Bass Teacher REACTS: ABBA - 'Voulez-Vous'

Bass Teacher REACTS: ABBA - 'Voulez-Vous' | Live 1979

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@traceymcintire7754 Ай бұрын

I saw them live on this tour in Boston. Absolutely incredible experience. Their plane was delayed so the concert started late but no one left. We knew it was a once in a lifetime chance to see them.

@TorkG8 Ай бұрын

@Traceymcintire, I did too. Although, I saw them in the UK. When Agnetha and Frida walked out on stage at the beginning, raised their arms and their capes formed two "V"s, before they burst into Voulez Vous, I burst into tears! Their faces were all over my bedroom wall, I was in the Fan Club and played all their records non-stop. It was the single most exciting night of my entire life. I went to see the Voyage ABBA-tar show in London this year but it didn't compare.

@Jennykre 27 күн бұрын

wow you are so lucky

@Chihiro33333 Ай бұрын

I’m not even a bass player, but this was great fun to watch! 😃 Excellent analysis and a well explained what ’drove that grove’. 😊

@BassFreedom Ай бұрын

I love that non-bassists are enjoying! Thanks so much!

@thommy_kni Ай бұрын

Awesome and addictive video and analysis. Thanks so much!! Cool to see how pro musicians discover ABBA and their true talent.

@alexioverdo5225 Ай бұрын

Thank You for doing Abba!Lots of great filmed Live stuff can also be found in their '77 Aussie tour btw.VV was from '79 Wembley.Six sold out nights in a row and according to their tour manager the demand was so high "they could have sold another 20" if they wanted to stay there for more.

@pcch7831 Ай бұрын

It's a shame that there isn't more footage from their actual concerts, they were so good.

@BassFreedom Ай бұрын

I agree! I wish there was more!!!

@hackapump Ай бұрын

I think the issue is they didn't do many tours, unfortunately. The ones they did do are documented I believe. But yeah, would be nice to have more. They were obviously a killer act.

@alexioverdo5225 Ай бұрын

Apart from the precious monumental fan - saved amateur filmed footage they released 2 official filmed tours that are fantastic samples of their live performances.The explosive 1977 Australian tour and the '79 tour.Also some live 'bits and pieces' from tv studio performances are added such as the Dick Cavet show 1981 aa well as from the SVT 'Abbadabbadoo" 1976 special.

@pcch7831 Ай бұрын

@@hackapump They didn't go on many big tours but they did play a fair amount of concerts, there were quite a few in Sweden in the early years. There's a recording from one on youtube but the audio isn't great, still fun to hear though. Also, no footage or recordings from the Japan tour is a huge shame

@pcch7831 Ай бұрын

@@alexioverdo5225 yeah I have all of those

@rasvanniekerk6297 Ай бұрын

Thanks for your awesome reaction! ABBA rocks!

@graphicmaterial5947 Ай бұрын

"Lay all your love on me" has an even sicker bass line. Pure genious!

@BassFreedom Ай бұрын

I wish there was a live track on that one! Soooo good!

@ollep9142 Ай бұрын

I've seen and heard them live, and it wasn't in one of their big tours but a public gig in the small Swedish town where I grew up. It was in 1973, before their international breakthrough and not long after the name change (from their earlier name Festfolket, a pun in Swedish). "Ring Ring" was their hit that year which they performed standing on the flatbed of a truck in the town square. I was almost four years old and realized that the event was something to remember...

@Karl-Benny Ай бұрын

I have seen Benny perform in Eskilstuna Sweden with Hep stars when i was about 8 years old he was a neighbour to my Teacher

@fivestring65ify Ай бұрын

This is another killer. I love this band. People wonder why, and it's simple. I'm a bass player. Disco was built around groove. And the groove is unbelievable in disco. Thanks for covering the band.

@christianoazzuro6711 Ай бұрын

Plus it had also real strings you could hear in disco music.

