To me this is almost beyond earthly. It is so beautifully sad and can only be Abba . As the years roll by their legacy becomes bigger than ever and quite right
As a Swede born in the 70's I'm stoked to see how ABBA's music's still relevant to the younger population. Kids in Sweden are more or less grown up with their music no matter what decade they're born in. Fun fact, Agnetha didn't speak very good English at the time but her singing in English was more or less flawless. Great reaction vid by the way. Much love and appreciation from Sweden 🙏❤
This came out in 1980 before Cd's. We used to make playlists from the radio or records with a 'casette recorder' with casette tape. Either recording with a lead or direct from the speakers. 'Hi-fi' technology came in with pause buttons so one could record a mixture of tunes from radio or vinyl to make a PLAYLIST. This was a great thing to do for someone you loved by impressing them with toons they liked. A few years later (1986) one could do this from Cd's as well. A well known name for a double speaker radio-casette recorder was a 'Ghetto-blaster.' They are collectors items now. Look em up. :-)
So, at the time of this song's release, we transferred the songs onto wax cylinders and played them on our victrolas; of course, if we weren't wealthy enough to afford a victrola, we had to recreate the song ourselves by obtaining permission from the village elders and then singing it around the central campfire while drumming on animal skins, taking care not to set fire to any of the nearby grass huts. True story. 😉 Okay, okay, I tease. I'm just giving you a hard time, all in good fun. As the previous commenter (Lance) mentioned, we used cassette tapes to make "mix tapes", either recording the songs off the radio or directly off the vinyl record. 😁
This song was written by Bjorn after the divorce with Agnetha. This tells the story of the marriage. Agnetha literally wept in the studio with the lyrics in her hands. This song is considered to be one of the best and the one which indicated the band might lose the vigour in the following years. Which it did.
ABBA= LEGENDS. THIS SONG IS THE BREAK UP SONG OF ALL TIME. NO ONE CAN CRY SING LIKE AGNETHA. IT'S HEARTBREAKING. THE LINE: BUT TELL ME, DOES SHE KISS, LIKE I USED TO KISS YOU, DOES IT FEEL THE SAME, WHEN SHE CALLS YOUR NAME. IT HURTS STRAIGHT INTO THE CORE OF YOUR HEART. ABBA, THE BEST MUSIC EVER RECORDED. AND NOW A WHOLE NEW ABBA STUDIO ALBUM WILL BE OUT NOVEMBER 5, 2021, SOOOOOOO HAPPY 💝💝💝💝
We made playlists back then too. We recorded the songs with a cassette player. It was a bit tricky, but only a few years later we could use a combined CD- and cassette player. That made it easier to record the playlists.
Yeah, trouble was you often got some DJ's voice recorded at the end of each song on the playlist (I used to record off the charts a lot), or some jingle telling you the song was at No. 3 this week, or whatever! Haha :D
I agree with you. The winner takes it all has so much depth and raw and tender emotions. Dancing Queen is more joyful and youthful. But very good, that one also.
I prefer solution and fix or try it and Dancing Queen will have to be the answer for the issues in abba ..but was a think play of egos . Whatever a least they recognize the time last year and bring some compasión each others 🇸🇪🇸🇪🇸🇪🇸🇪⏰✨🏹🍓
This was initially released on the album Super Trouper, only available on vinyl and cassette tape in 1980, cd wasn't available until 1983. People tended to do mix tapes, from either vinyl or tape to tape... the good old days
It's soo heartwarming to realize that newer generations become enamored with ABBA. The nostalgia is flooding within me coz that's what I also felt hearing ABBA for the first time. Music is universal and timeless.
The lyrics were written by Bjorn Ulvaeus around the time the divorce was completed. Agnetha wanted to sing it and she has a knack of story telling in her voice that brings real depth and meaning to songs.
How precious are you guys?!? There was no such things as CDs in the 70s. The "big thing" back then was cassette tapes. That and vinyl records were (as far as I can remember) the only options for listening to recorded music (other than utilizing your AM/FM transistor radio). LOL 😆 Love 💘 you guys and your reactions.
Agnetha is pronounced something like ‘on-YET-ha’ (for an American accent). She says Anna is OK, too. And in the 70s and early 80s, half the world was in love with her (and her eyes). Yes, we had records (33RPM albums and 45RPM singles) and compact cassette tapes. People used to record their favourite songs onto cassette tapes. The playlists were called ‘mix-tapes’. (Guys, haven’t your parents told you anything about predigital life on Earth?) This is probably ABBA’s greatest breakup song, (Bjorn wrote this one), but they were famous for great breakup songs. Here’s a couple more… in order of amazingness… - Knowing Me, Knowing You - My Love, My Life - So Long - Dance While The Music Still Goes On And the best ever ‘about-to-break-up’ song… SOS!
"What You Want Wednesday" is NOT cringe, it's honestly genius. But it's now irrelevant as you both now need to react to ABBA songs until the end of time. You've inadvertently become an ABBA reaction channel, my dudes, and we're loving you for it.
Bjorn wrote this song about his and Agnetha's divorce. I can not imagine how Agnetha felt when being handed that song to sing. I think with that knowledge, it is Agnetha's best performance, in many ways. Oh, regarding the 'video clip' ABBA more or less invented the music clip. Love 'em.
