on you, the sweeter it sounds.
Truth. The thing that is so fascinating about ABBA is that they produced brilliant songs, but they also captured our hearts-people of alll ages are just moved. Timeless brilliance.
I have been listening to both for a week several times a day....I just can't get enough of that or crying every time thing. I know we are sad because this the goodbye album and feel cheated because 40 years of no ABBA is more pionant and sad...n that's why we are all a sobbing fanbase.❤️
@@annemow hey. Take it easy! Just give thanks. All artists have their own lives to live, and their own lessons to learn. That ABBA returned at all is a priceless gift. They owed us nothing. I wouldn’t be at all surprised to learn that it had taken them 40 years to make sense of their extraordinary lives together (and then together-apart) back then, and come to terms with everything they’d experienced since.
Ann frid vocals are so on point and the Harmonies are so amazing and i think truly that Abba Comeback came on so right Time we needed Abba to get trough this Pandemic And i can not wait for the Album to come out and see them back on stage as Abba avatars and hear them sing again you Reactions are so heartwarming and we are all feeling it I hope The abba fans Come together and stream and download and get them in the top spots on the Charts that will be so Awesome for them and Us
Anni-frid is the perfect singer, crisp, clear and jus little bit foreboding. Loved her since I was ten, I'm 50.
Unfortunately the fans don’t stream that much. I bought the vinyl 7”, both CD singles but that is not enough for the charts nowadays unfortunately so I have both songs on repeat all day in Spotify. We should ALL do that and give them new number ones but in the second week they unfortunately are dropping down in the charts because we don’t stream enough. Drake now unfortunately rules the charts with his shitty music yakki!!! So I beg all of you who have Spotify premium: stream Abba’s new songs all day on repeat even with the volume turned down for instance. ABBA best group ever! ❤️ from the Netherlands.
"I'm fine" is becoming your catch phrase. 😁
😂😂😂😅
@@GivenToe I think you were just handed your T-shirt slogan right there. Your face trying not to cry with that slogan. Time to get your merch on!
The reason you're getting subscriptions is because you are viscerally involved with the songs you react to. And whoever comes to the videos is able to see that.
Thank you 😊🙏🏻
At first listen I thought, hmmm...I get it, it’s their musical theatre side but not everyone will get it (they don’t)
But when the chorus hit....wow!
It is a message to humanity - We do have it in us.
It’s a real grower, totemic.
Everything everyone says is true.
don’t shut me down though? That’s beyond stratospheric.
Nicely put. Each song is incredible and important for unique reasons.
Abba saving the world
If your looking for the Old ABBA sound, look to Don't Shut me Down. it's a fun song! But if your looking for background, feelings that have lasted and evolved over 5 decades between 4 people then this is the song! It's an Anthem of themselves and it's a question to themselves asking if they can still do this. Is it still inside them to project out and be done in a quality manner, or has time erased all that. For me? I am like thousands of others Yelling Yes! You can do it and you do have it in you! ABBA, Thank you for MORE Music.
He's done that one and loved it so! I just watched him react to it :)) SO good!!
Yesss...they do have it them!!
Are they saying they still have faith in themselves?? They should never doubt themselves! No one will ever hold a candle to them!! I love ballad vibe!!! Thanks for being true to yourselves ABBA!
They say they have faith in each other AND the fans. I believe its a message to their significant others and to the fans.
I cry too. Just bought tickets for the concert. So nostalgic and happy right now. 😢
The world needs this right now........ including your reactions
Aww thank you! 😊
This is how music sounds like when you put your heart and soul in it.
This is probably the best song that they have ever written ❤️ and I’m 63 and abba was my childhood
I was the same as you I was crying hearing Frida,s beautiful voice glad someone else felt the same keep up the good work
Me too. The moment I heard Frida sing, I began to weep. She is still amazing!
