Reaction to ABBA's The Name of the Game Song

[@masseysmaineentertainment]

Hey Everyone - I have really appreciated all the support for my videos and the positive comments were overwhelming in the majority. I had a few not so nice comments which I don't engage - I just block them. Please comment with a song suggestion for some more ABBA going forward and please sub my channel if you think of it .... but first and foremost - be safe and take care.

[@calvinmurty8273]

ABBA The Album has many good songs apart from The Name of the Game - Try Eagle, One Man, One Woman, Move On and Hole in Your Soul. All these songs are pretty different from each other, showing the versatility of the group. You also need to listen to Me & I, and The Piper from the Super Trouper album. Finally, the title track from The Visitors album, Soldiers and I Let The Music Speak. ABBA has so many good songs. The above are just the tip of the iceberg! Hope that you will come to love some or all of these suggestions. Enjoying your ABBA reactions thus far! ♥️

[@stevendurrant1724]

Good stuff. You don’t need to wade through recommendations for ABBA songs. Just get round to all of them

[@mountain262]

Agnetha's voice is like a laser. Focused, perfectly controlled, and cuts through everything to shine on its own.

[@davidorheden529]

Their soundengineer Michael B Tretow together with Benny Andersson created pure magic for your ears.

[@dorojessy6932]

There is actually an Official Video to this song where they play Ludo at Agnetha's and Björn's house.

[@GoldenFingerPIcker]

dude, setting aside that they are fkn HOTTIES, I can't believe nobody has copied the quaddrouple track on the "what's the name of the game" That is what made their vocals so amazing. If you listen to them just singing together, it is different than the "what's the name of the game". That is the ABBA hook. I have loved them for ever and can't believe nobody has picked up on this.

[@softshallow7435]

You will love the song Money Money Money!

[@malvanlondon8683]

One of my absolute favourites!

[@staalmannen2522]

This is a small symphony! So intelligent!

[@masseysmaineentertainment]

absolutely!

[@Drasut]

This is a masterpiece close to 10.

[@masseysmaineentertainment]

It is definitely a top 3 song for me by them - so far.

[@hansandresen4392]

they have over 100 good songs 😁

[@eduardooscar309]

how nice to see you with an extraordinary song by ABBA, which has many peculiarities: 1) it's the first song in which each of the girls sings a verse as lead voice 2) the official video was recorded at Agnetha and Björn's home, because Agnetha was very late in her second pregnancy 3) "The name of the game" was released in October 1977, a month before "ABBA The Album" and the movie "ABBA The Movie" It was a bold gamble from ABBA, it opened their horizons and spread beyond pop I think that "The name of the game" (1977) have some vibs of BEATLES songs like "Penny Lane" or "Fool on the hill" (1967) curiosly, "The name of the game" was only #1 in UK (4 weeks) and replaced in the #1 for "Mull of Kintyre" by Paul McCartney You have fantastic songs in that album to react, ABBA's most versatile: "Eagle" of almost 6 minutes that opens the album "Move on" or "Hole in your soul" I follow you in your videos sharing the passion for ABBA's music A big hug from Buenos Aires, Argentina South América

[@masseysmaineentertainment]

would make sense - bass is a staple of a good Beatles tune...

[@nielsulriksrensen9818]

This is one of my favorites: Varied, complex and yet coherent. I love the harmonies and the acapella sections, where Frida takes the lead. I don't think she's singing about a dashbord. The lyrics are: "Tell me please, 'cause I have to know. I'm a bashful child, beginning to grow"

[@nielsulriksrensen9818]

@Hassan [ Play ] Yeah, and she's also learning how to play the very same game he's playing.

[@edned5504]

I like this, especially Frida's solo in chorus. Horns are a great addition and really set the mood of the lyrics. The official video for this one is a mini-marvel too.

[@erikskifte8862]

HERE AGAIN ABBA SHOWS THEIR VERSATILITY IN SONGWRITING/MELODIES. THEIR RANGE IN DIFFERENT MUSIC STYLES IS LEGENDARY. A PERFECT BLEND OF: POP, ROCK, FOLK, REGGAE, CLASSICAL, COUNTRY, FUNK AND DISCO MUSIC. 🤩🤩🤩🤩

[@masseysmaineentertainment]

they bring it all the time is seems....

