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  • WOW!| FIRST TIME HEARING ABBA - Knowing Me, Knowing You REACTION
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  • @Christine-Golden66
    @Christine-Golden66 Před 9 měsíci +904

    Who else clicked immediately? 😂

  • @hannahpumpkins4359
    @hannahpumpkins4359 Před 9 měsíci +264

    Remember, this was recorded at a time when there was no pitch correction or Autotune! This was absolutely pure talent.

    • @RaeRaeOR
      @RaeRaeOR Před 9 měsíci +9

      💯💯💯💯💯

    • @NAANsoft
      @NAANsoft Před 9 měsíci +15

      I won't argue against talent, but there is acutally a lot going on in the production behind. Usually they used a moog to aid strength to the voices, and there is an impressive work using reverb and other effects. But that would of course be nothing, if the singers was bad. And they are definitely not bad!

    • @TRguy64
      @TRguy64 Před 7 měsíci +5

      @@NAANsoft Yes, you are so correct, a good deal of vocal modification occurred within the studio, in ABBA's live recordings their accents are evident, though not within the highly polished studio productions, well other than Voyage. I'm not a vocal tech geek, though do know that many of their recordings had been sped up just a tad as well. I was disappointed they so often chose to lip sync, when instead hearing their live sound had a wonderful richness of its own.

    • @birchleaf
      @birchleaf Před 7 měsíci +4

      @@TRguy64TV shows back then usually wanted the bands to lip synch, as that was cheaper and easier to produce.

    • @TRguy64
      @TRguy64 Před 7 měsíci +1

      @@birchleaf Yes, indeed most of the performances back them where lip synced to studio recordings, otherwise a lot of work and preparation to attempt to capture the richness of a polished recording. ABBA songs are so rich and layered, but some songs they had nailed live, others not so much, but still I love hearing the dynamics of a live performance! :)

  • @jeffcobb2734
    @jeffcobb2734 Před 9 měsíci +37

    Brightest most upbeat heartbreak song of all time? Abba were monster pop hit makers!

    • @bretcantwell4921
      @bretcantwell4921 Před 4 měsíci +2

      I compare this with Go your own way.

    • @bretcantwell4921
      @bretcantwell4921 Před měsícem

      55 year old who had a weird metal/new wave hybrid period in my tweens and early teens. I loved a few poppy 78-81 ABBA songs and have grown to appreciate much more of their catalog.

  • @royster5649
    @royster5649 Před 9 měsíci +11

    60 yr old classic rock fan here. Not afraid to admit, ABBA is awesome , good music is good music.

  • @marlenabenson
    @marlenabenson Před 9 měsíci +420

    "Does your mother know?" is one of my favorites of theirs and it has one of the guys taking lead vocals.

    • @stevebengel1346
      @stevebengel1346 Před 9 měsíci +10

      I love that song, I like the one on the B side of the 45, Kisses of Fire too

    • @4508bluesky
      @4508bluesky Před 9 měsíci +23

      Bjorn singing ‘Rock Me’ is one that I like too..

    • @johnfallon3525
      @johnfallon3525 Před 9 měsíci +3

      Yep! Make that me too!!

    • @cathariney.3877
      @cathariney.3877 Před 9 měsíci +23

      Yes, please do “does your mother know” for Bjorn in the lead!

    • @SteveInScotland
      @SteveInScotland Před 9 měsíci +5

      Lots of bass in that track too!

  • @TarotMage
    @TarotMage Před 9 měsíci +198

    This song is especially poignant because during the years ABBA were together, Anni-Frid was married to Benny, and Agnetha was married to Bjorn. Both couples ended up divorcing. So when they're singing to each other about breaking up, it foretold their own relationships ending.

    • @jai07070
      @jai07070 Před 9 měsíci +10

      It amazes me how ABBA creates serious songs and gives them such an upbeat. This touches me because this is what the members are truly going through. Just like, "The Winner Takes it All". One that gets me emotional is, "Dance While the Music Still Goes On ". (Please react) Thanks for being ABBA fans! There are still a hundred or more songs of theirs I love. Benny has more of a lead vocal on the track, "Move On " with the ladies providing backup.

    • @malalaz66
      @malalaz66 Před 9 měsíci +6

      I want to suggest the movie Mamma Mia ( the first one edpecially) for your movie channel. A movie musical with all Abba songs. ( it was on Broadway as a stage play first)

    • @davidhuggan6315
      @davidhuggan6315 Před 9 měsíci +10

      @@malalaz66 And Muriel's Wedding! Full of great ABBA songs and awesome acting too.

    • @malalaz66
      @malalaz66 Před 9 měsíci +3

      @@davidhuggan6315 I haven’t seen that one. I’ll put it on my watch list. 👍

    • @davidhuggan6315
      @davidhuggan6315 Před 9 měsíci +2

      @@malalaz66 Awesome, I hope you enjoy it, classic Australian comedy.

  • @godsspeedify
    @godsspeedify Před 9 měsíci +18

    ABBA is another level... I don't care what type of style of music you are into too...

  • @aquarius2287
    @aquarius2287 Před 9 měsíci +239

    You still haven’t hit one of their biggest hits, Dancing Queen! That song gets you moving. It’s 🔥

    • @sydneym4340
      @sydneym4340 Před 9 měsíci +21

      Not only that, but "Dancing Queen" is the song that introduced ABBA to the world.

