ABBA - Ode to freedom | REACTION (This killed me inside....but its ok)

[@deegee63]

This whole album gets better and better each time I hear it and it’s true what you say - this is a gift to us.. the fans. Ode to Freedom is the most beautiful and sublime way to close “Voyage”. It sends shivers down my spine. We owe ABBA such gratitude for all the joy they have given us. I for one am very thankful. ❤️

[@gunnerthru]

Yup.....some songs needed to be heard twice before you can built an opinion on it.

[@danielhoarau441]

You have the rights words to explain my reaction about this fabulous album. I've heard it 4 or 5 times since yesterday and i appreciate it more and more during each listening. I don't stop crying of course... I find each song very powerful and beautiful and i realize that it's (probably) the last gift they give to us, to the world. I follow and love them since i was 12 and i'm 59 now. So, ABBA is a part of me, a great part of my life. Since nearly 40 years, i've hoped for this comeback and when i no longer belived it, they came back...Thanks God ! Thanks ABBA for the wonderful times you''ve given to me. I don't like the word "End"...So i prefer saying : " To be continued"... And thank you, Given Toe, for your reaction videos...🙂👍

[@GivenToe]

Thank YOU! 🙏🏻❤️

[@Muckylittleme]

This is a message to the world that freedom is under threat and has been for some time from those who promise happiness and safety if we only give up everything and allow them total power over us. Currently the worlds wealthiest and most powerful and corrupt elite are openly discussing the best way to impoverish and take what is left of freedom from the people in the name of saving the planet. "If I ever wrote my Ode to Freedom Being privileged and spoilt for choice Then I fear that you would Be suspicious Of the cause to which I'd lend my voice" Yet people are not suspicious, instead they demand their own impoverishment and slavery because the huge media propaganda arm of these elite told them this will save the planet. Meanwhile those who demand it with their Islands, super yachts, private jets, fuel guzzling motorcades, lavish banquets, five star hotels and dozen multi million pound mansions give up nothing, in fact they have factually got ever more rich and powerful with each new crisis that takes our freedom and wealth.

[@ArieBlueNoirChannel]

@@Muckylittleme Very Well said !

[@counsellingselfdevelopment8363]

This is spectacular! No matter how popular ABBA was and is, they are still under-rated. This is up there with the best of the best composers. Agnetha and Annifrid have incredible talent vocally and Benny and Bjorn are actually music geniuses. That is not an overstatement.

[@HughJaxident67]

It's the most beautiful song I've heard released for many, many years. It's an incredible track and a wonderful swan song to a masterpiece of an album and career. I waited for more than 40 years for new music from ABBA, a hope that gradually diminished to nothing more than a flicker. I lived through the 70's when they made their initial impact and fell in love with their music, even when it was unpopular to like ABBA it never concerned me because I knew this was incredible talent, a generational artist. I never thought I would see this day, another album, new material, however, it did happen and I am eternally grateful to all four members in making this so. You see, when you've experienced such potent talent and you're aware it's still in the world but silent, the longing remains. To eventually discover they had written new material made me elated, it was almost beyond belief. The additional wait since it was announced in 2018 has been tough but we knew there was a pot of gold at the end of this particular rainbow - a whole album and WHAT an album. The more we immerse ourselves in the music, the more it impacts. There is material here that is timeless and although more mature in many ways, it stands as high as any previous work they've done. Congratulations to ABBA, you've made so many of us so very happy.

[@79BlackRose]

It made me smile when you said this is a "wonderful swan song", as Benny has given a nod to Tchaikovsky's Swan Lake Waltz with this melody. What a sublime song!

[@HughJaxident67]

@@79BlackRose Thanks Rose, I think ABBA made us all smile with this album :)

[@EnzFab73]

This song literally gave me chills. Bjorn and Benny compose not just perfect pop songs but everything in between and beyond. And Agnetha and Frida can sing and harmonize the phone book and make it sound ethereal. This is sumptuous, majestic, and haunting. The voices are also achingly gorgeous here and those chords!!!!! You can envision an orchestra playing this. A perfect ending to the album. My only complaint about it , I wish it was longer.

[@randykoger4646]

Agreed. It needed another verse.

[@saba6502]

Yes, Abba just managed to "write an Ode to Freedom that EVERYONE can sing..." I am singing along and probably many others, too...😊

[@cookingwithurban4446]

It’s like a spaceship taking off, lifting… THANK YOU FOR THE MUSIC ABBA 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

[@italoblu]

Isn’t that a lovely, lovely image.

