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    Posted: July 13 2023 at 06:05
Been listening to the first two ABC albums resently and they strike me as an overlooked and meligned 80s band, whit lot of musicality, not just becouse of Trevor Horn involvment. But they seem to me to be a highly musicaly involved band, with as much funk, jazz and RnB influence as Tears for Fears. they got amazing chord progressions in some songs.

I really love to investigate early 80s new wabe, new romantic and post punk act, that often interwove the sounds of eacother, the disdistict post punk bass, with airy or lofty synth ala Ultravox or Spanday Ballets debute album
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The debute album is excellent

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=IhDkm-oAWDM&pp=ygUOYWJjIGZ1bGwgYWxidW0%3D

The second album is very interesting

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=xWeGEl0iy9Q&pp=ygUaYWJjIGJlYXV0eSBzdGFiIGZ1bGwgYWxidW0%3D
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New Wave/Synth Pop, but if I'm wrong, you can shoot that Poison Arrow through my heart. Smile
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I enjoyed their second album 'Beauty Stab'. It had a far harder sound than their debut.

I think it killed them commercially though.
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As a prog-nut killing commercial provess is not nesserilly a negative

Edited by Icarium - July 13 2023 at 08:33
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syrupy pop
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Perfect example of New Romantic which is a subsection of the greater new wave genre

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Originally posted by mellotronwave mellotronwave wrote:

syrupy pop

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well, you are not wrong. Smile
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Somewhere between new wave and pop, I'd say
Take me down, to the underground
Won't you take me down, to the underground
Why oh why, there is no light
And if I can't sleep, can you hold my life

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I like the basslines and the funky nature of the band, but also have ELO esque string arrangements, powerfull vocals.
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