Her voice on the line "you've come to shake my hand" kills me every time.

@brendanh8193

3 жыл бұрын

The stoicism of this line. Did you notice that she nearly broke at that point? But she pulled it together. Real pain.

@aguas00

2 жыл бұрын

i feel the same thing, every time....

@johnekare8376

2 жыл бұрын

I agree... there is so much symbolism of finality in that line, and she delivers it with a flutter of a crack in the voice.

@johnekare8376

2 жыл бұрын

@@brendanh8193 I've always assumed it was a deliberate decision to let her voice tither on cracking when she delivers that line, but regardless it's amazingly expressive and heartbreaking.

@davidpurple3698

5 ай бұрын

Precise

I bought Abba's Arrival album new in 1976 for £1.99 and my mum said it was a waste of money. I still have it and still listen to it 46 years later.

@mattias5157

14 күн бұрын

Mothers! 😂 Haha. Sometimes.

Abba The Only band that make you dance with tears in your eyes

@Djsouthpaw1987

2 жыл бұрын

And Ultravox ofc

@Rathardican

2 жыл бұрын

Ultravox deffo..

@jessieball6195

2 жыл бұрын

@@Rathardican sorry, not even in the same universe as Abba.

@Vikingshop

Жыл бұрын

TRUE @stefanelzenga1453 🙏 Abba The Only band that make you dance with tears in your eyes 😢

@markysumm72

Жыл бұрын

​@Jessie Ball it was a whimsical reference to an Ultravox song called Dancing With Tears In My Eyes.

There is not one stinker in the entire ABBA library. One of the finest groups ever.

@richardwilliamson9763

2 жыл бұрын

There are many gems and quite a few stinkers too amongst the gems.

Some people don't realize that ABBA is one of the biggest selling artists of all time. Album sales.

@mlo3784

3 жыл бұрын

Exactly! They always 'forget' ABBA on most selling album or artist lists where they should be number one with their around 380 million units sold. With The Beatles next on the list with half of that sold ;)

@keithclark6299

3 жыл бұрын

At the height of their fame they were outselling Volvo cars!!

@Don-vm9ij

3 жыл бұрын

Who? Not in America

@glendirienzo1365

3 жыл бұрын

@@Don-vm9ij all over the world.

@jasonweston1273

2 жыл бұрын

@@glendirienzo1365 Exactly i remember buying ABBA on 747 variety cassette tapes in saudi arabia in 1982!.

She has the most pure female voice that i've ever heard.

@royferguson2297

Жыл бұрын

Try listening to Judith Durham of The Seekers.

@F1rstWorldNomaD

11 ай бұрын

Yea, shes definitely up there. Id say thereaare some more skilled singers out there, technically speaking, Floor Jansen, Simone Simons and Sharon den Adel comes to mind. But the raw and geniune emotion Agnetah conveys so effortlessly EASILY puts her up among the. Thats not saying Floor, Someand Sharon lacks emotion in their singong, they absolutely does not, there the 0.1% of the 0.1%. All Im aying is that not even they can take take on Agnetha in as emotional perfomance.

Understand that these songs are a real story. She is singing about her breakup. ABBA was great about putting the truth out there no matter the pain.

Abba sold around 400 million records. No auto tune back then. These ladies can sing!!!! And Abba songs are some of the most difficult to sing. Have a listen to One of us. Awesome 👌🔥❤️

@xxxSlavetraderxxx

3 жыл бұрын

5 new recorded songs is gonna get released in 2021. Cant freaking wait.

@MacPro8CoreMan

3 жыл бұрын

I love ABBA as much as anyone. And there may to have been any AutoTune back then, there was massive Muti-Trackig go the two gils voices. That's why it took the girls and seven other background singers to reproduce the sound of their voices in concert.

@softshallow7435

2 жыл бұрын

Even today after nearly 49 years no auto tune with their two new songs. There vocals are crisp and crystal clear like they were then!

