There's 2 types of people in this world. Those who LOVE Abba and those who won't admit it.
@leifpettsson2 жыл бұрын
So true!
@dogsmusicbookstravelscience2 жыл бұрын
I love some (maybe most) of their songs, but certainly not all of them. Their first three albums were awesome and I wore my record player's needle out on them back in the day. But from "Arrival" onwards I thought they dropped their consistency a bit and when they went disco I began to lose interest. Some of their later songs had great appeal (like "Chiquitita" - just about the finest pop song I know) but by then I'd rather buy the 7-single than the album. It's a personal preference, that's all; most ABBA fanatics will think differently. So while I agree with you that you won't find anyone who doesn't love any of their songs, not all of their songs are pop masterpieces, in my view. I am not going to list the songs that I think are stinkers - I'd offend all of the internet!
@azariahisrael56322 жыл бұрын
I used to be the latter. I am 53 now. I dont give shit what people think anymore. SOS and Dancing Queen are two of the greatest pop songs ever..
@SeamHead332 жыл бұрын
@@azariahisrael5632 yup. SOS is a masterpiece
@marctestorf5716 Жыл бұрын
lol so true🙂
@thetravelingwiiburys81582 жыл бұрын
Pete Townshend of The Who said that SOS is perhaps the best pop song ever written.
@anderslekander55082 жыл бұрын
Abba is timeless and one of top 3 selling artists through all times, greetings from abba country, Sweden
@nem4472 жыл бұрын
lol top 3?
@Stefan-2 жыл бұрын
No they are at place 19 on the site Chartmasters (which is still very good), The Beatles is number 1, Michael Jackson number 2 and Elvis in Number 3.
@sporkfindus47772 жыл бұрын
@@Stefan- Still really impressive though
@davidlipman80932 жыл бұрын
Great music crosses all boundaries.
@chrisnorman19022 жыл бұрын
I mean, maybe top three selling when you are from Sweden 😂
@jennyjenny45012 жыл бұрын
Nobody sounds like ABBA! They are uniquely perfect, every time!
@jockeyladjockeylad84922 жыл бұрын
I'm in no way ABBA's target audience but you can't help but admire their stuff - the structure, use of melody & motif, so many hooks they could open a bait & tackle shop - top drawer writing & musicianship.
@Chris.Davis.22 жыл бұрын
Lot of Brains in that band. One of a kind. I was also not there target audience.
@annother33502 жыл бұрын
The production!!
@wildcard042 жыл бұрын
I honestly don’t even know what ABBA’s target audience is anymore bc literally all generations still listen to their music today. I’m Gen Z and I’m obsessed with these guys’ music. It’s almost addictive lol 😅
@pardeeplace44802 жыл бұрын
The cheesiness draws me in, but the expertise keeps me hooked!
@kristianmapage97422 жыл бұрын
Yes too, but the, the timbres of voices, the interpretation of the verses and the overlayers of voices superimposed with the different instrumental timbres and melodies, motifs, separate parts in just three minutes, express boundless creativity with these equally precise and relevant arrangements.
@vovindequasahi2 жыл бұрын
ABBA has the perfect mix of pop, rock, and at times disco. Classic band!
@adriantrusca12452 жыл бұрын
Just pop.
@vovindequasahi2 жыл бұрын
@@Vetriot6971 You obviously haven't heard some of ABBA's songs!
@blackflagsnroses6013 Жыл бұрын
@@Vetriot6971they certainly have rock songs in their catalog
@el.aye.bee.4477Ай бұрын
@@adriantrusca1245 No, not 'just pop" at all!
@thursday1679 Жыл бұрын
Agnetha is just so beautiful
@donny19602 жыл бұрын
Abba is Classic Pop Music. Literally has classical roots. But brought up to date for the 70's. Watch Benny Anderson's speech when Abba was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. He mentions the influences of growing up in Sweden and what his inspirations were. Another little remembered fact about ABBA. Being in Sweden. They had some of the first Music Videos produced in order to get their music spread across the World. So a lot of experimentation in their early videos. Thanks for the reactions. Especially to you Lex, you always seem focused on the music and make the "connection" to the song.
