Greatest Hits: ABBA vs. Madonna?

[Didymus 32,907]

3 minutes ago, T E A said:

i agree. madge sampled them and directly referenced them. highest form of flattery, as she likes to put it. 

How many damn times are you gonna repeat that?

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6 minutes ago, T E A said:

i see you. 

i agree. madge sampled them and directly referenced them. highest form of flattery, as she likes to put it. 

Except the phrase "imitation is the highest form of flattery" isn't usually applied to when someone is intentionally and openly referencing the original, so I'm not sure what your point is.  

[Sunny 12,187]

ABBA for all 

[Didymus 32,907]

Just now, AgusPop said:

someone is nervous 

Not really. I chose Dancing Queen over Hung Up actually, it's not a masterpiece.

It's just that I'm starting to get the impression this thread was only made to point out that Madonna relied heavily on ABBA or whatever and that (therefore) the latter is better (hence T E A liked all of the posts pointing in that direction).

And I don't like that because that's just stupid, and hypocritical.

[AgusPop 4,064]

2 minutes ago, Didymus said:

Not really. I chose Dancing Queen over Hung Up actually, it's not a masterpiece.

It's just that I'm starting to get the impression this thread was only made to point out that Madonna relied heavily on ABBA or whatever and that (therefore) the latter is better (hence T E A liked all of the posts pointing in that direction).

And I don't like that because that's just stupid, and hypocritical.

no, I think you are mad because someone made a post comparing your Heavenly Goddess Madonna and and that is unacceptable 

[Runway 27,876]

12 minutes ago, T E A said:

i see you. 

i agree. madge sampled them and directly referenced them. highest form of flattery, as she likes to put it. 

Stahp. Madoodoo stans are probably searching through their archives the artists gaga supposedly copied to distract us from the fact their fave is an actual plagiarist!

[hmm 979]

2 minutes ago, T E A said:

post your VS list or leave.

I was just pointing out your misunderstanding of the use of a simple phrase, no need to get defensive 

FWIW (which is very little, comparing track lists side by side like this don't accurately reflect someone's opinion) - 

1) dancing queen VS hung up
(2) knowing me, knowing you VS music
(3) take a chance on me VS vogue
(4) mamma mia VS 4 minutes
(5) lay all your love on me VS holiday
(6) super trouper VS like a virgin
(7) i have a dream VS into the groove
(8) the winner takes it all VS like a prayer
(9) money, money, money VS ray of light
(10) SOS VS la isla bonita
(11) chiquitita VS frozen
(12) fernando VS material girl
(13) voulez-vous VS papa don't preach
(14) gimme! gimme! gimme! (a man after midnight) VS lucky star
(15) does your mother know VS express yourself
(16) one of us VS open your heart
(17) the name of the game VS dress you up
(18) thank you for the music VS celebration

That makes it seem like I dislike ABBA, whereas I don't at all 

[Didymus 32,907]

Just now, AgusPop said:

no, I think you are mad because someone made a post comparing your Heavenly Goddess Madonna and and that is unacceptable 

Then why did I compare her to ABBA myself?

I'm a massive ABBA stan. My fav songs of them (which are not in the OP) probably top most of my fav Madonna songs because of emotional connection etc. Madonna's not my heavenly goddess, I've been shitting all over her post-2012 career on this forum, actually. I haven't seen anyone here who hated her last album as much as I did

So no, I stand by what I said.

[Didymus 32,907]

3 minutes ago, Runway said:

to distract us from the fact their fave is an actual plagiarist!

Only Madonna literally said she wanted to look like Agnetha on that tour.

I've never seen Madonna fans (here) make an issue with this number either:

A tribute is a tribute, easy as that.

[Rino 5,094]

(1) dancing queen VS hung up
(2) knowing me, knowing you VS music (=)
(3) take a chance on me VS vogue
(4) mamma mia VS 4 minutes
(5) lay all your love on me VS holiday
(6) super trouper VS like a virgin (=)
(7) i have a dream VS into the groove
(8) the winner takes it all VS like a prayer
(9) money, money, money VS ray of light
(10) SOS VS la isla bonita
(11) chiquitita VS frozen
(12) fernando VS material girl
(13) voulez-vous VS papa don't preach
(14) gimme! gimme! gimme! (a man after midnight) VS lucky star
(15) does your mother know VS express yourself
(16) one of us VS open your heart
(17) the name of the game VS dress you up (haven't heard both tracks)
(18) thank you for the music VS celebration 

5 vs. 10

Madge wins on my list. 

[crisTEAne 21,059]

8 minutes ago, AgusPop said:

TTno, I think you are mad because someone made a post comparing your Heavenly Goddess Madonna and and that is unacceptable 

6 minutes ago, Runway said:

Stahp. Madoodoo stans are probably searching through their archives the artists gaga supposedly copied to distract us from the fact their fave is an actual plagiarist!

don't go there, y'all. the thread is derailed enough as it is. 

5 minutes ago, hmm said:

I was just pointing out your misunderstanding of the use of a simple phrase, no need to get defensive 

FWIW (which is very little, comparing track lists side by side like this don't accurately reflect someone's opinion) 

That makes it seem like I dislike ABBA, whereas I don't at all 

i don't care about your understanding of the phrase. i had my own class in syntax and semantics, so i'm sure i got it right.

it's not an artist VS artist thread. if you don't like it, why are you here? you don't have to answer that.

[Didymus 32,907]

Just now, T E A said:

it's not an artist VS artist thread.

Then why the conversation with Harry?

Then why did you like these posts?

"ABBA always wins"

"ABBA for all."

"ABBA is a legend, probably more than Madonna ever will be"

"ABBA are legends, and they have more classics than Madonno"

"in europe, ABBA slays madonna."

Then why did you bring up the fact that Madonna sampled ABBA two times when someone made a comment about Madonna being better, and a third time (out of nowhere this time) to back up someone saying ABBA was legendary?

Then why do call out other people for derailing the thread when they're posting that Madonna is the better artist, but not when others are posting ABBA is?

It's clear what you're doing. To me anyway.

[Harry 26,836]

9 minutes ago, T E A said:

it's not an artist VS artist thread. if you don't like it, why are you here? you don't have to answer that.

The title is literally ABBA vs Madonna

[crisTEAne 21,059]

@Red & @nikola, bring some ABBA love, guys. let's get this thread back on track. 

[hmm 979]

15 minutes ago, T E A said:

don't go there, y'all. the thread is derailed enough as it is. 

i don't care about your understanding of the phrase. i had my own class in syntax and semantics, so i'm sure i got it right.

it's not an artist VS artist thread. if you don't like it, why are you here? you don't have to answer that.

Then surely at the very least Madonna's understanding, usage and context of the phrase is important? Otherwise it makes no sense as to why you'd try to use it against her. 

As others have said, the post was 'derailed' and taken off-topic (if apparently anything other than a VS list counts as off-topic) from the very first page . 

Ditto on the narrative and agenda of the thread being more than implicitly clear too but that's not too much of an issue really I guess... (although it's not really needed because I'd hazard a guess that most Madonna fans have nothing but praise for ABBA anyway)