Stones or Beatles?

[ThePickleMan]

Vote!

[PowerBum]

Great topic.

To me, the Stones are just more of a Rock n' Roll band.

The Beatles were the first (albeit best) boy band.

[Robert]

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[Landatauron]

Well since there were only two choices. I picked the Stones. Personally I hate both of these bands. But my hatred for the Beatles is just a little bit stronger.

[jenfrazer]

To me, the Stones are just more of a Rock n' Roll band.

The Beatles were the first (albeit best) boy band.

I'll give you that, but I don't believe it then follows that the Stones are a better band, just because they are more rock 'n' roll. I like The Culture Club more than I like the Boss, but by no stretch of the imagination do I consider them better.

But hell, between the Beatles and the Stones, I'd rather choose The Who.

[Robert]

My teacher Mr. Faragher says the Beatles because they are better songwriters, just before he told me to get off the forum and get on with my I.T. work.

[dajaymann]

To be fair, I think the poll should have been divided thus:

1. Young, boy band Beatles

2. Older hippie experimental Beatles

3. Young, crazy, bad boy Stones

4. Older-than-dirt-but-still-rockin'-arenas Stones

Personally, the young Stones are first for me, followed by the hippie Beatles.

[PowerBum]

jenfrazer said:

I'll give you that, but I don't believe it then follows that the Stones are a better band, just because they are more rock 'n' roll. I like The Culture Club more than I like the Boss, but by no stretch of the imagination do I consider them better.

I wasn't trying to say that, but I can see how it came off as that. But the Beatles are traditionally seen as the world's most legendary rock band, which has always kind of bothers me.

[PoolMan]

PowerBum said:

But the Beatles are traditionally seen as the world's most legendary rock band, which has always kind of bothers me.

Sits fine with me. Name another band of the same era who was as influential.

[dajaymann]

PowerBum said:

I wasn't trying to say that, but I can see how it came off as that. But the Beatles are traditionally seen as the world's most legendary rock band, which has always kind of bothers me.

Now, I'll go off on a limb and say that the Beatles are the most legendary rock band, at least in the States and England. Not because I have any particular fondness of the Beatles (which I do), but because of the way they heralded in a whole new form of Pop Rock to the west. No matter any which way you look at it, the Beatles hit the States first, so they'll always have that honor. And then, as the decade rolled on, the Beatles evolved into a band that was making music that was nothing like the music they made when they first came out. The Stones started with raunchy blues-rock, and pretty much stayed that way for - ummmmmm - 100 years. And then, the Beatles broke up. Very famously, thanks to Yoko. And I think that the fact that they only made their music together for maybe a decade, and it was such an eclectic style, is one of the reasons that many hold them in such high regard.

-Jay-

Myself, I'm all about Cream.

[Hucklebubba]

My feelings for the Beatles fall on the positive side of neutral, whereas I can completely do without the Stones.

Though I gotta admit, Mic Jagger is fun to impersonate.

[Uber]

So many criteria for this one. I mean, do you judge by which was a better live band? (by all firsthand accounts and me watching the Beatles Anthology to compare their live concerts, the Stones by far are the better live band) Or do you prefer to listen to their studio work instead? (I have yet to hear a band top the pure genius that is "Tomorrow Never Knows" by the Beatles, and think David Lee Roth should be beheaded for attempting to cover it on his last album) Perhaps you like to talk money (both bands have made more money than I'll ever see in my lifetime, so they both won in my eyes).

Looking over my album & CD collection, it's easy to see I'm a Beatles fan. They have made some of my favorite albums (Revolver, Rubber Soul and Abbey Road being 3 of my top 10). I'll have to stick by my favorites and say The Beatles. But definately worth a discussion! Thanks for the good topic, O' Pickled One!

[ThePickleMan]

I figured I should reply to this thread now.

To me, I can't say I like either one more then the other. They're both in my top 20 bands of all time, somewhere in the middle.
I like almost every Stones song I've heard. I only like some of the Beatles songs, but, The Beatles have two of my top 25 songs: Let It Be, and Free As a Bird.

I'd have to say to me it's a draw.

[Magill]

By far, the Beatles. Granted, they were around than a decade, but look at what they did in that time! I doubt any band will ever top the run of great albums the Beatles had in Rubber Soul-Revolver-White Album, not to mention the best last album ever (Abbey Road, never mind that "Let it Be" was released after it). Yeah, you can argue that their early stuff was boy band-ish, but unlike the boy bands of today (or nearly any era), they actually wrote their own music and played their own instruments.

The Stones never did much for me. Granted, they had some good songs, but they're very hit and miss. Plus, they've been around for 50 years, so I would hope a band that old could have a few hits in that time.

[DarthToad]

They're just both so good. I can't really choose. Well, okay, I'll go with the Beatles because I find myself listening to them more.