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Poll Question: Which of rhese acts do you like the most
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    Posted: November 18 2021 at 10:37
Definitely all versions of Fleetwood Mac are preferred for me.  ABBA has a few songs I like by themselves and Karen Carpenter was great, but I can't stand Richard and the music is often too schmaltzy because of his input.  My ex loves The Carpenters, so that's another strike against them.  But give me FM any day in any of it's incarnations.

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Fleetwood Mac - Never big on the other two. 
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It's Abba, isn't it?
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Karen Carpenter was an incredible singer, and they penned some classics, but overall their music is a little too 'easy listening' for me.

ABBA are great pop, and I probably have ABBA to thank for growing up with a love of music generally.

My vote should probably go to FM. Rumours, Mirage and TITN are consistently great albums, and Stevie Nicks is among my favourite female singers.
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^ that's a nice song.

I can't stand the Birmingham/Nicks Fleetwood Mac anymore, last time i tried listening, I cringed. Plus all the drama in the band is cringy as well.  And Nicks is overrated... 
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Originally posted by Cristi Cristi wrote:

you mean the FM with Nicks and Buckingham?

Originally posted by Icarium Icarium wrote:

yes

Oh, I have my hang-up on each of these every once in a while. But counting only the Nicks/Buckingham-years Fleetwood Mac comes in third (still love that period as well). Carpenter or ABBA? I don't know lately I've been most into the former band but I've loved ABBA all my life...

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Fleetwood Mac, but, though it looks like a JfF-poll at first sight, this is actually a pretty good poll. Thumbs Up
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Fleetwood Mac in a landslide (all eras thru the 1980s) though I like Abba a lot and like a few songs by Carpenters
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Originally posted by Cristi Cristi wrote:

well I did it, I voted for ABBA. LOL

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Originally posted by Cristi Cristi wrote:

well I did it, I voted for ABBA. LOL
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I love all three but i have to choose Abba because that band got me into music at a very young age which made me the eclectic mad dog i am today Big smile

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Originally posted by Icarium Icarium wrote:

Originally posted by Psychedelic Paul Psychedelic Paul wrote:


It's hard for me to pick a favourite because I love all three artists. I could vote for ABBA, but I might be choosing them for the wrong reasons. Wink
the first Carpenters albums is very good
I agree. I love all of the Carpenters albums and I have most of them on CD.
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Fleetwood Mac without hesitation. Of course, I prefer the Peter Green/Jeremy Spencer version of the band, but even with Nicks and McVie their music was far more varied and instrumentally adept than the saccharine banalities presented by either of the others.

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Actually, I like the MUSIC of ABBA more than Carpenters, but I still voted based off my preference as far as the singers go.  Karen Carpenter was one of a kind.
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Carpenters.
Tusk is a classic though, but not enough to best the C's run of great albums through Horizon.
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Originally posted by Psychedelic Paul Psychedelic Paul wrote:


It's hard for me to pick a favourite because I love all three artists. I could vote for ABBA, but I might be choosing them for the wrong reasons. Wink
the first Carpenters albums is very good
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It's hard for me to pick a favourite because I love all three artists. I could vote for ABBA, but I might be choosing them for the wrong reasons. Wink
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well I did it, I voted for ABBA. LOL

Edited by Cristi - November 17 2021 at 12:01
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