Said by someone, about this one: People don't realise it but this is truly one of the greatest masterpieces in modern pop music. No chorus, a double-beat that comes at intervals that feel right but you cannot put your finger on, an extremely mundane story that actually is so powerful from what it doesn't say. The feeling of sadness in the song, a contradiction given the implication it is about finding a new lover. There is so much it leaves you thinking about - just wonderful!
Love Frida's backing vocals on this one! Open-ended lyrics (great job, Björn), great performance by Agnetha and Benny's sinister synthesizers...👌 A true hidden gem. (8.5 to me) Hope to see you soon, guys ✌️ Love ❤️ from Chile 🇨🇱🤗👍
Masterpiece, just amazing... I was (at that moment when this song came out), waiting for a new album from ABBA, this song and Under Attack were incredible, the sound was so ahead from this time, and I wanted the new album with great anxiety... But the album never existed, and this was the last we had of ABBA until 40 years later...
This is one of my favorites. Beautiful haunting and very original song. The production and arrangement is fantastic. (It is in the early 80ties but it sounds warm and deep (compared to most music from that era!). I like to listen to it very loud and and let it flow all over me. So much details in the arrangement. I wish they continued on this path but sadly it was their last song for 40 years..
Original working title was 'The Suffering Bird".That was the very last Abba song recorded(Aug.'82) until the unexpected but glorious 2017 re-uniting sessions(Still have faith in You"/"Don't shut me down") Agnetha recorded her lead with the lights dimmed in the studio.Engineer M.Tretow recalls it was all a very sad atmosphere.After they finished they had all felt that this was really the end for the 4some.As if circle was sadly closed.....at the time.........
Benny said he told Agnetha to almost talk the song out instead of singing it. The effect was eerie and really amplified the stale existence some people feel in their lives living from day to day.
Tbh... back then and even for many years later on i couldn't realise it was Frida neither Agnetha.I thought it was some kind of sound effect or some external opera vocalist.Very versatile.Little did i know.
Una canción incomprendida en su tiempo y que no tuvo tanto exito ya que se alejaba del "estilo ABBA", pero los años y el tiempo supo hacer lo suyo y se le tomo como esta canción como de culto y con el grupo en sus últimos días o a poco tiempo para su separación.
There have been some analysis that I agree with that suggests the ending is not a good ending. In fact, the minor chords and fridas operatic background also suggest a tragic end. Of course everything is left to interpretation. But nothing to me seems happy. I'm not sure this meeting resulted in falling in love.
Completely different storytelling, non typical Abba-pop rather mature. Thought as their swan song musically and chronologically, beautifull haunting and sad. Both couples were divorced, even the video all four members were 'individuals' and introduced new actors. Unfortunately never got reception would deserved. Love extra back synth in 3. verse and the ending, like this is good bye as it was (untill 2021). 😥The song originally released in Abba the Singles:the first (and last) ten years-compilation in 1982, so actually came one year after Visitors-album.
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For decades I thought the song was about a woman who reflects what she did the day before her love entered her life. But since I heard Meryl Streep singing the song for Mamma Mia 2, I can't stop believing it is a song about a woman who reflects the day before she dies, thus before death appears, as Meryl obviously sang it from the other side. So, the song seems even more depressive than I always felt, though it could be a song with lots of hope and it's just me who is miserable and being manipulated by the sad sound. Haha. I don't know. I just like it, as it's a very theatrical or movie like them song. I really love the arrangement of Meryl Streep´s version with classical instruments though. It's not in the movie though. They didn't use it.
Just an FYI for you guys, I would suggest familiarizing yourself with a little Greek mythology before reacting to "Cassandra," one of my favorites. You need to know about what happened to Cassandra, and the curse placed on her by Apollo to understand the lyrics at all. I liked it anyway simply because I think it's a pretty song, but once I understood what Frida's singing about, it made a lot more sense.
Agree, but maybe they have already recorded the reaction. I think they mostly make two or three or four reactions at one day and then they release them bit by bit. You can see that as they are wearing the same clothes.
