So glad I was a teenage boy growing up in the 70s! The music, undeniably was/is the best. Too hard to grow up in this generation, I wouldn’t want to. The talent 40 years ago was real and raw. Kids, when your parents talk about music they listened to in their day, don’t laugh like I did, now I know what they were talking about. It will come full circle for most of us
'Dancing Queen' by Abba. Released Dec. 1976. Hit No. 1 and on the US charts for 22 weeks. A '70s discotheque staple! I loved this record back in '77-78 (...still do).
Frida had said later that when Benny and Björn had played to them the raw melody of "Dancing Queen" they just had composed, she started to cry. She found the melody so beautiful.
Yes , who can forget abba! Hahaa international sound recognized all over the world good review jbl! Waterloo was their first American number one hit. It also got us off our butts and onto the dance floor!
First time I heard this, I was in the Hospital and had an AM Radio, I just caught a piece of the Chorus and it was a month or so later that I found it again at home on FM for the Whole song! I was an ABBA fan from that point on!!!
I remember when they hit big in the 70's. They all over the radio and tv. Agnetha and Frida's voices blended so well and they wrote such catchy songs. Gimme Gimme Gimme, Waterloo, S.O.S. are also some you might want to check out.
@@dxb8086It's pretty much known Abba are swedes..(Don't take my words dead serious.:)) Also, we have never met and i certainly don't hate you. Don't be so judgemental and take care
ABBA "Fernando" & "Winner takes All" are my favorites from ABBA! As usual, your reactions are the best --so genuine, pure & honest!! You have it right that telling the younger generation about this music is the greatest because most of the younger folks come on board & become fans! That is why music lives on & gives us hope for all the future generations! It means that we never lose our ability to.listen with our hearts & souls! I( If it's not soulful, it's not music!!) It is obvious that music is one of God's many gifts!
You'r making want to watch the movie "Mamma Mia" again. I believe the soundtrack is mostly if not all ABBA music with a couple of the original band members making contributions. Give it a shot.
I genuinely love watching you, man! You have such a great appreciation for these old songs, and it makes me listen to them with new ears all over again. You keep mentioning how "...you guys..." had all this great music...but that's the beauty of it, my friend...music is forever! It's all still out there, waiting for you to discover it! Keep at it!
One of the most unmistakably Iconic songs ever made. Those first few piano chords hit and you KNOW what it is ... and you can't stop listening. Here we sit, 43 years and two generations after it's release and the song is as pure and "new" as it ever was.
I just love your reactions .... so glad you enjoyed this! I was in my teens/twenties when ABBA hit the music scene & this song was a floor-filler at discos & parties! :)
ABBA are an incredible group. They sound so beautiful. If you react to another Abba song James please consider reacting to "The way Old Friends Do" live at Wembley Arena in London, it's amazing. This live version turned out so good that they decided to put it on their next album, INSTEAD of recording it in the studio. The Seekers Abba Roy Orbison John Denver & Simon & Garfunkel are all amazing talents that you have still yet to fully discover. ESPECIALLY ➡️ The Seekers (my number 1 recommendation). Suggestions for other top acts that you might enjoy include.... U2 , Take That, Buddy Holly, Del Shannon, The Verve, REM. Peace. ✌️
Yes! Everyone needs more ABBA in their lives! They were 2 couples and wrote the catchiest 3 minute pop songs ever created. At the beginning of their success they were about love but then they started to split up so they then wrote songs about heartache and divorce. By the time the ban ended they were doing songs about hiding from the East German police during the Cold War all with a disco beat. I really hope you do more of ABBA!
Thank you for appreciating ABBA. I saw them in Melbourne Australia, when I was 13 years old. I also came within a few metres of them at the Town Hall when they waved to thousands of fans. ABBA were on the radio waves and TV every day in Australia, in the late 1970s. I am going to London in October to see the ABBA Voyage concert. I am a 59 year old school principal, and I still love ABBA. How lucky am I... to have lived in their time.