    • @funkspinna
      @funkspinna Před 9 měsíci +8

      A must.

    • @sweeney60
      @sweeney60 Před 9 měsíci +31

      @@sydneym4340no that was Waterloo. But Dancing Queen made them super stars.

    • @jp3813
      @jp3813 Před 9 měsíci +4

      I thought they already did that one but got deleted.

    • @pcch7831
      @pcch7831 Před 9 měsíci +7

      ​​@@sydneym4340not really, Waterloo, S.O.S, Mamma Mia and Fernando all came out before and were hits. Fernando was huge

  • @coffee-xg6my
    @coffee-xg6my Před 9 měsíci +295

    I particularly like ths one because Anni Frid does the lead vocal in the verses. Everyone always focuses on Agnetha who is great but Anni never gets the attention she deserves. I love this German-Norweigian beauty's deep rich sultry voice and she seems like a really sweet person. In the early 80s she had a really big solo hit called "I Know There's Something Going On". You guys should react to that one!

    • @patriciaalvareztostado8170
      @patriciaalvareztostado8170 Před 9 měsíci +20

      Yes I love Agnetha voice, but people tend to give less price to Anni, I love her voice, I love both sing together but is nice to hear Anni taking the lead,

    • @Deborahtunes
      @Deborahtunes Před 9 měsíci +19

      You're right there. And Frida has such a good rich alto vocal...

    • @claudiameier9233
      @claudiameier9233 Před 9 měsíci +5

      I know there's something going on by Phil Collins. He wrote it for Frida .

    • @Deborahtunes
      @Deborahtunes Před 9 měsíci +16

      @@claudiameier9233 ~ Phil Collins did Not write "I Know There's Something Going On". He produced, sang back up, and played the drums. The lyricist for that song is Russ Ballard from Argent fame...

    • @aaradia
      @aaradia Před 9 měsíci +11

      I love them both, but I completely agree. She is my personal favorite voice of the two. But again, they are both awesome! Still it is nice to see them react to one of her lead songs.

  • @kansaskid8939
    @kansaskid8939 Před 9 měsíci +64

    I lost my wife a month and a half ago to leukemia after 45 years of marriage and I can't sleep. We found out Thursday morning and she was gone Sunday shortly after midnight. I am going out to set a post for my new mailbox (yes, at 3:30 am) and I decided to take time to drink a cup of coffee and relax a bit for a bit. Love songs and breakup songs and sad songs all seem to help. I hope you guys are together as many years and more than we were. thanks for showing me what i had. Cancer sucks. Peace kids.

    • @omega311888
      @omega311888 Před 24 dny +1

      my sympathies for your loss! i lost my dad to cancer back in 2008 and i miss him every day!

    • @melodyszadkowski5256
      @melodyszadkowski5256 Před 3 dny

      Much heart to you, kk. Lost my husband to leukemia in 1996 and ABBA was one of his two favorite groups. So many memories flood back whenever I hear them. Take care of yourself for her.

  • @leestewart72
    @leestewart72 Před 9 měsíci +27

    The "Ahh Haaa" is what makes this song for me. A perfect little flourish that ties it all together. ABBA were musical geniuses.

    • @markcourson3151
      @markcourson3151 Před 3 měsíci

      absolutely- it draws you in further- their songs grab you!

  • @StatsJedi
    @StatsJedi Před 9 měsíci +171

    You REALLY should do their breakout hit "Waterloo" from the European Song Contest.

    • @paulthompson4545
      @paulthompson4545 Před 9 měsíci +10

      Agreed!

    • @moodaymoom2271
      @moodaymoom2271 Před 9 měsíci +8

      Yep Eurovision Song Contest, definitely one to react too.

    • @gdoggatl
      @gdoggatl Před 9 měsíci +6

      ABSOLUTELY!!👍

    • @clivenewman4810
      @clivenewman4810 Před 9 měsíci +1

      When they won Eurovision, we in UK gave them nil points for "Waterloo"!

    • @christineobrien7707
      @christineobrien7707 Před 9 měsíci

      Right! That's the one that introduced the U.S. to the joy of ABBA. It was a great choice. It was catchy, bouncy, and had your parents digging it! 👍😎

  • @surlechapeau
    @surlechapeau Před 9 měsíci +153

    Jay & Amber, you'll love their "Dancing Queen", "Waterloo" and "Fernando" !!!

    • @billofalltrades2633
      @billofalltrades2633 Před 9 měsíci +10

      I love Fernando, it was a favorite of my mom's when I was growing up in the 70s

    • @Siouxsi-Sioux
      @Siouxsi-Sioux Před 9 měsíci +22

      DANCING QUEEN!!!!

    • @kenrk
      @kenrk Před 9 měsíci +19

      If they haven't done Dancing Queen yet it definitely needs to be top priority. :)

    • @fantasycamp4000
      @fantasycamp4000 Před 9 měsíci +9

      Dancing Queen!

