Abba - Waterloo reaction

[@MMFrye]

Trivia tidbit: ABBA's song "Mamma Mia" knocked Queen's "Bohemian Rhapsody" out of the top spot of the UK charts in 1975. Kind of funny because BoRhap's lyrics include the words Mamma Mia. Maybe I'm the only one to find that interesting.

[@danfrost3043]

No, I thought it was very uncanny that Mamma Mia was also mentioned in Bohemian Rhapsody

[@vanjalavoie550]

Very interesting. I thought the same.

[@feport8922]

good fact - but was 1976

[@hotcootaful]

Well well well, there you go, keep that one tucked in the back of my head

[@BardOfAndromeda]

@@danfrost3043 "Mamma Mia ... let me go" (from my 9-week reign at No.1? ;) )

[@hollyodell4012]

ABBA has a lot of songs that are total earworms, so catchy they won't leave you alone, you'll catch yourself singing them over and over🙂

[@TheCornishCockney]

thats the problem with them,one comes on the radio,and you KNOW ALL THE WORDS !! catchy as hell and certainly knew how to make pure pop classics,and as a rock nut,thats hard to admit,but we ALL have our guilty pleasures dont we?

[@javierbilbao73]

Indeed! ABBA: Hit after hit after hit. Love them! ;)

[@someford5679]

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[@familiaalardin8536]

They didn't speak English but learned just enough to sing this song in a competition which they won. All of the members of the group were already famous in their own country so when they became known in the U.S. they didn't care about touring but finally gave in and became a worldwide sensation! The two guys wrote the songs and many critics say it's just easy "pop music" but their songs are actually very complex with the harmonies etc. The band was two married couples, both couples ended up divorcing and the group broke-up shortly after their last tour. But their music is timeless and always sounds fresh.

[@nitab1971]

Sweden's finest!!! Listen to more ABBA...Dancing Queen, Fernando, MamaMia!

[@jimamos7984]

Just about anything they made, really.

[@dinodasbunce6224]

They have worldwide record sales of 400,000,000 with 21 number 1 hit singles worldwide. I absolutely love ABBA.

[@Pulsar77]

Always great to see someone discover ABBA. This was their breakthrough song, with which they won the 1974 Eurovision Song Contest. They became one of the biggest bands of all time, at least outside the US. They had countless hits, but here a few songs I highly recommend: - The Winner Takes It All - Dancing Queen - The Day Before You Came - Eagle (full version) - I'm A Marionette - Summer Night City (full version) - Arrival - Chiquitita - Lay All Your Love On Me - The Way Old Friends Do (live)

[@Codex7777]

This was the song that broke them into the international spotlight and won them the Eurovision Song Contest in the process. Some of their later music was fantastic. Try listening to, 'The Winner Takes it All', 'The Day Before You Came' or 'The Visitors'. They wrote some genuine pop classics. Some of their most famous being, 'Dancing Queen', 'SOS', 'Knowing Me Knowing You', 'Money Money Money'... Tbh, the list goes on and on. There's some cheese in there too but we forgive them that... because they're ABBA! They're one of the biggest groups of all-time. :)

[@65Bardy]

Do i remember well, ABBA was only founded for the Grand Prix déurovision that days?

[@Codex7777]

No, they'd been around for a few years before that and had had a couple of minor hits before Eurovision and Waterloo.

[@65Bardy]

@@Codex7777 ah, okay....but fact is: i first recognized them after Grand Prix ^^.

[@TheZodiacz]

According to record sales the 16th biggest musical act and 7th biggest group. The only groups with more sales being Beatles, Led Zeppelin, Pink Floyd, Queen, AC/DC and Rolling Stones.

[@saraheart2804]

1974

[@commenceenavoirmarre]

ABBA is feel good music! It reminds me of the film Muriel's Wedding...Abba play all along..

[@webert2634]

One of my favorite movies!

[@nitab1971]

I cannot NOT watch "Muriel's Wedding" if it's on. I love that flick so much!! And, the backdrop of ABBA is the best.