I’m gonna say something that may sound strange.I’m a 50-year-old-year-old white woman in the Midwest & I just love you! Started listening to reactions earlier this week and found you with one of my favorite groups ever, ABBA. One of their best songs! And yes, as many many others will say, ABBA could play the soundtrack of my life, ha ha. We did dance parties to the song and everybody had a blast. But I love your honest emotion and enjoyment of these songs that meant so much to my generation. My favorites from ABBA: Fernando, Waterloo, SOS, Name of the Game& Winner takes it All. You have a big heart and thank you for taking me back to the joy of such a younger generation enjoying these. Bless you!!
'You are the dancing queen, young and sweet, only seventeen'.................... Oh, man! Heartbreaking. Where did it all go? 'To dance beneath a diamond sky with one hand waving free'.
One of their Big Hits during 1970's..the 2 ladies is so much Pitch Perfect together...Listen to the chorus , The 2 girls can go Octave higher...My Fave Group Ever and anytime next year they will release new songs...#WelcomeBackABBA #ILoveAbba #ABBAForevermoreEternity
@@kimberlygrimm7007 No need to get Lemon,Kimberly:)It's the type of thing my Cockney Aunt would have done.If she wasn't cussing on the terraces at Millwall,she was watching Speedway and I remember going to an Arcade one day where they had those " Tipping Point" type machines where the money was nudged off the bottom to the player.She got very frustrated and smashed her bum into it which made all the coins drop down and she put them in her handbag. When the attendant turned up on hearing the alarm she looked towards these 3 skinhead boys who were the only other ones there and he threw them out while they were protesting it was the little old lady :)
DISCO loved this when I was 16...lol all generations have loved ABBA. I play it for my grandchildren they love it 30 plus years later that's good music.
There is something so magical when Frida and Agnetha sing together (often called the 3rd voice). They complement each other perfectly and that sound triggers a brain reaction in me. I've never had this experience with any other 2 voices. They could never know back then the enduring effect they would have on the world.
Yeah, this is an absolute timeless classic and sounds as fresh today as it did waaaaay back in my youth. I gotta give you props man for listening to these classic 70's pop songs. There's something for everyone when listening to an ABBA track. They were giants of pop and disco.
In the new movie Yesterday the world have forgotten The Beatles, and a woman says “A world without The Beatles is a world that is infinitely worse”... this I think applies to ABBA too. Every melody just makes the sun come out a little more 🥰 Love your reactions and comments man! Respekt from Denmark 👍🏻
I have so enjoyed watching your reactions to ABBA. You couldn't hide the pure joy on your face every time you recognized their sound. Glad you reviewed their songs so close together too. I can't wait to see your review their BRAND new music in 2020! Their first new music in 37 years!!!!
My grandma loved ABBA, my grandparents raised my 3 brothers and I until I was 8, then my mom took us away. At grandma's house music was always playing, even if we were watching TV we could hear music coming from one of the rooms. She wasn't into country and western, she loved The Beach Boys, all the songs from the 50's through the 80's
Absolutely love your reviews because they are straight from the heart. This ABBA song was so full of energy and joy. And if you enjoyed this you will love Earth, Wind and Fire's 'Boogie Wonderland' x
We only had one or two radio channels back then to listen to music and they played EVERYTHING from Barry Manilow to Zeppelin. It was an abundance of riches.
James you have the power of the word to change people's taste in music, like you there are people out there who have never heard of so many of the songs you react to so go out there and make a change for the better.
Kids always danced in clubs in UK years ago to this,no alcohol obviously! The music made you feel happy and wanting to dance,i grew up with this.I was lucky and priviliged.
I'm in my early fifties so I was only a kid when the disco clubs were at their height. When I was old enough to go to clubs all this wonderful music had been replaced with mindless repetitive bass beats. I long for the return of real disco music and actual discotheques.
You must watch more ABBA. For me the top female singer is Karen Carpenter, the ladies of ABBA are a close second. Listen to their hits which are too numerous to list here, some of them are Knowing Me Knowing You, Name of the Game, The Winner Takes it All, Chiquitita, etc etc. Also listen to their song that weren't considered big hits like. My Love My Life, Happy New Year, I Let the Music Speak and many more.
What made ABBA legends was there music arrangements with the music and their voices. The band almost broke up recording this song Dancing Queen because the piano player and leader of this band seen on this video wanted to get everything just right and made the ladies record their parts and the chorus parts over and over again. The chords and orchestration of this song are also the most respected arrangements in the history of pop music. That's a fact. No other pop song gets near this combination of sounds ever. That's talent.
