the Carpenters vs ABBA vs Fleetwood Mac
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Topic: the Carpenters vs ABBA vs Fleetwood Mac
Posted By: Icarium
Subject: the Carpenters vs ABBA vs Fleetwood Mac
Date Posted: October 20 2019 at 05:15
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three bands with strong female vocals sometimes male vocals, sophisticated music with a strong pop sensability. favoured but alsp perhaps overlooked in terms of the sophistocated elements that can be found. -------------  
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Posted By: Cristi
Date Posted: October 20 2019 at 05:16
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you mean the FM with Nicks and Buckingham? |
Posted By: Icarium
Date Posted: October 20 2019 at 05:18
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yes -------------
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Posted By: Cristi
Date Posted: October 20 2019 at 05:19
well I did it, I voted for ABBA. 
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Posted By: Psychedelic Paul
Date Posted: October 20 2019 at 05:55
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. 
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Posted By: Icarium
Date Posted: October 20 2019 at 06:50
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Psychedelic Paul wrote:Posted By: Finnforest
Date Posted: October 20 2019 at 07:00
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Carpenters. Tusk is a classic though, but not enough to best the C's run of great albums through Horizon. ------------- ...that moment you realize you like "Mob Rules" better than "Heaven and Hell" |
Posted By: rogerthat
Date Posted: October 20 2019 at 07:15
| 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. |
Posted By: The Dark Elf
Date Posted: October 20 2019 at 08:23
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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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Posted By: Psychedelic Paul
Date Posted: October 20 2019 at 08:24
I agree. I love all of the Carpenters albums and I have most of them on CD.
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Posted By: siLLy puPPy
Date Posted: October 20 2019 at 08:41
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  -------------  https://rateyourmusic.com/~siLLy_puPPy |
Posted By: Cristi
Date Posted: November 17 2021 at 12:02
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Posted By: SteveG
Date Posted: November 17 2021 at 12:08
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Posted By: Psychedelic Paul
Date Posted: November 17 2021 at 12:15
Mamma Mia!
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Posted By: kenethlevine
Date Posted: November 17 2021 at 13:52
| Fleetwood Mac in a landslide (all eras thru the 1980s) though I like Abba a lot and like a few songs by Carpenters |
Posted By: verslibre
Date Posted: November 17 2021 at 13:59
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Posted By: someone_else
Date Posted: November 17 2021 at 15:51
Fleetwood Mac, but, though it looks like a JfF-poll at first sight, this is actually a pretty good poll.  ------------- 
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Posted By: Saperlipopette!
Date Posted: November 18 2021 at 03:08
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... Anyway, this wonderful 1971-tune should have an appeal to proggers I think.
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Posted By: Cristi
Date Posted: November 18 2021 at 03:16
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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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Posted By: Blacksword
Date Posted: November 18 2021 at 03:28
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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. ------------- Ultimately bored by endless ecstasy! |
Posted By: Lewian
Date Posted: November 18 2021 at 03:42
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It's Abba, isn't it? |
Posted By: Argo2112
Date Posted: November 18 2021 at 10:17
| Fleetwood Mac - Never big on the other two. |
Posted By: TCat
Date Posted: November 18 2021 at 10:37
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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. ------------- https://ibb.co/8x0xjR0" rel="nofollow">  |