First Time Hearing ABBA - I Wonder (Departure)

[@cannedmusic]

Listen to I'm A Marionette, part three of the mini-musical presented on The Album.

[@TylerCreatesContent]

already recorded for next week!

[@cannedmusic]

@@TylerCreatesContent cool, can't wait to see it

[@francismedina4547]

Yes!!! Can’t wait for your reaction.

[@helenpeterson]

​​@@TylerCreatesContent Get On The Carousel live is amazing from the mini musical, the video is a must do.

[@alexioverdo5225]

@@TylerCreatesContent I'M A MARIONETTE was covered by goth metal band Ghost featuring a contribution of FF's David Grohl who's a big fan.

[@marcoaustin8227]

Yes, this is Frida!

[@tuijakarttunen9164]

This song fits perfectly for her voice. Frida`s warm, rich tone. So beautiful.

[@rdwulf6289]

This is one of my absolute favourites. Frida's vocal performance is perfect. A gorgeous song.

[@christianoazzuro6711]

In their '77 tour the live performances had a fab sax solo that sounded so well fit in.There's one in utube from Hamburg, Germany.

[@nellies]

Frida's vocals in this are just magical, she sounds like a disney princess! Such a beautiful song!

[@pascal-Z]

I love it when Tyler has such strong reactions and Melissa is like „I should react also in some way but I’m not the strong reactor as Tyler is“, so she gets stuck in the middle with her face - which is always adorable.

[@swifty8503]

This song is a masterpiece. In my top 10 of fav ABBA tracks. And Frida's singing is perfection. So glad you both loved it!

[@markcreek487]

The live version of this song is fantastic

[@The_Jupiter2_Mission]

@German Morawski In the live version, they, by its nature, sing in full voice and it has much more steel and power. In the studio, you can sing it more softly into the mics without worrying about carrying power. Their voices sound weaker in the studio. I don't care for it.

[@christianoazzuro6711]

I still own the original 7 inch '77 from Name of the Game' that has this on B side live from Australia.Un fortunately the sax solo part was 'studio-silenced' but Frida's performance is perfect!

[@alexioverdo5225]

@@The_Jupiter2_Mission Live version is indeed more powerfulI.Different feeling,more real and convincing.i.t's got also a diifferent outro.

[@nealwhaley63]

“It’s….different.” That sums up Abba in a nutshell.

[@richardmcnick]

underrated song! could have been a single.

[@miguelvilchez1854]

Congratulations on your reaction...despite your age you really love good music. Regards from Lima Peru

[@dreasbn]

Depending on my mood THIS is my favorite ABBA song of them all. Lyrically the composition and above all Fridas vocals. It’s a bit her life story in it. The I wonder part is like a drop down chorus only to eventually raids into the heights and glory of the actual chorus… so two choruses. There is a splendid live version of it. Frida shows all her emotional and technical range and abilities here. Pure perfection of a ballad. Didn’t like that much when I was younger but it grew on me over the decades.

[@brandoncruz3102]

Thanks, I always rush to get home after work just to watch your reactions. If " I'm a marionette" is the next reaction it will be so cool as that is the order of the musical. Abba what a group, masters of their craft

[@TylerCreatesContent]

it is :) thank you so much for watching!! we really appreciate it! :)

[@georgeprime2249]

Gorgeous song and performance.

[@christianoazzuro6711]

As a teenager i didn't like this and usually skiped it.But afterwards i apreciated its greatness as a musical number.I do adore FRIDA's impactful live version cause it's got more "soul'.

[@edned5504]

Yeah, like many Abba songs, one's appreciation grows with age. My understanding of the song as as 14 year old is quite different to how I understand it now, though unlike you I did like then too. I've never been all that taken with Thank You For The Music though.

[@meropale]

Same here. Totally love it now.

[@francismedina4547]

This is the best singing by Frida in my opinion. The lyrics has similar theme as Move On. If you listen to this song and then Move On, it makes sense. ABBA The Album has great songs!

[@hovergrl]

Now all you gotta do is listen to I’m a Marionette and Get on the Carousel to complete the mini musical, lol.

[@ABBALAURAFAN]

Please do 🎶I’m am Marionette 🎵 to finish the trilogy.

[@tommyeriksson6044]

One of The best songs..and Fridas voice are amazing!!!