[@kiwigirljacks]

Fernando is one of my favourite ABBA songs 👌

[@miyolinux]

Fernando is absolutely great! :)

[@90skid97]

More ABBA! One of the biggest bands ever, 21 number one songs

[@shannonwhite3721]

Abba is just an upbeat feel good band. Never thought about how them and the Bradys do kinda sound alike. I loved that comment 💜

[@Marcus-Oh-really-yes]

Fun song! Believe it or not, ABBA (the initials of the Swedish group's four members' first names ... Agnetha, Bjorn, Benny and Anni-Frid) were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2010, although most people consider them pop or dance music artists. "Dancing Queen" was a No. 1 song of theirs. Some of their other hits were "Take a Chance on Me," "S.O.S.," "Fernando," "Knowing Me, Knowing You," and "Mamma Mia." It's feel-good music! :-)

[@Malic430]

That's why after ABBA broke up they were offered $1 Billion for a reunion tour. They're one of the highest selling groups of all time

[@aeh8446]

Their big moment, Waterloo, Eurovision!!! Great song!!! Lyrics are just clever (Bjorn), talent, pure and incredible, emotions (pure, human, honest) they range from sadness to hopping to disco... What a great gift in our musical history, incredible legacy they created... Still living them decades later!!! 💜💜👍

[@pwordpam04]

You GOTTA listen to ABBA sing Take A Chance On Me, Fernando Mama Mia & SO many more! I was listening to ABBA at the same time as Meatloaf & Queen! (Yes I’m old!) Lol. Such classics! And I heard that ABBA is getting together again to make more music in Dec 2019!

[@karmakkaze]

I will be honest with ya... I love the music from ABBA, I have seen both "Mama Mia" movies "Muriel's Wedding" but I have NEVER seen one of ABBA's music videos. Thanks!

[@willrichardson519]

You're in for many treats, don't deprive yourself!☺💚

[@hifijohn]

ABBA its an acronym from the 4 members names.They won the eurovision song contest back then with this song.

[@willrichardson519]

Pretty Much the only good enduring outcome of the song contest

[@TheRubyG]

I am curious about that.... the redheads name is Frida. So I don't really understand 😲😁

[@katarinawikholm5873]

TheRubyG Anni-frid - A. But known mostly as Frida.

[@TheRubyG]

@@katarinawikholm5873 oh hehehe thanks for clearing that up to me 😁🤘

[@joyparry9354]

I am old enough to remember them winning the Eurovision Song Contest with this song .... and everyone loved it - from children to grandparents - ABBA have an amazing ability to tap in to everyone's emotions - they cross boundaries of race, religion & musical genre ... genius :)

[@heatherbolick72]

This is the song they sang to win the Eurovision contest. ABBA is awesome 😎. Thank you reacting to this one.

[@teviottilehurst]

I was a kid in Brighton, England in 1974 when they won the Eurovision Song Contest with this song at the Dome in Brighton. Only seems yesterday. Time flies by so quick.

[@Salena905]

Awesome Swedish band, they won the Eurovision Song Contest and from then on they went from strength to strength and became one of the most (and still are in my mind) successful and talented band ever , the singing range was brilliant, they just made things look so easy, they could sing anything. I remember watching them win the Eurovision way back in the day.👏👏✌😄🙌💞😀 Happy New Year (2019) to you ALL 🙌🎆🎉🎇🎊

[@michaelwilson2340]

Those two are beautiful! And the girls aren't bad either.

[@dawnt383]

This is the song that won the Eurovision Song Contest and launched ABBA to fame in the UK.

[@paulsharkey6576]

I was eight years old when this song was released. I liked it quite a bit back then, and I like it quite a bit now, too.

[@esther4371]

You should watch the Eurovision 1974 live version of this song, the song is exactly the same, but the video is sooo much more fun 😂

[@singlepringle7485]

Wait... wait.... first you don't know Queen, and now I hear you don't know ABBA? They are sooooo great! another fun song is Take a chance on me, The winner takes it all is about the ending of a relationship. Dancing Queen is one of their biggest hits I heard it too many times in my life but it's a master piece for sure! My favorite B are the BeeGees, How deep is your love :)

[@carinaejag]

I watched this on TV when it was aired and was hooked. From that day ABBA were my idols. I was then 8 years old :) 1974

[@marting6037]

And so the journey began - for you and them. We never know what delights may be just around the next corner no matter how long you've been on the path.

