ABBA The Piper Reaction

[@jaybrielakoi7747]

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[@erikskifte8862]

LOOOOOOVE THIS TRACK. THIS JUST SHOWS ABBA'S VERSATILITY IN THEIR MUSIC RANGE. PERFECT BLEND OF POP, ROCK, FOLK, REGGAE, CLASSICAL, COUNTRY, FUNK AND DISCO. 🤩🤩🤩🤩

[@MrT115]

I have to say that you never know what you're gonna get with ABBA. They have much more variation of songs than people give them credit for.

[@Rippypoo]

It seems that whenever a BAND comes out with a song that doesn’t sound like any of their very big hits or doesn’t sound like what they are known for, they get criticized by a block of fans and critics who want and expect ALL of their songs to sound like their HITS. Sometimes criticism comes from within the band itself. John Lennon wasn’t necessarily thrilled whenever Paul McCartney had written another of what John called “granny songs“, like “When I’m 64”. But it became a HIT. Songwriters who can write a wider variety of songs get more singers and bands in different genres who want to sing them and CAN sing them. The Beatles’ “Honey Pie“ was this funny little song that was good when The Beatles sang it, but was GREAT when Barbra Streisand sang it. It was perfect for her at that time. Listen to it, if you haven’t heard it. Obviously, I love CLEVER/FUNNY songs and humor in music. Queen’s “Lazing on a Sunday Afternoon”, complete with bicycle bell, has always been one of my favorites. Mozart (A really funny guy, evidently) and Beethoven also come to mind. Anyone who can write and/or play and/or sing music that makes me laugh is first-class-kool in my book. BE SAFE. Peace...✌️

[@isobar5857]

The only group never to have made a bad song...unique and incomparable.

[@ramonfioricompositor8462]

Clearly an Euro-Folk based song...Awesome, just like most of Abba underated tunes

[@ajayjackson7727]

wow!!!! love this song, i never heard it before, i love your reactions!👍

[@carolespinoza8452]

Good song jay, i live the sound of their voices. Its been along time that ive heard them. You got me into abba, now you gotta deal with me.🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@helenpeterson]

Welcome back, glad its with ABBA.

[@discogareth]

The lyrics are inspired by Stephen King’s The Stand. One of ABBA’s very underrated songs.

[@DC-vv5ii]

Subluna saltamus - we dance beneath the moon. I love this song. Don't forget about ABBA'S new songs.

[@teddouglas3496]

Welcome back and an awesome song 👏

[@nagi.selgri]

The best song of Abba

[@margaretlarby6264]

Hi Jay welcome back. Wondered where you were. Delighted you came back with ABBA. Please could you react to the live version of ABBA song HE is your brother brilliant Song live. All the best to you Jay and your family from Margaret Larby Tipperary town Ireland.

[@nickchristoforou7850]

I like the 'He Is Your Brother' version sung in NYC for the UNICEF benefit with Earth, WInd & Fire, Rod Stewart, Donna Summer, Bee Gees and Olivia Newton-John singing along, among others. It's from their first album, which also includes "Another Town, Another Train", "Ring Ring"and "Nina Pretty Ballerina"

[@eduardooscar309]

"He is your brother" (1972) the second single of ABBA but the live perfomance in Australia 1977 is fantastic! I agree with Your suggestion

[@chelseacharger]

Surprised that the message of the song was barely mentioned. It links the story of the Pied Piper of Hamelin with the rise of a charismatic dictator (supposedly Hitler) and attracting people to their cause.

[@Rippypoo]

Thanks for that reference. I always thought it was interesting for its different take on the Pied Piper story, but I never made THAT connection. I’ll have to look at the lyrics again to get a better idea.

[@lispencoat]

Good to see you back, and with Abba no less.

[@lenaengell8528]

This is one of my absolut favourite of ABBA. The music, the lyrics. It is DEEP. I do not think that you have understood the greatness and deep meaning of this song.

[@Pronzini1]

As always, the beautiful and talented Frida is the standout in this song.

[@Bandido894]

They sing both A & F through the whole song.

[@vladpezo8080]

As usual ? You're kidding right ? They are both singing this song .. take your Frida filters off.

[@francismedina4547]

Hi Jaybriel, it’s nice to see you back. I wondered what had happened to you. Love The Piper! It sounds medieval. Please react to My Mama Said. It has a nice beat and sick bassline.

