You speak my mind here. I'm a guitarist primarily into rock and i tell people plainly that Abba and the Carpenters are up there with the best of them - but i get funny looks for it (these people are not being honest).
My HS FB Coach, who was a BadASS....turned me on to how awesome ABBA is. He just passed 3 yrs ago, a Friend to the end, and coached us to a State FB Chip my Sr. year....he knew what was up. India Reacts knows what's up as well....i love the heart you bring to your reactions, m'Lady. :)
@ac McG Any Swedish teenager could write lyrics in English just as easy as in Swedish. For these teenaged Mexican sisters writing lyrics in English is easier than to write them in Spanish. Some languages are simply more difficult to write lyrics in. ua-cam.com/video/Pq5LehocYkY/v-deo.html
bingo.I grew up with ABBA in the seventies,but in those days it wasn't cool to admit that.Now,I am simply too old to care.They are the very definition of a supergroup.
Singer singing a song about how she might feel, written by her ex-husband who left her for one of her best friends. How Agnetha was able to sing this simply defies belief.
it was a mutually agree split..........not particularly amicable but both wanted it. Their ability to write global hit after global hit after global hit.............eased the pain too I imagine.
Fleetwood Mac wrote, recorded, released their album Rumours the whole while several of its members were cheating with each other and relationships breaking up. Then went on a world tour together! It happens! LOL
Might also help that English wasn't her first language, might help to disconnect the meaning a bit. I agree with the other person who praises her professionalism as well though.
Champion George Foreman loves ABBA. He said he would train listening to ABBA and he was overwhelmed when he got to meet the males from the group in Better Late Than Never.
To add some context: ABBA used to consist of two married couples, the lead singer in the video (Agneta Fältskog) was married to the dude on the guitar (Björn Ulvaeus), and the brunette singer (Anni-Frid Lyngstad) was married to the bearded dude on the piano (Benny Andersson). At this point, both marriages had basically failed, and you can hear in most of ABBA's music of this last period deals with heartache and broken relationships. So the dudes wrote music about breaking up with their wives, which was sung by said wives. Must have been some Fleetwood Mac level of painful music production.
Agnetha has always claimed that this song was her absolute favourite. Notice that the melody somehow never ends when the refrain is being sung. That's what makes this song so brilliant.
@@nordscan9043 You Germanic people pronounce the k when we don't i.e knight/knitting. Speaking as a half German/half Englishman. It's NOT about can't be bothered. If it's not in our language and they have not learned foreign languages HOW WOULD THEY KNOW? IDIOT! And she is American not English, they are well known for not speaking foreign languages so in their case you statement may be true.
Andreas Ranthe i, as a swede, have problem with ”thr”in english - it’s not natural and needs to be learned. You can’t expect an english person to know swedish names.. they have to learn it because it’s not natural.. hey Å,Ä and Ö don’t even exist for them
No, it's fiction, written by Björn Ulvaeus. The sadness and beauty of the lyrics was "inspired" by their own divorce, of course (and according to Björn) but it's certainly no literal story or documentary.
@@herrbonk3635 that only makes it more real and personal. imagine, her ex writing lyrics about him being with another girl and then making her sing about it in public.
@@dealerovski82 Agnatha was pretty promiscuous in her day too though. We don’t know she wasn’t being with anyone first. In fact since bjorn wrote these lyrics it makes me think he experienced these feelings, not that he was trying to torture her. You can even see in this video his eyes look a bit watery...I think the initial pain of the split and perhaps both seeing each other with new partners for the first time and how that felt while adjusting to the change for both parties was his inspiration for this song. But I guess that’s here say.
@@marlenejojo1 Of course we don't know everything or the details. But the image I get from all the documentaries of Agneta its she wasn't very outgoing and didn't like the publicity. She wanted to spend more time with her child and not tour so much and that is the main conflict that ended the marriage officially.
This is the most heartbreaking song ever written. Period. The amazing thing is that Abba continued for another three years before properly splitting up as a band.
The story behind this song is truly heartbreaking!! The singer Agnetha, was married to the guitarist. They had a pretty rocky marriage. She had been dealing with alot of mental issues, and had gotten to the point where she wanted out of the band, to be with their children. Her husband was more concern with the band. They ended up divorcing, he remarried, and was expecting a baby, wrote this song. And wanted to record it before his child was born!!! If you watch the music video. You will see the pain in Agnetha's eyes!!! It's real and very raw!!! This is just one of my favorite songs from Abba. And it's one that makes me teared up every time!!!
@Celtic Revival / Adfywiad Celtaidd ....... The guys in the group were pretty much all about the money and the band! Which I think effected both of the marriages.There was a documentary that I watched sometime last year. It was really good and sad. It gave me a whole new outlook on the group. I don't remember the name of it, sorry
@Celtic Revival / Adfywiad Celtaidd ...... The name of the documentary is called ... 'Abba: When All Is Said And Done' it's part real footage and reenactments! It's really good, I'm not sure if it's on youtube!
@Celtic Revival / Adfywiad Celtaidd ..... True! Look at my guy Steve Perry. With all the touring Journey did. He couldn't do it any more!! He said he was 'toast!' And after he left Journey, he didn't listen to any kind of music. However, I'm grateful for his new music!!