@petedz97722 жыл бұрын
Great observation Joe. It took me years to realize how few of their hits are blues-based. I've read Benny has a classical piano background and it's a backbone to much their music. Just add modern instruments and tempo I guess! Off topic here but Ann-Frida (the brunette) has an interesting childhood story related to Nazi Germany.
@ramonarellano49882 жыл бұрын
@@petedz9772, the nazis were trying to make a race of women looking like Frida ?.
@dankelly51502 жыл бұрын
@@petedz9772 Frida was the only member born in Norway 🇳🇴 which is my ancestral home on my mother’s side! 🤟
@Alexandra_Indina Жыл бұрын
@@petedz9772nothing "interesting" in Frida's childhood. Her nazi father left her and her mother when war hasn't even been finished, and she was just a little kid. Later being a schoolkid she was bullied for having this kind of father. But the irony is that she never had him.
@SilentBob7312 жыл бұрын
I don't know that there has ever been a greater Pop Band than ABBA. The sheer number of classic songs they generated is nigh-on unparalleled in the genre.
@michaelrogers12572 жыл бұрын
Love the chord changes in this song. John Lennon once said that SOS was one of his favorite songs.
@jimarmstrong58202 жыл бұрын
ABBA are in a category of their own - combined folk, rock, disco and Euro Pop.
Жыл бұрын
This song is perhaps the one that reminds me the most of my teenage days. UNDELETABLE MEMORY.
@markburnham75122 жыл бұрын
ABBA was pop magic in their time. The sound, the look, the mystique. Can't be calculated, it just happens for a while, then it's gone. Glad I was there when it happened.
@thelowe63932 жыл бұрын
SOS is one of the best pop songs ever written, IMHO. Great melody and the chorus is hook-city!
@mikephillips88102 жыл бұрын
Classic pop song. One of the greatest pop bands, vocals and songwriting.
@anthonyv17192 жыл бұрын
One of the greatest pop bands of all time - maligned by the cool kids - generations later, all can say BRILLIANT!
@jimgeorge94762 жыл бұрын
A while back a friend told/asked me "I was going through my music and you know what I found out". I said, that you secretly like ABBA. He replied how did you know and I said every guy our age secretly liked ABBA. Maybe a month after that had almost the same exact conversation with another friend.
@funkster0072 жыл бұрын
Those arpeggios right before the chorus get me everytime. ABBA added classical styles to their music, but they were still totally current. Just a superb group.
@TonyTigerTonyTiger2 жыл бұрын
Not sure those are arpeggios.
@TonyTigerTonyTiger2 жыл бұрын
Watched a video of a pianist playing those notes, and, yep, arpeggios. I guess my musical ear is not what it once was.
@welshcaesar2 жыл бұрын
Never a bad song. Greatest pop group ever.
@ramonarellano49882 жыл бұрын
ABBA was a legendary pop hits maker band that passed through the night in the USA, but when I was a teenager I was in love with the girls and their voices, listening to that band was my guilty pleasure, the rest of the world understands this.
@erikjeffreys21442 жыл бұрын
ABBA's greatest hits collection Gold is the longest-running Top 100 album ever.
@magneto79302 жыл бұрын
Abba couldn't fail. They had two beautiful ladies with beautiful voices and two talented musicians/songwriters!
@christianoazzuro67112 жыл бұрын
that simple!
@Stefan-2 жыл бұрын
Yes, beautiful indeed both looks and voices and all members had a lot of talent so very well deserved success.
@pit2ryan3 Жыл бұрын
@magneto - And some millionaire producers behind them...
@johnmiddleton25662 жыл бұрын
History has proved Abba to be one of the greatest .. and still sounding awesome today, iconic...simple as that.
@jerihalter13392 жыл бұрын
I love ABBA! They're part of my DNA.
@calecollins81102 жыл бұрын
Came to tears this song for some reason make me think of my mom that died a year ago in Germany
@elmoomle45652 жыл бұрын
Everyone loves ABBA !! Some may not admit it, and some may outright deny it...but it's all a ruse to hide their GUILTY Pleasure that is ABBA.
@eggy19622 жыл бұрын
Abba at this point were like a complete industry, the guys wrote all the songs while experimenting with new tech with their sound engineer, "the videos as you can see are like cine film with various lens effects done by a friend" they had clothes designed for them...... they worked so hard for their success.