This was ABBA's last "major" worldwide "megahit", topping the charts in several countries, and even making the Top 10 in the U.S (Nº 8). This was from their "penultimate" album (Super Trouper). The year it was released (1980), was their last tour abroad (Japan). Agnetha's "true soprano" vocals really shine on this one. 🎤✨♫♫♪♪♥
This song was released in 1980. You only had records and musiccassettes. C.D.’s were introduced from 1981 on. So you bought a record or single, could duplicate this on empty cassettes. You could also record music from the radio on cassettes. That was the only playlist you had in those times.
ABBA - The masters of breakupsongs - Check out another one of ABBA`s Masterpieces in that genre "One Of Us" ....It should have become a superhit. But somehow it never became one of the most played. But still so so GOOD!!!
When this came out all we had were records and cassettes. CDs (technically available mid 80s) weren't really mainstream until very late 80s. We could record our records onto cassettes but it recorded in real time. So to make a mixed tape of one hour, it took one hour (or longer) to record it. And when a new song was released, we often had to wait 2-3 weeks until it was available in a physical record store. Life def much easier now
Benny and Björn always decided which lady would sing which song, depending on the vocals ranges demanded on each song, and also the octave ranges of the ladies' soprano and mezzo-soprano voices. Angetha's eye colour is green, by the way. I have an old picture sleeve from Agnetha's solo single (45) "Can't Shake Loose", from 1983, and they are clearly green. 💚😉
Agnetha's eyes are blue with slightly greenish tones, in her the contours of eyes of a light blue or other striking color were delineated to highlight her beautiful eyes, Frida's eyes on the other hand are almond green, also very beautiful, I have seen so many ABBA videos that I have realized that.
"The winner takes it all" (1980) is ABBA most saddest song, it's a heartbroken song, although at the same time it is a beauty of music and song, with a raw but excellent lyrics, it's a Masterpiece the blonde singer Agnetha has said in other interviews that She likes to sing melancholic or sad songs, because She can act and interpret the feeling of the lyrics. that's what She does here, in this song; the lyrics are not about the reality of Her marriage and divorce with guitarist Björn (although it can include part and was inspired by), She acts interprets and sings, it is Flawless Unmatched and Unforgettable Agnetha and Björn separate at the end of 1978 with two small children; the legal divorce occurs in the middle of 1980, a year and a half later; and that's when Björn writes the lyrics, on a melody that the pianist Benny had already elaborated, and Björn himself makes a demo with his voice "The winner takes it all" was voted the best ABBA song by British fans between Their 25 singles edit in UK it is also the favorite song of both: Agnetha and Björn It gives ABBA the eigth #1 in UK and last Top 10 in US (#8 in Billboard at 1981) and #1 in Adult Contemporary For a next reaction I suggest their First worldwide hit: "Waterloo" (1974) but Not the Official Video (it's good and now in 4K Quality) it's better to see and react the live perfomance at the famous Eurovisión Song Contest, when ABBA win with these iconic song and begin your worldwide career: th-cam.com/video/3FsVeMz1F5c/w-d-xo.html or their Biggest Worldwide hit "Dancing Queen" (1976) #1 in US Billboard in April 1977 or the masterpiece "S.O.S." (1975) Their second worldwide hit (after "Waterloo") and the song that gives ABBA your identity as a pop group Thanks for your reaction See you in next video I wish you a great week My best regards from Buenos Aires, Argentina
I might be their saddest song if it comes to lyrics. The saddest song of all still remains "The Day Before You Came". A very sad melody and a really underrated ABBA-song.
@@iwd1705 *I Agree* *Some how I think it did not get the proper recognition.. TDBYC had the melody the sound the mood similar to Police's Every Breath You Take whc became huge success*
CDs were only invented in '83, three years after this song came out. It was vinyl and cassettes in 1980. Even when CDs came out, we had to wait until the late 90s before we could burn our own CDs. What we could do back then was copy from vinyl to cassette, or from cassette to cassette, or from the radio itself to cassette. :)
Just getting into your reactions to ABBA since the revival. Love seeing you guys enjoy it. Just watched your Just a Notion, priceless. I listened to ‘notion’ and couldn’t believe it. So good. This one is just classic. You just melt into the melody and vocals. They do such an amazing arrangement with counter and fill melodies between lyrics/lines/verses.
Dear guys, I am touched to see your love for ABBA songs! I recommend you also see the other video of "the winner takes it all" where Agnetha is almost always in the foreground and where you can better appreciate her emotional involvement. (and blue eyes !!). Fantastic song, for me the most beautiful ever !! Agnetha fantastic, beautiful when she smiles, even more so when she is sad (but I wish she had never been sad!) The phrase: " But tell me does she kiss like i used to kiss you " is the most powerful that has ever been written in a song! Goose bumps. I really like Agnetha at the end when she says: "But you see": there you can see that she has the strength to get up and go on and she made it! With sympathy from Italy Omar ( 65 y.o. )
Thanks, Marissa! Thanks, Tyler! 🏆 They are so good at mixing triumph with defeat... but it's never a hopeless defeat. #TylerCreatesContent #TheWinnerTakesItAll #ABBA
Tnx guys, great reaction again! Agnetha and Björn got divorced in 1979, The Winner Takes It all was released in 1980. The song was written by Benny and Björn, lyrics by Björn. Frida (Annifrid) and Benny got divorced in 1981. Frida sings the lead on When All Is Said And Done (another break up song), which was released in the end of 1981.
