Credit should be given to both Abba backing musicians Janne Schaffer & Lasse Wellander who improvised the guitar work on the track. Respects go to Lasse who died just the other day aged 70.

Peak Abba. Those two voices together creating a magical 'third voice'. Magnificent recording.

Forever ABBA. The evolution of ABBA is amazing.

The Album is pretty much flawless. Bjorn & Benny are at their creative peak, especially Benny is coming into his element with his synth work. Eagle is firmly in my ABBA top 5. It's the longest song in their catalog. It's been released in various abridged versions, but nothing comes close to the full album version. A quasi-psychedelic masterpiece, with fantastic guitar work (RIP Lasse Wellander).

@mickeefreeman2898

Жыл бұрын

Abbasolutly ⭐

I’m still blown away by this song after all these years. Pop meets Folk with a dollop of prog rock thrown in for good measure. The way the music floats and soars like the proverbial eagle is masterful. A non typical ABBA song yet manages to simultaneously sound just like an ABBA song is genius. Great reaction Matt 👍🏻

This opening track made me a big fan of ABBA. I love the electric guitar by Lasse Wellander, who recently just passed 😪. One should listen to this song on a headphone. You’ll appreciate the amazing instrumentation more. When I’m on an airplane, I always listen to this song, flying over the clouds….

This was their best selling album. I can not wait for your reaction to Move on and also One man one woman. Both criminally underrated songs. Especially Move on with a male lead vocal on the first verse. A tropical folky melancholy masterpiece 👌👌👌

Stunning song, make you feel like your flying!

Great song. Fantastic album! ❤🇨🇱👍

ABBA in the 70s were hungry art consumers, pop culture aficionados. This song reflects their love for sun-dappled West-coast rock from The Eagles and Fleetwood Mac, as well as the film Jonathan Livingston Seagull and its accompanying Neil Diamond soundtrack. In fact the whole of Side A from The Album is California country rock and funk filtered through ABBA's Eurocentric lens, and the output is quite simply astonishing. If you've never heard The Name of the Game, prepare yourself. Move On is equally spellbinding. For a quick diversion, you might enjoy the Eagle portion of the group's 1977 accompanying feature film, ABBA: The Movie, an Australian tour mock-doc directed by a then-emerging Lasse Hallstrom. It wasn't the official promotional video, but it's one of their best moments on film. kzread.info/dash/bejne/mKmqsMucfsrIiZs.html

I like the floating of the first opening seconds with sound going, 'vrrroom".

This album had Abba moving further than their perfect Europop sound of ARRIVAL and going more American flavoured kind of matching the laid back Californian sound.Has some prog-rock influences but also expanded in musical theatre.Imagine Arrival opened with "When i kissed the teacher' while this one with 'Eagle'.What a progress!And its the same band who released "Nina pretty Ballerina' 4 years back. Hats off!

This was the track that brought my Dad on board with Abba. My Dad liked his rock, he had been a Mod in the sixties, liked his blues, his West Coast rock, a bit of prog - and it's all here in this track. He would never let me and my Mum play Arrival in the car (thanks Dum Dum Diddle) but this was played and played LOUD. That gorgeous warm synth that's like a take off at the beginning, it feels like you are floating in a vast sky, held aloft by air currents, the amazing guitar solos (Dad cranks up the dial) and of course the vocals and magic harmonies. It's very trippy, very prog, very grown-up Abba. It really is Abba for people who don't think they like Abba. Lyrically it's like a dream or a trip, becoming friends with the eagles and joining them in the sky, questioning them as they are old and wise. I mean who hasn't dreamt or fantasized about flying? It's amazing. There is another track later on which my Dad would try and deafen us with - I'm sure you will guess it when it comes.

@nickchristoforou7850

Жыл бұрын

Eagle really is a masterpiece; the music matching the lyrics perfectly. But I do love the melodious "Dum Dum Diddle" too. 🤣

@alexioverdo5225

Жыл бұрын

@@nickchristoforou7850 me too.

@italoblu

Жыл бұрын

God damn Dum Dum Diddle. 😅

@frankly-he1kf

Жыл бұрын

Hole in your soul 😊

@frankly-he1kf

Жыл бұрын

​@@italoblu I love dum dum.....

Well it's a day for top tunes all round. This is another of my favourites and as a composition it's just epic. The music just takes you on the flight of the 'Eagle' and carries you along from start to finish.

You know i had read some years back that The Human League kinda got inspired and partly 'used' the main keyboard line of Eagle in a twisted way in their big 1981 smash hit 'Don't you want me'.Leaderman Phil Oakey was a daring self confessed Abba fan since then,though the girls Suzanne and Joanne were closet ones.Frida had attented their Stockholm gig (March 1982) where the met backstage and got photographed chatting and laughing.