[@redoz9768]

One of their very first songs around 1974, I think it won the Eurovision song contest. I enjoyed watching you react to this.

[@darrenjones5885]

One of the members of ABBA said that apart from the clothes they had the perfect career. The first album I ever bought was Sabbath Bloody Sabbath by Black Sabbath, which gives you a good idea of my music background, but I can listen to ABBA and find the arrangements perfect. There’s nothing about them that should have been done differently. They’re not all great, writing pop music in English wouldn’t have been the easiest thing to do for a group of Swedish folk musicians, but when they got it right they changed the musical landscape. They summed up their career with Thank You For The Music.

[@antisoviet6786]

Winning song of Eurovision SC 1974. After that came the fame and everything else. Especially popular was swedish ABBA in Australia.

[@SuperVonKiller]

Abba - SOS or Winner Takes It All... Get the hanky out, tears to follow..

[@xoxxobob61]

Another tear jerker is "Knowing Me Knowing You"

[@willrichardson519]

@@xoxxobob61 aha-aah...

[@ronnopotter]

This is one of the most epic and memorable winners of Eurovision Song Contest, the biggest musical contest in the world, considered the Super Bowl of Music, which has been held since 1956. You should try and react to some precious jewels of that contest. So many good songs through the Eurovision History.

[@TheGoldbaxter]

People always made fun of you, if you said you liked ABBA, because they were "Clean" which I guess meant they didn't have the raunchiness of rock. But, man, they created great songs and they wrote their own music. Great harmonies, I always like them!

[@Immortalheart66]

Incredible reaction once again,.......ABBA was given a special award in 2010 for selling 375 million singles and albums.....You must listen to the song that started the pop /disco era of the 1970's....Listen to M.F.S.B....BY: (THE SOUNDS OF PHILADELPHIA),.12'' version......... It hit number #1 on the billboard charts..If you liked ABBA,..you will love M.F.S.B.........I'M SURE,....It has the feel good and feel young again vibe.Keep up the great reactions my friend,.........and thanks!!!!

[@mikedignum1868]

Ahhh, the 70's and Glam Rock. Those were the days. You can see why they won the Eurovison Song Contest with this song.

[@lydiajoy1823]

If you like Abba you should watch the movie “Muriel‘s wedding,“ it’s so cute and hilarious. The young girls in the movie are obsessed with Abba… They just want life to be like an Abba song. 💕💁🏻

[@pipey61]

Classic scene when they perform this!

[@groovypullet2337]

LISTEN TO ALL OF ABBA! Honestly better quality pop music has never been recorded. Every song is heaven.

[@davidmonypeny5734]

BTW-ABBA's my all time favorite group, so thank you for doing this. There are several other songs you could do of theirs, my personal favorites are "Knowing Me Knowing You", "Fernando" , "The Name of the Game" and "The Winner Takes It All".

[@MLeibs]

💃🏻💃🏻💃🏻💃🏻💃🏻💃🏻😘 Time traveling now... I’m dancing around my living room, trying not to skip the record... I’m 12 years old... my sisters and I know every word to every song on the album... ❤️ P.S. How we passed our afternoons when we were “tweenagers,” and cable tv hadn’t been invented yet.

[@bernadettekutch5240]

Waterloo was always one of my favorite ABBA songs since I was a teenager, along with S.O.S. Thanks so much for your reactions. I always enjoy them :)

[@Savatage1964]

Bernadette, S.O.S. is one of the most perfect songs ever put to vinyl. IMHO. And my experience is over a vast array of genres. From pop to country to jazz to metal to Spanish...I've never heard a more perfect song.

[@rowenanunn590]

I love it when you smile the whole way through a song 💗😊

[@julieford8788]

Such a great , feel good group. ❤️

[@PaulaJoW]

My favourite Abba song! You're right, the production does have a Brady Bunch feel. haha (Dig that guitar!)

[@christinathompson7041]

Abba 😃. Dude, this group have so many good tunes.. these where the ultimate pop group. Feel good, catchy songs. “ S.O.S “ “ Voulez Vous” and “The winner takes it all” are really good ABBA songs. I guarantee if you listened to most of their songs they would be your guilty pleasure group 😆 I’m so glad you reacted to this. Keep them coming dude, love love love your channel 👍🏻✌🏻

[@louwheeze_]

I really do love ABBA

[@vanjalavoie550]

Check out Bjorn's guitar. I thought weirdly-shaped guitars started with KISS. Guess I was wrong. ABBA came out 1 year before KISS. Such different feeling in the two bands that were out at the same time.

