The production quality of these songs is just amazing.
@mikerobertson40414 жыл бұрын
The height of the disco era, and ABBA was HOT!!
@hekuboshi4 жыл бұрын
ABBA “knowing me knowing you” and “SOS”
@Jill99ish4 жыл бұрын
S.O.S Is my favourite of theirs, I love the Erasure cover of it too
@Grottgreta4 жыл бұрын
Can never go wrong with some Abba
@asterael15543 жыл бұрын
That face screams "LIUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU" from mortal kombat movie :)
@marieporter83464 жыл бұрын
Wateroo...ABBA was one of the legends. I will never get tired of listening to their music.
@tetavst63964 жыл бұрын
More than 40 years old and Everyone news This song. A masterpiece
@pennywhite58134 жыл бұрын
All ABBA songs are very hard to sing !!!! They make it sound easy
@herrfriberger54 жыл бұрын
Perhaps not the melodies, but all the harmonies...
@kevinterrell474 жыл бұрын
This song is my secret shame. You cant help but love them
@hahatoldyouso4 жыл бұрын
There are so many great ABBA songs
@manfredbuchdrucker8334 жыл бұрын
And now, ABBA is in your Brain, your heart and your soul
@christinabeasley4 жыл бұрын
One of the greatest pop group's ever, listen to does your mother know the guy's sing lead on that one!
@danfrost30434 жыл бұрын
This was No 1 all over the world including The US.
@lilyliz2304 жыл бұрын
This is a real floor filler at parties,you're doing some brilliant reactions now,keep up the good work James
@louismurray47114 жыл бұрын
Loving your smile when the lyrics start...
@descendantoffools97674 жыл бұрын
I remember when they hit big in the 70's. They all over the radio and tv. Agnetha and Frida's voices blended so well and they wrote such catchy songs. Gimme Gimme Gimme, Waterloo, S.O.S. are also some you might want to check out.
@heatherbolick724 жыл бұрын
Thank you so much for doing ABBA, they are timeless. You are awesome 😎
@Siansonea4 жыл бұрын
You should check out "The Winner Takes It All" by ABBA. "Chiquitita" and "Fernando" are also amazing.
@rosliromasarms21114 жыл бұрын
Yesss... I'm very agree with you... That all Great Song...
@richardscanlan34194 жыл бұрын
@@rosliromasarms2111 since we are taking requests - "When I Kissed the Teacher".
@michaelmccall32344 жыл бұрын
Yeah...Ha-Ha-Ha!!! Ya Gotta LOVE ABBA....And Seeing The Kids Is Refreshing!!!
@jen_eks21634 жыл бұрын
As a proud swede, i love when you do Abba!👍 Next Abba-song would be Gimme, Gimme, Gimme.
@dxb80864 жыл бұрын
_"As a proud swede"_ Proud of what? Patriotism teaches you take pride in things you haven't done & hate people you've never met.
@jen_eks21634 жыл бұрын
@@dxb8086It's pretty much known Abba are swedes..(Don't take my words dead serious.:)) Also, we have never met and i certainly don't hate you. Don't be so judgemental and take care
@95KIPPIE4 жыл бұрын
So glad I was a teenage boy growing up in the 70s! The music, undeniably was/is the best. Too hard to grow up in this generation, I wouldn’t want to. The talent 40 years ago was real and raw. Kids, when your parents talk about music they listened to in their day, don’t laugh like I did, now I know what they were talking about. It will come full circle for most of us
@dalesweet52594 жыл бұрын
Yes , who can forget abba! Hahaa international sound recognized all over the world good review jbl! Waterloo was their first American number one hit. It also got us off our butts and onto the dance floor!
@MattKrogmeier4 жыл бұрын
I genuinely love watching you, man! You have such a great appreciation for these old songs, and it makes me listen to them with new ears all over again. You keep mentioning how "...you guys..." had all this great music...but that's the beauty of it, my friend...music is forever! It's all still out there, waiting for you to discover it! Keep at it!