No teenybopper, pop singers. They were 2 married couples before they became loved supergroup ABBA. Much of their music and songs are about adult relationships, their pain and their breakdown. It is what made them, and still seems to do, globally relevant to so many people. "Knowing me, Knowing you" or "One of us is Crying" all follow the theme. Even the two new "come back" speak about their shared pasts and relationships. Magical.
In their biography it’s said that Agnetha filed for divorce. Björn got an instrumental from Benny. He got stinking drunk and poured his heart to Agnetha in these lyrics. He showed the song to Agnetha, who rehearsed it and recorded it in one take. When the recording session was over, everyone in the studio was in tears.
TWTIA is my favourite ABBA song, nice reaction guys. 👍 “The Way Old Friends Do” (live @ Wembley 1979) is incredible. It’s possibly ABBA’s most underrated song. Thanks. Subbed. 🙏🏻
After ABBA broke up in 1983, the two girls ended up with solo careers! Frida had a single I know there’s Something Going On! which I believe was produced by Phil Collins! Agnetha did a duet with Peter Cetera from the band Chicago in 1987!
Hey Tyler, your videos are getting some positive comments on the international ABBA fan's facebook group from the OG fans like me. Keep up the good work!
Love you two....funny, and entertaining!!! Thanks for reacting!❤ PS "If it wasn't for the nights" Live in Japan" just found the video, last week, never seen it before!
That colourful eye makeup was pretty usual back then. I had a poster with Debbie Harry from Blondie (she was my idol) and she had really colourful makeup. Turquoise, coral, peach, tangerine, apricot, petrolium..
This one showcases Agnetha's voice and her ability to tell a story with intense emotion. Bjorn wrote the lyrics as he did for most of their songs. Agnetha said during a subsequent interview that this was her favourite song. Hard to believe given the context.
I feel this gives an inaccurate picture to Tyler of what it was really like. At the time of this song's release, very few people had the ability to record. Cassettes were available, but only really popular by the mid-1980s. And even then, not many people had the ability to record to cassette from vinyl (or, as you inaccurately say, CD, which was almost unheard of in 1980). Most people recorded direct from the radio.
CDs weren't a thing when ABBA recorded that song in 1980. They just didn't exist. People had vinyls and cassettes. Cassettes were the medium to record songs from the radio. So yes, people could record their themed tapes but it was on cassettes taking the songs from other cassettes or from the radio. "The Winner Takes It All" is certainly one of ABBA's most intense songs if not THE most intense. It's just how people can feel if good things come to an end. And the lyrics just smash it into your face. Honestly and hard. You can feel the pain and sadness just from listening to it. Björn wrote the lyrics after he and Agnetha had their divorce. He once said in an interview that he really wrote them down in no time. They just poured out of him. Björn wrote most of the lyrics in ABBA's songs. He's the guy behind the words. Agnetha and Frida are more or less just " vocal intruments". Beautiful and nice ones, though.
The lyrics is fiction, Benny said in an interview. But Björn loves a sentimental feeling and uses it cleverly in many songs. He once said that when he heard the melody of this song it "described itself" in a way so that he instantly knew what the song was about. Then he sat down with a bottle of whisky and wrote it, he said once. Alone. Every divorce is tough and of course it´s in there somewhere, but it´s mainly his professional feel for how a sentimental mood works that comes out in the lyrics. He´s a real professional when it comes to that.
Good review, thanks guys. When B and B wrote their songs they wrote with either or both the girls specifically in mind, ie which voice suited the song. The voices were just as much an instrument as the non-vocal instruments.
Great reaction. This song was written by Benny and Bjorn and was originally titled "The story of my life". Agnetha and Bjorn divorced in 1980 the same year this song was recorded. Benny and Anni-Frid divorced a year later. Bjorn denied the song was about his divorce but Agnetha said "Bjorn wrote it about us after the breakdown of our marriage. The fact that he wrote it exactly when we divorced is touching really"
He’s so cute in his appreciation of the song . Is he a music student ? He seems to know some musical technical knowledge . And feel the song on a deeper level.
Great reaction , I like the way U 2 do this, as young people finding out that music from 70/80 is very cool, I remember this from myself as every new Abba record came out and got excited.. BTW why always in the car? Also Björn Ulvaeus wrote most of the lyrics for Abba and also this one , this song was not particular written because of his divorce from Agnetha Fältskog is what they stated in an Interview . Go on with your great reactions you're make us believe in youth again...
Fun reaction ! ... blue eyes can also denote sad eyes, goes with the song and video. I would suggest reacting to these following ABBA songs: The Day Before You Came, The Visitors, Should I Laugh or Cry, and Put On Your White Sombrero
Please continue down the ABBA rabbit hole. You will not be disappointed! ABBA Gold is a must have in your music collection. *Anni-Frid goes by Frida. Check her big solo hit "I Know There's Something Going On".