The contrast it produces is incredible. In its time it was almost ignored by critics and commercially. So much so that it was ABBA's biggest chart flop since "So Long" in 1974. But it was vindicated many years later in that UK TV special that chose the best ABBA song among all their singles. and "The day before you came" closed the podium, behind "Dancing Queen" in second place and the first place to "The winner takes it all" ABBA interpreted it opening its last express show in Germany 1982, during the first minute Agnetha is seen in solitude, until later the three remaining members appear (through a revolving platform, with Frida sitting at the piano) then the interpretation of Cassandra will come and finally "Under attack" (which you will see shortly) I prefer that version of "The day before you came", which is shorter, with a more abrupt ending, without fade out (That's why for me it's 7 pts live, but 6 pts if I listen only to the audio) The official video also features Agnetha alone, with a co-star, for the entire first half of the song. And just after the instrumental bridge, the three remaining members of ABBA appear, completely separated, disconnected from each other, on the stage of a theater or cinema, with Agnetha singing and the rest 'in a passive pose'. That video is a reflection of what ABBA was at that time before their breakup and at the same time their 10-year anniversary. "The day before you came" is the second longest of ABBA (only surpassed by "Eagle", by a couple of seconds) But I think that the final minute is left over For many it is a Masterpiece, for many it is the best ABBA song And surely you will have many comments and views here And it's perfect But for me it is one more song, routine like its rhythm and lyrics, it doesn't even enter my Top50 of the fantastic ABBA catalog with "The day before you came" For me the same applies as for the previous one "Like an angel passing through my room" I see them as if they were songs by solo singers, not by a group like ABBA as Björn and Benny have said, 90% of the ABBA sound is the combined voices of Agnetha and Frida, they together make the Magic of ABBA and in these songs for me that magic is missing But that's what it's all about, the variety of opinions and tastes, and sharing with respect in their diversity. best regards to all
Benny had said in some interviews that the song "the day before you came " was the most brilliant song lyrics Bjorn ever wrote. Bjorn has refused to reveal or explain the meaning behind the song's protagonist story telling. However, to me, "to come" is another word for "to ejaculate or to release semen" as a result of some sexual excitement. Average Americans will not readily key into the meaning cos in fac4, the Swedes are not just as prude or reserved as Americans on topics referring to sex. The swedes always let it all hangout!
@@The_Jupiter2_Mission i wasn't really over reacting but you can see it that way, it's fine. Bjorn is a clever lyricist and often times he has succeeded in hiding in plain sight serious topics with words. I know many examples.
One of their least successful singles to be released. It's more of an album track than anything else. It does divide fans as some think it a masterpiece whilst others think it a meandering dirge. It's not a masterpiece(a too overused descriptive these days) for me. The lyric gives no clue to whether the new guy turned out good or bad, nor does the music. It's left ambiguous I'm middling about it overall.
This is a hauntingly beautiful masterpiece ❤ 10 out of 10
Absolute perfection. It’s my #1 top favorite of theirs. A stone cold MASTERPIECE
Said by someone, about this one:
People don't realise it but this is truly one of the greatest masterpieces in modern pop music. No chorus, a double-beat that comes at intervals that feel right but you cannot put your finger on, an extremely mundane story that actually is so powerful from what it doesn't say. The feeling of sadness in the song, a contradiction given the implication it is about finding a new lover. There is so much it leaves you thinking about - just wonderful!
Love Frida's backing vocals on this one!
Open-ended lyrics (great job, Björn), great performance by Agnetha and Benny's sinister synthesizers...👌
A true hidden gem. (8.5 to me)
Hope to see you soon, guys ✌️
Love ❤️ from Chile 🇨🇱🤗👍
My top ABBA song! alongside The Visitors
Masterpiece, just amazing... I was (at that moment when this song came out), waiting for a new album from ABBA, this song and Under Attack were incredible, the sound was so ahead from this time, and I wanted the new album with great anxiety... But the album never existed, and this was the last we had of ABBA until 40 years later...
Somber song. Well sung. Love the backup vocals.
This is one of my favorites. Beautiful haunting and very original song. The production and arrangement is fantastic. (It is in the early 80ties but it sounds warm and deep (compared to most music from that era!). I like to listen to it very loud and and let it flow all over me. So much details in the arrangement. I wish they continued on this path but sadly it was their last song for 40 years..
Original working title was 'The Suffering Bird".That was the very last Abba song recorded(Aug.'82) until the unexpected but glorious 2017 re-uniting sessions(Still have faith in You"/"Don't shut me down")
Agnetha recorded her lead with the lights dimmed in the studio.Engineer M.Tretow recalls it was all a very sad atmosphere.After they finished they had all felt that this was really the end for the 4some.As if circle was sadly closed.....at the time.........
This song always gets voted their best song ever in fan polls!
This was revolutionary
Benny said he told Agnetha to almost talk the song out instead of singing it. The effect was eerie and really amplified the stale existence some people feel in their lives living from day to day.
Indeed told her to sing like an ordinary woman. Luckily she can't sing 'ordinary'. Still maybe might got better reception?
Best song ever written
The 'somebody' who sings the operatic background vocals is Frida... 😍
Tbh... back then and even for many years later on i couldn't realise it was Frida neither Agnetha.I thought it was some kind of sound effect or some external opera vocalist.Very versatile.Little did i know.
@@christianoazzuro6711 At some point we are all smarter ☺
Una canción incomprendida en su tiempo y que no tuvo tanto exito ya que se alejaba del "estilo ABBA", pero los años y el tiempo supo hacer lo suyo y se le tomo como esta canción como de culto y con el grupo en sus últimos días o a poco tiempo para su separación.
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There have been some analysis that I agree with that suggests the ending is not a good ending. In fact, the minor chords and fridas operatic background also suggest a tragic end. Of course everything is left to interpretation. But nothing to me seems happy. I'm not sure this meeting resulted in falling in love.
