ABBA S.O.S. REACTION Video | best reaction videos to oldies music

[@retromaven2159]

You could spend a full month doing ABBA songs!! Thanks ladies, this is one of my faves!!

[@Notalwaysrightbutmostly]

The best compliment I can pay ABBA is that they are probably just behind the Beatles when it comes to relatable music.

[@stever7732]

ABBA were musically the biggest thing on the planet at that time.

[@generationgapreacts]

And still influential today!

[@christianoazzuro6711]

For a long time actually.From 1976(finally got established as a top worldwide band)till 1981 were their peak commercial period.1982 took a '4 decades break' till 2021 that was the triumphant VOYAGE release.And that's just phenomenal.

[@Flatwoodsdad]

Nobody does a sad/hurt like Agnetha. It's like her trademark even now. Probably the best example with ABBA is "The Winner Takes It All". It's also her favorite ABBA work. The sad/happy thing is typical ABBA. Benny (composer) said it comes from being from a country near the arctic circle. The Sun just goes away for 1/2 the year. Don't know if your trying to go in some order but Frida (redhead) had a big hit about a year later with "Fernando". Both girls are top notch vocalist. When they harmonize thats known as ABBA's third voice, and they could do it at the drop of a hat. Anyway thanks for the ABBA. I subscribed.

[@generationgapreacts]

Thank you for watching and subscribing! Their harmonies are very beautiful and it’s no wonder it’s called the third voice. We are excited to do Fernando 😊

[@Galantus1964]

absolutely true, she's an amazing storyteller

[@pinball1970]

Astonishing song writing

[@stephenhanft1226]

Love ABBA. There are so many music artists that made the 1970's my favorite music decade. ABBA is definitely one of them who have such an extensive catalog of great songs.

[@generationgapreacts]

We agree! And ABBA's music is so amazing it will be great for many generations to come

[@RaynorBear]

ABBA were definitely the master of the upbeat break-up songs!!! Besides "SOS", other great break-up songs by them are "Knowing Me, Knowing You", "The Winner Takes It All", "When All Is Said and Done", and "One of Us". Also, don't forget the songs that showcased the guys vocals, such as "Does Your Mother Know", "Why Did It Have to Be Me", and "Another Town, Another Train", where Bjorn takes over the lead vocals.

[@generationgapreacts]

Oh wow! Not sure if I've heard those songs. Great suggestions!

[@rubbersole79]

As a young teenage boy in in the early 70's and consumed with KISS, Cheap Trick, RUSH, Ted Nugent, Alice Cooper, etc., I still was floored by this song. This old 60 something old man still is. Amazing, the power of a great song.

[@eduardooscar309]

a separate comment I love the dialogue that both have and how You decipher the spirit of the songs Just as the Bee Gees write the best love songs, ABBA writes the best breakup songs. "SOS" is one of their first hits of that kind (You will see more of this genre, such as: Knowing me knowing you My love my life The winner takes it all When all is said and done One of us) here the blonde singer Agnetha stands out in her ability as a storyteller and with a brittle and fragile voice (she has soprano tune) that transmits pain and emotion like no one else (the brunette singer Frida has other fantastic qualities that you will see in other songs like Fernando, Money money money, Super Trouper) You made in my opinion the three most important songs of ABBA "Waterloo" is the one of its international Baptism and the irruption of Sweden in the Anglo-Saxon market "S.O.S." It is the one of their Confirmation as an important and talented group, the one that returned Them to the world charts, and gave ABBA their musical identity "Dancing Queen" is their Consecration as a Super Group and their flagship song and pop anthem Three different songs, three masterpieces We ABBA fans are going to fill You with a lot of suggestions hahaha But if you can, it would be good if you follow the chronology and take the #1 and Top10 classics worldwide hits first. ABBA had nine UK #1s and 20 Top 10s, and all of these are excellent, and almost all of these have official videos. And then moving on to live performances on tour; ABBA did only three, only two were filmed, and their performances are memorable. And one final request If it is within your possibilities, could you enable the English/Spanish subtitle option in the videos? It would be of great help to follow You better, since I am Latin American again I thank you for the excellence of your work, I follow You very carefully I wish you an excellent weekend

[@generationgapreacts]

Hi Eduardo, thank you again for such a thoughtful comment! We will definitely figure out how to turn on English/Spanish subtitles so that our subscribers in Latin America can follow along our video. Our apologies we haven't figured out how to do that yet! Following ABBA's hits in chronological order makes a lot of sense and is a great suggestion!

