THE TRUE MOST UNEXPECTED ABBA SONG?! | TCC REACTS TO ABBA - King Kong Song
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- Welcome back to my reactions! Today, we're reacting to King Kong Song by ABBA. Hope you enjoy!
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If you want to know what Björn is really able to do with his voice listen to "Rock Me". You won't believe it's him singing. 😁
If you want another very different (but great funky sound) from early ABBA with one of their coolest baselines, Try "My mama Said" By ABBA
My Mama Said is one of my favorite ABBAsongs, I wish they had made a funny video of it..
Wait till you hear the 'thunderous' "WATCH OUT!".Hard-ish glam rock-pop.That's about an obsessed stalker who's mad about the girl,and the electric guitar riff is quite a banger.Their hardest one.
Its Björn Ulvaeus,the lyric guy and main male lead of the two ABBA guys that sings here. The more you guys listen to ABBA music the easier it will get to locate who sings..they did many types of genres and liked to experiment abit vocally as well...I LOVE both Björns and Bennys vocals..that I always felt were underrated in ABBA...
If it wastent for the nights 👍👍👍 ABBA
Luv that u2 have your ears quite trained to distinguish backing vocals and instruments that hide underneath a song.
The king kong song! Definitely back to some of their more playful early works there. Not their best early stuff, but interesting in terms of their development in learning regardless and a fun song and sound. I always enjoy it, not all music has to be serious to be enjoyable.
I reccomend Voulez-Vous by ABBA for an energetic dance track when you feel like one :)) There's a fun music video, but also there's a very brightly skin tight costume live show that's fun to watch. The Album version of Voulez-Vous is longer and has some more parts to it than some radio versions.
Perhaps not so much about learning. I belive they were already producers for other artists at this point. I see this as them playing around and experimenting with all those (more or less) cheesy styles that was already out there. Both in UK/US and at home in Europe. Very much like pretty much every Eurovision, pop and schlager artist still do today. (Not least here in Sweden, where this kind of "funny music" is on the tv and in the parks all the time. Loved by all kinds of people, except me :)
But sure, they also wanted to find a sound that was commercially viable all over the world, especially in the rich anglo saxon world. However, it soon turns out that their actual personal tastes were one of the best guides for that to happen, and that degree of "sincerity" was probably one of the keys to their success.
@@herrbonk3635 Thanks for the beautiful write up. I sort of take playing around and experimenting as learning. I'm not saying it from a bad at music point of view. They were already fantastic musicians by this point. Also learning together how to best operate as a group.
The lead here is Bjorn with Benny doing the wah wah.
On RUclips someone has put a video to this. Abba v king Kong. Hilarious. Give it a look in. Cheers for all the reacts to Abba. They have the element of surprise.
If you think this is non-ABBA, wait until you listen to My Mama Said and Watch Out. (same album)
As for your asking who writes a song about King Kong, it explains it in the first few lines of the song...
This song has always been a guilty pleasure; sort of like milk duds just before a dental appointment to have my teeth cleaned.
ya watch out is a great song
@@jdmit75 so underrated
@@jdmit75 I love 'Watch Out', it's better than King Kong. 'My Mama Said', and 'Gonna Sing You My Lovesong' are great and 'Hasta Mañana', 'Dance (While The Music Still Goes On)' and 'Honey Honey'. It was a damn good second album. ABBA just released a brand new lyric video for the title track 'Waterloo'. It's fantastic!!!
@@nickchristoforou7850 yes they did realease new lyric videos I love them and voyage the album is fantastic I am an abba subscriber on RUclips here and have listened to all their albums as well I even found the deluxe versions of every album I had one heck of a time listening too I love abba been listening to them since the gold albums and the thank you for the music came out I love the rare songs like I am the city and you owe me one and dream world and the abba undeleated meadley track has the original just a notion on it I love that too
This song was during their early years when they're still experimenting a lot of different sounds and genre. You're spot on when you say that this song might NOT be everyone's favourite, even ardent ABBA fans are devided on this song, some like it and some don't.
Try Move On and Soldiers, you won't be disappointed
Thanks for reacting to this song. I have loved King Kong since I was just a youngun (mid 70s). Then I discovered ABBA, and I loved them. Then I discovered the band I love singing about the ape I love, and I was immediately sold. I do wish Kong had whooped up on old lizard breath Godzilla.
There is lot of great stuff out there in ABBA world.........keep exploring guys.