@hackapump Ай бұрын

I don't view ABBA as a disco band. They dabbled in disco for a while, and Voulez Vous is really the only full-on disco album they made. I think they are regarded a disco outfit in the US because the few hits they had there were disco tracks. But really, they were all about pop songs, sometimes clad in the sound popular at the time. Waterloo (1974) for example is like a glam rock number. And their last album (1981) was a fireworks display of orchestrated synthesizers, (albeit over a traditional rhythm section). For me they were the perfect pop band, full stop.

@christianoazzuro6711 Ай бұрын

@@hackapump For me they were the perfect pop band, full stop" I second that.!VV was inspired by the Bee Gees and the general disco era soundscape and hype.Abba made it their own "Abba-way" and still brilliant.Despite the album's polished silvery blue "shinny wrapped package" and image,only 5 out of the 10 songs featured in the original vynil were into disco-funk music.

@christianoazzuro6711 Ай бұрын

...those were 'As good as New"/"'Voulez Vous"/"Angeleyes"/"If it wasn't for the nights"/"Lovers"(a more soulful-funky slow paced mid '70s disco vibed track.Rythym is more kinda '75 Silver Convention reminiscent stuff.Abba's world was never monochromatic.It was multicolourful always expiremental but without abandoning its pop/folksy solid foundation.Always exciting to me.

@alexioverdo5225 Ай бұрын

@@hackapumpAgree. The aspect of ABBA being regarded a disco band is not right ,is quite restrictive to ABBA's creative diversity and impulsive explorative expandable musical curioucity.And that aspect has its roots to an older US climax that unfairly progressed by the music medias there in the '70s.You can't call disco a band who has recorded tracks such as "Watch Out","Hey Helen",'Hole in your soul","Arrival","Ode to Freedom","Tropical Loveland,"Fernando" ,"Rock me","King Kong Song","Move On","I am A marionette","Eagle","The Piper",etc.

@ABBADiego Ай бұрын

06:47 Benny plays on piano what sounds like “house music” which didn’t appear until 1987.

@steveblunkell1334 Ай бұрын

Excellent synopsis of the incredible sound of ABBA ♥️😊

@eggy1962 Ай бұрын

Keep them coming, really appreciate the abba musicians

@MartyWilson100 Ай бұрын

I am Swedish, I grew up with ABBA and this is one of their best songs. I have played this song and it's very fun to play, plus I did it on the same Hagström bass model that Rutger Gunnarsson used

@theresenydahl9531 Ай бұрын

Thank you, the live clips show what a great stadium band they were!❤🇸🇪 A lot of ABBA's songs have great base lines and they always had the best musicians.

@Davey7358 Ай бұрын

Great reaction!! Voulez-Vous has an amazing bass line. And this live performance was phenomenal. My fave bass lines from ABBA are "Bang A Boomerang" and "If It Wasn't For The Nights." Two lesser known songs but both are just superior! And the best bass lines.

@MichaelNadin-b8k Ай бұрын

Great stuff thanks, i was actually at that concert

@BassFreedom Ай бұрын

NO WAY!!!! THAT'S SO COOL!

@bohedlund7423 Ай бұрын

Mr bass, Rutger the GREAT!

@nickbasslondon Ай бұрын

Great video, Andrew! Thank you for this! Another ABBA interesting bass line is Money, money, money! The bass plays the melody with the voices in the chorus,and it has some very interesting details on the B verses! Maybe it would be a good reaction video!!

@BassFreedom 11 сағат бұрын

I just shot this one today! Keep a lookout :) Thank you!

@nickbasslondon 11 сағат бұрын

@@BassFreedom Great!! I will! Thank you!

@imano8265 28 күн бұрын

Wow!!!. One of the best ABBA analysis on the web. Thank you for that!

@sensitivedogs Ай бұрын

Finally someone who analyzes ABBA properly. Why did people think I was a huge fan…duh? They are amazing that’s why! 😂

@joecastanza9822 28 күн бұрын

SO COOL!!!!!! I remember when it was released!!! :P Ouch. I've fallen and I can't get up!!! :P LOVE ALL THE TRIVIA!!! Thanks, Andrew!!!

