Fleetwood Mac

Gawdbless, where does that number for ABBA come from?Searching the net I only come up with a Wikipedia article that looks relavant, and among the biggest selling acts, they by far have the smallest verified sales (49 mil), with a "reputed" sales number of 300 - 370.

But my point was that they were every where in the US in th 70's and 80's and did sell a lot of records in North America (12 mil), but they were not as popular here as they were overseas.

My contention is because we thought, and still do, that they sucked.

As far as the RAH in London, let's not get too excited about the musical taste of residents of the UK. Although they have produced the greatest Rock acts of all time, they don't seem to respect them. I read a few years ago that an Arctic Monkeys album was voted best of all time, with many Beatles, Stones, Zeppelin and Pink Floyd albums way down the list.

Very disturbing.

Abba still sucks.

Arctic Monkeys,now there's some future hall of famers!!!!!

Thanks for the link to The Plant. I remember Elvin Bishop from the Paul Butterfield Blues Band. When he went on his own he was a regular in San Francisco. One place where he played alot was just off Union St. called The Cock's Inn. He always drew a big crowd and there was no cover charge.

There was a lot of good entertainment back in those days.

Mac,

Like 'em or not, the LOWEST sales number commonly cited for global ABBA sales is 150 million units worldwide. That figure is generally used to debunk the 300 plus million plus that's often thrown around, so the real figure is almost certainly higher than 150,000,000. It seems that there is confusion because the record keeping for album sales isn't exactly a precise science, but ABBA appears to be, by all of the counts that I've seen, one of the top dozen selling bands (excluding solo artists) ever. Given that the band released all of 8 albums, it's hard to argue with their commercial success.

If pure pop ear candy ain't your thing, I can see why you'd dismiss them outright. OTOH, some people love that kind of thing and others (including me) find it fun in (very) limited doses. ABBA may or may not suck (depending on your tastes), but they certainly sold a sh*tload of records.

Marty

Kudos also must be given to Abba for refusing to rejoin even with the stratospheric amount of wonga they were reported to have been offered.
Shame some of the geriatric old fart bands did not retire when their time was up, then again if stuck in a time capsule old farts continue to buy old shit, why not bring out a greatest hits volume 38?
The UK also moves with the times when it comes to music, and generally people (especially the one young's) do not give a rats ass anymore about old farty bands such as Zep, Floyd, Beatles etc etc.
I was given a boxed set of complete Beatles 45's
I have never forgiven that person for it!