@robertstack2144

2 жыл бұрын

487 million albums

@arvid-ketilkorsnes4334

Жыл бұрын

In USA the have only 1 top 10.......ONLY 1 TOP 10. How is that possible? Anyone?

No female singer has ever sung with more raw emotion than that. Others have told you the background story to it. As they say usually you have to have lived it to sing with that level of feeling like that. Which is generally true. It also helps that she is a brilliant singer of course.

@wfemp_4730

3 жыл бұрын

Sinead O'Connor comes to mind.

@markbanner6473

3 жыл бұрын

@@wfemp_4730 Fair point. Forgot about that. That one huge song of hers. Was epic. So much feeling and emotion came across.

@scottski51

3 жыл бұрын

Uh... her name was Janis Joplin. Look her up.

@markbanner6473

3 жыл бұрын

@@scottski51 I know her. I've seen her duet with Tom Jones and other performances. Her "feeling and emotion" is a different type though. It's more your passionate. Euphoria kind than your emotional, hurting kind.

@jpot729

3 жыл бұрын

ONJ comes to mind that can compare. Both have such raw talent and vocal range for the time frame. Why they were both the best selling females of the 70s.

Can you imagine hearing this song on the radio for the very first time more than 40 years ago! I was driving in West Cork and was no ABBA fan . And then the DJ introduced this song as the first radio play of the new ABBA song. Listening for the very first time , before it became such a classic, was like an emotional punch in the gut. The vocal is so pure, so intense , so emotionally raw, so emotionally honest, it just takes your breath away . On my very first hearing of the song all those years ago I had to pull the car over and cry, it was that emotionally deep. 40 years and millions of plays worldwide probably have reduced that emotional gut punch of the song. But those who remember listening for the very first time will never forget. In a hundred years from now , when 99% of pop songs will be forgotten, this will always remain a classic

Sweden, Sweden, Sweden, what talents you create! What is it with this little country in the North? Answer: one of their treasures is / has been that they have a natural aptitude for singing and for music in general. It is in their genes. See for example "allsång på Skansen", Stockholm, where they meet and sing together once a week in the summertime. And their people's soul goes very, very deep. ABBA was one of the very first artists to be known outside of Scandinavia. A big hug from Norway, neighbour of Sweden.

It was after they divorced. Her husband (Björn on guitar) wrote this he later said, in one drunken hour. When he showed the song to Agnetha she cried. The song is nothing but real emotion.

@jeffharry9675

2 жыл бұрын

How the hell did she sing this?!

@HankD13

2 жыл бұрын

@@jeffharry9675 Professional musician - and a mature mind. No teenager this. They had been married before ABBA, had a child, and got on with life - and wrote and sang about it. Their music is relevant and meaningful to people all over the world today for that very reason. Not a "bubble-gum" pop band.

@jeffharry9675

2 жыл бұрын

@@HankD13 As Ed McMahon would say, " you are correct, sir".

@Lifeisbeautiful67

Жыл бұрын

Yes it’s true to life

@rzimolag

Жыл бұрын

@@jeffharry9675 ❤

im 59 i grew up with abba music all of us single guys had the hots for her.we had her on 8 track players that we played in our musclecars and weekends at the track her voice is amazing and always will be

Lady, Abba even if it's not your generation, is pure perfection, all their songs, music, voices...

Agnetha's voice kind of shakes your soul doesn't it?

@cesare9817

Жыл бұрын

True

The greatest pop group ever...bar none. Talent such as this comes but once in a lifetime...if you're lucky.

Agnetha and Frida--two of the very best singers ever in popular music. And when the harmonize it sounds like the voice of God.

Never been ashamed to admit it freely. I always have been and always will be an abba fanatic.

I was in the "Disco Sucks" movement, and since ABBA was huge in the discos, I rejected it along with the rest. It wasn't until years later that I realized their unique musicality - they were true musical innovators - It's embarrassing how little my pretentious teen self understood about music back in the 70's.