@jimearnest43424 жыл бұрын
I'm 60 years old and I still get all flustered when I see Agnetha! She was so damn hot!
@singlepringle74854 жыл бұрын
ABBA! Now that's a group worthy of exploring! Genius....
@blizzy63924 жыл бұрын
'Dancing Queen' by Abba. Released Dec. 1976. Hit No. 1 and on the US charts for 22 weeks. A '70s discotheque staple! I loved this record back in '77-78 (...still do).
@jimbob.22994 жыл бұрын
ABBA is absolutely timeless.
@jeaniebottoms72024 жыл бұрын
My ABBA faves are “Chiquitita” and “Fernando”. I’m loving seeing you jam out to all the old school stuff. Keep doing what you’re doing!
@barbarasaracini12714 жыл бұрын
Jeanie Bottoms I love both of those songs also!
@TheLemzia4 жыл бұрын
First time I heard this, I was in the Hospital and had an AM Radio, I just caught a piece of the Chorus and it was a month or so later that I found it again at home on FM for the Whole song! I was an ABBA fan from that point on!!!
@saba65023 жыл бұрын
Frida had said later that when Benny and Björn had played to them the raw melody of "Dancing Queen" they just had composed, she started to cry. She found the melody so beautiful.
@VKrulikoski4 жыл бұрын
Oh lord. Now you're deep in the 70s. Electric Light Orchestra is up there too.
@unrulyjulie43824 жыл бұрын
Please, please react to ELO (Electric Light Orchestra)!!!
@galaxycoder4 жыл бұрын
Dancing Queen was the most Worldwide played song in the 1980's.
@paulecrosby20064 жыл бұрын
You have to listen to more of there records, Eagle, The day before you came.
@NisseOhlsen4 жыл бұрын
ABBA: Truly Scandinavian.
@bpfromowc4 жыл бұрын
ABBA are an incredible group. They sound so beautiful. If you react to another Abba song James please consider reacting to "The way Old Friends Do" live at Wembley Arena in London, it's amazing. This live version turned out so good that they decided to put it on their next album, INSTEAD of recording it in the studio. The Seekers Abba Roy Orbison John Denver & Simon & Garfunkel are all amazing talents that you have still yet to fully discover. ESPECIALLY ➡️ The Seekers (my number 1 recommendation). Suggestions for other top acts that you might enjoy include.... U2 , Take That, Buddy Holly, Del Shannon, The Verve, REM. Peace. ✌️
@mimikurtz40614 жыл бұрын
'You are the dancing queen, young and sweet, only seventeen'.................... Oh, man! Heartbreaking. Where did it all go? 'To dance beneath a diamond sky with one hand waving free'.
@emiliefowler4 жыл бұрын
You'r making want to watch the movie "Mamma Mia" again. I believe the soundtrack is mostly if not all ABBA music with a couple of the original band members making contributions. Give it a shot.
@gregvonhoene27454 жыл бұрын
It's hard to be in a bad mood when you listen to ABBA. I don’t believe it can be done.
@joyparry93544 жыл бұрын
I just love your reactions .... so glad you enjoyed this! I was in my teens/twenties when ABBA hit the music scene & this song was a floor-filler at discos & parties! :)
@ertjiesb41584 жыл бұрын
Love Abba!! You can listen to everything!.
@blue-sc1se4 жыл бұрын
One of the best things to come from Scandinavia. Abba was big in the late 70s.
@andrewgraaf50714 жыл бұрын
Please do SOS, my all time favorite!
@kimmokurikka23344 жыл бұрын
You are not alone....
@benmobi4 жыл бұрын
One of the most unmistakably Iconic songs ever made. Those first few piano chords hit and you KNOW what it is ... and you can't stop listening. Here we sit, 43 years and two generations after it's release and the song is as pure and "new" as it ever was.
@kanalnamn4 жыл бұрын
The (half tone higher?) "...feel the beat from the tambourine" always gets me.