I just thought of a song I think you'd like "Walking on Sunshine" by Katrina and the Waves. I saw Katrina from Katrina and the Waves last year and she was great. Very funny. She was part of the Howard Jones tour (6 bands) and she went on first, so she got to play maybe 6 songs. She played her songs which were all fun, and then said, "Now for the song you've all been waiting for. The latest off my new album." And then broke into Walking on Sunshine. We were cracking up.
Don't be sad that you missed when this was out, if you were enjoying it when it was current, you be old like many of us are. You are very fortunate to be able to enjoy talent we listened to on technology that was invented in between then and now.
Abba won the Eurovision contest in 1974 and they were on their way, at one time they brought in more money into Sweden's economy than Volvo, they are a worldwide still popular still loved group that no one can replace
Thatr was ne and my 3 friends except you had to be at least 18; we were sneaking iout dancing in this era. Loved this song so much. Have a problem with my legs now and can;t dance for last 6/7 years. I miss it so much.
Firts time i heard this song it felt like it is me in my heart. No other song ever make me feel this way. It was so good and liberator. I like that people rediscover good music and songs from the past. Music and songs are about energy and emotion. We need more that give positiv emotion with a nice sound.
The production quality of these songs is just amazing.
The height of the disco era, and ABBA was HOT!!
Wateroo...ABBA was one of the legends. I will never get tired of listening to their music.
One of the greatest pop group's ever, listen to does your mother know the guy's sing lead on that one!
Can never go wrong with some Abba
That face screams "LIUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU" from mortal kombat movie :)
More than 40 years old and Everyone news This song. A masterpiece
And now, ABBA is in your Brain, your heart and your soul
So glad I was a teenage boy growing up in the 70s! The music, undeniably was/is the best. Too hard to grow up in this generation, I wouldn’t want to. The talent 40 years ago was real and raw. Kids, when your parents talk about music they listened to in their day, don’t laugh like I did, now I know what they were talking about. It will come full circle for most of us
'Dancing Queen' by Abba. Released Dec. 1976. Hit No. 1 and on the US charts for 22 weeks.
A '70s discotheque staple! I loved this record back in '77-78 (...still do).
ABBA “knowing me knowing you” and “SOS”
S.O.S Is my favourite of theirs, I love the Erasure cover of it too
Frida had said later that when Benny and Björn had played to them the raw melody of "Dancing Queen" they just had composed, she started to cry. She found the melody so beautiful.
Annifreid, Benny, Bjorn and Agnetha (ABBA) had a catchy tune here. They absolutely stunned me when they came out with, The Winner Takes It All.
All ABBA songs are very hard to sing !!!! They make it sound easy
Perhaps not the melodies, but all the harmonies...
Yes , who can forget abba! Hahaa international sound recognized all over the world good review jbl! Waterloo was their first American number one hit. It also got us off our butts and onto the dance floor!
Yeah...Ha-Ha-Ha!!! Ya Gotta LOVE ABBA....And Seeing The Kids Is Refreshing!!!
This is a real floor filler at parties,you're doing some brilliant reactions now,keep up the good work James
ABBA! Now that's a group worthy of exploring! Genius....
First time I heard this, I was in the Hospital and had an AM Radio, I just caught a piece of the Chorus and it was a month or so later that I found it again at home on FM for the Whole song!
I was an ABBA fan from that point on!!!
I remember when they hit big in the 70's. They all over the radio and tv. Agnetha and Frida's voices blended so well and they wrote such catchy songs. Gimme Gimme Gimme, Waterloo, S.O.S. are also some you might want to check out.
This was No 1 all over the world including The US.
Loving your smile when the lyrics start...
There are so many great ABBA songs
As a proud swede, i love when you do Abba!👍
Next Abba-song would be Gimme, Gimme, Gimme.
_"As a proud swede"_
Proud of what? Patriotism teaches you take pride in things you haven't done & hate people you've never met.
@@dxb8086It's pretty much known Abba are swedes..(Don't take my words dead serious.:))
Also, we have never met and i certainly don't hate you. Don't be so judgemental and take care
ABBA "Fernando" & "Winner takes All" are my favorites from ABBA! As usual, your reactions are the best --so
genuine, pure & honest!!