@pascalmizac8233

3 жыл бұрын

Never too late😉😉!

@CrYou575

3 жыл бұрын

Same here. Yet now I'll put the ABBA Gold selection on and zip through 40 of their songs with no problem. My wife doesn't have great English, but one of the things she said the first time they were on radio was about the group with two men and two ladies. I knew who she meant straight away, even though she didn't know what they were called.

@jamezkpal2361

3 жыл бұрын

I'm feeling ya.

@APC3370

3 жыл бұрын

Disco never dies.

@Sandro-ij7te

3 жыл бұрын

and the guitar player looked at her and felt it

Slipping through my fingers..another beautiful Abba song

@jilljohnstone9632

3 жыл бұрын

Oh my, I can’t get through that song without sobbing

The layered vocal sound you mentioned is actually the work of their very talented audio engineer. There's a good documentary about ABBA's history that talks about how the effect was achieved.

@stenekedahl4446

3 жыл бұрын

His name is Michael B Tretow, and he's sometimes referred to as the fifth member of ABBA.

Thank you for your insightful reaction, Dani...as many of the earlier comments have stated, this song was actually written by her ex-husband, Bjorn (on the acoustic guitar), specifically for Agnetha to sing lead. He has said he tried to draw from the emotion of what both of them were going through. Several times over the years, Agnetha has said this was her favorite of all of their many hits. You might want to also check out "Knowing Me, Knowing You", which I believe to have been a foreshadowing of their impending breakup.

I love how she talk about this as a simple performance, when the truth is that agneta is singing her own divorce!!.

-she's singing about her divorce from the guitar player, standing right next to her

@mrjdgibbs

3 жыл бұрын

And he wrote the song... For HER to sing. It's like four levels of fucked up.

@raillkat

3 жыл бұрын

@@mrjdgibbs He he. That's one way of saying it.

@martyfeldman3269

3 жыл бұрын

@@mrjdgibbs It’s his sincere feelings . Just maybe men feel these things deeper than women do. Men wrote most of the greatest love songs, have you never noticed ?

The Biggest Pop Group of all times in the World for me . Extraordinary , outstanding . Excellent music , songs and very beautiful angelic voices . ABBA's a perfect pop group in all aspect .

how can anyone listen to this song and not ball their eyes out in tears and emotion.

Her (ex) husband is on guitar and wrote this song about their breakup.......very emotional.......but she knew how good the song was and had no objections to singing it......incredible performance.....listen to “Fernando”....

Thanks Dani for reacting to ABBA. What a fantastic band. Love them

ABBAs songs are full of catchy and happy melodies; you get in such a good mood when you listen to ABBA. Their music pick you up when you are down or in a depression. Make you want to dance and celebrate being alive. The music is effortless, and yet so complex in all their different layers. In my opinion, Benny Andersson is one of the very best composers of our time. When you really and fully understand the text of ABBA songs, you will be amazed of the depth in the lyrics and the phenomenal insights in the challenges of being human. This ability allows us to easily identify with the lyrics. I do not know of any other group that can captivate me and enchant me like ABBA. Their music and lyrics are magical. Neither do I know of any other group that can evoke as many different and genuine emotions and feelings in me as ABBA do. This is a rare talent that ABBA have in abundance. I go as far as to say that this talent makes their music and lyrics a real healing on a very deep, unconscious level. So, in these very turbulent, chaotic and uncertain times, ABBA has a HUGE mission. Love from Lena

@tullfan2560

2 жыл бұрын

I agree totally. Agnetha is an incredible singer. I had a deep part of me when I was young that I thought nothing could touch. Then Agnetha came along and seemingly effortlessly did it. I was amazed. It was then I knew she was a very special singer.

Agnetha is known for having Pitch perfect ,perfect Pitch ,along with a flawless B2 - F7 range

The greatest pop band of all time.

