I’m 74 I’m blissfully happy that I was around and am still around to enjoy this beautiful group and their fantastic music. This ode to freedom is beautiful in any respect in our lives.
I am 57 and was living in the south of France when the new songs were released. Today I decided to listen to them from my new home in England and it is amazing how that moment (or that period) of living in France, my apartment, the feeling I had when hearing the new songs, all came back to me. Goosebumps again!
i'm past 50 and ABBA were never 'cool' even in the '70s, but they were SO good that it never mattered. Forty-plus years of getting goosebumps when I hear Frida's voice. My own parents liked them and it's good that a 21st Century generation approves as well. Greatness has no time limit.
I don't believe this will be the last that we hear of some new Abba music. I think their fans ALL OVER THE WORLD will DEMAND that this is NOT the last time we will hear some new Abba music tracks.
@ Roger Howard .I agree with you 💯 percent .I dont think this will be the last we hear of ABBA at least I pray we dont . I read they are No 1 on itunes in over 50 countries .I dont think even they realised they were loved that much .I have loved ABBA since I was 10 years old when they won Eurovision in 74 with Waterloo I love them all but Agnetha is my No 1 .I have all her solo music .These people are meant to sing .Even in their 90s they will sound Amazing After all its ABBA what else would you expect
My mother passed away last month, she is an avid fan of Abba and she's excited when she heard that they will release another album. It's so sad that she didn't get the chance to hear this masterpiece. I miss her everyday. Whenever I feel sad, I will just play an Abba song because she sounds like Anni-Frid. I love you, mama.
She manifested this for us. Thank you mama 💕 god bless. Only those who have a connection to spirit can write this song. It’s the fear of the unknown. It’s the song of spirits who have passed. This song has been channeled for sure. It’s the frequency of the universe. It’s pure love. It’s a sign to you that she made it to heaven. They all did 💕
it thankfully is. Gone are the nightmare days of the 80s where we only had to listen to the trash mainstream radio stations fed down our throats. Back in the days someone like BBC used to CENSOR even popular artists and refused to play their songs on Radio 1 for example. Worse than North Korea. Now they can shove their radio and we hear and enjoy WHAT we want when we want... and support those artists anyway. Radio stations and corporations don't own us anymore with their hidden agendas. Thank you for the music....
@@docknightphilco4550 exactly, i cant even with all this new shitty music, like even as a teenager i can appreciate real, good music. thank god ABBA was here to save the 21st century from all the new music, if you can even call it that.
No Good bye yet....I think they may make a track or two _ as voyage takes to it's own journey, over the years the odd new track , who knows ?. Xx. But ABBA always know what there doing. Xx "voyage "one of the best collection of tracks_ of all time , = and my expectations, = unreachable ! Xx. ABBA ABBA ABBA. 💕💕
They made 2 tracks more but they can't put it on the album about time objectif. I m sure they can put them in an other LP with extra songs or put them in an other album.
I'm reading reviews for the album today, and I don't care what the "critics" write. The only thing that matters is that our dreams came true with this album. If anyone had told us, a few years ago we would not have believed it was possible. But it is, it really happened. I cried some songs because they touched me deeply. I remembered all the friends who are no longer with us, and who have not experienced this happiness. I am just one of several million fans who are thrilled with the new album. My favorite songs are “I Can Be That Woman” followed by “Ode To Freedom”. I will just say, my deep bow, ABBA remained queens and kings, thank them for the music. ABBA in the ❤ forever Manuela, loyal fan for over 40 years
Same here, Manuela...loved ICBTW and OTF the very first time hearing them! But I'm also loving all the other songs. Voyage is a fantastic album, a great gift from ABBA to all their fans around the world!!!
A critic is just the personal opinion of one person, it's bizarre that they even exist anymore. It's the big audience who ultimately decides what becomes a success.
I think this is a message to the world that freedom is under threat and has been for some time from those who promise happiness and safety if we only give up everything and allow them total power over us. Currently the worlds wealthiest and most powerful and corrupt elite are openly discussing the best way to impoverish and take what is left of freedom from the people in the name of saving the planet. "If I ever wrote my Ode to Freedom Being privileged and spoilt for choice Then I fear that you would Be suspicious Of the cause to which I'd lend my voice" Yet people are not suspicious, instead they demand their own impoverishment and slavery because the huge media propaganda arm of these elite told them this will save the planet. Meanwhile those who demand it with their Islands, super yachts, private jets, fuel guzzling motorcades, lavish banquets, five star hotels and dozen multi million pound mansions give up nothing, in fact they have factually got ever more rich and powerful with each new crisis that takes our freedom and wealth.
This song is ABBA's final swan song. It is deeply moving and very complex in it's lyrical content. It's almost like a musical obituary very sad yet hauntingly beautiful.
It makes me really sad. They could keep going, it's all still there, the writing, the music, the voices, but I guess they no longer want to. I respect that, but the feeling is strong. At least we have this new album which was improbable to begin with.
@@themountainwanderer I agree, it would be lovely to have a follow up album but it isn't guaranteed . Agnetha may record one further album but this is not confirmed officially at this time.
The lyrics to this magnificent masterpiece are so profound and humble, performed appropriately in exquisite soft harmonies. It deserves to be a new universal anthem, sung by choirs and schoolchildren around the world, and in many languages. Full of grace, it's quite possibly one of the most beautiful songs ever written, and I don't think that's an exaggeration.
We are just in the beginning of the end because we will embrace and enjoy this song and the whole album for a long time.. and the music will live forever! Thank you ABBA! ♥️
I am 57 and I dont care what music critics say today. They were telling the same -that this is an old-style music - when The Beatles appeared. I am so happy that you are back, ABBA ! What an emotions - truth,love - and freedom. Will be waiting for ABBA Voyage 2022 in London
The Guardian is a news source, only. Rolling Stone review of Voyage was good...Worth the wait!!!...right on target..Even Pitchfork review was a fairly good review!
I read the Guardian review that conveniently skipped over No Doubt About It and totally missed the point that not every album recording ABBA made was Dancing Queen or Mamma Mia but songs like Ode To Freedom or The Visitors which have no disco beat or get up and dance. I bet they only listened to ABBA Gold. For true ABBA fans this album is what we have waited so long for and it does not disappoint. It has everything we want. Beautiful harmonies brilliant composition and meaningful lyrics I am sure it will also go down in history as a great album just like the ones before it. The recent charts say it all. Apapa
Part of the Beatles, Queen and ABBA story coming out…focus is John Deacon, John Lennon and Agnetha. These three were more than musicians. All ABBA songs are about John Deacon…Deacon the dancing Queen. Who is John Deacon really? He is coming out of seclusion soon. Story from 1968 to 1980 has been locked in a vault till 40 years later.
Most popular music was soulless from the 60’s, including that of the Beatles. I was a radio DJ then and really had to tolerate a lot of it. I actually just about disliked it all and was dismayed at the standards to which music hand sunk even from the previous generation. Then ABBA came along and made everything brighter and happier and much more melodic. How amazing that was. After they disbanded, looking for better music, I turned to opera and really fell more in love with classical music than I had been. A few decent pop singers have come along, but only two have stood out for me -IL Volo and the extraordinary Dimash Qudaibergen - mainly for their voices and the KIND of music they present. And now again, ABBA has lit a beautiful lamp in the bleak music landscape - with their sensitivity to music that is eternal. And in that they once again, are lighting up the world! Even one of the songs on the new album which I dislike - and the only ABBA song I have ever disliked, is far, far better that just about anything out there today. Thank you ABBA. So very, very much. 💖
Thank you Merrin, well said and the absolute truth! Benny and Bjorn are the Bach and Beethoven of 21st century.. Those 2 Beautiful Norse Beauties have the voices that the Angels listen to.. This is Timeless Music the World Loves!❤👍🇺🇸
Its what the world has been waiting for, for Abba fans young and old alike and i cant wait to listen to the whole album later on and my freedom as come to me in my new work place !