Im sorry to say ABBA IS the number one band on the planet.They have the power to bring emotions in every song.People say what about the Beatles.The Beatles have never evoked the emotion and musical nous that ABBA can and do.Listen to The Winner Takes It All.So many people can relate to that song if they have ever had a relationship breakdown.Abba's mucic just brings out emotion and is so well produced.They ARE masters of emotion!!!!!!!
Yes they doo
Mostly Agnetha has the leadvoice. This time its Anni Frids voice. Beautifully done and the color of her voice goes right trough me. She is amazing too !!!
Annifrid sang lead on dozens of amazing songs, but for some reason few of those were released as singles between 1977 and 1980. As a huge fan then and now, I never understand why and felt that she was short-changed! Hopefully ISHFIY will encourage everyone to explore their back catalogue (and then to agree with me! 😉)
@Herman Smeets - both Frida and Agnetha had a similar amount of leadvocals on each album. Benny & Bjorn made sure of that and many others were joint vocals. Agnetha’s voice was possibly more suited to the “poppy” numbers and Frida’s voice was adaptable so often used on their more complex creations that weren’t necessarily mainstream pop of that time. That said: ABBA had 9 Number 1 hits in the UK - Frida was lead vocalist on 3 of those and 5 were joint leads.
@@lounolastname4477 kudos: well-researched!
Depends on the song. Frida is a leader in many songs as well.
Agnetha is NOT 'the' lead singer. I get so tired of this myth. True ABBA fans know that they were BOTH lead singers, and equally shared doing lead vocals. Frida's lead songs actually had bigger chart success, so to diminish her impact in the group is just disrespectful
Both songs are great, but this is clearly the better one. "We've only just arrived. We stand on a summit, humble and grateful, to have survived" - that says it all. There is more to expect.
Yippee, another one. I've been banging on about what this song means to me and how unique it is to have a beautiful song that revolves around a long term relationship, as opposed to almost every other song in the history of pop music, which deals with new love. To hear Frida's warm and soulful voice tell the world how amazing it feels to know her closest friends for so long and how wonderful it is to share an entire life with others. It makes me cry, but in a good way.
I CAN RELATE TO YOU BEING ALL CHOKED UP. ABBA TOOK US ON AN EMOTIONAL JOURNEY, BUT A GOOD ONE. THEY ARE ALL SO MUSICALLY GIFTED.
I've watched so many reaction videos to the new ABBA song releases - because this is maybe the most impactful music release of my adult life - and only your videos so far resonate with the emotional impact of how the songs hit me too. Thank you for sharing your genuine emotions about the return of ABBA - during this era of lockdown, I really appreciate getting to share in that sort of moment here.
🥺🙏🏻❤️
Hear hear! 👍🏼
I'm 29 years old. Being Brazilian, i primarily speak Brazilian Portuguese.
I grew up surrounded by LPs. Classics were the soundtrack of my almost 3 decades of life, and ABBA accompanied me in every step of the way. English, lyrics were not the main meaning of a song, but the emotions that transpired in each key, each intonation of each word.
ABBA was there to embrace me when I laughed in happiness and cradled me and my tears in those endless nights, until i could fall asleep.
Later in life i learned English. And those songs... they just got such a deeper meaning, the multitude of complexity of the human emotions declared in those words I now learned to understand.
My first travel outside my home country? Will be next year.
I'll see them in England. Because they had faith in us for 40 years. And I have faith in them, even when new spirit has arrive to keep them going, when they are no physically with us anymore.
I'll carry their new spirit within me. I forever will.
And they say people in the Nordic countries are cold... Kudos to you for showing so much emotion! My eyes well up every time I hear these 2 new songs. I was 14 when they split up. Considering that I grew up in the communist Romania, and access to foreign music back then was a luxury, I'm grateful I had the chance to grow up with their music. And now witnessing their historic comeback! It's such a treat. I cannot wait for the album to come out and maybe be in London next year to finally see them in concert (ABBAtars or not). Thank you for sharing your reaction with the ABBA community.
Nearly a year on and this song still makes me cry with joy.