[@lenaengell8528]

I loved it when you said that this is the confirmation that ABBA is doing this for US, not for the MONEY. I totally agree.

[@GivenToe]

❤️🙏🏻

[@BrylcreemBill]

ABBA turned down a two MILLION dollar deal several years ago, and they built a special theater in London where you can watch them in concert in perpetuity. They don't and won't ever need any more money. It's a rich man's world, and they are living in it quite comfortably. Perhaps they, like I, are sick of today's (what passes for) music. It's like hot, humid, smothering weather, and ABBA is the cool, refreshing breeze that blows it all away.

[@paulieinct]

Ode to Freedom is the jewel on this album. Starting off like a Strauss waltz and then segueing into an anthem, I can imagine throngs of people singing along to this. Would make the perfect closing to any ABBA film or stage musical. Is there anything else in popular music that comes close to this?

[@kaaring]

Imagine a choir of a hundred or more singing Ode

[@sifridbassoon]

@paulieinct the first four notes of the theme are from a waltz in Tchaikovsky's Swan Lake.

[@paulieinct]

@@sifridbassoon Very interesting. I can see Benny as the composer doing this to say, "This is our swan song."

[@sifridbassoon]

@@paulieinct good point

[@AzoreanZionist]

What an elegant and gracious way to end an album. It is an anthem to their timeless mus♪c. When I listen to "Waterloo", I envision a sunrise, because that is where they achieved worldwide notability, and when I listen to "Ode To Freedom", I envision a sunset on their spectacular career. ABBA's music has touched hearts in people in all continents. Mus♪c is the universal la♫guage that unites us all 🌎♫♫♫♫♪♪♪♪♥

[@AlexanderVanDelden]

I've listened to "Ode to Freedom" some thirty times now, And everytime the first strings flow in... again cry! 😭 When the lyrics 'If I ever write...' come waving in... again I cry! 😭 This song moves me so; it's like 'Johan Strauss' meets 'Conquest of Paradise', with both girls' angelic voices... 😭 Ireland has embraced 'When You Danced With Me', for obvious reasons... choirs all over the world will embrace this one! It will be performed by André Rieu and his Orchestra from Canada to Australia, via Brazil and 30 other countries... 😍 'Little Things' has already become an instant-classic X-Mas caroll and decades from now it'll brighten up the world during the holiday season still... Listen to the whole album a few times more, and you'll discover more and more little gems in every song and musical arrangements! I've been playing the album on repeat for two days now: all songs are forever engraved in my brains, like any other ABBA song ever released, and as are you, so am I so very grateful for the best gift ABBA could bring us! I love ABBA-Voyage, and boy, what a voyage it has been: I was there in the beginning (1974) eventhough "People Need Love' had been a big hit in the Netherlands earlier, and 'Sunny Girl' by the HepStars had been a number 1 hit over here even earlier, I was too young to actually be aware of it all at that time... and I'm still here, at the end!? 🤔😏 What? Wait! ,,,the end, or maybe not? We still have the concert to go to (at least five visits over to London certainly), and...: (drumroll) ..there are still two ABBA-songs out there which did not make it unto the Voyage album!!! Björn and Benny confirmed this, but also stated that these two will not be released... ever! But hey; they both also stated, a few years ago, and a few years before that, that ABBA would not get back together... ever! So... who knows!? 😉 Anywho... thank you so much for all your comments and reviews throughout this ABBA journey (so far); It's been a Voyage to remember! 🤗🤗🤗 Thank you and keep on enjoying ABBA for years and years to come! Best wishes and nothing but good vibes from the Netherlands, and me, Eric 👋👋👋

[@hunkhk]

im with you all the way .... its breathtaking

[@EricDekker]

Agree! So emotional.

[@anlylim2258]

Only tears and Joy! Perhaps One day when we depart to the Realms of Pepertual Peace and Tranquility, this is the song to calm us in the Final Journey!

[@birgittalagerstrom6264]

Benny was asked if there would bee more songs, Benny answerd, it depend on the girls. 😀 and they are fired up....don't shut them down 😉😄❤

[@tanialake6994]

I’m in Scotland, Edinburgh and was 8 years old when Abba did Dancing Queen. I’m 53 years old now and I cried when they gave us fans this gift. I’m delighted and joyful again, just when I was when hearing Dancjng Queen.

[@tomaswinter3810]

I grew up with ABBA (then a teenager-beginner) in 70´s. I remember those times when we were waiting so impatiently for any new song, a new LP with letters ABBA on its cover. That´s why releasing The Voyage album is not about listening to the music only. It overbridges somehow all my life, waking up memories hidden deep in my mind. In a way, it´s a "heavy piece of melancholy" and it was very hard to avoid tears to drop down of my eyes (in vain in the end). So, as you mentioned. The Voyage is a gift, both for us elder and for the new generations too, I´m sure. Let´s be grateful for it.

