Thread: The Beatles or The Stones?

The early Beatles? Screaming teenage girls (and guys left scratching their heads). The later Beatles? Very chi-chi and "mod".

The Beatles were for parties; the Stones were for getting down (and getting it on).

Originally Posted by Ryan82

Oh please, those bands owe their existence to the Fabs, and I'm a big fan of the Who as well. Even Denny Laine, formerly of the Moody Blues, found it fit to play sideman to McCartney in Wings for nearly 10 years....

I know that the bealtes influences many but the beatles were, IMO targeted to teen girls ... hard to party too.

The Beatles hands down, it's not even close. The Stones were cool and had the longevity factor, but didn't influence the music business all compared to the Beatles. The Beatles layered harmonies, recording techniques and song structure were copied and emulated by so many bands and recording engineers. As far as the comments the Beatles were a "girls band", the band HATED all the screaming at their shows...they couldn't hear themselves. It's the main reason they quit playing live gigs. Oh yeah, I've never heard the Stones sound really good live.

I like both bands.

The Stones riffed on the Blues wave well. The Beatles were certainly more experimental; sometimes that worked and other times not so much IMO.

The funny thing about The Stones for me: When I take them as is, they seem to rock the Blues. However, when they were on the same stage as a true Blues legend such as Muddy Waters, I cringe. When I watch the clip below, IMO Muddy Waters has more raw Blues "talent" in his little finger than Mick Jagger has period as he shakes his pale skinny rooster behind. I laughed out loud when I heard Mick echo "Oh Yessssssss" in a completely un-bluesy lisp to Muddy's "Oooooh Yeah".

So....by themselves, The Stones to me seem great. Compare them to a Blues Legend and they pale very obviously. I don't know that the same can be said for Rory Gallagher.



ChrisL

Loved the Beatles, no question about it....but it's the Rolling Stones for me all the way.

Just a taste thing...still like the cover of Sgt. Peppers with the rolling stones are good guys and Paul wearing the Ontario Provincial Police crest...

Well...I were born in 63 and Mom was a bit of a Beatles nut. So I was brought up on'em. I like the earler classic lads from Liverpool, but Revolver is an awesome album as is Rubber Soul and that's when I think they were losing some of their boyishness innocence. The Stones are definitely edgier though. More bite . Tough call. But.....I'm am going to go with the Beatles.....now where did I put my Nehru jacket?

Originally Posted by Nightblade

Well...I were born in 63 and Mom was a bit of a Beatles nut. So I was brought up on'em. I like the earler classic lads from Liverpool, but Revolver is an awesome album as is Rubber Soul and that's when I think they were losing some of their boyishness innocence. The Stones are definitely edgier though. More bite . Tough call. But.....I'm am going to go with the Beatles.....now where did I put my Nehru jacket?

Rubber Soul was the title of the album I couldn't recall. That was when I think the acid kicked in and changed everything. Seemed like a good thing at the time, and maybe it was for the music, but it turned out to be a very bad trip AFAIC. You would have had to have been around then to see what I'm saying. Neil Young wrote a song about where it all led. Anyway ........

Originally Posted by JimmyHAD

Rubber Soul was the title of the album I couldn't recall. That was when I think the acid kicked in and changed everything. Seemed like a good thing at the time, and maybe it was for the music, but it turned out to be a very bad trip AFAIC. You would have had to have been around then to see what I'm saying. Neil Young wrote a song about where it all led. Anyway ........

...great song, one of the first songs I learned to play really well on the guitar....Needle and the Damage Done...

While the stones are great, it has to be the Beatles for me...you just can't beat that combo that came together at the right place at the right time. And the way their music evolved in such a short span of time is astonishing.

The Stones. Hands down. I'll go ahead and say it. The Beatles sucked.