7:44 It was called a "mix tape". Essentially a cassette tape with a bunch of different songs from different record albums, often different artists. Yes they had the technology.
What always interests me is that we hear the songs from the singer's perspective (in this case Agnetha) but as the song was written by the songwriters (Benny & Björn), I frequently try to flip seeing it from both sides of the breakup dynamic. But man, the video really puts Agnetha in such a lonely place it makes my eyes swim. Oh, and playlists would have been "mixtapes" recorded on audio cassettes
Yes .... This song was in swedish radio of sunddswall in sweden on the botnian shore in my swedish flat, i was 1 year in sweden and i like volvo saab and saab greepin 39 fighter jet
Back in the day, many music lovers, young and old, recorded their albums or seperate songs on audio cassette tape. Cassettes were easy to carry around. Look up Walkman 1980s if you want to know more. There was a short period of time that portable CDs were in fashion but these were overtaken by MP3 players.
Bjorn wrote most all the songs and Benny writes most of the music . but Bjorn writes music with Benny too . Agnetha and Frida do help out Agnetha plays piano too . They were all famous musicians before they even met and formed ABBA .
About them sitting around the table, and everyone is having a good time. Except Agnetha. Then I remember, when she and Björn had moved apart Björn met his current wife Lena at Benny's and Frida's New Years Party.
Anna and Bjorn got divorced in 1978, while Anni and Benny, in 1981. Three similar songs were part of their last studio album, The Visitors. The songs were WHEN ALL IS SAID AND DONE, ONE OF US and LIKE AN ANGEL PASSING THROUGH MY ROOM. Please do listen.
Benny works ✨🇸🇪🌟⏰🎹 is particular SUPREME BEHING Agnetha voice ...because piano make the emphasized way of each world and this particular confession and real history of abba by the time ... Amazing Benny ☺️🛡️🌟🇸🇪 Thanks 🙏 Benny love you music and energy !!! Thanks Benny !
80’s makeup fashion was bold like this. Also bright red lipsticks. I bet if it came back into fashion it would be a trend. Yeah it was her own eye colour, as swedes are known for blonde hair and blue eyes.
Recodable CD came in the beginning of 1990:th, ordinary CD about 10 years before that. But we have Philips casettes long before that. And LP came around 1950:th, to replace. This is made by Björn, to express the feelings after his and Agnethas divorce, in 1979. Benny and Anni-Frid diveced in 1981. The Winner Takes it All and Super Truper was released as singel 1980. Yes, They are Björn, Benny, Agnetha and Anni-Frid "Frida". Yes that was tha A B B and A. Yes they was married and got divorced.
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Pop music doesn't come any purer than this. Flawless masterpiece. In a word, *ABBA*
To me this is almost beyond earthly. It is so beautifully sad and can only be Abba . As the years roll by their legacy becomes bigger than ever and quite right
As a Swede born in the 70's I'm stoked to see how ABBA's music's still relevant to the younger population. Kids in Sweden are more or less grown up with their music no matter what decade they're born in. Fun fact, Agnetha didn't speak very good English at the time but her singing in English was more or less flawless. Great reaction vid by the way. Much love and appreciation from Sweden 🙏❤
This came out in 1980 before Cd's. We used to make playlists from the radio or records with a 'casette recorder' with casette tape. Either recording with a lead or direct from the speakers. 'Hi-fi' technology came in with pause buttons so one could record a mixture of tunes from radio or vinyl to make a PLAYLIST. This was a great thing to do for someone you loved by impressing them with toons they liked. A few years later (1986) one could do this from Cd's as well. A well known name for a double speaker radio-casette recorder was a 'Ghetto-blaster.' They are collectors items now. Look em up. :-)
A song you can cry your eyes out too and be so thankful Abba made it.
So, at the time of this song's release, we transferred the songs onto wax cylinders and played them on our victrolas; of course, if we weren't wealthy enough to afford a victrola, we had to recreate the song ourselves by obtaining permission from the village elders and then singing it around the central campfire while drumming on animal skins, taking care not to set fire to any of the nearby grass huts. True story. 😉
Okay, okay, I tease. I'm just giving you a hard time, all in good fun. As the previous commenter (Lance) mentioned, we used cassette tapes to make "mix tapes", either recording the songs off the radio or directly off the vinyl record. 😁
Brilliant
@@lancenorthey7205 🤣
Brilliant. I laughed out very loud
🤣😂 Sorry kids. We❤️U….more Please
Hahaha, I myself used to have to send text messages with smoke signals.
This song was written by Bjorn after the divorce with Agnetha. This tells the story of the marriage. Agnetha literally wept in the studio with the lyrics in her hands.
This song is considered to be one of the best and the one which indicated the band might lose the vigour in the following years. Which it did.
ABBA= LEGENDS. THIS SONG IS THE BREAK UP SONG OF ALL TIME. NO ONE CAN CRY SING LIKE AGNETHA. IT'S HEARTBREAKING. THE LINE: BUT TELL ME, DOES SHE KISS, LIKE I USED TO KISS YOU, DOES IT FEEL THE SAME, WHEN SHE CALLS YOUR NAME. IT HURTS STRAIGHT INTO THE CORE OF YOUR HEART. ABBA, THE BEST MUSIC EVER RECORDED. AND NOW A WHOLE NEW ABBA STUDIO ALBUM WILL BE OUT NOVEMBER 5, 2021, SOOOOOOO HAPPY 💝💝💝💝
We made playlists back then too. We recorded the songs with a cassette player. It was a bit tricky, but only a few years later we could use a combined CD- and cassette player. That made it easier to record the playlists.
