Shnootz - Reaction Video (ABBA - Super Trouper)

[@mattsnider2667]

Hey, folks! So in case you didn't see the description, I wanted to mention that I also have access to an Extended Mix of "Voulez-Vous," though we'll go through Super Trouper before circling back for that one. Also I now understand the phrase "super trouper" refers to the main stage-light, and obviously I can now see the cover-art in a new light. Cheers for the help, everyone!

[@richschmidt307]

Get it? In a new light.

[@stevehulse4005]

Really pleased your going to react to this. The instrumentation is much more prominent and lifts the song even higher.

[@discogareth]

Don’t rush to go back to the extended mix of Voulez Vous. You are not missing anything whatsoever. And neither will we if you don’t play it. 🤣 however I understand you would like completeness.

[@stevehulse4005]

@@discogareth I disagree and think it’s worth a listen to showcase what ABBA could of done with other songs such as If it wasn’t for the nights like what they did with Voulez Vous

[@marcodebrabander5751]

The perfect popsong, that is how you can define this one! The warm voice of Frida and the always angelic background vocals of the two ladies are fantastic

[@nielsulriksrensen9818]

I love the bridge: Frida's delivery is so heartfelt and goosebumpy.

[@peterbreughel4440]

I love Frida's vocals on this one, especially the expression in her voice when she sings the bridge.

[@francismedina4547]

I can't wait for your reaction to the next track, The Winner Takes It All!

[@gerby17]

Super Trouper is a fantastic album. You're going to enjoy reviewing this album.

[@imntojj]

Fantastic song, Frida’s vocals and persona are just angelic. I enjoyed your analysis Matt. I’ve seen many other reactions to this song. One I really enjoyed was by Produce At Home. He stated that the drop in to the chorus is one of if not the best drop he’d ever heard. Thanks Matt, 👍

[@JCWiley2300]

When I first started watching music reactions on KZbin, I couldn't figure out what itch I was scratching. It was during lockdowns and maybe I just needed to feel connected to people over music. Since then I've watched people react to all kinds of stuff from my 80s and 90s youth, the stuff that's not been too obscured by time passages anyway. And I keep coming back to ABBA, time after time-- and you've become my favorite reaction channel. I feel like you "get" my music, from a sociocultural and musical angle. When you dig something, it feels validating. I'm excited to, yes by several degrees of removal!, but "share" this album with you and your viewers, if that makes sense.

[@mattsnider2667]

Seriously, that means a lot, Delius, so massive thanks for letting me know. And fair to say, it's been such a rewarding experience on this end too, as I'm learning about groups I wasn't familiar with before with the assistance, understanding, and encouragement of longtime fans of these artists. It just makes the experience of discovering music even more enjoyable, and my channel now feels like a daily hang-out for some of the coolest people I've met. Heck, even when I react to bands and tracks I've known a long time, I've learned even more about them through others who share those interests. So bottom line, thank you so much for being part of it, and lots more ABBA to talk about. :)

[@BadMoonandStars]

This album was a huge part of my younger childhood. HUGE!! I was obsessed with it. And the Super Trouper song is in my top 5 ABBA songs. It's so special to me.

[@christianoazzuro6711]

This album was a honey bomb!

[@stevehulse4005]

Great start to a fantastic album and the 1980’s and you will hear the synths play an ever more important role in this album.

[@flemmingkristoffersen1896]

Super Trouper is such a great song! It was a huge hit in Europe as the second single from the S.T. album - The Winner Takes It All (track no. 2 on the album) being the first single. Super Trouper was ABBA´s last no. 1 in the UK! It was the last song to be recorded for the album - and what a fortune it was that they came up with this excellent song, and also found the title for the album! Super Trouper (album) was the best selling album in the UK in 1980! And yes, it is perhaps the most "complete" and coherent album in their career!? And always ranked as one of their best among most ABBA fans! Can´t wait for your next reaction on The Winner Takes It All! One of their best songs ever! ❤

[@kimborgchristensen4866]

Love your ABBA reactions 👍👍👍 PLEASE continues to the end ... The Visitors and Voyage 🥰🥰🥰

[@mattsnider2667]

Cheers, really appreciate that! and yes, those are both in the overall ABBA folder too. So we'll get through everything for sure. :)

[@alexioverdo5225]

ST!what an album!Great follower to VV which is also in ma fave list and again different.Abba was never the same.This album got in the Guines record book for an unpreceded number of pre sales in the UK ever, that managed 1 million copies before release.

[@rdwulf6289]

Super Trouper is the main spotlight in a theatre.

[@mattsnider2667]

Gotcha, so it fits with the cover art!