Both married couples that formed the group had divorced by this point in time and so song is poignantly relevant hence lead vocalist's emotional delivery🎩
Nope they hadn't got with each other's spouses. But yes both couples were recently divorced, They had stopped touring and were only producing studio albums.
Neil McDonald bang on, that’s exactly what happened. I watched a documentary with them explaining what happened. She said it absolutely tore her apart and he wasn’t much better but their marriage had played itself out but obviously they remained friends and not just for the groups sake.👍
I'm confused by the lack of comments pointing out the impossibility of going more than a few months pretty much anywhere on the planet without hearing & seeing ABBA.
"And tell me... does she kiss.... like I used to kiss you?" Has to be one of the finest lines EVER written. Heartbreaking stuff. Everybody should listen to the album, Abba Gold. It should be a legal requirement!!!
YelpBullhorn ABBA Gold made me a fan (at the age of 30!) 21 years ago when I checked it out from the library, after which I purchased my own copy. Some of the most perfect pop music I have ever heard.
I was born in 1971, and I remember ABBA from back then. I'm mostly into metal, have been most of my life, but I'm the only person I know that has an ABBA box set. Listen to them loud with headphones, the production is flawless and the songs are beautiful.
I listen to ABBA a lot. Love them. Can never get enough of them and their music. They are a big gold mine! In spite of their great sucess, they always kept, and still keeps, humble. And down to earth.
The last year was excruciating for Agnetha. She disappeared from the world for quite a few years. She refuses to participate in anything ABBA and as of a couple years ago came out of seclusion and recorded a new album in her native Sweden.
Also in 2020, oh my God, I love zweden, people are wonderful, but little bit cold as ice, hahahah. May i ask you a question? Do they also have feelings? I think if they have, they do not show it to the person they love. Greetings from Holland.
This is undoubtedly the saddest divorce song ever written in the history of music. When a marriage or relationship ends, there is always someone who loses more than the other.
@@GroovingPict Yes, Benny and Frida's story has sung in All Is Said And Done (although we can see on Frida's face she already feels similar; her and Benny's breakup happened a little later after the single and album released)
@@dawn6320 That was the gossip; actually Björn and Agnetha became estranged from each other (mostly because of the pressure by success what made the introverted Agnetha's downer tough), then Agnetha and the kids left him and he started to date with her "younger alterego", a journalist called Lena Kallersjö (around a week later). A half year later Björn confessed to Frida a quite alike state: he cheated her with a (bit younger and similar looking) TV reporter, Mona Nörklit. The women tried to move on too with more or less success. This and the global political and social issues had a strong effect on the final completed album, The Visitors and the subsequent singles which would lead up the next album what has never been made.
Aaand.. while we're at it: if anyone wants to know another acronym of a huge swedish name , IKEA, it's; Ingvar Kamprad Elmtaryd Agunnaryd. The founder's name and birthplace! 😁
@@elizabethtimothy4776 Makes me think of Hollywood marriages and divorses... or break ups... Like If both are alive and whole at the end, it's a win...Lol
Pure vocals, neutral - no oversinging, no vocal gymnastics, no ghetto r&b vocals. The material - true songs and compositions, artistic merit, musical content, variations in the songs, a message, melody and even sensitivity. No, ABBA isn't the only one like this, but simply most mainstream acts and work before the 2000s
she's not a musician. she's a singer. there's a BIG difference. a voice is not a musical instrument. never was, never will be look up "instrument" in the dictionary.
@Ricky Crawford you couldn't be more wrong bub. look it up. from cambridge dictionary: someone who is skilled in playing music, usually as a job. from websters: A musician is a person who plays a musical instrument or is musically talented. from wiki: A musician is a person who plays a musical instrument or is musically talented. I'll summarize it for you, NEVER will you see a vocalist on ANY musician list. you keyboard commando's should THINK before you speak. here endeth the lesson. duh
agnetha had an incredible vocal range. if you listen to "hole in your soul", you'll hear her hit a glass-shattering high note in the middle of the song. it makes my hair stand up whenever i hear it.
Thank you for finally doing an ABBA reaction! Very well done and you may be surprised to know they sold over 300 million albums world-wide. They also are the only band to ever sellout six consecutive nights at Wembley Stadium for a tour in the UK. If you ever want to see something incredible look up their live videos from that tour. You'll be blown away at how good they were live.
Wow, a spectacular vocal performance! One of those songs that will expose even the slightests of vocal flaw, she had to be spot on every second throughout
So funny to see a young 'un react tot the music of my youth. It's inconceivable to me that you don't even /know/ of these bands today, but that's how it is. ABBA is an acronym made up from the initials of their first names.
It depends on people. Young generation also loves and listens to them. I'm 16 and I love old songs by Beatles, Queen, ABBA, Guns 'N Roses, Whitney Houston. They became world classics. It is worth at least respecting. Sorry for English mistakes, I'm not a native speaker
There are so many other ABBA songs you should react to! _Gimme! Gimme! Gimme!_ _Money, money, money_ _Chiquitita_ _Fernando_ _S.O.S_ _Waterloo_ _Super Trooper_ _Dancing Queen_ _Mamma Mia_ _Voulez-Vous_ And, as for some personal favourites that are less-well-known but I think are awesome _Eagle_ _I Have A Dream_ There are probably a dozen (or two) amazing songs I am forgetting right now, but these should last you for a bit.