Yeah, trouble was you often got some DJ's voice recorded at the end of each song on the playlist (I used to record off the charts a lot), or some jingle telling you the song was at No. 3 this week, or whatever! Haha :D
*This song is so PURE RAW & a Masterpiece ...*
*I would personally rate this song better than Dancing Queen*
I agree with you. The winner takes it all has so much depth and raw and tender emotions. Dancing Queen is more joyful and youthful. But very good, that one also.
I prefer solution and fix or try it and Dancing Queen will have to be the answer for the issues in abba ..but was a think play of egos . Whatever a least they recognize the time last year and bring some compasión each others 🇸🇪🇸🇪🇸🇪🇸🇪⏰✨🏹🍓
This was initially released on the album Super Trouper, only available on vinyl and cassette tape in 1980, cd wasn't available until 1983. People tended to do mix tapes, from either vinyl or tape to tape... the good old days
*AND I do some times rewind the cassettes with a PENCIL*
*Bwahahahahahaaaaa*
And do playlists recorded from the radio itself!
ABBA's The Visitors was one of the first albums to be released on CD.
I can't listen to this song without crying.
Always but how beautifully sad is it. I don’t know where or how Abba makes this music . Unearthly
My mums favourite song....makes me cry as she was here then
Frida takes the solo in When All is Said & Done which a bit of a break up type song as well.
Also ONE OF US is a great break-up song
Great reaction. More ABBA please. “Chiquitita”, “knowing me, knowing you”, “take a chance on me”, “name of the game “
Also a great one for the breakup playlist ABBA "knowing me knowing you"
It's soo heartwarming to realize that newer generations become enamored with ABBA. The nostalgia is flooding within me coz that's what I also felt hearing ABBA for the first time. Music is universal and timeless.
Björn and Agnetha divorced in 1979. He wrote the song in 1980. She is the lead singer here. The record was released on 21 July 1980.
The lyrics were written by Bjorn Ulvaeus around the time the divorce was completed. Agnetha wanted to sing it and she has a knack of story telling in her voice that brings real depth and meaning to songs.
Hi. The song "When all is said and done" details the divorce between Frida and Benny. It´s such a good and strong song as well.
When this song was out, we bought it on a 45rpm record single, or taped it onto cassette from the radio.
Playlists back in my day were called Mix Tapes. You could then personalize the cover with your own art and give it to a friend.
How precious are you guys?!? There was no such things as CDs in the 70s. The "big thing" back then was cassette tapes. That and vinyl records were (as far as I can remember) the only options for listening to recorded music (other than utilizing your AM/FM transistor radio). LOL 😆
Love 💘 you guys and your reactions.
Those first notes are so evocative.
The album was released on vinyl and tape cassette. So I guess this would have been on a mix tape, the forerunner of the playlist!
Agnetha is pronounced something like ‘on-YET-ha’ (for an American accent). She says Anna is OK, too. And in the 70s and early 80s, half the world was in love with her (and her eyes). Yes, we had records (33RPM albums and 45RPM singles) and compact cassette tapes. People used to record their favourite songs onto cassette tapes. The playlists were called ‘mix-tapes’. (Guys, haven’t your parents told you anything about predigital life on Earth?)
This is probably ABBA’s greatest breakup song, (Bjorn wrote this one), but they were famous for great breakup songs. Here’s a couple more… in order of amazingness…
- Knowing Me, Knowing You
- My Love, My Life
- So Long
- Dance While The Music Still Goes On
And the best ever ‘about-to-break-up’ song… SOS!
*You made me LMAOROFL*
"What You Want Wednesday" is NOT cringe, it's honestly genius. But it's now irrelevant as you both now need to react to ABBA songs until the end of time. You've inadvertently become an ABBA reaction channel, my dudes, and we're loving you for it.
Bjorn wrote this song about his and Agnetha's divorce. I can not imagine how Agnetha felt when being handed that song to sing. I think with that knowledge, it is Agnetha's best performance, in many ways. Oh, regarding the 'video clip' ABBA more or less invented the music clip. Love 'em.
One of their absolutely most fabulous songs which made me cry - and it still does! - Thank you for the music, ABBA
Agreed.. we had cassettes and recorded our favorire music mix on it🔊🎶📼
This was ABBA's last "major" worldwide "megahit", topping the charts in several countries, and even making the Top 10 in the U.S (Nº 8). This was from their "penultimate" album (Super Trouper). The year it was released (1980), was their last tour abroad (Japan). Agnetha's "true soprano" vocals really shine on this one. 🎤✨♫♫♪♪♥
Frida sang "her breakup song" a bit later when they released When all is said and done ...
This song was released in 1980. You only had records and musiccassettes. C.D.’s were introduced from 1981 on. So you bought a record or single, could duplicate this on empty cassettes. You could also record music from the radio on cassettes. That was the only playlist you had in those times.