[@rodney9409]

Love the fact that you listen to the instrumentals and vocals. This is in my top 5 of their singles, they did a great job on this album only a year after Voulez-Vouz, very different feel , I played the album so many times, I don't know how my parents coped, but my siblings were not complaining, they were into it and their and my friends as well, it was a wonderful time in my life. I want to mention that some album tracks that was not singles were played on radio that's how popular they were example the songs Move On,I Wonder and others.

[@rdwulf6289]

​@@rodney9409 I Wonder is in my top 3. It's just magnificent.

[@eduardooscar309]

Well , what a new surprise Yesterday was the reaction to the single "Gimme gimme gimme" that have almost 600 views in the first 24 hours , more than any other ABBA song and now with the begining of the next ABBA album ! "Super trouper" (1980) was the nine and last single #1 to ABBA in UK ; and it was the #1 (with the album too) the day than the iconic John Lennon was murder in U.S. at his 40 years It's the opening track in Their seventh album "Super Trouper" , that was #1 too in UK and several countries of all continents This album included the most heartbroken song "The winner takes it all" , it shows how versatily ABBA is, two songs different in style and lyrics and lead singer, and worldwide hit too in "Súper Trouper" you can hear clear the brunette Frida amazing sweet as a lead singer, the blonde Agnetha fantastic in second voice (as could see specialy in the second verse of the official video), and a beautiful melody with power and catchy chorus (with 'a capela' parts and backing vocals of the guys with the words 'souper-per souper-per, in similar way as " Take a chance on me") "Super Trouper" is in my Top10 of ABBA songs and my Top3 of Frida as lead voice in ABBA songs See you in the next video to ABBA songs of the álbum, that will be the other worldwide hit and iconic song: "The winner takes it all" My best regards to You from Buenos Aires, Argentina 🇦🇷 South America

[@pascal-Z]

When I listen to the lyrics, I get goosebumps every time. This is the era in which the songwriting doesn’t hold back and the personal experiences and relations by the band members creep into the lyrics. Just wait until you get to the next one… another all-time masterpiece! And even more goosebumps.

[@francismedina4547]

I agree! Lots of goosebumps, or as Agnetha said "ghostbumps" 👻

[@nickchristoforou7850]

"Super Trouper" is what the stage spotlights were called...it's about a performer (Bjorn? Agnetha?) who is drained by the business ("facing twenty-thousand of your friends, how can anyone be so lonely?") and is held together by the new love who will be in the crowd tonight. It's autobiographical as it expresses what the band members were actually feeling at the time, with their personal relationships changing. Sung beautifully by Frida on lead vocal, and featuring that sweet and melancholy musical bridge, by one of the best composers of our time, Benny Andersson.

[@MarkSatchwillArt]

It's about the loneliness of fame and being a performer, how unreal it is compared to the love for the person she is longing to see. It's a bright , happy tune but there is a troubled heart at it's centre. This album does have some darker lyrical themes, or more adult shall we say. It's not my favourite Abba album , but my second favourite. It was the last Abba album I received or bought while in my teens. I got it and Adam and the Ants "Kings of the Wild Frontier" for my birthday - Adam won repeat listens and while I really liked Super Trouper, I was aware that my musical tastes were changing. It was later when I went back to it after having lived some life that I really started to appreciate it.

[@Mingus8]

You do this in a special way, which attracts interest. No one else does what you really have to do I think, namely like you - just listenting to the music and what comes through you ears. It requires more concentration.

[@DIDCOTTWIST]

My mum had the Super Trouper album when we were young and we still love every song on that album.My favourite is The Piper

[@FORTASIVOINTA]

I appreciate the fact that you are a music professional and have a deep understanding of the philosophy behind the songs.

[@andrewplatts3865]

You wait - you're in for the treat of a decade next - The Winner Takes It All - some say the best melodic and lyric union from Benny and Bjorn - but it's that, AND the performance from the girls too - enjoy!

[@adamlewis3729]

I KNEW you were going to react to the synth bass! This album and ESPECIALLY the next they really explore into the world of synth pop! My friend, you are now entering my FAVORITE era of ABBA!!!! 🎹

[@Pulsar77]

Released in November 1980, it has a Christmas feel to it, especially when you see the music video. ABBA is in fact always extra popular during the Christmas holidays, when many European channels play ABBA specials. There's a certain warmth to their music that resonates with all generations, and IMO no other album evokes that feeling more than Super Trouper.

[@lo_souza]

"Super Trouper" a pop rock/discoish anthem - probably ABBA’s catchiest song (great bass). Top 5 song in at least 11 countries - #1 in 8 of those. Reached #1 on US Billboard's Dance Club Songs in 1981 (only #45 on the Hot 100). ABBA's 9th and final #1 in the UK (their 2nd biggest-selling song after Dancing Queen). Placed ABBA 4th for the most UK chart-toppers (behind The Beatles, Elvis Presley and Cliff Richard). Position kept for 20 years until Madonna 10th UK #1 in 2000. ✌

[@hahatoldyouso]

My favourite from this album is 'Me and I'!