[@stevebiddell2839]

The music video is rather literal - they all play a board game! However its perfect and enhances the wonderful song. Agnetha picks her nose twice and is utterly adorable ( as is Anna-Frid)!

[@Flatwoodsdad]

Thanks for the ABBA. Your doing pretty good. Before starting to ask for specific genres (there's so so many) you should react to them live. "ABBA - Does Your Mother Know & Hole In Your Soul (Live at Wembley 1979)" ---> kzbin.info/www/bejne/hJe9c6h5fatmbtU This clip really shows all of them as well as their session band working together as a team. They were no joke on stage. Ton's of high energy and just tearing it up before bands had all the high tech trickery that came later. They didn't tour much but it wasn't because they couldn't pull the stuff off live. The video shouln't get blocked.

[@masseysmaineentertainment]

I will try.

[@egb4828]

I really appreciate your ABBA reactions. I've been a fan since 1979 and it is really refreshing to hear your feedback and thoughtful analysis of their songs.Growing up in the US I was fortunate that my brother lived in Sweden for a year in 79-80 so that is how I discovered ABBA. Several of my personal favorites you haven't reacted to yet are SOS, Eagle, Move On and The Visitors. Keep up the great work!

[@masseysmaineentertainment]

Thanks Eric - two of them I plan to do soon - one other I am sure I have heard.....

[@scottarooni]

@@masseysmaineentertainment Exciting!!!

[@paulcardsfan]

Love this song fantastic

[@Bjorn9284]

ABBA's folksy Mom and Pop sound :)) Love it! I was 14 when it came out, brings back memories. Move On is a great one as well! Thank you for the Abba! :) And oh yea, their engineer was a Wizard! :) (Michael B. Tretow) is his name.

[@masseysmaineentertainment]

So good!

[@rdwulf6289]

I love Frida's solo parts, beautiful timbre to her voice.

[@edstpierre3428]

Always such a fun group. Oh those vocals!

[@masseysmaineentertainment]

Yep

[@paulecrosby2006]

Superb record ♥

[@paulj.mancil7987]

If you want a fantastic song with layers, check out "If It Wasn't For The Nights."

[@paulcardsfan]

Complex harmonies the best in the world

[@rickardengstrom2266]

Agree to much of your thoughts A lesser known song that sticks out to me is "As good as new" Well worth a try

[@masseysmaineentertainment]

It always seems the uptempo songs are the ones I already know....

[@rickardengstrom2266]

@@masseysmaineentertainment Pretty sure you haven't heard this one before - go for it :)

[@christianoazzuro6711]

@Hassan [ Play ]Well it was actually released in a couple LatinAmerican countries in 1979 as a doubled A-sided with"I have a dream".So it was No1 in Mexico back then.Agnetha"s dynamic funky lead to this, is a hot ear charmer to me too.Makes you wanna get up and rush to the dancefloor.

[@christianoazzuro6711]

Hi there@Hassan [ Play ]i just saw your message.Well since CD single format wasn"t available at the time, when a 7 inch vynil single was stated as a double A sided,it meant that the record company had aproved each 2 songs of being equally strong for the country"s music market.Such thing happened in Mexico where "As good..."was coupled as an A sided single with "I have a dream".Same case in the UK market with the Dual A sided "Angeleys/Voulez vous"single same year(A top 3 hit single for BOTH songs there).In another Latin American market Bolivia,record company RCA/VICTOR released"As good ..." specificaly as the lead song on side A, and used "I have a dream"as the B side filler.Of course i dont know which song of the two,motivated the fans to make this double A sided single a No1 in Mexico.We got to do the impossible,asking the record buying public back then.lol...so i cant really answer this question.I remember though one of the guys-Benny i think-, told in a 1979 radio interview that they did their best so that each Abba song included in a new album to be able to stand as a potentional single on its own.Bjorn also revealed years after, that a 100percent from the material they wrote, only 5 percent was aproved by them for release. The rest 95percent was thrown to rubbish!Benny also confirmed this when asked.Have a nice day.

[@vikingbrace]

I can still remember when I bought this album. One of my favorite albums. This is just one of the great songs on here. Nice review with some with some thoughts on it I never would have come up with.