    • @bethshadid2087
      @bethshadid2087 Před 9 měsíci +4

      My fave three. Can't believe they haven't done any of them

  • @paulecrosby2006
    @paulecrosby2006 Před 4 měsíci +7

    You have to do, The day before you came, it's a hauntingly beautiful masterpiece ❤

  • @jamiedianne6778
    @jamiedianne6778 Před 9 měsíci +155

    If you want to cry, listen to ABBA’s “Slipping Through My Fingers”! It’s about a parent’s child growing up and slowly pulling away to become an adult. I guarantee you won’t have dry eyes at the end!
    Also, “Waterloo”, “Fernando”, and “Thank You For the Music” are great hits of theirs.
    Also, you guys need to check out the movie “Mamma Mia”! It’s a musical with Meryl Streep featuring all Abba music. It’s hilarious and fun! ❤

    • @alliswell2114
      @alliswell2114 Před 9 měsíci +4

      Mama Mia film is crap

    • @georgeprime2249
      @georgeprime2249 Před 9 měsíci +3

      I’ve literally this moment suggested ‘ Slipping through my fingers.’

    • @gemini802
      @gemini802 Před 9 měsíci +1

      ​@@alliswell2114yes I didnt like that either cringe esp meryl streep bad move.

    • @rasmuswi
      @rasmuswi Před 9 měsíci +2

      "The Visitors", that last Abba album, with "Slipping through my fingers" on it is my definite favorite album. No huge hits, they broke up soon after the release, but the whole album feels like they grew up. And it's so melancholic.

    • @anniegoodrich262
      @anniegoodrich262 Před 9 měsíci +1

      A way better movie that features Abba tunes front and center is Muriel's Wedding starring a young Toni Collette. It's fire!

  • @jennifermartin7791
    @jennifermartin7791 Před 9 měsíci +92

    Love your ABBA shirt! Great song. Sad one, but some people really are better off as friends than lovers. It happens a lot. On another note...You guys really ought to hear "Fernando" - it's absolutely gorgeous. The harmonies are amazing, and it's about a person looking back on her past as a freedom fighter, with her friend Fernando. Very sweet and nostalgic.

  • @erywst2106
    @erywst2106 Před 9 měsíci +27

    Even for an extreme metalhead like myself there is nothing to not love about this band. Their music is so often perfect, and has the ability to catapult me back to my youth and the glorious 70s.

  • @calibrax
    @calibrax Před 9 měsíci +96

    "Don't intermingle with your band members"... seriously? Have you not noticed what AWESOME music comes out of those relationships? Some of the greatest songs in history!

    • @screwyootube1
      @screwyootube1 Před 9 měsíci +9

      Yeah, but in the long run, it tends to end poorly. It might be great for making music, but the artists wind up miserable, and sometimes the band doesn't survive the inevitable break-up.

    • @monakh_jcf2312
      @monakh_jcf2312 Před 9 měsíci +16

      Breakup Rage (and maybe drugs) was the fuel that made Fleetwood Mac produce one of their best albums

    • @Littlebigbot
      @Littlebigbot Před 9 měsíci +11

      Lindsey and Stevie turned Fleetwood Mac on its head with their drama.

    • @Smithpolly
      @Smithpolly Před 9 měsíci +1

      @@screwyootube1 Lots of couples end up miserable. At least, the artists get a good tune out of it.

    • @jollyroger1009
      @jollyroger1009 Před 9 měsíci +3

      Better to have loved and lost....something like that!

  • @user-dh6yl7lo2s
    @user-dh6yl7lo2s Před 3 měsíci +5

    Going through these reactions, I hadn't noticed before how many relationship break up songs Abba have. It's so autobiographical of the band, with the ultimate break up song, the beautiful 'The winner takes it all'.

  • @shirleyjones9460
    @shirleyjones9460 Před 9 měsíci +30

    I used to have Dancing Queen on a 45 record. I would lip sync in my bedroom and used a hairbrush for a microphone 😂 I love ABBA so much! ❤

  • @davidjones6389
    @davidjones6389 Před 9 měsíci +39

    Growing up an Army Brat in Cold war Germany, even as the Rocker that I am, I had no choice but to become an ABBA fan. They were everywhere! Fairs, Volk fest, carnivals.....

    • @ericmorrison9747
      @ericmorrison9747 Před 9 měsíci

      Agreed. I was an air force brat and first heard them in Germany also.

    • @gregorygant4242
      @gregorygant4242 Před 9 měsíci

      ​​@@ericmorrison9747Where exactly in Germany ?
      I have my sister she lives in Munich .

    • @ericmorrison9747
      @ericmorrison9747 Před 9 měsíci

      @@gregorygant4242
      Near Kaiserslautern.

    • @gregorygant4242
      @gregorygant4242 Před 9 měsíci +1

      @@ericmorrison9747 Do you still live there or are you in the US now and where?
      I was born and grew up as kid listening to ABBA in Australia.
      Now live in Europe , I'm glad I left Australia after what happened in the last 3 years. I've heard Australia has become an authoritarian police state now !
      Very very frightening!

  • @TheRawChuck
    @TheRawChuck Před 9 měsíci +21

    When ABBA was popular a lot of us rockers would talk them down but secretly I really liked them.

    • @jackrooks4986
      @jackrooks4986 Před 7 měsíci +6

      i am also a closet ABBA fan

    • @bretcantwell4921
      @bretcantwell4921 Před 4 měsíci +1

      Born in 68,;sneered at disco and became a metal head in the early 80s, but loved a lot of disco, Europop and techno songs from that era then and as time went by.

