Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! (A Man After Midnight), performed by Victor Frankenstein | AAAH!BBA 

Sounds gud 👍

Truly a masterpiece, nice job

i love this. thank you, Brian.

Brian you beautiful creature

can't wait to have this in my spotify wrapped

Sweet Home Alabama

@@Noperare they're adopted siblings, but yes

Cousin/adopted sister/fiancée would have been more accurate but yeah I loved that that was included

In one edition she’s his orphaned cousin, in another edition she’s a random girl his parents adopted from a poor family for being pretyy

@@voidify3 for being prettier and whiter than the other poor kids, therefore deciding that she deserves to be raised by rich people. That bit was weird to read.

Intelligence: Frankenstein was the scientist Wisdom: Frankenstein was the real monster

@@loadeddice4696 How dare you do Brian like that

I mean, no matter the man's charm, playing "God" is dangerous and unwise. But that's too serious of a comment for a Halloween-themed cover of an old Abba song (That lowkey slaps)... which is a sentence I thought I'd never say, but here we are.

Imagine a gothic horror novel called "Gilbert"

Good to have you here, i want to propose to you a new way of looking at it. Dr. Frankenstein was the creature's creator aka its dad, which, legally, would make the creature a Frankenstein. So, looking at it this way, you could argue that the monster is called Frankenstein.

Congratulations, you have completely killed me.

@@Omnial12 well, on the bright side, you're under a song sung by frankenstein; becoming undead has never been more simple

Not even no NEGATIVE repercussions. No Repercussions at all. He can foresee absolutely nothing

WOAH

I DIDN’T EVEN REALIZE THAT

I keep replaying that part. There is crack in this I swear

1:23

There's still strings, but I get your point

And greener

And the monster's "Why did you make me so big? D:" XD

Spoilers bro🤚

Jesus why did you make me ugly snort on the subway (இωஇ )

Larger, greener Brian in a polo shirt, can’t forget the shirt

Stunned by this whole album

😏

_thinking_ D&D worthy line to make a character around?

@@Phoenixqueen77 it has to be a Wizard, or more fittingly, an Artificer!

@@moondustace5310 My money was on either some form of necromancer or warforged arti

Constitution is being made so big

@@SorowFame dexterity is not being killed by ur own creation

And really low intelligence is FIRE BAD!

@Oliver Olitia Natural One when rolling for stats.

@@poisonmantis4191 strength is having really big arms

Inner positivity - if you're alone, grow yourself

@@bonesawbulk Ah yes the best organic positivity.

@@justalostlocal organic positivity is the only kind I'll eat.

i dont know why youre surprised, abba has some pretty raw lines and their subject matter isnt even sewing a bunch of dead body parts together

Either you say that when your Viktor Frankenstein or trying to get laid

I like your profile pic

Mary Shelly woulda loved this

*body rolling in her grave

More like moonrolling

Mary Shelly is groovin in her grave

Brian knows what he did. He made that Emily Dickinson half rhyme joke in his perfect pokerap speech

@@enkays_den Emily Dickinson, Mary Shelley... it's all led to this.

I love the phrase "every time" here. Reassures me that I'm not the only one who's listened to this 20 times in the last day and a half.

@@padraiglohan i keep singing to myself, then putting it on, laughing in delight, going about my day. Then singing to myself. Etc etc, repeat ad nauseum. My husband is being driven crazy

It's a clear ref to Matt Berry

The more i think about it the more i think this whole album is kind of an intentional flex of his voice acting skills, and specifically his ability to sing in different voices. Each of these songs feature characters with distinct and very different voices and styles, and it really shows off his range. I hope it will bring more VA work his way in the future, I’d love to hear him in more things.

@@MemoryOfGravy I hope one day I can be playing some random-ass game and go "What the fuck? Is that Brian?" like already seems to happen with Matt Mercer.

@@voltscreamratty Yes! And I’d love to see him be the special guest star on a whole bunch more RU-vid and real-world shows in the same way Matt is, too.

@@voltscreamratty I always forget Matt is in Persona 5 and it throws me off every time I remember that it's him.

@@trickytreyperfected1482 same w/ me and fire emblem awakening. doesn't help that his character is the one i decided to simp for lmfao

Mothers deATH???