[@Beboham]

My favourite, too

[@christianoazzuro6711]

'Our last summer".

[@robertdinmore1971]

So the next track is The Winner Takes It All.A song about break up / divorce written by Bjorn and sung by Agnetha just after their split. This song has been voted on 2 separate uk tv programmes as the fans number 1 ABBA track.

[@pascal-Z]

Spoilers 😂 😉

[@abbagus1]

This was the first album recorded entirely at their brand new recording studios , they bought the whole building and it was at the time the most technologically advanced one in the world . They wanted a place where they could work the time they wanted on an album of course being that good , when they didn’t use it they rented it . Led Zeppelin recorded there , Paul MC cartney , Phil Collins, Adam Ant (‘there is a song where frida participated with him ) during the active ABBA era, Backstreet Boys or Britney Spears also used it years after to mention a few . The lyrics talk basically of an artist being at the spotlight nevertheless feeling alone although there’s a crowd wild for her the only thing that keeps her alive is her loving one there in the crowd although she cannot see him because of the lights

[@The_Jupiter2_Mission]

Super trouper was the very last track recorded for the album. It replaced Put On Your White Sombrero which would not be released till a decade or two later as an unreleased track and then become a bonus extra on Super Trouper re-releases. Super Trouper hit the stores at the beginning of the eighties right around the same time of John Lennon's death. With the Super Trouper album you get much more of the synth sounds that dominated the eighties and the nineties. My only gripe with the album was a lot of natural instrumentation started to be replaced with keyboard imitations which I preferred less. Benny loved his new keyboards and what they could come up with at the expense of your acoustic guitars and other conventional instruments. Still, it's just a small personal pet peeve only.

[@donny1960]

Great reaction..... Just a fun fact..... "Super Trooper" is the name given to the biggest spotlight in a concert or theater...... So it is why the spotlights are so emphasized in the video. Thanks again for your efforts here.

[@alejandrosantanaborquez917]

Love❤ ABBA Love❤ FRIDA Love this song... The beginning 'a capella', the pause before the final... Niiiice 👌 Take care, Matt. ❤️🇨🇱👍

[@mattsnider2667]

Thank you, Alejandro! Always look forward to your comments. And Lucca says "hi!"

[@alejandrosantanaborquez917]

@@mattsnider2667 🤗🐈💌

[@rdwulf6289]

Great tune. They had more or less completed the album but thought they needed one more song with a punch, so they came up with this at the last minute, relatively speaking.

[@christianoazzuro6711]

Another epitome of a pure perfect Abba song.A perrrrfect mellow pop music masterpiece.!

[@rdwulf6289]

​@@christianoazzuro6711 100%

[@francismedina4547]

SuperTrouper when the use of syncs was added to the ABBA sound to make it sound 80s. Super Trouper is the spotlight used in concerts thus "tonight the super trouper beams are gonna blind me". If you watch the music video, you'll understand.

[@Bandido894]

You can instantly hear they've come to 80's in this album! Even more the later songs of the album mostly, because of new synthesizer used by Benny. I think this album is peak of their production. The chorus has one of the grooviest bass line!

[@staffaneriksson81]

Always thought the Super Troupers where the brtightly shining Mega Concert Stadium Lights? By the way I love your title speculations, they really add a twist to the reaction videos, especially for ABBA lyrics written by the genious Björn

[@supastah68]

You better do EVERY ABBA song! ❤

[@mattsnider2667]

Haha, I promise, that's the plan! :)

[@discogareth]

Super Trouper is the brand name of a huge follow spot light. Funnily in the music video for the song, a different brand is used! 😂 It was the last song recorded for the album just a few weeks before release after the album title had already been decided. Luckily the phrase super trouper fitted in the melody!

[@darrenbertram7289]

I saw a genuine 70s Super Trouper spotlight at the ABBA museum, it is MASSIVE! The one used in the video is titchy by comparison 😆

[@discogareth]

@@darrenbertram7289 I don’t believe ABBA The Museum has ever had one on display. Or at least permanently anyway. There was one in the entrance to ABBA The Super Trouper exhibition at London’s Southbank Centre back in around 2018ish. I don’t think they had one when it relocated to the O2

[@darrenbertram7289]

@@discogareth That's the one I was talking about, in Waterloo. It's a pity they didn't allow photos to be taken, especially as it was right at the entrance before we even went into the exhibition.