@88mph28 Ай бұрын

•••and no autotune .

@Bjorn9284 Ай бұрын

the girls do a dance step in "Dancing Queen" where they rock side to side real fast like double time, then open the arm out. That back and forth A, G, thing, is in perfect time with that step. And do it every time I hear it. Thanks! I had no idea! Awesome video!

@cserranoweb 12 күн бұрын

I loved you reaction and analysis.

@nielsulriksrensen9818 Ай бұрын

At the concerts, this track was longer. But it was cut short by a tv special from which this clip was taken. Great reaction, by the way!

@ANightworkerslife 24 күн бұрын

Abba's music is way more intricate than what first meets the ear. Start to break each instrument down and you will find really exciting stuff. Then you add the lyrics from Bjorn, every one a little novel telling you a story. The Ladies used to come in by the end of each song and then add their harmonies, which they usually worked out together in the studio. Listening to their music today you start to realize how far ahead of their time they were.

@christianoazzuro6711 Ай бұрын

The "Voulez Vous" album has more fantastic bass lines.Some intense moments are in the great opener "AS GOOD AS NEW" not to mention 'If it wasn't for the nights" and of course "Gimme!Gimme!Gimme!" regarding the CD edition.And of course the title track had imo a killer electric guitar riff that some rock-musicians i'm sure they 'envy".

@marcodebrabander5751 Ай бұрын

many songs from them contain incredible baselines. One of us is great also

@leifpeterson7397 29 күн бұрын

I have seen them live, twice! In 1975 and 1980. Never forgetting it.

@alexioverdo5225 26 күн бұрын

Btw 1975 they partly toured north Europe and '79/1980 Canada-US-Europe-Japan.U lucky one!

@leifpeterson7397 25 күн бұрын

@alexioverdo5225 To be more exact: July 5th 1975 (Kristianopel) and October 20th 1979 (Stockholm)

@alexioverdo5225 25 күн бұрын

@@leifpeterson7397 Wow!!!!1975 they were more of a rock-pop live band that sounded "loud" when they played , as the continental music press had commented on them.Each era had its beauty.

@moatl6945 Ай бұрын

1:50 ABBA dressed on stage in a somehow ridiculous way on purpose, so that they could deduct the the costs from taxes. They argued, these dresses are for the job, not for private usage.

@alexandresousa338 Ай бұрын

You should watch them more live from their live album "Wembley arena", the song 'if wasn't for the nights' is a great performance.

@TorkG8 Ай бұрын

Ulvaeus and Andersson are amazing songwriters.

@olemadsen2113 Ай бұрын

Super interesting stuff! I knew that Abba was musically very advanced but have never especially focused on the bass lines. (As to the advanced: there's a story about the singers chosen for the original mamma Mia musical in London sayin gthat they thought they knew Abba songs having heard them all their lives - and THEN found out how much work they'd have to put into actually singing them!) On another bass note - have you heard about The Warning? Sister rock trio from Mexico. There's quite some bass to lut an ear to as they tend to have the bass line very prominent in the mix. And they absolutely ROCK!

@adambohlin5112 26 күн бұрын

The harmony between Anne-Frid and Agnetha has never been surpassed as of today, no other couple comes even close and ofc the music is one of a kind I am so glad I have seen them live on many occasions usually in Sweden but elsewhere too! The high notes from Agnetha and that world famous range that Anne-frid has in her voice is such an unbeatable combo! I am Greek living in Sweden and the Phrygian scale is Greek not Middle-Eastern or Egyptian it comes from the Dorian Greeks a blond and blue-eyed northern population of what is now Turkey but this was many of thousand of years before Turkey was even a country it was Greek from ancient times and that was where the Phrygian scale was born as I recall it when I studied music in Athens, Greece.

