ABBA - Ring Ring (Official Music Video) | REACTION (Heard the song, never saw the video)

[@eduardooscar309]

Hello again, dear friend Thank you for making "Ring Ring", when ABBA was not called that I remember that when I was young (now I am almost 65 years old) there was no cell phone or internet, and not everyone had a telephone; and when I left my parents protested because I hung up the phone to talk to my girlfriend, or was waiting for her call, and I didn't want them to use it and occupy it what times those hahaha "Ring ring" was composed to go to Eurovision 1973 but was third in the Swedish preselection:(Melodiefestivalen) there they went with Agnetha with a very advanced first pregnancy (at eight months, you can see in some photos) "Ring Ring" is the third single (and first album) from the future quartet ABBA (in these times they called themselves as 'Bjorn and Benny; Agnetha and Frida') "Ring Ring" is the only ABBA song in english that have another more songwriters It's because their manager Stig Anderson called to Neil Sedaka for an english lyrics , and he did it with Pill Cody surely because of Agnetha's pregnancy and her postpartum, the future ABBA did not have many chances to promote "Ring Ring" That is why there is even a curious one: a TV presentation from 1973 performing "Ring Ring" without the presence of Agnetha, with Inger (a friend of Frida) in her place after Agnetha's postpartum the future ABBA makes a presentation in Denmark and there they film two videos: "Ring Ring" and "Love isn't easy" this is the first Ring Ring video with all four ABBA members together kzbin.info/www/bejne/jHSwioNqZbagkNk This official video is from 1974 After the victory in Eurovision with "Waterloo", ABBA begins with their official videos, and in two days they filmed both: "Waterloo" and "Ring Ring" the costumes they wear are superheroes, to be different from those of Waterloo (You can see these costumes on TV performances of "Honey honey") ABBA remixed the original recording from 1973, when they first applied the 'wall of sound' technique ABBA decided to release "Ring Ring" again in the UK and other countries in 1974, as the follow-up single after "Waterloo", but it barely reached number 32 in the UK. For me it is a very good song (8pts) it had its success a little beyond Sweden in 1973 and other European countries It's glam rock style, like the next, the glorious and iconic banger masterpiece "Waterloo" and last date "Ring Ring" was first ABBA song recorded in spanish language (also other languages), but not released in their time (that's why "Chiquitita" is first ABBA song released in spanish language) See you next time God bless you! my best regards to you from Buenos Aires Argentina 🇦🇷 South America P.S.: congratulations for your new mark of subscribers! Go to 10.000 and do a party!

[@GivenToe]

Yes good old phones were the good times :D Thank you so much! =) Take care!

[@agnetha1968]

Thank you for listening to all the abba songs. I am so chuffed you like even the most unusual ones. Very refreshing. There are some beauties that no one ever hear. I love every single song they ever did. Just an abba nut really. Grew up in Australia when they where huge and been hooked ever since. I love your reactions and you make me cry sometimes when I realise you actually get it! The girls vocals will never be matched and even Bjorn is pretty good. Feeling pretty proud right now! Look forward to your next reaction ❤️❤️❤️❤️

[@GivenToe]

So happy you enjoy it 🙏🏻😁 Thank you so much for that ❤️

[@wayne_twentyfive]

Great comment ! .. And yes, I too am an Aussie that grew up when ABBA-mania hit here, and I will always love and feel connected to them .. They're one of my all-time favourites for sure !

[@karlturner9038]

Thank you very much for another interesting ABBA video reaction. This is a remixed version, recorded a couple of years later after having completed Ring RIng album (the saxiphone was added and the entire track was re-recorded). As for the style in this video - well, it was a period, when their outfits were influenced by some glam rockers, at least, they took the inspiration for that. Later they gave it up and changed their style again, though they always did it throughout their entire career.

[@GivenToe]

Thank you 😊 Yeah they always had the flashy clothes more or less didnt they? 🤩

[@kimmokurikka2334]

In my opinion, Ring Ring is their first song where you can hear the ABBA-sound. The other songs on that album sounds like strange musical experiments for me. But my ABBA starts with RING RING

[@GivenToe]

I understand that very much 👍🏻👍🏻😊

[@ajbrito7434]

But this version is not the one for the album but for this video!