[@jamesleogue3938]

Oh my goodness "Super Trouper".... Your in for a real treat, once again so different from their previous albums. They just keep progressing to a new spectrum 🤗🧐🥰😱🥴😁 When released here in the UK, as a limited edition it came in a black album shaped box with just ABBA emblasoned in gold lettering, inside this box was the album plus a poster and a booklet about the album, and me being a stupid 20yr old gave it to my partner's mother as a gift... a few months later we split up, what the fluk was I thinking, how stupid was I, 😱😰🤬🤬🤬 Oh well 🇬🇧🥴

[@mickeefreeman2898]

Spotlight.

[@donny1960]

Lyrics were very simple....... It is about performance burn out.... Being on the road takes it out of you. And having your loved one come to a show makes things better. The line..... "Facing 20000 of your friends, how can anyone feel so lonely........ Part of a success that never ends, but I'm thinking about you only."...... It's stating that even Superstars need that personal touch.

[@davidwilding7405]

Agree with what you said, but it's also more personal, as Björn was writing about missing his new girlfriend. Can't imagine that was easy for Agnetha

[@donny1960]

@@davidwilding7405 Maybe that is why Frida was lead on this one....

[@mickeefreeman2898]

A super trouper is a old 70's _ 80's manual powerful Spotlight . The album cover explains it ?. . + the guy in the video putting the super trouper Spot light on the girls when they sing.. . ..fabulous album. Love " me and I " .+ " lay all your love on me ". 🎉

[@simonerognas8226]

Freaking super track.........,...... Can not not hit you in the solar plexus❤

[@addersdewinter7495]

This is a lovely Abba song and despite the Super Trouper Album being a fan favorite, it had a little too much perfection for me , but it is a cohesive album. The use of Frida's Lower register work really well on the super trouper song. This song is about life on the road and being a lonely singer even though you are in front of a crowd of fans.

[@geordieboy8945]

I agree with your comment about this album. Yes, it's great, but maybe a hint less polish and a little more 'edge' would elevate it. I think I'm one of the very few who does not care for 'The way old friend do', it's too saccharin to my ears I would have left it as a b-side.😀

[@christianoazzuro6711]

@@geordieboy8945 and Adders Dewinter. i wonder if The Visitors or The Album are kinda more close to your taste?

[@geordieboy8945]

@@christianoazzuro6711 The Album is my first preference, all tracks work for me. The visitors is joint 2nd with the 'ABBA' LP. I think this is because they all represent distinct periods in their sound evolution. Having said that, it does not mean these 3 albums have all the best single hits.

[@darrenbertram7289]

@@geordieboy8945 I agree, "The Album" is my favourite too. I think "Super Trouper" the album ends weakly. Lay All Your Love On Me, like Gimme Gimme Gimme, should've been a stand alone single (with the Way Old Friends Do on the B-Side) and the album should've finished with a couple of stronger tracks. But hey, who are we to say over 40 years later 😆

[@christianoazzuro6711]

@@darrenbertram7289 There's always something good for everyone in Abba's music box ,that's for sure.I think No one could be left dissapointed.

[@paulecrosby2006]

Super trouper is the big spotlight they use on stages that you see in the video.

[@ИринаБондаренко-щ7ч]

Frida super!!! 💚💚💚💚💚💚💗💗💗💗💗

[@MarkJohnson-dr4ws]

Completely agree with the poster you refer to at the beginning. The album Super Trouper is the culmination of everything ABBA to that point. An enormously successful album. But also an ending. The change of direction of their following album The Vistors saw a decline of response. Still a big album that showed ABBA could take risks, but not anywhere near the global success of Super Trouper. But what else could ABBA do ? They had to evolve. To mature. Super Trouper was the perfect blend of sophisticated pop with very adult themes. Probably gave them the confidence to do The Visitors and the subsequent beautiful The Day Before You Came. Just that the fans weren't as overwhelmingly ready.

[@andrewplatts3865]

Love Voulez-Vous album - but it only gets better from thereon i.e. Super Trouper and The Visitors . . . and I hope you see it through the perfection that is CHESS and Kristina to Voyage :)

[@geordieboy8945]

I think I still have my original copy of this LP with, on the bottom right corner, an offer to win a free Saab car. Memories can be quite random sometimes.

[@MarkSatchwillArt]

Me too :)

[@albrook1018]

I think that hardly anybody remembers that Benny from ABBA with his ol' group made some covers on the popular songs from the USSR - kzbin.info/www/bejne/b4GVn3mXnJl1gtk original soviet version - kzbin.info/www/bejne/ppLbnaR9it2ZnNk Funny, Isn't it?

[@stuartwho]

Yes you commented on the trooper (army) rather than super trouper (big stage light)

[@mattsnider2667]

Ha, yes, but people explained the meaning after the reaction, so I've got the concept now. :)

[@klausolekristiansen2960]

I find it seriously wierd that they named a song and an album after a brand name.