ABBA the great swedish band at 1980. A typical song I like this group very much. Dani this is very cool 👍

Anyone who has had their heart broken can't help but cry at this one

This kind of song is capable of making anybody feeling so emotional about past

Obviously her facial expressions are sincere: this song is about HER break up with her husband (there playing the guitar)

@APC3370

3 жыл бұрын

The husband wrote the song. She sang the song. I don’t know if I could sing under such circumstances ! To me it shows great showmanship on both of them. Could I write such a personal story, for her to sing it ? For all to hear it ? Wow !!! 😳🤭🤯

@MubiiOxx

3 жыл бұрын

@@APC3370 He's got balls, i'll give him that. Imagine walking up to your ex-wife "Hey, I wrote a song about our break-up and how much pain you're feeling, how bout you sing it? Oh don't worry, I'll play guitar"

@m.menneke8513

3 жыл бұрын

No it isn't. . The song isn't about their break up as Bjorn said. Agnetha was a great actress...really feeling the story of the song. She said: singing the winner was like acting....She did it on many abba and solo songs. That's why she stood out. Frida is a great singer but she can't do what Agnetha can.

@RABIDJOCK

3 жыл бұрын

@@m.menneke8513 Correct.. In a recent interview though she did say that although the song is about generic break ups she did find it difficult to sing at times.

@martyfeldman3269

3 жыл бұрын

@@MubiiOxx You’re another person saying this stuff. It’s his sincere feelings she’s singing not hers. You wouldn’t have any problem with it if she wrote it about him. He obviously felt this break up so deeply he wrote a great song about it. You don’t know what happened yet you automatically blame him.

OH I forgot another fun fact. ABBA filmed a number of tv commercials for the then electronics brand National. They made radios, portable cassette players, stuff like that, while they were in Australia.

Hello again, so nice to I see your reaction to ABBA I love so much the Sweden pop group ABBA remember They was two couples: Anni Frid (brunette) & Benny (pianist) Björn (guitarist) & Agnetha (blonde) Boys was songwriters and Girls was lead singers ABBA have more than 20 worldwide hits (between 1972/1982) in several countries of all continents, included: Waterloo S.O.S. Mamma Mia Fernando Dancing Queen Take a chance on me Chiquitita Gimme gimme gimme The winner takes it all Super trouper "The winner takes it all" is one of their greatest hits, #1 in UK and several countries, #8 in Billboard U.S. and #1 in Adult Contemporary U.S. "The winner takes it all" have a deep lyric writen by the guitarist Björn and singing at lead vocal by his ex-wife Agnetha, that gives an emotional and powerful interpretation with her lovely voice note: Agnetha & Björn was separated at the end of 1978 (with two young children) but the legal divorce was in the middle of 1980 after this, Björn wrote this incredible lyrics (obviously included part of your own history), and give Agnetha to sing it at first She cry, but then put all your feelings and emotions and talents to this amazing performing I hope to see you in another reaction to ABBA songs I suggest you one of their most worldwide hit: "Mamma Mia" (the song that inspire a great musical and two movies with all ABBA songs) Stay safe and be care And have a great week!

Abba is great I grew up listening to them

There are sooo many amazing aspects to this song, cool to see you pick up on a number of them. "The Winner Takes It All" is very unique.

This is a super sad song. Breaks my heart each time I've listen to it... during the release and even all these years after. Agnetha's voice had no equal at the time. Great story teller. This is probably my favorite song from ABBA. Dani, you should listen to the song again without trying to analysis each element. Just focus on the lyrics.

The lyrics were written by her ex husband and fellow band member standing to her right

She was going through a marriage break up when they recorded this song and it is a great reflection of her talent and skill that she did such a great job of the song.

Of all the reaction vids of this song I enjoyed yours the most. You were really paying attention and you know what you are talking about. Her name is Agnetha Faltskog and yes she is a songwriter herself. She is the queen of heartbreak. Listen to SOS, slipping through my fingers but also the day before you came is very special. She sang it like Charles Aznavour did it. Half singing half speaking. Acting the part of the woman she was singing about. Her discribes her life before she met this man. Masterpiece.

