ABBA - Happy New Year | REACTION

[@jamelakajamal]

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[@tammybrennan2040]

Happy New Year 💜🍷

[@arnett23me58]

Hey Jamel, I got a song request for you. You like U2? Then look up New Years Day by them

[@deesee3622]

Their final album, The Visitors, was the first in the world to ever be released on compact disc in 1981

[@pyenygren2299]

As a swede this is what music is about. Perfect harmonies, perfect voices, perfect lyrics, perfect musicians, and that melancholy is precious.

[@chezellis]

One of the things about Abba songs: they're always beautiful and musically upbeat, even when the lyrics are about sad things.

[@herrbonk3635]

Upbeat perhaps, but often in minor or other melancholic intervals and scales.

[@VelkanAngels]

@@herrbonk3635 - Lay All Your Love on Me :') My favourite for that exact reason.

[@zipadeed00dah]

You gotta understand, nothing - NOTHING - makes a Scandinavian happier than a good, old bout of melancholy, especially during those 18-hour nights there this time of year. And coffee, melancholy and coffee.

[@danielolson5378]

From a general point of view i'd say you're right about coffee and melancholy and especially here in Sweden we are by nature quite melancholy. If you live up in north of Sweden it's somewhat easier to "hang in there". Yes it's lots of snow and super cold but the snow kinda lights up. Compare that to the West coast where October lasts until March if you're unlucky. Rain and wind day out and day in no wonder we're getting depressed and melancholy!

[@loevet2]

Well said! Right now, att 12 in the middle of the day, we have enough light outside to see the street and where we are walking, but in two hours it will be quite dark again (Yes, I live in the north of Sweden!). Melancholy is our national anthem this time of year ....

[@Jacob_Junge]

Coffee, melancholy and coffee is my breakfast. Happy New Year from Denmark.

[@kathynicholson2580]

@@loevet2 😂

[@bajemo359]

Add some cross country skiing, a crackling fire, a star filled night and a shot of Aquavit to shake out the cobwebs and it’s all doable.

[@edned5504]

Nicely done Jamal A Jamal. Great song. Abba songs are seldom happy - there is almost always an underlying pain and melancholia. Agnetha is about 172cm.

[@donna25871]

The masters of beautiful melodies and intricate harmonies combined to create the most wonderful songs. Love them.

[@TimVineTelevisual]

The genius of ABBA’s songs is how the amazing tunes and the way they’re sung always seem to make my heart ache. I found myself staring out of a window after this. Brilliant song.

[@jeremevr6]

In film-everything is supposed to mean something and nothing is accidental. Do you think they were “looking” out the window as a former married couple here?

[@hellokimmy68]

Every time I see that you've done an ABBA song, I can't click it fast enough. They were my first "favorite band" when I was about ten years old in 1978 and I still adore them more than words can express. If you can find a good recording of "The Way Old Friends Do", it is one of the most heartbreakingly beautiful songs ever and really tells an amazing story. I'd have given anything to see them live.

[@msabrina3]

Love ABBA!

[@coryritz]

Happy New Year Jamel and everyone! A highlight for the crappy-covid year was finding this channel. Smiles and great music. Cheers all - welcome 2021!

[@tammybrennan2040]

Happy New Year cheers 🥂

[@staalmannen2522]

Hi Jamel, the ABBA people didn't give up easily. They even were on their best tour when Agnetha and Bjørn were separated. Their Wembley concerts are classics. They made the Voulez-Vous album. They made the Super Trouper album, which this song is from. Annifrid and Benny was still married here. You know they are Scandinavian. If they had been latin, they had broken up already ;). Instead they released music that also reflected their feeelings and their mood. That's why their music is so good. It has substance. Their last album The Visitors even more so: It has some very moving lyrics and songs as: When All Is Said and Done (my favourite), Slipping Through My Fingers, Like An Angel Passing Through My Room, One of Us. ABBA came to be from friendships and love, and ended with the end of romantic love. Bjørn and Benny never fought, and the girls, even they were very different were very supportive of each other. It's great to see that they are so good friends today, and even recorded at least two new songs in 2017! First recordings as a complete group since 1982. Hopefully released very soon. ABBA had magic, its incredible how many young people they are able to touch 39 years after their last album.