I like your reactions, they're always funny and I'm glad that Young people like you discover ABBA's wonderful songs...I would love if you react to "If It wasn't for the Nights" because it's a very good song that never came out like single...it's 100% ABBA WONDERFUL SOUND...!! Thanks to both of you, greetongs from Barcelona ❤️
Well this must have been possibly the most requested one.Each now and then i "stumble" on someone asking for this fine song.Nearly a single release.Could've been a smash.
ABBA really mastered ALL kinds of music
ABBA never used other vocalists bar a children's choir twice - anything else you hear (in the studio) is them!
Indeed
I love KKS Lol The screams form the girls, the melody, the ridiculousness of it Love it (and every solo male vocal you hear in an AꓭBA song is Bjorn except for Suzy Hang-Around which is Benny
"Those screams"...lol!
At first I didn’t like it in the beginning but grew to love it the more I listened. On my first listen, songs that became my favorites right away are: My Mama Said, Dance (While The Music Still Goes On), Watch Out and Gonna Sing You My Love Song!
Those are some great early ABBA songs :)) Love all of em.
If you do WATERLOO,just do the fantastic new official video!It's the old original one combined with lyrics in a marvelous,nostalgic '70s styled artwork!Just released..
LOVE to see and hear reactions on the hidden gems like this wonderful rock tune from ABBA,and not just only on the mostly played songs like Dancing queen and Mamma mia...love this song..its great :)
Fun. Silly. Good time!
Bjorn sings lead.
Benny laughs that this would be on their mock compilation album of lesser songs called 'ABBA Wood' 😂👍🏼
Lol. It would still be a hella catchy compilation
I love this song, it's so catchy and funny. The not-serious Abba songs are often the not so known songs but it's always a pleasure to listen to them, atleast for me. Check out my mama said, watch out and voulez vous
I dont see this as "less serious". Just because its not the same as songs as Mamma Mia,Waterloo,Dancing queen,its is less known,it doesnt mean its less serious..
@@krisa990 I mean the subject in the song is rather funny as in songs like mama mia or the winner takes it all
What about their huge debut banger WATERLOO?!Check it out.
Wow, can’t believe they still haven’t done this one
I don't understand
Why
They didn't react
WATERLOO
an specialy at Eurovision 1974
it's exciting and historic!
@@escorpioomega2111 I'm sure noe they will.I also love the new fab lyric video that "includes" the original promo in a 70-ish tapestry artworkAll graphics and colors are class.
Glad you took my advice….fun, wasn’t it? The King King Song is probably the most polarizing ABBA song of all time with people either loving it or hating it. Count me in the former as it’s always been in my top 3. Bjorn is the primary vocalist, getting guttural and gritty with his singing…..if you like this affected style you can hear more of it in “Watch Out” (straight acid rock) or “Rock Me” (Saloon style semi-rock). Of course both boys are doing the gorilla grunting background vocals during the choruses. Would you believe they even played this song live on several early occasions during their parks and summer festivals tour in Scandinavia? If you are looking for another fun song on the opposite side of the spectrum try “I am the City”……one of the very last songs they ever recorded before their 40 year hiatus. It was meant for the follow up to “The Visitors” but got put in the shelves instead. It was written and recorded at the very beginning of the 80s New Wave phase. I wouldn’t call it New Wave myself but it is very electronic, syncopated, precise, and erotically robotic. I think it would have been a massive hit. The counterpoint observation is that like the other recordings made at this time (Day Before You Came, Under Attack, You Owe Me One) it makes no use whatsoever of the girls vocal ranges and abilities. The vocals are highly modulated and robotic. Doesn’t take away from the overall enjoyment, but none the less a curiosity. And before anyone calls me out…..yes…..Cassandra is an exception to this comment.
Love that song !!!!
It's an out there, fun song. The lyrics made me laugh....
Well, I was looking at a movie on the TV last night
Then I had a very funny notion, yeah
I really had to write a song about it
And then I'm gonna sing it with my rock 'n' roll band
And I bet that people gonna like it, yeah
I know that everybody's gonna shout it
About a dreadful, mighty killer
A big, black, wild gorilla
King Kong song
Won't you sing along?
Listen to the music and it couldn't go wrong
(We do the)
King Kong song
Gotta sing along
Can't you hear the beating of the monkey tom-tom?
Listen to the rhythm of the King Kong song
Now we can make the jungle out of any old place
We can make gorillas out of people, yeah
Well, who can tell a monkey from a monkey
So people get together gonna have a good time
Everybody listen to the music, yeah
The song we're gonna sing is kinda funky
So let your arms hang down and waddle all around
Like a dreadful, mighty killer
A big, black, wild gorilla
King Kong song
Won't you sing along?