That detail gave me some strong "He-Man sings 'What's Going On?'"-vibes! (Come to think of it, BDG's whole genre of musical/visual comedy feels like a spiritual successor to that classic video)

1:02 im crying

But like, the dance floor

I was barely keeping it together and then "won't somebody help me come and dig up a grave" hit me like a truck

Gimme Gimme Gimme, a cover in just style

It’s just such a fucking raw flex, isn’t it? The song was already funny and clever and a certified bop, it had absolutely no business turning so hauntingly beautiful like that.

And don't forget the version of the book where she's his cousin

But she wasn't married to him at that point in the story. I sure hope someone got fired for that blunder.

First edition of the book its his half sister

She's his sister yes but also his cousin and wife.

I haven't read the book since high school. Was this supposed to be thematically related, or was it just a symptom of the time in which it was written?

oh to be a teacher playing halloween abba covers in the name of literature

There's... no profanity? In the original?

@@caitomoore2453 the original isn't about frankenstein's monster either...

@@medkip ah yes, Frankenstein, the classic Gothic horror story from the early 19th century known for its swears

Omg- sending this to my English teacher in the name of academics

and you can earn 20k a month being your own boss aswell!

Then he gets hired by Dropout when he was at peak hairiness, which gives him free reign to go any which way he pleases.

Absolutely none!!!!

This is a plan without flaw nor possibility of error

"What's the worse that can happen?" trope, but make it 18th century 😎

that's it, that's the entire book.

me every time I make another terrible decision

"cousin"

technically step siblings so 100% acceptable

@@call911pls8 pls read that back to yourself

@@call911pls8 whatever helps you sleep at night

@@coldcanada I feel like it's sarcasm but I can't be certain

This is so funny; thanks for pointing out this Easter egg!!

Put a smile on my face too, Pozidriv are just superior to Phillips in almost every way (still prefer Robertson head fasteners though)

in spite of his substandard molding, i must concede this

I feel like there's some sort of hidden thing in each song. Mummy, Mummy, Mummy was played in ragtime, so that was the easter egg there, this one is the Swedish screws for a Swedish pop band.

this is my favorite comment on this video good job

Absolutely

a full musical using only Abba music Mamma Mia that just crazy

Mamma MiAaaah! Coming to an off off off off off off off off Broadway performance Summer 2023

It’s almost a gesamtkunstwerk

This album is for the Swedes

Yes!! I feel like he should work with Starkids and have this be the concept pitch for a new musical

This is everything the Universal Monster Cinematic Universe wished it would be

They could make a musical out of this! oh wait...

honestly i think every bdg character are all in one connected universe

YES!!

@@p0tat__ doesn't this album confirm that? (killer robot featuring twin^2)

Put this man in Frankenstein: a new musical and I wouldn't notice the change

​@@AdamOfIngolstadtLITERALLY. If you took out the joke at the start and showed someone this as a new addition to the musical nobody would question it

Something in the vein of 'The Evil Dead' stage show. I won't be complete til I see that in person. I would love to see BDG do a Frankenstein musical or even some kind of mash up of horror standards as a musical. Fertile ground man.

You're describing rocky horror

kind of like the guy who didnt like musicals

@@brenankean6634 ehhh kind of, except that was all original soundtrack, and part of the draw of a jukebox musical is the new context for familiar songs

facts

Pretty that's cause it's a reference to mgsv

@@shreddedyeet and ya know... Frankenstein

@@nahometesfay1112 Wait was that also in Frankenstein? I didn't read the book, so Imma look real dumb if it is.

@@shreddedyeet no it's not. Sorry I didn't realize you meant it was literally the words from mgsv. Frankenstein has similarly raw lines tho like "Why did you form a monster so hideous that even you turned from me in disgust?" And "Cursed, cursed creator! Why did I live? Why, in that instant, did I not extinguish the spark of existence which you had so wantonly bestowed? I know not; despair had not yet taken possession of me" that's what I meant; the line while pretty raw for ABBA is in line with Frankenstein

"I created you to just play the damn fiddle!"

What useful parts could you offer to a monster thats already fully composed of BDG?

Miette vibes

@@jimmyisawkward why the fuck did it translate to crumb vibes

Dear lord could you imagine Jeff and Brian collabing? The sheet unhinged energy would be staggering

Holy shit thats the stuff of dreams i wanna see that shit before i die

dream collab

I didn't expect to see a Starkid fan here. But I absolutely agree.

Oh my god, it is!!

I mean, she was adopted… but she was also his cousin. It’s a complicated relationship.

@@Tlizerz Wait is Frankenstein an anime?

@@loadeddice4696 Honestly, it could be! For real, though, Junji Ito did a great manga adaptation. I highly recommend it.

