I can't decide.
ABC had the chart toppers (at least here in the States on TOP 40 radio) but Sprout just had this bubble gum pop synth thing going on that still keeps looping in my head.
Sprout songs kind of all sound the same but sometimes it is that old standard you know you want and....they never disappointed. I still can't listen to ABC's "When Smokey Sings" due to the over play on TOP 40 radio...yet ABC were able to sound different without always sounding the same (just think Yogi Berra here).
I just can't make up my mind.
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Prefab Sprout vs. ABC
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by n/a5 » Mon Dec 20, 2004 10:19 am
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by Major Tom » Tue Dec 21, 2004 6:01 am
No contest, folks.
Prefab Sprout, although I wouldn't really compare them to ABC. I often thought of them more as a "new wave Steely Dan."
Prefab is one of those bands that just got better and better with age and I wouldn't necessarily classify them
Prefab Sprout, although I wouldn't really compare them to ABC. I often thought of them more as a "new wave Steely Dan."
Prefab is one of those bands that just got better and better with age and I wouldn't necessarily classify them
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by Liam » Tue Dec 21, 2004 2:19 pm
This is a weird match-up 
. But, hey, it's a ll good!--I'd go fro Prefab Sprout. They had/have more depth than ABC, a band geared towards the radio-friendly pop formula. ABC was a good band but they haven't written anything that could measure up to "The
. But, hey, it's a ll good!--I'd go fro Prefab Sprout. They had/have more depth than ABC, a band geared towards the radio-friendly pop formula. ABC was a good band but they haven't written anything that could measure up to "The- Liam
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by C86ERIC » Tue Dec 21, 2004 3:03 pm
I prefer Paddy McAloon's band,Prefab Sprout...though i also like ABC & these bands doesn't shared both era's (though both 1980's) in music,ABC became a famous through the New Romantic Movement & Prefab to the roughly titled Acoustic/Kitschy Pop along with
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