First time Reaction - ABBA- thank you for the music

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[yadigilberto]

you did it mr Frank, nice for reaction i see you very details for appreciated, nice to meet you 😊👍
Yadi Gilberto from Indonesia 🇲🇨🎸

[bvazdiniz]

I love the brightness on her voice… this metallic quality their voices have… not to mention all the care in the arrangements, all the instruments… everything in its place, everything in the perfect amount. Melodies and countermelodies so well bonded.

[gcunegundesgc]

Let's go Valchiria, Abba... (Youth sweet memories 😎)

[purplesky]

Man, I listened this song for the first time like this week LOL

[davidorheden]

This song were actually a part of a ”mini musical” called The girl with golden hair, that they performed in Australia.

[Steffagain]

We are quite lucky to have all these Abba films (recorded on 16 mm photographic film, not on video tape). The music video as we know it today wasn't a thing in the 70's. Back then they were regarded as promotional material that might come in handy - more of a curiosity than a necessity. Now we know that it was a stroke of genius.

[listonheinz]

“When all is Said and Done”. Unknown hidden gem.

[larsw.]

Since you are listening to the lyrics very carefully, you have to look at "The Winner Takes it All"! Really strong storyline.

[Flatwoodsdad]

Thanks for the ABBA. This was one of their favorite songs to pull off in a tight pinch. They could fall into this one with just Benny on piano and Bjorn on guitar and song every bit as good as here. It's from Benny/Bjorn first crude experiment at musical theater "The Girl With Golden Hair". They performed it on I think their 77 tour. The other songs are "I Wonder". "I'm A Marionette" and "Get On The Carousel". Like I said it was pretty crude and about a small town girl went for fame and became trapped by it. All the songs were put on albums except for Carousel which you can get a glimpse of in "ABBA the Movie". I guess most of them from pretty early on were feeling trapped by ABBA.

[sergeysrgk]

suggestion by abba "the day before you came", "the winner takes it all"

[whitetiger]

Thanks for a great reaction 😀👍 here is some suggestions
ABBA :”Does your mother know “ and ABBA: “Hole in your soul “ Live in Wembley in 1979 .
There is a high energy there

[paulecrosby]

So so stunningly beautiful ♥
Gorgeous record by The Gods of pop.
No no no they weren't not more simpler days then, it was much harder then nd Abba had to put up with a backlash against them because the music was so beautiful nd melancholic. They were way ahead of their time nd they set the standards for todays music.

[carinalindberg]

I was 7 when this song was released and I remember, already at that age, feeling the gratitude infused in the song. Great music moves, and ABBAs music is very moving. The gratitude felt for their music is eternal. 🥰🙏
Thanks for the reaction! 🙏

[VasiliyKomendant]

This amazing song sounded even better live, there are a couple of live versions out there, the singing is absolutely exquisite there. Check out their 1978 Japan special (they ended it with a live rendition of this song with orchestra) and also there is one from Dick Cavett show, fully live.

[lassenorgren]

This was the first of three songs in a minimusical. Thank you for the music, I wonder and I’m a marionette. After ABBA Björn and Benny made a musical called Chess

[eduardooscar]

"Thank you for the music"
has many interesting details

There is a video report to Björn and Benny at 1976 Christmas time
there the reporter asks them if they have a preview of a song
and there they play the melody (without lyrics) of the future "Thank you for the music"

how several already said
"Thank you for the music"
is the first song of the mini musical that ABBA performed on their 1977 Tour of Europe and Australia
there it has other lyrics, which even mention 'John & Paul' (The Beatles) and Agnetha sings in Doris Day style

The song is at the end of "ABBA The Movie" and is part of "ABBA The Album" with the version you did here and also with the Doris Day version.

"Thank you for the music"
it's a very special song for the blonde singer Agnetha
she just came back from Australia shortly after she got pregnant with her second child
When it was time to record it, she was in a very advanced stage of pregnancy, and to sing it she had to do it in a more forced position

When you see her in each presentation, Agnetha's face seems to transform with joy when interpreting "Thank you for the music": her gestures, her looks and her pouting are unmissable

"Thank you for the music"
it was used as the last number of a TV presentation
It's like an ABBA hymn and classic
wasn't a single, but should have been the 3rd single of "ABBA The Album"

After the success of "Chiquitita" in Spanish-speaking countries, ABBA also recorded it in Spanish and it was a great success in my country Argentina.
And the ABBA album in Spanish language was called just like that
"Gracias por la música"

In my personal opinion
"Thank you for the music"
is in my top 10 of all ABBA songs, for good lyrics, beautiful melody and greatest interpretation by a carismatic Agnetha

and it is the last live performance of ABBA, in that section sung almost 'a cappella' at the end of the last interview of ABBA in 1982

[erikskifte]

FIRST TIME? WHERE HAVE YOU BEEN? SO HAPPY THAT YOU NOW ARE DISCOVERING THE BEST BAND EVER. YOU HAVE TO REACT TO THIS NEW ABBA TRACK: DON'T SHUT ME DOWN🤗

[standersson]

If you want a more odd Abba song you can try I'm a marrionette. It is part of the same mini musical. This is Abba doing "scary progressive rock".

The girl discover her musical talent in thank you for the music. Leaves home in I wonder and get caught up in the music industry and feels like a marrionette that the directors push around.

[bachatamusica]

Right at the end of "ABBA: The Movie", they sing this song, "Thank You For The Music", and it is great! 😊💓♫♫♪♪♪. There is also a Spanish Por La Musica", on their "all-Spanish" album, of the same name as the song.

[solangeanjosdesouza]

Grupo abba simplesmente excepcional, canções clássicas memoráveis . Uma orquestra magnífica !