"Voyage" - the last album forever in this world. Respect. Wonderful music from wonderful 4 people. The people of this world bow in front of you. Thank you 🤗
I refused to listen to this song because my brother told me he was in tears when he listened to it and I wanted to wait till Christmas to reserve me an additional gift of these talented artists. Well, by chance I heard it right now and... I cannot express what I am feeling inside my soul and heart: this is poetry, is a classical ode at a Beethoven and Verdi level. This is not pop anymore is ART in its quintessential way. Pure beauty and emotion. Benny is a genius, the words of Björn are simply perfect and the voices of the 2 ladies... well, simply divine. UNESCO or ONU should declare this ode to World Heritage Site. THIS is not a simple song it is a classical Ode as gift for all of us... to humanity worldwide for a better world... for authentic and true freedom.
You are right. It is a song of great value. will be listened to at Christmas all over the world as Happy New Year is listened to at the beginning of each year. ABBA is a phenomenon and their music is invaluable to people from all over the world. Thanks for the ABBA music! I love you!
For me...this song is the higest level that can be achieved in the art and creativity of Pop Music artistic expression. As you say...it is more than just music alone...it is PURE MUSIC ART. With this song... ABBA have tapped straight into the inner mind set of natural humanity, that the WHOLE WIDE WORLD WILL RECOGNISE WHEN THEY HEAR THIS SONG.
I feel so sad with Voyage, it feels like I've reached the end of my life's journey with ABBA's music. When all good things must come to an end... :( I want ABBA to NEVER END! There will never be another group like these amazing souls. God bless Anni-Frid, Agneth, Benny and Bjorn. Thank you for the music!
their music lives on forever and all the good times that we had enjoying their sound. #abba4ever they are eternal but i do know what you mean. Im so glad to have lived through their success and comeback. Happy 2023!!!!
Yes, in 1982 when ABBA announced they were unofficially through, I was devistated. With VOYAGE, I felt such a euphoria, I couldn't describe it. But then in interviews when Benny and Bjorn said VOYAGE was the last and that this was the end, I was heartbroken that 'the door' was closing for good.
@@LOTGiscool All good things come to an end I dont blame them at all for calling it a day better end on a high like Voyage and their London concerts. I will keep the image of them from the 70s and 80s in my mind and when I used to have my bedroom wall plastered with their posters. The excitement of watching Abba The Movie as a kid and dancing to all their hits in our school youth club... those where the days :) Abba Forever
@@hunkhk I was listening to the radio and even had a small record player in my bedroom. I remember Waterloo and SOS would come on and I marveled at what a different sound 'that group' had. In 1977, off I went to college. I eventually bought ABBA Arrival on cassette tape. Then ABBA The Album came out. I didn't buy much ABBA stuff, but I do have two ABBA belt buckles. And I won an autographed ABBA The Singles The First Ten Years from a London radio station when I was in Huntingdon, UK in November 1982. It's all still in my possession here in southern Alberta.
I hope everyone understood the message from ABBA. There is less freedom in the world in which we live someone's dark side. And these Swedish guys from Abba feel it. And this last song (I don't want to talk about it like that) is an ode to freedom. .and behind it will be "an ode to joy". And you can hear it after Benny's chords
More than an "ode to freedom" this musical piece is an ode to joy and hope for a better world. These geniuses manage to explain feelings and thoughts with a grace and ease beyond our time. ABBA: thanks for "the voyage"
It's just thrilling. Like the End of the Line. Everything comes to its End...slowly vanishes and finally dies. That's Life and that's what it is about. The ABBA's message: We all die, but love in our soul remains. And it was worth living for.
Walter Hellmuth...Yes, combine Ode To Freedom with ABBA's Eagle on one video, like on an hour loop video, and we have the most significant and the most meaningful video anyone has ever produced. Play ABBA's Eagle and Ode To Freedom back to back, and you'll see what I mean.
ABBA, your circle is complete. You started as you finished and your beauty and grace was constant throughout you catalogue of art. You always did and always will bring joy. Thank you for the music, this was the perfect end to an epic, galactic voyage. Enjoy your own personal freedoms. ABBA forever!
I've said elsewhere, ABBA are so much more than just a music group. This composition demonstrates this. A World campaign for freedom, kindness and peace.
The absolute beauty and emotion four people can bring to this world of many woes gives me such consolation that God, the author or truth and beauty, has written such good in our hearts.
I'm 17, young, and not ashamed of listening to this band. It all started in 2016, I was only 10 and the first ABBA song I listened to was "On And On And On", "Our Last Summer", "Under Attack", "The Way Old Friends Do" and "The Piper". At that time, my father was still using a CD that contained these 5 songs and many other songs. I got interested in this band, and downloaded the same 5 songs in 2019 when I started to experiment with music downloaders. Slowly, I started to browse through 40-year-old songs on this TH-cam channel and downloaded many more. 3 months ago, I was hyped when I saw a notification from ABBA's TH-cam channel. They came back! Wow! Over time, I started to download songs from ABBA V oyage and listen to it almost every day. Today, I have a total of 60 songs from ABBA that are in my music player.
You have TREMENDOUS wisdom for your youth. EVERY ABBA SONG is a masterpiece. Listen to it over and over and if you grow tired change the songs or albums. They were designed to be listened to in longevity I believe and the more they are heard grow them closer to your heart and you miss when your not hearing them. You are very fortunate to be aware of their greatness in this time of reunion! Seize the day!
The complete genius of Bjorn as a songwriter in ABBA is that he has ALWAYS been able to capture the natural modern contemporary of human life in his lyrics, as well as viewpoints that most sucessfull songwriters may probabily think would be too taboo to document in popular song. These reflections would naturaly be reflected upon in the fiction/non fiction book or documentary film. The genius of Ode to Freedom is that the lyrics are instantly reflected upon from the zegist of these very 21st centuary moments in time. The world is TOTALLY aware that peoples natural freedoms have been taken away from them and the natural freedoms of our natural world have also been taken from us (by REALLY inception of our very own doing around the world), and the natural freedoms to stand up for Green issues can also been taken away from us, when we wish to protest about these issues. Somehow... this song 'Ode to Freedom' has tapped into that WHOLE type of conciousness.
This song is out of this world. I am a 49 year old man but I can't stop crying when I hear him. I've never heard such a beautiful song. If God had created a song himself for mankind, it would be this song. If our planet could create a song by itself, it would be this song. If there is a song from the depths of the universe, it is this song. ABBA gives me back my belief in what is good in people. We have never needed ABBA as much as we do today. I learned that from this song. This album is a masterpiece that is unique in history.
The lyrics are good, but the melody, melancholy and the soothing near-waltz rhythm makes this a masterpiece. I return to this song nightly and sing along with it. It is my bedtime prayer for the foreseeable future. If the peace within us made a sound we hear it like this.
Lionheart: I love your nightly routine you describe. So soothing.... This is first time I heard this one. Sprang to my mind how I felt as a little child, too. ABBA: We love you, thank you, and thank you Universe. Keep voyaging everyone, with much peace and love.
This melody is so utterly moving and the lyrics are so humble and wistful. The blended voices reflect that too. There is a yearning in there that does move me to tears. A symphonic arrangement and fitting finale for ABBA writing and performing as ABBA, with a profound twist in the very last line of the lyric (I added that after more absorption of this piece, which is actually, unashamedly classical in concept and musicality). A very humble “thank you, ABBA” from me. For all time. 💝
HAVENT finished, I am in tears. Thank you for Eternally, ABBA, for the music ~ that got me through the worst of times - and you've Arrived just in time again. I’ve always known you Are ANGELS spreading your wings of -words cannot describe, but We Know. I left my glasses in the dark Boston Common to be on time to see you - front row. You were worth losing them. I Know it’s all coming back to you, my Heart and Soul thanks and blesses you. Please -MORE. ENCORE! ENCORE!
