The Rolling Stones vs. The Beatles (pop, rock, albums, Paul McCartney)

Berringer · 10-08-2008, 07:49 PM

My favorite color; that's all. I use blue in a lot of the writing I do...both online and off.

ProggyMan · 10-08-2008, 11:05 PM

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Originally Posted by FireInCairo

moptops and matching suits....Epstein's idea

That's not what I was commenting on. Reread your own writing.

FireInCairo · 10-09-2008, 12:29 AM

ah...i see
you think the stones manager made theirs too?

fiatlux · 10-09-2008, 08:48 AM

Gee,

Considering that my website is devoted to the Beatles I'm fairly certain that my opinion would be totally unbiased! lol!

Without wanting to spoil the game I would never actually try to consider which is the "best" band. On some days I love the music of the Stones and other days I need a Beatles fix. Truthfully, both bands have recorded a full compliment of music styles (rock, country, bubblegum, etc.) and my own opinion is that a hard Stones song (Street Fighting Man) is on par with a hard Beatles song (Helter Skelter).

Why not just recognize that we are blessed to have both bands to enjoy?

Cheers,
Jason
jmc@yesterday.uk.com

Radiohead90 · 10-16-2008, 06:14 PM

The Beatles were more musically innovative and influential.

A Day in the Life", "I am the Walrus", "Within You, Without You", "Strawberry Fields"... not really blues tunes, are they (Doh?). They were able to draw from diverse sources, like Indian classical music (Within You uses a raga-like form that contains both major and minor thirds in different octaves, kind of a combination of mixolydian and dorian modalities). Lennon used forms similar to Tibetan chants. They were versed in the same types of cadential cycles that had evolved from Dixieland and Tin Pan Alley, the pop music of the previous era (and also a primary underpinning for jazz). And they invented many new forms in between. IOW, while most other bands of that era were still working within simple I-IV-vi-V frameworks, the Beatles had assimilated musical forms, languages and rhythms from around the world. They built their own unique musical sounds, and wrote some of the most widely recorded music in history. Hardly a trivial accomplishment.

Bulldog · 10-16-2008, 06:18 PM

The Beatles by a very narrow margin for me. True there are very few songs, Beatles-written or otherwise, as good as Let It Bleed, Tumbling Dice, Start Me Up and so on, but I've been a Beatles fan longer. Plus they made the White Album

Radiohead90 · 10-16-2008, 06:30 PM

There is a book on the British Invasion called "Please Please Me" and it says the Rolling Stones "Satisfaction" might have been influenced by the Beatles recurring guitar riff of "I Feel Fine". The Stones were influenced to write their own songs because of the Beatles.

ProggyMan · 10-16-2008, 08:44 PM

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Originally Posted by FireInCairo

ah...i see
you think the stones manager made theirs too?

Certainly. Would you want your daughter to marry a Rolling Stone?

FireInCairo · 10-17-2008, 10:21 PM

Haha Im 18 i dont wanna think about having a daughter
but i suppose not.

ProggyMan · 10-17-2008, 10:31 PM

It was their ad slogan.

View Poll Results: Stones or Beatles
Stones	1,000,000,059	99.90%
Beatles	1,000,073	0.10%
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10-09-2008, 12:29 AM	#573 (permalink)
FireInCairo Later on... Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Melbourne Posts: 1,235	ah...i see you think the stones manager made theirs too? __________________ O G MUDBONE: Only You can prevent forest fires.

10-09-2008, 08:48 AM	#574 (permalink)
fiatlux Groupie Join Date: Oct 2008 Posts: 1	Beatles vs Stones Gee, Considering that my website is devoted to the Beatles I'm fairly certain that my opinion would be totally unbiased! lol! Without wanting to spoil the game I would never actually try to consider which is the "best" band. On some days I love the music of the Stones and other days I need a Beatles fix. Truthfully, both bands have recorded a full compliment of music styles (rock, country, bubblegum, etc.) and my own opinion is that a hard Stones song (Street Fighting Man) is on par with a hard Beatles song (Helter Skelter). Why not just recognize that we are blessed to have both bands to enjoy? Cheers, Jason jmc@yesterday.uk.com

10-17-2008, 10:21 PM	#579 (permalink)
FireInCairo Later on... Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Melbourne Posts: 1,235	Haha Im 18 i dont wanna think about having a daughter but i suppose not. __________________ O G MUDBONE: Only You can prevent forest fires.

10-08-2008, 07:49 PM	#571 (permalink)
Berringer Groupie Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: The Psychedelic Underground Posts: 37	My favorite color; that's all. I use blue in a lot of the writing I do...both online and off.

10-16-2008, 06:14 PM	#575 (permalink)
Radiohead90 Groupie Join Date: Oct 2008 Posts: 25	The Beatles were more musically innovative and influential. A Day in the Life", "I am the Walrus", "Within You, Without You", "Strawberry Fields"... not really blues tunes, are they (Doh?). They were able to draw from diverse sources, like Indian classical music (Within You uses a raga-like form that contains both major and minor thirds in different octaves, kind of a combination of mixolydian and dorian modalities). Lennon used forms similar to Tibetan chants. They were versed in the same types of cadential cycles that had evolved from Dixieland and Tin Pan Alley, the pop music of the previous era (and also a primary underpinning for jazz). And they invented many new forms in between. IOW, while most other bands of that era were still working within simple I-IV-vi-V frameworks, the Beatles had assimilated musical forms, languages and rhythms from around the world. They built their own unique musical sounds, and wrote some of the most widely recorded music in history. Hardly a trivial accomplishment.

10-16-2008, 06:18 PM	#576 (permalink)
Bulldog why bother? Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: UK Posts: 4,840	The Beatles by a very narrow margin for me. True there are very few songs, Beatles-written or otherwise, as good as Let It Bleed, Tumbling Dice, Start Me Up and so on, but I've been a Beatles fan longer. Plus they made the White Album

10-16-2008, 06:30 PM	#577 (permalink)
Radiohead90 Groupie Join Date: Oct 2008 Posts: 25	There is a book on the British Invasion called "Please Please Me" and it says the Rolling Stones "Satisfaction" might have been influenced by the Beatles recurring guitar riff of "I Feel Fine". The Stones were influenced to write their own songs because of the Beatles.

10-17-2008, 10:31 PM	#580 (permalink)
ProggyMan Reformed Jackass Join Date: Sep 2007 Posts: 3,964	It was their ad slogan.