Completely different storytelling, non typical Abba-pop rather mature. Thought as their swan song musically and chronologically, beautifull haunting and sad. Both couples were divorced, even the video all four members were 'individuals' and introduced new actors. Unfortunately never got reception would deserved. Love extra back synth in 3. verse and the ending, like this is good bye as it was (untill 2021). 😥The song originally released in Abba the Singles:the first (and last) ten years-compilation in 1982, so actually came one year after Visitors-album.
For decades I thought the song was about a woman who reflects what she did the day before her love entered her life. But since I heard Meryl Streep singing the song for Mamma Mia 2, I can't stop believing it is a song about a woman who reflects the day before she dies, thus before death appears, as Meryl obviously sang it from the other side. So, the song seems even more depressive than I always felt, though it could be a song with lots of hope and it's just me who is miserable and being manipulated by the sad sound. Haha. I don't know. I just like it, as it's a very theatrical or movie like them song. I really love the arrangement of Meryl Streep´s version with classical instruments though. It's not in the movie though. They didn't use it.
It was really about after they split up she couldn't just go back to the way it was before they met.She was hurting.
Just an FYI for you guys, I would suggest familiarizing yourself with a little Greek mythology before reacting to "Cassandra," one of my favorites. You need to know about what happened to Cassandra, and the curse placed on her by Apollo to understand the lyrics at all. I liked it anyway simply because I think it's a pretty song, but once I understood what Frida's singing about, it made a lot more sense.
Love Cassandra, Frida slays
Agree, but maybe they have already recorded the reaction. I think they mostly make two or three or four reactions at one day and then they release them bit by bit. You can see that as they are wearing the same clothes.
@@supastah68 Let's wait and see if they again think that Agnetha is singing it... *lol*
You got it! But yes, I talk about the mythological Cassandra From the Greek stories!
Already ahead of you! ;)
The contrast it produces is incredible.
In its time it was almost ignored by critics and commercially.
So much so that it was ABBA's biggest chart flop since "So Long" in 1974.
But it was vindicated many years later in that UK TV special
that chose the best ABBA song among all their singles.
and "The day before you came" closed the podium,
behind "Dancing Queen" in second place
and the first place to "The winner takes it all"
ABBA interpreted it opening its last express show in Germany 1982,
during the first minute Agnetha is seen in solitude,
until later the three remaining members appear
(through a revolving platform, with Frida sitting at the piano)
then the interpretation of Cassandra will come
and finally "Under attack" (which you will see shortly)
I prefer that version of "The day before you came",
which is shorter, with a more abrupt ending, without fade out
(That's why for me it's 7 pts live, but 6 pts if I listen only to the audio)
The official video also features Agnetha alone, with a co-star, for the entire first half of the song.
And just after the instrumental bridge,
the three remaining members of ABBA appear, completely separated,
disconnected from each other, on the stage of a theater or cinema,
with Agnetha singing and the rest 'in a passive pose'.
That video is a reflection of what ABBA was at that time before their breakup
and at the same time their 10-year anniversary.
"The day before you came" is the second longest of ABBA
(only surpassed by "Eagle", by a couple of seconds)
But I think that the final minute is left over
For many it is a Masterpiece, for many it is the best ABBA song
And surely you will have many comments and views here And it's perfect
But for me it is one more song, routine like its rhythm and lyrics,
it doesn't even enter my Top50 of the fantastic ABBA catalog
with "The day before you came"
For me the same applies as for the previous one
"Like an angel passing through my room"
I see them as if they were songs by solo singers, not by a group like ABBA
as Björn and Benny have said,
90% of the ABBA sound is the combined voices of Agnetha and Frida,
they together make the Magic of ABBA
and in these songs for me that magic is missing
But that's what it's all about, the variety of opinions and tastes,
and sharing with respect in their diversity.
best regards to all
Everytime I hear this song I crave Chinese food!
This song is all about what isn't said. Her tone of voice is so downbeat for a reason!
Benny had said in some interviews that the song "the day before you came " was the most brilliant song lyrics Bjorn ever wrote. Bjorn has refused to reveal or explain the meaning behind the song's protagonist story telling.
However, to me, "to come" is another word for "to ejaculate or to release semen" as a result of some sexual excitement. Average Americans will not readily key into the meaning cos in fac4, the Swedes are not just as prude or reserved as Americans on topics referring to sex. The swedes always let it all hangout!
You're really overreaching if you taking that meaning from the title.
@@The_Jupiter2_Mission i wasn't really over reacting but you can see it that way, it's fine. Bjorn is a clever lyricist and often times he has succeeded in hiding in plain sight serious topics with words. I know many examples.
One of their least successful singles to be released. It's more of an album track than anything else.
It does divide fans as some think it a masterpiece whilst others think it a meandering dirge.
It's not a masterpiece(a too overused descriptive these days) for me.
The lyric gives no clue to whether the new guy turned out good or bad, nor does the music. It's left ambiguous
I'm middling about it overall.