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I liked your video very much. I think it’s a nice way to explain and deconstruct every aspect of the song.

"Beeyurn". 😣

A fantastic analysis. So entertaining. I love the way you put these posts together- you deserve so much more attention PP.

Absolutely, their Best.

I noticed you have referenced some song as a ´demo’, maybe you are referring to the three song demo that Dave Gilmore recorded to send to EMI, if that is the case, then it would be The Saxophone Song, Man with a Child in his eyes, and Passing Through Air ( not on this album). Love your work by the way.

My favorite album they produced is Scar. I still listen to it almost daily. Every time I hear more about Mikki, I respect her even more. That said, I'd like to hear more about Emma too. Having the opportunity to hang with them would have been a privilege. The skirts were an excellent look for her. I find the skirts over leggings to be a classic look no matter who wears them. it makes my heart leap a bit. I hope that doesn't sound weird.

Thanks, especially spending a bit of time on the deep cuts, Road Ode is a great song and it’s very fitting to have it just before the reprise, it sort of nicely put everything together

Great reaction. Awesome insight. Prince live was often quite different then Prince studio. When Prince played this, it was soon after wardrobe malfunctiongate and the censors were at high alert. So when Prince played his guitar behind the giant sheet, his guitar was a giant phallic symbol and was Prince snubbing the censors (who he had a longtime feud with). Also the Foo Fighters were hanging with Neil Peart and Rush when unbeknownst to them Prince was covering Best of You. Someone ran out to tell them Prince was covering them at the Superbowl. They said "cool"!. He did this because they covered Darling Nikki without telling him. Prince was the only artist (as far as i know)who added multiple covers to his Superbowl setlist. Sampling Queen, Dylan, CCR AND Foo Fighters. All live! No lip syncing like so many including you know who... Or air banding like Red Hot Chili Peppers(embarrassing). His motto:"Real music played by real musicians." Legendary performance. Master at his craft!! RIP Prince 🥰💜💜

There are 9 songs on The Visitors, and this song absolutely should have been on the album. I'm going to share something with you and I'm not sure how this will come across because it's so obscure and hard to remember how things turned out, timeline-wise, but I can tell you that there were different lyrics to 'When All Is Said And Done' and several other songs. Now, I'm not talking about the ones we all know about. Example: Why Did It Have To Be Me/Happy Hawaii, My Love My Life/Monsieur, Monsieur, Chiquitita/In The Arms Of Rosalita to name some. No, these were songs that I had heard before but from some place in the past that seemed to be erased. Like timelines were changed. Like a Mandela Effect considering the Bruce Springsteen album cover featuring a bandana in his back pocket that is now a baseball cap. If you don't know what I mean, look it up. *** Anyway, I will tell you that I have written alternate lyrics before but there are some that I swear did have different lyrics, like One Of Us, and even that old silly song Dum Dum Diddle (both of these I remember as I've posted them on one of my blogs; different-same-songs.blogspot.com/ if you wanna check) as you can see One Of Us is posted there as I recalled it from where, I don't know. Then the lyrics of Vanuatu (Dum Dum Diddle) and these to me are the original and finite lyrics. Vanuatu is a place like Hawaii, but much further in the south seas. Given that they did Happy Hawaii in the same year as Arrival (that includes this weird song called Dum Dum Diddle) it's not too far fetched to make the "island themed" connection. And Arrival as mentioned before does have a couple of songs that do indeed have alternate lyrics that they recorded; Happy Hawaii & Monsieur, Monsieur (although the latter is still unreleased and you can only hear it as part of an interview with talking over it) anyway... *** There are different lyrics that I recall. But again, I couldn't tell you *how* I came to know them or why they're in my head. My blogger of alternate lyrics is for the most part my own lyrics telling different stories, but One Of Us and Vanuatu are, I feel, not mine. Like those two songs were indeed written by Bjorn. And I'll share some notes with you about other songs. There are different lyrics to; Head Over Heels (drastic changes, and it's about a woman like in 'Elaine') Lay All Your Love On Me (drastic changes, and it's more about dancing and rhythm) Our Last Summer (heavily changed and more about a reoccurance every summer) Slightly different lyrics to; Fernando (In many years, I haven't seen a rifle in your hand) Eagle (And I dream that we all take wing) (Is it true I can just take wing) (And I dream I can just take wing) The Winner Takes It All ~which was oddly in Mamma Mia (The gods may throw the dice) (I don't wanna talk, cause it makes me feel sad) *** I will share with you the original lyrics to When All Is Said And Done. Frida once said she poured all of her sadness into the song and this lyric is what I remember and the sound of her voice, sadder than what we hear in this timeframe, would show why she would make that statement. In the lyrics we are seeing and hearing now, the song isn't really that sad. It's almost as if she's singing about an event that will repeat, like a holiday of sorts. But here are what I believe to be the original lyrics, as I remember them... *** Here we go Down the road Another path to face Deep inside We can't hide How fast we seemed to race Hard getting past the heartache All seems lost and nothing won When the summer's over And the dark clouds hide the sun Neither you nor I'm to blame When all is said and done In our lives We have pined On strange and lonely treks To repeat Pain and defeat Words can be too complex We're going in different steps No sense feeling regret It takes a toll, on the soul And when it had begun Neither you nor I'm to blame When all is said and done There were days I had some hope That things would change for us Smoke and haze I tried to cope Another lost dream that was Clear-headed and open eyed The distance of us so wide Standing calmly at the crossroads No desire to run There's no hurry anymore When all is said and done Raising one last toast to our love One last wish may come Sailing free to every shore When all is said and done *** This is mostly what I recall. But again, I really couldn't tell where or how I remember all of this. It's just, I don't know. Like Bjorn, I'm a songwriter too, so it's probably some connection in the ether that us musicians and writers are all a part of. Something that has always been with us. Holding us. Connecting us. I know you know that connection too. That it's part of you, as well as me. And Bjorn. And ABBA. And so on...