[@jeffreyweitzman6463]

The looks on your faces were priceless - this is the thing Abba have their lesser known tunes but without doubt huge majority of them are just as flipping brilliant as their more wider known played ones that is the extent of how great their vast catalogue is. I think for me that is the one mistake they made terms of the Mammia Mia sequel that, for most people when they watched the movie they didn't know/ had not heard those particular songs before save for say One of Us and Knowing Me Knowing You that was used in it. Reaction was still positive as they are all still great songs but yeah I just reckon when they did the pre release marketing/ trailers they should have made a point of giving emphasis to Abba songs for some people would be enjoying for the first time/ enjoying from not being as familiar with etc.

[@danbike9]

Frida is the only pro vocalist in ABBA. The pro vocalist and their natural front and center performer entertainer. Stage since 1956. Pro since 1958, age 13. Stage theater cabaret TV & radio. ALL LIVE. Stellar reputation among music peers since grade school. Dig into ABBA. Learn about them before they were ABBA. The seeds were planted by Stig Anderson in the 60's. Bjorn Ulveras was his first signing in 1963. Also the same year any of the core four met each other. Bjorn and Frida met in 1963. Bjorn and Benny met in 1966 and starting writing. BB were hired as Polar Music house producer's in 1971. Agnetha came along with Bjorn. Frida and Benny were gf/bf but Frida was uncommitted to the group, even though the foursome worked together. Learn what Stig Anderson/Polar Music had to do to secure Frida. It was not easy. She knew her value. She knew the business. Stig Anderson/Polar Music may have been Polar Music but Frida had all pull. In 1972, (Frida left the foursome after their cabaret shows winter of 70-71), Stig Anderson/Polar Music after a year or so, offered Frida a lucrative contract deal and she accepted. Stig named them ABBA, but he wanted the public to pick their name. The public also picked ABBA. ABBA: Bright Lights Dark Shadows The Real Story of ABBA By Carl Magnus Palm The Dark Shadows part was losing Frida. The group was done. No more foursome. No future ABBA. Frida was hesitant to join a pop group as she preferred the more challenging vocal centric genre's, however, pop was more lucrative. Once she committed, Frida, was ALL in. She was now a pop singer, leaving the vocal centric genre's for the lucrative pop music genre. ABBA/Polar Music Team: Stikkan 'Stig' Anderson Gorel Johnsen-Hanser Anni-Frid Lyngstad Benny Andersson Bjorn Ulveras Agnetha Falkskog Rutger Gunnarsson Michael B Tretow & ABBA's loyal top rank session touring musicians.

[@geoffreyfletcher9426]

The Departure and Thank You For The Music are so beautiful ... practically lullabies!

[@Earcandy73]

This is one of their many, many masterpieces!

[@Bjorn9284]

It's setting you up for "I'm A Marionette" A dark, agent double O 7 (007) kind of melody. Check out that running bass line in the intro.

[@Tifoso711]

Hi from Sweden, you two have made thuesday my new favouriteday of the week Great reaction once again

[@joelsondiedrichs9543]

I love the way you react to the ABBA'S songs. I have some vinyl records of ABBA, including this album.

[@meropale]

I used to hate this song but now I find it so deeply moving. Like cutting onions.

[@danbike9]

Like Bjorn has always said, there was nothing that they (Benny & Bjorn) wrote that Frida could not sing. She was that groups only professional vocalist and their front and center performer entertainer pro.

[@Tom_McMurtry]

Frida again :)) I like the meaning in this one. I am looking forward to when you guys get to Kisses of Fire with Firey and passionate Agnetha! Also Why Does It Have To Be Me Live in Australia! The version uploaded by ABBA videos 4 or 5 months ago or so is far superior in quality to others around so I reccomend that. But yah the live version has Frida killing it with Agnetha getting changed backstage. The best version.

[@Tom_McMurtry]

You paused slightly too early on thank you for the music, but no biggie :)) The last trill of piano notes are fun though.

[@christianoazzuro6711]

Wowcouldn't agree more!That's not a request that's a demand!lol.

[@6549Marci]

I was really pleasantly surprised that you liked it, even though it's a slow song. I just wish the sound was a lot better.

[@mickeefreeman2898]

Yeah you can find ....get on the carousel 🎠 on abba " the movie " 🎥 live in Australia 🇦🇺. .. MUSIC 🎵. X. 🌈💚😇🐾.