@georgedanson4759 Жыл бұрын
Thank you for appreciating ABBA. I saw them in Melbourne Australia, when I was 13 years old. I also came within a few metres of them at the Town Hall when they waved to thousands of fans. ABBA were on the radio waves and TV every day in Australia, in the late 1970s. I am going to London in October to see the ABBA Voyage concert. I am a 59 year old school principal, and I still love ABBA. How lucky am I... to have lived in their time.
@ryanis4 жыл бұрын
ABBA is the BEST. Agnetha and Frida are the most beautiful voices I've ever heard.
@juliodownbytheschoolyard80063 жыл бұрын
The perfectly written pop song!
@nuclearwinter3914 жыл бұрын
this dude has a good old soul. real, genuine reaction to a timeless song
@Drummingvulture4 жыл бұрын
That was freakin' nuts, but cool, watching you fall in love with Agnetha and Frida! LOL! Thanks for that reaction. Very cool.
@michaelmccall32344 жыл бұрын
Ha-Ha-Ha!! This Is Adorable Seeing The Young Kids Dancing With The Grown Ups!!
@paxonearth4 жыл бұрын
I grew up on classic rock, but ABBA is just great.
@ernierivas23344 жыл бұрын
Annifreid, Benny, Bjorn and Agnetha (ABBA) had a catchy tune here. They absolutely stunned me when they came out with, The Winner Takes It All.
@francinelima59634 жыл бұрын
ABBA "Fernando" & "Winner takes All" are my favorites from ABBA! As usual, your reactions are the best --so genuine, pure & honest!! You have it right that telling the younger generation about this music is the greatest because most of the younger folks come on board & become fans! That is why music lives on & gives us hope for all the future generations! It means that we never lose our ability to.listen with our hearts & souls! I( If it's not soulful, it's not music!!) It is obvious that music is one of God's many gifts!
@kellystanoyevic864 жыл бұрын
DISCO loved this when I was 16...lol all generations have loved ABBA. I play it for my grandchildren they love it 30 plus years later that's good music.
@kimberlygrimm70074 жыл бұрын
Yes sir!! This song was a little older but I remember sitting on my Aunts car hood dancing with her! Great memories JBLETHAL ❤
@Isleofskye4 жыл бұрын
Was your Aunt on the car hood, as well ? :)
@kimberlygrimm70074 жыл бұрын
Really @Isleofsky?? Of course she was!! Lol Ask a ridiculous question and you'll get a ridiculous answer!
@Isleofskye4 жыл бұрын
@@kimberlygrimm7007 No need to get Lemon,Kimberly:)It's the type of thing my Cockney Aunt would have done.If she wasn't cussing on the terraces at Millwall,she was watching Speedway and I remember going to an Arcade one day where they had those " Tipping Point" type machines where the money was nudged off the bottom to the player.She got very frustrated and smashed her bum into it which made all the coins drop down and she put them in her handbag. When the attendant turned up on hearing the alarm she looked towards these 3 skinhead boys who were the only other ones there and he threw them out while they were protesting it was the little old lady :)
@elsdebruin89294 жыл бұрын
@@Isleofskye 😀😂😆
@dharmaboy754 жыл бұрын
This song is timeless.
@paulallard98504 жыл бұрын
I'm in my early fifties so I was only a kid when the disco clubs were at their height. When I was old enough to go to clubs all this wonderful music had been replaced with mindless repetitive bass beats. I long for the return of real disco music and actual discotheques.
@shay30874 жыл бұрын
My Swedish Grandmother's favorite song! 🔥💓🔥
@aliciaswofford9894 жыл бұрын
This is my favorite song of all time! When it comes on the radio, the speakers are loud enough to make your ears bleed. LOVE this!
@rubytexas15634 жыл бұрын
Such a fun song...we need more of that today!
@carinaejag4 жыл бұрын
I saw ABBA live back in 1978 in Sweden. The best memory i have.