[@masseysmaineentertainment]

Thanks for listening -- I am envious of you being able to film outside....lol

[@The_Jupiter2_Mission]

Eagle(the long cut album version) has some nice guitar work throughout. Don't do the shortened video clip.

[@masseysmaineentertainment]

I will try this week.

[@ingelaelvyson5862]

So it funk and gitarrs you want 🎸🎸 "Lovers live a little longer" "On and On and On" "My Mama Said"

[@masseysmaineentertainment]

Bring it on....

[@scottarooni]

@@masseysmaineentertainment GREAT CHOICES to show off the funk, especially "My Mama Said."

[@Drasut]

@@masseysmaineentertainment You can also add "As good as new" to the funk list.

[@Bolo2028]

Thank you for doing reactions to ABBA. They have many great songs that, in my opinion, hold up quite well. Their harmonies are pretty much perfect.

[@masseysmaineentertainment]

Agree

[@Urfinchannel]

The follow up Single after Knowing me Knowing you ,both straight to number one all over the world

[@paulcardsfan]

Power vocals

[@listonheinz9103]

“When All Is Said And Done”. Just do it…

[@Bekka_Noyb]

This was actually the 1st ABBA album I actually listened to. BTW - this did make it's way to my top 50 (per RTTC poll) album list! If yer looking for a great 'deep cut' ABBA song, check out One Man One Woman off this same album ;)

[@masseysmaineentertainment]

Bekka I did the tabulations for those albums....so I probably have your list on my computer somewhere...hahaha

[@supastah68]

Best Band Ever

[@moko8237]

That’s my favourite ABBA song! Your comparison with Stevie Wonder is valid. Do you know that they had the bassline of „I Wish“ in their minds when they wrote this masterpiece?

[@masseysmaineentertainment]

Nope...but I do now....makes sense.....I will compare the two ....

[@stevewickens1163]

Hi buddy, you should listen to Move On from the same album that this is from. Move On is a cross between between an anthem, a hymn and a European waltz. It is an inspirational song.

[@masseysmaineentertainment]

It's on my playlist...

[@starry2006]

Eagle is another song from the same album.

[@theresenydahl9531]

Thank you for sharing your reaction 🌷🌷🌷🌷It came out 1977 and I always thought it was one of the songs that had a more 'American" touch, even their English pronounciation sounds more American😉 I love this song❤ Agnetha was working as a dashboard girl at a car dealership when she was 16 years old living in Jönköping and touring with a dance band. One of her idols growing up was Connie Francis. Agnetha's solo debut came when the was 17 years old with this song (English subtitles): kzbin.info/www/bejne/oaSyXp6vbpyfqNk

[@masseysmaineentertainment]

Thanks Theresa!!!

[@theresenydahl9531]

@@masseysmaineentertainment Thank you and I added information to my first comment❤

[@svanteforsman8244]

Yes, progressive pop is a good description. Reminds me a bit of Alan Parsons Project.

[@bobtrouper]

If you like this, try My Mama Said, from their 2nd LP Waterloo, Benny let’s the song breathe!

[@masseysmaineentertainment]

Thanks Bob - I will give it a try. Negative space - like art - is important in music - the eyes need the absence of stimulus in moments to get the whole experience.

[@bobtrouper]

@@masseysmaineentertainment that’s a beautiful way you have described that, Sometimes Benny loved the ‘wall of sound’ approach, but with The Name Of The Game, My Mama Said, and a few others he let the music speak (no pun intended as ABBA have a song called I Let The Music Speak, which is very grandiose and has many musical movements throughout.)

[@calvinmurty8273]

It was bashful, not dashboard! 🤣 : I’m a bashful child, beginning to grow…

[@ingelaelvyson5862]

It must be his poor Swedish 😁💙💛

[@masseysmaineentertainment]

LOL - I was totally butchering that one...hahahaahah

[@calvinmurty8273]

@@masseysmaineentertainment 🤣🤣🤣

[@simoncove1]

This is great. SOS simpler yet John Lennon thought it was perfect. Winner takes it all is sensational, obvs dancing queen. Gimme gimme and and voulez void are pretty dancy. Knowning me and knowing you also great. Hard to pick one to be honest…..