[@cb9948]

As you might know this is the B-Side of The Name Of The Game. I bought this single and heard I Wonder for the first time (Album release was 2 month later). I think i played this song like 30 times in a row. Many times I loved the B-Sides more than the A-Sides. I am an ABBA Fan since 1975 (as a 10 year old boy) and you two are amazing. Greetings from germany.

[@stevenleroux7033]

With you on that one - lots of their songs had great B sides

[@klausolekristiansen2960]

There is a fourth part of the musical, Get on the Carousel. It was never recorded in a studio, but it was played on tour, and you can find it on KZbin.

[@helenpeterson]

Yes the video

[@Spiritof1955]

Part of the melody (not lyrics) to Get On The Carousel is featured in Hole In Your Sole, but slowed down. Not sure which came first though.

[@klausolekristiansen2960]

@@Spiritof1955 Get On the Carousel was first. Once they decided not to release it, the part were available for re-use.

[@AudieHolland]

I have always loved ABBA. But I'm not a musician so hearing you disecting what makes the melody so good is truly enlightening. I had never noticed the bass going down...

[@andrewplatts3865]

wow - you're back guys - in the ABBA groove - soooooooo glad - bring on Marionette :) x

[@georgedanson4759]

Love you two.

[@rdwulf6289]

Thank You For the Music is the talented, joyful, hopeful girl, aware of her talent; I Wonder is the apprehensive woman giving up her existing life for a shot at stardom; I'm a Marionette is the woman feeling exploited in the music business, a puppet who is not in control of her own life. A sad ending to the naive joy of the first song. I'm a Marionette is the last song in the trilogy and it's Abba like you've never heard them before. TURN THE MUSIC UP. IT'S TOO LOW.

[@geordieboy8945]

And next week MUST be I'm a marionette, I can't wait! It's the end of the trilogy [ I still wish they had faded in and out 'Get on the carousel' between the last two tracks on the album], it is an unrelenting, powerhouse of a track that leaves you feeling like you have just stepped off a carousel. It doesn't stop till it STOPS!

[@jdmit75]

Get on the carousel was part of the concert mini musical

[@eduardooscar309]

Marisa and Tyler, congratulations in advance for doing the songs from the mini musical in their orderly sequence you will be the first to do it complete and in order ABBA made a short musical which was performed live on Europe & Australia tour 1977 "The Girl with the Golden Hair" is the title of the musical is a continuous story of four songs in sequence: 1) The girl with the golden hair (will be "Thanks for the music") 2) I wonder 3) I am a marionette 4) Get on the carousel The first three, with modifications, were included in "ABBA The Album", a masterpiece like an album, with fantastic and totally different 9 master songs I wonder (departure) it is the second song of the mini musical (it is the continuation of Thank you for the music) the lyrics explore the loneliness of the protagonist, far from her affections (in her tour performance, there is a spoken intro between songs) in the mini-musical Frida and Agnetha are both wearing the same looks, including blonde 'rococo-style' wigs "I wonder (departure)" It's a softer ballad that goes perfectly with Frida's deepest voice has a powerful choir with Agnetha and a beautiful instrumental melodic bridge to then return to the second part in a similar way the melody from I wonder was 'rescued' by ABBA for the quartet's final bow at the current Voyage Concerts at London's ABBA Arena in my humble opinion "I wonder" is a beautiful ballad, beautifully sung by Frida in leads (with Agnetha in chorus) but within the mini musical, and within "The Album" too, it is my least favorite of them all (it had to touch someone) and this is a compliment to both the fantastic mini musical and the superlative album if "I wonder" is 7/8pts, which is great, everything else is even better, it is the highest bar of ABBA in their best album and their best creative moment and interpersonal relationships I'll wait for you in next video: "I'm a marionette" It will be extraordinary to see Your reaction (I will not say more to save the surprise) I leave you a big love from Buenos Aires Argentina 🇦🇷 South América

[@brandoncruz3102]

Also guys there is a fourth song in this musical that is only available in the Live versión, the song is called get on the carousel. I actually discovered it recently and it is a great song

[@MuhammadHaris-dr9py]

After Voyage, this song will never be the same 🥺❤️

[@shadow-js2hn]

This is from the very first ABBA musical named The Girl With The Golden Hair 1977 wich include 4 songs: 1. ThankYou For The Music 2. I Wonder 3. Get On The Carousel ( only live version from "ABBA The Movie" 1977) its not in the album 4. Im A Marionette- theres two versions: studio( in the album) and live from "ABBA The Movie"

[@Pulsar77]

Next up: I'm A Marionette. Their most 'aggressive' song, and IMO an unrecognized masterpiece.