  • @kellifranklin9872
    @kellifranklin9872 Před 9 měsíci +99

    While I’ve always been a rocker girl there’s something about ABBA that just draws me in. They have that special ability to draw in fans from every genre of music. Just amazing! I love this song!

    • @jonasdahlin8670
      @jonasdahlin8670 Před 9 měsíci +2

      As a rocker
      On and On and On from Dick Cavett must be one of yourABBA fav,
      and it's live and the last live show, a 1 000 000 000 usd reunion tour offer could not change that

    • @willowway4104
      @willowway4104 Před 9 měsíci +3

      Perfectly said! ❤

    • @patmartin99
      @patmartin99 Před 8 měsíci +1

      The Sex Pistols rated ABBA, albeit in private, so you are not alone...

    • @kratoleaf7619
      @kratoleaf7619 Před 8 měsíci +3

      dude, I am an industrial Ministry Metal head and I like Abba...

    • @alexioverdo5225
      @alexioverdo5225 Před 8 měsíci +3

      David Grohl,Corey Taylor,Bono,even one of Korn's drummers totally agree with you.All are self confessed Abba fans and love the purity in Abba's pop majesty.

  • @scottchapin2323
    @scottchapin2323 Před 9 měsíci +78

    My favorite ABBA song. This is true magic in music. When you can take a sad subject, in this case breaking up and put it behind the façade of an upbeat tune. They were also good actors, the expressions in this video is top notch

    • @chrisa2310
      @chrisa2310 Před 9 měsíci +10

      I don't think they were acting. They are showing, with the anguish in their faces, while hugging their real-life exes.

    • @AgentJamesLee
      @AgentJamesLee Před 9 měsíci +5

      Two were really breaking up at this time.

    • @helenpeterson
      @helenpeterson Před 9 měsíci +3

      ​@@AgentJamesLeeno they were all very much together here

    • @Paladin70
      @Paladin70 Před 9 měsíci +3

      @@chrisa2310
      They were 3 and 5 years away from becoming exes when this was recorded. Recorded 1976 and divorces came in ‘79 and ‘81.

    • @tuijakarttunen9164
      @tuijakarttunen9164 Před 9 měsíci +2

      @@Paladin70 Yes. Benny and Frida weren`t even married yet.

  • @frankaq3951
    @frankaq3951 Před 9 měsíci +48

    The way they sing their harmonies is awesome!

  • @diane39istockphoto
    @diane39istockphoto Před 5 měsíci +8

    EVERYONE loves ABBA...whether they admit it or not. LOVE your reactions!

  • @Chechula1000
    @Chechula1000 Před 9 měsíci +12

    My ABBA favourite. Frida voice is like velvet. Thanks for reacting to this beautiful song

  • @thomasludwig6573
    @thomasludwig6573 Před 9 měsíci +42

    It has been really fun to watch the two of you discover ABBA. For your next song, I highly recommend "The Name of the Game", "Super Trouper", and "Slipping Through My Fingers".

    • @brt5273
      @brt5273 Před 9 měsíci +2

      Name of the Game is probably my all time fave. I love the vid because both couples are still together and it catches so great playful visual moments

  • @rarelycares8416
    @rarelycares8416 Před 9 měsíci +17

    For a different vibe from ABBA try "The Day Before You Came", one of the last songs they released before the current era. Very haunting and beautiful.

  • @Fenncer24
    @Fenncer24 Před 9 měsíci +52

    Only ABBA could make a Break Up Song so Catchy and Up Beat. They were ahead of the times for music and are considered one of the Best or Best ever Pop group Ever, depending on who you or how others think of them. One of my Favorite songs and Take a Chance. So many more to hear it will take a year to hear them all. They were also a decade ahead with their music videos well before MTV which also helped propel them to global success.

  • @kratoleaf7619
    @kratoleaf7619 Před 8 měsíci +7

    dude, I am an industrial Ministry Metal head and I like Abba...

  • @arcadian78
    @arcadian78 Před 9 měsíci +32

    Bjorn & Benny were very good at writing very depressing lyrics to serious life situations but they were cleverly masked by upbeat and catchy music with absolutely beautiful harmonies.

    • @bayareathrasher666
      @bayareathrasher666 Před 9 měsíci +3

      Bingo. 100%

    • @gregorygant4242
      @gregorygant4242 Před 9 měsíci +3

      Very very depressing lyrics uplifting harmonies ,as a kid listening to Abba loved their songs but made me very very depressed afterwards !

    • @obi-ron
      @obi-ron Před 8 měsíci

      This was one of their later songs when Agnetha and Bjorn's marriage was ending. Benny and Bjorn are incredible songwriters and composers who have worked together since the 1960s and their ABBA days are now recaptured holographically in the UK at a purpose built venue that has performances by the group's avatars. All of the songs were re-recorded by them specifically for the venue along with a whole new album.

  • @HaraldSeiwert
    @HaraldSeiwert Před 9 měsíci +29

    No group made better break-up and divorce songs than ABBA 🙂

  • @liberaljag
    @liberaljag Před 9 měsíci +82

    All their singles are wonderful. So musically terrific, great melodies, clear vocals, layered. Really fantastic song crafters.