[@nicolepokorna9744]

Hi Tomas, I was born in 1970 and started to be an ABBA fan in 1977. The intense love for them and the way the music just strikes the deepest point of your heart is just amazing. I cried so much when Bjorn and Agnetha divorced....... All my life I have never stopped loving them and I saw the Mamma Mia films many times! I am so happy that they came back in such an amazing way. For me they represent the love of GOD. selfless ,deep, beautiful.

[@meelismetslang5767]

I agree to every word you say, Sir. Thanks a lot

[@smcknight1234]

It's quite possibly their most exquisitely beautiful song. I can't stop listening to it - and every time I do - I cry a little. It's the end to something we all thought ended years ago. As always - thank you for your ABBA reactions.

[@ArieBlueNoirChannel]

The music and the lyrics sung by Agnetha and Frida are harmonious , beautiful magical And it will be felt deep inside

[@stevenkeyte3270]

What a moving and sophisticated piece of music to end the album. If that was their last ever track, what a track to go out on. It moved me to tears. They were tears of 'Joy', not sadness. The album as a whole is fine example of their work...the Girls singing, the Boys lyrics and the orchestration of each track. I would like the 'Voyage' to continue. I respect Abba's decision to say, "That's the finale". Thank you, Abba! XXX. Thank you GivenToe for your thoughts and feelings to these Reaction Videos. You are the Best!

[@GivenToe]

Thank YOU! 🙏🏻❤️

[@ph.122]

Thats right!!!

[@steffichristina8169]

Super beschrieben, absolut grandios!!👍👍

[@wiskeydiamond4224]

The United Nations should adopt this song as there anthem.. Fantastic.. Imagine in sung by 1000s of people at once..

[@terjoe6643]

This is a piece of music that Verdi, Puccini, Schubert, Tchaikovsky, Beethoven or Bach would be proud of. It's stunningly gorgeous and 100% ABBA. The greatest Pop band in history.

[@dont.wilson2121]

You’re right, my friend, ‘Voyage’ is a gift given to us, their fans. And like I believe, Bjorn said, “we don’t have to prove anything to anybody.”

[@1963nmp]

This is my most favourite song from ABBA of all time. I cannot tell you enough how I love this. I turn it up in the car and with the back speakers faded in it is an orchestra in the car. LOVE IT LOVE IT LOVE IT. I totally understand your reaction 😭😭😭. Brilliant. Well done

[@terrykemp1876]

My very favourite too.

[@connysh2781]

There never will be enough ABBA-Songs in this world 🙏

[@ansell1972]

This album is the most emotional journey I have ever ventured on in my 50 years on this planet. This epic group are beyond talented, they surpassed every expectation I had for this special album. Every time I listen to this masterpiece I hear things I hadn’t heard the first time I jumped into this special music. The emotions that are awakened are very personal and touching as I’m sure they are to others who embark on ABBAs voyage. I’m so grateful to those four Swedish musicians for literally composing a soundtrack that has been a massive part of my half century.

[@almaalexander5874]

I love this. SO MUCH. I've loved ABBA for literally decades even when people sniggered at that love because they were "sugarpop" - but they haven't been that since almost the beginning. They're something wonderful. And I feel privileged to have lived in their time.

[@PerryCJamesUK]

A late night re-watching of the ABBA voyage. This song is wonderful. So powerful but understated and dignified. There are many things that make ABBA the best of the very best, but right now, I keep thinking that they really, really understand how an album works. From the start through to the end, they take ten songs, that, from a purely stylistic point of view, are a journey from the ABBA of the early to mid 70s to their departure in the 80s, and somehow they all fit together, and belong together right now. This is no easy thing to achieve. The way they leave the audience at the end of their greatest albums is breath taking. It's like we have been on a voyage, we've been there on their space ship, as we pass each new but familiar planet, and Ode To Freedom is where we depart and watch the vessel slowly head away from us. It's always sad to say goodbye, and it makes the listener feel that lump in his throat. But imagine a world where these ten songs didn't happen. and where we never all met each other from across the world, sometimes a little brittle with each others feelings, but for me, I can't say that I am anything other than blessed for all of this. Without this album and this voyage? That would be a new kind of loneliness.