@susanelkins30682 жыл бұрын
OMG Lex! you said " her eyebrows are so convincing"--- GIRLLLL .... THAT is an awesomely brilliant observation! High five ♥
@somersetcace12 жыл бұрын
The contrast between the haunting verses and the pop chorus in this song always grabs me. Someone said it was John Lennon, but I'm pretty sure it was Pete Townsend that called this the perfect pop song. Rumor has it he was obsessed with it for awhile.
@stevemoss77932 жыл бұрын
It was indeed Pete Townshend.
@jz558592 жыл бұрын
According to an interview with Benny it was Jimmy Page.
@EddieReischl2 жыл бұрын
A lot of musicians from a lot of different genres like this band, and especially this song. Me too, easily my favorite from them. Plus, the German part of me being German-American is in love with those Scandanavian accents.
@gerhard79882 жыл бұрын
ABBA were the first concert I ever saw. It was around 1979 at the Fabulous Forum in LA. I was in Junior High and my mom took my brothers and I. She used to play ABBA and Neil Diamond non stop at home. I still enjoy them to this day. Their songs lyrics are sometimes quite sad with such a happy sound with the arrangement.
@yomo16902 жыл бұрын
Metallica, Nine inch nails, Tool, Slipknot, pantera are my vibe. However if Abba comes on the radio, it's staying on the radio.
@christianoazzuro67112 жыл бұрын
Member of Metallica and Slipknot's Corey Taylor is a huge Abba fan.He even declared his fave Abba song(Take a chance) and hinting he doesn't even care who aproves this or not!
@danielmead9708 ай бұрын
Yep!
@eduardooscar3092 жыл бұрын
"S.O.S." has a story It was one of Their first recordings after the greatest success of "Waterloo" in Eurovisión, just four months later, in August 1974 But it waited almost a year for its release, in June 1975 at Sweden, September 1975 at UK and US "Waterloo" needed another theme to confirm the trend and it was not an isolated success or a stroke of luck ABBA's next three elections failed to stand out Until finally "S.O.S." have your chance to be a single, and broke the drought, reaching #6 in the U.K. and #15 in the U.S. being Their second hit in both countries at the same time, and six #1 and more Top 10 in several countries of all continents and after these, ABBA had 18 Top 10 consecutives in UK between 1975/1982: Mamma Mía, Fernando, Dancing Queen, Take a chance con me, Chiquitita, etc "S.O.S." in less than 200 seconds is a gem, a fantastic masterpiece! The transitions from the dramatic opening (a dingy piano and a cracking Agnetha voice) to a powerful rock beat with catchy pop chorus in the middle are brilliant. ABBA marked an era in many ways One was the musical leadership of its beautiful and lofty female vocalists as the center of attention Another was the use of contrasts, such as sad lyrics with catchy melodies and harmonies And their recording tecnique "wall of sound" gives ABBA more powerfull ABBA, as in its time BEATLES, left an unforgettable mark on several generations It is good music that lasts and stays alive ABBA recording between 1972/1982 have a wonderful series of 20 worldwide hits and after 35 years ABBA return to studio in 2017 and recording initialy two new songs and finally a full new album Voyage released in last November 2021 that is a worldwide success I hope to see you in another video to ABBA I think that you should be react "Waterloo" the first worldwide ABBA hit when ABBA schock the world with their iconic victory in Eurovision at UK 1974 My best regards to You from Buenos Aires, Argentina 🇦🇷 South América
@davet15172 жыл бұрын
I am so glad that interpol doesn't care too much about copy right honestly there are a lot of FREE movie post from S. America
@lounolastname44772 жыл бұрын
@Eduardo Oscar - dingy means gloomy, drab, or dreary - so maybe you didn’t mean to describe Benny’s piano work in that manner?
@eduardooscar3092 жыл бұрын
@@lounolastname4477 Yes, that’s why I think The piano intro and bridge is deep, dramatic, perfect to the heartbroken lyrics and fantastic emotional voice of Agnetha
@lounolastname44772 жыл бұрын
@@eduardooscar309 it doesn’t mean deep, dramatic. Dingy always has a negative connotation and is used in a negative manner (dark, dull, depressing, shabby, grotty etc). So I will disagree with your description of Benny’s amazing intro
@eduardooscar3092 жыл бұрын
@@lounolastname4477 Call it whatever you want I am not going to get involved in arguing, the spirit of what I expressed is very clear dingy, deep, gloomy, dramatic, dark, for me it is all that together and more Words are not enough to accurately and generously describe Benny's iconic introduction to the piano along with Agnetha's moving vocal performance. cheers
@dannycasson15512 жыл бұрын
I never listened to this group while growing up. I was into hard rock. I only started pay attention when I began watching reactions to them. They are amazing and legit hit makers for sure!