It's about another woman winning the heart of her man. It's a breakup not necessarily a divorce with kids. You opened up a great box with ABBA. Weirdly I don't see other reactors doing ABBA.
I dont believe they were actually "influential". By all accounts they brought nothing new to music. They just perfected the form. Someone like the sex pistols (absolutely massively influential... yet not a single award) or kraftwerk... possibly one (if not the) most influential group in history creating two brand new styles of music along with the Beatles or Elvis. If music "styles" were vehicles (cars, trains, planes etc) then ABBA would be a Ferrari, a bullet train or a supersonic fighter jet. But it's the Benz motorwagan, Trevithics steam engine or Wright brothers "flyer" that were the creators.
This was my favorite group..when I was 12 years old. They were recently offered 1 Billion to sing again, however they declined. Their Songs in Spanish are so beautiful and I believe they are Simply Amazing! Watch the documentary as the girls in the band were married to the men and decided to DIVORCE...they were millionaires by then and split up. Thanks 🙏🏽 for the REACTION is greatly appreciated...Happy Holidays and God Bless. 🤔🙇🏻♀️🙏🏽🔥🔍🇺🇸🕊👏🏽
ABBA were prolific songwriters, dipping into different genres for inspiration. That's why most of their songs sound so distinctly different from each other. You can't categorize what genre they fall into because they turned to so many differing types of music. You can hear all the differences I mean by listening to - Dancing Queen, Fernando, SOS, Does your mother know, Voulez Vous, Take a chance on me, Waterloo, Mamma Mia...among many other hits.
It's the most bitter of love songs and yes Agnetha brings such incredible raw emotion to her performance. The perfect Reprise to this ABBA song is 'Thank You for the Music'
I am Swedish and ABBA were my absolute idols when I was young. My walls were covered with posters of them and I even went to see them live at a consert. One of my best memories.
Abba have been a part of my life since 1974. My parents took me to their concert when they toured in Australia in 1977. I was 7 years old. They have just recently recorded 3 songs together in the studio (after about 28 years!) for a virtual tour which I have been anxiously waiting to be released. But there has been some delay. Abba is the love of my life, they have always been there for me. ❤️
She was one of my fav from abba and still is. This song was my first song I ever wrote letter by letter (and English isn't my first language) I was so proud of myslef. I learned English form English music and one of them was abba songs.
When you listen to these two ladies beautiful voices, just keep in mind that there was no auto tune back them. You really need to dive into this group. They have so many hits. Probably a lot of songs you know and don't even realize it. Dancing Queen, Mama Mia, Fernando.. Prepare for the 🐇 🕳️
@Nicky L When they exploded into the English-speaking world, Agnetha could not speak the language. The others had various ability, but English was not the primary language for any of them. Agnetha memorized and sang the sounds, not the words.
@Nicky L pretty sure both the ladies couldn't speak English...definitely not Agnetha in fact I think Bjorn may have been the only one of the 4 that could speak and understand English properly
Welcome to my youth when ABBA was on the radio all the time. While I'm more a hard rock, metal guy...I still love me some ABBA. Great songs and great performance. Just get one of their greatest hits albums, pour your favorite adult beverage, kick everyone out of the house, put some great earphones on and enjoy!
ABBA are one of the most successful groups of all time in UK and Europe...in USA only had a small number of top 10s and 1 chart topper (1976's Dancing Queen)...hence your lack of familiarity with them (here in the UK they had over half a dozen number 1 singles and other top ten hits...they had 8 number 1 albums on trot in UK)🎩
This song and Love is a Losing Game by Amy Winehouse are songs that I think of together, for all that they’re very different. They both use very similar metaphors for a broken relationship, and have the same amount of emotion in them. Also sung by two extremely gifted women with astounding voices.
This is the music us older people grew up on, REAL MUSIC. The music is "melodic," which is what's really missing from what is called music today. And also, as others have said, this is before autotune, when singers were SINGERS with talent. I enjoyed watching you appreciate this band and this song. Your son barging in was also very cute!
ABBA . Super group that consisted of the married duo Agnetha (the lead singer on this song) and Bjorn the guitarist, and the married duo of Frida(the dark haired singer) and Benny, playing the piano. The song was written by Benny and Bjorn basically about the divorce Bjorn and his wife Agnetha (again the lead singer), though both couples ended up divorcing. The song became the last big hit for the group as they broke up after a decade (1973-1983) and never officially reunited to record or tour. But they were one of the popular pop groups worldwide having sold 300 million records to date .
If you lived in the UK or Australia you couldn't escape 'ABBAmania' in the 70's. 9 No.1's in the UK. Not so big in America, one No.1 (Dancing Queen) and a few Top Ten's (Take A Chance On Me, The Winner Takes It All, Waterloo).
I'm a rocker and I've always openly told people I love Abba and the Carpenters. Good music is good music.
Especially as between them they had two of the greatest female vocalists of all time: Agnetha & Karen.
Me too and RIP Karen, her voice was liquid gold. Perfect.
