LOVE IS A BATTLE? Abba - Waterloo REACTION!!! 

A song by a Sweedish band singing in English about the defeat of a French general in Belgium.

ABBA won the Eurovision song competition with this.

ABBA FOREVER...............Not a battle, she is saying she tried to avoid love, and she finally "lost" and is kind of ,'"surrendering" to love....or finally giving in to love.....do "chiquitita" "Fernando" "SOS".....They have a ton of hits..

This won the eurovision song contest back in the day . . .

ABBA was underappreciated! I love ALL of their music!

Abba realized that if they were to make a bid for international success they would have to sing in English. But the women in Abba did not speak English, so they sang this song phonetically. Later they became fluent

I watched ABBA on Eurovision 1974. My favorite. Had permission by mom to stay up to se the voting but I fell asleep, I was three.

ABBA has such great harmony! I recommend an ABBA-palooza with "Fernando," "S.O.S.," "Take a Chance on Me" and "Chiquitita." :-)

[ABBA are masters of pop songwriting, with my opinion. Amazing live performances, too. ]

Abba's music is a guilty pleasure for me.

The phrase: I have met my Waterloo, or He or She has met their Waterloo has since the 19th Century meant you surrender. Its not about the battle, its about inevitable surrender. So the song was about her falling for an man and surrendering to the man. Its the start of the relationship the song is about. I met him, could not resist him, surrendered to him..... that is the arc of the song

I LOOOVE ABBA since i was 11 years old.. they were huge for so many years.. swedish group, with one norwgian in it.. both of the couples were married here... lovefrom Norway 🇳🇴

This was the song that won them the Eurovision song festival back when I was in my late teens and living in Spain.

ABBA THE BEST POP GROUP OF ALL TIME

Here’s the funny part, both female singers are married to the two males in the group. It’s how they got their name ABBA. It’s a play on their names. Agentha, Bjorn, Benny and Anni.

The first album I ever bought was an ABBA album. They will live on as a legendary band and they possess a talent that many modern artists simply lack. "The Name Of The Game" was a favorite when I was a child.

ABBA people love them, or they are liars!!! Mega band with awesome songs!

people seem to either love Abba or hate them. I am more in the love camp.

ABBA FOREVER AND EVER..................Do "The day before you came". And for something completely different "I wonder (Departure)". ABBA did it all. Thanks for the music ABBA.

The greatest ever Eurovision song. Voted top many times.

ABBA a pop machine.. Infectious

Waterloo is my favorite ABBA song EVER!!! 🥰🔥🥰

Waterloo was inevitable. Napoleon couldn't continue without facing off against the British at some point, so when they talk about meeting your Waterloo, it's about finally facing something that you have been avoiding, knowing you couldn't avoid it forever. While the woman portrayed in the sung loses the battle, she gains the love of the man, so she "wins when I lose". It's so upbeat because she is happy that he won past her defences and made her surrender. It's the classic playing hard to get story.

Do the music video of Knowing Me Knowing You and Take A Chance on Me!!! They are great

As the lovely Pat Benatar said "love is a battlefield"

Abba is so good

I love ABBA. How about those boots tho! LOL

India, you nailed the allure of ABBA. Their songs are catchy, and sometimes it takes a few minutes for the lyrics to sink in. If you haven't listened to other songs, I encourage it.

It was a "glow battle", they won the Eurovison song contest with it, that is also why it's short, I think there is max 3 minute long songs in that contest.

There is a saying in the UK that when someone is facing/meets their waterloo they are about to encounter one's ultimate obstacle and to be defeated by it: “After beating dozens of challengers, the champion finally met his Waterloo.” It does owe its origins to the battle.

Abba is one of those guilty pleasures....lol

I saw Eurovision when they represented Sweden with this performance in 1974. I was 8 years old and after that they were my Idols. In 1977 I saw them live in Sweden just 80 kilometers from where I lived, a full concert.

We really need to bring back the stare-directly-at-the-person-you're-singing-with technique . . .

