Shnootz - Reaction Video (ABBA - Kisses of Fire)

[@discogareth]

The part where they sing ‘losing you’ is possibly one of my favourite ever sonic ABBA moments.

[@richschmidt307]

After all these decades "losing you" still makes the hairs on my neck stand up

[@pascal-Z]

Favourite part of the song, I agree.

[@JCWiley2300]

Mine too!

[@francismedina4547]

They only sang it once. I wish they repeated it again. First time I listened to this song, it made me jump up twice, from the soft almost whispering intro and then to the loud losing you. 😱

[@jossieassie4682]

Yeah, scared the shit out of me the first time I heard it back then.

[@alexioverdo5225]

'kisses of fire sweet devotion,caught in a landslide of emotiooaaans".

[@marciorodrigues7088]

Boy, I used to sing along to this song like a mad dog! This song is simply amazing, gorgeous whatever. A masterpiece. Would somebody be so kind to create a time machine, please?

[@6549Marci]

Both girls sang that big extension 😉

[@supastah68]

Best Band Ever. Can’t wait for The Visitors!

[@Mingus8]

Again.. dynamics in a song. Going from highest high, to really low.. and then back again. That was their game.

[@alejandrosantanaborquez917]

There is more than one fan who dies just with Agnetha's whisper in the introduction😅. I prefer the rhythm... it's like for a movie in outer space (laser rays), made in the 70's... For an anime it would be very cool. See ya, Matt ❤️🇨🇱👍

[@MarkSatchwillArt]

Love this one too - amazing vocals from Agnetha. Love how it starts like a sweet balled then BOOM, it takes off, builds, descends, slows briefly, then we are off again. It is like an encounter of the sensual kind. Not a second wasted. I love that descending vocal - the whole thing is rather thrilling.

[@scottarooni]

"I've had my share of love affairs, and they were nothing compared to this." 😁

[@ewonnestrand7298]

😀

[@Bjorn9284]

thank's for this. 💋💋 💅👍

[@geordieboy8945]

This was my favourite track when the album came out. The 2nd disc will be 'B' sides and other tracks from that era which were not used on Voulez-Vous.

[@eduardooscar309]

How good it is to see you again with another review of ABBA's discography "Voulez Vous" (1979) is ABBA's sixth album, it has some specific context details: 1) It was the album that ABBA took the longest to make, more than a year 2) has the only song ABBA partially recorded outside of Sweden; on a trip Björn and Benny went to the Bahamas, and I think they recorded "Voulez Vous" at Criteria studios in the United States (then the vocals were recorded in Sweden) 3) the recording process coincided with the separation as a couple of guitarist Björn and blonde singer Agnetha at end of 1978, a mounths after Benny & Frida wedding 4) the song "If it wasn't for the nights" was composed by Björn in the middle of his relationship crisis 5) in the recording process ABBA is invited to the Concert for UNICEF and there ABBA premieres his new song "Chiquitita", with royalties donated to UNICEF (which replaced "If it wasn't for the nights") 6) for its great success in Latin America within a few months ABBA recorded "Chiquitita" in Spanish. (follow later by "I have a dream") 7) "I have a dream" is only ABBA song that incorporates third parties (children's choir) In general it is known as the ABBA disco music album, it is a 'eurodisco' but his most successful tracks were the ballads "Chiquitita" and "I have a dream" my Top 4 is 1 "Chiquitita" 2 "If it wasn't for the nights" 3 "As good as new" 4 "Voulez Vous" the song I like the least is "Lovers (live a little longer)" and the best moment of the album is the powerful chorus of "Chiquitita" Voulez Vous is a good album (7pts), but it doesn't enter my ABBA Top 3 , which for me are : 1) The Album (1977) 2) Arrival (1976) 3) ABBA (1975) I hope to see you in next ABBA song Thanks for share your kind reviews My best regards from Buenos Aires, Argentina , South América P.S.: in my comment no include the bonnus tracks "Summer night city" is before to the album "Gimme gimme gimme" is after the album "Lovelight" is the B-side of "Chiquitita" I think that the next reactions could be the two last "Lovelight" & "Gimme gimme gimme (a man after midnight)"

[@imntojj]

Wow what a song. That slow intro from Agnetha is killer and then the sonic explosion of this song kicks in. Stellar composition of a song imho. Thanks Matt 👍

[@seanb6259]

Love this song so much, a real unknown gem, it never fails to make my heart dance listening to it! Abba - their most sexy and passionate!