[@panaydunn8535]

This song is just fantastic. It reminds me of elements of swan lake. I cannot thing of any other band who can produce such great melodies and composition. Stunning. Thank you for reacting to the new abba songs.

[@noraboy5863]

I cried through the whole song, uplifting, soaring, powerful, moving ......nothing has moved me in music like this for the last decade! Oh My, so good to hear those two wonderful voices again, let's hope there's more to come. What a way to end an album, I want more!!

[@antonioalonso2474]

this last song makes a strange feeling with me.....a lot of years we had lived with the fact, that ABBA will never be reunited again..so we cheer and loved all the songs, feelings and memories they gave us with their unbelievable music...2021 we can't believe it, if it is an fake news as always or really a dream come true, that ABBA will release 2 new songs....and they come..with a big BANG and tons and tons of emotions, tears of Joy, memories etc....and the announcement that an new album will com in november...another unbelievable fact and Gift for all of us...now we havethe new album in our hands and joy and sadness is paired soooo near in me...a gift and a joy to hears ABBA again and freshened ld..but after the last song Ode to freedom i can't hold my tears back..so mcuh emotions and feelings...knowing that this is now the last of the lastest SOngs from ABBA....no mistakes, they have soo much SOngs to remember, but this feeling to knowing that this is the very very last Production, brokes my heart and otherwise i smile because of the given gift to us...very strange my feelings in this moment :)...

[@joogie1849]

Best pop band of ALL TIME. They are all brilliant 🥰

[@shereekendall1003]

Oh my you have me in tears too😢yes it's for us fans to as I said to let them go and rest....but never forget them....for how could we for what they have given us....and yes your right about arguments of wars and is dumb....at least we understand what they are saying...our love for them will live on forevermore.... thankyou thankyou thankyou ABBA💖💖💖💖and to you Given Toe for your wonderful and sincere reactions😊

[@GivenToe]

Thank you

[@kwchalky02]

I agree with your overall assessment of this album as a gift. It is fantastic from start to finish. If it had been the third album or the fifth album it would have been brilliant, but the fact that it is coming 40 years later makes it all the more special. They were always brilliant, but if anything, the maturity that has come with the years adds to it. Truly magnificent album. So many great tracks of different types, showing an amazing repertoire, but all with that unique ABBA sound. And this last track is no exception. Beautiful. Thank you for the music ABBA. 😊

[@AnSe902]

And here I am... crying again. But only tears of joy. 🙂 It's such a wonderful song and it reminds me of the powerful chorus of "Va Pensiero" by Verdi. I agree that it's a good or even the perfect ending for ABBA's musical journey over the decades. Thank you for your reactions. 😘

[@GivenToe]

❤️❤️

[@dwaynesleech]

Omg! I have that song on vinyl record by Aida ( chorus of the slaves) as commonly known. On the other side is The Triumphal March had this since a wee lad. Great tunes

[@davidbarrett1270]

YES! I thought I was the only one who thought of the Verdi connection. The song is simply gorgeous.

[@friesregularsize]

Very reminiscent of Swan Lake. But it’s like if Abba was this legendary journey, this would be their moment of walking off into the golden Terrence Malick sunset. It has this ethereal, beautiful melody that makes you sad to see them go but knowing they have to. Thanks for everything ABBA.

[@GivenToe]

😭😭😭❤️🙏🏻

[@johanlamprecht5577]

Been watching your reaction videos all day. I will never forget the first time I heard Abba it was in 1978, I was 10 years old and the song was Does your mother know. I remember loving them ever since and the very special moments of hearing the Super Trouper and Visitors albums for the very first time in my teens. It was so special and I missed them so dearly for 40 long years. I am now 53 and the Voyage album is like you say a special gift. Emotionally overwhelming and I will never forget it. Finally to listen to their final song is another seminal moment for me and I believe for many Abba fans both young and old. I love Abba and I love all of you on this channel. Be happy and blessed

[@GivenToe]

🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻

[@stevesmith7792]

Well said ! Thank you ABBA for the music and thank you GivenToe for your heart-felt reactions

[@helmutb2612]

For me it's quite the same: I'm 53 too and my first encounter with ABBA was also 1978, when I found "The Album" among all my grandparents' other LPs. This opened a whole new musical world for me! Since then I'm a ABBA fan and have collected all of their records and their music was always part of my life... Greetings from Austria! :)

[@stevieg8134]

Same for me too, yet I am a bit older. I heard Does Your Mother Know in 1978 and have been hooked ever since. When ABBA broke up, I was very sad. Their music got me through so much that life had thrown at me as a teenager (and still does as an adult) and for that I am forever grateful. Voyage is truly a beautiful gift to us, the fans, that will be cherished forever, as all their music. Thank you GivenToe for sharing your heartfelt reactions to this special gift.

