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  • ABBA... and, specially both women... were a gift from God, to Mankind.

  • Love this song, it's one of my fav from ABBA, the girls really had a great harmony together, great pix and slides here, thanks for sharing :)

  • i need to listen to some death metal to become a man again.

  • Cassandra prophesied the fall of Troy. The visitors were the Greeks. Troy and ABBA fall together. The final hour!

  • Me encanta esta song..!!!

    

  • what years this song is released?

  • Sweden is gifted !

    LOVE you ABBA

  • @Horsemarine100 I've never heard this either, WHY IS THIS NOT ON THE "Abba Gold Disc"??? 10/10

  • Though quite an ABBA fan I never heard this before. Wonderful and moving! I'll be listening again and again.

  • The great classics are one thing that sorts the men from the boys, and the women from the girls. This is not actually one of the greatest ABBA songs - its chorus is not as sock-it-to-'em unforgettable as "Eagle"'s or "Gimme gimme gimme"'s or a couple of dozen others, but it is a haunting and inventive treatment of a great legend, and very few other popular singers have it in them to produce something with such depth and literacy.

  • As good as Fernando in my opinion.

  • @colemann76 I think it is much better . The lyrics here are very hard to be beaten. The whole history of Troy in 3 minutes or so.

  • @wieslawl59 Yeah i like Later ABBA songs better than earlier ones.

  • my name is cassandra i love this song i am 8 b-day sep.14,2002

  • @NanoShines hi! My daughter is Cassandra and SHE is 8 and HER birthday is Sept 26/03....may God bless you dear. I just found this song and I listened to ABBA when I was a young girl and never heard this one before . I think it is great!

  • what amazing voices the two ABBA girls had. Ana-Fried looks very preety here although my love is still and always be the blond angel Agnetha.

  • We are in the same boat it seems. I always dig the blond ones.

  • Amazingly beautiful song

  • Why do some people say that ABBA only sang about kissing a teacher? Beautiful lyrics, NOTHING compares to it today.

  • OH TO TO THE DAYS THAT WERE anna is gone fit then old bag now like us all no tribute just remember the way it was p burke manchester sad .

  • Jast beautiful simply the best ;-)

  • ABBA's music grew and evolved over the years but there is not on song that they did that was not great and I loved them all, of course it did no harm that the women were also beautiful as well as talented. :-)

  • The Kings and Queens of music.

  • Omg I got a song named after me! XD No but really, I´m 17 years old and I had never heard it!

  • @PixiDoxy i know me to (except im 13) but i typed my name in to see what would come up n this did

  • <333

  • i absolutely love this song (though imo they spell Cassandra wrong!). Agnetha and Anni had such wonderful harmonies. i love ABBA's music.

  • @kassandra227 Actually, the person they are singing about's name was spelled that way, and my own name is spelled that way. I know what you meant, but I just wanted to point it out. you should look up Cassandra in greek mythology and read about her. It's really interesting.

  • This is who the song is about:

    

  • @Mouske80

    wikipedia cassandra

  • Like other people i missed this one until now,beautiful

  • like if you like a girl called cassandra

  • @stefpapac wtf man i'm paco

  • @stefpapac wtf its dimitar

  • @stefpapac Agreed! ...and her last name is Peterson! 

  •  im cassandra 3n every1 oves me this apology coz no1 belives me then they relize they shud hav

  • yay!!!! im cassandra :D

    

  • This song is just fantastic

  • My name's Cassandra(:

  • Another haunting brilliant song from the fab Swedes. If only they could have made more albums and songs, seems their time was cut short, but they did shine brilliantly in their time and their music will shine on for years to come.

  • There's that breathtaking voice. :-) How did I miss this one until now?

  • This gorgeous, breathaker of a beautiful, majestic, historical and devastating tune is music at its most spectacuar and it has A-SIDE written all over it, but then so did most of their stuff, but their post 1977 stuff couldn't be beaten, especially their final towering moments-and this is the ultimate fortress.

  • my name is Cassandra, my mom is from Canada and she named me after this song, and im so glad because it is one of the most sweetest, beautifulest songs int his world. I hope people will take this to their heart and listen to the words

  • @musicluvr4ever1 I agree, this is one of their more underrated songs. Both beautiful and sad in so many ways. This was also intended for their 9th album which obviously didn't happen, and was included on "The Visitors" in subsequent re-releases.

  • @musicluvr4ever1 :O my name is cassandra too!

  • wonderful voices, music and lirics. only the best!