Definitely my favourite ABBA track 🥰

Oh what a nice surprise, today you gave us double reaction from ABBA "Eagle" (1977) It is the longest song of ABBA, almost six minutes It is the opening song of their fifth album, entitled "ABBA The Album" (1977), which coincides with the release and premiere of their film "ABBA The Movie" (1977), which records ABBA's memorable tour of Australia and throughout the ABBAmania "Eagle" was released as a single in a few countries, It's a shame it didn't get a chance to be the third single from "The Album" in the UK (following "The Name of the Game" and "Take a Chance with Me" which you'll hear already) "Eagle" Many associate it with progressive rock, and say that its sound is the closest thing to the style of Pink Floyd or other similar groups. others relate it as a tribute to the Eagles group others relate the lyrics to 'Juan Salvador Gaviota' which is absolutely clear that it is a song that you never get tired of listening to, its almost 6 minutes are absolutely rich, and the joint voices of Agnetha and Frida, armored together with the magic of the 'Third Voice', literally fly like eagles , just as the instrumental ending leaves us with that feeling of flying in the sky for many it is the best ABBA song in my opinion it is 9 points, absolutely brilliant... but there is more, and in this same album "Eagle" ABBA performed it in a television presentation in Germany 1978 (in a reduced version, together with another song from this album "Thank you for the music") and in the opening of their TV special in Japan 1978 and has a special filming in Stockholm for the movie "ABBA The Movie" (with Agnetha already pregnant, although it is hardly noticeable) and it is performed in their concerts of the 1979 Tour in North America and Europe ABBA made an official video for "Eagle", reduced to just over 3 minutes, without one of the choruses and the final instrumental part, for better dissemination in the media

This is one of my all-time records, beautiful ❤

My ABBA Favorite Song

Smells like Progressive Rock! In fact this is an homage to ABBA´S favourite band The Eagles. LOVE this song. Appreciate your reaction.

Musically very solid and groundbreaking for them and of course even more fantastic vocal work by the girls which takes on another dimension with this track.

WOW! This is one of my top 3 favourite ABBA songs! I never get tired of listening to Eagle - because it has so many layers and both the lyrics and composition, vocals and arrangement is on such a high level! I rememeber when I as a 12 year old boy listened to The Album on my cassette player for the first time, with Eagle as the first song - I thought: Is this really ABBA??? But I was so happy to hear them in this more mature way, and I still return to this Album today and enjoy so much listening to it! Enjoy the next songs on this album - you will not get disappointed! ;-) The fantastic guitar work on Eagle, was played by studio musician Lasse Wellander, whom ABBA worked with throughout their career - sadly, Lasse Wellander passed away on april 7th, only 70 years old! He made a great contribution to the ABBA sound! R.I.P.! BTW: I love your reactions - they are - opposite to many others - genuine and reflected! Keep on the good work! ;-) Love, from Flemming, Denmark!

Best listened to with headphones

Outstanding song crazy to think it wasn’t released as a single in the UK 🤷🏼

Imagine being able to make the sound of an eagle's cry with your electric guitar....amazing work here....

A top ABBA song , for sure ; glad you liked it too ! I consider THIS the first psychedelic trance song I ever heard as a child . My elder sister was crazy for ABBA ....In the age of records and 45's when it was either the local radio station or listening to the same songs over and over at home ... That's what she did !

Masterpiece 💯🙏

Hi Matt🙂 if you get the chance you should listen to this track on you headphones 😱 I was just a young lad when this album came out and when I rushed home to listen to this I had to listen to it and all my albums on the headphones because my bedroom was adjacent to my parents so it was headphones all the time but when I first put this on my turntable and put on the headphones it blew my socks off💥💥 especially the outro.

This one is a sonic masterpiece. A beautiful space corresponding with the lyrics. Very original (as most of their songs!). I especially like the outro with the guitar solo (which is cut out in the official video clip version..)

This is far their best 70's track! It has everything guitars, lush synthesizers straigh in the intro and instrumental ending. Also their longest track, which doesn't feel that all.

The guitarist here, Lasse Welander passed away yesterday unfortunately. He was 70 years old.

@Lisa-M

Жыл бұрын

He passed away on Good Friday.

@richardfairlamb9728

4 ай бұрын

Fantastic player, beautiful touch and feel.

Ah!!! No!!! You can't talk over this song so much! 🤫 😄 One of my top 5, if not top 3 ABBA songs. My young imagination used to be carried away with this song. 🌳 🌲 ⛰️ 🌊 🦅 BTW, still patiently waiting on more from the Joyride album!