[@oldguynewmusic6632]

Thanks GivenToe, for taking on this musical "Voyage". Loved all of your videos and love the entire album. As you say, what a gift ABBA has given us.

[@GivenToe]

❤️❤️❤️🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻

[@sifridbassoon]

@@GivenToe yes, I have loved your reaction videos, if only because you had the same emotions that I had when I first listening to the new songs. Don't ever be afraid to show your emotions. As one of my music professors once said: you can fake a smile, but you can't fake goose bumps.

[@deborahjohnston5425]

You are good at what you do. Your emotions gave me tears. I am 74 and have followed ABZbA since they began. My husband loved them too. He passed 2 years ago. He wanted to hear these songs.

[@GivenToe]

Thank you 🙏🏻 I am sorry for your loss! 😩

[@catherinebrennan8133]

Thank you abba for your music❤❤❤❤❤

[@ronbattiston2468]

I am a 73 year old Canadian and I reacted to the new ABBA songs very similar to how you did. What they did for us is amazing and helpful and I even placed them on my publishing website and suggested to my readers that they listen to them before reading anything else. I have also watched Mama Mia 1 and 2 and again their music had a huge effect on me. And millions of others too! Thanks for the video Given Toe.

[@SarmisPug]

Thank you for your passion in reviewing this album. You've made it so enjoyable.

[@GivenToe]

❤️❤️❤️

[@Calumetto]

Impeccability is hard to achieve and almost impossible to achieve consistently. ABBA has managed that. I applaud them. ••• Thanks for your reactions and the excellent summation. Peace! (-:

[@jutme8500]

I loved loved loved your reaction. I have benn listening to this song since I heard it for the first time. It brought tears to my eyes and it will go on being so forever. I happened to knew ABBA when One afternoon I heard a beautiful voice sing Thank you for the Music and my whole existance was shaken. I was 12 and now being in my fifties I still have the same emotions and feelings . ABBA is unique , they have been and will go on being my life companions .....Thanks for your reactions. I enjoyed each and all of them Greetings from Argentina ....Marcelo

[@GivenToe]

❤️❤️❤️❤️ Thank you!

[@gazlator]

Only ABBA could take an unashamed waltz and it into the most wistful, beautiful pop song.

[@eduardooscar309]

"Ode to Freedom" (2021) is an extraordinary ending to what may be ABBA's extraordinary musical and group journey I believe that the last thing ABBA has done is to be aware of its Legacy and to be faithful to it, to perpetuate it to the new generations That is why I believe that this new album "Voyage", perhaps the last of ABBA, is a trip to eternity in the history of music. In particular, I feel that this song is sung by the four of them together from beginning to end, although Frida stands out strongly in the lower tones and Agnetha appears as a beautiful second voice in the treble, the men do background voices My best regards to You from Buenos Aires , Argentina

[@evahammarstrom-radberg5138]

Wow what a masterpiece. Goosebumps de lux

[@GivenToe]

😭😭❤️🔥

[@kaaring]

For my funeral. Wonderful modulations. Glorious. A message to humanity. The acapella filter version on youtube shows how astoundingly beautiful the voices are. The depth of every 'Ode to Freedom' stirs the soul to its core. Swan Lake , Va Pensiero + ABBA. It's actually everything. It's complete in every way.

[@Anna-Gunilla1792]

I also thought for my funeral one day

[@birgittalagerstrom6264]

The Voyage came in a time when we all needed it! Thank you ABBA! ❤💖💝

[@Titan52berg]

I love the entire album! Even after all the years, each of the members of ABBA has proven, beyond any doubt whatsoever, that they can still weave their incredible magic for their fans... and the most precious gift is that they have made their friendships last and they treat the fans as their close, trusted friends ... and they have wrapped their love and legacies up in their final tribute to us! How in all creation, can we not be grateful to the greatest musically-gifted geniuses that our generation has ever seen and heard? Thank you, Benny, Bjorn, Frida and Agnetha! You four beautiful people shall forever live in my heart! Thank You for the Music!!!

[@ExcelWithChris]

Chris here in South Africa. I warned you. This was heaven and thanks for your reaction videos for Voyage. I enjoyed every one of them.

[@GivenToe]

🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻

[@diegoshepherd3464]

This is a Masterpiece....such a beautiful song with amazing instrumentation, as always. Interesting that you focused on the word dignity. I did the same. I was at the gym and music was blaring with f***k and every other curse word you can imagine and I thought of ABBA and the true meaning of music. I am blessed to hear ABBA again. It was fun watching your video reactions to this amazing CD. All the best to you!