@MarkMcLT

3 жыл бұрын

I love Dani, but gotta give a shout-out to FortWorthFabian - the King of Abba reactors!

ABBA is wonderful. I loved your comments on this beautiful song. Great job. Thanks.

hello Dani, nice yo see your reaction to the Sweden pop group ABBA, the leads in 70s (decade post BEATLES) ABBA had more than 20 worldwide hits between 1972/1982, like: Waterloo , S.O.S. , Mamma Mía , Fernando , Dancing Queen , Take a chance on me , Chiquitita ABBA was two couples from Sweden, it's an acróstic with the initials of Their first names: Agnetha (blonde singer) & Björn (guitarist songwriter) Benny (pianist songwriter) & Anni Frid (brunette singer) "The winner takes it all" is the most sad song of ABBA, combine the contrast in sad lyrics with catchy melodies for your fantastic lead singers "The winner takes it all" is for me the best interpretation of a song that I heard in my life by any singer or band It is interpretation, because it is more than just singing, it is also acting and transmitting, and Agnetha does all that and on a superlative level Beyond the morbid that the story of this song produces (lyrics about a divorce, written by the guitarist Björn, sung by his ex-wife Agnetha), the structure reflects a change: it is the first time in all ABBA songs that whoever has the leading voice has been alone from beginning to end She goes one way and the choirs go the other (they do not add up, they remain in the background) and in the end She is left alone passive and exposed, while the chorus and the music finish so up That is why I feel that Agnetha does an extraordinary performance (extraordinary: out of the ordinary) Her face is very expressive and accompanies the various tones and nuances of her majestic vocalization. "The winner takes it all" is a great song, it's in my ABBA Top 5 It is the favorite of British fans, but specialy is the one chose by Björn and Agnetha (and Their own words is the one that is worth more) I like you for a reaction to "Chiquitita" at the Concert for UNICEF in 1979 at United Nations It's a ballad pop with hope lyrics that ABBA premier that night with royalties donated to UNICEF kzread.info/dash/bejne/oYF92cGyadi4hJs.html My best wishes for You from Buenos Aires Argentina and GOD bless you!

@stevehughes6627

3 жыл бұрын

They were better received in the UK than probably anywhere! I know I fancied the pants off Agnetha .....

@ivanc3654

3 жыл бұрын

Uk. Second to Australia.

She is singing a song written by her ex (the guitarist) about their break up

@timcarr6401

3 жыл бұрын

He's barely two feet away in the light blue suit. She feels it because the song is about her divorce from him.

@DaniAtkinson

3 жыл бұрын

Ahhh wow.

@westwoods7675

3 жыл бұрын

@@DaniAtkinson Abba actually used to be a band of two married couples. As their marriages got more strained and emotional, so did their songs

@visaman

3 жыл бұрын

@@DaniAtkinson Just like Stevie Nicks and Lindsey Buckingham of Fleetwood Mac. The official music video version is even more dramatic imho. I start blubbering when I watch it, and I am almost 57, I was 16, when this dropped in 1980. I was devastated. Probably not the best song of theirs to start with. Try Waterloo, The Eurovision song contest version.

My mom's favorite song as Fernando and mine was Mama Mia back in the early 70s in NZ. One day she told me to come to the TV. It was Abba and she told me that both our favorite songs were from the same group. I remember thinking that was significant as her music was hers and mine was mine. But Abba's success was their broad appeal. Mostly pop songs, but they also sung one of the greatest dance tracks of all time and this song, perhaps the greatest break up song.

The music from my time

The 'ABBA sound' was to skillfully mix the voices of the two female singers to create a kind of harmonious dissonance chorus sound that produced very complex emotional responces and interpretations from the listener. It is true that ABBA is pure genius.