@@soupdragonuk
Yeah.......and they both went too early.
You speak my mind here. I'm a guitarist primarily into rock and i tell people plainly that Abba and the Carpenters are up there with the best of them - but i get funny looks for it (these people are not being honest).
👍🤘😉
Anyone who says they don't like their music is simply lying.
Not really
My HS FB Coach, who was a BadASS....turned me on to how awesome ABBA is. He just passed 3 yrs ago, a Friend to the end, and coached us to a State FB Chip my Sr. year....he knew what was up. India Reacts knows what's up as well....i love the heart you bring to your reactions, m'Lady. :)
@ac McG Any Swedish teenager could write lyrics in English just as easy as in Swedish. For these teenaged Mexican sisters writing lyrics in English is easier than to write them in Spanish. Some languages are simply more difficult to write lyrics in. ua-cam.com/video/Pq5LehocYkY/v-deo.html
You can not even imagine how many people have not even heard of them it is so ununderstandable.
bingo.I grew up with ABBA in the seventies,but in those days it wasn't cool to admit that.Now,I am simply too old to care.They are the very definition of a supergroup.
“What do they bring to the table?” Everything. That’s why we love them 40 years later.
Singer singing a song about how she might feel, written by her ex-husband who left her for one of her best friends. How Agnetha was able to sing this simply defies belief.
it was a mutually agree split..........not particularly amicable but both wanted it. Their ability to write global hit after global hit after global hit.............eased the pain too I imagine.
Professionalism. Pure, unadulterated professionalism...
I've read the other replies here, - but I'm with you, - it fucking defies belief . . . . AND, it's in front of the whole world.
Fleetwood Mac wrote, recorded, released their album Rumours the whole while several of its members were cheating with each other and relationships breaking up. Then went on a world tour together! It happens! LOL
Might also help that English wasn't her first language, might help to disconnect the meaning a bit. I agree with the other person who praises her professionalism as well though.
One of the most perfectly crafted pop songs ever.
S.O.S. is No1
Agreed
@@lolgrant not the same level of emotion aroused.
Pretty much says it all
One of the best pop bands in history. And I’m a rock rock fan.
Even rockers love ABBA...secretly...
Secretly? Naah.
I've always maintained, there're two types of people in this world - those who love ABBA, and those who won't admit they love ABBA!
You’re not wrong😂
Yep, a guilty pleasure for me during the day. But I would never admit it to my friends then.
Champion George Foreman loves ABBA. He said he would train listening to ABBA and he was overwhelmed when he got to meet the males from the group in Better Late Than Never.
To add some context: ABBA used to consist of two married couples, the lead singer in the video (Agneta Fältskog) was married to the dude on the guitar (Björn Ulvaeus), and the brunette singer (Anni-Frid Lyngstad) was married to the bearded dude on the piano (Benny Andersson). At this point, both marriages had basically failed, and you can hear in most of ABBA's music of this last period deals with heartache and broken relationships.
So the dudes wrote music about breaking up with their wives, which was sung by said wives. Must have been some Fleetwood Mac level of painful music production.
and who doesnt know this?
@@Tommyblueeyes Any body under 30
Mark Stapley ummm...
By the recording of their final ever song, 'The Day Before You Came' Agneta had to sing her lead in the dark.
Hi there, , do you know where they live at this moment? this song is breathtaking. I had a good memories, but also with heartache as well.
Agnetha has always claimed that this song was her absolute favourite. Notice that the melody somehow never ends when the refrain is being sung. That's what makes this song so brilliant.
She, Agneta, is singing about her and her ex-husband, Björns divorce, he is playing the gitarr.
English people can't be bothered to pronounce the umlauts, so you have to tell them how to pronounce it.
@@nordscan9043 You Germanic people pronounce the k when we don't i.e knight/knitting. Speaking as a half German/half Englishman. It's NOT about can't be bothered. If it's not in our language and they have not learned foreign languages HOW WOULD THEY KNOW? IDIOT! And she is American not English, they are well known for not speaking foreign languages so in their case you statement may be true.
Andreas Ranthe i, as a swede, have problem with ”thr”in english - it’s not natural and needs to be learned. You can’t expect an english person to know swedish names.. they have to learn it because it’s not natural.. hey Å,Ä and Ö don’t even exist for them
@@anglosaxon5874 English are Germanic. Considering your name, that should be obvious.
And he's the one who wrote the song.
She is singing about the end of her own actual marriage, with children. Every word is true.
No, it's fiction, written by Björn Ulvaeus. The sadness and beauty of the lyrics was "inspired" by their own divorce, of course (and according to Björn) but it's certainly no literal story or documentary.
You are thinking of knowing me knowing you
@@herrbonk3635 that only makes it more real and personal. imagine, her ex writing lyrics about him being with another girl and then making her sing about it in public.
@@dealerovski82 Agnatha was pretty promiscuous in her day too though. We don’t know she wasn’t being with anyone first. In fact since bjorn wrote these lyrics it makes me think he experienced these feelings, not that he was trying to torture her. You can even see in this video his eyes look a bit watery...I think the initial pain of the split and perhaps both seeing each other with new partners for the first time and how that felt while adjusting to the change for both parties was his inspiration for this song. But I guess that’s here say.