[@bobbyscott5162]

At this time in their career Abba is becoming Very theatrical sounding. Politics is also starting to find a place in some songs Like this one.

[@uteorgahs815]

Oh, schon lange nichts mehr von Jay gehört. Sehe ihn immer recht gerne,hat eine tolle Mimik. Soooo Knuffig!!! 👍👍👍 ABBA IS THE BEST!!!👌👌👌 👏👏👏‼️‼️‼️

[@demian75ful]

Espectacular

[@Flatwoodsdad]

Thanks for the reaction and welcome back. To me this is one of the songs were I think they are playing with doing soundtracks. Now if they'd done a video with the girls. Something like dancing in the moonlight with medieval garb on might have been a big hit. But both girls had wised up by this point.

[@secr202484]

"Sub luna saltamus" - under the moon we dance. Notice the military drumming in the sing song chorus. This song is, like "Soldiers," a warning.

[@gerhardvanderwesthuizen842]

I think it's not grammatically correct though. Should be "sub lunam" (preposition followed by the accusative form of the noun).

[@markstevenson7577]

How the hell aren't you a fan of this magnificent song? Forgive my ignorance but did you realise that this is pure medieval magic?

[@MrHepp]

Two other good old ABBA songs to react to are Bang-A-Boomerang and Lay All Your Love on Me.

[@MrHepp]

And Super Trouper. An no ABBA reaction series is complete without The day before you came. Now chop chop and go to work :)

[@mujahidamin8504]

Welcome back.

[@victor1978100]

Jay, it would be very interesting to hear what you think about ABBA's new songs.

[@jaybrielakoi7747]

I did reactions to them but they got blocked when I uploaded.

[@dorojessy6932]

Absolutely beautiful song! Nice how Frida's mezzo-soprano vocals stand out. Have you ever reacted to "The Visitors" by ABBA?

[@vladpezo8080]

Can't hear it. Only hear both vocals.

[@gerhardvanderwesthuizen842]

One of the first ABBA songs I ever heard, back in 1981 I think. Was immediately hooked. ABBA seduces one with their music, just like The Piper did.

[@eduardooscar309]

Jay, I'm so glad to see you again, best wishes to you and your family And thanks for resuming with ABBA "The piper" (1980) It is a very nice song from the album "Super Trouper" It has very interesting lyrics, I think it alludes to the Pied Piper of Hamelin Musically it is very creative, and although not exactly, I place it in the same group as "Eagle" & "Move on" (sounds seems like Andes music, from South América) And vocally it is of excellence, the choral part of Agnetha and Frida is powerful and glorious "The Piper" is very good, but it does not enter my Top 20 or 25, it is that ABBA has even better songs, the bar is very high Because of your review of the album you still haven't made the title song: "Super Trouper" (the ninth and last #1 of ABBA in the UK) Do you want to consider it for your next one? I send a big hug from my homeland Buenos Aires, Argentina

[@أحمدالصاعدي-ك3ل]

It has a Celtic sound to it.nice.

[@francismedina4547]

Hey Jaybriel! It’s time to react to the 2 new ABBA songs: I Still Have Faith In You and Don’t Shut Me Down

[@jaybrielakoi7747]

yup I heard

[@carolespinoza8452]

🎊🎊🎊🎉🎉🎊🎉🎉🎊 your back. 👋👋👋

[@ginalashley1265]

Welcome back! The Piper is ok for me. I love all Abba but agree not their best. I looked through the playlist for ABBA and here a few I don't think you've listened to. Super Trouper, When all is said and done, Andante Andante, I wonder, One man One woman, Gonna Sing you my lovesong. These coincidentally all leads by Frida. There is also an oldie called Disillusion written and sung by Agnetha. There is also Waterloo which they won the Eurvision song contest with. Ring, Ring and Another Town Another Train and Under Attack are also worthy of a listen . I hope you find these suggestions helpful and hope you will react to some.

[@eduardooscar309]

"Waterloo" the link with live perfomance at Eurovision Song Contest 1974 is the Most Important of all these, and hope that Jay do the reaction

[@ginalashley1265]

@@eduardooscar309 yes, Waterloo is what really put them on the map.

[@escorpioomega2111]

I added "Tiger" to your list and "People need love" from the earliest songs

[@ginalashley1265]

@@escorpioomega2111 yes, they are great too. The older songs definitely have a different feel to them.