3:50 What makes Agnetha's singing so special is her ability to literally tell a story while singing, like she is actually recalling a memory or an emotion, and thus builds a direct emotional connection to the listener unrelated to her exceptional singing. She is not only singing to the listener, she is also directly talking to the listener while she sings. I don't think I know another singer who can accomplish that in pop music.

This song was written about divorce and was written during the divorce between the guitar player Bjorn and the singer Agnetha. Bjorn said he wrote the lyrics in about an hour while he was drunk and when he showed it to Agnetha she cried reading the lyrics and to date it is still one of the biggest hits by the group. Both Bjorn and Agnetha deny that the song is about their personal divorce because they both feel neither of them won. The music of ABBA is so timeless and great because both Bjorn and Benny who wrote everything they did were students of music from all over the world and through history and incorporated styles and techniques from all over into the music they wrote.

The brunette is Frida and she sings the lead in Fernando, but most of their songs they sing as a duet

abba never ever made a bad or underpar song everything they wrote composed or sung was pure gold.. i dare anyone to listen to an abba song and not want to start to move and dance....and smile. this song is so emotional because she was going through the process of her and the gutair players divorce imagine the courage it took for her to go on stage and sing this song about her divorce with her soon to be ex playing the gutair...

im fascinated that you like these songs and can feel them its so cool so i subscribed.please never let them songs die

The reason it seems so heartfelt is because her marriage to one of the male artists in the band was really falling apart when they wrote and recorded this song, similar to Gordon Lightfoot who was going thru a divorce when he wrote and recorded "If You Could Read My Mind", however Gordon was a solo artist so he was singing only about the breakup of his marriage, but here she knew they were singing about the breakup of their marriage and the band.

Always loved Abba

What a song this is, the lyrics are captivating. To think it was written about Bjorn's and Agnetha's marriage breakup. The song takes us inside as she delivers it. 'The gods may throw a dice, Their minds as cold as ice, And someone way down here loses someone dear'. In any breakup, these lines say it all.

"No self confidence...But you see...The winner takes it all. That little addition...'But you see'...What a way to finish the song. Just ABBA at their very best...and they already set the bar very, very high. Beautiful.

This is one of the most emotional songs by ABBA. Agnetha's voice is like a voice of an angel in this song

what's really heartwrenching about this is that the lyrics were written by her estranged husband, who is beside her playing guitar. You can tell she feels every emotion of it, and understands. Both married couples in the band broke up during their success. This is Bjorn and Agnetha's song. Benny and Frida's is "When all is said and done". A must listen. "Knowing me knowing you" is a pre breakup song. Most critics feel this band wrote the best songs describing divorce.

Dear Dani if you did not know this song of Abba because you are very young, I grow up with Abba and I can tell you is the Number One top ten of Abba people in the world favorite

Thank you, Dani. I always liked Abba.

I'm from Sweden, and I'm so proud to be from the same country 😍😍😍

They don’t have back up singers. The sound is created by the two girls singing the song several times on tape (overlay). The technique was invented by their sound technician Michael B Tretow and is used in most of their songs.

Love abba

The way the music goes from flowing to stop and goes quite Then the beatiful chorus Tell me does she kiss like i used to kiss you smooth as silk vocals And the chorus You have come to shake my hand Superb lyrics alround such an amazing song lyrics and vocals and instruments

6:05 The backup singers all have mics. You can def see it at the very beginning. Thanks for the reaction!

One of The 'Best Pop Sensations of all Times!' Those two girls could've sung the phone book, and it would've sounded perfect. Benny and Bjorn were musical geniuses! They were is a Class all by themselves... it took those 2-A's and the 2-B's to form that near Perfect Report Card. They truly were... 'One of a Kind!' ♠️♥️♦️♣️ Thank you for sharing! 💖

Happy Friday Dani, I highly recommend any ABBA song they were fantastic. The films "MAMA MIA & MAMA MIA HERE WE GO AGAIN" feature ABBA songs infact the music was written by Benny & Bjorn from ABBA.