@@marlenejojo1 Of course we don't know everything or the details. But the image I get from all the documentaries of Agneta its she wasn't very outgoing and didn't like the publicity. She wanted to spend more time with her child and not tour so much and that is the main conflict that ended the marriage officially.
This is the most heartbreaking song ever written. Period. The amazing thing is that Abba continued for another three years before properly splitting up as a band.
This is my favorite ABBA song. It is so haunting. Describes the heartbreak of divorce so prefectly.😪
The story behind this song is truly heartbreaking!! The singer Agnetha, was married to the guitarist. They had a pretty rocky marriage. She had been dealing with alot of mental issues, and had gotten to the point where she wanted out of the band, to be with their children. Her husband was more concern with the band. They ended up divorcing, he remarried, and was expecting a baby, wrote this song. And wanted to record it before his child was born!!!
If you watch the music video. You will see the pain in Agnetha's eyes!!! It's real and very raw!!!
This is just one of my favorite songs from Abba. And it's one that makes me teared up every time!!!
Agnetha herself has said this is her favorite Abba song because of the feelings it brings.
@Celtic Revival / Adfywiad Celtaidd ....... The guys in the group were pretty much all about the money and the band! Which I think effected both of the marriages.There was a documentary that I watched sometime last year. It was really good and sad. It gave me a whole new outlook on the group. I don't remember the name of it, sorry
@@warre1 ...... Yeah I've heard that too!
@Celtic Revival / Adfywiad Celtaidd ...... The name of the documentary is called ... 'Abba: When All Is Said And Done' it's part real footage and reenactments! It's really good, I'm not sure if it's on youtube!
@Celtic Revival / Adfywiad Celtaidd ..... True! Look at my guy Steve Perry. With all the touring Journey did. He couldn't do it any more!! He said he was 'toast!' And after he left Journey, he didn't listen to any kind of music. However, I'm grateful for his new music!!
Both married couples that formed the group had divorced by this point in time and so song is poignantly relevant hence lead vocalist's emotional delivery🎩
They had divorced their spouses and got with each others spouse!
@@ANGEL77762 No, they just split up. They did not get with others spouse.
Nope they hadn't got with each other's spouses. But yes both couples were recently divorced, They had stopped touring and were only producing studio albums.
@@davidbarrass5210 Yeah, it was the end of ABBA. I still think this is one of their best.
Neil McDonald bang on, that’s exactly what happened. I watched a documentary with them explaining what happened. She said it absolutely tore her apart and he wasn’t much better but their marriage had played itself out but obviously they remained friends and not just for the groups sake.👍
One of the greatest songs ever written !
Agnetha's delivery & her voice is absolutely gorgeous! A great song!
Girl ABBA is the second biggest group ever, they have sold half a billion albums.
They are one of the biggest selling music artist in history but half a billion is a little too much lol
@Semper verum Half a billion is 500 million, so not that far off.
I was gonna say... Whadya mean you don't know ABBA. Prob biggest group of all time.
Was before this poor womans time...
@@raheesom i too am astonished that she's never heard of ABBA. my ten year old has, she loves them
@Semper verum, now including downloads it's now half a billion.
Agnatha is singing the words her ex wrote. Basically singing to herself
"...you've come to shake my hand...." that line kills me every time
Yes, it's touching.
@@herrbonk3635 especially in these times
@@cesteres 🙄😂😂😂 hand sanitizer anyone !
Only with a latex glove 🧤 these days
Agnetha's vocals are incredible in this song and yes raw emotion. One of the best pop songs ever.
Agnetha Faltskog has a majestic voice
And it melds perfecly with Anni-Frid's mezzo-soprano.
Agreeeeeee
I'm confused by the lack of comments pointing out the impossibility of going more than a few months pretty much anywhere on the planet without hearing & seeing ABBA.
It's the USA :P
The movie "Mamma Mia" is the main reason.
@@whawaii Try saying that in Sweden.
whawaii
Not really, maybe that’s for the US, but they were still popular in the US before that.
absolutely right you are!!!
"And tell me... does she kiss.... like I used to kiss you?"
Has to be one of the finest lines EVER written. Heartbreaking stuff.
Everybody should listen to the album, Abba Gold. It should be a legal requirement!!!
YelpBullhorn ABBA Gold made me a fan (at the age of 30!) 21 years ago when I checked it out from the library, after which I purchased my own copy. Some of the most perfect pop music I have ever heard.
Agnetha is a Goddess.
ABBA is timeless.
This one is a gem.
Great...Frida and Agnetha was two of the most beauty and talented women in pop history....
Frida had a hit after they broke up too. I used to have the single. "I know there's something going on".
@@MoxieMike66 Yes, it's a great song!..👍🏻
not frida's lyrics and she recorded it long after divorce.
Great song shite ...c'mon love ur not telling us anything we dont know already..... dont see the point of this video
Man, Agneta had a voice like an angel. Abba won the Eurovision song contest in 1974.
Absolutely. And the face of an angel to go with it.
@@MathildaFlow And she is still beautiful, in all ways.
so i was born in the year of Abba? Cool!
