ABBA Voyage – The FIRST Ever Video | My Reaction

We are celebrating 3 years of ABBA’s "Voyage", the historic reunion album. Let’s sit down and talk. We go back in time to 27 May 2021, when this channel created its very first video ever. In today’s video, I’m doing a video reaction, and tell you – for the first time ever – some background stories.

0:00 ABBA Voyage – 3 Years
1:39 Today: Sit And Chat
4:43 "The Introduction"
6:14 Video Reaction
7:09 Why This Channel?
16:27 More Reaction
18:44 "I Take This Seriously"
22:20 The First Ever Comments – "Not An ABBA Fan"
25:04 Reflections
27:10 Outro

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Written, narrated, recorded & edited by Bobby’s Brother.

#abba #voyage #reunion

[malcolmbrown]

So glad you started your channel and please keep it going. Thank you.

Thank you for this channel! I get exited every time you upload a new video!

[nowuffjee]

Bobby, thank you very much for your fantastic work! I love it! Nobody`s doing it like you!!! Please do it on and on and
Greetings from Germany

[popcult]

ABBA Voyage is still that magical thing / idea/ concept that is music to every fan’s ear : “THE NEW ABBA ALBUM “
Let’s call it that rather than the “Last ABBA Album. “❤

[nowuffjee]

And Bobby, i wish you (it`s coming from my heart!) all the best for your health!

[TheFridaFan]

"No Doubt About It" is my current favorite 😊 And you know you must be good if you're luring in the non-ABBA fans! Though personally I think most people are secretly ABBA fans. They just don't want to admit it.

[A_dam]

I would choose No Doubt About It. (Altough it is a very difficult question) I think because of the lines "This isn't where it ends". Keeps me hopeful for more ABBA.

[ABBADiego]

Keep An Eye On Dan. Simply spooky, mood, Epic.

[MrZaggy]

I’m 60 years old, been an ABBA fan in the US since I first heard them in 1977. As a kid, saved enough money to buy all the albums and still buying them. I think your videos are fantastic and love seeing you be as excited about all things ABBA as I am.
I love the Voyage album, favs are Keep an Eye on Dan, and I Can Be that Woman.

[Cicilo]

What a magical moment that was. You could feel that this wasn't your average reunion. So many people said that "Voyage" would hit the big time during its first week, then vanish from the charts the following week. It then proceeded to stay in the UK top 10 for two months. It was nominated at the Grammys for two consecutive years. It topped the charts worldwide and was one of the biggest seller of the year on an international level. People still have the right to dislike ABBA (it's their loss, really !), but one cannot overlook that it was a triumph.

[DiegoMartinezDP]

I always associated your intro with the ESC 1974 video and the synth refrain harks back to Benny’s own intro for the ‘79 tour (I hope I got that reference right lol).

When I think about “Voyage” and how it felt like to anticipate a new ABBA album, it sends chills to my body. I was so comfortable with their legacy that I was not even mentally prepared to welcome an entirely new offering from them…but needless to say, I was not disappointed. I lit up a candle by my bed, and streamed away…

Aside from “I Still Have Faith in You” and “Don’t Shut Me Down”, I loved every single track but the one song that really tugged at my heartstrings more than any other was, for some odd reason, “Bumblebee”. I think I got too overwhelmed by the simplicity but deep weight of the lyrics, and the sweet dance between Benny’s melancholic icy synths and Frida’s honey-like vocals (which almost crack by the time she sings that last “feeling sad for those who ne-ver”). By the end of the track, I was a sea of tears, and I always get a bit misty eyed when I listen to the song. There’s no hard or horrible thought behind it…it’s just so beautiful and earnest that it makes me want to cry.

Listening to the record, then and now, feels like rekindling with my childhood friends, and in many ways, ABBA is the embodiment of that memory. They’ve been the longest friends I’ve ever had.

Happy 3rd anniversary to “Voyage” and BB!

[danielhoarau]

Bonsoir Bobby's Brother.
Je regarde tes videos depuis la première que tu as diffusée et je te remercie d'avoir créé cette chaîne qui est vraiment très professionnelle et complète sur ABBA que j'aime depuis...1974.
Ma chanson préférée en dehors des deux chansons les plus connues est : No doubt about it.
Même si j'aime toutes les chansons de Voyage.
Bonne continuation et encore bravo pour le fantastique travail que tu fais et que tu partages avec nous.
👏👏👏

[joycehennequin]

Brilliant, keep them coming BB INTERESTING 🤔🤗

[frankjoi]

Thank you for this anniversary video. I like this format very much, talking with us. Apart from I Still Have Faith In You and Don't Shut Me Down, I Can Be That Woman is a big favorite of mine.

[sejacko]

You should be so proud of what you’ve achieved with this channel. Please keep going!

[kingmarshmusic]

Thank you for sharing your passion for Abba, BB! Appreciate this insight and background into how and why your channel started. Wonderful work!!

[jimhoppe]

The entire ABBA Voyage Experience was made up of three major components for me. First, the anticipation, excitement and realization of their new music. Second, their Virtual Voyage Concert experience, even though I knew I wouldn't see it in person. And finally, the third and just as important component, the "Bobby's Brother" YouTube Channel. At least to this kid from Upstate New York, USA, who became a fan in the mid 1970s, you have provided a wonderful ABBA roller coaster ride for me. Thank you for providing us with the ultimate ABBA comeback experience!! I need not look any further than your site for my ABBA history, information and entertainment!!♥

[ChemJV]

Thanks for your work, you put so much love in your content to our ABBA. My third favorite song from ABBA Voyage is "Ode to Freedom", it gives me peace 💚. All the best to you.

[christianoazzuro]

With the VOYAGE album i am especially connected and exceedingly sentimental cause when it came out and sailed to no1, i suddenly rapidly got transoprted to another era.That was my childhood which i had deadly missed..I suddenly became a carefree 14yo and felt the very same thrilling feeling and moments as it was then, whenever a new ABBA album was released, .Felt same atmopshere!I couldn't believe it!I was living this again and my favest band ABBA were everywhere at the top of the world for one more time!So i can't choose one song.I listen to it as a concept and I always end up with a lumb in my throat whenever i play this especially when it comes to the end with OTF..

[ianleigh]

Bobby, your ABBA channel is by far the best out there, I particularly love the ABBA locations that you do.
I would love to see you visit Viggso, (known as ABBA island) Bjorn apparently sold the summer cottage on there a few years ago.
I think you would definitely be welcomed to visit with your big ABBA channel conection.
Considering at one point all four members and Stig Anderson owned homes on the Island..
Keep up the great work 😀