I think, the whole album is a "Thank You for 50 years" for the true fans all over the world ! Thank You ABBA for this PRESENT! It`s in my heart and in my soul and on my desk as a physical CD since 4 hours ! It's so good to share that feeling with so many people here! A big circle is closed! Greetings from Berlin, Germany!
ABBA's last album is a thank you, is a gift, and is a request to defend freedom (Ode to freedom) and the environment (bumblebee), and is so much more. Thank you ABBA, you will live forever in my heart!
You are absolutely right my Friend. Someone in the world should make sure there is a date in the earth calendar where ALL COUNTRIES around the world are playing Ode to Freedom, with incredible images on the screen, where everyone in the world can hear and see this song and images at the same time. This event NEEDS to be the equal of when the Beatles had their worldwide satellite and got to play their ALL YOU NEED IS LOVE single for the whole world.
"Ode to Freedom" is simply magical. It makes me think of "The way old friends do", and that special moment in Wembley 1979. And now, they do it again! Solemn in each verse, in each note and in their voices.
Abba's swan song and finale. What a beautiful ending to many decades of joy and happiness they have given to millions across the world. This symphony arrangement and amazing melodies melts my heart. The joy of having them back is tinged with knowing this will be their finale album but their music will forever live on. We are humbled to have been touched by your music in so many ways. Thank you Abba, words cannot express how much you mean to so many people. 😘❤
ever time i hear it I feel more and more emotional - nothing and noone will ever come close to the brilliance of this IMHO. Its really humbling to listen and reflect on such an amazing career. #AbbaForever
I’ve now gotten the chance to listen to Agnetha & Anne-Frid on their own singles songs and they have beautiful voices. And I discovered when these two girls come together in the same room. Something magical happens. For the lack of better words. It’s as if, a whole new set of algorithms are brought into play. They automatically balance their voices. And lift each other up and fade into the background at the right time. This is a rare thing in music. I’m not talking harmonies as a group. This is a matchup of tones and power to drive each other at just the right time. And let’s not forget the boys. Their abilities to inject their sounds without overwhelming the girls takes skill as well. Going back in time to their vary first contest they won. It showed the voters a sound back then what they really liked. Benny & Bjorn discovered this early on. That Agnetha & Anne-Frid had a magnetic draw within the sound of their voices working together as a team. Even with the span of 40 years in time that thing we call magic stills holds. Well the rest is history we have ABBA!
So a lot of the critics are missing the point. If you thought there was going to be another Dancing Queen, another Mamma Mia, you failed the exam before you even sat down (yes, I'm looking at you, The Guardian). This album is about completion, and to me it says three things clearly. 1) (as they have pretty much said themselves) we refuse to bow to *any* pressure on how our music "should" be. This is what we want to write as we close the book, and here it is. 2) They knew instinctively that writing thirtysomething songs about finding and losing new lovers would be ridiculous when they were in their 70s, and on this instinct they were entirely correct. Thus the ballads are mature and sensitive renderings of the complexities of late-phase relationships and the dance numbers hinge on nostalgia. 3) And perhaps most of all, it's a farewell. Yes, yes, I know we don't want it to be, and some people are already bleating for another album but...it is. And honestly, we should honour their wishes in this. The signal is there on every page. Here are the more straightforward things that matter to us now we are older - perhaps they can matter to you too. Here are what simple joys sound like without the many occluding veils. It's also a thank you, from Abba, not for the music, but for listening to the music, for being there for us these many decades. We still had faith in them, we didn't shut them down, no doubt about it. Last night I had a bizarre but rather affecting dream after listening to this album. Bear with me. I dreamed of four balloons like oriental lanterns with a candle underneath. They were at the edge of a large body of water and each balloon bore the semblance of one member of ABBA. One by one, at random moments, they took off into the mists, never to be seen again but glowing for a long time as they left. And behind them, always and without end, was the music they made. This lacerating final track, Ode To Freedom, echoes on the winds. And that was Voyage. And that was their voyage. And that has been our voyage...with ABBA...since the early 70s. May the wind be at your back Benny, Agnetha, Bjorn, Anni-Frid, and with the greatest sincerity, thank you for the music, thank you so very...very...much, for the music. You changed the world.
Beautifully expressed comment, and spot on. Some have mentioned notes from Swan Lake, and I would add that to this rhythm one can imagine Abba rowing slowly away from us across a lake into the distance, on their final voyage.
I agree with you, but I am pretty sure there will still be at least one or two new singles (if not a whole album) in the future. Knowing them, knowing us, that's the only way it can go.
@@AnssiRai Well Benny did say that if the ladies twisted his arm, that's the only thing that could make it happen. So the ladies would have to want to do another album, I feel. Having just completed one, I'm not sure I think it's likely, but of course I would be delighted to be wrong about this. We don't have a limitless future anymore unfortunately. If we lose one of them, it's all over. I'm not interested in a 3-out-of-foursome ABBA album (or single) and I'm pretty sure they wouldn't be either. Here would be my own personal thought on making this possible. We, the fans, make it clear that the ladies would only have to do the stuff in Benny's studio (which they loved doing) and literally nothing else. That is *much* more likely to make it happen (imo).
ABBAs songs are so well orchestrated. There is so much emotion in this one. The sounds, the instruments, the voices, the dynamics in the volume, the lyrics. It is so beautiful. Thank you ABBA. 🌹🌹🎶
Both women have a natural WORLD- WIDE HUMANITY in their voices to ANY song they sing...that is why their songs connect with the WHOLE WIDE WORLD in The way they do.
It would be great if the Vienna philarmonic would play this tune at the new year`s concert on 1 january 2022. Abba are such a timeless beauty. The voices and harmonies are from another world. 40 years, where did you go? I remember staying home from school one day pretending I did not feel ok, to listen to The Album all over again and again. Their new songs are still revelations to me and what consoles me when thinking of them in connection with time is the fact that the experience is shared by so many people all over the world who are enthralled by the underlying truth in their often melancholic tunes... Life had them when they were "young and sweet, only seventeen" but they were also still there when all was said and done, and the winner took it all ... They never lied to me. Fair enough, that`s the way it all goes, thank your for the music, guys! You have given me so much! And how often have I turned to your music when everything else did not make much sense. You are leaving such a legacy to this world with all its imperfection and beauty ...
Absolutely mesmerizing, with a nice nod to Tchaikovsky, timeless, profound, regal and hopeful with that unmistakable touch of Nordic melancholy. Glorious and moving and I wish this song, as well as ABBA’s music would never end.
When future generations come, we'll be able to tell them about that day when a legendary band made a spectacular comeback. We'll show them these masterpieces, and the ones that came before.
OMG...this is a masterpiece...its like something from the heavens....I'm overwhelmed.....thank you ABBA...you can leave now,knowing you gave this beautiful gift to the 🌎 world....love from Ireland 🇮🇪 ❤
there is no idea in the world more important than the idea of freedom. Without it, nothing else matters. From the day each of us is born, God gave to each of us: "freedom of choice as to how we want to live our lives". "Freedom" is a God given right: not given by the political puppet masters. They are not God.
If we do not have freedom we have nothing. Without freedom we have are doomed to endure the evil works of Satan's workers here on earth. God please come to save us from these "DEVIL DOGS"!
You are so right. This Song will reaches the whole universe. And far more. We human know there is much more between Earth and Heaven. I even think this Song is a gift from the Angels to us humans.
i've listened to this song possibly 1200 times.... If not more. It is not tiring on me. It still envokes genuine joyful emotion, bringing tears with it in the best possible way. I love that i adore this song, regardless of where it came from. The fact that it is an ABBA song, simply makes sense as to why it's so good.
Beyond all reminiscenes of Tchaikofsky, Verdi or Beethoven, it is just an unbelieveable glorious masterpiece. Thank you Björn and Benny for your "making" so wonderful songs and of course Agnetha and Anna-Frida for your still so harmonic and powerful voices. ABBA for ever.