[@elizabethstroud8968]

Waterloo was our first introduction to Abba when they won Eurovision 💛💛💛💛

[@elizabethstroud8968]

1974

[@marcraider]

You have to react to more of ABBA music!! and by the way, you are doing a good work!

[@geraldstanley7038]

I was living in Europe at this time and this is what I grew up and listen to.

[@chipdamutt108]

Always loved this song.

[@deborahdennehy9937]

Have you heard of the Eurovision Song Contest? Back in the70's ABBA won without a doubt. It was this particular song too. All their other songs are brilliant too!

[@raulcarranza4722]

My favorite of all the singing groups-- ABBA. I practically like all of their songs. You should listen to some of the ones that didn't make it in the Top Charts. They're great songs, too. An interesting I recommend you listen is "I Let The Music Speak." It has such an interesting haunting sound.

[@ciri1993]

There’s a video out there of ABBA winning the Eurovision music championship with this song. It launched them into stardom.

[@lovemyrainydays]

Awww, you're doing Abba - Love it!! Not ashamed to say our whole family's been fans ever since I was a very little girl in the mid 70s when they went HUGE here in Australia. My fave song of theirs is Chiquitita. I've been binging a wee tad on your videos the last couple of weeks and it's so refreshing and fun seeing all the music your're just now discovering (though it does make me feel more than a tad old).

[@Greenwood4727]

You may want to look at the Eurovision song contest, its been going for 60 years and it has so many different genres, its a lot of european countries with their own songs, gives a nice cross section of songs

[@peggyhenderson3695]

Thank you James. Please keep mixing in our favorite group.

[@christophershaw5271]

Bohemian Rhapsody won the Golden Globe! Wooooohoooo!

[@aimeek9384]

S.O.S. is a great song by ABBA!

[@Seanadun]

ABBA won the Eurovision Song Contest for Sweden in 1974 with Waterloo. Then their fame skyrocketed.

[@Ciclopea2]

You made me laugh with the comment that it gave you Brady Bunch vibes lol, Partridge Family comes to mind too lol, but it was the pop sound of the early 70's for sure, they even won like a song festival called Eurovision and this song got them noticed around the world, it made them famous, and the lyrics are actually quite clever, glad you reacted to this one :)

[@dalesweet5259]

Brings back summertime memories, I was a teen when this hit the airwaves and their international sound took off in America number one in the charts. Nice reaction jb!

[@clethraz.6467]

I love ABBA and QUEEN

[@richardbrewer3078]

Abba's cool from back in the day. I am a new subscriber, but have been watching your reactions for a good while and your the best. I have been rockin' to a lot of rock and roll and blues since the mid 1960's and there is so much, you'll never get to it all! LOL My request today would be Gary Clark Jr. singing/playing "When my train pulls in." I think the Van Jam version is the best. Great Rockin' Blues!

[@jimjames8660]

Try SOS next...from the American Bandstand TV show is a good version. The Who guitarist Pete Townshend has said "SOS" is one of the best pop songs ever written

[@teresadutson3121]

This was from the 70s disco era I guess you would say they were pretty good my sister was a huge fan I used to dance with her because she loved to listen to the album and dance around especially to this song because it had that intoxicating music that like it was just a one or two parts of it that would make this weird noise and she could not sit when it did that and she would just go crazy. It was a hard for me to see Mamma Mia after listening to Abba in the 70s I must be the only one that didn't get it and didn't like it but whatever floats your boat

[@stevegreen8260]

They won the Eurovision song contest with this song.

[@chris-rfs]

This won The Eurovision song contest in 1974 in Brighton,UK

[@paulsharkey6673]

You're correct about the Brady Bunch feel. This song was released when the Brady's were at their peak.

[@agenttheater5]

Though it's brief that's one of my favourite parts of the performance of this song in the first 'Mamma Mia!' movie - where the greek gods join in. Not just because you can see the guitarist there, but just having them there where for once they're all in a good mood for some reason makes the whole scene even better even though at first you'd have thought that wouldn't have been possible!