[@GivenToe]

❤️🙏🏻😁

[@andrewsquire1024]

I think you expressed very well exactly what a lot of us are feeling at the moment - quite emotional about ABBA because we love them. Well done. And your reaction made me cry too 💦

[@LordPata]

Having a new Abba Album after 40 years is something that we are so blessed to be alive to see it and listen to it. The whole album was 100% Abba sound. It was a trip to memory lane in all senses. This song Ode of Freedom is the closure Abba didn't have 40 years ago. 40 years ago they just went separated ways but without a proper closure to thank their fans, but now they got this chance to do it and went all the way with it. The strings and harp arrangement is so beautiful, so full of feeling. Yo can tell they put everything on this song. And now they feel truly free :) Abba returned on a time when we needed them the most, and I for one am thankful with them and with life for have allowed me to be alive to enjoy this album, and not only me. My 78 years old mother is alive too and she too can listen to this album, which is a wonderful gift from Abba to us :)

[@paulecrosby2006]

This is a Stunningly beautiful Masterpiece that brought tears to my eyes, this record will always stay with me. ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥

[@toby9999]

This album provides a kind of closure to the ABBA story. Their music has been part of my life for almost 50 years. Beautiful.

[@rdwulf6289]

It's a devastatingly fantastic end to Voyage. I tear-up every time . The third listen did it for me.

[@rincemind8369]

I feel the same way. ABBA's Voyage album is a marvelous gift to the world, which nobody could have expected beforehand. How fantastic it is listening to the matured ABBA sound and voices! Experiencing both happiness and sadness also remembering that this will be presumably be their last together album. Thank you for your music, ABBA! I believe in wonders! 💖

[@marianimrie5544]

You can hear the heart of these unpretentious four very special people, and after their voyage as individuals and as a group they are the only ones who could write, compose and sing the Ode to freedom that the world could sing. What a dignified finale!

[@badlongon525]

What an epic way to end the 50 wonderful years of ABBA. Thank you ABBA. 😊

[@boxerseed]

Thank you. This song makes me so sad (or emotional, I'm not so sure), for a moment I almost feel lost. Listening to this song makes me feel all the pain that I carry in my life (although being happy with my life!), all the lost stuff from my wonderful "ABBA childhood"; but, after watching your video, there's a good feeling too. Feels almost like a little healing process enabled through our sharing our feelings here. Thank you for allowing that.

[@GivenToe]

❤️🙏🏻

[@abbascots]

Hey I agree wholeheartedly with all your views and comments regarding this touching song 💕 It’s so eloquently delivered with such poignancy vocals so operatic and heartwarming 😍 A very fitting end to Voyage this elegant and surprising song always gives me goosebumps every time I listen 💕

[@DiNoar-kz7cn]

Dear Given Toe: Thank you for expressing the feelings due to the music of ABBA. It's your honesty in combination with the great gift to express the feelings a lot of ABBA Fans share in the same way. It was a great plesure to be a Part of this/these historical moment(s) 🍀 Dirk from Germany

[@GivenToe]

Thank YOU for being here! 🙏🏻❤️

[@keroppi0420]

This is one of my favorite songs on this album! Voyage, is definitely a gift that ABBA not only fave themselves but also to the fans! What a beautiful way to say goodbye.🥺😢

[@jcb561]

5:53 I totally had the same reaction as you when I first heard this. Being a fanatical ABBA fan myself, all I wanted to do in that moment was wrap my arms around each one of them and reassure them how beloved they are for giving us so much joy through their music. No amount of money is enough for what they have given all of us over these past 50 years.

[@memyself8180]

I am a German ABBA-Fan since I was 12. You are great with your comment!!! You are totaly right: the last words of the Last ABBA-Song is a message to our world!!! - - - Thank you, that you are such an emotional nice guy from Sweden … I love your tears

[@GivenToe]

😁🙏🏻❤️

[@1963nmp]

I cannot tell you enough how I LOVE LOVE LOVE this song. Tuned right up in the car with the back speakers faded up it is a symphony. Best ABBA song ever. 😭😭😭😭😭😭. Moving reaction video. You're the best man ❤️🇬🇧

[@GivenToe]

Thank you, yes I love this song ❤️😭🙏🏻

[@magnejohansen9640]

Dear ABBA. Thank you for the music.

[@terrykemp1876]

Sept 2022 and this still makes me cry!

