ABBA Vs. 1975-87 Fleetwood Mac

Not in doubt personally. I mean, I like Fleetwood Mac, and "Tango In The Night" in particular. But ABBA are still in a league of their own here.

In basically every Fleetwood Mac Versus X poll, I always vote for Fleetwood Mac. From 10th-12th grade I listened to Rumours about 7 times a week.

Puh-leeze! Fleetwood Mac.

puhleeze nothing soto

Fleetwood Mac are going to win this comfortably and rightly so.

Brilliant Geir wrongness in picking Tango in the night as the standout album from a period that includes Rumors and Tusk.

I find that their 70s material is a little too country influenced. Which is something ABBA were not. No pop act has ever been better than ABBA at keeping their music strictly European with as few American influences as possible. Which is what was so great about them.

But I still like "Tango In The Night", particularly because of such nice melodic pop songs as "Little Lies", "Seven Wonders" and "Everywhere".

the European canon is here
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btw I voted for the Mac

Two boys, two girls.

Which Mac member are you conveniently overlooking, Geir?

I hope he's overlooking Mick Fleetwood. Cause that would be so funny!

Which Mac member are you conveniently overlooking, Geir?

Hmmm.. Seems like there was one more male, yes.

Abba sound way more country than FM to me

Chiquitita is borderline appalachian

"Chiquitita" and "Fernando" first and foremost sound Spanish

Volebeats did a country-fried cover of "Knowing Me Knowing You", and in the process revealed its true leanings.

^^that Volebeats cover, wow, didn't realize that was an Abba tune. Volebeats version >> the original.

No pop act has ever been better than ABBA at keeping their music strictly European with as few American influences as possible. Which is what was so great about them

First statement is plausible, second is bullshit. And wouldn't it make more sense to confine the two to the same timeframe, since ABBA broke up before '87?

Anyways, both were fab while they existed so I refuse to vote. Plus I'm getting a little sick of these two-options-only polls. Isn't that what the TS: x vs. y threads are for?

Well, this is the modern day equivalent.

This was tough but it came down to the ballads. FM are one of the few bands whose ballads I enjoy and the ABBA ballads are almost always skipped at my house.

Yeah, ABBA's ballads are typically the weak link in their catalogue.

I've never really cared about much post-Rumours Mac (give or take "Tusk" the song), so I'm going with ABBA, even though 75-77 Mac means more to me than anything ABBA have ever done. (If the Mac cutoff was a decade earlier, my vote might switch.)

And ABBA's ballads (as in "The Day Before You Came") are better than some people seem to think.

I love ABBAs ballads. They are the cleanest, most melodic out of all their work. The only stuff I like better is the synthpop influenced songs on their last two albums.

You're totally in denial about their '70s countrypolitan influence, though, Geir. (But I don't have time to argue about it. And yeah, they were still the most Yurropean of all bands regardless.)

I don't see any direct influence (other than their cover of "Pick a Bale Of Cotton"). But of course country, like ABBA, is clean and diatonic and very much based on traditional non-modal harmonies. But as opposed to country music (and a lot of 70s Mac), ABBA never limited themselves to only a very few chords.

Automatic thread bump. This poll is closing tomorrow.

Sorta apples n' oranges, no?

In any case, Abba wins EVERY. DAMN. TIME.

Unless it's a "who can hoover the most coke up their nose (arse in the case of Nicks) in 30 seconds" competition. Although ABBA would probably win a drinking contest.

Automatic thread bump. This poll's results are now in.

This is absurd!

The only absurd thing here is that ABBA are not on top. It's tighter than I thought though.

Where is the Fleetwood Mac musical?

The only absurd thing here is that ABBA are not on top.

That's what I meant

Close result, just like I woulda hoped.