[@GuinevereKnight]

Nice to find someone who really knows ABBA! All that drama people are talking about is mostly in their own heads... They seems to think every gaze or word in every video/song is real and that ABBA were fighting already around SOS. When in truth they are still good friends and simply just broke up as couples and then went on to do other stuff... People should really stop projecting so much on to other people who they know nothing about. Just enjoy the music, listen to the lyrics, they are worth really listening to in ABBA:s case. Instead of listening to gossip. 🎶

[@melaniegarrison4278]

Thank you for making the last couple of months bearable. We have been watching your videos almost nightly. I love the positive vibes you put out. Keep doing what your doing.

[@angelatowers198]

beautiful song enjoy

[@mst1740]

I was thinking about this song earlier. It's been New Year for a couple of hours already here in England so thanks for sharing it with us.

[@herrbonk3635]

4:00 That "drama" you are talking about is largely an internet myth, a saga. Sure they got divorced, but that was no big thing in Sweden in the 1970s or 80s. They are still good friends, all four of them. Björn and Agnetha often celebrate christmas and birthdays together (as they have children). No "drama" involved. :D

[@herrbonk3635]

Also, the guy at the window is not Björn. He had some other business to do that day, iirc. The guy in the white suit is another friend of director (and appartment owner) Lasse Hallström. And again, the lyrics and the settings in the video are not about the abba members personally :D

[@theseadubya5114]

Hey Jamal! Vancouver Canada here! Happy New Year! my hubby discovered your channel last April. I was thinking of this song this morning and then it appeared on your channel! Holy moly. This is the story. I'm an ABBA devotee and had this album. By the time it was released both couples had broken off their relationships but ABBA is a bigger business than IKEA at this point. The guys were still really in the throws of writing and were developing Chess, their first musical production. Plus there was another album in the works, The Visitors. The Winner Takes it All has been argued as the penultimate, insult to a marriage and divorce song, but, you can't help thinking of the emotional strength these four had to plow through. Strength and Resilience Jamal! your the best!

[@Soli_Deo_Gloria_.]

Greetings brother I hope with a great hope that the new year is better for you and yours, and this country. God bless

[@bethshadid2087]

AMEN. Hope you and yours have a safe and blessed New Year 🤴🕊️🎊🎉💥💗

[@joshgellis3292]

They made ‘Happy New Year’ absolutely very close to the 1979-1980 New Year’s Eve parties. First both of the couples that formed ABBA divorced- then, they broke the group up around 1982. Cracks in that become critical in relationships can start anytime, but can go on for very ling times.

[@Aussiegirl1972]

Bjorn and Agnetha were already separated when they made this video.

[@perthyren601]

Love from Sweden all friends

[@bethshadid2087]

Love back from Georgia. Hope you and yours have a safe and blessed New Year 🤴🕊️🎊🎉💥💗

[@SCVIndy]

Loved their music

[@kimcwhite6509]

Happy New Year Jamel! You've brought joy to me in 2020!

[@jamesdignanmusic2765]

My favourite ABBA song is one I don't think you've done yet: "The name of the game". Beautiful song, gorgeous singing, great production.

[@TSharon400]

Agree, one of my favourites and quite underrated in my opinion.

[@lolalilolily]

Yes my favorite. That bassline

[@jamesdignanmusic2765]

When it cuts down to the "And you make me talk and you make me feel" bit then opens right up again and the high synth line comes, in it literally sends shivers down my spine.

[@lolalilolily]

@@jamesdignanmusic2765 for me it's the trumpets after 'if I trust in you' Agree with you, such a great production

[@escorpioomega2111]

"The name of the game" from ABBA 1977 reminds me the spirit of BEATLES 1967 (Penny Lane or Fool on the hill) the thrumpets in both groups are amazing for the songs BEATLES in 60s ABBA in 70s the best band and more important music in the history

[@SLPLC]

Happy New Year!! You are one of my favorite discoveries of 2020 and you really helped me during this awful year

[@tunguyenquang5332]

ABBA is the best band ever

[@Flatwoodsdad]

When you start the new year off with ABBA you know it's gonna be a good one.