ABBA - The masters of breakupsongs - Check out another one of ABBA`s Masterpieces in that genre "One Of Us" ....It should have become a superhit. But somehow it never became one of the most played. But still so so GOOD!!!
When this came out all we had were records and cassettes.
CDs (technically available mid 80s) weren't really mainstream until very late 80s.
We could record our records onto cassettes but it recorded in real time. So to make a mixed tape of one hour, it took one hour (or longer) to record it.
And when a new song was released, we often had to wait 2-3 weeks until it was available in a physical record store.
Life def much easier now
Benny and Björn always decided which lady would sing which song, depending on the vocals ranges demanded on each song, and also the octave ranges of the ladies' soprano and mezzo-soprano voices.
Angetha's eye colour is green, by the way. I have an old picture sleeve from Agnetha's solo single (45) "Can't Shake Loose", from 1983, and they are clearly green. 💚😉
Eyes are blue
Agnetha's eyes are blue with slightly greenish tones, in her the contours of eyes of a light blue or other striking color were delineated to highlight her beautiful eyes, Frida's eyes on the other hand are almond green, also very beautiful, I have seen so many ABBA videos that I have realized that.
I think the best Abba song of all. Infectious, delightful and so sad. As Agnetha sings no confidence hear the bass fall away. A masterpiece
"The winner takes it all" (1980)
is ABBA most saddest song, it's a heartbroken song, although at the same time it is a beauty of music and song, with a raw but excellent lyrics, it's a Masterpiece
the blonde singer Agnetha has said in other interviews that She likes to sing melancholic or sad songs, because She can act and interpret the feeling of the lyrics.
that's what She does here, in this song; the lyrics are not about the reality of Her marriage and divorce with guitarist Björn (although it can include part and was inspired by), She acts interprets and sings, it is Flawless Unmatched and Unforgettable
Agnetha and Björn separate at the end of 1978 with two small children; the legal divorce occurs in the middle of 1980, a year and a half later; and that's when Björn writes the lyrics, on a melody that the pianist Benny had already elaborated, and Björn himself makes a demo with his voice
"The winner takes it all" was voted the best ABBA song by British fans between Their 25 singles edit in UK
it is also the favorite song of both: Agnetha and Björn
It gives ABBA the eigth #1 in UK and last Top 10 in US (#8 in Billboard at 1981) and #1 in Adult Contemporary
For a next reaction I suggest their First worldwide hit:
"Waterloo" (1974)
but Not the Official Video
(it's good and now in 4K Quality)
it's better to see and react the live perfomance at the famous Eurovisión Song Contest, when ABBA win with these iconic song and begin your worldwide career:
th-cam.com/video/3FsVeMz1F5c/w-d-xo.html
or their Biggest Worldwide hit
"Dancing Queen" (1976)
#1 in US Billboard in April 1977
or the masterpiece "S.O.S." (1975)
Their second worldwide hit (after "Waterloo") and the song that gives ABBA your identity as a pop group
Thanks for your reaction
See you in next video
I wish you a great week
My best regards from
Buenos Aires, Argentina
Except Björn wrote this song after their divorce, about them.
@@carinalindberg7377 *Yes true ... it was about Agnetha & Bjorn. I remember seeing a video of an interview with Bjorn and he admitted to it*
I might be their saddest song if it comes to lyrics. The saddest song of all still remains "The Day Before You Came". A very sad melody and a really underrated ABBA-song.
@@iwd1705 *I Agree*
*Some how I think it did not get the proper recognition.. TDBYC had the melody the sound the mood similar to Police's Every Breath You Take whc became huge success*
CDs were only invented in '83, three years after this song came out. It was vinyl and cassettes in 1980. Even when CDs came out, we had to wait until the late 90s before we could burn our own CDs.
What we could do back then was copy from vinyl to cassette, or from cassette to cassette, or from the radio itself to cassette. :)
Tyler💘agnetha
Playlists in our day were mostly recorded songs played on the radio copied on to cassette tapes
Love your ABBA reactions!
Continue your fantastic journey in the ABBA world.
Hugs from an ABBA fan in Sweden!
Glad you enjoy our reactions! Thanks for watching!
Just getting into your reactions to ABBA since the revival. Love seeing you guys enjoy it. Just watched your Just a Notion, priceless. I listened to ‘notion’ and couldn’t believe it. So good. This one is just classic. You just melt into the melody and vocals. They do such an amazing arrangement with counter and fill melodies between lyrics/lines/verses.
Dear guys, I am touched to see your love for ABBA songs! I recommend you also see the other video of "the winner takes it all" where Agnetha is almost always in the foreground and where you can better appreciate her emotional involvement. (and blue eyes !!).
Fantastic song, for me the most beautiful ever !! Agnetha fantastic, beautiful when she smiles, even more so when she is sad (but I wish she had never been sad!) The phrase: " But tell me does she kiss like i used to kiss you " is the most powerful that has ever been written in a song! Goose bumps.
I really like Agnetha at the end when she says: "But you see": there you can see that she has the strength to get up and go on and she made it!
With sympathy from Italy Omar ( 65 y.o. )
Thanks, Marissa! Thanks, Tyler! 🏆 They are so good at mixing triumph with defeat... but it's never a hopeless defeat. #TylerCreatesContent #TheWinnerTakesItAll #ABBA
Anna's wonderful vocal performance...Stella ! 💥.
