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Originally Posted by Pet_Sounds
Is this the right place to come out as a huge ABBA fan?
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I think bob. is a fan of them, if I am not mistaken.
I always passed over them cause because I wasn't very familiar with their material except for a few hits, like S.O.S, Waterloo, Dancing Queen,
etc. So I decided to listen them and I went through 80% of their material. I'll say they are pretty good. I know there is (or was) a huge community of ABBA fans that totally worship them as the greatest band ever, even better than The Beatles. I remember having an argument with an ABBA fan over "I Saw It in the Mirror," ironically he was the ABBA fanatic and said the song was good at all, and I was defending it as an OK song. As I seen it, ABBA was going for a Van Morrison type song, but even though it wasn't as good as Van Morrison, I gave it an A for effort. I didn't mention Van Morrison to him, cause you can ever mention another artist to an ABBA fan as being just as good or even better, that is like a hard fast rule you most follow when engaging a conversation with an ABBA fan. I found the whole thing a bit surreal that I was defending ABBA to an ABBA fanatic.
ABBA crossed paths with bands that I liked. Both Genesis and Led Zeppelin recorded album at Polar Studios, and Frida work with Phil Collins with her solo album.
ABBA - I Saw It in the Mirror
Frida - I Know There's Something Going On
"Fool In The Rain" Isolated drum track (Bonzo)
Polar Studios 1979
Genesis - Duke (recorded at ABBA's Polar Studios)
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Originally Posted by Trollheart
When you've been here for a while, you find there are generally some artists which are looked down on by the majority and which, if you listen to them or profess to like them, you're laughed at.
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Probably Phil Collin era Genesis. I was under immense peer pressure by a MB member (who shall be remain nameless or hitherto not named) into not liking
Abacab, but I resisted that pressure. Again almost like ABBA fans you are not to engage a Proggers with anything related to Pop or about Progressive bands that leaned towards Pop in the 80s or even alt-Rock or indie bands for that matter. And even more specifically among Genesis fans you shouldn't like Phil Collins era, as if Genesis took a nose dive when Peter Gabriel left, and Phil Collins crashed and burn what was once a beautiful Progressive Rock band. I just think that Genesis music reflected what was "happening" at the time and the album they released are part of that music Zeitgeist. That being said I think Genesis even though taking cues from 80s from contemporaries that were in synth pop, or 70s R&B (or what have you) they were definitely in a league of their own. Another band I see get looked down on is Asia by Proggers. I am a fan of Steve Howe and I really like what he did with Asia.