Listen to the music and it couldn't go wrong
(We do the)
King Kong song
Gotta sing along
Can't you hear the beating of the monkey tom-tom?
Listen to the rhythm of the King Kong song
Like a dreadful, mighty killer
A big, black, wild gorilla
King Kong song
Won't you sing along?
Listen to the music and it couldn't go wrong
(We do the)
King Kong song
Gotta sing along
Can't you hear the beating of the monkey tom-tom
Listen to the rhythm of the King Kong song
King Kong song
Won't you sing along?
Listen to the music and it couldn't go wrong
(We do the)
King Kong song
Gotta sing along
Can't you hear the beating of the monkey tom-tom
Listen to the rhythm of the King Kong song
Source: Musixmatch
Songwriters: Benny Goran Bror Andersson / Bjoern K. Ulvaeus
King Kong Song lyrics © Universal/union Songs Musikforlag Ab
What about A's+F's screaming part?!lol!That's my jam.The really up high one on the second verse must be Agnetha's.
If you want really crazy lyrics, you should listen to "Wig Wam Bam" or "Little Willy" by the Sweet. Everyone was at it in the 70s.
Statistically,seems TKKS/"Watch out"/"Saw it in the mirror" are the black sheep by some of us fans concerning Abba's discography.Totally agree on the last one but love the other two.
The only Abba song I dislike is I Saw It In The Mirror.I like King Kong Song and Watch Out a lot
Kind of unique song. I just heard it now. The "scream" is evident.
Love it, because it's just goofy fun and different.
Gotta do watch out their best rock song
Their best rock songs IMHO are 'So Long', and 'Houl In Your Soul'.
'Tiger' is slightly below those.
If i put an order of ABBA rock songs
(included all type of rock genres)
these and Watch Out are at the least
only 4 points in my opinion
the best are:
S.O.S
Waterloo
Hole in your soul
follow by:
So long
On and on and on
Hey hey Helen
@@escorpioomega2111 ROFLMFAO
Benny’s base line vocals on the chorus are inspired by his love of the Beach Boys. It’s a far-out song from ABBA, completely bonkers and absolutely brilliantly catchy. I love it. My only sadness is that there’s no footage of them performing it.
The guy in the back on the photo is someone dressed up as Napoleon Bonaparte (that's in reference to the title track of the album Waterloo from which King Kong Song comes from - Waterloo being one of the most famous battles that Napoleon fought in). King Kong Song is one of the early reasons that I stuck with ABBA because they proved that they could create controlled mayhem and have a good time doing it 🤪.
The guy in the back of the photo is Mike Watson, who played the bass on the majority of the Waterloo album songs.
Try a song from the same album that is almost the complete opposite in style… “Honey, honey”. You’ll love the harmonies and the interchange between the female and male vocals. As the title suggests, it’s probably ABBA’s sweetest song.
I hear this and it makes me smile. I've said this before but the truth is there is no point in regretting something you did in the past that you didn't regret then! ABBA may wish they had not released this track, but you only have to listen to it to realise they must have had fun recording it. It is what it is, a little bit of daftness to saying who they were at the time. Nothing wrong with that.
yEA,so wisely said it.Everything was part of their gradual progress.
The main male vocalist in the first verse is Bjorn. The second verse is sung by Agnetha and Frida in unison, sounding incredible. I really like this, but 'Watch Out,' from the same album, is even better.
Never heard this song before, but I REALLY LIKED IT!
Sure way to piss of my parents was to play this track loud, at the age of 10 I'd seen nothing like them. What a journey from this to Winner takes it all.
Love this one Tyler. Not many do. Watch Out from the same album also spilts the fans.
Its a bit of glamrock fluff from the early days of ABBA when they were experimenting with different genres on their first two or three albums. Personally its okay but not a big favourite for me. The ABBA guys really dislike it for a variety of reasons. Apparently when it was performed on their 1974/75 tour in a packed concert hall where a large proportion of the frount rows were record executives, one of the women started singing in the wrong place, where there was supposed to be an instrumental break. Apparently half the band followed the singing, the other half played it the way it should have been. It ended in complete chaos with one musician stopping afer another. Bjorn said it was the most embarrassing moment of his professional career. Lets just say, Its probably not going to be played by ABBA's ABBAtars when their live shows begin!
If you want more grit from Bjorn watch their Rock Me video.
Especially the live Australian version from 'ABBA THE MOVIE'!
they are all singing. Bjorn is the starting lead.
Definitely not one of the best, but still way better than 95% of what passes for ‘music’ today.
It’s so hated but I love it!
Me Too.Also Watch out is one of my faves.