  • @raymondadams7570
    @raymondadams7570 Před 9 měsíci +7

    love abba, one of my favourites is "does your mother know " sung by bjon

  • @stevehamilton8824
    @stevehamilton8824 Před 9 měsíci +12

    ABBA is such a great group. This is a fantastic song. One of my favorite songs by this group.

  • @rayfaircloth8253
    @rayfaircloth8253 Před 9 měsíci +79

    I love ABBA!! I saw their ABBA Voyage concert in London last October. It was awesome!! They have a theater designed just for this show and use avatars of their 1977 selves. It's unreal. You'd think it was them on stage and on the big screens. They did all their hits including "Chiquitita", "Dancing Queen", "Knowing Me, Knowing You", "SOS", "Mamma Mia" and more, as well as some of their songs from their latest album.

    • @GillDawe
      @GillDawe Před 9 měsíci +6

      I would LOVE to have seen that. Not quite as good as the real thing, but pretty damn close!

    • @gooch0607
      @gooch0607 Před 9 měsíci +3

      Ahaaaa

    • @rayfaircloth8253
      @rayfaircloth8253 Před 9 měsíci +4

      @@GillDawe It is still playing in London.

    • @sg-yq8pm
      @sg-yq8pm Před 9 měsíci +7

      Australia is looking likely to get the second Abba theatre, if we do it will sell out for years, Abba massively popular here.

    • @Anton-ss1in
      @Anton-ss1in Před 9 měsíci +6

      ABBAtars..

  • @elizabethfranco1284
    @elizabethfranco1284 Před 9 měsíci +11

    There is no bad ABBA song it would be impossible. This was my mother’s favorite and to me one of their most personal.

  • @francisseidel8014
    @francisseidel8014 Před 9 měsíci +17

    I say it every time - Benny and Bjorn are brilliant songwriters! They turn their heartbreaking breakups into an unbelievable hit.

  • @Drayton226
    @Drayton226 Před 9 měsíci +5

    Crazy I love Abba so much I memorized every lyric 2 every ABBA song

  • @esclad
    @esclad Před 9 měsíci +12

    Erasure released a 4-track EP called "Abba-esque" in 1992 covering the songs Voulez Vous, S.O.S., Take a Chance on Me & Lay All Your Love on Me.
    All became top 10 hits in their own right. The music video's are hilarious too :))
    ABBA music is forever addictive.

  • @guitardedmind
    @guitardedmind Před 9 měsíci +11

    How is Dancing Queen not a favorite?! You've missed out if you haven't heard this iconic song ❤

  • @mikhalbruns2414
    @mikhalbruns2414 Před 9 měsíci +6

    I love that part when Frida is singing and Agnetha appears whispering the backing voice like a dream. She has always been my dream by the way

  • @Peter_Cetera
    @Peter_Cetera Před 9 měsíci +5

    An absolutely unique band. Worldclass!!!

  • @ginalashley1265
    @ginalashley1265 Před 9 měsíci +6

    There isn't much I don't know about Abba. Been a fan since 1976. My favorite band ever. The couples were still together at this time, 1976. They released a new album in 2021. They all still respect each other and get on well

  • @christinelegate8137
    @christinelegate8137 Před 9 měsíci +24

    Abba absolutely dominated the charts with their amazing lineup of non stop hits.
    Thanks for the memories.

  • @kentpeterboman899
    @kentpeterboman899 Před 9 měsíci +4

    "The name of the game " with Abba has a soo different sound. Think you will LOVE it

  • @eduardooscar309
    @eduardooscar309 Před 9 měsíci +24

    "Knowing me knowing you" (1976)
    is one of ABBA's most famous heartthrob songs
    The lyrics are strong and raw
    (some say there is a preview of the couple conflicts between the blonde singer Agnetha & guitarist Björn)
    And it has a powerful chorus on Agnetha & Frida, and a nice melody
    These is an excellent official video,
    it shows the four of them in separation situations, and plays with the images of the trios
    The part that stands out the most
    is the appearance of the image of Agnetha almost whispering
    as a reflection of Frida's main voice
    "Knowing me knowing you"
    was five weeks in a row at #1 in the UK,
    and one of them coincided with the #1 of "Dancing Queen" on the Billboard.
    (Just this week of April 9, 1977, 46 years ago, ABBA was #1 in the U.S. and U.K.
    with two different songs from the same album)
    "Knowing me knowing you"
    is one of their hits that ABBA recorded in spanish at 1980,
    with the tittle: "Conociéndome, Conociéndote",
    part of their album in spanish language
    "Gracias por la música" (1980)
    ABBA recorded in spanish after the colossal success of "Chiquitita" (1979)
    in Latin American countries
    For a new suggestion,
    the first heartbroken ABBA song that was worldwide hit: "S.O.S." (1975)
    the second worldwide hit to ABBA since their victory at Eurovision with "Waterloo"
    I hope to see you in next reaction to ABBA
    My best regards to You from
    Buenos Aires Argentina 🇦🇷
    South América

  • @brandilampe4570
    @brandilampe4570 Před 9 měsíci +11

    "The Visitors" is my ABBA fav❣️ "Summer Night City", "The Day Before You Came", & "Does Your Mother Know" are definitely worth checking out too!