[@stevehulse4005]

One of my favourite tracks from the album. Great explosion of sound after the sexy vocals from Agnetha.

[@ChristovMr]

Let's not forget Frida!

[@theresenydahl9531]

Thank you for another great video reaction!💃💃💃💃💃 ABBA was one of the first groups ever that worked actively with synthesizers.

[@Anna-Gunilla1792]

If you ask me of my top favourite ABBAs - I'd have do give you up to 20 or more. I can't choose. And they vary for me the older I get.

[@Sweep_The_Leg_Johnny]

One of my favorites, for sure!

[@lo_souza]

The "Voulez-Vous" album was released at the height of the "Disco Sucks" movement. The "Disco Demolition Night" (July 12, 1979) would happen a few months later in the US. Disco's popularity declined significantly in 1979 and 1980 and many artists' careers took a slump. Funnily enough - ABBA would tour the US & Canada from September (13) to October (7) in '79. ✌

[@what-uc]

We weren't so bothered about 'Disco sucks' in Europe. DIsco was peaking, but it was just part of the prgression of musical styles.

[@danbike9]

Re: extension. It is unison. That is sung in unison. Both girls are singing the exact same pitch (hz), hence the term unison. It is one of the trademark of ABBA. Over the past several years, Bjorn has been setting the record straight on their trademark "metallic" edge that is their trademark. Please see his numerous interviews wher he talks about Frida's range and what she does in high unison chorus. Paraphrasing Bjorn from tons of interviews and the points he made regarding ABBA unison, one voice trademark sound. - Frida is a mezzo-soprano with a very large range. - Agnetha is a pure soprano. Mostly staying in her voice type, while Frida moves up and down her range. He said , what he calls, "metallic" edge, is because of Frida. He said Agnetha being a pure soprano is already in the area, while Frida is starting from below and moving up to high unison. When Frida reaches amd both girls are in high unison, that is when Frida puts a very unique hard edge on her voice and that is the exact time that metallic sound happens. For a quick find interview, see Rick Beato ABBA Bjorn interview. Rick is an American music producer with tons of content. In varoius interviews throughout the decades, Bjorn has explained that thier was nnothing Frida could not sing. Says that she is very versatile. Agnetha's press release 2021 during ABBA's Voyage roll-out. Agnetha Falkskog, says that when they are in unison/one voice that you cannot tell who is who because they are in perfect unison. She was actually giving Frida a huge compliment regarding her keen ear. Agnetha sounds like Agnetha sounds. Frida sounds like she is a chameleon. She has her gorgeous mezzo, that she can change to sound like anything. Too include Agnetha. Frida's ear and her diaphragmatic breathing gives her the foundation to control her vocal instrument. For a great primer on ABBA start here: ABBA: Bright Lights Dark Shadows The Real Story of ABBA By Carl Magnus Palm Then read everything else by Carl and others. A very unique and talented group: ABBA/Polar Music Team Stikkan 'Stig' Anderson Gorel Johnsen (Hanser, 1980) Anni-Frid Lyngstad Benny Anderson Bjorn Ulverus Agnetha Falkskog Rutger Gunnarsson Michael B Tretow & ABBA's top tier studio and touring musicians.