A new comment, very special I have noticed that this new reaction to "Eagle" has ecceded all expectations, and in it's first 24 hours it had approximately 450 views, and it continúe to incrase (if my memory Is correct, More than any other ABBA song on the first day) In addition to recognizing that your reaction and attitude have been greatly appreciated by the fans, and noticing that this song has amazed you, I think that "Eagle" will literally fly very high on your ABBA playlist As I said again, everything is dynamic, and each new song Is a box of surprises, but this begining with "The Album" exceeds the begining of all previous, as progress with each album the number of visits to your channel increases (or at least, the ABBA playlist) I can only say congratulations for your excellent work, your musical openness and your cordiality Continue enjoying together

Ahhhhh my first love Matt.

Yeah Great Tune .the whole album is pretty good

That was great. Soon comes the best Abba song of all time for me: *The name of the game*. But many songs are hardly weaker. Always nice when people recognize that.

Just found your channel when looking for reactions to this song. So glad you’re doing what nobody else seems to have done, starting at the beginning and going through the albums in order. Eagle was written by Bjorn as a tribute to his love of The Eagles.

Janne Schaffer is an amazing guitarist / song writer, best known for his work as a session guitarist for ABBA but he has also recorded with artists such as Bob Marley, Johnny Nash, Art Farmer and Tony Williams. He has released many many solo albums and with a band Electric Banana Band and has done five thousand recordings. Here he plays Eagle and starting at 4:55 he really lets go. Absolutely fantastic guitarist. kzread.info/dash/bejne/qXpptaeCmJa4hNY.html

Link for the live version of Eagle from 1979 with the guitar solo by Lasse Wellander (RIP) that is in the album "ABBA Live at Wembley Arena" - probably the greatest version of the song ever. ✌ Eagle Live 1979 - kzread.info/dash/bejne/pXttutFymM_QmLA.html You only mention reactions to ABBA studio albums - "ABBA Live at Wembley Arena" is worth checking out. Your call! 🤟

@Nexando

Жыл бұрын

I have to both agree and disagree with you. The 1979 Live version of Eagle is very, very special. Yes. However, without knowledge of their performances across all different concert locations, I am flabbergasted by what one could listen at their early dates, specifically at Milwaukee (ABBA's 2nd 1979 live concert). The prominent and bold GX-1 playing by Benny, the girls voices delicately echoing one another and sort of discovering their new sound and vocal style prepared for this song live rendition, the general rousing vibes present, but the real astonishing part is the wide and ambitious playing by Lasse Wellander... and B&B letting him run with it!! And still he leaves us wanting for more... At the time, such guitar playing was even vanguard, perfectly fitting here the composition and scope of this song. kzread.info/dash/bejne/lKOAq8uil8u-p84.html *Forgive this source low recording quality. Somewhen this will be properly released.

Welcome to ABBA-The Album, one of the best albums of all-time, from any band. This mashup of 'Eagle' with Iron Maiden actually works quite well and is worth checking out. kzread.info/dash/bejne/Z6CKuMR8gcnKhKw.html

I'd love to mix this with "Learning to fly" by Pink Floyd. The crunchy drums and guitar riffs of LTF with the verses of Eagle... Although pitch and tempo of each song would need to meet in the middle.

You should listen the cover of Eagle made by Sargant Fury, to discover why this is a heavy metal tune hidden in a pop-rock song :)

Glad you loved it Matt.I'll be annoying you again by linking a marvelous video that dresses this epic song.Full version. kzread.info/dash/bejne/gGqppbp_d6Sqg5c.html

@mattsnider2667

Жыл бұрын

Haha, it's never annoying! Thank you for sharing, both your thoughts and the links. :)

You're going to have to get used to it with my ABBA statistics on your channel hahaha because there is a new brand of ABBA on your channel Today (May 2) the fabulous "Eagle", opening of the fifth album "The Album", also surpassed 1000 visits (the fourth song to achieve it) and in almost three weeks So far, coming to the end of ABBA's fifth album, the Top 10 of their 54 reactions is: 1304 SOS 1260 Knowing Me Knowing You 1149 Ring ring 1001 Eagle 961 When I kissed the teacher 897 That's me 882 Money money money 880 I've been waiting for you 837 Fernando 823 My love my life "Eagle" is notable, but the sequence of songs from "The Album" has also been growing in the number of views, so it is very likely that there are variants in that Top10 and one more note among all your musical reactions five ABBA songs in the Top20: After the Top5 with all A-Ha songs, it continue #6 SOS #7 Knowing me knowing you #13 Ring ring #19 Eagle #20 When I kissed the teacher All this in the little more than 100 days that you have been reacting to ABBA songs We, the ABBA fans, grateful for your dedication A big hug from Buenos Aires, Argentina South America

@mattsnider2667

Жыл бұрын

Hey, Eduardo! Cheers, I appreciate when you do this, as it offers insight into the songs most loved by ABBA fans. And believe me, I'm most grateful to you and all the others for guiding me through ABBA's catalog. Thanks again, big hugs back from (currently lightly raining) southern California. :)

Björn said he was inspired by Jonathan Livingstone’s book ‘seagull’ when writing this.