  • @rmacdougallaliasdogviticus
    @rmacdougallaliasdogviticus Před 9 měsíci +10

    Love ABBA. I was just checking your database. I'm shocked. Perhaps the signature song was not there! 'Dancing Queen' give it a chance. 'Fernando' is awesome too. Cheers.

    • @Siouxsi-Sioux
      @Siouxsi-Sioux Před 9 měsíci +3

      DANCING QUEEN!!!!!❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

  • @RDRussell2
    @RDRussell2 Před 9 měsíci +41

    This reaction makes me realize how far ahead of their time Abba was when it comes to music videos. MTV was really the "shot heard 'round the world" when it comes to music videos, for better or worse. Telegenic artists were able to thrive; even half-talented artists who were able to dance well or hire a great director for videos were able to hit it big. But Abba were making videos before there was any particular way to broadcast the videos. I believe they did it because they were based in Sweden, and this allowed them easy access to a global market. Also, this early videography explains all those side-profile shots! Ironically, Abba was still around at the birth of MTV, but by then they were no longer leading artists musically, I suppose.
    One more comment about this particular song: "Knowing Me, Knowing You" is a good example of a band addressing grown-up, mature themes. Sure, the disco is fun ("Dancing Queen") and we all want to be rich ("Money Money Money") and we love the thrill of a new crush ("Take a Chance on Me") but this is song about heartbreak and the struggle to maintain a mature love. Some bands were comfortable with this kind of material, most weren't. I love how you mentioned the bands that dealt with the same issues!

    • @grampafitness9732
      @grampafitness9732 Před 9 měsíci +1

      100% … most of their videos predate the rise of MTV, and although the productions are spare, they probably represented a significant investment at the time, and they’re staged with real smarts to create emotion impact despite much less access to the higher production levels we came to expect later. VERY few bands were looking forward with this much insight. And yeah, by the time MTV debuted, this kind of pop wasn’t “cool” enough and ABBA had been largely written off, at least among my peers. The way their artistry has eventually been recognized and celebrated has been so good to see.

    • @pipoo1
      @pipoo1 Před 9 měsíci +4

      TBF not knowing much about US television in the 70s and early 80s here in Europe there were already avenues on TV for music videos well before MTV launched, the iconic Top of the Pops on the BBC gladly featured videos of major hits if the artists couldn’t attend the studio. But it was probably on Saturday mornings when music videos really got a chance to flourish by the mid 70s the BBC and ITV had begun broadcasting live entertainment shows aimed at kids and teenagers on Saturdays typically between 9am and 12noon. Iconic series like swap shop and it’s successor Saturday Superstore leaned heavily towards pop stars and pop music and it was normal to have as many 10 videos played during the morning. Indeed by the time Saturday Superstore came along, coincidentally around the same time MTV launched in the US there was a weekly video vote offering up opportunities for new artists to get airtime to what was a large TV audience, and major artists would attend the studio themselves to premiere the videos for their new singles. This is one of the reasons why British artists in particular were so far ahead of the game when MTV launched.

    • @grampafitness9732
      @grampafitness9732 Před 9 měsíci +2

      @@pipoo1 This is a side of pop music history I know less about. Was familiar with TotP as a frequent source of “live” performance videos from the studio, but less aware of the other programs. Thank you!!!

  • @terryallen345
    @terryallen345 Před 9 měsíci +10

    Great art comes from great emotions. That's why ABBA and Fleetwood Mac wrote songs that are timeless

  • @billofalltrades2633
    @billofalltrades2633 Před 9 měsíci +10

    One of my mom's favorite songs when I was growing up!

  • @bobbyyounger7632
    @bobbyyounger7632 Před 9 měsíci +7

    One of my very fav ABBA songs, pure perfection ! Always liked the photo of them that's on your new t-shirt, taken of the group when they visited LA in mid-seventies

  • @mattigolx2532
    @mattigolx2532 Před 9 měsíci +3

    and now it´s time for Dancing Queen, Waterloo, When all is said and done and we can not wait many weeks for your next great ABBA-reaction :)

  • @itsleandertv
    @itsleandertv Před 9 měsíci +4

    "The Day Before You Came" is also one of my favorites from ABBA.

  • @kirkcather3670
    @kirkcather3670 Před 9 měsíci +3

    You've finally hit it. This IS their best song.

  • @hardboiledharry4061
    @hardboiledharry4061 Před 9 měsíci +5

    Nobody can even come up with how many albums they sold, I've read estimates as high as half a billion, only behind Elvis and The Beatles, seems legit, they were HUGE, the impact they had can not be understated, there's no such thing as a bad ABBA song, for a good 10 years they were THE biggest band on the planet bar none. They make the happiest break up songs ever, it took me decades to realize just how amazing they were, the lyrics are deep and meaningful and good God they're drop dead gorgeous and they have the voice of angels and you're correct, Bjorn and Benny are master craftsmen and created the pulse of the music, just all around amazing and will never be seen again.

  • @gperch
    @gperch Před 9 měsíci +2

    Beautiful harmonies. "Name Of The Game" is even better.

  • @peternilsson7133
    @peternilsson7133 Před 4 měsíci +4

    "Hole in Your Soul" is a must.