I was born in 1971, and I remember ABBA from back then. I'm mostly into metal, have been most of my life, but I'm the only person I know that has an ABBA box set. Listen to them loud with headphones, the production is flawless and the songs are beautiful.
I'm a Rocker and I do love ABBA! My friends that are into Rock love ABBA!! Great vocals that deserve recognition!! Rock on ABBA!!
That song is heart breaker. I went from goose bumps to tears.
Try "Like An Angel Passing Through My Room." I bawled like a baby the first time I heard it.
Me too, and we are in 2020, how is it possible ?
I love this song and ABBA and I’m a hardcore metalhead.
Everyone has a favorite ABBA song, even if they don’t want to admit it.
I’m with you.
I listen to ABBA a lot. Love them. Can never get enough of them and their music. They are a big gold mine! In spite of their great sucess, they always kept, and still keeps, humble. And down to earth.
The last year was excruciating for Agnetha. She disappeared from the world for quite a few years. She refuses to participate in anything ABBA and as of a couple years ago came out of seclusion and recorded a new album in her native Sweden.
Well, things do change. ABBA is back.
I love ABBA. Try their song Fernando. Its beautiful.
YES! my favorite ABBA song is Fernando:)
Yes fernando. Great lyrics
Hmm, that's one of the few ABBA songs I can't enjoy.
@@herrfriberger5 Same here.
My least favorite
This song absolutely KILLS ME every time.
So refreshing seeing someone appreciate good music for the first time.
I only ever bought one CD in my life, ABBA Gold.
It is a staple!
The world lost when ABBA broke up .
This song makes me cry every time I hear it ... especially knowing the back story.
P.S. At one stage, they were the highest earners for Sweden, grossing even more than Volvo.
Sure about that m8 ??? they didn´t have to many emplyees..
Fredrik Stålgren , That’s the script we were given many times in the UK.
Also in 2020, oh my God, I love zweden, people are wonderful, but little bit cold as ice, hahahah. May i ask you a question? Do they also have feelings? I think if they have, they do not show it to the person they love. Greetings from Holland.
there's a huge amount of music from that period that deserves to be rediscovered
This song always makes me cry. Agnetha, singer, had such a powerful voice.
She deliver emotion and this is singin ... emotion.
I’m a forty-seven year old male who grew up listening to rock and metal and all I can say is....ABBA is the s**t! So many hits!
Baby, this group ABBA was a super pop group. Can't argue with the perfection of their song craft.
This is undoubtedly the saddest divorce song ever written in the history of music. When a marriage or relationship ends, there is always someone who loses more than the other.
Knowing Me, Knowing You is another great one of theirs.
They were singing about themselves in this song.Each one of their marriages were over.They were 2 married couples in this group
no the song is just about Björn and Agnetha's breakup... which if you watch the music video for it, should be pretty obvious
@@GroovingPict Yes, Benny and Frida's story has sung in All Is Said And Done (although we can see on Frida's face she already feels similar; her and Benny's breakup happened a little later after the single and album released)
They cheated with the other's man in this group. That's why it ended.
Frida wrote the song " There's something going on" after they broke up.
@@dawn6320 That was the gossip; actually Björn and Agnetha became estranged from each other (mostly because of the pressure by success what made the introverted Agnetha's downer tough), then Agnetha and the kids left him and he started to date with her "younger alterego", a journalist called Lena Kallersjö (around a week later). A half year later Björn confessed to Frida a quite alike state: he cheated her with a (bit younger and similar looking) TV reporter, Mona Nörklit. The women tried to move on too
with more or less success. This and the global political and social issues had a strong effect on the final completed album, The Visitors and the subsequent singles which would lead up the next album what has never been made.
I still have my ABBA albums, posters and t-shirts from the 70's
Abba was the very first band I was crazy about. I think I started loving them when I was about nine, and I was excited to get each new album.
ABBA is an acronym of their first names: Agnethe, Bjorn, Benny and Anne-Fried
Agnetha, Björn, Benny and Anni-Frid (commonly known as Frida). :)
And they had to ask permission to use the name from the fish-related company that got the name from AB Bröderna Ameln
Aaand.. while we're at it: if anyone wants to know another acronym of a huge swedish name , IKEA, it's; Ingvar Kamprad Elmtaryd Agunnaryd. The founder's name and birthplace! 😁
He’s standing right there..... playing guitar.
😀😀 ....and he wrote it, gave it her to sing, unbelievable to say the least!
@@elizabethtimothy4776 Makes me think of Hollywood marriages and divorses... or break ups... Like If both are alive and whole at the end, it's a win...Lol
@@elizabethtimothy4776 what a savage
You realize she is singing of the breakup with one of the guys in ABBA, who is there playing.....
Pure vocals, neutral - no oversinging, no vocal gymnastics, no ghetto r&b vocals. The material - true songs and compositions, artistic merit, musical content, variations in the songs, a message, melody and even sensitivity. No, ABBA isn't the only one like this, but simply most mainstream acts and work before the 2000s
Agnetha one of the most gorgeous musicians ever.
You ain't lyin'
she's not a musician. she's a singer. there's a BIG difference. a voice is not a musical instrument. never was, never will be look up "instrument" in the dictionary.
