THE TITLE THREW HIM OFF| ABBA - The Winner Takes It All REACTION

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@sophiapangloss2149 2 жыл бұрын

You're correct, the song is about a woman going through a divorce. The reason the song works so well is that we all knew that Agnetha (the singer) and Bjorn (the guy without the beard) were indeed going through a divorce at the time. (the other couple, Frida and Benny) were also married briefly at the time but divorced soon after. Bjorn, her husband, wrote the lyrics for his soon to be ex-wife to sing, quite something when you think about it. The lyrics are quite cold and unemotional, but Agnetha manages to supply all the emotion the song needs, especially her final wailing "The Winner takes it aaaalll....." It's a beautiful song, was a huge No 1 over here in the UK, and re-established Abba at the top after a year or two when they had been *slightly* less successful (though still managed a string of Top Ten hits, just didn't hit No 1). This song, followed by Super Trouper (single) were Abba's last big hits before they took a break for 40 years, and then returned with Voyage, no band that I can think of has done that before, 40 years is a very long time...

@rollomaughfling380 2 жыл бұрын

They were separating at the time Björn wrote it (with Benny), but he's denied it's about the divorce, saying "it's fiction," and "the words in the song should not be taken literally."

@sophiapangloss2149 2 жыл бұрын

@@rollomaughfling380 Of course, I've seen Bjorn say that, and there may be some truth in it, but it can't be denied that the lyrics are very relateable to most people, because it's a very common and human situation. It would be difficult not to put some of your own perceptions and emotions into writing a song like that. Even if there was no 'handshake', even if there was no "I don't wanna talk" I still think some of the emotion in the song works because it is genuine and honest. I think Bjorn would have to say it's not literal, to protect their own psyches and privacy. Whether it's fiction or not, I'm glad he wrote it anyway.

@rollomaughfling380 2 жыл бұрын

@@sophiapangloss2149 "Some truth?" So . . . you know, better than him, I guess? 👀

@sophiapangloss2149 2 жыл бұрын

@@rollomaughfling380 No of course not... but he couldn't really say anything else. Of course the words, the lines sung, are not their own words, I''m sure all relationships are much more complicated than lyrics in a song can ever communicate, but there's an authenticity about the emotions involved in a break-up that I have rarely ever 'felt' from a song in the same way, I think that's what I mean.

@rollomaughfling380 2 жыл бұрын

@@sophiapangloss2149 He said what he needed to say, because of people in the press and public picking it apart based on news reports, and that should be enough. And those *were* his own words, which he literally called "fiction". Doesn't help anyone for people to keep trying to pick their situation apart decades later. This is the rub: great songcraft attempts to make lyrics universal, so everyone can project their own experiences onto them. Yet, the listener translating their own experiences onto what one might imagine the artist was going through, especially based on media reports is fraught. Lyrics that are too-specific to the songwriter's own experience are most often lost to time, and end up in the bargain bin, at best. This is why most great songwriters will tell you (and honestly and accurately so) that the lyrics are an amalgamation of different experiences. Anyone with a hit song saying otherwise either has a sharp agenda, or is playing up the press accounts with cynicism, which is not at all like Björn. It's a great song, it resonates universally, and I take the man at his word.

@waynejones5635 2 жыл бұрын

She has a most beautiful voice.

@lesleywarnock228 2 жыл бұрын

As a divorced woman I can tell you that this is the MOST accurate songs about this I've ever heard, it's strange thing in my case that my Mum who divorced my father in 1971 related to this just as much as I do (divorced in 2010) the "Gods" in this case being Judges in divorce & custody battles. It's heartbreakingly relatable no matter what year you listen to it. Although I do not regret mine, there's just something about this particular song that brings all that pain back to the surface....😪

@LetItBeSummer-1 2 жыл бұрын

I can relate too. My parents divorced in 1981 and I did in 2018. This song could make me cry any time. 😢

@patticrichton1135 Жыл бұрын

I can relate TOO with my own divorce from the love of my life, that I never saw coming after 24 years of marriage and 6 years before that, plus we had 3 children together. I cry every time I hear ABBA sing this, or when I watch the movie for "MAMA MIA" when Meryl Streep sings it, she does such a heartbreaking version of it. I could have written the lyrics to this, because it explains exactly how I feel. After more than 25 years after, I am still having trouble "getting over " it, and now he is deceased, 4 years ago. I don't think I will ever heal from it.