Yaaay, finally 😃😍 Now you know why I wanted you to do a reaction to this one. 😁

Great reaction and analysis. Frida had done story-telling before: Fernando; Money, money, money; One man, one woman; I wonder (departure) to take a few. In her solo career before and during the ABBA period she did loads of songs that were stories and with very good narrative in the Swedish language (sorry not in English but none the less more than great!). You have to take my word for it, said the Swede! 😉

This is the only downright bad ABBA-song that I know about.

Another great reaction from you - thanks! I've always loved this song and felt so sad that it wasn't on the album. But you're right that it might have been too close to When All Is Said and Done in terms of structure, sound etc. And ABBA always made very heterogenous albums, a little of this and a little of that. They never stuck to one sound og concept. So even though each album had a certain ambience, they were always inconsistent in terms of style, themes etc. So, in that regard, it was a very ABBA thing to do to put Two for the Price of One on the Visitors in stead of Should I Laugh or Cry, which in my opinion is a far better song. Hearing Frida's vocals on this song isolated is a really wild and wonderful thing.

Lovely to get some PP Abba angles again!

Great to see you back, Io, and I totally enjoyed your analysis of this moody and thoughtful ABBA song .. Admittedly, it's one I haven't given much attention to in the past, but your breakdown of the various individual components shed some new light and appreciation of it for me .. Particularly how technically and emotionally powerful Frida's vocal is .. Thank you !

I absolutely adore the verses of this song.... but the 'chorus'/middle 8/whatever always feels quite misplaced (musically even more than lyrically) It takes a very abrupt turn from intriguingly melodic to somewhat cheesy, predictable and cliched. But that's just to my ears. Personally I feel 'Cassandra' is a much stronger B-Side track from that time frame.... although recorded after 'The Visitors' had been released possibly. And I'm really glad that Frida's vocals having been getting the recognition for so long now... after them being relegated to second to Agnetha's in many listeners during the 70's 80's and 1990s by mant people

Thx, The visitors album is one of the very first to be recorded, arranged and "transcribed" entirely digitally in their new studio. It is clean that benny and Michel tretow have experimented with the new capabilities of their equipment. Various effects are heard, vocoder without a dedicated device at the time via the mixer, we can hear it on "when all is said or done", a little more on, "Two for the price of one" and A lot present on, Under Attack. On some of the last tracks perhaps they also used an "autotune" effect, before its time.