Yep
Given Toe, this song can be compared with ABBA'S "I Let The Music Speak" in which the leadvocal is Anni-Frid (Frida) too.
Thanks for your emotional reaction!!!! ABBA connects the world - Greetings from Dortmund - Germany!!!
🙏🏻😊
This is really music..as you said. A new spirit has arrived...it all comes down to love. A hug for you man
Most 1970-80's bands tour today for the old hits, this is one time I can actually say I would want the new material!!!
I lost my shit when you said they came down and get together like guardian angles, cause that’s exactly how it feels. It’s almost as a miracle, wild dream came trough. It’s not as if they needed cash, they done it purely for fans to express their gratitude for sticking by their music over the years.
Great comments, Martin. I think I saw Bjorn say last week that he also had been feeling that 'something was missing' these last 40 years. This comeback is a gift to fans from the Gods -- but I think that their reforming completes something very, very deep and private for them all
ABBA THE LEGEND!!!!!Welcome back ABBA....Welcome back Sweden!!!Greece loves you!!!!
It's not the comeback of the century. It's one of the most exciting comebacks in pop history!
Thank you for the music ABBA ❤️❤️❤️ and thank you Given Toe.
Love from Sweden ❤️🇸🇪❤️🇸🇪❤️
Thank you ❤️❤️🙏🏻😊
Hej
I still have faith in you Is one of the most beautiful touching/heartwarming and sophisticated ballads I’ve ever heard David 💕 It’s got so much heartfelt sentiments within the lyrics the production the four
vocals the whole heart and soul of ABBA is within this beautiful recording ❤️ Frida has got a voice that instantly warms your heart it goes deep into your soul and mind it’s can give you so many emotions joy sadness and happiness and all at the same time 🥰 Unbelievable but like many ABBA songs it’s a true emotional rollercoaster of a banger that keeps your heart pumping and for me the tears flowing 😉 Agnetha and both BBs just add that magical complicated unison and unique ABBA sound ❤️ Without a doubt it’s an absolutely stunning recording the long and emotional awaited song wee have been yearning for and Wow I’ll say that again Wow 🤩 did they deliver 🤩
A wee story 😉 I have been an ABBA fan since 1981 or
82 It’s so long ago now Haha 😛 So I’ve listened to ABBA for over 40 years but sadly in 2016 I lost my mum to cancer it’s was a shocker 😿 but not wanting to damper my comments I’ll be quick 😉 I stopped listening to ABBA as these songs gave me so many reminders and memories involving my mum it’s was her who gave me my first ABBA single who introduced me to ABBA so one way or another I just couldn’t bring my self to listen to ABBA because it became to hard and emotionally wrenching 🖤 But gradually i learned to
cope ect 👍 So in 2018 when ABBA announced the new songs I knew I had to listen and would 😉 that September night 2021 was so so
emotional like so many who listened to ABBA
the first time in so many years it was so special and I had tears or joy but also of happiness I I have to say this is now my fave ABBA somg for many reasons if you get me 👍it instantly makes such an impact on your heart and soul you can feel the rawness and emotions in it’s entirety and for what it stands for
Ps I’m back to being my ABBA old self specially since the new songs arrived it’s brought me so much joy happiness in more ways than one ☝️
Yeah this specific song truly is an emotional rollercoaster. It is very good, beautiful, and the lyrics really hit you. Im sorry to hear about your mom, that is heartbreaking. Now, you can at least listen tho their new songs, remembering her, honouring her memory 🙏🏻 Have a nice day Scots! 😊
Cheers David I do 😉🙌
Absolutely love this song Fridas voice is just so perfect for this song love ABBA always there songs are amazing loved them in the 70s n stil love their music today this song is awesome
Magnificent ABBA. Unbelievable comeback after almost 40 years. They haven't lost their unique touch!