@fromchomleystreet Ай бұрын

Best way to get a immediate feel for what Phrygian dominant actually is, is to play a dominant seventh chord while “wiggling” each of the three notes in the basic triad (the root, the third and the fifth) one half-step to the right and back again, keeping the seventh unchanged throughout. THAT’s Phrygian dominant: a dominant seventh chord with semitonal wiggles.

@jamesdignanmusic2765 Ай бұрын

Amazingly, in this live vesion of this song, the bass and drums are reminding me of some of Talking Heads' live work ("Life During Wartime", "Girlfriend is Better") - I'd never made a connection between the two styles before. Between you and David Bennett Piano I get some great info on the scales and melodic/harmonic techniques of the songs, which is awesome - many thanks.

@matcoffidis1135 Ай бұрын

Those half steps sound so great. Nice tension.

@bAgRiMoIrEsS.4 Ай бұрын

The B phrygian dominant scale. Wow! Didn't think Abba had such great bass lines. Wow, funky!

@BassFreedom Ай бұрын

I know, right? The bass lines are SO funky!

@herrbonk3635 Ай бұрын

But is it really *derived* from the harmonic minor scale? Or even named "phrygian dominant" in music or cultures where it is common. Isn't that a typical academic after-construct (as we say in my language).

@bAgRiMoIrEsS.4 Ай бұрын

@@herrbonk3635 That's a good question, sounds like music theory. I don't know, I'm sure Andrew knows!

@larsjonsson3624 Ай бұрын

Yngwie ripped them off…

@chelseacharger Ай бұрын

I saw them at Wembley on the fourth night of their six consecutive concerts there. I know they released a live album and that was recorded on the last night and this film also comes from Wembley too but I'm not sure from which night. But nevertheless, ABBA were a excellent live band. Even the critics, couldn't question their musicianship. They mostly got jibbed for their somewhat stilted stage presence and interaction with the audience which was very unfair. They could all speak English well enough but it's sometimes not so easy to tap into the local humour and get your personality across..

@christianoazzuro6711 Ай бұрын

As far as i'm aware (according to Ludvig) the Live album was from one night from start to finnish.But the filmed "Abba in concert" SVT is combined from different nights.

@seanadb 10 күн бұрын

Love these ABBA reviews, Andrew, especially the focus on the musicianship. Brilliant! Can you explain what makes a song "disco" versus generically "pop"? I know some sounds are easily identifiable as disco, but wondering if there was something specific one could use to define it. Cheers!

@lasyngwieeeiiilarsen7510 10 күн бұрын

Abba, money money❤😊🎉🎉🎉🎉

@bedicou2003 Ай бұрын

Abba are clearly second to none

@nilsfearon1 Ай бұрын

I was in the audience when this was filmed and you could feel the bass filling your stomach. I came out unable to hear from the music and the yelling 😅

@jonasgustaf Ай бұрын

Wow. How old were you at the time? Please tell us more about how it sounded

@sensitivedogs Ай бұрын

I saw ABBA LIVE on this tour in Montreal.

@TorkG8 Ай бұрын

Saw them in the UK on this tour as well. :)

@JezzaSpeedDemon Ай бұрын

Knowing me knowing you has, in my opinion, craziest bass track out of all ABBA songs. Very counter intuitive

@Carboggg Ай бұрын

They were past their best as a live act by the time of these gigs in 1979. In particular the girls were somewhat going through the motions. Personal tensions within the group were starting to fracture the joy they once had in abundance. By all accounts of those who saw them live (mainly Swedes and Scandis) they were at their best in 74/75 . Though there's no live footage there's plenty of pictures of those gigs and they, especially the girls, were much more loose, energetic and enjoying it more. Also helped by having a stripped down band giving them a raw and rocky sound.

@mercuryboy6699 Ай бұрын

Please do Knowing Me Knowing You! I'm loving your videos. I've been an abba fan since the beginning but vids like these blow my mind at how incredibly sophisticated their music actually was

@SwedenTheHedgehog 20 күн бұрын

You NEED to do a video on the bassline in ABBA's "On and On and On"; it is an underrated song overall, but it has some craaaaazy baselines which just... STOP in the middle?? Insanely good; so please check it out!