It's great because you can imagine the fun they had recording this. Everyone deserves to be daft sometimes!
Bravely done to react to this one, surprisingly good and unlike their usual style, they were still finding their true sound at that time. Always good to watch your videos.
Abba had their share of duds - and this is one of them.
do dream world
It's definitely Abba, and as soon as the women do their bit it lifts the song to a new level.
I think there's a social message in here:
"Now we can make the jungle out of any old place
We can make gorillas out of people, yeah
Well, who can tell a monkey from a monkey"
"We can make the jungle out of any old place". Are they saying that people will follow whatever trend is current - making a 'jungle' any place?
"We can make gorillas out of people". Perhaps suggesting that people are easily led, easily persuaded to behave in particular ways.
"Who can tell a monkey from a monkey?" This might suggest that in their desire to be like the crowd, people lose their individuality.
It could also be applied to politics. Think about it as the mid-term elections come up!
Nice review, hope Marissa returns soon.
Please don't leave Melissa, you both have a special chemistry that is hard to find. Trust me. You have a good thing going here and it shows. Please reconsider pairing up again. King Kong Song is a hidden gem. Wait until you find the others, you will be equally surprised. Come back Melissa! Tyler and you are a great team.
Her name is Marissa and they aren't a pair. They are friends and she will be back soon, I think.
Yeah, I just got super busy with school, but I'll be back! 😃
Abba gives the 'novelty song' (Monster Mash, Do the Ostrich (Reed), Laughing Gnome (Bowie), Yellow Submarine, etc.) a try. Basically, unless you're the Beatles, fans agree to never speak of such things again.
I would love to se a reaction to the song Soldiers
So catchy! 😂😂
this one is like the b-52's try out micke b tretow's lets boogie album ABBA is on every track
it shows their goofy side you don't get much on some of their proper records
i think it's also abba on the kia ora advert from the early 80's
although it's called fedora
it would fit into a 70's scooby doo cartoon
I remember buying this album after ABBA had become huge, a couple of year after it was released, and I was really shocked by this track and another track called Watch Out. Really funny but weird (and for a kid: a bit scary) attempts to be a rock group. Even though it's considered an early attempt to experiment, ABBA did actually include a rock-ish song on most of their later albums as well, e.g. Hole in Your Soul (from The Album from 1977), On and On and On (from Super Trouper 1980) etc. But this one definitely is - well - particular :-)
To better understand where the creativity in ABBA came frome, one needs to listen to the records which were recorded by their tone ingenieur Michael B Tretow. All ABBA's did some voice parts on his recordings. It seems that in the years 1973 to 1975 no sound or musical direction was too strange to not being tried out in the Studio. Some "experiments" made it onto the first 3 ABBA albums before ARRIVAL marks the step to pure Pop perfection.
Hubba Hubba Zoot Zoot by M.B.Tretow may be a good example...
Early ABBA, it has Beach Boys vibes! They were still experimenting different genres trying to find their sound. Another unexpected ABBA song I would suggest is The Piper, but if you want more famous songs, you should definitely check out Voulez-Vous, it’s a banger!
Yes indeed.B's+B's backing vocal echoes in the chorus were def Beach Boys inspired.
I think it's one of the worst they did, very silly😂 but gotta admit it's hella catchy. it's Bjorn who's in lead here, remember benny only sang as a lead once (suzy hang around) and that never happened again, ps. Marisa I'm gonna miss ur inputs, come back sooner please.
Oh, it’s actually not too bad when you listen to some of their other early stuff. ABBA was not consistently great until their fourth album. The first three had a few good songs and the rest were either merely okay or downright awful. KKS is actually pretty fun. Campy AF but it’s catchy and enjoyable.
@@graphiquejack The self-titled 3rd album 'ABBA' (1975) and the next two, 'Arrival (1976) and 'The Album' (1977) were ABBA at their peak IMO. That '75 album was like a greatest hits compilation: 'SOS', 'Mamma Mia', 'So Long', 'Bang-A-Boomerang', 'I've Been Waiting For You' are pop perfection and quite a diversity in styles. 'I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do I Do' was top-15 hit on U.S. Billboard and I'd rank it the 6th best song on the album. 'Hey Hey Helen' and the instrumental 'Intermezzo No. 1' are pretty good too!