Yet another 50 something guy, and I still can't stop crying every time I heart this and your reaction was so genuine it's great. Having been an adult for what feels like a long time, listening to Frida begin to sing, her voice was like being given a hug by my mum and told everything will be ok, it really is that big a deal. You do what pleases you on your UA-cam channel, there's a reason people poured into your channel, believe me a million people did abba reactions, but yours was just a bit special,. If you find things that connect with your soul, then show us. You don't have to please everyone all the time, just be great at what you do and that will keep people coming back.
Thank you for those hearwarming words 🙏🏻❤️
This song brings tears to my eyes each time I hear it. I purchased The Visitors when in Trieste, Italy in December 1981 and, as usual, began my anticipation of their next album. I didn't know at the time it would be a 40 wait. But this song made it worth the wait. Welcome back ABBA! Huge hug from southern Alberta!
Thanks for the comment! Nobody thought it was gonna be 40 years, yet here they are! Hug back from Sweden! 🇸🇪🙏🏻🤗
Huge hug from Italië , punte ala
I bought The Visitors as well back then in December 1981. After that next year I bought double album The Singles-First ten years and much later, don´t remember what year, maybe in early 2000´s I bought 4-cd box Thank you for the music. But yes, 40 years of wait for completely new music, I did not think this would happen but was wrong :-)
@@anterooinas4334 Ya, a year later in Dec. 1982 I was in Huntingdon, UK when a radio announcer in London said there was a contest and he had 50 autographed ABBA The First Ten Years sets to give away. So I wrote down the answers to his 5 questions and sent in the postcard. Three weeks later my autographed 'First Ten Years' albums arrived. I still have them with the commemorative picture disks set of The First Ten Years I bought at the same time. I still have my two ABBA belt buckles. ABBA FOREVER!!!! Oh, and I too have the 4 disk Thank You For The Music set. Seems like we must be like twins or something. LOL!
@@DC-vv5ii Oh great! Yes, clearly we are twins. Soul mates anyway. It´s so great to find them now because back then I didn´t have any :-)
same here i cried the first time i heard this song, abba fan here, i am so. happy they returned after 40 yrs, amazing
Your reaction to both songs is a total joy - the strange confusion of realising that these new songs are Gold standard👏
ABBA is my antidepressant 🫀♥️
It's so pleasing to see a young man feel about ABBA the way we oldies do. I'm so happy to welcome them back into my heart.
I‘m f…ing 58 years old and I had tears in my eyes, when I listened to that song first time.
In our youth, we listened to Deep Purple, Thin Lizzy, Led Zeppelin etc.
But AbbA had a special place as well.
In those difficult times it was what we needed.
The comback of the century. I agree 100%
The voices of the ladies brilliant. Of course you might hear the age, but it made it even more brilliant.
About the music arrangement and the lyrics, there is no comment needed. For me it is perfect music.👍
😁😁😁
Truly beautiful. I cry every time I hear it. Frida’s voice is gorgeous. Anthemic.
this is ABBA.man.maybe now you will understand by the example of these two songs why they were number one and why their songs and music are still popular forty years later
"I'm fine." 😂 Watching your reactions gives me so much joy, you can't imagine. It makes listening to this music even better. You have a rare gift for communicating to others, and deserve every success in the world. Thank you for sharing with us.
Haha 😅😂 Yeah that second was a heartbroken man 😅 Thank you though, that means so much to me ❤️❤️🥺
Lovely song they are definitely back tgeir voices still the same❤❤
You're fast becoming one of my favourite UA-cam reactors, my friend. Your really do wear your heart on your sleeve, and that's very endearing. You've become a big hit on ABBAtalk, the main ABBA forum on Facebook, so no doubt that will bring you many new followers. It's so nice to see that this 'second coming' of ABBA has moved you in the way it has moved so many of their fans around the world. Kudos to you from Scotland.
Came here via ABBAtalk haha
Thank you a thousand times! I had no idea!? That makes me so happy 🥺😭❤️
Wow thanks for letting me know! 🙏🏻🔥
You should join ABBAtalk, it is fun :p
🙏🏻🙏🏻
Bro I cry with you....my life is back!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
That last bit of the song is a GUTPUNCH.