  • @stevehatton-bw3bo
    @stevehatton-bw3bo Před 9 měsíci +21

    Love ABBA’s harmonies!❤️❤️❤️ “Fernando” next, please!👍👍👍 If you haven’t already, you should check out the Movie “Mamma Mia”, a musical with all ABBA songs! It’s fun!👍👍

  • @Xiroi87
    @Xiroi87 Před 9 měsíci +4

    No one is suggesting The Winner Takes It All? That one and My Love, My Life, songs about heartbreak and breaking up and some of Agnetha's most memorable vocals are classics.

  • @sanjnandh
    @sanjnandh Před 9 měsíci +8

    ‘Eagle’ is a must. As with all their songs absolutely perfect, yet different to all the others … very ambient. Full length version please 🙏

  • @Crazychick64
    @Crazychick64 Před 7 měsíci +3

    The winner takes it All is a hauntingly beautiful song

  • @yogibarista2818
    @yogibarista2818 Před 9 měsíci +3

    In an interview with Bjorn Ulvaeus, he said that the "ABBA" sound is the combination of Frida's metzo, when she is being "pushed" in her upper range, and Agnetha's clean soprano. Apparently, they used to intentionally set the pitch to get that "edgy" quality from Frida's voice, and generate those unique harmonics.

  • @libbypeace68
    @libbypeace68 Před 9 měsíci +6

    When I Kissed The Teacher and Dum Dum Diddle are two of my favourites. Abba Arrival was the first record I owned - I was so happy, excited and proud to have my very own record, lol - oh and when you opened the cover up it had all the words to the songs - I was in heaven.

    • @michelemercier2286
      @michelemercier2286 Před 9 měsíci

      Arrival is an amazing album to me as well. I had "discovered" them just a year or so earlier (after hearing "Greatest Hits Vol. 1" I was hooked) so I had a few albums, but "Arrival" was my first new one, so I experienced all the anticipation when you know a new album is coming for the first time and then, as you mentioned, the lyrics were right there - which was a new thing. When Voyage came out I first heard the songs watching the lyric videos. So the technology has changed but the experience (a new album, following along with the words while listening at first) was remarkably similar to when I was a kid. I appreciated Voyage and really like it, but Arrival is special to me. "Knowing Me, Knowing You" is #2 on my list of favourite ABBA songs and "Money, Money, Money" is in my top ten. Those two songs alone make it an amazing album but then there is the matter of that other song. The one that was a monster hit at the time, endures as a fan favourite to this day and appears in every thread as a suggestion when there is an ABBA reaction. It will be interesting when Jay and Amber react to Dancing Queen. I'm guessing that even if they haven't realized who sings it, they will have heard it.

  • @ZillaMesh
    @ZillaMesh Před 9 měsíci +4

    I never listened to Abba until the 90s & thought how have I never heard this music. I swear I heard every song & loved them. Boy what I would've paid to hear them in my childhood. One of the best bands of all time & I had never heard of them.

  • @user-fb1hg3nd5v
    @user-fb1hg3nd5v Před 7 měsíci +2

    Anni-Frid is the best. I love all, that she does. It's so beautiful!!!

  • @Neil_BT
    @Neil_BT Před 9 měsíci +24

    One of my favourite ABBA songs, the layers of the voices in the chorus doing all the various harmonies are just sublime.

  • @jaysonnovelero2933
    @jaysonnovelero2933 Před 9 měsíci +18

    An upbeat song with a lonely meaning...😊 Love this song...❤ Hope you react to more of their songs like Voulez-Vous, Ring Ring, Honey Honey, their most popular songs, Fernando and Dancing Queen and so many more..

  • @t.a.k.palfrey3882
    @t.a.k.palfrey3882 Před 9 měsíci +3

    Each of us has our favourite ABBA song. Mine is their breakout hit, which won them Eurovision 1974, Waterloo.

  • @forakermm
    @forakermm Před 9 měsíci +5

    ABBA is the soundtrack of my childhood!!! 🩷 This song still gives me goosebumps.

  • @gershman23
    @gershman23 Před 9 měsíci +11

    Abba's videos are only deceptively simple...It's almost always on-point and their video editing is top-notch, catches the mood and tone of every damn song.

    • @melibabe
      @melibabe Před 9 měsíci +3

      And it’s important to remember that most of them predate MTV and the real explosion of music videos in the 80s. Having them at all (and so many of them) was pretty unusual at the time.

  • @traceymcintire7754
    @traceymcintire7754 Před 9 měsíci +8

    This was the first ABBA song that I ever heard back in 1977. It's from their Arrival album--the same one that has Dancing Queen. For some reason, the station I listened to played this more. I was immediately hooked on their voices and melodies. I bought the album and have been a fan ever since. I was lucky enough to see them in concert in Boston in 1979 for their Voulez-Vous tour--amazing show!

  • @davidwood4271
    @davidwood4271 Před 7 měsíci +3

    My favourite ABBA song ❤❤

  • @watts18269
    @watts18269 Před 9 měsíci +3

    Best band ever!!!

  • @mocknburd23
    @mocknburd23 Před 9 měsíci +5

    Love Abba!! This one is one of their great reflective songs. As always, I recommend "I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do," which is pure joy!

  • @4tuneagent
    @4tuneagent Před 9 měsíci +3

    "Waterloo " was their first major hit, and is very catchy and Rocks out too.. One of their best tunes is "Fernando ", which I believe was their 4th Hit record..

