The band ABC
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Topic: The band ABC
Posted By: Icarium
Subject: The band ABC
Date Posted: July 13 2023 at 06:05
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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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Posted By: Icarium
Date Posted: July 13 2023 at 06:18
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The debute album is excellent https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=IhDkm-oAWDM&pp=ygUOYWJjIGZ1bGwgYWxidW0%3D" rel="nofollow - 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" rel="nofollow - https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=xWeGEl0iy9Q&pp=ygUaYWJjIGJlYXV0eSBzdGFiIGZ1bGwgYWxidW0%3D -------------
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Posted By: Psychedelic Paul
Date Posted: July 13 2023 at 06:30
New Wave/Synth Pop, but if I'm wrong, you can shoot that Poison Arrow through my heart.  |
Posted By: Octopus II
Date Posted: July 13 2023 at 07:47
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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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Posted By: Icarium
Date Posted: July 13 2023 at 08:32
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As a prog-nut killing commercial provess is not nesserilly a negative -------------
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Posted By: mellotronwave
Date Posted: July 13 2023 at 11:45
| syrupy pop |
Posted By: siLLy puPPy
Date Posted: July 13 2023 at 12:11
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Perfect example of New Romantic which is a subsection of the greater new wave genre -------------  https://rateyourmusic.com/~siLLy_puPPy |
Posted By: Cristi
Date Posted: July 13 2023 at 14:23
 well, you are not wrong.
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mellotronwave wrote:Posted By: Necrotica
Date Posted: July 13 2023 at 14:24
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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 https://www.youtube.com/@CocoonMasterBrendan-wh3sd |
Posted By: Icarium
Date Posted: July 14 2023 at 10:16
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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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