@johnnicpon57832 жыл бұрын
SOS is one of their earlier works. I fell in love with them after listening to their "Arrival" album when it came out. People in the US are now starting to really appreciate ABBA. Back in the 70s they were often derided as bubble gum pop, at least in the US. However they were still popular. I was fortunate enough to see them in concert on their only tour of America.
@charlesberton25812 жыл бұрын
I LOVE that song. It might be my favorite ABBA song. Thanks, cats.
@renevishaarlem29482 жыл бұрын
To me, the way this song is built up, it's the ultimate popsong.
@MySherry102 жыл бұрын
This was one of the first songs of thiers I heard and this what made me love them, the harmony , the catchy lyrics that just pulls you in and you want to dance and sing with them. They always looks great and yes no autotunes no stripping off thier clothes they performed classy and sounded great and fun to watch
@antonwiderberg75712 жыл бұрын
@@Spo-Dee-O-Dee I guess you haven't heard them live then. These are trained singers.
@EyeSoulband2 жыл бұрын
They had some of the best hooks and harmonies in the game 👍
@eddielamour2 жыл бұрын
This is such a powerful song, it's interesting how many musicians and singwriters especially in the rock genre talk about how influential this tune is
@sealdrup2 жыл бұрын
John Lennon said “SOS” by ABBA was one of his favorite songs. Paul McCartney said “They deserve all the success they have had, and a lot more besides. That, my friend, is high praise.
@christianoazzuro67112 жыл бұрын
Pete Towensent from The Who also praised Abba's pop majestic sound.He said SOS was his first Abba crush when he heard it first time.He got so hooked he was unable to escape them.
@alexioverdo52252 жыл бұрын
PMC?!Really?oh that's so nice to hear.A real honour and an honest and generous statement!
@eduardooscar3092 жыл бұрын
honesty, it's difficult to believe that John Lennon said something about S.O.S., because the song is from end of 1975, and at that time John was reclused for five years to dedicated to your son just born and I didn't noticed that Paul McCartney said something about ABBA, but I belueve that sometime Paul & Linda meet to Benny & Frida in a vacation or something
@alexioverdo52252 жыл бұрын
@@eduardooscar309 Paul and Linda/Benny Frida did met during a vacation period ,(can't remember the place)as they happened to visit same place and stayed in nearby areas accidentally.As for John,what i know is an article i had read many years ago in the music press by a journalist who wrote that when he was kinda asked which band he sees as being the next big thing after the Beatles (since the band didn't exist anymore)he wrote-using the excact words of the article) that 'He pointed out ABBA'.
@eduardooscar3092 жыл бұрын
@@alexioverdo5225 Thanks for your answer first I'm a BEATLES fan in my younger years, and later I'm an ABBA fan too, both are the two biggest act in rock pop music of 60s and 70s decades about John Lennon comment it's different to say 'S.O.S is the best/favourite song' or 'ABBA was the best band' anyway,I don't remember to see J.Lennon said something about S.O.S or ABBA
@DoubleSupercool2 жыл бұрын
"I love that bit!"/ ABBA is straight up pop studio production perfection. No matter what you like, their skill in crafting pop songs is simply undeniable.
@danodude432 жыл бұрын
if there's a perfect world out there, this is the style of music you'll hear.
@silasmarner75862 жыл бұрын
I love Abba, and this is my favorite Abba song.
@leemcclements88892 жыл бұрын
Abba is great! Never get tired of listening to them ...beautiful vocals and harmonies.grew up listening to them in the 70's. Check out Waterloo...the clothes they wore in the video are worth the watch!
@brainscott81982 жыл бұрын
ABBA were pop chart solid gold for about 3 or 4 years they ruled Top 40 radio with hit after hit, from 1974-1978.
@alexioverdo52252 жыл бұрын
1974-78 USAwise yes.Here in Europe (up to 1981) were colossal.Now they are evergreen.Read yesterday that their VOYAGE experimental gigs in London have already sold 620,000 tickets since premiered last May!
