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Were 'Brotherhood of Man' ABBA copyists?
I've never heard of this group or any of their songs until today, but I searched them to find their image and style of music was very similar to ABBA.
Were they copyists of ABBA and was their music any good? |
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I think they must've gone through a phase when they were desperately chasing after ABBA. Their songs 'Angelo' and 'Figaro' seem to conjure up more than a hint of 'Fernando' lol.
I'm no real expert as I was just a baby, but my parents put together a little time capsule when I was born, of newspapers, an Everton programme lol, magazines and some chart singles of the time, and one was 'Oh Boy (The Mood I'm In)' by Brotherhood of Man. It's a weird one, as the lyric seems to suggest Americana, but the sound is very 1970s British, the brassy sound of the northern cabaret clubs you hear if you've ever watched Wheeltappers and Shunters DVDs... so this scene, I think, was just as much an influence on them as ABBA were. I treasure that record by the way, even though I have nothing to play it on! ![]() AH! here it is!
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Yes totally... and ugly to boot
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Yes they have, but to be fair they were a band for a good 6 years or more before they hit the big time with Eurovision. With ABBA being so huge at the time it is little surprise that they sounded so similar. 3 UK no 1's is not to be sniffed at- clearly the UK record buying public liked their own home grown version of ABBA
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Does anybody actually care?
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It always amuses me when people come into threads about artists they hate, to say 'who cares?' and 'they're sh*t!'
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![]() The single cover is worse. I think they looked pretty good in 70s clothes. But not a good idea to try and keep up with the next fashions, they were running waaay too slow.
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Yes they have, but to be fair they were a band for a good 6 years or more before they hit the big time with Eurovision. With ABBA being so huge at the time it is little surprise that they sounded so similar. 3 UK no 1's is not to be sniffed at- clearly the UK record buying public liked their own home grown version of ABBA
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no more than the equally good "Bucks Fizz".
iconic whipping the skirts off |
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Yes they have, but to be fair they were a band for a good 6 years or more before they hit the big time with Eurovision. With ABBA being so huge at the time it is little surprise that they sounded so similar. 3 UK no 1's is not to be sniffed at- clearly the UK record buying public liked their own home grown version of ABBA
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The pre-Eurovision line up were totally different people so it was the same act in name only. They initially were copying the US band Dawn around the time of 'Save Your Kisses'. and its follow up ..untl they realised cloning ABBA was a far more lucrative move.
i quite liked 'united we stand' (1970), and 'save your kisses for me' was a decent enough pop song for eurovision, but the rest was.... pretty naff. 'oh boy (the mood im in)' was a cover... |
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The pre-Eurovision line up were totally different people so it was the same act in name only. They initially were copying the US band Dawn around the time of 'Save Your Kisses'. and its follow up ..untl they realised cloning ABBA was a far more lucrative move.
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Dunno, but they were dreadful...
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I've never heard of this group or any of their songs until today, but I searched them to find their image and style of music was very similar to ABBA.
Were they copyists of ABBA and was their music any good? |
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They were a cornyish pastiche.
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