Yup , but i am a bit Biased , Blancmange have been very prolific over the past 6 years , and their albums highly recommended , WUNDERLUST is a great album .
The only thing I ever heard of theirs was The day before you came, just played it on youtube for a bit of nostalgia & was shocked & ashamed to discover it was an Abba original !!! I never knew :-) A great song.
All the same will have to check out a bit more of Blancmange
Great shout on those, I'm taking the boy to see The Rifles at the Roundhouse after we get back from West Brom. Last time we saw them was at Borderline in January, great seeing a band that good in such a small space.
Depeche Mode have a very loyal and fanatical support, but don't get much mainstream coverage that's for sure, considering their support
Not that well thought of in the Uk , in Europe and the US They are gods . 150 million Album sales and counting .
42 top 40 singles in the UK but never a number 1. I believe that's a tally that is only beaten by Morrissey's 51/0 but that's counting his solo and Smiths releases all together.
Depeche Mode have a very loyal and fanatical support, but don't get much mainstream coverage that's for sure, considering their support
Not that well thought of in the Uk , in Europe and the US They are gods . 150 million Album sales and counting .
42 top 40 singles in the UK but never a number 1. I believe that's a tally that is only beaten by Morrissey's 51/0 but that's counting his solo and Smiths releases all together.
Last 3 Albums not that great but still a great live Band , they have a fanatic following .
As in "American Pie"? If so then there's not really any situation we can say he's underrated, surely? It's one of the great songs.
Indeed But I think the wider body of his work has been overlooked..in that regard I see him as underrated. And still performing brilliantly into his 70s...
Oh yes, a few musicians/bands fall into the category of: 'victim of his own success'... (Defined by one big hit) Antonio Carlos Jobim is one that close to my heart.
Yup , but i am a bit Biased , Blancmange have been very prolific over the past 6 years , and their albums highly recommended , WUNDERLUST is a great album .
The only thing I ever heard of theirs was The day before you came, just played it on youtube for a bit of nostalgia & was shocked & ashamed to discover it was an Abba original !!! I never knew :-) A great song.
All the same will have to check out a bit more of Blancmange
My favourite Abba song. Will have to check out the Blancmange version.
Yup , but i am a bit Biased , Blancmange have been very prolific over the past 6 years , and their albums highly recommended , WUNDERLUST is a great album .
The only thing I ever heard of theirs was The day before you came, just played it on youtube for a bit of nostalgia & was shocked & ashamed to discover it was an Abba original !!! I never knew :-) A great song.
All the same will have to check out a bit more of Blancmange
My favourite Abba song. Will have to check out the Blancmange version.
Blancmange have several recorded versions. All good. All better than Abba, which is still good. Best though is the (original?) with the little Coronation Street pastiche.
And if film score composers can be included, Abel Korzeniowski is one of the most underrated composers and deserves more credit than he has. His scores for A Single Man, Nocturnal Animals, W.E. and Romeo and Juliet are sublime. They are the most beautiful pieces of music I've ever heard.
Depeche Mode have a very loyal and fanatical support, but don't get much mainstream coverage that's for sure, considering their support
Not that well thought of in the Uk , in Europe and the US They are gods . 150 million Album sales and counting .
42 top 40 singles in the UK but never a number 1. I believe that's a tally that is only beaten by Morrissey's 51/0 but that's counting his solo and Smiths releases all together.
Last 3 Albums not that great but still a great live Band , they have a fanatic following .
Can't believe Depeche Mode are considered underrated🤣 Weren't they one of the biggest UK bands in the 80's and early 90's? I used to be a big fan but agree their last three albums are mediocre. I bought Spirit the last one on CD a few months ago but still haven't finished listening to the whole album. Their last three all just sound the same to me.
BeeGees. I know they’re a big household name, but too many people think of them as some sort of novelty disco act, when actually they songwriting credentials are up there with the likes of John and Paul.
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All the same will have to check out a bit more of Blancmange
Great shout on those, I'm taking the boy to see The Rifles at the Roundhouse after we get back from West Brom. Last time we saw them was at Borderline in January, great seeing a band that good in such a small space.
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(Defined by one big hit)
Antonio Carlos Jobim is one that close to my heart.
Once called by the Daily Telegraph 'the most successful British artist you have never heard of'
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hadn't heard of either of them until recently.