You have it right that telling the younger generation about this music is the greatest because most of the younger folks
come on board & become fans!
That is why music lives on & gives us hope for all the future generations!
It means that we never lose our ability to.listen with our hearts & souls! I( If it's not soulful, it's not music!!) It is obvious that
music is one of God's many gifts!
One of the best things to come from Scandinavia. Abba was big in the late 70s.
You'r making want to watch the movie "Mamma Mia" again. I believe the soundtrack is mostly if not all ABBA music with a couple of the original band members making contributions. Give it a shot.
Thank you so much for doing ABBA, they are timeless. You are awesome 😎
I genuinely love watching you, man! You have such a great appreciation for these old songs, and it makes me listen to them with new ears all over again. You keep mentioning how "...you guys..." had all this great music...but that's the beauty of it, my friend...music is forever! It's all still out there, waiting for you to discover it! Keep at it!
You have to listen to more of there records, Eagle, The day before you came.
this dude has a good old soul. real, genuine reaction to a timeless song
Ha-Ha-Ha!! This Is Adorable Seeing The Young Kids Dancing With The Grown Ups!!
One of the most unmistakably Iconic songs ever made. Those first few piano chords hit and you KNOW what it is ... and you can't stop listening. Here we sit, 43 years and two generations after it's release and the song is as pure and "new" as it ever was.
The (half tone higher?) "...feel the beat from the tambourine" always gets me.
My ABBA faves are “Chiquitita” and “Fernando”. I’m loving seeing you jam out to all the old school stuff. Keep doing what you’re doing!
Jeanie Bottoms I love both of those songs also!
I grew up on classic rock, but ABBA is just great.
I just love your reactions .... so glad you enjoyed this! I was in my teens/twenties when ABBA hit the music scene & this song was a floor-filler at discos & parties! :)
ABBA are an incredible group. They sound so beautiful.
If you react to another Abba song James please consider reacting to "The way Old Friends Do" live at Wembley Arena in London, it's amazing. This live version turned out so good that they decided to put it on their next album, INSTEAD of recording it in the studio.
The Seekers
Abba
Roy Orbison
John Denver
& Simon & Garfunkel are all amazing talents that you have still yet to fully discover.
ESPECIALLY ➡️ The Seekers (my number 1 recommendation).
Suggestions for other top acts that you might enjoy include.... U2 , Take That, Buddy Holly, Del Shannon, The Verve, REM.
Peace. ✌️
ABBA is absolutely timeless.
Yes! Everyone needs more ABBA in their lives!
They were 2 couples and wrote the catchiest 3 minute pop songs ever created. At the beginning of their success they were about love but then they started to split up so they then wrote songs about heartache and divorce. By the time the ban ended they were doing songs about hiding from the East German police during the Cold War all with a disco beat.
I really hope you do more of ABBA!
Thanks for this can remember first hearing this in 77 great times 👌
I'm 60 years old and I still get all flustered when I see Agnetha! She was so damn hot!
This song is my secret shame. You cant help but love them
ABBA is the BEST. Agnetha and Frida are the most beautiful voices I've ever heard.
That was freakin' nuts, but cool, watching you fall in love with Agnetha and Frida! LOL! Thanks for that reaction. Very cool.
Thank you for appreciating ABBA. I saw them in Melbourne Australia, when I was 13 years old. I also came within a few metres of them at the Town Hall when they waved to thousands of fans. ABBA were on the radio waves and TV every day in Australia, in the late 1970s. I am going to London in October to see the ABBA Voyage concert. I am a 59 year old school principal, and I still love ABBA. How lucky am I... to have lived in their time.
I’m gonna say something that may sound strange.I’m a 50-year-old-year-old white woman in the Midwest & I just love you! Started listening to reactions earlier this week and found you with one of my favorite groups ever, ABBA. One of their best songs! And yes, as many many others will say, ABBA could play the soundtrack of my life, ha ha. We did dance parties to the song and everybody had a blast. But I love your honest emotion and enjoyment of these songs that meant so much to my generation. My favorites from ABBA: Fernando, Waterloo, SOS, Name of the Game& Winner takes it All. You have a big heart and thank you for taking me back
to the joy of such a younger generation enjoying these. Bless you!!