[@davidmonypeny5734]

Hi JB, while you are on the A's, you should do a song by Al Stewart from the '70's called "Time Passages". Probably my all time favorite song. He only had a couple of hits so you probably haven't heard of him, but the song is beautiful, about the passages of time. And the guitar and saxophone work is amazing. Also consider Al Jarreau's "Mornin".

[@unknownpassenger4025]

Hoping for some more Bowie reactions!

[@gailfawcett5555]

Have a look at Gary Barlow and Agneta Fältskog singing together. It was Agnetas first time on stage for many years.

[@tuffaboyz9146]

David Bowie: Moonage Daydream, Life on Mars (And David Bowie last live preformence ever Whit Life on Mars), Quicksand, The Bewlay Brothers, (Fill Your Heart Then Andy Warhol), All The Young Dudes, Changes, Modern Love, Dollar Days, Panic in Detroit, Ziggy Stardust, Lady Sartdust, Soul Love, Hallo Spaceboy, Zeroes, Song for Bob Dylan, Five Years, Aches to Aches, Little Wonder, Oh! You Pretty Things, Star, Seven, Golden Years, Young Americans, Loving the Alien, Velvet Goldmine, Rebel Rebel, The Man Who Sold The World (David Bowie Original) Let's Dance, The Jean Genie, Where Are We Now?, The Stars (Are Out Tonight), Thursday's Child, Absolute Beginners, Hang On To Yourself, Wild is the Wind, Sound and Vision, Bring Me the Disco King, Magic Dance (For The Movie Labyrinth), Cat People, Blue Jean and As the World Falls Down (Also from the Movie Labyrinth). PS: Im from Sweden, nice reaction of Waterloo, ABBA. And "ABBA" is the names togheter of them in the video. Agnetha Fältskog, Björn Ulvaeus, Benny Andersson and Anni-Frid Lyngstad, if you just wondered. Å Ä Ö

[@johnalexander3629]

Hey mate, have a listen to a bloke from Australia called John Farnham singing the Beatles song Help with the Melbourne symphony orchestra. He will blow your mind. In Australia we just call him the voice.

[@Gigivvvv]

Thank you soooo much!!! Love you to pieces..Thank you JB

[@Gigivvvv]

They were married to each other...I remember back when they said ...to the fans... " Not to worry ..if they got divorced..band stays together "...sadly ...It did not..

[@MLeibs]

Waterloo! Great tune! 💃🏻💃🏻💃🏻💃🏻💃🏻💃🏻

[@danielmchale3053]

I respect truthful songs Waterloo is one of them

[@paulsharkey6673]

You're correct about The Brady Bunch connection. It was the same era, and the same feel. I was there.

[@celestebyrd5192]

Glad ABBA tops off the listm

[@terrortorn]

oddly enough only reached No 4 in the French charts but No1 in the British, Belgian, Dutch, German and Irish charts. The French still don't like losing.

[@MegaTempo22]

Love Abba. But on a side note, "Bohemian Rhapsody" just won best motion picture on The Golden Globes tonight. The world's love for Freddie Mercury marches on.

[@OlJackBurton]

Am i the only one that thought that the opening guitar riff of this song reminded me of the one in Tie Your Mother Down from Queen?

[@Smallpotato1965]

Another Eurovision winner (back when the Eurovision Festival meant something instead of the horror that has replaced it) that you need to hear: Frida Boccara, who won in 1969 with 'Un Jour, Un Enfant'. Think you'll enjoy her.

[@celt67]

This was merely their breakout song, Abba were never a big deal in America, but we're COLOSSAL worldwide. Much better songs include 'Dancing Queen' and 'Super Trouper'.

[@crockwell1966]

"never a big deal in America" is a false narrative I've read several times regarding ABBA in KZbin comments. Not sure where it came from. Numerous Billboard top 40 hits in the USA I used to go to the roller skating rinks in the mid to late 70's. In a few hours of skating...could always count on hearing a few songs from the BeeGees, KC and The Sunshine Band...Earth, Wind & Fire...and most definitely ABBA. As big here as in Sweden? Of course not. Western Europe? Maybe...not sure. But they were very much a part of American culture...and a pretty big deal.