@eduardooscar3092 жыл бұрын
ABBA leads in 70s decade since 1974 to 1982 ((only except for the U.S)
@mikesmithson68052 жыл бұрын
John Lennon is a fan of this song, he highly praised SOS as one of the best pop songs ever recorded
@eduardooscar3092 жыл бұрын
honesty, it's difficult to believe that John Lennon said something about S.O.S., because the song is from end of 1975, and at that time John was reclused for five years to dedicated to your son just born
@Mike-rk8px2 жыл бұрын
@@eduardooscar309 It’s true that John had stopped recording his own music from late 1975-1980, and most of his time was dedicated to his son, but he was still listening to music. He did actually say that about “S.O.S.”, he was really impressed with the vocal sound of ABBA.
@pullbothbarrels2 жыл бұрын
officially right now i am in love with lex - cant help it - to much oxytocin because of her- love its love
@pjimmbojimmbo1990 Жыл бұрын
Abba used a lot of Overdubs of the Girls Voices, often varying the Pitch slightly. It gave them an unique Full Sound
@brainscott81982 жыл бұрын
My guilty pleasure: "Waterloo" and "Dancing Queen"...I'm a sucker for pure pop ear candy so sweet it makes u diabetic just listening to it.
@OrioleFan4432 жыл бұрын
Love the Abba coverage, PURE POP PERFECTION. More Abba please!!
@thomast85392 жыл бұрын
I believe that Pete Townshend (guitarist / songwriter for The Who) said that SOS was the perfect pop song.
@christianoazzuro67112 жыл бұрын
TRUE!A Self confessed story!
@alanmusicman33852 жыл бұрын
ABBAs producer did indeed usea lot of studio tricks on their recordings, but the guys were very accomplished musicians and the girls were excellent singers - so it all added up to an A++ team. The piano linkages that you liked are essentially in the style of challenging classical piano works by Mozart and others of the Baroque music era. The chorus of this could be called disco I guess, but we never played it in discos cos it stops and starts too much to keep people dancing - but it was always very popular at more general parties like birthdays, wedding receptions etc and it have never fully disappeared from radio playlists - classic hits now, but it was mainstream all through the 1980s.
@bronxcheer0312 жыл бұрын
What you're hearing is ABBA's sound engineer's version of a Phil Spector technique of layering called the Wall of Sound.
@coach3032 жыл бұрын
One of my all time favorite groups!
@richardksimpson8002 жыл бұрын
The reason ABBA sounds so electronic is because they layered the vocal tracks multiple times. Essentially singing with a choir of themselves. SO DAMN GREAT!!
@terrylewis_ Жыл бұрын
Knowing Me, Knowing You & The Winner Takes It All would be recommendations. :) Love ABBA!
@OlleStahlberg2 жыл бұрын
ABBA, ”SOS”, 1975! ✨ I was 8 here in Sweden🇸🇪 and played air guitar and san into a folded note stand. ”Hey, hey, Helen” was reeeally cool too. 😎👍🏼👴🏼👍🏼
@geofffield76032 жыл бұрын
Hi from Australia - we LOVE ABBA!!!!
@Jadamhodges Жыл бұрын
I had never really known about ABBA other than seeing them on a tape or record in the music store. I read an interview with Kurt Cobain… I remember him naming ABBA along with the Clash, Blondie and CCR as some of his main influences. I always knew after that, I would eventually get around to hearing their catalog.
@zerosteel01232 жыл бұрын
I love ABBA. Not even my generation but I think their sound transcends decades.
@brunett932 жыл бұрын
this song is like insanely good. i think abba and queen have some of the best songs of all time. what kind of magic was in the air back then? 🤔
@Mike-rk8px2 жыл бұрын
This song was recorded in 1975 in ABBA’s own studio in Stockholm: Polar Studios, which was such a great studio that countless other famous have recorded there. The reason the vocals sound so “big” is because they were multi-layered. The women would record the vocals to the song several times, and so would the men on the chorus, then they would put one recoding over the other, and multiply it several times. This made it sound like they were singing in a huge cathedral with a high ceiling, when it was really a recoding studio.