@barringtongilbert9230 5 ай бұрын

As a 65 yr old male...totally agree. Beautiful song and emotions.

@paulascott5701 2 жыл бұрын

The guy on the right has never had his heart broken.

@nicolamorrell3723 2 жыл бұрын

You boys didn't mention her phenomenal voice!!

@barringtongilbert9230 5 ай бұрын

My ALL TIME FAVOURITE Abba song...sung with such emotion.....just ready to cry now. (Always do, to this song)

@gmdhargreaves 2 жыл бұрын

Deep when you consider they were both performing it about each other, it’s the ultimate love split

@barringtongilbert9230 5 ай бұрын

Exactly...this song is up there with Fleetwood Macs 'Chain' Just amazing. From adversity, comes beauty.

@martinkelleher5662 2 жыл бұрын

These ABBA songs never get old . Even today u guys reacting to them that's the beauty of music right there . Hearing this makes me want to listen to more ABBA lol 😆 .

@ayedee6681 2 жыл бұрын

this song brings tears to my eyes.

@kentmains7763 2 жыл бұрын

What a voice!

@edhanner1377 2 ай бұрын

what a brilliant song

@jakesmith5278 2 жыл бұрын

ABBA was amazing. Legendary band and songs. The winner does take it all, it's what makes heart breaks so painful.

@eraysererayser 2 жыл бұрын

one of the BEST groups ever!

@bchc6398 2 жыл бұрын

My dad used to play Abba on long trips, mostly the upbeat one but I also recall him playing this and cried when the line "The God's may throw a dice, their mind's as cold as ice, and someone way down here, loses someone dear." Looking back I was one big emotional kid for that line to hit me so deep. Abba are in my list of faves. I'm a new fan to your channel and love how eclectic your choices are. Good choice bro.

@eduardooscar309 2 жыл бұрын

"The winner takes it all" is one of the best songs of the iconic Swedish group ABBA is the best example of how They can perfectly combine sad and melancholic lyrics with more upbeat melodies or rhythms and catchy choruses. And in this exceptional case with a luxury vocal performance by the blonde singer Agnetha as lead voice. If you're going to show him more ABBA songs, with the example of their universal classic Dancing Queen, my suggestion is that you add to the list "Waterloo" at Eurovision in UK 1974, for him to see how ABBA was born to world fame I hope to see you in more ABBA videos My best regards to both from Buenos Aires Argentina 🇦🇷 South America

@turdferguson400 2 жыл бұрын

My all time fave Abba song. ❤️💔

@red-jedi2409 2 жыл бұрын

This is one of my favourite tunes of all time, its perfect..!!!

@christinestromberg4057 2 жыл бұрын

I loved Abba so much. Many radio DJs at the time were very critical of their music because it wasn't what they were used to but in fact they are brilliantly written, much more complicated than some people realised. I was also impressed by the fact that at that time they didn't actually speak English naturaly, it was their second language, being Swedish.

@moekontze116 Жыл бұрын

New Zealand n Australia loved n appreciated them always.❤❤

@SunShine-qk4rb 2 жыл бұрын

Devastating song about divorce but it is done so beautifully

@mikesmithson6805 2 жыл бұрын

Noticed that the piano riff is just one loop, it's astonishing how they made this masterpiece with that one piano riff

@andersbarfodsvaneskolan9378 Жыл бұрын

this song must easily be in the top 20 of greatest pop songs ever written..

@Muckylittleme 2 жыл бұрын

Hey JV, still so many great ABBA songs you never got around to, especially some of their disco hits. Gimmee, gimee, gimmee, Voulez Vous, Summer night city, Lay all your love on me, If it wasn't for the night plus loads of other hits

@philipocallaghan 2 жыл бұрын

She was teasing him, listen closer.....she was rubbing it in! "but you see"..........she was teaching him a lesson and being coy. A tease. She was the winner!