[@celt67]

@@crockwell1966 Top 40 hits didn't make them a big deal in America when you consider they were having top 5 hits one after another throughout the rest of the world. When ABBA were going, America was listening to Blondie, Supertramp, BeeGees, Chic and Donna Summer. Abba was a player, sure, but not a big one. Not until much later when they entered pop culture.

[@crockwell1966]

@@celt67 rateyourmusic.com/list/abyss89/who_ruled_the_70s__the_100_biggest_acts_of_the_decade_in_the_usa/ They come in at #27 for the decade in the USA...ahead of Blondie, Chic, Supertramp. I guess its subjective to what you consider is a big deal....but they were ahead of the aforementioned 3. I mean...I personally liked Blondie and Supertramp better...but the numbers don't lie. It's already been acknowledged they were much bigger in the UK.

[@Bibugwes]

"S.O.S." is another good ABBA song to react to... :)

[@hollyodell4012]

Oh, by the way, when you get to B on your list, could you squeeze in Ben Folds singing The Luckiest? That's an "I dare you not to get choked up with emotion" sort of song. Really beautiful though.

[@JBLETHALTV]

I most definitely will :)

[@Codex7777]

As long as that doesn't mean omitting the Beatles, Sabbath, Kate Bush or Bowie... ;)

[@hollyodell4012]

@@Codex7777 No omitting! Just including😁

[@lisabarbosa4541]

Feel good, catchy, 70's music. They had a bunch of hits! Yup, same time period...Brady Bunch...lmao!

[@Itelkner]

But I think these guys wrote better material than Johnny Bravo and Marsha

[@lisabarbosa4541]

@@Itelkner lol...oh, absolutely!!! I was really just refering to the time period, oh, and maybe the clothing 😄

[@Itelkner]

@Lisa Barbosa Yeah I know. same period. It's a sunshine day

[@Greenwood4727]

Agnetha Fältskog, Björn Ulvaeus, Benny Andersson and Anni-Frid Lyngstad. Or ABBA.. their Initials

[@nonenone3257]

Agnetha, Bjorn, Benny and Anni = ABBA

[@elsdebruin8929]

Annifrid

[@jimfrederick3907]

They turned down $1,000,000,000 to reunite!

[@KatieFerretsReborns]

Please add Stevie Nicks to your list. I suggest her song Edge Of Seventeen.

[@yese3064]

Your so adorable!

[@teresadutson3121]

If I remember correctly I bought was an acronym for the first letters of their names. And I believe and they were married but since divorced. The drummer died a few years back but I don't I think you really so much of him the picture that I remember seeing back when it happened didn't look familiar to me. They wer from Stockholm I think really they were the only Swedish band to really hit it big here in America. they came out in the 70s when the Disco was coming out but a lot of their songs were full fledge disco so you could listen without gagging, yeah I'm not a big fan of disco could you tell? there are a few disco songs few disco bands I do like because they did it really well but as a genre as a whole it was bad time for music in America.

[@brasschick4214]

Teresa Dutson - There was no drummer amongst the core four members. They may have had a regular drummer but they were not credited as being part of the group- only a backing musician.

[@teresadutson3121]

@@brasschick4214 no he wasn't a ABBA member, but I very vividly remember the guitarist, I'm not even going to try to spell his name, made an announcement that their longtime drummer died. They thought he was a member of the group, so they were probably together quite a long time, they considered him family, but no we know he was not one of the main four people that made up the group. As a matter of fact the headline when he died was "Abba drummer dies" so we can assume, which I hate to assume, but using their wording we know he was their drummer for a long time and they said Abba drummer dies so he may not have been technically a member of the band, but the for me, the guys thought enough of him, he was probably the permanent drummer for a long time, and he was part of the band to them.

[@stevetreloar3129]

Eurovision song contest winner!!!

[@njojje]

More ABBA🥳👍

[@mcgee227]

The blonde was a Lebensborn child. Look it up.

[@vanjalavoie550]

Totally funky clothes back then. Alas, I had a bodysuit too.

[@michellechase4753]

Now you need to watch the Australian film Priscilla Queen of the Desert!