@TheClairem754 жыл бұрын
Yes! Everyone needs more ABBA in their lives! They were 2 couples and wrote the catchiest 3 minute pop songs ever created. At the beginning of their success they were about love but then they started to split up so they then wrote songs about heartache and divorce. By the time the ban ended they were doing songs about hiding from the East German police during the Cold War all with a disco beat. I really hope you do more of ABBA!
@sspsfivefivefive4 жыл бұрын
Absolutely love your reviews because they are straight from the heart. This ABBA song was so full of energy and joy. And if you enjoyed this you will love Earth, Wind and Fire's 'Boogie Wonderland' x
@dinodasbunce62244 жыл бұрын
You must watch more ABBA. For me the top female singer is Karen Carpenter, the ladies of ABBA are a close second. Listen to their hits which are too numerous to list here, some of them are Knowing Me Knowing You, Name of the Game, The Winner Takes it All, Chiquitita, etc etc. Also listen to their song that weren't considered big hits like. My Love My Life, Happy New Year, I Let the Music Speak and many more.
@artroyo92024 жыл бұрын
One of their Big Hits during 1970's..the 2 ladies is so much Pitch Perfect together...Listen to the chorus , The 2 girls can go Octave higher...My Fave Group Ever and anytime next year they will release new songs...#WelcomeBackABBA #ILoveAbba #ABBAForevermoreEternity
@Alice-lw9mg4 жыл бұрын
I love that you get Abba and Pavarotti - poles apart but both brilliant!
@southernenigma34274 жыл бұрын
Wow...haven't heard this song in years! All of a sudden, it's 1985 and I'm at the skating rink, on a Saturday night, with my friends. Love it!!
@vinceschouten464 жыл бұрын
" It Absolutely was Grand growing up in The 70's with " ABBA" Never Gets Old , , and Keeps me Young Inside " 😎🎶🎤😊
@mjmmjm53704 жыл бұрын
I agree about the talent level.......it was the best!!!
@fredsalay7204 жыл бұрын
Happy music from the past...love this music...can't help but to😄😄😄😆😆
@cathy50704 жыл бұрын
I would cradle my 6 mo old dtr in my arms and dance with her all over the living room to this song! She is 21 today!! Love all of Abba!!!
@masterblackmon4 жыл бұрын
Heard it 2 days ago on Pandora at work...I'm hooked
@jolyn98474 жыл бұрын
They had the most beautiful melodies
@Ozefan25804 жыл бұрын
ABBA....the soundtrack of my youth!!
@bobmar25404 жыл бұрын
No auto tune. Just great singers, songwriters and musicians. Those were the days.
@cathyaudette10604 жыл бұрын
One of my favorite dancing songs (even at age 62). Back when Sweden was still a Western nation with their own unique culture.
@Chalkster14 жыл бұрын
Thanks for this can remember first hearing this in 77 great times 👌
@beatleschick10003 жыл бұрын
I’m gonna say something that may sound strange.I’m a 50-year-old-year-old white woman in the Midwest & I just love you! Started listening to reactions earlier this week and found you with one of my favorite groups ever, ABBA. One of their best songs! And yes, as many many others will say, ABBA could play the soundtrack of my life, ha ha. We did dance parties to the song and everybody had a blast. But I love your honest emotion and enjoyment of these songs that meant so much to my generation. My favorites from ABBA: Fernando, Waterloo, SOS, Name of the Game& Winner takes it All. You have a big heart and thank you for taking me back to the joy of such a younger generation enjoying these. Bless you!!
@mimit4ever4 жыл бұрын
My dad listened to Abba . I think they are great. Fernando makes me cry.
@willrichardson5194 жыл бұрын
Nordic do melancholy, all their music does that, remember, Annifrid is half Norwegian...
@mimit4ever4 жыл бұрын
@@willrichardson519 and Fernando is about war....