@Ricky Crawford you couldn't be more wrong bub. look it up. from cambridge dictionary: someone who is skilled in playing music, usually as a job. from websters: A musician is a person who plays a musical instrument or is musically talented. from wiki: A musician is a person who plays a musical instrument or is musically talented. I'll summarize it for you, NEVER will you see a vocalist on ANY musician list. you keyboard commando's should THINK before you speak. here endeth the lesson. duh
@@alvarsdzenis4739 Her voice is her instrument
I agree
During their time the biggest artists were the Beatles, Abba, and the Bee Gees, internationally. They were that huge.
When ABBA first toured, they had the largest crowd since The Beatles from what I hear from people who were alive then
As a Swede i think it's pretty cool that they at the height of their career were the biggest band in the world!
@@milesalpha1 Do you like ABBA?
The Beatles split in 1970, ABBA didn't come along until 1974 but they conquered the world in the genre of music
Well elvis beatles whoeever all where huge abba was huge to
Let's admit it, we all have some memories in each and every ABBA song
agnetha had an incredible vocal range.
if you listen to "hole in your soul", you'll hear her hit a glass-shattering high note in the middle of the song. it makes my hair stand up whenever i hear it.
Thank you for finally doing an ABBA reaction! Very well done and you may be surprised to know they sold over 300 million albums world-wide. They also are the only band to ever sellout six consecutive nights at Wembley Stadium for a tour in the UK. If you ever want to see something incredible look up their live videos from that tour. You'll be blown away at how good they were live.
@Thou Swell that's awesome!
This is ABBA's best song, by a mile, and the others are fantastic too!
Wow, a spectacular vocal performance! One of those songs that will expose even the slightests of vocal flaw, she had to be spot on every second throughout
Love me some ABBA, and oh Agnetha's voice.. I had such a crush on her.
So funny to see a young 'un react tot the music of my youth. It's inconceivable to me that you don't even /know/ of these bands today, but that's how it is.
ABBA is an acronym made up from the initials of their first names.
It depends on people. Young generation also loves and listens to them. I'm 16 and I love old songs by Beatles, Queen, ABBA, Guns 'N Roses, Whitney Houston. They became world classics. It is worth at least respecting.
Sorry for English mistakes, I'm not a native speaker
Also my childhood music. Now I'm 20 years old and still Love it. Bit it was the first english music and Band i had listened to
- "You've come to shake my hand"... -
That's where she looses her voice support... My god, that's soooo sad.
Tears.
the younger generation need these songs- this is real emotion- try to get this emotion with a rap song- cannot be done
There are so many other ABBA songs you should react to!
_Gimme! Gimme! Gimme!_
_Money, money, money_
_Chiquitita_
_Fernando_
_S.O.S_
_Waterloo_
_Super Trooper_
_Dancing Queen_
_Mamma Mia_
_Voulez-Vous_
And, as for some personal favourites that are less-well-known but I think are awesome
_Eagle_
_I Have A Dream_
There are probably a dozen (or two) amazing songs I am forgetting right now, but these should last you for a bit.
Yes,ALL of them and I Do,I Do,I Do,I Do,I Do....:)
@@Isleofskye "Thank you for the music" 😊
The loser standing small 😭
It's about another woman winning the heart of her man. It's a breakup not necessarily a divorce with kids.
You opened up a great box with ABBA. Weirdly I don't see other reactors doing ABBA.
@@dexterjankaren there are quite a few reactors for abba now, I was surprised because I always thought they were underrated
One of the most influential groups along with the bee gees for song writing and musical production.
I dont believe they were actually "influential". By all accounts they brought nothing new to music. They just perfected the form.
Someone like the sex pistols (absolutely massively influential... yet not a single award) or kraftwerk... possibly one (if not the) most influential group in history creating two brand new styles of music along with the Beatles or Elvis.
If music "styles" were vehicles (cars, trains, planes etc) then ABBA would be a Ferrari, a bullet train or a supersonic fighter jet.
But it's the Benz motorwagan, Trevithics steam engine or Wright brothers "flyer" that were the creators.
This was my favorite group..when I was 12 years old. They were recently offered 1 Billion to sing again, however they declined. Their Songs in Spanish are so beautiful and I believe they are Simply Amazing! Watch the documentary as the girls in the band were married to the men and decided to DIVORCE...they were millionaires by then and split up.
Thanks 🙏🏽 for the REACTION is greatly appreciated...Happy Holidays and God Bless. 🤔🙇🏻♀️🙏🏽🔥🔍🇺🇸🕊👏🏽
thank God for music before 2000.
Dancing Queen is probably their most famous song. Cool grove to the song.
ColoradoHiker7002 it is influenced by the groove in George McCrea’s “Rock Your Baby”,
Bjorn has said.
Loved your sweet reaction to your child walking in. :)
FANTASTIC VOICE ONE OF THE BEST AND STILL SINGING TODAY IF SHE SUNG TO ME I'D NEVER LET HERE GO
ABBA were prolific songwriters, dipping into different genres for inspiration. That's why most of their songs sound so distinctly different from each other. You can't categorize what genre they fall into because they turned to so many differing types of music. You can hear all the differences I mean by listening to - Dancing Queen, Fernando, SOS, Does your mother know, Voulez Vous, Take a chance on me, Waterloo, Mamma Mia...among many other hits.