'You are the dancing queen, young and sweet, only seventeen'.................... Oh, man! Heartbreaking. Where did it all go?
'To dance beneath a diamond sky with one hand waving free'.
Oh lord. Now you're deep in the 70s. Electric Light Orchestra is up there too.
Please, please react to ELO (Electric Light Orchestra)!!!
You should check out "The Winner Takes It All" by ABBA. "Chiquitita" and "Fernando" are also amazing.
Yesss... I'm very agree with you... That all Great Song...
@@rosliromasarms2111 since we are taking requests - "When I Kissed the Teacher".
" It Absolutely was Grand growing up in The 70's with " ABBA" Never Gets Old , , and Keeps me Young Inside " 😎🎶🎤😊
One of their Big Hits during 1970's..the 2 ladies is so much Pitch Perfect together...Listen to the chorus , The 2 girls can go Octave higher...My Fave Group Ever and anytime next year they will release new songs...#WelcomeBackABBA #ILoveAbba #ABBAForevermoreEternity
Yes sir!! This song was a little older but I remember sitting on my Aunts car hood dancing with her! Great memories JBLETHAL ❤
Was your Aunt on the car hood, as well ? :)
Really @Isleofsky??
Of course she was!! Lol
Ask a ridiculous question and you'll get a ridiculous answer!
@@kimberlygrimm7007 No need to get Lemon,Kimberly:)It's the type of thing my Cockney Aunt would have done.If she wasn't cussing on the terraces at Millwall,she was watching Speedway and I remember going to an Arcade one day where they had those " Tipping Point" type machines where the money was nudged off the bottom to the player.She got very frustrated and smashed her bum into it which made all the coins drop down and she put them in her handbag. When the attendant turned up on hearing the alarm she looked towards these 3 skinhead boys who were the only other ones there and he threw them out while they were protesting it was the little old lady :)
@@Isleofskye 😀😂😆
This is my favorite song of all time! When it comes on the radio, the speakers are loud enough to make your ears bleed. LOVE this!
Wow...haven't heard this song in years! All of a sudden, it's 1985 and I'm at the skating rink, on a Saturday night, with my friends. Love it!!
Love Abba!! You can listen to everything!.
Please do SOS, my all time favorite!
You are not alone....
Happy music from the past...love this music...can't help but to😄😄😄😆😆
I saw ABBA live back in 1978 in Sweden. The best memory i have.
Dancing Queen was the most Worldwide played song in the 1980's.
DISCO loved this when I was 16...lol all generations have loved ABBA. I play it for my grandchildren they love it 30 plus years later that's good music.
It's hard to be in a bad mood when you listen to ABBA. I don’t believe it can be done.
My dad listened to Abba . I think they are great. Fernando makes me cry.
Nordic do melancholy, all their music does that, remember, Annifrid is half Norwegian...
@@willrichardson519 and Fernando is about war....
There is something so magical when Frida and Agnetha sing together (often called the 3rd voice). They complement each other perfectly and that sound triggers a brain reaction in me. I've never had this experience with any other 2 voices. They could never know back then the enduring effect they would have on the world.
Yeah, this is an absolute timeless classic and sounds as fresh today as it did waaaaay back in my youth. I gotta give you props man for listening to these classic 70's pop songs. There's something for everyone when listening to an ABBA track. They were giants of pop and disco.
In the new movie Yesterday the world have forgotten The Beatles, and a woman says “A world without The Beatles is a world that is infinitely worse”... this I think applies to ABBA too. Every melody just makes the sun come out a little more 🥰
Love your reactions and comments man! Respekt from Denmark 👍🏻
I have so enjoyed watching your reactions to ABBA. You couldn't hide the pure joy on your face every time you recognized their sound. Glad you reviewed their songs so close together too. I can't wait to see your review their BRAND new music in 2020! Their first new music in 37 years!!!!
My grandma loved ABBA, my grandparents raised my 3 brothers and I until I was 8, then my mom took us away. At grandma's house music was always playing, even if we were watching TV we could hear music coming from one of the rooms. She wasn't into country and western, she loved The Beach Boys, all the songs from the 50's through the 80's
Absolutely love your reviews because they are straight from the heart.
