Yes. They did this without auto tune or featured rapper. No T+A. Just pure raw talent. 400 million or more records sold... Chiquitita or Fernando or One of us next please 👌🔥❤️
In those days there was no autotune. Either you sang so that you touched people - in or out of tune (Monica Zetterlund sometimes was a bit off, but never ever bad) - or you were out of the game.
Sweden, Sweden, Sweden, what talents you create! What is it with this little country in the North? Answer: one of their treasures is / has been that they have a natural aptitude for singing and for music in general. It is in their genes. See for example "allsång på Skansen", Stockholm, where they meet and sing together once a week in the summertime. And their people's soul goes very, very deep. ABBA was one of the very first artists to be known outside of Scandinavia. A big hug from Norway, neighbour of Sweden.
That’s exactly how I react every time I hear this song. When you’re ready for another tear fest listen to ‘The Day Before You Came’ and ‘Fernando’. God bless!
damn those ninjas cutting their fricking unions :( .... one who does not feel this song, hasnt lived and experienced this feeling... :( everytime i cry....why Stina? .....
Please. if you have time listen and react to James Blunt's Monsters. His father was dying of kidney cancer and he wrote this because many sons...including me never had the chance to tell their fathers how much we loved before losing them. It is a beautiful song!
@@Lemuren77 Exactly "Dancing With Tears In My Eyes", but also Tears For Fears with that line from "Mad World": " all the dreams in which I'm dying are the best I've ever had".
Hello there,I am 74,and so remember ABBA and their their music from the very start of their career.Your description "Only ABBA can make you dance with tears in your eyes" is the best and most moving I have heard,and bought tears to my eyes too!Thank You.
Agnetha has said that this is her favorite Abba song. She told that this song represent feelings of both her husband ( who wrote the lyrics and playing guitar beside her) and her.
This song is a true masterpiece. Bjorn wrote the lyrics shortly after their divorce. So much pain in those words. Benny at the piano did the tunes. Agnetha delivered one of the best pop performances ever and all in one take. Just stunning. Simply stunning.
So they broke up because of Agnetha, or that was Bjorn decision? If he wrote those lyrics based on private life, that means she left him, not otherwise.
@carsonix78 Well, not exactly the song is "about A" separation, not specifically theirs. Björn said that he came up with the idea for the song because of their divorce, so the feeling are absolutely true and real. But the song is still fiction and not based on their own divorce.
ABBA are the all time masters of break-up songs. The band consisted of two married couples. The guy at the piano (Benny) married the brunette (Anni-Frid) and the guitarist (Björn) was married to the blonde (Agnetha). The boys wrote the songs and the girls performed them and for decades ABBA ruled the charts as one of the most successful pop-bands ever. Neither of their marriages survived though. Going through a heartbreaking divorce Björn wrote "The winner takes it all" and Agnetha performed it standing next to him on stage. If anything, ABBA were professionals to the core. Try and listen to "Knowing me, knowing you"...
Seems like most of their live performances were lip synched like this one. It was common back then. Bjorn and Benny were great song writers and producers though.
Hi, I'm a musician and play guitar in Classic rock, heavy rock and metal bands, however..........ABBA are my guilty pleasure and this song always brings a tear to my eye an absolute masterpiece from the kings and queens of pop.
This is the most beautiful reaction to this song I have seen. This song is an internal monologue, the things that she wants to say but won't because that would break wherever is left of her, and him, apart. The "rules" are the social norms, where the Swedes, their country, hold stoicism high. So when he comes to shake her hand, civility has replaced intimacy, and her heart still craves what they once had. And even there, in a place where she has been so hurt, she doesn't want him to be hurt by her words or even her demeanour. This is a stage beyond intimacy, this is self sacrificing love.
@Brendan H, you have provided the best analysis of this song, which makes it even more mind-blowing that Bjorn (ex-husband/guitarist) wrote these lyrics for Agnetha (ex-wife) to sing, while standing on stage next to him.
Very visceral reaction to a terribly sad song. I don't suppose it will make you feel better to know this was written about her divorce from her husband who is one of the guys in the video. ABBA are legendary. Some of the most beautiful harmonizing, catchy melodies and those girls can sang! You could react to anything of theirs, probably it was a hit back in the day..their catalog is huge!
It's really nice to see the younger generation listening to the music I grew up with. There was a lot of talent back then and it was normal for a song to last 15 minutes. Another song you might like is "Wonderful Tonight" by Eric Clapton.
