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Rockman
I heard an old lady say the same thing …..
How I feel as well. When I listen to Beatles music I really do hear something new every time. I really don't think the Stones music is that layered. Having said that, 9 out of 10 times I'd rather hear a Stones track. But I have no problem saying The Beatles are more influential. They are.Quote
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The Beatles were probably more influential and important, but I prefer the Stones (although both are great). There's no "right" answer but people will go on acting like there is.
Me thinks Paul protests too much.The Beatles were more influential but not better.Do they have a live performance as great as Brussels? Nope.And the big 4 are as good as the Beatles.If he is talking about the Stones records from 1962 to 1967 maybe he’s right.But Beggarsto Some Girls ,come on.Quote
Rockman
Well of course Macca's gonna say that …..
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Taylor1Me thinks Paul protests too much.The Beatles were more influential but not better.Do they have a live performance as great as Brussels? Nope.And the big 4 are as good as the Beatles.If he is talking about the Stones records from 1962 to 1967 maybe he’s right.But Beggarsto Some Girls ,come on.Quote
Rockman
Well of course Macca's gonna say that …..
Better PR. Plus popularity does not equal great art. Ask Vincent Van Gogh or MozartQuote
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Taylor1Me thinks Paul protests too much.The Beatles were more influential but not better.Do they have a live performance as great as Brussels? Nope.And the big 4 are as good as the Beatles.If he is talking about the Stones records from 1962 to 1967 maybe he’s right.But Beggarsto Some Girls ,come on.Quote
Rockman
Well of course Macca's gonna say that …..
They're just different. But its not like people talk about the Beatles 50 years later for no reason. They really did do things that were groundbreaking and no one had done before. The Stones were incredible in their own way, but I absolutely get why people talk about the Beatles half a century later in a very different way than the Stones. Its not a "better" thing.
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grzegorz67
All I’ll say is that I think it’s brilliant to have had them both and their music to enjoy. The best thing about comparing them is that they both existed in the first place and we have the chance to do so. And we’ve still got one of them, albeit with 2 of the original 5 members long gone.
And they both came from the same small island
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Hairball
Paul McCartney’s Handwritten ‘Hey Jude’ Lyrics Sell for $910,000 at Beatles Auction
$910,000...amazing... HEY JUDE
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Hairball
Paul McCartney’s Handwritten ‘Hey Jude’ Lyrics Sell for $910,000 at Beatles Auction
$910,000...amazing... HEY JUDE
I knew you would buy it!
Kidding ...
It may be Paul himself who bought it to add it to a future Beatles museum peanuts for him with an estimated 1 billion ...
Remember how annoyed he was when Michael Jackson owned the original Beatles catalogue.
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Hairball
Paul McCartney’s Handwritten ‘Hey Jude’ Lyrics Sell for $910,000 at Beatles Auction
$910,000...amazing... HEY JUDE
I knew you would buy it!
Kidding ...
It may be Paul himself who bought it to add it to a future Beatles museum peanuts for him with an estimated 1 billion ...
Remember how annoyed he was when Michael Jackson owned the original Beatles catalogue.
Why would he need to buy it? All he needs to do would be to sit at a desk and write out the lyrics again. (If he did that a few times he'd have a lot of spare cash).
(Only joking folks).
He does collect - I once sat behind his daughter at a Sotheby's auction (few others knew who she was) and she had a marked catalogue that she was using as a guide. Also, when I ment him he asked me to send him his own copy of the thing he autographed for me - a Pixerama fold out book - as he didn't have a copy already. [www.amazon.co.uk]
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The Beatles were probably more influential and important, but I prefer the Stones (although both are great). There's no "right" answer but people will go on acting like there is.