[@AzoreanZionist]

👍😉"The Album"..............the best ABBA album.

[@nickcolby1391]

Best frida led song ever 😮

[@teralmiles]

Best ABBA song ever.

[@martinhumble]

I let the music speak, I would say, was their last "musical" entry before 1983. Listen, if you you'd like to

[@Lisa-M]

They have already reacted to I Let The Music Speak.

[@eggy1962]

this is my favourite on The Album, Frida sings it so well you feel your looking back on some of your own history.... was annoyed they cut it out of some versions of Mamma Mia 2. I do sorta ask ppl to listen to Benny's piano parts ...its beautiful

[@birgittalagerstrom6264]

Love your reactions 😀 a true fan.

[@jamiew6438]

Ha ha good choice . I used to play it as got ready to stick my fingers up at my home town and leave it , which turned out to be forever ;) .Anyway , nuff about me , check out the live version of I Wonder, very impressive .

[@markbaker2826]

Its about Doris Day !!

[@nimalmihidukulasooriya411]

Nice je vous aime de la France is it really 1st time you listen to this song ? Bisous 😘

[@martinbatallan3734]

Abba suena aún mucho mejor en vivo deberían ver o reaccionar a los recitales en Australia o el estadio de Wembley incluso reaccionar a canciones q ya conecten

[@martinbatallan3734]

Creo que aún no reaccionaron a " i do i do i do"??????😮😮😮😮

[@guyjacobson2897]

Yes, this is one of their great ones, that most Americans are not familiar with. Enjoyed watching you listen to this one! 🙂 I do like the live version, a bit more, might be interesting to check it out to compare.

[@Lisa-M]

Is there a video of the live version with good quality anywhere? Most of them I found have a bad sound as if someone in the crowd recorded it secretly during the concert.

[@guyjacobson2897]

@@Lisa-M I have not watched one, but I'm sure this is. The version I was referring to was the b side to Name of the Game , which removed saxophone solo and added Benny's piano in the studio.

[@anthonyjames4648]

👍🏻👍🏻

[@nielsulriksrensen9818]

[@lenaengell8528]

Thank you for reacting to my favourite band, ABBA. This song is not my favourite, but thank you.

[@samuele8442]

Teatrale🤍🤍

[@markbaker2826]

OK Factoid ! i met me boyfriend at a club in London but he was from Birmingham, after a wirlwind romance, he sold his flat, ended his job and moved down to be with me and said i played this all the way down from Birmingham to London

[@mervinmannas7671]

Sorry Get On The Carousel

[@jamesleogue3938]

This song.... forget about "Thank you for the music" (🤮) Sooo twee and cheesy... ( I detest that song) "I Wonder" (Departure) is by far the best song from ABBA on this album.... 🇬🇧🥰🤗

[@ABBALAURAFAN]

The sound is awful hope that’s not how you heard it?

[@Tom_McMurtry]

Nah i think it's just how they're recording it, but not how they heard it. But yeah it was better last week and in the car. Oh well. it's just muffled a bit for us.

[@francismedina4547]

I think that they should have listened to it on headphones. The experience would have been much better.

[@brandoncruz3102]

@@francismedina4547 they are anti headphones for what I see. At least I have never see them waering headsets

[@davidparsons7586]

Not a bad song but not a favorite. Not a fan of the next one and I have a feeling Marissa will agree. Just wait and see.

[@davidparsons7586]

@German Morawski Which one? This or the next one?

[@brandoncruz3102]

@German Morawski is not that is boring, you dont like slow songs that what it is. For me personally I love ballads and slow songs so this is music greatness as always

[@brandoncruz3102]

@German Morawski oh yeah make sense. Have the best day bro

[@davidparsons7586]

@German Morawski I'm a marionette is the one I don't like and that's putting it mildly. For me it's their worst song ever.

[@brandoncruz3102]

@@davidparsons7586 thats an interesting opinión actually, I do think the song is good, but under your opinión what makes the song the worst from abba?