[@GivenToe]

🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻😭😭😭

[@hajnalkakun7665]

FREEDOM .This is the conclusion after a lifetime from 4 fantastic musician.This word have to be the most important for americans too.

[@Beefers26]

The song is a fitting end to a great last blast album from one of the best bands ever.

[@scaubertable]

This song "Ode to Freedom" touches my soul always ... It is so sublime and strong...I have heard this song so so many times...I thank God that ABBA are still with us...ever

[@retrosilk]

Apart from the already released songs, I am most moved by this one, it runs deep inside snd is so moving and beautiful. A masterpiece and a gift, listen to it loud, it’s awesome ❤️❤️👏👏

It's only the second ABBA song that made me cry. The first one is "Like an angel passing through my room". This is the 2nd one. First, because I had the feeling it is their very last song. And secondly as I feared we will never sing that one ode to freedom ever. But above all the song is too beautiful.

[@johnmckenna8744]

You made me cry so many times in your reviews of this Album. It's music with a heart

[@GivenToe]

❤️🙏🏻

[@karenbagshaw1819]

Being a huge ABBA fan I have been watching your ABBA Voyage reaction videos and they have encouraged me listen to this music in more depth. This album truly is a masterpiece - the composing, lyrics and vocals are amazing. Oh, and I've enjoyed your commentary too, thank you 🙂

[@sandyartman7520]

I listen to this song so much and am amazed by its power. The instrumentation is so beautiful, filled some of the most sublime sounds in an orchestra…cello, oboe and harp. I love, love, love this song and could listen to it all day! I can totally empathize with your reaction.

[@TangoEliott]

A powerful, deeply felt, magnificent send-off that begs the world to listen. For who can, who has written an ode to freedom? This song should be adopted by the UN and played simultaneously worldwide and listened to. It is a masterpiece of music. ABBA never fails. I am in awe of them.

[@hunkhk]

You did a great job thanks! This song is just breathtaking and packed with emotion and a perfect ending to their magnificent legacy. #AbbaForever

[@pikemeredith5604]

Ode to Freedom is very moving especially in the world right now. Another factor too is that ABBA are sharing their music with a new generation of fans who weren't around in the 70's & the music in that decade & the 60's was the best & so were the bands. ABBA ruled the 70's that's for sure, no doubt about it & what a year to come back into. Oh, how I was glad I was born when I was & was there to hear this music. I hope other bands can come back with a virtual concert like ABBA. Think it should be done by many others & will be successful. Know I'll be there when it happens, can't wait. To use a cliche, thank U for the music ABBA.

[@ralfmeyer9086]

As a Nightwish fan, i only say WOW. It can be the perfect intro of a Nightwish Song. ABBA, my full respect for you .After 40 years, What a amazing Album

[@GivenToe]

🤘🏻🤘🏻🔥🔥

[@missfraffy]

Yes! This song made me think of Nightwish!

[@6549Marci]

It was the only one of the new songs that brought tears to my eyes. A beautiful, hymn-like song with a beautiful message. Maybe somewhere in the subconscious, the fact that this is where the story ends, this is goodbye. Björn again proves that he is an absolutely brilliant lyricist. You know that line, 'I'd like to think that FREEDOM is more than just a word' is more than relevant in these dark, politicized times we live in. I'm playing it in loop mode at the moment. I just can't get enough of it.

[@ZakhadWOW]

actually since it seems to affect me personally deeply, Dont Shut Me Down makes me cry now and again, depending on what state I am in

[@GeneMTBros]

For me, this song, this hymn just truly does it. My soul feels at home in the lyrics and the meaning of orchestral instrumentalización. TRULY REMARKABLE IN THIS AGE!

[@p320-y5f]

The musical genius of ABBA! Great composition,great lyrics, the unrivaled hamony of

[@p320-y5f]

Agnetha and Fryda's beautiful voice!

[@summerside1967]

What a momentous song to close a monumental album!! I have such admiration and respect for their craft that they all came together for the love of music and for their fans. Thank you GivenToe so much for sharing this experience with all of us! So great to share with others that appreciate and love ABBA like I do! Cheers my friend!!

[@GivenToe]

🙏🏻❤️😭

[@craigwhittaker928]

This is their gift to the whole world spreading love and peace, what a way to bow out as the true artists they are. This is a true class in music to all other music makers out there. Priceless beauty!

[@paulcolwell...]