@surlechapeau2 жыл бұрын
Brad& Lex, you'll love their "Waterloo", "Fernando" and "The Winner Takes All" !!
@Derideo2 жыл бұрын
Don't forget 'Dancing Queen'.
@surlechapeau2 жыл бұрын
@@Derideo they reacted to Dancing Queen Dec 17, 2021
@Derideo2 жыл бұрын
@@surlechapeau Thx, just watched it lol.
@surlechapeau2 жыл бұрын
@@Derideo yw
@erywst21062 жыл бұрын
Growing up in the 70s it was impossible to not like this band, and as music has deteriorated so much over the last 20yrs their music sounds better now than ever. So many iconic songs that take me back to my childhood. I generally dislike pop music, but the 70s offered such an eclectic range of talent that I feel sorry for every generation since that hasn't discovered the era. Just beautiful simple music promoted so perfectly. We will never see the like again.
@curiousman16722 жыл бұрын
Favorite ABBA song. Great band, great lyrics.
@johnbrookes32612 жыл бұрын
These guys are unique .They brought a different sound and meaning to music .
@VitaliyTanki2 жыл бұрын
Guys&ladies :)
@DerEchteBold2 жыл бұрын
@@VitaliyTanki 'Guys' is actually used as a uni-sex term for well over 30 years ; )
@VitaliyTanki2 жыл бұрын
@@DerEchteBold rofl
@DerEchteBold2 жыл бұрын
@@VitaliyTanki It wasn't a joke though.
@Chical2092 жыл бұрын
This song has stayed in my memory because of its good vocals and harmonies, Juice Newton "Queen of Hearts" is another.
@jessereyna66622 жыл бұрын
Ok, so basically I grew deep into punk/metal but I did have headphones and I would absolutely rock some ABBA. Their harmonies and lyrics just did it for me. ABBA opened me up for accepting and loving all kinds of music. Forever they will be in my top 10 most important to me.
@christianoazzuro67112 жыл бұрын
So honest and great of you rocker to say this,thanx!
@jarickthom9767 Жыл бұрын
Abba was mom's music in the 70s. The origins of Abba come from Eurovision (Abba won Eurovision with Waterloo in 1974). The roots are European and you can hear it in their song writing. Krautrock, Kraftwerk, Giorgio Moroder - all pioneers of synth music that you can also hear in Abba to an extent. Also, that is the land of really interesting synth music . That being said, they were the high art of Eurovision style music and broke world wide as their music is infectious and some of the song writing is really quite brilliant. I fought liking them for years - they were SO not cool when I was a kid but, you couldn't help but hear it and secretly like it even if you were too cool for Abba. Now - everybody likes at least most of their big hits. I dare you not to be moved by their song "The Winner takes it all".
@Cadinho932 жыл бұрын
No autotune, no half-naked performance, only beauty and a huge talent. There will never ever be another ABBA. Also, it's hard not to have a crush on Agnetha Fältskog and Anni-Frid Reuss. They're one of a kind.
@sillyasiwannabe12222 жыл бұрын
@@floorticket Limp Flex??? 🤔🤔🤔 Must Be Talking About You Looking At Yourself In A Mirror... 🤏🔍😜
@MrRoosterx2 жыл бұрын
@@floorticket I believe the point is, you don't need it, and it quite often makes the sound sound like shit, just look at Disturbed - Sound of Silence
@lantzkeefer62 жыл бұрын
I grew up with ABBA,didn't know that they were Swedish untill years later.Now my 3 favorites are Swedish,Opeth,Orbit Culture,Messuggah,what happened to my brain from childhood untill now.I started playing guitar about the time I quit listening to them so that explains alot.But this is the 5th time watching your reaction for this song,I still love ABBA
@kentmains77632 жыл бұрын
It's just ridiculous how good that is.
@christianoazzuro67112 жыл бұрын
Simply a timeless solid 5 star sonic masterpiece!
@BryanChuckBrennan2 жыл бұрын
The first Synth came out in the 50's brad so when you think you might be hearing them in older songs you might be. band and artist have been utilizing them as tools in music production for a lot longer than the 80's. Georgio Moroder has been making synth hits since the 70's.
@jonnno2432 жыл бұрын
My favourite tribute to Abba, and especially this song, is by Bjorn Again, 1998 "SOS" Royal Albert Hall.