[@colinstevens2691]

The best pop group ever to grace this planet. The torment and pain in Agnetha’s performance is palpable. They will never ever be matched for musical genius and vocal brilliance! ❤️❤️❤️

[@generationgapreacts]

Very much agreed! Their song writing, harmonies, instrumentals… unmatched

[@bobbyyounger7632]

This is the song that hooked me on ABBA , SOS ! The classical piano sound, Agnetha's haunting heartbreak voice, colliding with the rock wall of sound crashing chorus...genius ! I agree with John Lennon and Pete Townsend, ' the greatest pop song ever written and recorded'.

[@abbafan1972]

Once you start delving into ABBA, it’s a very deep rabbit hole! You need to react to “ The Winner Takes It All”. A song with such deep lyrics.

[@AzoreanZionist]

Agnetha Fältskog sings the original version, in her native Swedish. It is on her solo album "Elva kvinnor i ett hus". When I was in high school, un upperclassman went on holiday to Europe, and brought me back the album. Before ABBA formed as a group, Agnetha already had Nº 1 hits on the Svenskitoppen charts in Sweden, at 18 years old.

[@generationgapreacts]

Wow we didn’t know that! She has an amazing voice

[@AzoreanZionist]

@@generationgapreacts 🙂Yes, Agnetha is a true soprano, and Frida is a mezzo-soprano.....that's why their voices together makes a great combination for high and low vocal ranges. 🎤🎤 ♫♫♫♫♪♪♪♪♪. Agnetha and Frida worked hard in the studio. Björn and Benny were prefectionists, and very demanding, and sometimes after hours and hours of the girls' singing..... they would ask if they could (redo) sing the song again....except with an octave higher.

[@eduardooscar309]

I'm so glad to see you return to react ABBA, and with my favorite ABBA song "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 think that the next reaction could be "Mamma Mia" or "Fernando" , both in 1976, just before "Dancing Queen" to appreciate the musical evolution of ABBA following the songs in chronological order Thank you very much for your honesty and sensitive in your reaction You did together a fantastic job I hope to see you in another video to ABBA My best regards to You from Buenos Aires, Argentina South América

[@generationgapreacts]

Thank you again for another fantastic comment and education on ABBA! We will definitely be doing Fernando and Mamma Mia, Fernando is my moms favorite ABBA song. They have definitely left an unforgettable mark on all of us!

[@stevebrown661]

@@generationgapreacts a small point - their name is pronounced with a short A - as in abacus. Enjoying your reactions. Have you thought of taking a look/listen to a live performance from their Australian tour - they're superb.

[@generationgapreacts]

@@stevebrown661 Thank you for clarifying that for us Steve! We will definitely watch their live performances! We can’t get enough

[@susieq9801]

@@generationgapreacts - There is a terrific live video of them at Wembley doing "Does your mother know/Hole in my soul". Real rockers.

[@Payne2view]

It is interesting to note that many of their early videos were filmed in the parks around Stokholm. The visual efffects are all practical in those days too. Be it a floppy distorted mirror, a prism on the lens or just looking up at an angle. Agnetha's musical influences include women such as Connie Francis, who sang in that heartache sort of style. For a group remembered as 'pop' they wrote a lot of heartbreak or serious adult songs.

[@chrisalldis3375]

Agnetha, was as good as Babs, Celine, & Whitney in range, a very underrated singer & in my opinion was the heart of ABBA.

[@Gill3D]

I never thought I'd hear anyone attribute deep lyrics to ABBA. Still, I'm pleased you enjoyed it and I enjoyed your video.

[@generationgapreacts]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@m.menneke8513]

The one who makes you feel the pain is called Agnetha. She is a master in transmitting emotions. The winner takes it all, My love my life, the day before you came are fantastic.

[@generationgapreacts]

The emotions just in her voice alone, then her face from the music videos... even with happy dance beats we can feel her sadness in the lyrics.

[@robinarmour957]

Give Knowing Me, Knowing You a listen. ABBA is the BOMB!!!

[@RobertJones-ux6nc]

One of my little Five Year Old Great-Nieces favorite ABBA songs. She heard the music and was dancing to it. Her Grandmaw and I listen to them all the time and she has grown up hearing them and watching Mama Mia.

[@curtiscolwell1572]

I was a teenager during the 70's and although the Beatles are my favorite musical group when I had earned enough money from doing summer jobs and I went looking for music I could own for myself the first album I ever bought was a Abba one ....one of my favorites 😊

[@mana3735]

Melancholy!! That's the word to describe this feeling the song gives.

[@gregsager2062]

Melancholy mixed with exhilaration, because the chorus is so freakishly hooky.