Thank you 😊 you done amazingly xxx. My depression has lifted since ABBA released stunning 😍 ALBUM..XXX

[@GivenToe]

🙏🏻🙏🏻

[@SarmisPug]

Re-watching your Voyage reviews, I'd forgotten how your eyes reveal the depths of your emotions. Ode to Freedom wrecks me every time listen to it. I came to your channel for your Voyage reactions, I stay for fun you bring to music and life!

[@GivenToe]

Thank you so much Philip! Means a lot to me 🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻

[@1963nmp]

I have just done the same Philip. I have cried with Giventoe on some of his reactions, including this one. I think this song is the best ABBA has EVER done. The gift they have given us is so fantastic that I don't think ever it will be repeated. ABBA, we love you. I am planning to go to the concert for the second time, hopefully.

[@johnsowle6918]

What a beautiful end to the album. reminiscent of Arrival and The Way Old Friends Do. It's been fun doing this with you Giventroe and thank you.

[@GivenToe]

Thank YOU!

[@alexj7785]

with you 100% Given Toe! i would like to add that, ABBA's music, their sound, the lyrics, make them masterful performers but not only! for me, they are examples of how to live and be human;

[@GivenToe]

They truly have blessed us =)

[@taniamaramartini8207]

*Tão lindo!!!! Maravilhoso!!! Espetacular!!!! ABBA FOR EVER*

[@ysaacwichmannantinao3502]

Wow , music for a spiritual human transformation . Other gem and masterpiece of the swedish ABBA music pop group . Very beautiful , very nice !!!

[@anthonysmith8800]

Majestic and Beautiful. Take a bow Annifrid Benny Bjorn and Agnetha. Thank you for this gift ❤ Thank you for your heartfelt reaction. Totally agree with all you said 😊

[@seanb6259]

Loved watching you react to the Voyage album and offer your insights and views, totally agree, we must not forget what an incredible gift this is to their fans - I don't remember anyone else doing anything this? They don't need the money and its obvious this was done for the joy of making music for themselves and their fans more than anything else. Special people indeed and its clear why their music has such powerful resonance, total geniuses! Such a joy to have them back for one last ovation! Class!!

[@GivenToe]

😁❤️🙏🏻

[@sifridbassoon]

my first time hearing this. I'm speechless. beautiful. moving. i'm sad and crying to think this is the end of both the album and the group. i want them to go on writing and recording their beautiful music. i respect their decision, but it still makes me feel hollow.

[@mauromoacirhoff1855]

Simplesmente FANTÁSTICO

[@ortrudjacobs7739]

This one flashed me too. One of the songs where the harp ist really good to hear.. you dont have it really often. That i got in mind first. and then... The Lyrics .... they nailed it! So truely spoken words. And everyone should bear them in mind. Yes, it is a gift, this album.

[@leedz9914]

What else can we say than: Thank you for the music ABBA! 🎶❤❤❤❤🎶

[@johnjamesduffy7653]

I feel that this song is ABBA's swansong & it is a spectacular & stunning swansong - it's absolutely stunning.

[@raumlos]

Unfassbar, über allen Zweifel erhaben! Geschichte ist geschrieben - DANKE!

[@agnetalarsson8067]

Who else than ABBA could write such a beautiful piece of music today? It's epic. And I just love you reactions❣😊

[@GivenToe]

❤️😁🙏🏻

[@rnewton8263]

This song feeds my soul and is so beautiful. I am so grateful to ABBA for the gift of Voyage.

[@djelek123]

This is the most beautiful Abba song i ever heard...this is the one and only song that makes me crying💝🥰💝🥰💝

[@stevenkeyte3270]

I keep playing this video and the track from the album. It still send shivers up my spine and sets the hairs on my body, on end. I would like a longer and 'Instrumental' version of this.

[@GivenToe]

Yeah that would be very nice! An extended version 😍🔥

[@jutme8500]

and you are right, this is an anthem for the whole world ....It is message for the inhabitants of this planet . A warm hug Marcelo

[@alphabeta6213]

And maybe a message to the universe...

[@jutme8500]

@@alphabeta6213 that's for sure !!!!!

[@atafuri]

This song, lyrics is a gift to humankind... we can meditate on it and find wisdom and peace!

[@leonquiet4768]

I agree with you. I love the whole album, and this song is a masterpiece that will be more appreciated with time, I am grateful because in the middle of all these dark moments, they give us light, just like they always did, and will keep on going like this, eternamente. Por siempre...

[@thehub73]

Just discovered your reaction videos and have loved every one for Voyage. You made me laugh, cry and enjoy the album even more than I have already. Love the sheer joy you show with each song. Thank you for making my evening! X

[@GivenToe]

Thank you SO much! That really means the world to me ❤️