[@StudeSteve62]

Heh. Nobody ended 2019 with ABBA, then...?😁

[@keithalanbaker535]

Tell that to the people who gave it a thumbs down.

[@beadybaby]

THIS!!!!---> Happy new year Happy new year May we all have a vision now and then Of a world where every neighbour is a friend

[@construct3]

I love this reaction video. I've actually watched it several times. And I love the song. Tonight, I almost broke down and cried. It triggered me. New Years Day is sometimes a real let down after New Years Eve. How MANY years I have felt like that on New Years Day!

[@curtiswilliams578]

Happy New Year, Jamal! A fun ABBA song to react to would be “When I Kissed The Teacher”. It’s a deep cut off the same album that had Dancing Queen, and just a fun, fun pop song I think you’d enjoy.

[@andreasth3r3b3ll3]

They were so famous in Europe that 50% of the children liked the music and the other 50% were vaccinated by the parents. No one in Germany understood the text that time,, but the music and singing was full of feelings. So it was enough for the germans to love it :)

[@danielolson5378]

I think they still are bigger in the UK than in Sweden not to mention Australia! Back in the '70s officially it wasn't ok to be a ABBA fan in Sweden cause they were commercial and not political. Despite that their albums still sold gold or platinum here in Sweden.

[@stevehughes6627]

Huge in the UK!

[@themidsouthcyclist8880]

Another reaction worth watching, because you're a genuine guy with good taste. Happy New Year from Memphis, TN!

[@jeremevr6]

You asked a question about when this came out in relation to “the drama”. This was 1980’ Agnetha and Bjorn had divorced by now-this album has “The Winner Takes It All”-their divorce song-from Super Trouper. They still wanted to work together (Thank G-d)... and a year later Frida (the red-head Mezzo Soprano) and Benny (the cute one) would follow suit.

[@scottcrosby-art5490]

The harmonies still smack me in the jaw

[@rogerlewis6488]

That voice is so pure and the delivery is superb. She was a very beautiful woman and still is. Thanks Jamel and a Happy New Year to you and your family.

[@robertcatesby8420]

This was in 1979, shortly before the group dissolved. It's a bittersweet song, but the New Year is a time of looking back and looking forward, regrets and hopes.

[@escorpioomega2111]

this recording from February 1980

[@TracyfromNC]

Wishing you and the family a happy healthy and prosperous 2021! To all here in this fam too.

[@casandramackall1547]

Very Prosperous New Year to You and Yours '💜💪

[@electromaniac1]

The video was filmed in Lasse Hallströms (who did most of the ABBA videos throughout their career. Who also got known outside of Sweden with his movie My life as a dog, and has directed several movies in the U.S.) own apartment on November 8 1980.

[@martin6181]

Well to boil it down this song is actually very current right now. It's about a harsh and difficult year (or decade) that's come to an end and now it's about to how to tackle the future, can we muster the will to turn things around and make it better again (where every neighbor is a friend) or will we succumb to the hardships, let them break us, so that we lose the will to try (and might lay down and die). The song really says that it's up to us to be strong enough make things better and not be complacent and let our inactions give way to the darkness that's out there, ready to snuff out the flame of the candle that this new year has brought with it.

[@michaelmacintyre9643]

When this was released, it was not cool for guys to admit they even listened to Abba, 42 years later, I am proud to admit I still know all the words.

[@thebomontellano4996]

Happy 2021

[@taniaPBear]

It really is a great New Year song. It's about recognizing that bad stuff happened, but picking your self up, dusting yourself off and looking ahead with hope of a new and better beginning. Surely that sums up New Years.

[@1moola]

Happy new year to Jamel/Jamal and all the viewers here! Wishing you all health, peace, happiness and all good things in 2021! "Confetti on the floor" is a good lyric, btw.

[@odinspromise]

I have always loved ABBA. Being Swede and Norwegian, (2nd generation American), My grandmother did what she could to teach my brothers and I about our heritage. To this day, I still cannot come to terms with a lot of it. The melancholy and all. Maybe I'm just too Americanized??? Still, a lot of great music still comes from the region. Love it.PEACE!!!

[@klaptongroovemaster]

ABBA is usually happy music. I would have thought they could sing "Whipping Post" and it would sound like sunshine.

[@herrbonk3635]

To me, they usually have the typical melancholy of scandinavian and nordic music.