  • @PFNel
    @PFNel Před 9 měsíci +1

    My favorite Abba song!

  • @richardweighill8556
    @richardweighill8556 Před 9 měsíci +2

    I envy you hearing ABBA songs for the first time. My favorite has been Take A Chance since I woke up to it in the middle of the night in 1976

  • @tcarnold6425
    @tcarnold6425 Před 9 měsíci +5

    If Chiquitita is a fave then give Fernando a try. Another one with a Spanish flavour

  • @guyparfitt2193
    @guyparfitt2193 Před 9 měsíci +4

    I used to hate ABBA when I was growing up because my Sister loved them but in my later years I've come to appreciate them. This song is my favourite of theirs, especially poignant given what they were going through themselves i.e. breaking up! I still can't escape the Alan Partridge association, but the song is still amazing. Agnetha was at this time the most beautiful woman in the world! We are lucky to have ABBA voyage show in the UK and its amazing. Love to them and love Amber and Jay!!

  • @christophbade3806
    @christophbade3806 Před 9 měsíci +2

    I love all songs sung by Frida!

  • @rayeckert242
    @rayeckert242 Před 9 měsíci +6

    It must have been torture for Jay to hit the pause button. ABBA is simply mesmerizing in every way. Vocals, visuals, harmonies, percussion, guitar… and I forgot how great the bass sounds! Check out “Waterloo “ and “Fernando”.

  • @JohnLuckPickard141
    @JohnLuckPickard141 Před 9 měsíci +4

    This was always my favorite ABBA song, which is a pretty fiercely competitive category in its own right

  • @DJHolte
    @DJHolte Před 9 měsíci +7

    It's been so cool revisiting ABBA through CZcams reactors the past couple of years -- I think back in the day, while I enjoyed their music, I probably also made fun of them... but man, their production values are _insane._ Benny & Bjorn could craft songs like nobody's business, and nobody can touch Agnetha & Frida's harmonies.

  • @johncarney9049
    @johncarney9049 Před 8 měsíci +2

    Abba are an overlooked powerhouse in music I think. They are the third biggest selling band in the world only behind the Beatles and Queen. They even out sell the Rolling Stones despite not releasing music in 20 years or so, while the Stones were during that time. Not to mention 9 number 1 singles and in the UK at least all 10 albums released went straight to number one. I think that is true for other countries as well. An Absolute power house of a band.

  • @JEmmertz
    @JEmmertz Před 9 měsíci +3

    They were way ahead of their time when it comes to their music videos. (Remember this was created before MTV even was a concept or an idea.) Angles, light, story telling in the imagery and so on. The sound was also ahead of its time, I would say that Michael B Tretow was behind most of that very special and distinctive sound from ABBA. When it comes to the music, lyrics and all that jazz, Björn and Benny knew very well what all of them were capable of.

  • @SEANBANOG4
    @SEANBANOG4 Před 9 měsíci +4

    Never recognized the sorrow and sadness in this song until I watched Amber's reaction to it....every verse is a kick in the gutt

  • @CFWhitman
    @CFWhitman Před 9 měsíci +5

    You still need to check out "Fernando" at some point. Frida sings lead on it as well, and the harmonies are really beautiful in that one. "Does Your Mother Know?" features Bjorn (the one who plays guitar) in lead vocals, which you know is rare. "Rock Me" is also lead by one of the guys. I would think Bjorn, but I'm not certain.

  • @MRM-Red
    @MRM-Red Před 9 měsíci +1

    Honey Honey is a great one and Fernando by ABBA. Others you done. Dancing Queen is a MUST

  • @dougbowers4415
    @dougbowers4415 Před 9 měsíci +5

    You need to review ABBA’s “The Visitors”. It has kind of a creepy vibe that is infectious.

  • @malvanlondon8683
    @malvanlondon8683 Před 9 měsíci +3

    Unparalleled hit makers of the 1970s!!! ABBA's glorious singles are masterpieces that still sound just as fresh all these years later. :-)

  • @zaklina.4822
    @zaklina.4822 Před 4 měsíci +3

    ABBA - The Name Of the Game

  • @kristianmapage9742
    @kristianmapage9742 Před 9 měsíci +4

    Rod squad, They have yet to react to ABBA's biggest hit, Dancing Queen.

  • @neilscarratt3568
    @neilscarratt3568 Před 9 měsíci +2

    FERNANDO NEXT SUPERB AND THEY ARE🎉🍾🎤😎

  • @RaynorBear
    @RaynorBear Před 9 měsíci +10

    This is one of my favorite ABBA songs!!! If you want to see Bjorn take the lead vocal, check out the video for "Does Your Mother Know."

  • @cliffwheeler7357
    @cliffwheeler7357 Před 8 měsíci +3

    When polls are taken on the fans most loved ABBA songs, inevitably DANCING QUEEN is almost always in the top spot. You must feature it asap, absolute classic.

  • @michaelwood7301
    @michaelwood7301 Před 9 měsíci +2

    This was one of my favorite Abba songs along with Dancing Queen.

  • @amandawinterfield3469
    @amandawinterfield3469 Před 9 měsíci +2

    "If it wasnt for the nights" Live from a studio in Japan is a must see ❤️😊