  • Frida!!! <3

  • My name is Cassandra lol

    28xmay-2010.skyrock.com

  • nunca e de mais relembra grandes exitos e pena k so no you tuby façao a divolgaçao mas ainda bem asim nao tem concorrensia parabem

  • what an enchanting voice and beautiful song.

  • good song, congratulations.

  • My name is Cassandra. My mom named me after this song and i am glad because this song is beautiful :)

  • Is very sad but it´s true, we dont have nice musics todays days, must save´n keep the old ones.

  • These two lovely women,Agnetha and Frida,can really sing,not like today's trash singers,like Cascada or the romanian "star",Inna,with computer-made voices.I hate today's music.Old is gold-whoever said this deserves a Nobel prize.

  • Casandra fue la primera en ver el cadaver de Hector al llevarlo de nuevo a Troya, busco entonces refugio en el templo de Atenea y ahi fue violentamente arrastrada y violada por el cobarde Ajax el menor, muerto despues por sus acciones por Poseidon. Ella fue tomada como concubina del rey Agamenón y zarparon hacia Micenas. Pero sin saberlo este terrible rey, mientras el estaba en la guerra, su esposa Clitemnestra y Egisto tenian un amorio, entonces este par asesinaron a Agamenón y a Casandra.

  • @avatarprimus - Gracias por la informacion. :))

  • Cassandra was the first to see the body of her brother Hector being brought back to Troy, she sought shelter in the temple of Athena, where she was violently abducted and raped by the coward Ajax the lesser, Poseidon killed him later by his acts. She was taken as a concubine by King Agamemnon and sailed to Mycenae . Unbeknownst to this dreadful King, while he was away at war, his wife Clytemnestra, had an affair with Aegisthus, then this pair murdered both Agamemnon and Cassandra.

  • un épico tributo a la Mitologia Griega, Casandra sacerdotisa de Apolo, hija de los reyes de Troya Hecuba y Pryamo, hermana de Paris y del noble guerrero Hector de Troya asesinado por el despreciable Aquiles. Ella tenia el don de la profecia otorgado por Apolo, pero como rehuso el Amor de éste, el que nadie creyera sus profecias jamás fue su castigo. Ella advirtió a los Troyanos del Caballo de Troya, de la caida de la ciudad, de la muerte de Agamenon y de su propia desgracia, pero nadie le creyó.

  • an epic tribute to Greek Mithology, Cassandra priestess of Apolo, daughter of Queen Hecuba and King Priam of Troy, sister of Paris and sister of the Noble warrior Hector of Troy killed by the despicable Achilles. She had the gift of prophecy given by Apollo, but when she refuse his love, he placed a curse on her so that no one would ever believe her predictions,she warned the Trojans about the Trojan Horse, tha fall of Troy, the death of Agamemnon, and her own demise, but no one belived her.

  • my name is Cassandra :D lol

  • Frida's beautiful special voice. :))

  • ABBA songs remind me of my youth. These songs are eternal and will endure like the Beatle songs. They were phenominal

  • Una bellísima canción...

  • that is the nice voice of frida.

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  • Is it the brunette girl who's singing?

  • @LadyTwentySeven She is the lead voice here, but they both sing the refrain.

  • @LadyTwentySeven yes, here lead vocal is by brunette Frida

  • @LadyTwentySeven in reply yes shes called anna frid peaceful wishes gini 24/12/2010

  • im happy its the first time i find a song with my name in :P but my names spelt kassandra !!! :)

  • im happy its the first time i find a song with my name in :P but my names spelt kassandra !!! :)

  • this is so beautiful ... ABBA is a musical legend.

  • Beatiful song. Greats from Holland

  • Nice and beautiful song, OMG, Abba, you have made my day...more blessing..

  • My name's.... Oops, I don't know!

  • My Sister's Name Is Christina

  • schlock

  • My name is Kaaj:D

  • My fantasy short story "Kassandra's Last Warning" was inspired by this song. In the middle immortal shapechanger weeps herself to sleep. I wrote this scene after weeks of being haunted by that image from the song. Then I had to write the surrounding story.

    You can find the story on ShapechangerTales web site.

  • Jag glömmer aldrig när jag hörde deras sista avskedslåt "Cassandra" som ABBA sjöng på en show under hösten 1982,som jag såg på TV

  •  hi iam kerker very long time was seaching for that song THANKS YOU TUBE

  • Never get tired of listening to this song.. Frida´s voice.... ABBA lives forever!

  • @migge1975 should have been released as a single. one of Frida's best lead singer of ABBA .