@TeddyBear-os7is2 жыл бұрын
Abba is the best group of all time
@brianmanuel12022 жыл бұрын
Growing up in Detroit during the 70's ABBA was my guilty pleasure I had to hide from all my rocker buddies 😄 😀 😊. Their production was some of the best ever. No auto tune...just pure talent....and of course there was Agnetha!!!
@larsnilsson6821 Жыл бұрын
Dont forget Frida
@Mike_Honcho_8653 Жыл бұрын
As a kid in the 1970's this was most definitely skating ring music.
@sorkeror Жыл бұрын
Even the trvest of the black metal musician's in Sweden love ABBA
@kkampy4052 Жыл бұрын
She seems to sing this song with real emotion.
@loevet22 жыл бұрын
They didn´t make videos in those days; in the early seventies. No artist in Sweden did, and hardly anyone in the world. But in Sweden we didn´t have any commercials on television. If a film ended too soon, they wanted to have a short film to "fill up" the time until next film started. ABBA made a few videos, and they were shown on television in the pauses between programs. Nothing fancy - just something to look at when you listened to the song.
@roberteytchison25952 жыл бұрын
There is a great cover band I heard that did ABBA and nailed their sound, Bjorn Again is their name. ABBA is one of my favorite bands with so many great songs. There aren't any bands like them anymore.
@Savatage19642 жыл бұрын
This is one of the most purest and perfect pop songs ever put to vinyl. Pete Townsend, the smash- my- guitar- to- pieces famed guitarist of The Who... agrees.
@richardcramer16042 жыл бұрын
You mentioned that techno synthesizer was an 80's thing, well it was also quite prevalent in the 1970s. Pink Floyd, Jean Michel Jarre, Emerson, Lake and Palmer, ABBA, Rick Wakeman, Yes, Edgar Winter, most disco artists, etc... all made heavy use of the synthesizer.
@snooks56072 жыл бұрын
2:30 yea they used to do that more back in the day. the TVs were often small, blurry and possibly installed in a far corner of a bar, I'm guessing the music video director wanted to keep things as visible as possible
@jasonmick52642 жыл бұрын
The winner takes it all!!!!
@alexioverdo52252 жыл бұрын
ABBA always 'played' with their facial close up shots.Cause the girl's faces were expressive and as naturally beautiful and seductive as a drug.Magnetic.Same way their music was.Once it stuck in your brain you couldn't escape.Twas as infectious as a permanent virus.But not deadly.Just 'life-giving' and euphoric.
@donk0262 жыл бұрын
Lemmy from Motorhead once said ABBA was one of his favorite bands. That's all I need to know 🤟🏻
@alexioverdo52252 жыл бұрын
Yes he also said that.Btw i read in an '80s interview he also liked the Eurythmics as well.
@stevemariman87692 жыл бұрын
it's a Moog analog synth (an electronic kybd.) along with guitars, piano, and vocals
@j0hnf_uk2 жыл бұрын
This came out in the gap between glam rock and disco. Roughly in early 1975. If it fits into any kind of category, it's a form of, 'progressive pop.' But then, ABBA always were progressive pop in that they had their own trademark sound that they could turn to any kind of music they choose.
@sporkfindus47772 жыл бұрын
You had synths in the 1960s ABBA is incredible
@blastingweevil29682 жыл бұрын
brings back happy memorys of my mom this was her favorite abba song i remember her doing the house work while singing to this while it was playing on the record player.. :)
@bartholomewswarmkrunsh38592 жыл бұрын
This is why I follow you - don’t ever change! You never know where the analysis is gonna end up - lol.
@stephenpaxman61802 жыл бұрын
John lennon even praise how abba had such a unique sound
@krisa9902 жыл бұрын
One of many great ABBA songs,lovely lovely lovely..please do more ABBA reaction,please also on the hidden gems that are so plentiful with ABBA...
@Bekka_Noyb2 жыл бұрын
One of my fave ABBA songs! ♥
@henrikibsen62582 жыл бұрын
I fought loving Abba but at 28 I am giving in.
@roydownes24582 жыл бұрын
if i had to class this, i'd call it pop-rock; a power ballad.
@christianoazzuro67112 жыл бұрын
Absolutely.
@RalphvsSam2 жыл бұрын
Yep. This is my favourite ABBA track without a doubt.