@shayleeledevre64014 жыл бұрын
Yes! ABBA! 😍 Bittersweet song for me, eleven years old in bed , this playing, my mom screaming and sobbing from another room. My " Dancing Queen " cousin killed in car accident. I love the song still, I can feel good and cry at the same time. You're making me hit my playlists between The Carpenters and now ABBA? I'm trapped watching these reactions 😅
@laurakali65224 жыл бұрын
Cannot hate them....I don’t care if you’re a full blown rocker, you will know these lyrics and will sing them...loud and proud!
@markgrissom4 жыл бұрын
We took it for granted then, but not now.
@robgerard25434 жыл бұрын
I have so enjoyed watching your reactions to ABBA. You couldn't hide the pure joy on your face every time you recognized their sound. Glad you reviewed their songs so close together too. I can't wait to see your review their BRAND new music in 2020! Their first new music in 37 years!!!!
@barbsmith54653 жыл бұрын
We were so lucky to have Real musicians .......
@Laura-rm6us4 жыл бұрын
We only had one or two radio channels back then to listen to music and they played EVERYTHING from Barry Manilow to Zeppelin. It was an abundance of riches.
@blazingsaddle1664 жыл бұрын
Yeah, this is an absolute timeless classic and sounds as fresh today as it did waaaaay back in my youth. I gotta give you props man for listening to these classic 70's pop songs. There's something for everyone when listening to an ABBA track. They were giants of pop and disco.
@roger42684 жыл бұрын
JB you are the ABBA REACTION KING ! Thank you.
@theresareynolds31332 жыл бұрын
My grandma loved ABBA, my grandparents raised my 3 brothers and I until I was 8, then my mom took us away. At grandma's house music was always playing, even if we were watching TV we could hear music coming from one of the rooms. She wasn't into country and western, she loved The Beach Boys, all the songs from the 50's through the 80's
@renee-kingsdaughter55844 жыл бұрын
Yup!!!! I love my childhood!!! I was a 70's child and an 80's teenager!!!! It doesn't get any better than that!!!
@anthonysmith88004 жыл бұрын
There is something so magical when Frida and Agnetha sing together (often called the 3rd voice). They complement each other perfectly and that sound triggers a brain reaction in me. I've never had this experience with any other 2 voices. They could never know back then the enduring effect they would have on the world.
@richardgribble84384 жыл бұрын
Abba won the Eurovision contest in 1974 and they were on their way, at one time they brought in more money into Sweden's economy than Volvo, they are a worldwide still popular still loved group that no one can replace
@ralphhendriks14604 жыл бұрын
Thank you for this great reaction! ABBA has always been my favorite band. DQ is a perfect piece of popmusic.
@chris-rfs4 жыл бұрын
Kids always danced in clubs in UK years ago to this,no alcohol obviously! The music made you feel happy and wanting to dance,i grew up with this.I was lucky and priviliged.
@guidosarducci4 жыл бұрын
I love that you love this song...that is all...
@veroniqueguevara56584 жыл бұрын
How about ABBA Waterloo
@joycewalbert14134 жыл бұрын
Really FUN song- I was 17!!!!
@russtex4 жыл бұрын
Wonderful song!
@karenielsen47134 жыл бұрын
In the new movie Yesterday the world have forgotten The Beatles, and a woman says “A world without The Beatles is a world that is infinitely worse”... this I think applies to ABBA too. Every melody just makes the sun come out a little more 🥰 Love your reactions and comments man! Respekt from Denmark 👍🏻
@danlabok71174 жыл бұрын
ABBA är det bästa som kommer ut från Sverige!
@angievara73554 жыл бұрын
James you have the power of the word to change people's taste in music, like you there are people out there who have never heard of so many of the songs you react to so go out there and make a change for the better.
@___David___Savian4 жыл бұрын
What made ABBA legends was there music arrangements with the music and their voices. The band almost broke up recording this song Dancing Queen because the piano player and leader of this band seen on this video wanted to get everything just right and made the ladies record their parts and the chorus parts over and over again. The chords and orchestration of this song are also the most respected arrangements in the history of pop music. That's a fact. No other pop song gets near this combination of sounds ever. That's talent.