  • @migge1975

    Her name Anni-Frid Synni Lyngstad. Not Frida. Othherways it was ABBF lol

  • @WeatherShine No, It would be FABB, which is also good.

  • @WeatherShine cause they are fabb!!<3

  • Κασσάνδρα is a Greek woman's name and it means "the one who has a shining man"! Cassandra is also called the most western peninsula of Chalkidiki, in Central Macedonia, Greece.

    ΚΑΣΣΑΝΔΡΑ - CASSANDRA

    Another nice song from ABBA!

  • Das waren noch Zeiten...mit richtiger Musik ;-)

  • @Heimatglocke

    Yes real music and real lyrics.

    All gone.

  • @robinhood48

    How true. Sadly. Still we have the pleasure of listening to this masterpiece, let's enjoy it

  • it's a great song;).. abba still is the best!!!

  • I don't know 'The Visitors' very well, but this song 'Cassandra' is new to me - it's got the ring of a folk or perhaps Chris de Burgh song, with the distinctive ABBA feel and production, of course! Great to hear Annifrid given the lead! I'll be listening to this track again!!

  • @Oystercatcher011 ya your right i still wish theyd get back together they bring back my childhood and i love their song" i am the city"

  • @Oystercatcher011 It was not included on the first original version of Visitors.

  • As Much as I adore ABBA, I'd really love to see this song done with drawings of/about Cassandra/ fall of Troy. Cheers all!

  • Cassandras UNITE!

  • If a song is written by Mozart, Beethoven, Schubert, Schumann, Brahms, we use the term "Kunstlied" in German - meaning "art song", tho the German term is international I suppose...

    ...and I too suppose that THIS song and many other ABBA songs gotta be called ART SONGS rather than simple pop songs!!! =´-)

  • Jag älskar den här låten/I love this song =)

  • No other band that reaches our hearts as ABBA ... to me is something inexplicable, profound. Who loves art, loves, sees that life is beautiful and we have created problems, understand the subtle art of ABBA. ABBA was simple and profound. I love ABBA, a daily pill of love and medicine for our hearts so hurt by life!

  • There are so few ABBA videos with Frida singing vocals, makes me sad. She had such a good voice.

  • @richottercubb and everyone: - click onto the clip from 7ABBA7 and we can all see who's singing when, which is nice!

  • What is this song actually about? A war where Cassandra warns?

  • @MinEgenKanal

    She was a prophet who forewarned of the Trojan War, but she was cursed so that no one would believe her.

  • @Marcatissimo thank you for the answer!

  • @MinEgenKanal the prophettess cassandra actually predicted the trojan horse thing but no one believed her because it was part of her curse of telling the future. theres a whole story behind why she got thes gift/ curse and i know ifbut i dont feel like writing it all down

  • fourth alltime in record sales, behind beatles, elvis, jackson.

  • @IIIIdepechemodeIIII

    Yep, and that's without much help from the U.S. since their music never sold well here.

  • Masterpiece! Frida's voice is so beautiful.....

  • my daughter named Cassandra! :)

  • the two women from abba are beautiful ! one is married to a prince of some country and gives alot of her money to charity and the other has moved on to a solo career i wish the group would get back together no one can match the harmony and rythm that the group possessed but many have tried and failed ! lol

  • @hemicudaboy1 - Hi. Benny Anderson is playing with a group of international musicians [incl. some Brits] these days and has recently done some concerts in the UK. When I first heard The Benny Anderson Band on BBC Radio 2, I was agog, as Benny seems to have gone back to his Swedish folk roots, but picked up other sounds along the way. Find the guys out on the net, they're probably on YouTube too - and you'll hear in the female vocal parts a very familiar sound, only it's NOT Anna & Frida!

  • Wonderful song !

  • the beatles were amateurs compared to ABBA FANTASTIC SONG!!!!!!!!!!!!

  • Second that!!

  • I second that!!

  • wauw!! beatifull song horripilation

  • Dream Song.

  • This is not on any original albums! (not on Visitors)

    It has been only a B-side of the single The Day before you came.

  • wonderful song!!!!!!! we were blessed with ABBA

  • That's My name ^^ x

  • I love abba, forever....

  • Their music really is gonna survive thru the times:) Beautiful song...

    *I misunderstood now the last day is dawning...Some of us wanted but none of us would listen to words of warnin*<3

  • i luv this song and i luv frida this song sounds sad

  • This song was intended for a final album, rumoured to be called OPUS 10. Let's hope one day they fix up JUST LIKE THAT and put out an album with these two tracks and everything else that was intended.