@PhilosophyForTheMops Ай бұрын

The composers had no formal classical schooling, but a background in traditional swedish music. Nothing is crazy if you don't know whats normal, but only what your instruments are capable of. Having mixed major and minor scales is noting weird, and the minor one sounds a lot like something from Björns neck of the woods(Dalarna).

@evedavey2475 Ай бұрын

React to Hole in your soul live version. It's the best .❤❤❤

@leolambeuk Ай бұрын

If you ever get to London, you MUST go to the ABBA voyage show! You have the 'ABBAtars' with the original vocals, BUT the music is played by a live band, chosen and rehearsed by Benny & Bjorn themselves. The live band are brilliant - think you'd love it!

@rojavida Ай бұрын

Ok, you need to look at “Shine a Little Love” by ELO this is the best “disco” song ever written.

@vittoriomarco1233 Ай бұрын

My friend, don’t you realize that Abba were perfect musicians in all wsys!!!!

@christianoazzuro6711 Ай бұрын

"One Of Us" also has a very dominant and brilliant bass.

@irrevirre1 Ай бұрын

A💛💙A 4ever💕

@cannabisstatics6193 Ай бұрын

If you do an ABBA song again perhaps you can break down an explain to us One of Us. You could even with your expert ear tell us which of the bass covers on You Tube is the best 🙏

@thehighwayman78 28 күн бұрын

Remember Benny and Björn didn't even know how to read music. This is probably just written by ear. Pure talent.

@McRocking Ай бұрын

As a 13 year old in 79, no self-respecting young lad would admit to liking ABBA - not if they valued their health lol. I saw kids get beat-up for a lot less 😆

@ztazon Ай бұрын

Arnold Paseiro is an awesome bass player (now he appears to be more into politics). It would be really cool if you take a dive into Foxy, one of my earliest influences, standing on the triple corner of rock, disco and funk, with a bit of latin infection, luscious! Check Foxy's Hot Number or Get Off

@backacheache 29 күн бұрын

Apparently the crazy outfits were due to Swedens tax laws, they can only be claimed as a stage costume if there is zero chance of you wearing them in real life. I guess the idea being to avoid people buying things through their businesses that they are going to use in their personal life

@j_almond Ай бұрын

React to dirty loops, run away Amazing Bass player Henry Linden.

@charliekolander6626 16 күн бұрын

Rutger the Swedish bass GOAT

@esperantofeig 21 күн бұрын

Is that Tomas Ledin at the back?

@richardhall6034 Ай бұрын

Hi 👋 you should definitely check the band , band maid for some epic bass playing especially the song hate Band maid hate live

@waterkant999 Ай бұрын

rudger did it all

@ChrisHayworth100 Ай бұрын

It sounds like a fretless, big brownie points if it is.

@markrice689 Ай бұрын

what break me is the poeple whatchin the show there was not aload to get off there seats and dance all shows in the 70s in large areaers was banded you had gards on block arears stopping you that sucks abba now would be wild great vlogs

@catwmn2345 Ай бұрын

About their stage costumes... for the band to be allowed to make tax write-offs for them, it had to be clothes you wouldn't expect anyone to wear as everyday clothes. Swedish tax laws 😂😂 not sure if that has changed since then.

@theogantenbein7870 19 күн бұрын

They were huge at this point and couldn’t afford to bring brass players to the concert?

@sixstrings666 Ай бұрын

Leave it to the Swedes to bring in the Phrygian dominant. Can't trust these guys.

@meukbox Ай бұрын

Don't dumb it down! Explain it! Educate us!

@BassFreedom Ай бұрын

Will do! I won’t hold back!

@vicolin6126 22 күн бұрын

Wow, didn't know you could get a job teaching fish, nor did I know that Bass had the required level of intelligence to learn anything! That is really cool. Must be difficult managing with all the water though, as a human... Sorry, I only came here to make that joke, I will leave now :)