What a closing song for ABBA! I assume this is ABBA's last. In Nov 1981, The Visitors looked to be their last album. The closing song on The Visitors was also a perfect close out to their 8th album, 'Like An Angel Passing Through My Room'
The world without Abba was colourless and empty. It wasn't even worth remembering. Now they are here, and it feels like the perfect morning. We missed them so much.
It's TRUE what they say..you don't really miss something special SO MUCH until they are truly reflecting the world with BRILLIANCE. ABBA have reflected the WHOLE WIDE WORLD with their BRILLIANCE AGAIN.That is why the Whole Wide World have been reflecting SO MUCH on these new ABBA singles released as well as this New Incredible Studio Album.
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I'm 76 this year. Glad I was here for their 'last Voyage'
I'm 52 and I'm glad too
I’m 74 I’m blissfully happy that I was around and am still around to enjoy this beautiful group and their fantastic music. This ode to freedom is beautiful in any respect in our lives.
Im 63 and have and still are a big fan of ABBA my whole life 😊🇸🇪🇸🇪🤬
I’m 62, a blessing to witness the reunion we thought would never happen!! And not just a performance, or one song , but a whole album!
Tenho 63 anos e o amor pelo Abba é o mesmo desde sempre. Essa música resume uma jornada de vida, uma gratidão a existência. Abba sempre!🇧🇷
How to make a 64 year old man cry who loved Abba his whole life... the return of Abba and this album. Simply beautiful!
👍. From Argentina
I know the exact feeling
I am 57 and was living in the south of France when the new songs were released. Today I decided to listen to them from my new home in England and it is amazing how that moment (or that period) of living in France, my apartment, the feeling I had when hearing the new songs, all came back to me. Goosebumps again!
@@damothepianist Such a fantastic album
I am 57 too. ABBA is part of my family since i was child.
Could it be that ABBA returned at the very moment the world needed them most?
We all Need ABBA for our Soul
of course. "He" knew we need them now and more desperately than ever before.
I'm so happy for this return of ABBA
Just and only abba !!!brout happines.and greait mucik ,they are so good. Whith evrything.they are for real.i loved them sinse 74,and i still do.
ABBASOLUTLY 💕💕
this should be the hymn of earth, we all need freedom and peace
❤ from USA!
I'm just 18 years old but I think we can agree that there is something in Abba which impress both of the older and younger generation.
Ese algo es el Amor al prójimo
respect is waar het om draait, groeten van een superfan
and all countries
i'm past 50 and ABBA were never 'cool' even in the '70s, but they were SO good that it never mattered. Forty-plus years of getting goosebumps when I hear Frida's voice. My own parents liked them and it's good that a 21st Century generation approves as well. Greatness has no time limit.
@@MrFlazz99 Right - I am realizing that coolness isn't worth anything. Abba was ... incandescent.
Probably the last ABBA song ever, and it closes their catalogue in the most epic way possible!!!
Totally agree 👍
I don't believe this will be the last that we hear of some new Abba music. I think their fans ALL OVER THE WORLD will DEMAND that this is NOT the last time we will hear some new Abba music tracks.
Yes, it really is a perfect ending.
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@ Roger Howard .I agree with you 💯 percent .I dont think this will be the last we hear of ABBA at least I pray we dont . I read they are No 1 on itunes in over 50 countries .I dont think even they realised they were loved that much .I have loved ABBA since I was 10 years old when they won Eurovision in 74 with Waterloo I love them all but Agnetha is my No 1 .I have all her solo music .These people are meant to sing .Even in their 90s they will sound Amazing After all its ABBA what else would you expect
This should be the hymn of Earth, we all need freedom and peace !
True. You know someone is a great artist if they have the humility to write something like this.
The most magnificent ending to the greatest pop band that ever was. ABBA FOREVER!!!
Who says it's over? I reckon they could pull one more out if the bag.
ending?ABBA never get an ending!
Yes its beautiful and for EVER classic.
I hate ur comment.. this.. there's no ending... thanks God we lived and passed this 2021 year to hear Abba
Contradicting yourself. Magnificent ending then ABBA forever? Guess what, is non ending. Point.
I have made 80 trips around the sun and that is the most beautiful song I have ever heard and ABBA is the most beautiful band on earth.
Как красиво Вы сказали: 80 путешествий вокруг солнца!
Should be the song of the Olympics. Beautiful ABBA!!!!!!!
Хорошая идея!❤
Frida's voice is just so perfect with this orchestra-ish type of songs. I Let The Music Speak!!!
Friday's voice really stands out in this song
My mother passed away last month, she is an avid fan of Abba and she's excited when she heard that they will release another album. It's so sad that she didn't get the chance to hear this masterpiece. I miss her everyday.
Whenever I feel sad, I will just play an Abba song because she sounds like Anni-Frid. I love you, mama.
She's listening with you
Get your whole family and her closest friends together and play this album over and over in the background and you'll feel her presence.
💕🙏
It will be with her in heaven i`m sure.
She manifested this for us. Thank you mama 💕 god bless. Only those who have a connection to spirit can write this song. It’s the fear of the unknown. It’s the song of spirits who have passed. This song has been channeled for sure. It’s the frequency of the universe. It’s pure love. It’s a sign to you that she made it to heaven. They all did 💕
This song makes me cry, I love this song. The epic farewell of ABBA, thanks Agnetha, Björn, Benny and Frida for all emotions.
I'm 34 years old! Songs of Abba are classic!
LISTENING TO AN ABBA SONG MINUTES AFTER RELEASE IS SO UNREAL
Cierto lo que dices, porque hace 40 años , acá en Latinoamérica esperábamos 1 año, Saludos
say thanks to youtube 😄
it thankfully is. Gone are the nightmare days of the 80s where we only had to listen to the trash mainstream radio stations fed down our throats. Back in the days someone like BBC used to CENSOR even popular artists and refused to play their songs on Radio 1 for example. Worse than North Korea. Now they can shove their radio and we hear and enjoy WHAT we want when we want... and support those artists anyway. Radio stations and corporations don't own us anymore with their hidden agendas.
Thank you for the music....
@@docknightphilco4550 exactly, i cant even with all this new shitty music, like even as a teenager i can appreciate real, good music. thank god ABBA was here to save the 21st century from all the new music, if you can even call it that.
I like to release while I listen to ABBA 😉
"I WISH THAT SOMEONE WOULD WRITE AND ODE TO FREEDOM THAT WE ALL COULD SING!" You just did guys. Absolute genius.
That is exactly what I thought when I heard and read that lyric.
This is the best comeback and goodbye a band ever made. The voyage ends here, but their music will last forever
they thinking about to do another album
No Good bye yet....I think they may make a track or two _ as voyage takes to it's own journey, over the years the odd new track , who knows ?. Xx. But ABBA always know what there doing. Xx "voyage "one of the best collection of tracks_ of all time , = and my expectations, = unreachable ! Xx. ABBA ABBA ABBA. 💕💕
They made 2 tracks more but they can't put it on the album about time objectif. I m sure they can put them in an other LP with extra songs or put them in an other album.
Sono troppo felice se fanno un altro album
Già sono molto felice che sono tornati e hanno fatto questo capolavoro di album
I'm reading reviews for the album today, and I don't care what the "critics" write.
The only thing that matters is that our dreams came true with this album. If anyone had told us, a few years ago we would not have believed it was possible. But it is, it really happened.
I cried some songs because they touched me deeply.
I remembered all the friends who are no longer with us, and who have not experienced this happiness.
I am just one of several million fans who are thrilled with the new album. My favorite songs are “I Can Be That Woman” followed by “Ode To Freedom”.
I will just say, my deep bow, ABBA remained queens and kings, thank them for the music.
ABBA in the ❤ forever
Manuela, loyal fan for over 40 years
Same here, Manuela...loved ICBTW and OTF the very first time hearing them! But I'm also loving all the other songs. Voyage is a fantastic album, a great gift from ABBA to all their fans around the world!!!
Agree 100%
A critic is just the personal opinion of one person, it's bizarre that they even exist anymore. It's the big audience who ultimately decides what becomes a success.
