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ROCK AND ROLL! => All Them Other Guys => Topic started by: discman69 on July 09, 2018, 01:17:48 PM
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I always considered myself more a Stones guy, but honestly lately I think I am now more Beatles. I always enjoyed The Beatles but never dug deep into their catalog, always listened to the "hits." Anyway which one is your favorite?
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I love them both but The Beatles are just above and beyond.
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Both bands had "purple patches" where they could do no wrong and the rest of their output means little to me. The Beatles from about 66-70 and the Stones 67-71, and I don't think I can split them. But to be honest the groups from the 60s I really like are the The Who and The Kinks.
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I actually prefer the Beatles the later the album is. Revolver is where I like to start, then Rubber Soul, then I really get into Sgt. Pepper and the ones after that.
Conversely, I'm all about the Stones before Brian Jones passed away. I love their early albums and then, around 1967, I start to find their work is more miss than hit for me.
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I love them both but The Beatles are just above and beyond.
This.
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I'm I gonna be burned at the stake as a heretic for saying I don't really care for either.... :wtf: ???
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I'm I gonna be burned at the stake as a heretic for saying I don't really care for either.... :wtf: ???
You can still answer the question that was posed.
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It's like bacon versus burgers. Depends on whether it's for breakfast or dinner.
I have become far more involved with Beatles music though, was in a Beatles tribute band in the 90s. I've only learned a handful of Stones songs. So the Beatles resonate more with me you could say.
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Both amazing bands obviously but as Thel aptly put it the Beatles were above and beyond. They changed Popular Culture forever!
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Both amazing bands obviously but as Thel aptly put it the Beatles were above and beyond. They changed Popular Culture forever!
This :)
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I'm I gonna be burned at the stake as a heretic for saying I don't really care for either.... :wtf: ???
You can still answer the question that was posed.
Well if you put a gun to my head I'd go with Rolling Stones...
One cannot challenge the fact that The Beatles did change pop/rock music in it's time but I still find them to be the most overrated band in history...Stones' music is just better.
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I'm I gonna be burned at the stake as a heretic for saying I don't really care for either.... :wtf: ???
You can still answer the question that was posed.
Well if you put a gun to my head I'd go with Rolling Stones...
One cannot challenge the fact that The Beatles did change pop/rock music in it's time but I still find them to be the most overrated band in history...Stones' music is just better.
Okay, I'll put my gun back in its holster. :smug:
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Okay, I'll put my gun back in its holster. :smug:
There's another thread for that kind of action. :P
Now here's where I may be parting company with some on the Beatles side of the equation... I actually like the George Harrison songs better than the Lennon/McCartney ones, and that was from before I was aware of the composers. When I was a kid and listened to Abbey Road for the first time, I had fun with lots of the tunes, but "Something" and "Here Comes the Sun" were the two that really blew my mind. It was only later on that I found out that Harrison wrote almost all of my favorite Beatles songs.
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Now here's where I may be parting company with some on the Beatles side of the equation... I actually like the George Harrison songs better than the Lennon/McCartney ones, and that was from before I was aware of the composers. When I was a kid and listened to Abbey Road for the first time, I had fun with lots of the tunes, but "Something" and "Here Comes the Sun" were the two that really blew my mind. It was only later on that I found out that Harrison wrote almost all of my favorite Beatles songs.
This confirms what opposites you and I are. Of the Beatles huge list of hits, I found these 2 to be practically unlistenable. They just bore me to death. I bet you also like folk music. :puke:
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Now here's where I may be parting company with some on the Beatles side of the equation... I actually like the George Harrison songs better than the Lennon/McCartney ones, and that was from before I was aware of the composers. When I was a kid and listened to Abbey Road for the first time, I had fun with lots of the tunes, but "Something" and "Here Comes the Sun" were the two that really blew my mind. It was only later on that I found out that Harrison wrote almost all of my favorite Beatles songs.
This confirms what opposites you and I are. Of the Beatles huge list of hits, I found these 2 to be practically unlistenable. They just bore me to death. I bet you also like folk music. :puke:
Well, it's not always my first go-to, but, yeah, I got some Woody Guthrie in my collection...
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Now here's where I may be parting company with some on the Beatles side of the equation... I actually like the George Harrison songs better than the Lennon/McCartney ones, and that was from before I was aware of the composers.
You're not the only one. And not only for Abbey Road either, but every album, including Yellow Submarine with the Sgt. Peppers throw-away Only A Northern Song.
All Things Must Pass is also a great testament for how many great songs the Beatles could have had if Lennon/McCartney weren't so protective about their song inputs.
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Beatles were more innovative and groundbreaking. I hate the early stuff. Around, Help is where my only interest lies. that being said, I like the Rolling Stones especially with Brian Jones. It just rolls of the tongue that way!
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I am the same way ZZZ. Something is easily in my top 5 Beatles songs. I actually just made a playlist called The Rolling Beatles. 25 Beatle songs, 25 Rolling Stones songs.
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Now here's where I may be parting company with some on the Beatles side of the equation... I actually like the George Harrison songs better than the Lennon/McCartney ones, and that was from before I was aware of the composers.
You're not the only one. And not only for Abbey Road either, but every album, including Yellow Submarine with the Sgt. Peppers throw-away Only A Northern Song.
All Things Must Pass is also a great testament for how many great songs the Beatles could have had if Lennon/McCartney weren't so protective about their song inputs.
On a side note, Billy, this is not helping us defend against Typhon's assertion that we are the same person.
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Now here's where I may be parting company with some on the Beatles side of the equation... I actually like the George Harrison songs better than the Lennon/McCartney ones, and that was from before I was aware of the composers.
You're not the only one. And not only for Abbey Road either, but every album, including Yellow Submarine with the Sgt. Peppers throw-away Only A Northern Song.
All Things Must Pass is also a great testament for how many great songs the Beatles could have had if Lennon/McCartney weren't so protective about their song inputs.
On a side note, Billy, this is not helping us defend against Typhon's assertion that we are the same person.
Stop talking to yourself.
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Now here's where I may be parting company with some on the Beatles side of the equation... I actually like the George Harrison songs better than the Lennon/McCartney ones, and that was from before I was aware of the composers.
You're not the only one. And not only for Abbey Road either, but every album, including Yellow Submarine with the Sgt. Peppers throw-away Only A Northern Song.
All Things Must Pass is also a great testament for how many great songs the Beatles could have had if Lennon/McCartney weren't so protective about their song inputs.
On a side note, Billy, this is not helping us defend against Typhon's assertion that we are the same person.
Stop talking to yourself.
NO! Gotta feed my multiple personalities! >:(
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Dammit, Billy, you're not helping me! Er... you! Errrr... us!
Anyway, back on track... I think the main difference between the Stones and The Beatles is in their influences. The Beatles are more Elvis, Buddy Holly, Little Richard, and the pop side of things, with the band covering tunes from musicals and stuff in their early BBC gigs. That fed right into Paul's tendency to write "songs for grannies" as John called them.
Meanwhile, the Stones were more Howlin' Wolf, BB King, Muddy Waters, that bluesier side of the spectrum that bands like The Yardbirds were getting into.