@@Tlizerz Oh, thanks for the knowledge, guess that's what I'm reading tonight

@@Tlizerz junji ito freaks me the fuck out, ill give that a read

The pieces all fall into place when you remember he's got a creative writing degree

Lmao the sister/wife thing made me laugh

i mean its true

the book's weird. She's not biologically related to him, but she was an orphan raised by his parents, so they grew up like brother and sister, and, yeah, well, it's weird.

@@rebeccahicks2392could be considered roughly equivalent to step siblings. It’s all weird as you might expect from rich people in that era

Yeah in the book Victor marries his adopted sister. Key word adopted.

666 likes. leaving a spooky comment instead.

yes

Yup, that was Shelley’s point!

Obviously it’s a classic so it’s hardly underrated but man do more people need to read Shelley’s book. The original Universal 30’s film shaped so much of our perception of the characters. How many people know that the Monster is quite well spoken and well read?

Honestly victor is more of a gray charactet tbh

@Jay Sadler Man, the wording of kid clearly wasn't meant to refer to the creature being his biological child, simply how he practically made a being (similar to what parents do) and then didn't feel like handling the situation so he ran (similar to abandoning it). The friend he made and killed is the monsters bride (which I'm not saying you missed) which the monster forced Frankenstein to create that Frankenstein then destroyed out of fear for what would happen (similar to killing it, though it wasn't technically alive yet). And in the interest of fairness I think the general understanding of Frankenstein is that what the doctor did was wrong and that the world was wrong to think his creation a monster and ostracize it. Which is reasonably summarized as the humans were at least equally monstrous as "Frankensteins monster", making Frankenstein a monster. Lastly I shall mirror your closing statement; I think you don't want to accept that your understanding might not be the common one and that you believe you having your opinion means that any opposing opinion is wrong. Go learn to be less ridiculing

You'd have to play the song after finishing the book. It contains a big spoiler about the ending.

@@aliciacognevich6144 Teens know how Frankenstein ends, even if they don't know the specifics, and a throwaway line like that will probably just peak their interest. As a teacher, I'm not usually worried about "spoilers" for this kind of classic work that's referenced all the time.

@@perfectapple They know it doesn't end well for Victor, but I've met zero teens who know the creature goes to set himself on fire on a glacier. That's the spoiler I was referring to. Edit: Most people don't even know the creature could speak. This is a great song though. Drunk History's Frankenstein is also good.

… what video. This is a weird parody of a 70s song children have never heard.

@@fashnek -a fucking banger 70s song excuse you-

I'm having a difficult time choosing a favorite between this and Lay All Your Blood on Me.

@@Spectralyzed i think it depends on what you prefer. Gimme Gimme Gimme is better if you want the mood of the song to completely shift to match the tone of the villian, tragic and lonely, whereas Lay All Your Blood on Me matches the tone of the original song perfectly and is also about vampires, with neither detail taking away from the other

@@Spectralyzed I was literally going to write down the same thing, even though SOS is also pretty good

How much do we have to pay to make this a reality

And every character is played by Brian

An iceberg brand cooler

Wheres the kickstarter?

it should be a broad pastiche of Xanadu though

i foresee no repercussions to this

@@katie5822”What have I dooOOOONE!?”

SAMEEEE

This one remains my absolute fave of the AAAH!BBA album, for sure. Why is it so good???

I keep coming back after months away to binge on it for a week

frankenstein dropped out of med school. so frankenstein was just a guy not a doctor

Actively gave me spoons

The captions say *amazing synth riff* and *here comes that incredible synth riff* when they come in

I guffawed at that. Someone's read the book!

Do you happen to remember the name of the original song?

@@Queleb1 gimme gimme gimme??

Nobody but BDG could have considered these jokes.

i read the book a little while ago and i’m so glad cos i get the jokes now

Brian David Genius. ;)

Brilliant Darn Genius

@@annajensen7360 nice

Brilliant Damn Genius

Brilliant Dancing Guy

Hey if you need to talk to someone then I'm available. I know I'm just some rando on the internet but I'd like to help if I can

I know that pain 😔 ❤️

Good luck bro

so when are you bringing it back to life

@@synclair6131 Look, I get the joke. It was funny, but maybe a little disrespectful. Idk just a thought

What's the timestamp i missed that line :0

Repercussions to this*

why are you on a first name basis with him

@@phi7534 I mean we could call him "Mr. Frankenstein" if you want, but he was a college dropout, he didn't get his doctorate. Read Frankenstein. Is good.