This ABBA song was so full of energy and joy. And if you enjoyed this you will love Earth, Wind and Fire's 'Boogie Wonderland' x
I would cradle my 6 mo old dtr in my arms and dance with her all over the living room to this song! She is 21 today!! Love all of Abba!!!
We only had one or two radio channels back then to listen to music and they played EVERYTHING from Barry Manilow to Zeppelin. It was an abundance of riches.
Yup!!!! I love my childhood!!! I was a 70's child and an 80's teenager!!!! It doesn't get any better than that!!!
I love that you get Abba and Pavarotti - poles apart but both brilliant!
James you have the power of the word to change people's taste in music, like you there are people out there who have never heard of so many of the songs you react to so go out there and make a change for the better.
Kids always danced in clubs in UK years ago to this,no alcohol obviously!
The music made you feel happy and wanting to dance,i grew up with this.I was lucky and priviliged.
I'm in my early fifties so I was only a kid when the disco clubs were at their height. When I was old enough to go to clubs all this wonderful music had been replaced with mindless repetitive bass beats. I long for the return of real disco music and actual discotheques.
ABBA: Truly Scandinavian.
Every time I see this video it takes me right back to the movie "Muriel's Wedding" with Toni Collette and Rachel Griffiths. Great movie, great song.
This song is timeless.
Thank you for this great reaction! ABBA has always been my favorite band. DQ is a perfect piece of popmusic.
One of my favorite dancing songs (even at age 62). Back when Sweden was still a Western nation with their own unique culture.
They had the most beautiful melodies
Cannot hate them....I don’t care if you’re a full blown rocker, you will know these lyrics and will sing them...loud and proud!
ABBA....the soundtrack of my youth!!
The perfectly written pop song!
Headphones are a time machine ... brilliant! :)
You must watch more ABBA. For me the top female singer is Karen Carpenter, the ladies of ABBA are a close second. Listen to their hits which are too numerous to list here, some of them are Knowing Me Knowing You, Name of the Game, The Winner Takes it All, Chiquitita, etc etc. Also listen to their song that weren't considered big hits like. My Love My Life, Happy New Year, I Let the Music Speak and many more.
I agree about the talent level.......it was the best!!!
Such a sweet disco classic. Have you done Blondie "heart of glass"?
Heard it 2 days ago on Pandora at work...I'm hooked
Such a fun song...we need more of that today!
Those sweet vocal harmonies and that classical style of keyboard playing made that band.
JB you are the ABBA REACTION KING ! Thank you.
No auto tune. Just great singers, songwriters and musicians. Those were the days.
What made ABBA legends was there music arrangements with the music and their voices. The band almost broke up recording this song Dancing Queen because the piano player and leader of this band seen on this video wanted to get everything just right and made the ladies record their parts and the chorus parts over and over again. The chords and orchestration of this song are also the most respected arrangements in the history of pop music. That's a fact. No other pop song gets near this combination of sounds ever. That's talent.
I just thought of a song I think you'd like "Walking on Sunshine" by Katrina and the Waves. I saw Katrina from Katrina and the Waves last year and she was great. Very funny. She was part of the Howard Jones tour (6 bands) and she went on first, so she got to play maybe 6 songs. She played her songs which were all fun, and then said, "Now for the song you've all been waiting for. The latest off my new album." And then broke into Walking on Sunshine. We were cracking up.
Don't be sad that you missed when this was out, if you were enjoying it when it was current, you be old like many of us are. You are very fortunate to be able to enjoy talent we listened to on technology that was invented in between then and now.
Great comments on Abba. Their video of Dancing Queen performed in Australia (from Abba The Movie) really shows the impact they had on people.
Abba won the Eurovision contest in 1974 and they were on their way, at one time they brought in more money into Sweden's economy than Volvo, they are a worldwide still popular still loved group that no one can replace
Thatr was ne and my 3 friends except you had to be at least 18; we were sneaking iout dancing in this era. Loved this song so much. Have a problem with my legs now and can;t dance for last 6/7 years. I miss it so much.
Firts time i heard this song it felt like it is me in my heart. No other song ever make me feel this way. It was so good and liberator. I like that people rediscover good music and songs from the past. Music and songs are about energy and emotion. We need more that give positiv emotion with a nice sound.