melancholic content packaged in euphoric music...
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The musical DNA that PSB shares with ABBA
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Re: The musical DNA that PSB shares with ABBA
Such a strange act. Much like the Beatles (even more perhaps) they disbanded when they were on the verge of becoming "too" mature for their audience (I reckon PSB could have done the same around the time of Behaviour...). Their early, soppy schlager-influenced songs are mostly terrible, but in the late Seventies they found a really interesting balance between cheesy europop and deeper new wave. It's a bit sad that they didn't follow that creative route with more albums after "The Visitors", which is by far their best work.