[@klaptongroovemaster]

@@herrbonk3635 They certainly did on this one. I had never heard this one. My mom had 3 of their records when I was a kid.

[@herrbonk3635]

@@klaptongroovemaster It's often an upbeat and danceable melancholy though :D (I kind of grew up with them, so probably the same generation as you parents.)

[@klaptongroovemaster]

@@herrbonk3635 My mom is 83. I was between 3 and 10 when I listened to those records. At 10, my older brother turned me on to Hard (Classic) Rock.

[@klaptongroovemaster]

@@herrbonk3635 My comment was mostly a joke. I'm remembering songs like "Fernando" now. The Happy Songs are the big smash hits. My favorite will always be "Take a Chance on Me." I remember running in circles in the living room as a toddler to that. I guess that's another reason ABBA makes me feel happy.

[@Lovejazz01]

Very cool you did this on New Yea's Eve 2020. RIP 2020, so long, dont come back....

[@ramonfioricompositor8462]

Nice reaction, man. Freaking sick sad TUNE. I'm stTUNEd... Sick vocals, sick harmony, sick lyrics, WHAT LIES WAITING DOWN THE LINE IN THE END OF 89 is an epic sentence. Wow, man. Greetings from Brazil, and should I say: what lies waiting down the line in the end of 21???

[@darkiee69]

A 40 year old song, still played every new year. And Fridas high parts in the backing make the hair stand up.

[@dawnjensen5615]

I have been an ABBA fan since 1978. See my profile picture. Happy New Year to you all.

[@edyoung6573]

Happy New Year to my Brother from another Mother!!! My wife and I watch all your videos and put a smile on your face!!!! Here's hoping for a better 2021!!

[@bekind6763]

They had harmony! Even if the were on hard times! Happy New Year!😎

[@movieblues4614]

*** of a world where every neighbor is a friend *** This song was written in 1980 when tensions between the U.S. and the USSR were intense. America was boycotting the 1980 Olympics, Russia was in Afghanistan, and Regan was on the way. Bjorn is speaking more generally about the world - "May we all have our hopes, our will to try. If we don't we might as well lay down and die" In the next album, he is even more direct "Is is true that the beast [of war] is waking" (Soldiers) The melancholy reflects the world, as much as the personal.

[@JimmyXWolvie]

Happy New Year Jamal!🎉🎊

[@rockymountainrussian2540]

Happy New Year Everyone!!!

[@bethshadid2087]

Happy safe and blessed New Year to you and yours 🤴🕊️🎊🎉💥💗

[@casandramackall1547]

Very fruitful 2021 to you and the family.

[@cessnaace]

This is one of many of their songs that they also recorded a Spanish language version. It's called "Felicidad," and it too has an official music video. Oh, and Agnetha is 5' 8"

[@Mark-zu6oz]

They only stayed together for one more album after this. They never offically broke up as a group. They actually started on another album, but it wasn't going well, so they took a break. The break kept going on and over time as they drifted apart and the years kept adding up. Having said that, they did get back together a few years ago, and supposedly started working on some new music. They have been teasing the release for probably 2 years now, but the release date keeps getting pushed back.

[@electromaniac1]

Rumors that 5 songs are recorded so far. And seems like the reason the two songs are delayed is that the Abbatar project is taking longer than expected. We'll see what the future brings.

[@deesee3622]

wow never knew they were working on another album after that last one they released.... they should release it :)

[@Mark-zu6oz]

@@deesee3622 I think they're focused on the new songs. With the songs after the last release I read that the reason they took a break in the first place was that the songs were not coming together the way they wanted. So I would rather they didn't unless they felt the creative energy to go back and complete it up to their standards now.

[@deesee3622]

​@@Mark-zu6oz wow I just goggled abba reunion and I didnt realize they are coming out with new songs, 5 to be exact; I was actually googling to see the mini impromptu reunion they had a few years ago jan 2016 in some little place in Stockholm - the first since 1981 I think; so excited to hear they are actually releasing new music! Thats another song for Jamel - The way old friends do - that was what they sang.

[@Mark-zu6oz]

@@deesee3622 It's a great song. Can't wait for the new songs.