I can't believe he made her sing that song. After dumping her with kids, and then composing a song to make things even harder and crueler to her. The meanest thing to do ever.
The big brain-twister is how this song came out 41 years ago to this date... (1980) and not a single person I've know haven't heard of this song here in Sweden. Great music is great!
No, they were offered a billion dollars for a YEAR LONG tour. That's a huge difference from a single concert. When you are 60-70 years old, a year of hard work is not much to look forward to.
@@johnPaul-qn3dg The tax rate in Sweden in the 1970s was 90% for the rich, so they didn't make as much as you might expect. The boys are worth ten times what the girls are worth, because they can profit from future recordings of their songs (such as the Mamma Mia movies), while the girls get income only from their old recordings (such as the ABBA GOLD record.) Anna-Frid married a prince later in life, who has since died, so she probably inherited a large portion of his estate. The entire group lost a lot of money because they let their manager invest it and the investments failed.
@@TheNameOfJesus Agnetha must get some money from her own songs. Only one made it onto an Abba studio album (not surprising given the competition) but she's written quite a number of hit records for herself and others both pre and post ABBA that have been successful in Europe and elsewhere. In addition she has recorded about a dozen solo albums both pre and post ABBA totalling several million sales. Her first post ABBA album sold 1.5 million in its first year. Her net worth on several sites is reported as around $200 million. Bjorn at around $300 million. These are probably not accurate numbers but I doubt the boys are worth ten times as much.
There break through song was “Waterloo” in 1974. They are with out question, together with The Beatles, the best band that ever made music. Listen to all there songs, and you will find your self in many different emotions. For a upbeat feeling try to listen to “I do, I do, I do, I do, I do”. Or even better “Does Your Mother Know”.
Wowwww! Together with "the Beatles", really? A good band yes, but, NOT one that transcends their era. Therefore, not even close to being in the same "sport", let alone the same "league" as The Beatles.
@@gp3646 If you think how many songs or albums did each band the difference is important: BEATLES +180 songs 13 albums ABBA +120 songs 9 albums if you think the leads BEATLES leads 60s ABBA leads 70s if you think post split ABBA had a new revival with movies and musicals I believe that BEATLES was the greatest band of all times but ABBA was inmediatly behind Them
@@gp3646 you have to go through all their Albums. 80 percent of their songs were great and most of the others good. Not just the few that most people have heard off hand and love. Masterpieces that revolutionised genres or are works that still stand as utterly unique without compare are in there in quantities that other bands except the beatles haven't come close to on the whole. Lyric writing, as well as composition wise. And then that sound. Now don't get me wrong. The 70s were a big time full of revolutionary advancements in music. ABBA really did a lot more than most realise in todays world. Have a look.
The legendary Agnetha Faltskog eventually became something of a recluse; escaping the public eye that turned ABBA into one of the biggest pop groups in the world. In their heyday they had little critical acclaim but sold by the armful. One suggestion is that the group was Sweden's second biggest export after Volvo cars!
I promise you will love these other songs by Abba, and they will be right there at the top of your playlist. These are the songs: Knowing Me, Knowing You ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-iUrzicaiRLU.html Fernando ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-dQsjAbZDx-4.html Dancing Queen ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-xFrGuyw1V8s.html Super Trooper ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-BshxCIjNEjY.html SOS I'm sorry, will add this link tomorrow.
The feature about this song is that the lyrics were written by Bjorn, the guy who plays the acoustic guitar, for his ex-wife Agnetha, the girl who sings it. "But tell me does she kiss, like I used to kiss you?..."
Love a bit of ABBA. One of those groups that have an immense back catalogue of great songs. The harmonies between the two singers were absolutely brilliant. I would recommend a couple of songs I don’t think anyone has mentioned yet: Chiquitita and Summer Night City. :)
More ABBA? Their breakup/post-breakup stuff is the best, and even appears beyond the end of ABBA itself: Knowing Me, Knowing You Like An Angel Passing Through My Room SOS Our Last Summer I Know Him So Well (post-ABBA, from the musical "Chess") Story Of A Heart (post-ABBA, Benny Andersson Orchestra song) Other (non-breakup) ABBA gems: Super Trouper One Man, One Woman Slipping Through My Fingers Lay All Your Love On Me Andante, Andante Fernando Gimme, Gimme, Gimme The Day Before You Came ...and that's just a start.