Now, we just need to put those pieces back together and we'll have come full circle.

i never knew i needed to have a spooky drag brunch until i read those three words combined

My kind of people

Did you finish said speech? Watching this and reading about the original incarnation of the story led me to all sorts of connections. Like Prometheus by Ridley Scott and the unrealized Frankenstien connections given the original subtitle, "The Modern Prometheus".

@@johnh6065 I'm halfway through that one. I've also decided to work on a speech on how Victor Frankenstein IS the monster, not The Creature. I'll try and send a link when they're done

@@lordmegatrondoesntdodarken5852 I think you should zag on that and declare the monster Frankenstein's creation. He knows what is good and evil and he gives in to his worst impulses killing innocents to get back at Victor. Van Helsing, as wacky a movie as it was, captured something by portraying the creature as a christ like figure determined to do good in an evil world. The strongest pathos in Mary Shelley's work is that two brilliant caring people destroyed their potential and those around them by fighting against each other.

I remember hearing that the Junji Ito manga was pretty faithful (and fixed the nonsense where Victor didn’t create a second creature due to nonsense fears about it procreating, but instead tries and fails)

This song inspired me to read the actual book.

Wow, Mamma Mia 3 has gotten weird

There actually is a Frankenstein musical! I haven't listened to the full soundtrack, but I sincerely hope this song is on it.

There is and the soundtrack is awesome, although not as good as this.

there is a frankenstein musical!! its super good, but this song isnt there.

@GhostBoast Yeah, and it’s pretty good! Amen and Modern Prometheus are my favourites from the soundtrack.

lmao i doubt victor created a man just to warm his bed :p ...i mean _unless_

why are you pitting two bad bitches against each other

@@kkw6170 hahaha i almost didn’t make this comment because I love Rocky Horror so much. They are both bad bitches!

BDG is Rocky Horror.

@@vigilantcosmicpenguin8721 u right

Yes.

Now I do

BDG lives rent free in my brain and he can stay as long as he likes

YES ❗ Especially doing a little boogie during "gimme gimme gimme"

You’re thinking of the stage version of Young Frankenstein

@Lee Habegger Young Frankenstein was the same era as ABBA, wasn’t it?

There is a Frankenstein musical fun fact

As the comments said, ye there is! 2 as far as i can tell. There is one based on the actual book (which is GREAT banger with cool aninatics made by fans. I HIGHLY recommend this one. If u like Jekyll and Hyde then Im sure u would like Frankenstein the Musical. 10/10 one of the best nonbroadway musicals in terms of its music imo.) and there is as the previous comments said, Young Frankenstein. Haven't listened to that one though :/ bc i didnt grow up with the movie so i havent seen it yet.

If you will find such a lyric breakdown please let me know! I very much agree that Brian needs to sing more I absolutely love his songs!!

you can see the lyrics (and funny annotations) if you turn on the captions!

@@rusipotam He has a band called The Altogether they’re really good !! He sings at least most of their tracks . Fair warning it’s not comedy though it’s all serious

*internal groaning* Well played

Well he was Polygon's resident jock after all

“Frankenstein enters a bodybuilding competition, he only realises too late he severely misunderstood the objective…” “FOR THE LAST TIME FRANKENSTEIN WAS THE DOCTOR!”

@@Jaydee-wd7wr "A doctor who built a body..."

you are a better person than a lot of us.

If I could travel back in time I would visit an ABBA concert

Quirky

@@aguyfromnz537 you’re going to comment that about a bdg audience member?

As an anime fan I'm glad to hear someone avoided becoming a basement-dwelling loser obsessed with ranking cartoon drawings on the internet like us

God, calling him "Vicky Frank" isn't even incorrect but it certainly is *wrong.*

Me the ALPHA M*LE of this comment section and me command RESPECT. Right now me telling you to NOT observe any of me nice cool sweet videos. Instead just look at me awesome good powerful thumbnails. Thank you, dear ann

@@quantumblauthor7300 thank you for seeing and appreciating my vision 😌

An untouchable masterpiece 😔

"Vicky Frank" makes him sound like a 1960s pop art gallerist.

YOU ARE SO RIGHT AND NOW I AM PARANOID Spotify needs to know that I am obsessed with these songs

Why are people liking this incredibly specific thing? I mean go off but WHAT.

I mean, both alchemists who created a monster with said alchemy, despite most adaptions having victor use electricity to create his.

@@runedoom True- and also both people who don't get nearly enough of the blame in their respective stories.