[@alantidwell7889]

Happy New Year, Jamel!

[@coryspang7548]

This song is now one of my mother's absolute favorite ABBA songs

[@gironez]

Forget about the drama or the money is not that....they love music.........you should listen their last song Thank you for the music

[@susanito3123]

Happy New Year Jamel! You have brought us such joy this year. If you are looking for some amazing lyrics and a truly unique voice, please check out Ferron singing "Girl On a Road," (loss of innocence) "It Won't Take Long" (PERFECT FOR THIS YEAR) or "Ain't Life a Brook" (saddest & most beautiful breakup song). Nobody has EVER reacted to Ferron and you would be the first. She is a treasure. If you love Joni M and other amazing songwriters, you'll be in for a real treat.

[@jeaninia]

Beautiful!

[@deborahdennehy9937]

It's so long ago when I danced to this & many other ABBA songs. It is so so sad both couples split up, don't know when exactly. I was in my 20's!!

[@russtex]

LOVE this song!

[@kristianmapage9742]

Thx for abba song and happy new year to France 🇫🇷, Jamel ! Please abba "hole in your soul"

[@Excitable67]

Happy New Year, Jamel! Thanks for helping keep great music alive!

[@HazelEyedAndWild]

Happy New Year!!! 🍾🥂 All The Best!!! 🙏✌️

[@flemmingkristoffersen1896]

You must see this song in the content of its time. The cold war was very present in all minds at the time. Perhaps especially in countries like Sweden - close to the Sovjetunion. And in the lyrics there is an important message - May we all have a vision of a world where every neighbour is a friend! Thats a positive message and a hope for a better future!

[@paulecrosby2006]

A stunningly beautiful record. You have to do The Day Before You Came, it's a moody stunning masterpiece.

[@andyt1313]

Dan Fogelberg’s “Same Auld Lang Syne” is another New Years classic with a powerful bittersweet feel

[@caribeandude1]

I remember like it was yesterday the day I bought this album. It was on audio cassette format and I loved every song in it. That was in 1980. One of ABBA's best for sure. This particular song I have been listening to every new year's eve and new year's day ever since. Even though it was forty years ago, it still sounds as fresh as the first time I heard it. Relevant then, perhaps even more so today. ABBA seemed to have a kind of clairevoyance about the future when it came to writing lyrics. Take "Soldiers" from their final album 'The Visitors", another example of their unmatched talent for song writing. A song that could have been written today. Listen to it closely.

[@deesee3622]

the visitors was the first ever album to be on compact disc

[@zainlevett3731]

Had and still have great voices. Hopefully one day will reunite for new albums. Not popular as some but I love there song. The day before you came

[@sidneyrobinson9186]

Sorry watching this late its Jan 1 2021..... Happy New Years, you are a heck of a man. World needs more Great Music and more Great People!

[@crannbeathadh]

Happy New Year, Jamel! Thanks for making our 2020 so much better. Wishing you peace and prosperity for 2021. Stay on the bus, brother! ✌🏼💀🌹☮️

[@onofreandojera3052]

You see the group’s popularity peaked in the 70’s and 80’s. If you listened to the song it said at the end of 89. This was recorded before they had problems.

[@jamesbachmann7376]

Agnetha ( the blonde) and Bjorn had been divorced about a year and a half by the time of this video (separated longer). Bjorn had remarried by then. THey had both commented on how better they worked together after the divorce. They both worked together well when they toured in 79. Bjorn had brought his then new girlfriend with him. This video takes place after Bjorn and Agnetha's divorce, but before Frida (the red head) and Benny's (the bearded piano player) separation and divorce. The song is a comment on how we pick up ourselves in the good and bad times of another year passing and strive to try and keep moving forward in the year to come. As for Agnetha's height, both girls are 5'8". In heels, they looked taller. Thanks for the reaction.

[@larryronkq586]

AB,BA Was huge in the 70s Formed in the 1970s ,They have sold over 385 MILLION LPS Making them 2nd to only the Beatles, In the 70s It was ABBA Led Zeppelin and The Eagles And Queen that were HUGE In the 70s

[@snowman4098]

😂😂😂 you always bring a smile 😀 Here's to you ! Never letting us down !!