Yeah I felt that too 🥺😭
WOW! what a comeback! They came back with the best song they have ever written ::::faints😵::::
Wanted to see how you would react to this one. The power of the emotions in the music and the lyrics is something else and your reaction says it all. Unfiltered delight. This is where your success comes from. Don’t change.
The world needs ABBA right now so here they are. Love
It was beautiful it was sad and happy at the same time.Only Abba can do this to people.Bravo Abba!and this channel!
abba means father, this is heavenly music, i am 57 and was an abba fan in pubertidy, i have seen abba live in belgium and holland, and it seems like a travel a timeline into time, it is the music like they created in the old days, they bring light in our lives
I just needed one day to calm down and react on your emotional video. First of all thank you very much for showing us your emotions. I'm nearly 57 years old and ABBA were the heroes and the comrades of my youth, their music gave me strength and comfort when things didn't go easy. The highlight was seeing them live here in Germany in 1979. When they left the scene I was very sad, but growing older and turnig to other music. But I never forgot them and was very pleased by the revival of their music and also the appreciation they lately became concerning the high quality of their music. So I went very well and happy seeing Mamma Mia The Musical coming and later the movies. Then they announced their return in 2018 with two new songs and I rather went mad. The delays made me feel sad and in the end I doubted if they really will come back, but I never really lost faith in them. Watching the stream last weeks and hearing I still have faith in you made me cry so much immediately. I couldn't stop crying that evening and was very very touched. Watching young people like you in their interest and love for ABBA makes me very happy. Watching your videos about the new songs not just made me happy, again I cried a lot with watching you and I felt and still feel very touched. Thanks again and a lots of love for you from Germany♥️🙏🍀
50 years ago… ABBA changed the world.
Now they’re BACK to change the world….AGAIN!!
These songs ARE proof!!
Thank you for your honest emotional reaction - it was like watching a mirror. I have been a fan since 1974, and was destroyed hearing this song in the live broadcast. The beauty of those older deeper vocals and the astonishing lyrics and soaring chorus, which reflect their journey as a band and ours as a fan, would have been enough. But, like you, then the avatars suddenly popped up and brought not only the sound but the band members right back in their hey day, broke me. So many emotions that night. How fitting that the video ends with most iconic ever band logo embedded in the cosmos and infinity, right where it belongs. GivenToe, you reacted for all of us - thank you man.
That was beautifully written, thank YOU! ❤️🙏🏻🥺
awesome comments, Richard!
Agnetha Fältskog, married Björn Ulvaeus in 1971. In 1978, Anni-Frid Lyngstad married Benny Andersson both couples divorced and the band broke up. I think both songs reflect that they have all been through a healing process and deep down continued to love and respect each other. That is what I take from both songs.
Had the same reaction myself SOO glad to have them back
Why do I always cry, hearing this song? Am I the only one? ... ABBA is defintly back, just as we remember them...
You’re not the only one
Abba music is timeless and unique. It’s impossible listen to this song and don’t feel it in your heart. We are all like you. It goes directly to your soul. It’s a gift in 2021 we can enjoy new ABBA music. Thank you for your beautiful reaction. ❤️
What can I say ......Fantastic 🤷 never been so happy to see a group return ...with a bang .🥰🥰🥰❤❤❤💖
I just watched your reaction again, after discovering you just after ABBA’s relaunch last week. (I must have listened to each new song about 100 times since then, and I have frequently found myself weeping!). Your reaction video made me weep all over again! Annifrid has been my “spirit animal” since I was 12, in 1975. Watching you cry upon hearing just the first few seconds of Annifrid’s voice on ISHFIY just validated not just my last week, but my last 46 years! Like many other people commenting on here, our enduring devotion to these amazing people who are ABBA is not typically understood by others. For me it’s a very deep personal identification with their inherent humble honesty and deep moral integrity as much as their phenomenal, stunning talent; and the way that their songs offer emotional transcendence. Just hearing A&A’s combined voices again in these stunning new songs hits me straight in the solar plexus. You described ABBA’s return as if guardian angels had come back down to give us all a gift of love and compassion and hope. You nailed it! There’s a deep spiritual significance to their reunion- for millions of us, as much as them. Well done!! 💐🙌🥰
Thank you from the bottom of my heart ❤️🙏🏻
I could not agree more. Well said.