The reason why she feels the song so much when she sings it is because she left the guitarist for another man at the height of their fame(I mean every man on the planet wanted her). And him in turn wrote to her this text talking to her how he felt about it. So when she sings, it's basically his words that are coming through. It must be quite emotional for her to have sang it so many times. "The Winner Takes it All" is basically the plight of every person that is dumped for another person. It must have been hard especially in this case where because they were a group, they had to continue seeing each other every day after the painful break-up. Going to the studio, going into tours, etc....

@christinasibley2791

3 жыл бұрын

Seriously? Where do you get this shit from? 🤦‍♀️

I recommend you a singer her name is Diana Navarro with the song "El perdón" she is a very versatile Spanish singer singing different styles of music with incredible melisma. She transmits a lot of emotion and emotion when she sings.

The song writer is actually her band companion and ex husband… they had just divorced when he wrote this song… it’s an unbelievably sad story and she sang it marvelously!!! You can say she was really feeling every single word…

Love ABBA ABBA the best 💖💖💖💖💖

ABBA was famous for doing a lot of multiple takes for vocals (the same four over and over) and putting them all together for that big sound for the final track. Very multi-layered, and that's also why ABBA music is very hard to sing live without changing the sound a bit. Their music was always very well produced. I have only a few actual CDs that I actually still listen to, and listen to them in the car, and ABBA is one of those very few.

So sad. The singer here lives in almost solitude in Sweden now. Bless her. For the genre of music this is highly emotional.

I have this as the B-side of what I think was their last hit single, "One of Us." Should still be in the record collection at my parents' house. It was on the album Super Trouper, which I bought with my own money. Then my mother asked if a friend of hers could borrow it and I'd have one of her compilations albums in exchange. I never saw it again. If you knew the stuff I've been listening to since the late 80s, early 90s, you'd never think that in my early years I was a big Abba fan. But Abba are timeless. They are pretty much the only band that my extended family all seemed to agree to like. I remember an uncle having an Abba boxed set.

As a hard-core ABBA fan, I've always loved this song, even though it's *so* sad. My fave up-beat? There's a few different ones ... _Dancing Queen_ ... _Fernando_ (it has a touch of melancholy & wistfulness, but is mostly about remembering the times you fought for your ideals - so up-lifting!) ... _Gimme A Man After Midnight_ & a couple others too.

Always loved ABBA. Thanks for the reaction.

When Agnetha and Freda sing together it's called the 3rd voice, its wonderful and unique👏👏👏👏👌👌

Dani, I am not sure why they were not big in the U.S in the seventies , they were huge in the UK & especially Australia, Agnetha has as powerful voice as Whitney, Mariah & Celine

@robertdinmore1971

3 жыл бұрын

Unfortunately to become big in the USA you have to tour massively and be available 24/7 to the public and ABBA where not prepared to do it because they really didn’t need to. ABBA were always more comfortable in the Studio, they didn’t really like to tour and only did it to see the fans and never made any money from touring because to reproduce their sound live took a massive entourage

@openfor45

3 жыл бұрын

@@robertdinmore1971 AGREE.........they only appeared on a few variety shows. In order to get full exposure back then the only way to get recognized was to go out on tour.

@MarkMcLT

3 жыл бұрын

@@robertdinmore1971 Also they had young kids which made touring tough. Agnetha in particular has mentioned that this was a source of tension.

@visaman

3 жыл бұрын

@@robertdinmore1971 They were very big in Australia, there is a movie about their Australian tour.

@jozefhatert6231

3 жыл бұрын

@@robertdinmore1971 true but they get the reconintion later they are in the r&r hall of fame

GOD send 4 Angels to earth, and they took the name ABBA ❤️ ❤️ ❤️ ❤️ 🎶

The "loser standing small" understand the message of the song,the "winner" think it's a party song.

the "guy" with the guitar wrote this song in one sitting over a drunken weekend, reflecting about his separation and divorce from his wife......the wife is the lead singer singing this song! probably my most beloved song !!!

