ABBA-Under Attack Live 1982

ABBA performing Under Attack for a very boisterous audience. Cold ending version. :)

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• bjorn
• frida
• agnetha
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[stormmine]

Does anybody know what's going on between Frida and Agnetha at 3:05? It's weird and I've never seen them behave like that in any other performance.

[7ABBA7]

Just my opinion but I think they were both heartbroken at this time in their lives and relied on each other more than ever to just keep plugging along. Just my humble opinion. :)

[SadLookinMoon]

Look at Frida 1.04, when she swings her hand to the left, towards Benny, as they sing "under attack".

and at 1.58 when they sing "won't somebody please have a heart, come and rescue me now"

and finally at 3.05 as they sing "...rescue me now, cos' I'm falling apart..."

It kinda looks like she asking Agnehta to support her... Is this Frida showing how hurt she felt (and angry with/)by Benny at the time?

Just some thoughts... Anyways, this is a really great performance, I love this song.

[7ABBA7]

I've always dug the 3:05 part myself as that shows how close the girls were. Frida was like a big sister to Agnetha and they both relied on each other for support. Just my opinion though. Thanks Elin! :D

[saloabad]

Thank u! great perfomance, and they were having fun! Frida is socute how she goes from one side of the stage to th other! Agnetha's voice is just amazing, and it really does not matter if this is live or not, her voice was perfect anyway...she is just adorable!

ABBA rocks and this song is one of my fab

wondering what Frida was whispering to Angnetha at 3:05

[abbafanglosuk]

Abba at their very best. You can't help but jig along to this. Everyone joins in & enjoys themselves. Worth seeing this a few times.

[MEponyfan]

ABBA ROCKS FOREVER!!

I love that song!! Coolest pop melody ever created!

[Svettjodd]

@ellespa2004 They played live many many times, although not so often on tv-shows.

Using a large band with the studio guys and others as well as backup singers they managed to reproduce the studio sound fairly well on many songs. On others, it would sometimes introduce new nuances in their compositions. Why not listen to their recorded concerts (some here on yt), and hear for yourself?

[helthuismartin]

I would protect her for free with my live.

[B1jujv75]

Did you know this was there final show. Yes it was . Each went there own way One thing you should also know is Agnetha was the only memeber of the group that needed a 24 hour body guard

[sarahjane4eva]

I do agree - there is a mysterious little allure about it that keeps you coming back. And, if they had to finish, why not finish with a bang?

[ellespa2004]

Ladies and Gentlemen,,,, Abba very rarely played or sang live, the girls voice (( over dubbed))and the songs were so overtly produced that it made it impssible to perfom live, they couldnt get the same sound if they sang live....remeber they were a studio band,,, Agnetha Frida Benny and Bijorn words,,,,Ur comments are right, especialy regarding Frida,, Benny had just dumped her,, a few months earlier and Agnetha realised that Bijorn was the love of her life but,, he had already gone and remaried

[stormmine]

Or that Benny's synths aren't plugged in - and he's playing a grand piano on synth songs!!

[mistofoles]

Frida is saying "Do you think anybody's noticed Bjorn's guitar isn't plugged in?"

[CuddleBabe]

Cool! I never knew they sung this live! Thanks for uploading!

:0)

* * * * * and fave!

I don't belive they were lip-synching, as I don't think Abba would've ever done that. It might just be the quality of Youtube.

[evertchris]

Not my fave song at all , but what I would give now to have been there then.

Imagine audience reaction now to ANY song they would perform these days, it would be absolutely wild.

Id pay to just go and see them lip synch their hits for 2 hours!