[@ginalashley1265]

I see you have a channel with an ABBA playlist. I too am a dedicated fan since I was 3 in 1976. Never, ever got tired of them. Their music means so much to me @Eduardo

[@rdwulf6289]

This song is fantastic. What's wrong with a Celtic sound? Answer is nothing.

[@Rippypoo]

As far as I’m concerned, that sound was perfect for them. The dramatic verses in a minor key are great. The switches to the major key for the choruses are great. The tags sung in Latin are great, So, GREAT.

[@Urfinchannel]

@@Rippypoo he has no trained ear for that,it’s to far away from Japanese culture

[@Rippypoo]

@@Urfinchannel I don’t know exactly how trained his ear is, but I don’t think it has much, if anything, to do with Japanese culture. He has an interesting perspective. I frequently disagreed with it, but I wouldn’t say that it is a “Japanese” perspective at all. Different upbringing, maybe, but that would go for anyone.

[@Urfinchannel]

@@Rippypoo Asia music is different and far far away from Celtic music,China and Japan music sounds also strange for our ears

[@Rippypoo]

@@Urfinchannel Jabriel says that he was born in the 80s and grew up with 80s songs. If that’s true, then his ear would be just as good as anyone else’s growing up with 80s songs and beyond. I know original Japanese and Chinese music have their unique sounds, respectively, but after listening for a while to these styles, they don’t sound that strange, after all. They have structures and melodies like any other music. Jaybriel is credible, even if one may disagree with his opinion. Peace, love, laughs ✌️💜🤣

[@evanhughes1510]

Glad you’re back. Hoping to finally get some Carole King or Joni Mitchell reactions. And of course more Carpenters

[@DianaJG8]

Yes, Carole King!!

[@DianaJG8]

HEY STRAINGER! 👋 GOTTA HAVE AN UPDATE ON YOUR BABIES, TOO (or are they grown now?) LOL!! ❤

[@StudeSteve62]

A very current lyric, this...even though it's really about Hitler...

[@tootsie5052]

This song makes me think of the seduction of the German people by Adolf Hitler, but I do like the Celtic style music also used in ABBA's song "Arrival".

[@macgmac7909]

They did draw different sounds from other cultures .

[@Rippypoo]

Congratulations on passing your test. What do you mean, your computer is broken? Triods? What? This is totally unacceptable and I will not have it. OK, the sound is passable. Wait a minute. What is THAT face for? This is a GREAT song. Don’t even THINK about not liking it. KIDDING. But seriously, I DO love this song. Great melody, great flute, great rhythms, great arrangement. And I love the phrases sung in Latin. Pretty sure they’re Latin, anyway. And it feels really good to sing. BE SAFE. Peace...✌️

[@nickchristoforou7850]

sub luna saltamus!

[@Rippypoo]

@@nickchristoforou7850 I’m assuming that’s the Latin phrase they sing. “Dance beneath the moon”? I’ll confirm. So, Thank You for that! Perhaps coincidentally, this song has been in my head since I went to bed very late last night and TRIED to go to sleep. It’s still playing in my head, no matter what else I’m looking at or listening to. I do wish it would leave for a LITTLE while. Nevertheless, I still LOVE this song. There are MANY worse songs to have stuck in ones head. The tone of that phrase, sung in a minor key, is almost mocking in an evil, light-hearted, even humorous way. But the harmony is SO BEAUTIFUL. How can anyone help but like that?😁

[@kevindobson3701]

Channel still alive ?

[@supastah68]

You could be a bit more professional, just saying

[@jaybrielakoi7747]

ya you're right. I could

[@vandoraginther6421]

Their voices sound good but the song I didn't like very much. So good that you are back you were missed.

[@kevindobson6568]

Can you please react to Barry gibb song called I am your driver Please Been requesting this for a while

[@Ba-pb8ul]

musically, this is a terrible song. Really horrible. It was a B side to one of the singles, I forget which. There's a sort of dated fairlight production counterpointing a 1700s militarism (which would have been better with a snare). I find its sing-song quality deeply unpleasant, like an insistent nursery rhyme

[@Urfinchannel]

B side of Super Trouper ,and it’s a Pearl ,Abba was not only Limited to make Hits . There musically horizon was sometimes lightyears away from what fans or critics awaited from them. It’s mystic and I love it .

[@Rippypoo]

It seems like you’re bothered by the overall tone of the song, maybe the lyrics. But musically, it’s beautiful. Would you like it more if the lyrics were different? Or maybe no lyrics at all and just an instrumental version?