They do their own backings and no one does it better than ABBA! They have 22 world hits but could have many more. Their albums are full of pop jewels. All completely different and unique. You have a lot to discover! (this clip is not the original by the way and It is not a live performance) . Try; The name of the game, knowing me knowing you, take a chance on my,, etc etc

Her husband, who plays the guitar in the band, wrote the lyrics. The piano player wrote the melody. However, this band consisted of two couples. The blonde and the guitar player were married, and the redhead and the piano player were married. At the time of this song, both couples were going through a divorce. They claim this song isn't about their divorce, but it's hard to listen to it and not think that it was exactly about that.

Hey Boogie Dani. This song came out after she and Bjorne got divorced.. Benny and Bjorne wrote the song. Also later on Frida and Benny got divorced. Also Dani do Dancing Quenn and some of thier other songs when you can.

@mattiasjansson733

3 жыл бұрын

Blanda inte in Björne i detta. Vet hut!

She's singing about her then ongoing divorce with a fellow band member, Bjorn. That's why she sounds so sincere in this song.

Love your reactions

Abba, the biggest and the most well known group from Sweden. Agnetha, the lady that sing this, was also married to Björn (on the guitar). And Benny (on the piano, was married to Anni-Frid, Benny had/has all of his music in his fingers because he dont know sheet music, thats speak what a musician he is). All the lyrics and music was written by Björn and Benny....timeless music.

muito bom !!! Sou fã do ABBA !!!

6:20 The background harmonies comes from the studio recordning where they layered their own voices. A lot of bands made "fake" tv-performances (playback) like this in the 1970s and 80s. But ABBA made real concerts as well, both at home in Sweden and on large world tours. When they did, they had at least twice as many people on stage. Two drummers, two pianists, three guitars, and three backup singers behind their own voices. Usually a couple of woodwind players as well.

The ultimate break up song written and performed by a couple breaking up.............

One of the reasons that the song was so meaningful to Agnetha (the blond singing), was that it was about her divorce from Bjorn (the guitarist) who wrote the song.

She and her husband were divorcing at this time ( he played guitar and wrote the song )

@shanenolan8252

3 жыл бұрын

@Michael Seitz I'm not surprised

17 more hits they had 19 . They had several world tours .

@dinodasbunce6224

3 жыл бұрын

Not to be argumentative, but the stats that I have found on ABBA said that they had 21 #1 hits plus a bunch of charting hits.

@shanenolan8252

3 жыл бұрын

@@dinodasbunce6224 your probably right my figure was just the number of songs on the greatest hits album, but she definitely hasn't scratched the surface with ABBA

@dinodasbunce6224

3 жыл бұрын

@@shanenolan8252 I hope she digs deeper into ABBA. For me, more than any other groups past and present, the Beatles and ABBA are their own genre and I class them almost equal. It really irritates me, it shouldn't but it does, when reactors keep asking "what genre are they, let me know in the comments". When they do that I often comment that ABBA's genra is ABBA. Okay, I am through ranting.

@shanenolan8252

3 жыл бұрын

@@dinodasbunce6224 I agree rant away, they are top 5 all time no question. I have seen some wonderful documentaries of other artists from all genres from pop to heavy metal talking about how special and unique ABBA are and the genius in the writing , like producers other song writers and the quality of the the signing, and they did emerge inbetween eras of music , just ABBA is the best definition in my book , like the Beatles they are not just one thing

Happy Friday to you, Dani! 😊🌹😉

I like the way that on the 3rd verse it becomes less clear who left who. Very clever.

I absolutely LOVED ABBA

Amazing song

Well, if the song is so touching, that's because it's actually true. She's singing the lyrics her ex-husband wrote, the guitar player on the right. The pianist & the brunette were also married.