[@genewebb2837]

ABBAMAN... Great idea to react to hit videos you have never seen you can imagine hardcore Abba fans like me who fell in love with this group for everything you mentioned clothes hairstyle instruments the joy on their fresh faces. I do like this song since it's one of their earliest and back then they did not speak English very well the English lyrics where co-written with Neil sedaka who I was a big fan of anyways. Back then Abba was sort of a Glam Rock group but it was music to my ears to hear this kind of music when I was a teenager. I also noticed saxophone in this song which they did use throughout their career and even on don't shut me down it harkens back to the beginning that new song in particular uses a little of this and a little of that from different songs over the years that's why I think it appealed so much to everybody who was a fan which made me cry when I first heard DSMD.. looks like you are approaching 9,000 subs and a new live stream maybe this weekend I hope so

[@GivenToe]

Yeah ABBA is a band that you easily can fall in love with indeed! Thank you so much Gene! yeah, I plan a Livestream on saturday! ;)

[@wayne_twentyfive]

Thanks for doing this ABBA song, coz as you say it's a big milestone in their history .. It has that famously great ABBA production and sound to it .. Agnetha looks just adorable .. Breathtakingly beautiful ! .. And nice pick-up on Bjorn's make-up .. He did go a tad overboard, didn't he ! 😂

[@GivenToe]

Thank you! I think he did 😅😅😅🤣🤣🤣

[@ajbrito7434]

But this version is not the one for the album but for this video!

[@tuijakarttunen9164]

I think this is one of their best songs and videos. Absolutely love the cheerful feeling it has. Another really good one is Bang-A-Boomerang. Fantastic, simple, happy song. So good.

[@marinamucic908]

I've seen this video long time ago, but for me this song is one of my favourite ABBA songs, ever since I first heard it. I really love this song. As you said, they look so happy

[@GivenToe]

They do 😊😊😊

[@6549Marci]

Great to see your Abba reaction again. I'm happy you've changed your mind and decided to react to all their songs 👋👋👋 Of course, there will be a lot of songs you've heard (especially their greatest hits), but you probably haven't seen the videos or heard them in a while. I don't think anyone here would mind that it's not the first listen. We're here because we like your honest and often hilarious reactions = happy pills. A good eye that you noticed that Ring Ring dial choreography. Maybe that might help shed some light on its meaning to the younger generation 🤣

[@GivenToe]

Thank you Marci 😊 Yeah we need to educate the next generation what an avtual phone is Im afraid 😅😅😅 This will be fun to continue😁

[@scottywright8146]

May not be your favorite song, but you have to admit, their vibe is so infectious. Thank you for all of your reactions. Much respect from Jacksonville, FL ❤️

[@GivenToe]

Absolutely 🙏🏻 Thank you Scotty! ❤️

[@geneWebb-uh5fg]

ABBAMAN... I agree with you this is not my favorite ABBA song either but it was their first major hit worldwide. Their previous release was people need love. And there is a video for that that so you may want to check that out sometime interesting note on ring ring they also recorded this in swedish in the English lyrics for co-written by Neil sedaka

[@helenpeterson]

Am so glad you did this video its so endearing..chubby Bjorn wearing the cape on that "kapow" guitar. Love the smiley Benny and the girls look amazing. Great reaction David.

[@GivenToe]

Thank you Helen 🙏🏻😊😊😊

[@eleonoragiacomazzi5775]

Ahhhh, YES! What an absolute treat this was to see! The girls look stunning as usual. ( They are so bueatiful they would look great wearing paper bags!) Bjorn as Super Swede and Benny as Muskateer if the ivories! My heart expands every time l hear them! The pure joy on your face David says it all! Thankyou! Ciao bello! 😎❤

[@GivenToe]

Yeh they actually would look GREAT even in paper bags 😂😂 Thank you Eleonora 🙏🏻❤️

[@Lisa-M]

Now the tin foil photo of them came into my mind... 😅😆

[@GivenToe]

@@Lisa-M hahah

[@largemansteve60]

Bjorn, the Caped Guitarist. He's such a superhero...EDIT: The hooks they create for each song have such an ability to draw one in is spectacular. I'm always going around singing lines from any one of their songs.

[@niddin3281]

I like Ring Ring a lot, but my favorite songs are those that never ended up in the charts. I like this video, because you have the opportunity to see their faces for more than a split second and there is no silly stuff flashing around. The outfits were crazy, but also fun to look at. I have seen this video many, many times, but it was fun to watch your reaction and listen to your comments.

[@GivenToe]

Yeah lots of closeups on them all 😊 Thank you Nin!

[@lena.jansson04]

Hade inte heller sett videon innan! Sången är ju ganska uttjatad men det är ett nöje att se deras kreationer till scenkläder. Helt fantastiska! Tack David🙏🏻

[@GivenToe]

Kul att höra att du gillade videon Lena 🙏🏻😁

[@jameshaberkorn8728]

Happy you did this reaction. Can’t do a ABBA song to early. I agree with you about doing all the songs, not everyone has heard all the abba songs even the popular ones. There are many videos available for many abba songs.

[@GivenToe]

Thank you 🙏🏻 Glad you like it 😁 Theres a lot more to come!

[@DaveHof]

Oh, Agnetha - when are you going to give me my heart back, after you stole it 40 years ago?