This is one of ABBA's best songs. Critics are wrong if they don't think so. 😀
@@mybiz2167 a critict is often a failed musician
ABBA came and saved the world when the world needed it the most. The brief reunion gives hope to all...
Omg..yes! I got goosebumps after reading your comment!🙏
If ever a group needed cloneing, a future world without their presence, warmth and talent is unthinkable.
I think this is a message to the world that freedom is under threat and has been for some time from those who promise happiness and safety if we only give up everything and allow them total power over us.
Currently the worlds wealthiest and most powerful and corrupt elite are openly discussing the best way to impoverish and take what is left of freedom from the people in the name of saving the planet.
"If I ever wrote my
Ode to Freedom
Being privileged and spoilt for choice
Then I fear that you would
Be suspicious
Of the cause to which I'd lend my voice"
Yet people are not suspicious, instead they demand their own impoverishment and slavery because the huge media propaganda arm of these elite told them this will save the planet.
Meanwhile those who demand it with their Islands, super yachts, private jets, fuel guzzling motorcades, lavish banquets, five star hotels and dozen multi million pound mansions give up nothing, in fact they have factually got ever more rich and powerful with each new crisis that takes our freedom and wealth.
This song is ABBA's final swan song. It is deeply moving and very complex in it's lyrical content. It's almost like a musical obituary very sad yet hauntingly beautiful.
It makes me really sad. They could keep going, it's all still there, the writing, the music, the voices, but I guess they no longer want to. I respect that, but the feeling is strong. At least we have this new album which was improbable to begin with.
This song reminds us ALL that this popular group are TRUE MASTERS of their musicianship craft.
@@rogerhoward7498absolutely right, you've got it in one.
@@themountainwanderer I agree, it would be lovely to have a follow up album but it isn't guaranteed . Agnetha may record one further album but this is not confirmed officially at this time.
They just gave you an entire new album after 40 years. It's been less than a day. You can be patient before demanding more
The lyrics to this magnificent masterpiece are so profound and humble, performed appropriately in exquisite soft harmonies. It deserves to be a new universal anthem, sung by choirs and schoolchildren around the world, and in many languages. Full of grace, it's quite possibly one of the most beautiful songs ever written, and I don't think that's an exaggeration.
@albert trinidad All is a question of taste & knowledge of Music & its messages.
Jerry Manas ~ You have written a beautiful & deserved comment.
I agree.
i agree Jerry,this song is much more to earn the comments of troublemakers.This ODE about FREEDOM is much more!
@@Arlette9779 Bingo
Beautiful, It's the closing of a circle that began 50 years ago.
Don't want it to e nd yet
Beautiful finale
We are just in the beginning of the end because we will embrace and enjoy this song and the whole album for a long time.. and the music will live forever! Thank you ABBA! ♥️
The way old friends do! 😍
I really don't want this song to be a closure hahahah
I am 57 and I dont care what music critics say today. They were telling the same -that this is an old-style music - when The Beatles appeared.
I am so happy that you are back, ABBA ! What an emotions - truth,love - and freedom.
Will be waiting for ABBA Voyage 2022 in London
The Guardian is a news source, only. Rolling Stone review of Voyage was good...Worth the wait!!!...right on target..Even Pitchfork review was a fairly good review!
I agree, ABBA made this beautiful music for the fans and the fans truly love and appreciate this - it does not matter about anyone else's opinion
I read the Guardian review that conveniently skipped over No Doubt About It and totally missed the point that not every album recording ABBA made was Dancing Queen or Mamma Mia but songs like Ode To Freedom or The Visitors which have no disco beat or get up and dance. I bet they only listened to ABBA Gold. For true ABBA fans this album is what we have waited so long for and it does not disappoint. It has everything we want. Beautiful harmonies brilliant composition and meaningful lyrics I am sure it will also go down in history as a great album just like the ones before it. The recent charts say it all. Apapa
Super!
Thanks Mom for bring ABBA to my life when I was a kid.l wish you were here.
Your mother is always with you, in your heart when you listen this music.
Xxx
Gets even better the more I hear it. It's very dignified and hymn-like. Truly timeless, classy ABBA.
Doesn't it sound like something from the 19th century? Sounds familiar?
@@thomashernandez8700The very beginning sounds like Swan Lake to me very beautiful.
haha now Abba are turning to classical :D
Yes, I agree. Totally magnificent.
Part of the Beatles, Queen and ABBA story coming out…focus is John Deacon, John Lennon and Agnetha. These three were more than musicians. All ABBA songs are about John Deacon…Deacon the dancing Queen. Who is John Deacon really? He is coming out of seclusion soon. Story from 1968 to 1980 has been locked in a vault till 40 years later.
After this song i realise how today's music is soulless, ABBA's music is eternal.
A true sentence...
Most popular music was soulless from the 60’s, including that of the Beatles. I was a radio DJ then and really had to tolerate a lot of it. I actually just about disliked it all and was dismayed at the standards to which music hand sunk even from the previous generation.
Then ABBA came along and made everything brighter and happier and much more melodic. How amazing that was.
After they disbanded, looking for better music, I turned to opera and really fell more in love with classical music than I had been.
A few decent pop singers have come along, but only two have stood out for me -IL Volo and the extraordinary Dimash Qudaibergen - mainly for their voices and the KIND of music they present. And now again, ABBA has lit a beautiful lamp in the bleak music landscape - with their sensitivity to music that is eternal. And in that they once again, are lighting up the world! Even one of the songs on the new album which I dislike - and the only ABBA song I have ever disliked, is far, far better that just about anything out there today. Thank you ABBA. So very, very much. 💖
Abba and Il Volo - my favourite artists ♥️
👌🏻👁👌🏻
What an absolutely gorgeous song. Just incredible
Frida's beautiful low voice leads the sound, mix, here and brings depth to the whole melody and text. The song is very beautiful and poignant.
ABBA, Wrote this Song To Bring about Peace in The World, Let’s hope it Happens One Day !!
Peace? It was done in the middle of the C🤡VID TERROR and loss of that basic human FREEDOMS in the western world
This song is a magnificent masterpiece. I’m absolutely stunned by it. What a wonderful ending.
Супер !!! Салют из Украины!!!
A transcendent piece of music, to last forever in the galaxy.
you are spot on. nothing more to do or say.
The greatest musical group ever. Melodies, harmonies, lyrics, arrangements. They remained untouched.
Yes surley it is.
Thank you Merrin, well said and the absolute truth! Benny and Bjorn are the Bach and Beethoven of 21st century..
Those 2 Beautiful Norse Beauties have the voices that the Angels listen to.. This is Timeless Music the World Loves!❤👍🇺🇸
I agree with you 100%
Agree! They're constantly on repeat in my home. Day after day. Week after week. I just can't stop listening to all their masterpieces!
They are like a good wine, they are getting better and better. Now they are in their seventies and still getting better.
ABBA FOREVER
Its what the world has been waiting for, for Abba fans young and old alike and i cant wait to listen to the whole album later on and my freedom as come to me in my new work place !
Steph, you made poethry, well done
Beautiful, pertinent and prescient for our world today and tomorrow.
@@mariajosecaldas3272 thank you Maria
@@mariajosecaldas3272 Can I ask what is poethry ?
@@stephmottershead9974 Poetry spelt incorrectly?
"Voyage" - the last album forever in this world. Respect. Wonderful music from wonderful 4 people. The people of this world bow in front of you. Thank you 🤗
Hands down.....the Masterpiece of the Century!, And yes I believe it is a farewell from the greatest pop group of all time bar none!
I refused to listen to this song because my brother told me he was in tears when he listened to it and I wanted to wait till Christmas to reserve me an additional gift of these talented artists. Well, by chance I heard it right now and... I cannot express what I am feeling inside my soul and heart: this is poetry, is a classical ode at a Beethoven and Verdi level. This is not pop anymore is ART in its quintessential way. Pure beauty and emotion. Benny is a genius, the words of Björn are simply perfect and the voices of the 2 ladies... well, simply divine. UNESCO or ONU should declare this ode to World Heritage Site. THIS is not a simple song it is a classical Ode as gift for all of us... to humanity worldwide for a better world... for authentic and true freedom.