[@oscarl.3563]

Ima keep watching your ABBA reactions, I'm getting myself ready for the new album! Maybe some other stuff as well. I'll just stick to recommending _Adante, adante_ for now because it has become a personal favorite of mine. It's certainly not funk, just a beautiful, slow song that largely flew under the radar. Maybe your wife will like it.

[@masseysmaineentertainment]

Can't wait! to do more from new album....

[@christianoazzuro6711]

Oscar L,I believe "Adante,andante"is a unique poetic description of a couples lovemaking.Without being hideous but in the sacred,dignified way it has to be.Their "Super trouper" album is marvelous.

[@abbagodz]

This song was sampled by The Fugees in their song 'Rumble In The Jungle'...I believe that this was the first time that Bjorn & Benny let another artist sample their music. The song is supposed to be about someone going to see a psychiatrist, Oh Bjorn...lol

[@masseysmaineentertainment]

after Covid - that may be most of us...haha

[@elperrodany9376]

Deberías ver los vídeos y las presentaciones en vivo

[@glenngastonjonsson7954]

Great reaction, man!

[@masseysmaineentertainment]

Glad you enjoyed it

[@christianoazzuro6711]

AYBL You are absolutely right on the Stevie Wonder influence,to this one.I remember in late 1982 an interview in a UK music paper where Abba members mentioned him and Chicago amongst their faves when asked.This one was inspired by Stevie"s work on his"Songs in the key of life"album.Its not such an instant catcher it takes a couple of listens to grow on you.Its a mature prog- pop song as you very well stated.Great track with a complicated construction,many hooks that surface here and there and very deep lyrics.To an unsuspicious listener this might sound like a love song with a velvet kinky beat, talking about a girl"s love insecurities while flirting.But "under the make up" it also deals with a woman"s fear of betrayal and agoraphobia"/i have no friends/noone to see/and i am never invited" Hip hop band "FUGEES" sampled part of it in the late 90s for their song"Rumble in the jungle".The whole1977 LP"ABBA-THE ALBUM" is inspired by the American music scene of that time.Includes also other great tracks such as "EAGLE","MOVE ON","ONE MAN ONE WOMAN" and the dynamic pop rocky prog "HOLE IN YOUR SOUL"which was originally intented to be the 1st single.IMHO both "The Album"and 1981"s "The Visitors"are lyricaly, Abba"s best work.

[@scottarooni]

I'd be interested to know your thoughts of ABBA's "Hole in Your Soul," (from the same album as "Name of the Game"). I think this song shows a harder rock edge. I suggest listening to the studio track first and then check out the live performance if you have time. Oh, and it would be helpful to have the lyrics pulled up so you can follow along as you listen to the song.

[@nickchristoforou7850]

"Hole In Your Soul" is fantastic, but so are " Move On", "Eagle (full length version)", "Take A Chance On Me", "I'm A Marionette", "The Name Of The Game"...the whole album is fantastic..."Thank You For The Music"....this and the previous "Arrival" album were their best imo

[@scottarooni]

@@nickchristoforou7850 You will get no argument from me, Nick. Perhaps a full album reaction is indeed in order.😁

[@masseysmaineentertainment]

Hole in your Soul - I know I haven't heard that one.....

[@oldmanjimh3165]

Always had great vocals. Sad to see they dissolve.

[@masseysmaineentertainment]

Truly sad Jim

[@punchingpillow]

It is about therapy.

[@stevewickens1163]

Bashful Child not a Dashboard Girl.

[@masseysmaineentertainment]

I read the lyrics afterwards....yes...thx

[@harrysmusicroom]

Great quality video, may I ask what editing software you use?

[@masseysmaineentertainment]

Just OBS Studio - its a free software - but I am a graphic designer so I have been doing some graphics on my own to add to the videos. My first few videos were pretty --- well bad...haha....but I keep learning....

[@christerandersson4176]

If you are interested in alternative rock I got a couple of swedish bands unknown outside sweden. For example Autosound kzbin.info/www/bejne/poupZGmhl56EZs0

[@masseysmaineentertainment]

I will try them out....

[@christerandersson4176]

@@masseysmaineentertainment this one is alternative/krautrock or something like that