  • Frida, your voice is amazing, the best voice in the band. This song was made for you, only you give the perfect touch. I love Frida.

  • in ABBA'S final recording sessions Cassandra recording sessions began in the spring 1982 and so it could have not been impossible to have been released in late 1981.

  • Frida sings the sweetest ABBA songs. <3

  • let it be the 100th comment: it's just incomparable!!!

  • it shows what society has become...........

    i just love this song, but it took me quite a long time to get into it :)

  • Frida I will always love you and your voice,,,,,,,,,,,,,, Christian

  • A banda mais perfeita destes ultimos tempos essa musica é linda.

  • Schade, dass es ABBA nicht mehr gibt. Diese Gruppe hat mich während meiner ganzen Jugend begleitet. Ich habe die schönsten Erinnerungen an diese Zeit. Ich bin froh, dass ich das alles miterleben durfte.

  • Bin voll und ganz Deiner Meinung. ABBA war ist und bleibt die beste Gruppe aller Zeiten!!!

  • go frida ily nice pics wata voice

  • my name is close 2 cassandra im alexandra

  • ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh­hhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh­h i looooooooooooooooooooooooooooo­ooooooooooooooooooooooooove  it

  • haha my girlfriend is cassandra

  • wow.. this is a weird song for me...my name is cassandra...

  • very great song <3

  • My Name Is Cassandra!

  • @TheCassie52 So is mine!

  • @TheCassie52 Mine too!!

  • @TheCassie52  mine tooo <33

  • @TheCassie52 too bad. we were looking for a Christina. please try again soon :))

  • @Rawego we were1?!?! I thought it was a Cassandra...

  • me 2!!! but my names spelt kassandra :) 

  • @TheCassie52 Sei italiana?? *_*

  • I will name my daughter Cassandra

  • This is a great late ABBA song with their worldly song approach ..great

  • first time hearing it.

  • Han je m'apelle Cassandra :)

  • thats my middle name

  • ƒяι∂α ♥ - тнє вєѕт

    ι ℓσνє тнιѕ ѕσηg αη∂ αℓωαуѕ мαкєѕ мє ¢яу...

  • this song always makes me cry...

  • I love this song. I had it on a compilation CD before I was burgled. It's hard, though, The Day Before You Came, Under Attack and Cassandra were all fantastic songs. All tinged with the sadness that Abba was fading fast. Oh well, tomorrow I'm going to the "Thank You For The Music" concert in London - the nearest thing to an Abba concert in decades... At least I'll see Benny and Bjorn.

  • I was 14 the first time I heard this song and loved it. I promised myself I'd name my first daughter "Cassandra". And I did. Coincidence or not, she even has blue eyes.

  • i'm going to name my dog Fernando ^^

  • hahahaa warwolf93

  • My name is not Cassandra, but this is still a wonderful song and a fantastic performance. Amazing that, even now, so few people are aware of it! It just gets better every time you listen to it. How did they do that?

  • Cassandra was a Trojan. the younger sister of Hector and Paris. she had the gift of prophecy but no one listened to her warning about the Greek Horse. thus, the fall of Troy... and this song.

  • hey my names cassandra! first time i heard this song!

  • Abba's last recordings are like a ship wreck scattering the treasure chest of gold on the sea bed to be salvaged

    And then scatted among different albums

  • At the time this came out there was a bit of confusion it was described by the radio stations as a track from abba's new album which was ABBA the singles, in the end ABBA the singles had The day before you came on it but not Cassandra, the only version I had for 20 years was the vinyl single until I realised they had added it to the visitors which I already had on vinal, ending with an angel passing through my room.

  • isnt this song based on greek mythology? how appollo fell in love with cassandra and gave her the powerof prophecy, but when she didn't return his love he cursed her so nobody would believe her predictions.

  • @ElfBunny96 yes it is. i love Greek Mithology since i was a child and i love Abba´s songs too but this is the first time that i hear this particular song, and i was in sock, what a beautiful and poetic way to describe every aspect of the tragedy of Cassandra, im speachles. New Year 2011 Greetings from México. = )

  • Ah Cassandra. their third last recording in August 1982. Always gets me to stop what im doing and just listen...

  • This was the b side of The day before you came , I always thought it should have been the a side

    I love it.

  • Yes, I kind of agree - but I think that The Day Before You Came is special. To me it is a song that only in the last 10 years have I realised that it is magical.

    Having said that, what i would have done if I was the marketing guy at the time. Id have Under Attack on the B side, with I Am The City as an A side.

  • My name is Cassandra <3 this song is so beautiful