Tnx guys, great reaction again! Agnetha and Björn got divorced in 1979, The Winner Takes It all was released in 1980. The song was written by Benny and Björn, lyrics by Björn. Frida (Annifrid) and Benny got divorced in 1981. Frida sings the lead on When All Is Said And Done (another break up song), which was released in the end of 1981.
Glad you enjoyed!
I remember when this song came out but, appreciate it more now than then... ❤️
If this song doesn’t bring a tear to your eye after listening to the lyric I don’t know what will
take a look at the ABBA song S.O.S1975 or their disco song So Long Made in Sweden for Export1975 HD
No teenybopper, pop singers. They were 2 married couples before they became loved supergroup ABBA. Much of their music and songs are about adult relationships, their pain and their breakdown. It is what made them, and still seems to do, globally relevant to so many people. "Knowing me, Knowing you" or "One of us is Crying" all follow the theme. Even the two new "come back" speak about their shared pasts and relationships. Magical.
In their biography it’s said that Agnetha filed for divorce. Björn got an instrumental from Benny. He got stinking drunk and poured his heart to Agnetha in these lyrics. He showed the song to Agnetha, who rehearsed it and recorded it in one take. When the recording session was over, everyone in the studio was in tears.
TWTIA is my favourite ABBA song, nice reaction guys. 👍
“The Way Old Friends Do” (live @ Wembley 1979) is incredible. It’s possibly ABBA’s most underrated song.
Thanks. Subbed. 🙏🏻
After ABBA broke up in 1983, the two girls ended up with solo careers! Frida had a single I know there’s Something Going On! which I believe was produced by Phil Collins! Agnetha did a duet with Peter Cetera from the band Chicago in 1987!
Thx ! Maybe you should try, SOS. Please.
ABBA had the unique ability to write a sad song and make it sound so catchy that you forget that it's actually sad.
Hey Tyler, your videos are getting some positive comments on the international ABBA fan's facebook group from the OG fans like me. Keep up the good work!
Love you two....funny, and entertaining!!! Thanks for reacting!❤ PS "If it wasn't for the nights" Live in Japan" just found the video, last week, never seen it before!
Glad you enjoyed! Thanks for the recommendation!
That colourful eye makeup was pretty usual back then. I had a poster with Debbie Harry from Blondie (she was my idol) and she had really colourful makeup. Turquoise, coral, peach, tangerine, apricot, petrolium..
This one showcases Agnetha's voice and her ability to tell a story with intense emotion. Bjorn wrote the lyrics as he did for most of their songs. Agnetha said during a subsequent interview that this was her favourite song. Hard to believe given the context.
Simple enough so all People can understand and for the same Time great and inspiring - this is the Music of ABBA 👍🙂
At the time we recorded music from records or CD’s onto cassette tapes, creating our own playlists
I feel this gives an inaccurate picture to Tyler of what it was really like. At the time of this song's release, very few people had the ability to record. Cassettes were available, but only really popular by the mid-1980s. And even then, not many people had the ability to record to cassette from vinyl (or, as you inaccurately say, CD, which was almost unheard of in 1980). Most people recorded direct from the radio.
Men yo so on it, on it cause yo blow our minds with that classic, the winner takes it all
CDs weren't a thing when ABBA recorded that song in 1980. They just didn't exist. People had vinyls and cassettes. Cassettes were the medium to record songs from the radio. So yes, people could record their themed tapes but it was on cassettes taking the songs from other cassettes or from the radio.
"The Winner Takes It All" is certainly one of ABBA's most intense songs if not THE most intense. It's just how people can feel if good things come to an end. And the lyrics just smash it into your face. Honestly and hard. You can feel the pain and sadness just from listening to it.
Björn wrote the lyrics after he and Agnetha had their divorce. He once said in an interview that he really wrote them down in no time. They just poured out of him. Björn wrote most of the lyrics in ABBA's songs. He's the guy behind the words. Agnetha and Frida are more or less just " vocal intruments". Beautiful and nice ones, though.
Awww bless ya. We had to make our break up playlists on cassette tape. CDs were a hopeful glint 😂
The lyrics is fiction, Benny said in an interview. But Björn loves a sentimental feeling and uses it cleverly in many songs. He once said that when he heard the melody of this song it "described itself" in a way so that he instantly knew what the song was about. Then he sat down with a bottle of whisky and wrote it, he said once. Alone. Every divorce is tough and of course it´s in there somewhere, but it´s mainly his professional feel for how a sentimental mood works that comes out in the lyrics. He´s a real professional when it comes to that.
Good review, thanks guys. When B and B wrote their songs they wrote with either or both the girls specifically in mind, ie which voice suited the song. The voices were just as much an instrument as the non-vocal instruments.
The Gods Of Pop ♥
Great reaction. This song was written by Benny and Bjorn and was originally titled "The story of my life". Agnetha and Bjorn divorced in 1980 the same year this song was recorded. Benny and Anni-Frid divorced a year later. Bjorn denied the song was about his divorce but Agnetha said "Bjorn wrote it about us after the breakdown of our marriage. The fact that he wrote it exactly when we divorced is touching really"
He’s so cute in his appreciation of the song . Is he a music student ? He seems to know some musical technical knowledge . And feel the song on a deeper level.