The song is a paean to those who swear they will never let themselves fall in love, but ultimately they are defeated, because as we all should know, love is not democratic. The heart wants what it wants. Abba were a class act and made some of the greatest pop music ever made, whether one liked that kind of music or not, it cannot be denied. At one time they were Sweden's top export, even beating Saab, Sweden's top automobile manufacturer. Hilarious watching you go all girly as you checked out the girl's fashions. Shine on India.

Yay, love Abba! Please do more - like Chiquitita and the gorgeous instrumental piece Arrival. How about some more Smokie stuff too, anything from the 70s & early 80s with the original lead singer Chris Norman, like Don't Play Your Rock N Roll, Lay Back in the Arms of Someone, Do To Me, Oh Carol, Wild Wild Angels, etc.

this is the song they won the Eurovision Song Contest with in 1974 and propelled them into superstardom

Song from my childhood in the USSR

love ABBA.....more please!!!!! thx

All four were married couples during much of their career. Bijorn (guitarist) was married to Agnetha (girl in blue) and the other girl, Frieda, was married to the keyboardist, Benny. Incredible band that sold out a week straight of shows at a time!

You should do a reaction on ABBA's The day before you came. Its hauntingly beautiful and very different.. A lot darker than the earlyer songs and i love it!!

Thank you for the music, another ABBA favourite.

Ever know someone you just didn't want to fall for. Only to fall for them. That's Waterloo.

Catchy. Can't get more catchy than Waterloo.

ABBA was one of the biggest Pop-Rock groups of the 1970s. They had a number of hit records here in the US. In 1980, Burger King and ABBA had a special promotion. When someone bought a Whopper Meal, the purchaser would receive a copy of ABBA's latest 45-RPM single. I can't remember the names of the songs on the record.

One of many,many great ABBA songs..please do more ABBA reactions....

When you meet your "Waterloo" it means you have met your "Better".

Welcome to the 70's...

The star-shaped guitar and platforms mark this as the final peak of a style known as Glam Rock (purveyed in Britain by Marc Bolan and David Bowie, but which also spread to groups as various as Led Zeppelin, Kiss and The Osmonds). In our age that would probably mark you for life, but musical trends and imagery moved on pretty quick and they had to adapt to later developments such as the disco boom and even early eighties cold wave synths.

One of those songs, if you were alive when it was charting on the radio, you heard it a million times and that wasn't enough.

If you like ABBA at all you need to hear "take a chance on me".

Abba's back catalogue of singles is so well known in the UK it's like mother's milk, but this is the one that really kicked it off. As a pop group in an age of the great pop/rock devide (serious artists did albums), they appeared to lack credibility, but their material was every bit as strong melodically and lyrically as those who were perhaps more highly acclaimed at the time.

Meeting your "Waterloo" is an old saying that means "surrendering". In this case she is surrendering to the advances of her "guy". So not literally a war. Just the eternal "battle/struggle" of LOVE. Thanks for reacting to ABBA. They sure knew how to write and sing catchy songs.

Napoleon was defeated twice. The first time he was forced to abdicate as Emperor of France, and exiled to Elba, a small island in the Mediterranean. After a few months, he escaped and returned to France with about 700 men. He marched on Paris and army units sent to intercept him joined his cause. This started a period called The Hundred Days. Within a few months he gathered an army of 200,000 men. He was defeated by allied forces at the Battle of Waterloo. This time he was exiled to Saint Helena in the South Atlantic, which is one of the most remote islands in the world. He died there. The phrase "to meet one's Waterloo" was used for a long time to mean to meet an ultimate obstacle and be defeated by it. The song is using this metaphor. The singer has resisted love, but has been overcome by it. They have met their Waterloo.

Remember She Says - "I Win When I Lose" Which May Mean That Even The Greatest Defeat Can Lead To The Greatest Victory (PERSONAL BEST.)

This makes me want to watch "Muriel's Wedding" again! Love, love, love ABBA!

They looked so young. Maybe because they were. Then they started to write hit song after hit song.

Did you know the did the whole album with out knowing english. Latter on they did learn to speak and sing english!

