Beatles or Stones?

[discman69]

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?

[Thelemech]

I love them both but The Beatles are just above and beyond.

[KiloDeltaCharlie]

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.

[Zzzptm]

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.

[Typhon]

I love them both but The Beatles are just above and beyond.

This.

[Charger]

I'm I gonna be burned at the stake as a heretic for saying I don't really care for either....

[Typhon]

I'm I gonna be burned at the stake as a heretic for saying I don't really care for either....

You can still answer the question that was posed.

[Sicko FanAtic]

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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[Jack the Stripper]

Both amazing bands obviously but as Thel aptly put it the Beatles were above and beyond. They changed Popular Culture forever!

[Billy Underdog]

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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[Charger]

I'm I gonna be burned at the stake as a heretic for saying I don't really care for either....

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.

[Typhon]

I'm I gonna be burned at the stake as a heretic for saying I don't really care for either....

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. 

[Zzzptm]

Okay, I'll put my gun back in its holster. 

There's another thread for that kind of action.

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.

[Typhon]

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.

[Zzzptm]

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.

Well, it's not always my first go-to, but, yeah, I got some Woody Guthrie in my collection...