@@nickchristoforou7850
Absolutly agree with you
"ABBA" third album is fantastic (+7pts)
"S.O.S," is the masterpiece
"Mamma Mía" is a banger pop
"I've been waiting for you" is gorgeous
"I do I do I do I do I do" is lovely
"So long" is powerful
"Bang a Boomerang" is funny
"Intermezzo No 1" is amazing
"My mama said" is interesting
"Tropical Loveland" is nice
"Rock me" is good
(only "Man in the middle" is regular
and I don't like the meddley)
Dude in the background on the album cover I have my assumption it may be Napoleon Bonaparte (Battle of Waterloo). Check out 'tiger' Official video by Abba if you haven't already
The video of Tiger isn't an official video. And unfortunately there is only one of these videos left where they drive in the car through the night but the last note of the song is almost completely cut in this video. ☹
@@Lisa-M Yes you are right because I don't think they actually released Tiger as a single from the Arrival album.
Definitely a bit of a novelty fun song.
They have so much songs guys doing most singing must be on Waterloo ablum need reaction what you think of Waterloo they sing anything
Have you done "Hole in your soul"? Thats a really good one.
He did it (alone)
You guy's have to do Voulez Vous
Urs Geiser
ABBA started with PoP-Schlager oneside, but experimented with different music styles. King King Song represented the Glam Rock 1974; British band as Sweet, Suzie Quatro, Slade .... dominated the Europe Singles Charts all in terrible outfits (?!? today for smiling). As David Stevens wrote another similar song is Watch Out; absolutely different is the R'n'B My Mama Said; poppy and catchy are Hasta Manana or Dance (While The Music Still Goes On). Waterloo was the first international hit (won the ESC 1974), the banger. Abba innonence; ended SOS and with the album Arrival: the lyrics were more profound and the music got bridges, became more interesting (over 3 minutes except on Voyage, sadly, 6 are very short, some of them for me not finished or ??? - dear Mr Composer).
For me it's estonished and admirable which development ABBA had done during 2-3 years in the middle of 70s. Till the end they had take the risk with different music styles, partly not rewarded by all old fans (Summer Night City - Voules Vous - Gimme (yes even after years in the internet a great banger, but many young users don't find the brilliant long version; why ABBA don't make the bass and the synthi louder and more effective; with clever promotion I'm sure the song will climb the charts again ?!?).
Don't forget "Hey, Hey Helen" regarding Glam Rock. 😃
@@Lisa-M yes a good song on the third album. Thanks!
It's early Glam-Rock from the 70's.
Björn & Benny Is the BassVoice
"King Kong song" (1974) is one of the few ABBA songs that I don't like... in my opinion is almost 4pts
It's in their second album "Waterloo"
I think that you must react first the tittle track "Waterloo"
the most important song of the 70s decade , when ABBA schock the world at Eurovision in UK
I don't like it too. But- bom, bom,,bom, bo,bom,bom,bom🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
ABBA released a brand new lyric video for 'Waterloo' ahead of the upcoming 'Voyage' shows in London. It's pretty cool.
I think that Tyler & Marisa must react "Waterloo" very soon
it's one of ABBA's masterpiece
LOL interesting. Not one of Bjorn's favourites haha
Try Intermezzo #1 from the same album (I think..?)
No, Intermezzo #1 is on the ABBA (1975) album along with Mamma Mia and SOS and I do (x5)
Actually listening to this song years later it isn't that bad as I remember it.
A FUN SONG ! XX XX
Hello youngs 😊😊 it is true when youre hearing this song of Abba the first time ?
Please "Hey Hey Helen or My Mamma Said"
And yes they were in frida's favourite night 🌙club..and yes = they did get tipsy ...tee-hee.. as lasse halstrom there main video man said.. he's a big Hollywood director now...= cider house rules...chocolate...and who's eating Gilbert grape 🍇. With Johnny depp...🌈💚⭐
Not one of their best songs but still enjoy it.
Bjorn and benny harmonising.?..
Napoleon.. in the background .
Not one of their best songs, maybe one of their worst...but it's impossible not to be happy when you hear this, it's so silly but I kinda love it...
LOVE ABBA but don't like this song - try TIGER !!!!
King Kong Song is God awful, but everyone in the comments is right it is catchy, I don't think it ABBA could write a song that's not catchy... Even at their worst it's still good!
Hello and Happy Easter I wish you! 🐓🐔 To be honest, I do not think this song is particularly good. As an Abba fan, it's boring to write this. The song seems to be a rushed job recorded at the last minute to complete their album. And it's not like Abba who strives to always deliver good and wonderful songs. But I forgive them. Everything else is so good with their records! Have a nice weekend, dear friends 🐥🤩💛🙆🎉🥳
Probably Abba's one and only bad song.
Hmmmm Love ABBA. Not into this.
it's abba in their glam rock era lol