10 Reasons Why The Rolling Stones Were Better Than The Beatles (lyrics, pop)

Oh Danny Boy · 10-09-2012, 08:14 PM

The Beatles were a good pop band but not the gods that popular myth makes them out to be. Arguably they are the most over rated band ever. They never started or created any popular movement in music, generally they became influenced by what other bands were doing, they were just skilled at taking what others were doing and making it more palatable for the mainstream audience, take psychedelic rock for example.

These days i struggle to listen to the Beatles, i can't enjoy their sound, maybe they are too pop for me. So personally i'd take the Stones, but i find their catalogue too inconsistent and they went to **** in the 70's but Aftermath and Exile on Main St are classic albums.

The Beatles are still too huge, popular perception sees the 60's music scene beginning and ending with the Beatles. Complete nonsense as there were many more competent bands around; The Kinks, the Sonics, The Small Faces, Cream, The Jimmy Hendrix Experience, The Beach Boys, The Velvet Underground, Jefferson Airplane, the Soft Machine, the Stooges, The Who to name a few. But the 60's were a golden age of music and i'd suggest that anyone who wishes to discover more check out the 'Nuggets' and Crypt Records 'Back from the Grave' compilations. There are more than a 'host' of 60's bands.

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Oh Danny Boy Groupie Join Date: Sep 2012 Posts: 35	The Beatles were a good pop band but not the gods that popular myth makes them out to be. Arguably they are the most over rated band ever. They never started or created any popular movement in music, generally they became influenced by what other bands were doing, they were just skilled at taking what others were doing and making it more palatable for the mainstream audience, take psychedelic rock for example. These days i struggle to listen to the Beatles, i can't enjoy their sound, maybe they are too pop for me. So personally i'd take the Stones, but i find their catalogue too inconsistent and they went to **** in the 70's but Aftermath and Exile on Main St are classic albums. The Beatles are still too huge, popular perception sees the 60's music scene beginning and ending with the Beatles. Complete nonsense as there were many more competent bands around; The Kinks, the Sonics, The Small Faces, Cream, The Jimmy Hendrix Experience, The Beach Boys, The Velvet Underground, Jefferson Airplane, the Soft Machine, the Stooges, The Who to name a few. But the 60's were a golden age of music and i'd suggest that anyone who wishes to discover more check out the 'Nuggets' and Crypt Records 'Back from the Grave' compilations. There are more than a 'host' of 60's bands.