[@danbike9]

On many of Bjorn's interviews when he explains the girls high unison (one voice) he often use his hands to help the viewer picture both girls voices. One hand high - Agnetha (pure soprano) One hand lower - Frida (mezzo-soprano) The high hand stays put. The low hand moves higher. Has low hand moves higher Frida is using her ear to match Agnetha's pitch and when Bjorn's hands are even, is when Frida puts metal edge on her voice. Frida does this lots A great example is her cover of Bowie's 'Life on Mars'... She goes from her beautiful slow, soft and delicate delivery and has she reaches to high notes in Life on Mars, she puts this fragile edge on her voice. That is what she does in ABBA during high unison chorus.

[@DD-58]

"I've had my share of love affairs and they are nothing compared to this" 😉😊

[@mattsnider2667]

Gotcha, thank you! Knew it was something like that but couldn't quite track the words in the second half.

[@DD-58]

@@mattsnider2667 My pleasure Matt. I stumbled across you and your ABBA reactions a couple of months ago & binged them all in one sitting. Came for ABBA. Stayed for you. I enjoy the way you present/talk/react I not much of a 'commenter' on 'social media' but thought I'd help you out. I now wait patiently for you & ABBA to pop up on my screen for the rest of your ABBA journey😁 Cheers from DD in the land of Oz👍

[@mattsnider2667]

@@DD-58 Oh, that is such a lovely and supportive comment. Thank you for being part of the ABBA journey, I am very glad you found my channel. :)

[@scottarooni]

@@DD-58 "Came for ABBA. Stayed for you." That's exactly what happened for me! 😄

[@The_Jupiter2_Mission]

The original vinyl release had sides one and two. You were limited then to some 30 and a bit minutes on an album unless you released a double LP(4 sides) The CD release allowed much more time and you could then add tracks that either they just didn't like or ones that just missed the cut because maybe they didn't fit the style or flow of the album. What missed the cut. 1.Summer Night City(probably considered old because it had been released some time before as a single and left off. 2.Lovelight. Likely they just didn't care for it and it became a b-side for the Chiquitita single. 3.Dreamworld. Likely they didn't care for it & I agree. 4.Gimme Gimme recorded 4 months after the album's release but too good not to retrospectively put it on a re-release or else it would not appear on any album except a Best Of...disc. 5.Hamlet was just left as fragments and couldn't really be turned into a proper track and makes no appearance 6.And finally Just A Notion which exists as a partially completed track but was resurrected 40 years later with mostly just a new backing track but mostly the original vocals.(reason why the vocals sound a bit muddy for the song on Voyage)

[@phillambrose3496]

I've had my share of love affairs and they were nothing compared to this.

[@what-uc]

I don't claim to be an expert in Swedish but I do know that 'g' is pronounced like a 'y' and I have gathered that although the correct pronunciation is probably eye-netta, even Swedes can say something more like an-yetta. Also her birth name is Agneta, but it appears she changed it when she joined a group which another Agneta had just left, so it was a good idea to differentiate herself from the previous band member.

[@godfrapp_]

Ung (as in “sung”) + neh + tah

[@Muckylittleme]

The "g" in Agnetha is almost silent but not quite if that makes sense? Like imagine it pronouncing the "g" just a little by saying her name really fast and that is pretty much the pronunciation. when you say her name normally with focus on the "Agn" and then the "etha" but pronounced as "yetta" Well you can hear her say it for yourself in one video, it is hard to explain phonetically. And Agnetha looks stunning on the TV performance of this song BTW (as does Frida) so even if you don't do the videos for reactions you should treat yourself to some of their performances.