[@GivenToe]

😍😍😍🔥🔥🔥

[@dannybuyse]

Ze heeft er zoveel gestolen dat ze er een kasteel mee kan bouwen. Persoonlijk de mooiste vrouw ooit.

[@abbascots]

Hey David I love the costumes both ladies looked stunning very kitch and so appropriate for the glam period infact I’m sure Frida helped design some of these early costumes 😉🤩 the guys well 😂

[@GivenToe]

Thats so awesome 😂🙏🏻

[@ajbrito7434]

But this version is not the one for the album but for this video! The one on the album was re-recorded and this is where Michael B. Tretow first used it where they slightly increased the tempo to create a more powerful and dimensional sound! The album version made the song more magnificent! ("On 10 January 1973, the song was recorded at the Metronome Studio in Stockholm. Studio engineer Michael B. Tretow, who later collaborated with Andersson and Ulvaeus on many singles and albums, had read a book about record producer Phil Spector (Richard Williams' book Out of His Head: The Sound of Phil Spector), famed for his "Wall of Sound" treatment to the songs that he produced. While Spector used several musicians playing the same instruments in the same recording studio at the same time, such a technique would be far too expensive for the recording of "Ring Ring". Tretow's solution was to simply record the song's backing track twice in order to achieve an orchestral sound. Changing the speed of the tape between the overdubs, making the instruments marginally out of tune, increased the effect.")

[@iangrice329]

I absolutely adore this song, I have it (in Swedish) as my ring tone. ❤❤❤

[@maddej59]

Hi Given Toe! it´a little bit melancholy to se them so young. I was 15 years old when they started to become famous and I have loved and I have loved them since then. They were a special group after all. They were 2 couples and they didn´t take drugs. Thank you for the music ABBA.

[@GivenToe]

Yeah that sounds like great memories 😁😁😁

[@rrpk]

Fun fact: this video was shoot at the same day 'Waterloo' was (1974) =) The mis used is a Remix for American market.. two of them were produced - one for UK too (this one has no sax and less electric guitars).

[@GivenToe]

Cool didnt know that 😁

[@ad61video]

Love it that you react to this song, the first one of Abba that the Wall Of Sound. You watched the US version and video. However there is also an english version with slightly different music (no sax for instance) and a totally different video. Since reactions with links are often deleted by KZbin, search for: Abba Ring Ring Official Promo.

[@GivenToe]

Thank you 🙏🏻😊

[@antonwiderberg7571]

You forgot the obvious one: The swedish version 😉

[@michaelgask]

I hadn't heard that version of Ring Ring with the extra saxophone before. Love your reaction as always! Cloak, Amazeballz guitar, Björn make up... that's your next Halloween party outfit sorted, GT 👻

[@GivenToe]

Hahahah a wonderful Halloween costume indeed! 😂🙏🏻

[@The_Jupiter2_Mission]

The rotary phone WAS the standard form of communication back then. It would have looked odd if they pressed air digits.

[@GivenToe]

Indeed it was 😎

[@stuartgray7490]

Love the rotary phone choreography

[@GivenToe]

Right?

[@ajayjackson7727]

oh yeah hah making the dialling action for the old phones, i never noticed that before, can you imagine their dancing routine for ring ring for the mobile phones of today 😆

[@GivenToe]

hahahah yeah if the song was released today they would be swiping and never looking into the camera, only into the palms of their hands 🤣

[@ajayjackson7727]

@@GivenToe hahhaa 😆yes, and it would look so strange

[@Karl-Benny]

I think they wanted this to be remembered

[@GivenToe]

Absolutely 🤩

[@helenesvanborg6234]

Love this ❤❤❤

[@GivenToe]

😁😁❤️

[@eleonoragiacomazzi5775]

CONRATULATIONS ! 901K...David! 🥂🍾 WELL DONE YOU! 😎🤘❤

[@GivenToe]

Thank you SO much Eleonora!!!!!! 😍😍😍❤️❤️❤️🎉🎉🎉🎉

[@nissconcert7265]

I like the Swedish version more but I had never heard the English version before this video and it was great too!

[@Nic-gn4ff]

I wonder if things would have turned out differently if Ring Ring was chosen as Sweden’s entry for the 1973 Eurovision Song Contest? It only came third! Maybe it was destiny for them to wait another year and conquer the world with Waterloo 🥰. Great reaction and big congratulations on the 9k subscribers 👏

[@GivenToe]

It might have been destiny indeed 😊 Thank you so much! 😍🔥

[@Vikinggirl1679]

Yes I'd say there is a connection with the band! They were two married couples.Benny's probably looking at his wife Anni-Frid aka Frida or Anni.

[@jaxb]

I’ve never understood why it’s such an underrated song, I absolutely love it. Personally speaking, I prefer the album version without the saxophone.

