Who you got? Looking at you, vid1900
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For me, Stones all the way. Yes, they have longevity. Yes, they have more great songs than you can count. Yes, they have inspired all types of pop culture. Yes, they constantly reinvent themselves. But they win for one reason: they have the greatest and most rock and roll (listen to the lyrics and the context of the time) song of all time--
Sympathy for the Devil!
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Stones are also an absolute killer blues band. Keith singing blues is tremendous. Their blues album a year or so ago is fantastic. Plus, they had this kickass performance with Clapton and John Lee Hooker if you have never seen it.
The Beatles are incomparable. They didn't just change music, but they changed the world by influencing art, culture, and politics. They went from "Love Me Do" to "Come Together" in 5 years. Any of their albums from Rubber Soul on would be any other group's best album. They're like the Addams Family pinball of popular music. Addams influenced all games that would come after in the same way that The Beatles influenced all music that would come after. Every group for the last 50 years has been influenced either directly or indirectly by The Beatles. Musicians who say that they weren't influenced by The Beatles were influenced by someone who was. The Stones spent the 60's trying to copy The Beatles. They only came into their own after The Beatles broke up.
The Beatles can't be beaten in any comparison contest.
All fair points, @usandthem. No denying that they weren't influential and did not have great songs, which they absolutely did. I guess I am just more of a McCartney guy vs Lennon guy, so that has some influence.
I personally prefer both the Beach Boys and Queen from a song and execution perspective vice The Beatles.
Quoted from usandthem:The Beatles are incomparable. They didn't just change music, but they changed the world by influencing art, culture, and politics. They went from "Love Me Do" to "Come Together" in 5 years. Any of their albums from Rubber Soul on would be any other group's best album. They're like the Addams Family pinball of popular music. Addams influenced all games that would come after in the same way that The Beatles influenced all music that would come after. Every group for the last 50 years has been influenced either directly or indirectly by The Beatles. Musicians who say that they weren't influenced by The Beatles were influenced by someone who was. The Stones spent the 60's trying to copy The Beatles. They only came into their own after The Beatles broke up.
The Beatles can't be beaten in any comparison contest.
I couldn't have said it better!
gona have to go with the Beatles since they actually grew with the times and as a band. Rolling stones found one sound and Rode it to death. don't even get me started on ACDC
The Beatles weren’t around long enough to put out some of the horrible crap that the Stones have. Don’t get me wrong I like the Stones but some of their music is just horrible . Like them both but got to give it to the Beatles.
Quoted from trilogybeer:The Beatles weren’t around long enough to put out some of the horrible crap that the Stones have. Don’t get me wrong I like the Stones but some of their music is just horrible . Like them both but got to give it to the Beatles.
They did release some crap, but I enjoyed Voodoo Lounge from their newer stuff
I've always admired both bands.
I give the edge to the Beatles as being better songwriters and quit when it was the right time.
Love the Stones early work, but after Brian Jones died, they seemed to lose some of their heart and soul, but kept cranking out some decent music throughout the 70s.
I prefer rolling Stones they created some of my favorite songs like paint it Black, gimme shelter, and rain fall down. But, the Beatles are also a good band.
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Quoted from vid1900:The Beatles were marketed for little girls, the Stones were for adults.
Not for the kids....
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The Beatles had an incredibly diverse career. They started as a fan girl band, but they continued to evolve. Compare their early work to the white album
Quoted from Spinape:The Beatles had an incredibly diverse career. They started as a fan girl band, but they continued to evolve. Compare their early work to the white album
Although I have all their albums, I can't even listen to the early ones.
When their albums starting coming out on CD, the record company released one ever few months, in chronological order.
Since they had said that all the discs were already mastered, why not just release them all at once?
The record company answered "Everybody would just buy Sgt Pepper, and never even look at the other albums."
You know that's exactly what would have happened.
Quoted from vid1900:The Beatles were marketed for little girls, the Stones were for adults.
Not for the kids....
Funny thing is the Beatles lived the bad boy life thru their early years jamming in Hamburg all the way till the end and with the Stones it started out as more of an act.
Quoted from vid1900:The Beatles were marketed for little girls, the Stones were for adults.
Not for the kids....
KR (resized).jpgQuoted from o-din:Truly one of the best cover albums of all time.
They did look better than the Beatles "Yesterday and Today" cover album. The butcher version.
LTG : )
Quoted from LTG:Now that's good !
LTG : )
This one's not too shabby either.
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The Beatles were the first, more than they were the best.
But the Stones tried harder... like Avis vs Hertz.
Before the Beatles, bands sang someone's song. The Beatles wrote their own music. They wrote songs for other bands. They let the Stones record some that they (John) wrote. Elvis sang some 600 songs but never wrote one. It got to be the Beatles hands down.
Quoted from tamoore:If it weren't for the Beatles, it would be hard to imagine the Rolling Stones would have ever been.
The Beatles really invented modern pop music and changed the way pop songs were structured.
Agreed - "Keef" is my avatar but the The Beatles are #1. The fact that Lennon and McCartney wrote the stones their first "original" hit : I Wanna Be Your Man tells you all you need to know.
Beatles all the way!
Only thing I ever liked that Jagger did was this video. Just bummed bowie got wrapped up in it.
Enjoy watching what Mic worked so hard on. Haha
Quoted from o-din:Funny thing is the Beatles lived the bad boy life thru their early years jamming in Hamburg all the way till the end and with the Stones it started out as more of an act.
There has always been a perception problem with these two bands. Everyone thinks the Stones were the bad boys but they were middle class yuppie art school Londoners, while the Beatles were working class from the rough industrial town of Liverpool.
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