Each member of ABBA simply excelled in his/her role in this song. Beautiful!
I love your heartfelt comment👍❤.
@@sobroed thank you
You are right. It is a song of great value. will be listened to at Christmas all over the world as Happy New Year is listened to at the beginning of each year. ABBA is a phenomenon and their music is invaluable to people from all over the world. Thanks for the ABBA music! I love you!
For me...this song is the higest level that can be achieved in the art and creativity of Pop Music artistic expression. As you say...it is more than just music alone...it is PURE MUSIC ART. With this song... ABBA have tapped straight into the inner mind set of natural humanity, that the WHOLE WIDE WORLD WILL RECOGNISE WHEN THEY HEAR THIS SONG.
I feel so sad with Voyage, it feels like I've reached the end of my life's journey with ABBA's music. When all good things must come to an end... :( I want ABBA to NEVER END! There will never be another group like these amazing souls. God bless Anni-Frid, Agneth, Benny and Bjorn. Thank you for the music!
their music lives on forever and all the good times that we had enjoying their sound. #abba4ever they are eternal but i do know what you mean. Im so glad to have lived through their success and comeback. Happy 2023!!!!
Yes, in 1982 when ABBA announced they were unofficially through, I was devistated. With VOYAGE, I felt such a euphoria, I couldn't describe it. But then in interviews when Benny and Bjorn said VOYAGE was the last and that this was the end, I was heartbroken that 'the door' was closing for good.
@@LOTGiscool All good things come to an end I dont blame them at all for calling it a day better end on a high like Voyage and their London concerts. I will keep the image of them from the 70s and 80s in my mind and when I used to have my bedroom wall plastered with their posters. The excitement of watching Abba The Movie as a kid and dancing to all their hits in our school youth club... those where the days :) Abba Forever
@@hunkhk I was listening to the radio and even had a small record player in my bedroom. I remember Waterloo and SOS would come on and I marveled at what a different sound 'that group' had. In 1977, off I went to college. I eventually bought ABBA Arrival on cassette tape. Then ABBA The Album came out. I didn't buy much ABBA stuff, but I do have two ABBA belt buckles. And I won an autographed ABBA The Singles The First Ten Years from a London radio station when I was in Huntingdon, UK in November 1982. It's all still in my possession here in southern Alberta.
A divine song. I am 20 years old and so touched. A truly masterpiece. I wish that someday the whole world will sing this Ode to freedom.
So awesome! :)
I hope everyone understood the message from ABBA. There is less freedom in the world in which we live someone's dark side. And these Swedish guys from Abba feel it. And this last song (I don't want to talk about it like that) is an ode to freedom. .and behind it will be "an ode to joy". And you can hear it after Benny's chords
More than an "ode to freedom" this musical piece is an ode to joy and hope for a better world. These geniuses manage to explain feelings and thoughts with a grace and ease beyond our time. ABBA: thanks for "the voyage"
@Sergei And you see how many times it has been used for different purposes not always good that's the reasson they admit this is not an Ode
Супер!!!! Салют из Украины!
Played this masterpiece to my 87 year old mum and it made her cry as it is so powerful ❤
Ladies and gentlemen, here you have the most significant song ABBA has created in their history. Just listen, and be astounded!
Its Epic!! ❤️🇸🇪❤️🇸🇪
It's just thrilling. Like the End of the Line. Everything comes to its End...slowly vanishes and finally dies. That's Life and that's what it is about. The ABBA's message: We all die, but love in our soul remains. And it was worth living for.
gets better every time i hear it and ive played it about 100 times already .... sublime
Don t listen to Helmut ,listen to your heart!
Walter Hellmuth...Yes, combine Ode To Freedom with ABBA's Eagle on one video, like on an hour loop video, and we have the most significant and the most meaningful video anyone has ever produced.
Play ABBA's Eagle and Ode To Freedom back to back, and you'll see what I mean.
Always crying when start listening to this song ❤️
Unreal! Glorious! A wonderful gift for the world! Thank you, Benny, Frida, Agnetha, Bjorn!
ABBA, your circle is complete. You started as you finished and your beauty and grace was constant throughout you catalogue of art. You always did and always will bring joy.
Thank you for the music, this was the perfect end to an epic, galactic voyage.
Enjoy your own personal freedoms. ABBA forever!
Perfectly said 👍👍
What a great comment...thanks abba....you are the air I breathe 🇮🇪 Ireland .
True
Someone has already written an ode to freedom that we all could sing; this one. It's a great song.
I've said elsewhere, ABBA are so much more than just a music group. This composition demonstrates this. A World campaign for freedom, kindness and peace.
I am a 74 year old man and I still think abba are the best group ever long live abba ❤
The absolute beauty and emotion four people can bring to this world of many woes gives me such consolation that God, the author or truth and beauty, has written such good in our hearts.
Here it is: the Ode to freedom! Like a hymn! Imagine thousands of people singing this at once! ❤️🔥 Wow!
You might have predicted the future there my friend
@@vanitazazas I hope they do a Flashmob or something similiar like they did with Band Aid. Just a ton of people on stage singing it.
Yes, it’s a beautiful powerful song, can imagine it at the end of an epic movie ❤️
With their masks on keeping 6 feet distance between each other of course :))
The song we need in these times where we have lost many freedoms.
I'm 17, young, and not ashamed of listening to this band.
It all started in 2016, I was only 10 and the first ABBA song I listened to was "On And On And On", "Our Last Summer", "Under Attack", "The Way Old Friends Do" and "The Piper". At that time, my father was still using a CD that contained these 5 songs and many other songs. I got interested in this band, and downloaded the same 5 songs in 2019 when I started to experiment with music downloaders. Slowly, I started to browse through 40-year-old songs on this TH-cam channel and downloaded many more. 3 months ago, I was hyped when I saw a notification from ABBA's TH-cam channel. They came back! Wow! Over time, I started to download songs from ABBA V oyage and listen to it almost every day. Today, I have a total of 60 songs from ABBA that are in my music player.
You have TREMENDOUS wisdom for your youth. EVERY ABBA SONG is a masterpiece. Listen to it over and over and if you grow tired change the songs or albums. They were designed to be listened to in longevity I believe and the more they are heard grow them closer to your heart and you miss when your not hearing them. You are very fortunate to be aware of their greatness in this time of reunion! Seize the day!
you know what REAL MUSIC IS!
happy to see young people listening REAL music.
Please keep this music alive jh. I'm delighted you have discovered the astonishing talent of this band!
Welcome to the very old ABBA-Family...enjoy all of the music
ABBA - you changed the world (our world) with your music. For the better. Forever. THANK YOU from the bottom of my heart.
Sat here crying , my gran loved ABBA, she passed in January, her funeral song was I have a dream , I feel like I'm listening for her ❤
You can be absolutely sure she is listening and enjoying also where she is now...!✨🤗
So sorry😪
Simply ABBA. The best group of the world!
Here in New Zealand we are celebrating 12 days to go until Abba The Voyage Concert! in London
"I would like to think that FREEDOM is more than just a word."
Just this line alone gives me goosebumps. So relevant these days.
The complete genius of Bjorn as a songwriter in ABBA is that he has ALWAYS been able to capture the natural modern contemporary of human life in his lyrics, as well as viewpoints that most sucessfull songwriters may probabily think would be too taboo to document in popular song.
These reflections would naturaly be reflected upon in the fiction/non fiction book or documentary film.
The genius of Ode to Freedom is that the lyrics are instantly reflected upon from the zegist of these very 21st centuary moments in time.
The world is TOTALLY aware that peoples natural freedoms have been taken away from them and the natural freedoms of our natural world have also been taken from us (by REALLY inception of our very own doing around the world), and the natural freedoms to stand up for Green issues can also been taken away from us, when we wish to protest about these issues.