[@aeh8446]

Agnetha is 5'8" 💜💜💜 They decided to separate on Christmas Eve 1979... Happy New Year was recorded in January1980...

[@danielolson5378]

Thanks for sharing man and as a Swede it makes me happy when people outside my country reacts to our music like ABBA for example. I don't think you have reacted to As Good As New, My Mama Said and/or Man In the Middle! Happy New Reacting Year bro!!

[@buddymx163]

Happy New Year Jamel, I'm sure you know you help so many people to go through 2020. Your purpose is bigger than you think , thanks to you and your family for this reactions, looking forward for 2021 reactions.All the best.

[@dbstooge]

Fleetwood Mac was another band that dealt with relationships within the band. The Rumors album is all about that.

[@520Stingray]

And you're probably sad about No Doubt too....

[@danielolson5378]

Fleetwood Mac's drama is on a completely different level where they more or less said straight out what they felt about eachother in the songs. ABBA on the other hand were not so much public drama and all of them remained good friends. Yes they admit that a divorce is a failure but they reached a point where felt they had like grown apart. Besides in the Fleetwood case there were also drugs playing a huge part.

[@DrMackSplackem]

@@danielolson5378 From what I've read, during the recording of Fleetwood Mac's album 'Tusk', which was released in the same year as this, Mick Fleetwood would have a medical emergency in The Village Studios, LA. He announced he was going to snort a line of coke across all of the tracks on the console. Accounts vary as to the number of channels he snorted through before he had to quit in cardiac panic, but in the end he was diagnosed as hypoglycemic.

[@Pandapo67]

Aloha and Happy New Year from Hawaii

[@TheFishFactory1]

Feli Año Nuevo Jamel. All the best from SPAIN

[@marciv2964]

Happy new year buddy. You're the greatest

[@PhantomOfLiberty]

Never thought I'd see you do this song. Tears.

[@waynecox3958]

Happy New Year Jam man. Maybe next year will bring us Time Has Come Today.

[@rightbraincreative]

Great live version here: kzbin.info/www/bejne/eaSlqHWZqZWSa7c

[@austingunning8541]

Need to.play.....u2...its a beautiful day....lets ger 2021 wirh energy...damn abba...depressing song....janal you us 2 videos tomorrow to make up for this one

[@gregwilliams9737]

Happy New Year to you & your's Jamel

[@Westcountrynordic]

A very quick way to find out if a reaction has been done is to go to Jamel's home page, click on the magnify glass on the right of the page, type the name of the group looking for and press enter.

[@guymoffitt]

The figure looking out the window is a Bjorn "stand-in" hence the reason he does not turn around.

[@leslierobertson5397]

Happy New Year from Scotland !! X

[@thehoogard]

"I thought it was going to be a happy song". The thing is, with ABBA, all their happy songs have dark undertones.

[@bigworldddd9566]

Nothing better for New Year's Day than "New Year's Day" from U2!

[@alonzomelchor2150]

Happy New Year, Jamel

[@EchoesDaBear]

Happy New Year bro!! I always spin my copy of Super Trouper on Jan 1st just to play this song!!

[@walshaw2]

ABBA were so loved in The UK, that they and Led Zep, jointly held the record for 36 years, with the most consecutive No 1 Albums,8 (even more than The Beatles) until recently surpassed by Eminem.

[@stevehawkins6645]

Happy New Year! And thank you for your great reactions. It's people like you who are keeping real music alive and putting it out there for younger people to discover. Keep up the good work! ☺️⭐👍

[@williamjones6031]

1. I had a huge crush on Agnetha (blonde) 2. This band was part of what made 70s music great. All on the same station you can hear this group, Elton John, David Bowie, The Doobie Brothers, The Eagles and Alice Cooper and not miss a beat. This wasn't one of them but you know what I mean.

[@Treky64]

This was after Björn and Agnetha divorce. Benny and Frida would divorce a few years later.

[@discogareth]

A few months later! In fact by the release of Super Trouper, they were pretty much over. Benny had already met Mona.

[@paulknight9998]

FUN FACT: Previously unseen outtakes of ABBA's "Happy New Year " video appeared on KZbin December 31, 2020 and was gaining a lot of traction. It was removed within hours.

[@jillplatte6370]

Thanks for this one!