The sound of this song is based on See my Baby Jive by the British group Wizard. So Abba's producer and co-writer Stig Anderson said.

So glad I found your channel, love it.

Simply amazing. Loved how you were able to read that text. Your eyes are lovely, and face expressions are cute.

Their music was very fun in 70s. It was a great alternative to Disco! I see your channel is growing fast! Cheers!

For some reason they never took off in America. They had some success here with songs like Dancing Queen. But in Australia? Good lord. That was their #1 fan base. I think after the Mama Mia movies came out and with the A Teena covering their music in the early 2000's they're more popular here now than they were in the 70's. Crazy!

ABBA - DANCING QUEEN

Gauchos! I wore them with boots as well....not sure what we were thinking....but I’d still rather be back in the 70’s then any other time....

Crazy 1974 fashions on display!

S.O.S is a great tune by these guys.... check it out

One of the first songs I remember won Eurovision Song Contest when I was 4

Please react to SOS, which is their landmark song during the earlier days. Later they had songs that have been interpreted to be about the personal relationships especially between Björn Ulvaeus and Angetha Fältskog. They were married since the early days of the band. "Winner Takes It All" is probably the most famous.

YOU... my girl... are are almost "having the time of your life" with this song!!!!!!! ;) ;)

ABBA - ESTOY SOÑANDO

ABBA - KNOWING ME KNOWING YOU

Sound-wise this song is based on See my baby jive by the British band Wizard . Abba said so when they were looking for a sound for the song.

Beatles...Abba...both the best in their field

Your expressions make me laugh girl! I love watching you! Soo funny!

Abba ...superbly talented

Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! (A Man After Midnight) - ABBA

I wish I could erase my memories and experience ABBA all over again. Damn.

When I come to the ATM, always singing ABBA's Money, Money, Money. Take a chance on me - ideal anthem of job seeker. If I to face an extremely difficult situation, as an astronaut in Ridley Scott's movie The Martian (the song plays in this movie), then this is the "Waterloo". Any armed conflict - Fernando. Wife left, listen to "The winner Takes it All" and feel better. Soundtracks for all living situation.

Hi, i`m an 55 year old german ABBA-Fan at the first time ( since 1974 Waterloo ) Please do me a favor and watch (privately) the musical film "Mamma Mia" with Meryl Streep, Pierce Brosnan, Colin Firth, Christine Baranski, ......! - only hits from Abba! Benny and Björn wrote a musical out of their hits. It was the most famous pop group of the 70s / 80s in Europe! PS: The scene at the pier - the man at the piano is Benny! :-) lg BJ

Check out "Ring Ring". They tried to get into the Eurovision with this one in 1973 but it didn't qualify. Agnetha was heavily pregnant with her first child at the time.

ABBA - I HAVE A DREAM

If Napoleon had blasted this before the Battle of Waterloo he might have won.

India, your commentary is great. You would love KD Lang doing Crying on MTV Unplugged.

Just love your reactions to this swedish music, lad to see it reach you lke this! Keep it up! :-)

The won the European song contest with this song and started their global fame with it

You oughta know that "glam rock", big outfits hair and makeup was all the rage at this time in England.

Waterloo is a village in Belgium, close to Brussels, and its where Napoleon was defeated by the British. Nice place to visit, with a big bronze lion on a hill looking over the battlefield! Come and visit us, Always welcome in Belgium

the song that launched them to superstardom!

ABBA - S. O. S.

ABBA is pop perfection.

Think of it as a catchy, upbeat version of "Can't Fight This Feeling Any More."

You revisited ABBA, good for you.

Can you PLEACE react to MORE ABBA songs🤩💖 Like "S.O.S.", "Money Money Money", "Take A Chance On Me", "Gimme! Gimme! Gimme!", "Fernando",... 🔥🔥🔥

That blue outfit!

In September ABBA release the new album

I love this song

There is a Waterloo Iowa town

is a metaphor

Hi You're very funny, you make me laugh at your reactions

1815 , Wellington stuck the boot in with a little help from the Prussians !