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Vibrationbaby
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Topic: ABBA vs Slipknot Posted: March 30 2005 at 16:04 |
This was a tough one but in the end Iwent with ABBA. ABBA is leading.
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Manunkind
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Posted: March 30 2005 at 16:07 |
I don't know if Abba's singers are more female than Slipknot, but they certainly make better music.
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Posted: March 30 2005 at 16:09 |
   
I have never seen such douchebaggery in a thread before in my life! I aplaude you.
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Vibrationbaby
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Posted: March 30 2005 at 16:17 |
ABBA 7 Slipknot 1
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Posted: March 30 2005 at 16:44 |
ABBA 8
They're much heavier than Slipknot.
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Posted: March 30 2005 at 16:47 |
who are slipknot?
nah don't tell me I'm not really interested.
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Posted: March 30 2005 at 16:48 |
Slipknot are a lame bunch of wussies who look and sound like S Club 7.
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Posted: March 30 2005 at 16:50 |

I know I asked, but I also asked not to tell me
Reminds me, what is S Club 7?
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Azrael2112
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Posted: March 30 2005 at 16:52 |
Certif1ed wrote:
Slipknot are a lame bunch of wussies who look and
sound like S Club 7. |
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popesta
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Posted: March 30 2005 at 16:59 |
ABBA
Bjorn and Benny were fellow travellors of prog. A fact obscured by the domination of their songs by the incessant disco beats in the later 70s. Listen to that keyboard sound once again.
If you doubt this, I refer you to Genesis' Duke album recorded at ABBA's Polar Studio.
Also the sometime Gods of Rock, Led Zeppelin, recorded their final LP In Through the Out Door there as well. And being Gods of Rock, they would have had to be prepared for flak over using the studio of a mere pop group.
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Posted: March 30 2005 at 17:42 |
theyve all gone now
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Hangedman
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Posted: March 30 2005 at 21:06 |
ABBA, slipknot only makes me laugh.
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Rob The Plant
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Posted: March 31 2005 at 00:30 |
It pained me to vote pro Abba for soemthing.
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aqualung28
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Posted: March 31 2005 at 00:44 |
Abba royally sucks but slipknot has the sound of nails being scraped on a chalkboard in hell so I voted for Abba
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Posted: March 31 2005 at 01:49 |
popesta wrote:
ABBA
Bjorn and Benny were fellow travellors of prog. A fact obscured by the domination of their songs by the incessant disco beats in the later 70s. Listen to that keyboard sound once again.
If you doubt this, I refer you to Genesis' Duke album recorded at ABBA's Polar Studio.
Also the sometime Gods of Rock, Led Zeppelin, recorded their final LP In Through the Out Door there as well. And being Gods of Rock, they would have had to be prepared for flak over using the studio of a mere pop group.
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Well said.
ABBA are massively underrated these days by "serious" musicians - it's a huge pity that the "cheese" crowd seem to own them.
They're substantially more than cheese - I would suggest that "ABBA The Album" is pretty close to prog rock.
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Swinton MCR
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Posted: March 31 2005 at 03:21 |
i voted for Slipknot - On the basis that "Dancing queen" is in my top 10 all time hated pieces of music - ABBA ? - How can anybody vote for such an abhorrent example of bubblegum music ???
And the wimmin were mingin.................
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goose
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Posted: March 31 2005 at 04:49 |
Swinton MCR wrote:
How can anybody vote for such an abhorrent example of bubblegum music ???
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Isn't that Slipknot?
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Blacksword
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Posted: March 31 2005 at 04:51 |
ABBA were great musicians. 99% of their output is utter cheese, but there were moments of musical genius, and tremendous melody 
SOS was always the song I liked the most, Dancing Queen and Mama Mia weren't bad either, from a musical perspective.
Slipknot? Well, I'm sure they're quite good musicians too, but they also happen to make a god awful racket that I am simply too old to appreciate or give a sh!t about. Sorry.
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Swinton MCR
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Posted: March 31 2005 at 04:52 |
The slipknot I have heard was very reminiscent of 80's thrash - How can that be bubble-gum (appealing to teenie-boppers and mums etc) ???
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Posted: March 31 2005 at 05:15 |
Certif1ed wrote:
popesta wrote:
ABBA
Bjorn and Benny were fellow travellors of prog. A fact obscured by the domination of their songs by the incessant disco beats in the later 70s. Listen to that keyboard sound once again.
If you doubt this, I refer you to Genesis' Duke album recorded at ABBA's Polar Studio.
Also the sometime Gods of Rock, Led Zeppelin, recorded their final LP In Through the Out Door there as well. And being Gods of Rock, they would have had to be prepared for flak over using the studio of a mere pop group.
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Well said.
ABBA are massively underrated these days by "serious" musicians - it's a huge pity that the "cheese" crowd seem to own them.
They're substantially more than cheese - I would suggest that "ABBA The Album" is pretty close to prog rock.
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I agree with your suggestion that ABBA the Album is pretty close to prog rock - it is the only ABBA album I admit to owning - and I think it's their best 
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