[@jo1918]

A swedish comment: In the first part you are on to something! the g is kind of silent/very soft, compare the english words SON and SONG that is the g sound you should produce in the first part ANG-neta (YES the N is pronounced before the G in the first Syllable). Second and third syllable is very straightforward just NE and TA you can say it as one word NETA. Absolutely NO y or ie sound. Take the word META you wouldn´t pronounce that as mietta or myeta or such in english, no just META. The same goes for NETA just replace the the M with an N. Now you are close BUT where as META has two short wowels, in NETA the first wowel is long and only the second one is short. Now you are good to go..... if it wasn´t for the prosody.... swedish is very sing songy language (pitch accent 1 and 2 ) so you need to listen to the melody (in this case) rising falling and rising again at the end if you want to truly sound as a swede saying Agnetha (Ang-ne-ta) 🙂

[@Muckylittleme]

@@jo1918 Thanks for the elaboration. 😊 When Agnetha says her name to my English ears it sound like an almost silent Y much like the g but of course I will defer to a Swede on Swedish pronunciation. It is amazing how many subtle variations there can be a single word or name due accent, not just internationally but even regionally. In Britain the name would probably be pronounced "Ag, ne-tha" but I much prefer the Swedish pronunciation. Either way, she is may favourite Swedish export.😁

[@jo1918]

@@Muckylittleme 👍 I´m pretty sure it is that first syllable ending, the soft/almost silent ang -sound that´s confusing non swedes into thinking that they must have just missed the hard G and then you hear something that you interprete as a "y" or a "ie". and you construct something like nieta or nyetta in your head to make sense of it in your own language. btw Agneta is a swedish form of the greek name AGNES which is pronounced ANG-nes (with a soft g/almost silent g )in swedish, so at least we are consistent 😀

[@Muckylittleme]

@@jo1918 Yes seems logical.

[@antonwiderberg7571]

​@@jo1918 Thanks for stepping in and helping everyone with the pronunciation, my fellow swede. I was going to myself until I saw your thoroughly explained comment about the pronunciation of Agnetha.

[@gerby17]

This is such a hidden gem, fantastic song. Agnetha's vocals and her belting are just phenomenal. Pure talent!! Love this song.

[@danbike9]

That high unison is both girls, hence the term unison. The girls did a lot of this. They are singing the exact same pitch (hz). Bjorn has explained that metallic shimmer in high unison is because of Frida. How he explained over the years -- paraphrasing... Agnetha has a short travel to high unison as she is a pure soprano. Frida has the longer travel to high unison as she is a mezzo-soprano, with a large large range. When Frida comes from below and reaches high pitch in unison, she puts an edge on her voice and that is what produces that metallic sound. Bjorn has also said there is nothing that Frida cannot sing. See all of Bjorn's interview and for detailed about the girls abilities read all the books by Carl Magnus Palm. He has become ABBA's biographer over the years.

[@danbike9]

Re: pure talent Agnetha is not known for her refined vocal skills. Frida is known for her vocal refined vocal skills. ABBA: Bright Lights Dark Shadows The Real Story of ABBA By Carl Magnus Palm The girls vocal abilities are discussed. What the ABBA Polar Music mates and other pers say about Frida's vocal talents is golden. Benny, Bjorn and Michael Tretow ABBA's recording engineer considered Frida a master vocalist.

[@danbike9]

Re: pure talent How did the vocal talent hunts go in the 50's and 60's for Frida and in the early 60's for Agnetha? Frida excelled in these live, vocal centric talent hunts. Agnetha failed in the few talent hunts she entered. Frida was known for sweeping the talent hunts. She started very young. Won best vocalist as a child, pre-teen, teen and adult. In 1964 & 1967 she won National Best vocalist. 1967 proved to her big break. Pre ABBA: Both girls were national known. Agnetha - pop singer. She wrote many of her own songs. She was a record label generated and marketed pop singer. She was not known for her live stage performances like Frida. Very little live on stage work. Mostly limited to studio. Frida - national talent hunt wins, stage performances, TV Gigs/Shows, association with Swedish/Euro music Icon's like Charlie Norman, etc.... Only Frida, got the live-to-air TV gigs, even though both were known nationally. It is Frida that had the stellar reputation among her peers which she earned on the stages. Huge difference singing in studio and singing in live environments. Live environments is Agnetha's major void in her career. Live environments is where Frida earned her stellar reputation. The real deal!

[@gerby17]

@@danbike9 whatever