[@GivenToe]

Yeah I could do without the sax on this one too 😅👍🏻

[@jaxb]

@@GivenToe Nothing against the saxophone but just don't think it's needed on this great track.

[@rrpk]

@@GivenToe this is the US Remix. The UK Remix is almost the same, but no sax! kzbin.info/www/bejne/fIKUZ4p5n6-gb7M

[@j0hnf_uk]

1973: Glam rock was the in-thing, so any, (as they were then), up-and-coming group tried their best to fit into the trend purely to get noticed. Hence, the outfits they're wearing. This song missed out on being their big international break, as, much like in 1974, it was their contribution to the Eurovision Song Contest. However, this one didn't make it to become the Swedish representation in '73. How things may have been different if it had managed it! There's every possibility this would have been their, 'break through', single rather than, 'Waterloo', a year later. Who knows?

[@HughJaxident67]

There is another video ABBA recorded for Ring Ring (the official promo video) where they seemed to look even younger. Worth a look for you I'd suggest.

[@helenpeterson]

Yes very old but nostalgia at its best.

[@PollyChoklad]

Yes ❤️👌 🇸🇪😍

[@AFLOVEable]

Björn probably feels like Mini-Thor in his costume. The guitar should have had the form of a hammer.🔨

[@GivenToe]

hahahah yeah XD

[@mindgardening7168]

Very good 👍 the video reminds me of another one they did …Japan ? Anyway …. Helter skelter

[@eduardooscar309]

"Helter skelter" is a song of THE BEATLES in their double album (1968)

[@mirjanabittar7781]

I'd rather say that Benny is looking at Frida. He's happy and in love. ❤❤

[@mikhalbruns2414]

This is not your favourite ABBA song but it marks the moment when everything started: it was the explosion of this group. And you know what? It's the ringtone in my phone. I hear this every time somebody calls me.

[@GivenToe]

Awesome 💪🏻🤣🔥

[@andrewperkin6614]

Another great one from abba, and love your reaction, eventhough I'm gay, agnetha was and is the most beautiful woman in the world xx

[@GivenToe]

Thank you! Well yeah shes gorgeous! 😍

[@andrewperkin6614]

@@GivenToe 👍🤩

[@mabbamix]

The Ring Ring promo was filmed after the Eurovision win. I like the Denmark 1973 performance better

[@petrapetajirglova3608]

Looks like they were dressed by Kiss😎😄

[@GivenToe]

Heheh yeah 🤣

[@Muckylittleme]

Have you seen the "Honey, honey" video? If not, you should.

[@GivenToe]

I have not 😎

[@iangrice329]

There is another video for this. The original versions didn't have the Sax in it. This is the re mixed re-release versions after they won Eurovision. The Original is much better in my opinion.

[@antonwiderberg7571]

Ring, Ring, bara du slog en signal😉

[@evahammarstrom-radberg5138]

Sorry har missat några reaktions videor från dej. Ring Ring är alltid bra 👍🏻 Dock kom dom bara 3a i melodifestivalen 1973 med denna. Såg också att du nästan är framme vid 8000 följare 🤩❤️

[@GivenToe]

Ingen fara ju 😁 Ja absolut 🙏🏻 Jag var nog lite otydlig 🤦🏼‍♂️ menade generellt 😅😅😅 Tack! 😍❤️💪🏻

[@carlosgarjon8340]

A very good analysis, David! I really enjoy this song, but in its standard version (not this one), as much as Waterloo. They wore these weird costumes for tax reasons. If they couldn't wear them in their normal life, that fact deducted. Björn looks really awful! Not the case of Benny, he looks so great, as the girls do. Frida is very fun although it's true here looks very serious. They enjoyed performing together, good times! By the way, are you babysitting? Just kidding.... Thank you and take care this busy week!

[@GivenToe]

Bjlrn does look awful indeed lol 😂😂😂 Hahah nah my kids having an argument as usual 🤷🏼‍♂️🤣 Thank you! 🙏🏻😊

[@radski2009]

Cringy costumes but I love them anyway❤

[@GivenToe]

🤣🤣🤣❤️

[@matspettersson8191]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/jHSwioNqZbagkNk. versionen utan sax, bättre enligt mig. Videon är lite kul att se ändå! :)

[@ajayjackson7727]

yep not one of my favourites by Abba either GivenToe, the video seems to make the song better though. The combination of those girls voices is just awesome in every song. I love Agnetha's outfit, she really suits the colour red because of her blonde hair.

[@DadgeCity]

Lots to say about this. 1. How was this NOT the Sweden entry for the 1973 contest?? 2. Great that there's one Abba video with ALL the band in it. 3. Agnetha's costume?! Looks like her mum made it for the primary-school prom. Atrocious! How come Frida got a proper frock?

[@GivenToe]

😂😂