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Another lesser known name in that Brit blues-rock genre was Chicken Shack. Stan Webb was a really good lead guitarist and the keyboards were handled by non other than Christine Perfect (AKA McVie), later of Fleetwood Mac.
Cerrot -
On the surgface, you have a point, but...
Even though, as rock n roll bands (per my personal definition, posted above), both come up short in similar ways, I'd argue that ABBA comes up a helluva lot shorter than The Beatles (although they do rock it surprisingly hard on their live take of Gimme, Gimme, Gimme).
As pop bands, both could churn out catchy hits with regularity. I believe that ABBA actually sold more records than the Beatles (tho that may have changed since last I looked.
OTOH, The Beatles were VASTLY more sophisticated songwriters. And I do mean VASTLY.
Another lesser known name in that Brit blues-rock genre was Chicken Shack. Stan Webb was a really good lead guitarist and the keyboards were handled by non other than Christine Perfect (AKA McVie), later of Fleetwood Mac.
Cerrot -
On the surgface, you have a point, but...
Even though, as rock n roll bands (per my personal definition, posted above), both come up short in similar ways, I'd argue that ABBA comes up a helluva lot shorter than The Beatles (although they do rock it surprisingly hard on their live take of Gimme, Gimme, Gimme).
As pop bands, both could churn out catchy hits with regularity. I believe that ABBA actually sold more records than the Beatles (tho that may have changed since last I looked.
OTOH, The Beatles were VASTLY more sophisticated songwriters. And I do mean VASTLY.