Somehow... this song 'Ode to Freedom' has tapped into that WHOLE type of conciousness.
Bjorn s words were heavy and his words are still ETHALON.
Freiheit ist ein Gefühl. Ein Wahnsinnsgefühl🙌🙌🙌❤️
We need this right now , ABBA reunite this fractured world 😪🙏
This song is out of this world. I am a 49 year old man but I can't stop crying when I hear him. I've never heard such a beautiful song. If God had created a song himself for mankind, it would be this song. If our planet could create a song by itself, it would be this song. If there is a song from the depths of the universe, it is this song. ABBA gives me back my belief in what is good in people. We have never needed ABBA as much as we do today. I learned that from this song. This album is a masterpiece that is unique in history.
Your words are really touching.
The world is a much more beautiful place with ABBA here in it!
@@kennykool100 YES.
Indeed, this might be the song played in Heaven
This is by far the best I have read that describe my own feelings when I listen to this masterpiece.
An anthem for this damaged world 😢
True words with sooo much meaning today!!!!
Abba are by far the greatest group that have ever existed, they are quite simply Gods of incredibly uplifting music.
Absolutely.
Ode, hymn, anthem... Masterpiece.
The lyrics are good, but the melody, melancholy and the soothing near-waltz rhythm makes this a masterpiece. I return to this song nightly and sing along with it. It is my bedtime prayer for the foreseeable future. If the peace within us made a sound we hear it like this.
Your words are so true ...
Beautifully said... me too! :)
U make so many heart happier. Thank you.
It's based on Swan Lake.
Lionheart: I love your nightly routine you describe. So soothing....
This is first time I heard this one. Sprang to my mind how I felt as a little child, too.
ABBA: We love you, thank you, and thank you Universe.
Keep voyaging everyone, with much peace and love.
This melody is so utterly moving and the lyrics are so humble and wistful. The blended voices reflect that too. There is a yearning in there that does move me to tears. A symphonic arrangement and fitting finale for ABBA writing and performing as ABBA, with a profound twist in the very last line of the lyric (I added that after more absorption of this piece, which is actually, unashamedly classical in concept and musicality).
A very humble “thank you, ABBA” from me. For all time. 💝
Same here (tears)
...and we will all remember the first time we heard it - for all time.
@@MrFlazz99 yes we will.
@@eigentlichschon1099 I understand. This piece is a standout ..
HAVENT finished, I am in tears. Thank you for Eternally, ABBA, for the music ~ that got me through the worst of times - and you've Arrived just in time again. I’ve always known you Are ANGELS spreading your wings of -words cannot describe, but We Know. I left my glasses in the dark Boston Common to be on time to see you - front row. You were worth losing them. I Know it’s all coming back to you, my Heart and Soul thanks and blesses you. Please -MORE. ENCORE! ENCORE!
“It’s elusive and it’s hard to hold, it’s a fleeting thing” so true especially now.
I think, the whole album is a "Thank You for 50 years" for the true fans all over the world ! Thank You ABBA for this PRESENT! It`s in my heart and in my soul and on my desk as a physical CD since 4 hours ! It's so good to share that feeling with so many people here! A big circle is closed! Greetings from Berlin, Germany!
ABBA's last album is a thank you, is a gift, and is a request to defend freedom (Ode to freedom) and the environment (bumblebee), and is so much more. Thank you ABBA, you will live forever in my heart!
Something fantastic about this song when turned up
This song. This song is simply magnificent. It should be played across the world, at the same time. Everyone should hear it. I am in love with ABBA.
Этот вальс Чайковского звучит уже давно, но без вокала конечно.
@Christopher Arnold still more meaningful than l'Ill Pump's Gucci Gang 😄
You are absolutely right my Friend.
Someone in the world should make sure there is a date in the earth calendar where ALL COUNTRIES around the world are playing Ode to Freedom, with incredible images on the screen, where everyone in the world can hear and see this song and images at the same time.
This event NEEDS to be the equal of when the Beatles had their worldwide satellite and got to play their ALL YOU NEED IS LOVE single for the whole world.
@@АлександрСавельев-ф2ы Yes, but this is still magnificent, right?
@@rogerhoward7498 I agree, if only it Coulde Happen, We can Only Hope & Pray one day It Does.
I thought 90's was the time when the music died but after listening to this song, I feel like 60's, 70's and 80's are here again.
no matter the genre they use, their music is just phenominal
"Ode to Freedom" is simply magical. It makes me think of "The way old friends do", and that special moment in Wembley 1979. And now, they do it again! Solemn in each verse, in each note and in their voices.
Abba's swan song and finale. What a beautiful ending to many decades of joy and happiness they have given to millions across the world. This symphony arrangement and amazing melodies melts my heart. The joy of having them back is tinged with knowing this will be their finale album but their music will forever live on. We are humbled to have been touched by your music in so many ways. Thank you Abba, words cannot express how much you mean to so many people. 😘❤
ever time i hear it I feel more and more emotional - nothing and noone will ever come close to the brilliance of this IMHO. Its really humbling to listen and reflect on such an amazing career. #AbbaForever
Never say never!
@@barrylenton3805 lol just in case they need to rake in a few more millions - surely they are calling it a day?
@@hunkhk If the ladies twist Benny's hand then we could get more recordings that is what Benny said.
I am sure the guys still have many unreleased songs, whether the ladies want to sing them and the group wants to release them is another matter
If a song ever displayed ABBA's gift for harmony this was it.
I’ve now gotten the chance to listen to Agnetha & Anne-Frid on their own singles songs and they have beautiful voices. And I discovered when these two girls come together in the same room. Something magical happens. For the lack of better words. It’s as if, a whole new set of algorithms are brought into play. They automatically balance their voices. And lift each other up and fade into the background at the right time. This is a rare thing in music. I’m not talking harmonies as a group. This is a matchup of tones and power to drive each other at just the right time. And let’s not forget the boys. Their abilities to inject their sounds without overwhelming the girls takes skill as well. Going back in time to their vary first contest they won. It showed the voters a sound back then what they really liked. Benny & Bjorn discovered this early on. That Agnetha & Anne-Frid had a magnetic draw within the sound of their voices working together as a team. Even with the span of 40 years in time that thing we call magic stills holds. Well the rest is history we have ABBA!
So a lot of the critics are missing the point. If you thought there was going to be another Dancing Queen, another Mamma Mia, you failed the exam before you even sat down (yes, I'm looking at you, The Guardian). This album is about completion, and to me it says three things clearly.
1) (as they have pretty much said themselves) we refuse to bow to *any* pressure on how our music "should" be. This is what we want to write as we close the book, and here it is.
2) They knew instinctively that writing thirtysomething songs about finding and losing new lovers would be ridiculous when they were in their 70s, and on this instinct they were entirely correct. Thus the ballads are mature and sensitive renderings of the complexities of late-phase relationships and the dance numbers hinge on nostalgia.
3) And perhaps most of all, it's a farewell. Yes, yes, I know we don't want it to be, and some people are already bleating for another album but...it is. And honestly, we should honour their wishes in this. The signal is there on every page. Here are the more straightforward things that matter to us now we are older - perhaps they can matter to you too. Here are what simple joys sound like without the many occluding veils. It's also a thank you, from Abba, not for the music, but for listening to the music, for being there for us these many decades. We still had faith in them, we didn't shut them down, no doubt about it.
Last night I had a bizarre but rather affecting dream after listening to this album. Bear with me. I dreamed of four balloons like oriental lanterns with a candle underneath. They were at the edge of a large body of water and each balloon bore the semblance of one member of ABBA. One by one, at random moments, they took off into the mists, never to be seen again but glowing for a long time as they left. And behind them, always and without end, was the music they made. This lacerating final track, Ode To Freedom, echoes on the winds.
And that was Voyage. And that was their voyage.
And that has been our voyage...with ABBA...since the early 70s.