Nice to see you for first time And with your first reaction to the Swedish pop group ABBA, that leads in the 70s (the decade after BEATLES) ABBA was an acrostic with the initials of their first names (and was two couples too): Agnetha (blonde singer) & Björn (guitarist songwriter) Benny (barder pianist songwriter) & Anni Frid (brunette singer) ABBA recording between 1972/1982 and was famous to win the Eurovision Song Contest in England 1974 with your iconic song "Waterloo" ABBA had more than 20 worldwide hits, included: Waterloo Mamma Mia Fernando Dancing Queen Take a chance on me "The winner takes it all" (1980) is a Masterpiece of ABBA And a fantasic interpretation by the lead singer, the blonde Agnetha Fältskog, with Her emotional and powerful voice (She has a sopramo voice) The lyrics is about a divorce story, writen by the guitarist Björn and singing by his ex wife Agnetha It's one of the most heartbroken songs ever It was a performing in Germany TV The next song in this show was "Super Trouper", with lead voice by the brunette Anni Frid would you like to react this? I give you the link ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-1V_CpamITxY.html I hope to see you with more reactions to ABBA songs My best regards Stay safe
You go girl. I never manage to get past the second verse without tearing up neither :) Playing by the rules. Damn rules. This song hits home WAY too close
Cuz they cant... Abba was without a "once in a life time" phenomenon. Even if music was still based on skill and talent, they couldnt match this. The fact that skill and talent has almost nothing to do with music anymore, anyhope of someone making something even remotely close to this is a pipe dream. Thanks to technological advancements you dont actually need talent to be a musician these days. As long as you get 14 year old girls soak their panties or have enough cleavage to make 14 year old boys show up even if they dont like the music, youre golden. If you cant sing or play doesnt matter, that can be fixed in post porduction. What you CANt fix in post production is someones face. So... they prioritizes hot people with no talent. This is why 50% of Paradise Hotel bimbos gets fakking record deals after the show ends.
Greetings from Sweden! I'm so glad you liked this song. :) My mother is swedish. When I was a boy I used to go fishing with my mom a lot, and she being a huge ABBA fan she always played ABBA tapes in the car, so I became a fan from an early age. This song is so beautiful and hauntingly sad at the same time. I believe anyone can relate to it in a personal way.
Great Comments. A very emotional song for you and much more emotional for Agnetha! (It's rumored that she cried when she first read the words that her ex-husband wrote about their divorce!)
Thanks Empress! ABBA seemed to gain more appreciation after they broke up. They were popular back then but there was also an "anti-disco" element that unfairly hurt some artists. Some people felt that popular music was one of two things--either it was good old rock-'n-roll OR it was "fake", like disco. ABBA had the silly outfits and disco affiliation that alienated some people. But their songwriting and talent has endured the test of time. They wrote some of the best stuff of the '70's.
This song I dedicated to my mom that she pass away 25 years ago, she love to hear this song, and every time I hear this I feel so sad 😭 literally I cry.
Lovely Reaction Empress...:) Such is the power of a Music Video and this was a wonderful example as this is about THEM ( despite denials ) and this is about the singer's Divorce with the guitarist standing right NEXT to her AND he wrote the song, as well !!! Can you imagine from HER point of view singing this then ?
It really annoys me that Bjorn wrote this song for his coming ex-wife, Agnetha who sang this song. I really can't believe how strong she was to sing this song. It was a beautiful song but VERY SAD.
Since you liked her voice here, do look up Abba's 1982 performance of "The Day before you came". It is very similar in theme but the impact is so much greater I think. She looks beautiful there too and, as a bonus, you also get the other lady vocalising in the chorus.
When you're 10 you can like Dancing Queen (as many ABBA fans were then), you've got to be a lot older and to have gone through the mill to realise how great this song is.
You've gone and done it now! Abba Oh my!! you have to listen to all Abba songs now, The Blonde lady Agnetha I had a crush on her when I was young 😁💖 she's gorgeous!! Thanks Empress!! looking forward to more Abba :)
Welcome to the "rabbit hole" of ABBA music, they have so many hits you can't imagine, second to the beatles they are the most succesful group in the world.
Seeing you so emotional makes us all even more emotional to such an emotional song. It was a pleasure to find your channel :) Nils from Stockholm Sweden.
