ABBA vs Queen

[QUOTE] [b]happystar wrote:[/b]

Mike: I cannot ignore anyone who wants to threaten me down the high street, and that is what Vocal Harmony has done.
i have the message and i may report it to the boss of this site.
Vocal Harmony seems to be one unhappy person constantly quizzing everyone about there posts on here and i get it more frequently than most because Vocal Harmony likes to belittle every single thing i post on here.
Well its gonna end soon and either Vocal Harmony will get banned from this site or Vocal Harmony needs to grow some and man up and be a lot more mature or get off this site and use facebook.[/QUOTE]

First you claim I'm a woman in a lot of your posts, now you're telling me to "grow some and man up" after I sent you a message telling you that come and have a quiet word with you if I see you in the street and if you carry on with the insults you turn too when you run out of things to say.

I would like you to post my message to you, since you have made its existence public, on this site. If anyone is that bothered by my posts, views or what I've said in that message to you they can then air their views and make comment if they so wish.

Vocal Harmony: Best thing you can do is stay out of my way and do not reply to my posts. You obviously enjoy twisting things and causing trouble, even Mike Hunt stated you were a troll.
Go and cause friction on facebook.

http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x694y4q

[QUOTE] [b]thomasquinn 32989 wrote:[/b]

No, not at all. Don't ask me why, but when I was about 12 (I'm 29 now) ABBA was temporarily very popular with my age-group, so I got to hear quite a lot of it with classmates for a few months, and I can't honestly say that I found it appealing in any way. I've learned a lot more about music since that time, and my opinion has actually declined markedly. Like I mentioned earlier: I find it utterly formulaic (going for the most cliché lines known to music theory), the production style makes my skin crawl (yes, in a bad way) and I can't find any real substance to either the lyrics or the music. Sorry, I just utterly hate ABBA and, while there are other groups I seriously dislike that have undeniable musical merits (I really don't like The Rolling Stones, for instance, and I can't listen to Amy Winehouse although I recognize that she was a fine vocalist), I can't say I've ever noticed anything in ABBA's music that made me think "hmm, that's not my kind of music, but it certainly has quality".[/QUOTE]
I actually Agree with you, but I don't want too offend anyone....I was already called an idiot for calling ABBA a cute little band. I won't say I hate them, but they are what they Are, a cute little band.

[QUOTE] [b]Holly2003 wrote:[/b]

I gave in when I heard Super Trouper. My defences fell and I had to admit ABBA did catchy, disposable pop very well. I can see why they have a big following. Not everything needs to be Bob Dylan or Yes. Fred realised that in the 1980s. Sometimes catchy MOR hits the spot and doesn't need any depth. It is what it is. ABBA realised that and it made them world famous and rich. It gave them a devoted fanbase of ordinary, unpretentious people. Good for them. [/QUOTE]

I get what you're saying with Fred In the 80's, but he still had flashes of his brilliant 70's work like It's a Hard Life, Princes Of The Universe, Was It All Worth It, Barcelona that weren't simple pop songs. Actually Roger wrote Ga Ga and Magic....John wrote I Want To Break Free. So It wasn't only Fred.

I don't see how anyone without any preconceived ideas who appreciates such shite as 'You're My Best Friend', Killer Queen' DSMN etc etc can't see the quality in Abba.

Because within those simple hits they had Black Queens and Fairy Kings and White Queens and Innuendos that weren't simple pop songs. Unless you think Great King Rat is a simple pop song? Just Take A Chance On Me? That's a cute little song. I like them in a cute way.....not in a Wow! This is brilliant sort of way.

Some of Abba’s Songs are brilliant pop compositions and lyrically (in their second language too) quite superb. The Winner Takes It All and The Name Of The Gameto name but two. Fair enough if you don’t see it though.

I like most Eagle, Knowing Me Knowing You and instrumental Arrival.

[QUOTE] [b]dysan wrote:[/b]

I don't see how anyone without any preconceived ideas who appreciates such shite as 'You're My Best Friend', Killer Queen' DSMN etc etc can't see the quality in Abba.[/QUOTE]

I can't speak for anyone else, but I like Queen *despite* things like You're My Best Friend, not because of them. I do like Don't Stop Me Now.

Yeah I was really just trying to raise some hackles there. I love them too. Except DSMN.

@invisible woman Arrival is amazing.

Dysan: Killer Queen , Dont stop me now & Your my best friend are all quality Queen tunes. If you do not like them then your a not a true Queen fan.

lol

I should listen to Abba, "The Album" again soon ... it has been a while ...The "mini-musical" is superb ... and not "cute".

Also, The Name of the Game is one of my favorite ABBA songs..

Abba are a great group and Bjorn is a great fan of the band. He was so impressed with Bohemian Rhapsody that the next year in 1976 he decided to call one of Abba's songs after Rhapsody by naming it "Mamma Mia" from the opera section of Rhapsody !
He did later admit he had nicked those words from Rhapsody lol