I grew up with parents playing ABBA like so many others in their late 40s today. I started buying Abba records myself around the Abba gold period in the early 90s. THAT was when Abba were still Young enough to get back on it and continue the Abba career with several more albums and a couple of world tours before calling it quits on new years eve 2000 when the members were 50-55 years old. That did not happen. Nothing 30 years ago, just Abba gold which sold 30 million worldwide and not doing a single new track. Well, at 71-76 years old they finally return with a new album and ten new songs. Inspirational. I am sure it will be good. The demand for another studio album will be huge, but it will only happen if they really had fun doing voyage and feel up to it. The money factor will play zero % into a decision. Us fans never get enough. We are ruthless. So good to have an upcoming album just a month away.
Love your reactions, and love ABBA's new songs. I share your feelings, this is pure gold and pure ABBA sound.
I am 60 Years of Age now, the last Studio Album of ABBA was released in Autumn 1981 when I just finished School at the Age of 20.
ABBA was with me since 1975 and I loves their Music since then. The Musical Chess, the Solo Albums of Agnetha und Frida and if course the phantastic Piano-Album of Benny that was released some Years ago. And the Music of the Swedish Group GEMINI where Benny and Björn wrote the marvellous Songs which sounded like ABBA.
But what happened last Week was larger than Life for me, much better as I ever expected.
When I saw the Video Conference and Heard the two New Songs I had Tears in my Eyes. It was so emotional and overwhelming for me to hear this great Music. After 40 Years. Incredible. The Comeback of the Century! It's the bright Light we all need so badly in these dark and weird Times!
Such a huge meaningful song ! They are the #1 band of all time from their music to their marketing plan. Cheers to Abba !
Everytime i see you in this Abba video you make me cry!!! You are so fantastic and give me emoticons,i love Abba music,and i love you thanks.
Thank you so much 🙏🏻❤️
I'm glad to see you truly love their talents and music. I'm so happy they have reunited while they have the chance.
To those of us that have so many memories of growing up with their music, this is short of a miracle. We had been given no hope of seeing this.
I'm grateful maybe they understood the meaning their music had on so many people around the world.
Hang in there, I have shed my fair share of tears listening to these first two songs. And we have more to look forward to!!! ☺️
Minute 4:00 Yes, your battle with emotions... An emotional washing machine. And you can't say anything more about it - you don't have to. It's Abba. They don't just sing, they tell the story. Their story and that of the fans. What fascinates me so much is that they carry you, whether sad or happy, depending on your mood. Many say Abba is upbeat elevator music. I say: Those who say that have not understood it.
Abba is making history again. 1.) ABBA had started making music videos for their single releases in 1974 as part of their international breakthrough. They were primarily intended to promote the band's music in countries outside Europe, which were too far away for short promotional tours. In particular, the music video from their hit Mamma Mia helped spark unprecedented enthusiasm for ABBA in Australia and New Zealand in 1975, which lasted for years and made the group a cult band there.
2.) The long hiatus (wasn't really a breakup, after all).
3.) The "comeback" after 40 years and now:
4.) Avatars. Which group has such a thing? and finally
5.) They build (!) an arena for it. They manage to set monuments. Movies, musical, avatars etc. Nobody. Really no one has managed something like that until now. And when I imagine: I was a little boy downunder watching "We wan't Abba!" My children grew up with Abba and my grandchildren (even text sure) sing Abba songs.... Generations. Abba is a part of the family. Thank you ABBA! (for the music) :D