Always makes me cry !!
Great reaction , I like the way U 2 do this, as young people finding out that music from 70/80 is very cool, I remember this from myself as every new Abba record came out and got excited.. BTW why always in the car?
Also Björn Ulvaeus wrote most of the lyrics for Abba and also this one , this song was not particular written because of his divorce from Agnetha Fältskog is what they stated in an Interview . Go on with your great reactions you're make us believe in youth again...
Check "The Name of the Game", "The Visitors" and "The Piper" . Very good songs by ABBA.
Fun reaction ! ... blue eyes can also denote sad eyes, goes with the song and video. I would suggest reacting to these following ABBA songs: The Day Before You Came, The Visitors, Should I Laugh or Cry, and Put On Your White Sombrero
Every clubs play this music you can still here it
Please continue down the ABBA rabbit hole. You will not be disappointed! ABBA Gold is a must have in your music collection. *Anni-Frid goes by Frida. Check her big solo hit "I Know There's Something Going On".
7:44 It was called a "mix tape". Essentially a cassette tape with a bunch of different songs from different record albums, often different artists. Yes they had the technology.
Abba in word legends after 50 years.
This band had so many hit singles under their belt, the best pop group ever existed!
People used to make mix tapes. That was the 80s equivalent of a playlist. :)
it was records and tapes in the 70’s 80’s
What always interests me is that we hear the songs from the singer's perspective (in this case Agnetha) but as the song was written by the songwriters (Benny & Björn), I frequently try to flip seeing it from both sides of the breakup dynamic. But man, the video really puts Agnetha in such a lonely place it makes my eyes swim. Oh, and playlists would have been "mixtapes" recorded on audio cassettes
Yes .... This song was in swedish radio of sunddswall in sweden on the botnian shore in my swedish flat, i was 1 year in sweden and i like volvo saab and saab greepin 39 fighter jet
frida also sang lead on money money money. bjorn wrote it agas husband
This was the time of records. the first cd in pop music history was......The Visitors by ABBA (1982). 😃
Mix tapes! They were called mix tapes! (And a clip from 'High Fidelity': th-cam.com/video/IzQwbRdh5Ts/w-d-xo.html )
I would love you two to review an ABBA documentary. I truly would. Xx
Back in the day, many music lovers, young and old, recorded their albums or seperate songs on audio cassette tape.
Cassettes were easy to carry around. Look up Walkman 1980s if you want to know more.
There was a short period of time that portable CDs were in fashion but these were overtaken by MP3 players.
Bjorn wrote most all the songs and Benny writes most of the music . but Bjorn writes music with Benny too . Agnetha and Frida do help out Agnetha plays piano too . They were all famous musicians before they even met and formed ABBA .
I read somewhere that Björn wrote this in one hour, with a bottle of whisky beside. I can imagine his feelings too. 💔❤
About them sitting around the table, and everyone is having a good time. Except Agnetha. Then I remember, when she and Björn had moved apart Björn met his current wife Lena at Benny's and Frida's New Years Party.
Dancing queen
Please , make a reaction of The day before you came !!!! Of abba. Leading voice Agnetha . Pleaseee !!
Anna and Bjorn got divorced in 1978, while Anni and Benny, in 1981. Three similar songs were part of their last studio album, The Visitors. The songs were WHEN ALL IS SAID AND DONE, ONE OF US and LIKE AN ANGEL PASSING THROUGH MY ROOM. Please do listen.
And there are so many Songs from ABBA there are great and many Songs are underrated.....
There was no CD’s back then… we had Vinil LP’s and K7 tapes… hahahahahha when we wanted to make playlists we recorded it in k7 tapes 😉🤷🏻♂️
You should hear the song The Visitors it's different than what most expect from ABBA
Although you guys wouldn't known at the time this is a breakup song between Bjorn and Anna and you guys did this Reaction awesomely 💖💯%...
Benny works ✨🇸🇪🌟⏰🎹 is particular SUPREME BEHING Agnetha voice ...because piano make the emphasized way of each world and this particular confession and real history of abba by the time ...
Amazing Benny ☺️🛡️🌟🇸🇪
Thanks 🙏 Benny love you music and energy !!!
Thanks Benny !
80’s makeup fashion was bold like this. Also bright red lipsticks. I bet if it came back into fashion it would be a trend. Yeah it was her own eye colour, as swedes are known for blonde hair and blue eyes.
Recodable CD came in the beginning of 1990:th, ordinary CD about 10 years before that. But we have Philips casettes long before that.
And LP came around 1950:th, to replace.
This is made by Björn, to express the feelings after his and Agnethas divorce, in 1979. Benny and Anni-Frid diveced in 1981. The Winner Takes it All and Super Truper was released as singel 1980.
Yes, They are Björn, Benny, Agnetha and Anni-Frid "Frida". Yes that was tha A B B and A. Yes they was married and got divorced.
Blue eye makeup was popular in the late 70s!... Bjorn Ulvaeus. Benny Andersson, Ani-Frid Lyngstad, Agnetha Faltskog.