May the wind be at your back Benny, Agnetha, Bjorn, Anni-Frid, and with the greatest sincerity, thank you for the music, thank you so very...very...much, for the music. You changed the world.
Beautifully expressed comment, and spot on. Some have mentioned notes from Swan Lake, and I would add that to this rhythm one can imagine Abba rowing slowly away from us across a lake into the distance, on their final voyage.
well said
I agree with you, but I am pretty sure there will still be at least one or two new singles (if not a whole album) in the future. Knowing them, knowing us, that's the only way it can go.
@@AnssiRai Well Benny did say that if the ladies twisted his arm, that's the only thing that could make it happen. So the ladies would have to want to do another album, I feel. Having just completed one, I'm not sure I think it's likely, but of course I would be delighted to be wrong about this. We don't have a limitless future anymore unfortunately. If we lose one of them, it's all over. I'm not interested in a 3-out-of-foursome ABBA album (or single) and I'm pretty sure they wouldn't be either.
Here would be my own personal thought on making this possible. We, the fans, make it clear that the ladies would only have to do the stuff in Benny's studio (which they loved doing) and literally nothing else. That is *much* more likely to make it happen (imo).
Beautiful writing. Thank you so much.
ABBAs songs are so well orchestrated. There is so much emotion in this one. The sounds, the instruments, the voices, the dynamics in the volume, the lyrics. It is so beautiful. Thank you ABBA. 🌹🌹🎶
And the contra rhythm,really hard to play and sing ,so unusual,lot’s of influences from the Kristina Musical in this Album ,love it 👏🏻🤧🤗😰😊
Both women have a natural WORLD- WIDE HUMANITY in their voices to ANY song they sing...that is why their songs connect with the WHOLE WIDE WORLD in The way they do.
Could you please tell me how one would write this rhythm in musical notation? Thank you.
Is it the only my - one who sees this music as a reminiscence of the Great Waltz from Swan Lake of Tschaykovsky ??
@@samjosem6019 Absolutely!
A modern day peace anthem for mother earth . Xx.
It would be great if the Vienna philarmonic would play this tune at the new year`s concert on 1 january 2022. Abba are such a timeless beauty. The voices and harmonies are from another world. 40 years, where did you go? I remember staying home from school one day pretending I did not feel ok, to listen to The Album all over again and again. Their new songs are still revelations to me and what consoles me when thinking of them in connection with time is the fact that the experience is shared by so many people all over the world who are enthralled by the underlying truth in their often melancholic tunes... Life had them when they were "young and sweet, only seventeen" but they were also still there when all was said and done, and the winner took it all ... They never lied to me. Fair enough, that`s the way it all goes, thank your for the music, guys! You have given me so much! And how often have I turned to your music when everything else did not make much sense. You are leaving such a legacy to this world with all its imperfection and beauty ...
Beautifully articulated.
@@bijitbora Thank you :)
Wunderbar!👍👍💖
This is not real!! This is a magic!!! I am blown away!!! THANK YOU ABBA TANK YOU ❤️❤️❤️
Absolutely mesmerizing, with a nice nod to Tchaikovsky, timeless, profound, regal and hopeful with that unmistakable touch of Nordic melancholy. Glorious and moving and I wish this song, as well as ABBA’s music would never end.
I can't help put picture figure skaters when I hear this! Possibly the best song on the album. DEFINITELY one of the top three.
When future generations come, we'll be able to tell them about that day when a legendary band made a spectacular comeback. We'll show them these masterpieces, and the ones that came before.
A masterpiece, a hymn to freedom, a respite for lovers of universal music without borders.
We all deserve the ODE TO FREEDOM now when dark clouds covering the GATE TO FREEDOM.
This is a masterpiece ‼👏
“I would like to think that Freedom is more than just a word. In grand and lofty language Odes to Freedom often go unheard”…
"Ode to Freedom" is one of the best ABBA songs that I've ever heard! 🤩👍
I so agree. Just spectacular and lovely.
Listen to "Arrival" wow..with thanks
ABBA is the only pop-band in the world whose every song is a masterpiece.
I think most would agree with you - I certainly do!
Yeah, let‘s not push it *THAT* much. Listen to the King Kong Song and then try calling it a masterpiece ;)
@@Gryzor88 It's still ABBA who did it. And it still has something special in it. It wasn't Justin Bieber, thank God😅❗
It is like every song they have EVER created and recorded, is a MASTERCLASS in Listening Pop Music Appreciation.
@@Gryzor88 Almost every song...most songs.....up there with the Beatles./
OMG...this is a masterpiece...its like something from the heavens....I'm overwhelmed.....thank you ABBA...you can leave now,knowing you gave this beautiful gift to the 🌎 world....love from Ireland 🇮🇪 ❤
Isn't it a perfect goodbye? ❤️
@@Letsmarchishere yes, it is....but I wish it weren't so!!!!! I'll miss them for ever and ever
@@jutme8500 I know, I don't wanna lose them either, but who could postpone time? I am glad they came back to say proper goodbye to all fans
Of course, it's a masterpiece!.
Tchaikovsky had genius and his piece taken by Benny from Swan Lake as well
@@vittopo786 the perfect "Swan song" so....
So simple , so beautiful. If this was my last moment on earth it would be my greatest
The importance of this song becomes more apparent when we look at the current situation on our earth. Freedom. That should unite us all. 🤝
there is no idea in the world more important than the idea of freedom. Without it, nothing else matters. From the day each of us is born, God gave to each of us: "freedom of choice as to how we want to live our lives". "Freedom" is a God given right: not given by the political puppet masters. They are not God.
AWESOME
If we do not have freedom we have nothing. Without freedom we have are doomed to endure the evil works of Satan's workers here on earth. God please come to save us from these "DEVIL DOGS"!
This is so so true!
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How ironic it is that the final Abba song has "Voyaged" over to the classical genres. Very poetic and beautiful finale I salute you.
If there is music in heaven, I’m sure it would be “ ODE To Freedom” and “Bumblebee”! Both are what I think of when I think of heaven!
Me too!
i got one much better for you. that you can listen to every abba song whenever you want whenever you want. the whole entire catalog.
A song that is so meaningful to the real ABBA Fans.
It's cathartic... I wish my parents were still here to hear this! But I'm sure this music is free enough to reach the stars and the angels...
You are so right. This Song will reaches the whole universe. And far more. We human know there is much more between Earth and Heaven. I even think this Song is a gift from the Angels to us humans.
i've listened to this song possibly 1200 times.... If not more. It is not tiring on me. It still envokes genuine joyful emotion, bringing tears with it in the best possible way. I love that i adore this song, regardless of where it came from. The fact that it is an ABBA song, simply makes sense as to why it's so good.
Ode To Freedom It’s a majestic perfection.
Beyond all reminiscenes of Tchaikofsky, Verdi or Beethoven, it is just an unbelieveable glorious masterpiece. Thank you Björn and Benny for your "making" so wonderful songs and of course Agnetha and Anna-Frida for your still so harmonic and powerful voices. ABBA for ever.
Can't stop my tears ... This is one of most beautiful songs I've ever heard.
Agreed
Haunting and pure touching on genius
Me too 💦 xx
Absolutely 💯 ABBA is saying Goodbye 👋
Agenda 21 NWO 👹
What a closing song for ABBA! I assume this is ABBA's last.
In Nov 1981, The Visitors looked to be their last album. The closing song on The Visitors was also a perfect close out to their 8th album, 'Like An Angel Passing Through My Room'
The world without Abba was colourless and empty. It wasn't even worth remembering. Now they are here, and it feels like the perfect morning. We missed them so much.
@Christopher Arnold U are muslim?
@Christopher Arnold what music are you listening to, if you are?
It's TRUE what they say..you don't really miss something special SO MUCH until they are truly reflecting the world with BRILLIANCE.
ABBA have reflected the WHOLE WIDE WORLD with their BRILLIANCE AGAIN.That is why the Whole Wide World have been reflecting SO MUCH on these new ABBA singles released as well as this New Incredible Studio Album.