Your little one! How precious!
AWWWWW....what a cute kiddo!!
ABBA had a lot of songs on which the harmony just killed it.
It's the most bitter of love songs and yes Agnetha brings such incredible raw emotion to her performance. The perfect Reprise to this ABBA song is 'Thank You for the Music'
Such an emotional song -- timeless *
great reaction! i love ABBA and dont feel one once of shame! lol also, cute seeing your kid bust in! haha!
I grew up listening to ABBA and I love seeing folks discover them for the first time. Thanks and keep the great music reactions coming.
As a swedish im glad u made reaction time this song u have followed Abba for a long time 🇸🇪🇸🇪🇸🇪🙏🏽🙏🏽
ABBA was VERY famous world wide in the late 70's a movie called "Mamma Mia" and #2 was made based on their songs.
nise 52 The movie was the adaptation of the long running Broadway play.
And the Broadway show where based on their songs!
When her kid walked in I couldn't help but laugh.
Oh really?!oh wow ruined the moment
OMG one song ,or better any song ,from ABBA and ive got gosebumps all over, i love this group
In 2019 first time see the ABBA?!...Jesus!!!..
Excuses. More of 400 million. Records. One of the best pop groups ever
I am Swedish and ABBA were my absolute idols when I was young. My walls were covered with posters of them and I even went to see them live at a consert. One of my best memories.
Abba have been a part of my life since 1974. My parents took me to their concert when they toured in Australia in 1977. I was 7 years old. They have just recently recorded 3 songs together in the studio (after about 28 years!) for a virtual tour which I have been anxiously waiting to be released. But there has been some delay. Abba is the love of my life, they have always been there for me. ❤️
She was one of my fav from abba and still is. This song was my first song I ever wrote letter by letter (and English isn't my first language) I was so proud of myslef. I learned English form English music and one of them was abba songs.
When you listen to these two ladies beautiful voices, just keep in mind that there was no auto tune back them. You really need to dive into this group. They have so many hits. Probably a lot of songs you know and don't even realize it. Dancing Queen, Mama Mia, Fernando.. Prepare for the
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They also didn't speak one word of English. They were taught how to pronounce the words and learned it over time (after several hits on the charts)
@Nicky L not from what I've been told for over 30 years and from watching their interviews
@Nicky L When they exploded into the English-speaking world, Agnetha could not speak the language. The others had various ability, but English was not the primary language for any of them. Agnetha memorized and sang the sounds, not the words.
@Nicky L where did you get your erroneous info from?
@Nicky L pretty sure both the ladies couldn't speak English...definitely not Agnetha in fact I think Bjorn may have been the only one of the 4 that could speak and understand English properly
Great song, check out 'Dancing Queen' for more upbeat ABBA!
Even better, check out the parody song "Banking Queen" about Congressman Barney Frank
Super trouper was more gooder.
Love you and lovely kids. I' m swedish and I think you really nailed it due to lyrics about ABBA the winner takes it all.
Welcome to my youth when ABBA was on the radio all the time. While I'm more a hard rock, metal guy...I still love me some ABBA. Great songs and great performance. Just get one of their greatest hits albums, pour your favorite adult beverage, kick everyone out of the house, put some great earphones on and enjoy!
ABBA are one of the most successful groups of all time in UK and Europe...in USA only had a small number of top 10s and 1 chart topper (1976's Dancing Queen)...hence your lack of familiarity with them (here in the UK they had over half a dozen number 1 singles and other top ten hits...they had 8 number 1 albums on trot in UK)🎩
This song and Love is a Losing Game by Amy Winehouse are songs that I think of together, for all that they’re very different. They both use very similar metaphors for a broken relationship, and have the same amount of emotion in them. Also sung by two extremely gifted women with astounding voices.
This is the music us older people grew up on, REAL MUSIC. The music is "melodic," which is what's really missing from what is called music today. And also, as others have said, this is before autotune, when singers were SINGERS with talent. I enjoyed watching you appreciate this band and this song. Your son barging in was also very cute!
Lady, Abba is HUGE!
In this song, "The Winner" (if there is one) is the "other woman".
Everyone in the world has heard ABBA... lol. Just listen to Dancing Queen.
Well it would have been funny if she said this song reminds me of that mama mia movie :D
ABBA . Super group that consisted of the married duo Agnetha (the lead singer on this song) and Bjorn the guitarist, and the married duo of Frida(the dark haired singer) and Benny, playing the piano. The song was written by Benny and Bjorn basically about the divorce Bjorn and his wife Agnetha (again the lead singer), though both couples ended up divorcing. The song became the last big hit for the group as they broke up after a decade (1973-1983) and never officially reunited to record or tour. But they were one of the popular pop groups worldwide having sold 300 million records to date .
If you lived in the UK or Australia you couldn't escape 'ABBAmania' in the 70's.
9 No.1's in the UK.
Not so big in America, one No.1 (Dancing Queen) and a few Top Ten's (Take A Chance On Me, The Winner Takes It All, Waterloo).
Ever hear of the "The 5th Dimension" Age of Aquarius is a good tune to start with.
And let the sun shine in
Carpet Man is the one.