[@lucasmills1048]

Please React To Abba The Winner Takes it all. I Think its the most saddest and most deppest song by Them.

[@generationgapreacts]

Great suggestion! That's a fantastic song

[@niklasherneryd4754]

Thank you 🥰 Common big songs - Mamma Mia, Fernando and Dancing Queen (And Money, Money, Money) are coming next by the major hits. But there are a plenty of early songs who are worth listening to.

[@generationgapreacts]

We love those suggestions! And a Fernando video is coming

[@keithygadget381]

If you feel this is emotional, listen to ABBA’s ‘The winner takes it all’. Fantastic song.

[@Aussiepappy66]

Great reaction ladies! I grew up listening to this band and still know all the words. A gut wrenching song I heartily recommend of theirs is The Winner Takes It All. A masterpiece and Agnetha kills singing it. You wont be disappointed!! Stay blessed.

[@carolyncappitelli1460]

Please consider reacting to ABBA's new music. It is so good! My favorite is Don't Shut Me Down

[@Titus-as-the-Roman]

THIS is the song I accidentally pulled up that day on MTV (that whole day was one straight out of the "Twilight Zone"), waking from a horrible sleep There's this Blond Goddess, (obviously with the Blood of my ancestors, [*see note], singing like a new age angel. She did something to my Brain that day that only being a man can feel it, it's completely UN-describable, I will say, that, the higher your "T" hormones are at the moment the more others will know what she did. *_ "You Think. (*) Imagine you're a Viking, brought up in the Viking Code, but stranded on the Island of Not-Tall-And-Blood-Thirsty-Enough". That's my Look.

[@stretch4872]

Looking back now I think how amazingly strong these four people were to have a music group of 2 married couples that then divorce but kept touring as a band. It had to be so painful at times after the marriages broke up to have to stand next to each other and sing love songs.

[@deborahlewis656]

This brings me to back to my best times, 70s..such sweet innocent times 🤠

[@ferencercseyravasz7301]

They have several interesting songs I would recommend to you. First there is "The Day Before You Came". They do something remarkable there: all the sadness is in the music, none of it is in the lyrics. The lyrics describe a very ordinary day and the two put together just breaks my heart. Then there's "Head Over Heels". While I was a music teacher I offered extra credit to any student who can sing it's melody flawlessly. Listen and you'll understand why. Last, but not least, there's "I'm a Marionette". You will wonder: is this still ABBA? Yes it is.

[@guyinnyc1]

Great reaction! More, more, more! Try some of their early overlooked songs such as My mama said and So long.

[@AzoreanZionist]

Your mom likes "Fernando"................Frida sings the original version in Swedish, on her 1975 solo album "Frida Ensam".

[@amybennett8447]

You should do ABBA The Winner Takes It All. So moving!

[@raycornford283]

You must react to 'The Winner Takes it All' - please

[@generationgapreacts]

Absolutely Ray!

[@krisa990]

I wouldnt call this an oldie though...even though it has some years under its belt it feels as modern today as it was then...timeless music of ABBA.

[@doorran]

you've done a lot of their music now. you should do "Gimme Gimme Gimme" and "Does Your Mother Know"

[@patrickmcinnis2921]

To date, the song is the only Hot 100 single (or #1 single in Australia) in which both the title and the credited act are palindromes.

[@kennethvick9447]

You need to hear George strait the beaches of Cheyenne. And Glen Campbell The hand that rocks the cradle.

[@davidkelly2355]

Not that this means anything,but I like the original Swedish language version that Agnetha did before joining ABBA. Same thing with Anni-Frid’s “Fernando “, they say the Swedish lyrics have a different meaning than the English lyrics,but since I don’t speak Swedish, I won’t know.

[@razrhiannaspiers8506]

If you would like to react to an artist you might not have heard of, I recommend Aesthetic Perfection with Bark at the Moon

[@generationgapreacts]

Thank you! I will definitely look that up. I'm always intrigued by new music

[@dougwill8850]

You're feeling her husband's pain. Who wrote it. 👍

[@kevobeney5308]

Would you cover more ABBA, One of Us, Angeleyes or Honey Honey

[@RedRuffinsore]

The girls did not speak English when they did this song. You can watch their lips and see that they have memorized the phonetics. Bjorn and Bennie did know English.

[@davidmckie7128]

Wierd that I have just been watching your reaction to Georgy Girl by The Seekers and here you are amonth ago rocking a similar hairstyle to what Judith Durham had in the video.

[@thedisabledwelshman9266]

ab, not arb

[@yepme6484]

Your pronouncing the band wrong