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Do you think ABBA are better than The Beatles? |
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Do you think ABBA are better than The Beatles?
What do you think?
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One of the most of the random threads I've ever seen.
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Yes, Yes and another Big Yes...
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OK, different genre, different era, different legacy, different impact, different image, different audience.I don't see how you can compare these acts. Quote:
Yes, Yes and another Big Yes...
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they both have an impressive back catalogues. i can see where the comparison has come from. probably to do with i think, with their huge record sales. although, that is probably where the comparisons end!
personally i love both these bands. i couldn't really chose between the two. |
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I like the odd beatles song but think abba are far better.
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i love both!
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No...
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Nope :sleep:
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At the time people didn't have much respect for ABBA, in fact the youth were into Punk, New Wave etc and ABBA were a bore yet somehow they have suddenly become icons
![]() PS, I'm a Kinks fan myself and if I had to choose I'd go for The Beatles being a zillion percent better than ABBA. |
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I like both. Both were fantastic in their own genres, though I'd personally prefer The Beatles
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At the time people didn't have much respect for ABBA, in fact the youth were into Punk, New Wave etc and ABBA were a bore yet somehow they have suddenly become icons
![]() PS, I'm a Kinks fan myself and if I had to choose I'd go for The Beatles being a zillion percent better than ABBA. yet, they sold truck loads of singles and even more albums. they were a huge success against all the odds! in all honesty. i don't believe that they are held in high regard, for misplaced nostalgic reasons. the creative song writing team behind abba wrote some of the best music ever. they still do. |
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At the time people didn't have much respect for ABBA, in fact the youth were into Punk, New Wave etc and ABBA were a bore yet somehow they have suddenly become icons
![]() PS, I'm a Kinks fan myself and if I had to choose I'd go for The Beatles being a zillion percent better than ABBA.
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is the op asking for a personal opinion or a more fact based one?
time has a strange effect on perception, this question would never have been posed in the abba years... its a no brainer. whilst some people might prefer abba on a personal level, and abba were huge creating some of pops best music, they were nowhere near as inovative nor influencial as the beatles. the beatles beat abba on every level... |
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Yes, although Lennon and Mccartney wrote a lot of great songs that, for me, are better covered by other artists, such as The Four Tops' Eleanor Rigby, or Ray Charles version; Matt Monro's Yesterday, Barbara Dickson's A day in the Life..
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Nooooooo! But I can't stand ABBA so my opinion's probably void.
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Oh dear some of the threads on this site are just ridiculous:yawn:
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yes, without a shadow of a doubt...i think the beatles are massively over-rated
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As someone has said the Beatles were considered cool during their era, Abba were considered naff during theirs and have had to wait until now to gain credibility.
It is a sign of how people's view of Abba has changed that a question like this can be even asked let alone be taken with any seriousness. I guess that means that there is still hope for the likes of the Saturdays
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As someone has said the Beatles were considered cool during their era, Abba were considered naff during theirs and have had to wait until now to gain credibility.
It is a sign of how people's view of Abba has changed that a question like this can be even asked let alone be taken with any seriousness. I guess that means that there is still hope for the likes of the Saturdays ![]() |
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If it wasn't for the Beatles, Abba would never have existed so it's a moot point.
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I dunno if 'better' is the right word, they're certainly more important than The Beatles as far as I'm concerned.
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I like some of ABBA's music but IMO they are no where near as good as The Beatles nevermind being better than them.
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Or maybe people have become more daft.
That is certainly a possibility !
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