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Who rules...the Beatles or the Rolling Stones?
Posted by fearless21 • 1/18/09 • Subscribe to this Discussion [RSS] • Report This Topic
Topics: 1960's, beatles, rock music, rolling stones
Let's hear it... and what is your favorite song?
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Hmm I'd have to say the Beatles are better, if a little overrated. I like I Am the Walrus the best, the most trippy song I think I've ever heard. -
The Beatles. I think I could relate more to their music. The Stones are too off-the-wall for me. (Not a big fan of the lick-sing thing). But neither bands is my all-time favorite. I'm happy with The Cure. (Which I find more Beatles-like in some ways)-
I so have to agree with you, The Cure trumps both of them (well, in my opinion anyway), there's glimmers of Beatles influences within their stuff I guess.
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I like the Cure as well as a lot of other bands...but if you had to choose between the two bands from the 1960's. Bands that led the way for the success of those to follow like the Cure, the Church, the Clash, Crowded House, etc, which would it be?
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The Rolling Stones is still around. There's nothing that the Beatles did that Frank Zappa didn't do better and bigger before them. -
Need i say more, of course The Beatles! All the way from Liverpool! But i'm a fan of Manchester United though! :-) -
Beatles. Beatles. Beatles.
The Beatles are the most influential act in entertainment history. More than 35 years after their break-up, they still sell more records than anyone on the planet. -
none of the above, the answer is in fact 'Steve Parkinson and his electric organ' -
I'm going to say the beatles purely becasue of that weird comedy film they did. A must watch! -
Sympathy for the Devil is more erudite than anything the drab four could come up with.
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The Stones came to Lennon and McCartney for "I Wanna Be Your Man" when their career needed a kickstart.
The Beatles = timeless
however, the two bands are very different and both awesome. I guess it's all taste in the end.
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The stones man...the 'Fab 4' were just a boy band. Nothing more nothing less.-
you are pretty much frickin wrong on the one pal.
maybe at the beginning, but once they started taking drugs, it was all uphill from there. Brilliant and intelligent songwriting from start to finish.
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Vote for Rolling Stones and Beatles....
plus Bee Gees-
The Bee Gees?????
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Bee gees?????? are you for real?? Oh my God. Just because they were 'good at the time' does not mean that they were really any good.
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bee gees are for Karaoke bars.
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Or for kids animated films...Madagacar!
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The Stones...favorite songs: Let it Loose, Stray Cat Blues, Soul Survivor, Before They Make Me Run, Paint it, Black, I Am Waiting, Moonlight Mile, Bitch.... -
Stones! Here's some audio clips from one of the best live bootlegs ever made.
www.thebigfeedblog.com/2009/01/rolling-stones-brussels-affair.html
This alone will tell you why the Stones rule. The Beatles were studio monsters. They couldn't touch the Stones live. They just couldn't.-
I agree the Stones are an awesome live band, but I still think the Beatles rule for the total package...the music, songwriting, timelessness,influence on artists to follow, and let's not forget all the drama: Yoko, Linda, Heather, Julian, Pattie Boyd Harrison and Eric Clapton, "Paul is dead", A Hard Day's Night, Help, Sergeant Pepper, their arrests, stabbings, re-marriages, divorces, other bands, etc....
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The Beatles without a doubt, particularly if you really listen to the lyrics. Yesterday. -
absolutely the Beatles. Rolling what? I thought it was just a magazine. (no offense for Rolling Stone fans.)
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They both are great in their own way. I truly believe we will never see the likes of either ever again. The Beatles' are more poetic and introspective, but it's hard to beat the Stones for soul.
I guess I'll have to make a choice based on how many I own and that would be The Beatles. -
Seems to be more Beatles fans than Stones fans. It would be interesting to see if age makes any difference regarding our preferences.
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The Rolling Stones are by far the more rocking band and have invented the modern "rock star." The Beatles were the better song writers. Honestly, I try not to compare them because they are completely different---The Stones represent the defining characteristics of Rock and Roll including the attitude, drugs, and sex, while The Beatles are along similar lines of "American Idol," pop culture icons.-
You took the words right off my keyboard. -
You said them for me too.
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The Beatles though "Angie", "Ruby Tuesday", "Paint it Black" and "Jumping Jackflash" are some of my all time favs. -
Rubber Soul by the Beatles is my favorite Beatles Album
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Mine too.
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Beatles - "revolution" - "get back" - "hey jude" - to name a few.
the whole "abbey road" album. -
The Stones. -
maybe rolling stones so ...... they are bad boys -
The Beatles. The Stones are the most overrated band I can think of. -
The world was changing so quickly when these two bands arrived and they each played a different role in transforming music. I just prefer the Beatles to the Stones!
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The Beatles have the best album in the world; Sgt. Pepper. Abbey Road another very close favorite of mine.
Nothing anybody did compared to their music. The songwriting was incredible.-
Do you think the talent was all of the Fab. 4, Paul or John?
Perhaps this is food for another thread.
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How strange... I just answered this same question on my blog the other day -- Rolling Stones! -
THE BEETLES definately! -
Both have been highly influential groups. But the Beetles, at least in America, did the most change. I will pick the Beetles. -
They are both great. Of course the Rollingstones only make rockendroll but I like it. In any case all you need is love and if that's not enough love is all you need -
the Stones
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The Rolling Stones are rockers, the Beatles are classics
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Can't somebody be a rocker and classic at the same time?
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Melodically, I'd have to say the Beatles.
Harmonically, interesting. I once read an article where George Harrison said he could name every song the Beatles copied their chord changes from. But that's neither here nor there, it's what you do with it that counts.
I like the very early Stones material when Brian Jones was there. The guitar sounds of the Stones are interesting and their ability to rock is great. The drummer is very good and I used to like Mick Taylors tone when he was them. He was a very nice player.
My ears would probably last longer listening to the Beatles all weekend, and I'd probably shed lots of tears listening to some of their tunes
What's better Thai food or Indian? Both are great
And then there was George Martin in the equation -
The Beattles!!!! -
Stones
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