11:38 Like the background brass in The Jacksons - Can you feel it?

Love your ABBA videos. You're so creative and on point. I prefer this song on The Visitors album rather than Two For The Price Of One. It's not a bad song, but it's an unwanted distraction. Aside from Super Trouper, none of the 80s songs featuring Frida as lead vocalist were released as singles. Not even When All Is Said And Done. Just a little note: fix the names in the description before some fans call you ignorant. Unfortunately, there are plenty of those among us.

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I really like how you broke down. I have an appreciation for this song now!

Always love when you do an ABBA vid. Pleeeeeease do a Super Trouper album vid I neeeeeed it

Please do I Am the City!!

Love that you did this!!! Such an underrated song. Thanks for highlighting the musicians too :)

Two For The Price Of One should have been ditched and Should I Laugh Or Cry should have replaced it on the album.

By the way, I love the Large Marge clip. When I was a teenager way back in the mid-80s when Big Adventure came out, I worked in a movie theater which played it. I used to love going in and watching the audience reaction during that part. Everything about Big Adventure is sheer 80s brilliance.

I'm in camp 'shoulda been on the album'. I've always felt that. I don't get Benny's assessment that it didn't have the same production values as the other Visitors songs. And yes, I think it could have easily replaced Two for the Price of One. Granted, that song kind of is a counter-balance to the darker tones of the Visitors, but it's also always been my least favorite of this collection. I think it's a brilliant song. It was eventually included as a 'bonus' track on a later remastered version of The Visitors which I think was a good idea. I also love You Owe Me One and I think that could have been included also.

Very nice video

Love ❤ Frida! Love ❤️🅰️🅱️🅱️🅰️! Great analysis and delivered in an entertaining way...doubly good 👌 Take care! Love ❤️ from Chile 🇨🇱🤗😘👍

they are musicians unlike the crap that is churned out now

This song deserved a single release in its own right. It's a more mature, adult pop ABBA. Definitely as worthy as the other A sides from The Visitors

This is one of my favourite ABBA songs, it's just perfection and it deserved a good place in The Visitors. Sometimes I don't understand Benny's perception of their songs.

I can never have enough of your reactions to ABBA. Please keep them coming!

It was only the picture disc edition One of Us where Should I laugh or cry that had the count in if I remember correctly. A great song, and well above You owe me one as a B side. And, the lyrics is typically ABBA grown up moodiness. Thanks

The Visitors is the best album.

This song always makes me cry. Is that corny or what?

Still such a great video I just re-watched it!

I went to St Joseph's Convent Preparatory School in 1968. It was basically the same school, although obviously co-ed.

" All Along the Watchtower " is a song by American singer-songwriter Bob Dylan from his eighth studio album, John Wesley Harding (1967). The song was written by Dylan and produced by Bob Johnston. But you are right in that Jim Hendrix's cover was probably the more well known. ALSO, DID YOU KNOW that Bob Dylan was a Minneapolis boy too, just like Prince was?

Thank you for your reaction to this Carpenters song. Please also react to their song, "A Place To Hideaway" - Peace.

Richard Carpenter did all the arrangements and worked closely with the recording industry best musicians of the era.

She was incredible. I knew every word to every song. She and her brother would just leave you breathless after every song. In my day there were no production tricks. All raw voices

Quite simply Karen just captures the ❤ and stays there simply magnificent.

"Eye Hate U" for me. Not even close. It's my favorite Prince song. The big hit from that album was "Most Beautiful Girl In The World." though, but "Eye Hate U' was making the rounds at the karaoke moreso.