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Hairball
Lol...a little bit of Beatles VS. Stones to ease the isolation....
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Hairball
Lol...a little bit of Beatles VS. Stones to ease the isolation....
It remains fun
I remember our maths teacher asking all of us in class 3 highschool in 1963 about who we prefered within the Beatles. Only (!) girls responded. "I love Paul", "John is the most handsome", "George is so cute". The music they made? Stupid question ... no "Paul is the most handsome" ... gigle, gigle. We, the majority of the boys, were just looking at eachother making funny faces. Other boys maybe didn't dare to say something about those four funny guys.
Then came 1964 .... a shock wave ... 5 guys surfaced internationally who knew how to make real music
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Hairball
Lol...a little bit of Beatles VS. Stones to ease the isolation....
It remains fun
I remember our maths teacher asking all of us in class 3 highschool in 1963 about who we prefered within the Beatles. Only (!) girls responded. "I love Paul", "John is the most handsome", "George is so cute". The music they made? Stupid question ... no "Paul is the most handsome" ... gigle, gigle. We, the majority of the boys, were just looking at eachother making funny faces. Other boys maybe didn't dare to say something about those four funny guys.
Then came 1964 .... a shock wave ... 5 guys surfaced internationally who knew how to make real music
And here you are georgie, still making false claims after all these years.
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Hairball
Clearly the Stones are the greatest as a live band as they continue to prove by selling out massive stadiums, yet they'll always be standing in the shadows of the Beatles' - not just my opinion, but a fact based on polls, record sales, etc., etc., etc. With their trailblazing efforts in the studio, songwriting, influence, and overall impact on music and the world in general, the Beatles reign supreme. Unfortunately they stopped touring and then ultimately broke up right when sound systems, stages, etc. were evolving in arenas and stadiums - had they continued to tour and never broke up, whose to say they wouldn't have surpassed the Stones in that category also?
Yeah, it's easy for Mick to say "we were better at touring" when the competition doesn't even exist...
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georgie48
I hope all is well with you! We're still (mostly) home staying people. The wife makes the shopping list, I do the (strategic) shopping and greatly enjoying the new Stones single (I'm sure you do too )
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buttons67
o no not another beatles v stones argument
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Hairball
Clearly the Stones are the greatest as a live band as they continue to prove by selling out massive stadiums, yet they'll always be standing in the shadows of the Beatles' - not just my opinion, but a fact based on polls, record sales, etc., etc., etc. With their trailblazing efforts in the studio, songwriting, influence, and overall impact on music and the world in general, the Beatles reign supreme. Unfortunately they stopped touring and then ultimately broke up right when sound systems, stages, etc. were evolving in arenas and stadiums - had they continued to tour and never broke up, whose to say they wouldn't have surpassed the Stones in that category also?
Yeah, it's easy for Mick to say "we were better at touring" when the competition doesn't even exist...
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Hairball
Clearly the Stones are the greatest as a live band as they continue to prove by selling out massive stadiums, yet they'll always be standing in the shadows of the Beatles' - not just my opinion, but a fact based on polls, record sales, etc., etc., etc. With their trailblazing efforts in the studio, songwriting, influence, and overall impact on music and the world in general, the Beatles reign supreme. Unfortunately they stopped touring and then ultimately broke up right when sound systems, stages, etc. were evolving in arenas and stadiums - had they continued to tour and never broke up, whose to say they wouldn't have surpassed the Stones in that category also?
Yeah, it's easy for Mick to say "we were better at touring" when the competition doesn't even exist...
Love that the friendly rivalry still exists
If pushed, even I, a huge stones cheerleader as you know , would probably give the title of "best band" of all time to the Fab Four, for the reasons you mention.
But..
If asked who is the Greatest Rock 'n Roll band of all time, I'd say Rolling Stones without hesitation.
The Beatles, to me, have always been more of a "pop" band being a primary reason. Additionally to be considered the Greatest of all time, longevity is a big factor.
The Beatles may have played to hundreds of thousands of fans in their run, but the Stones eclipsed whatever that number is decades ago.
Lastly, It seems like the title of "greatest live band of all time" would go to The Rolling Stones, with little debate, so a lot of it is how the question is phrased.
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Hairball
Clearly the Stones are the greatest as a live band as they continue to prove by selling out massive stadiums, yet they'll always be standing in the shadows of the Beatles' - not just my opinion, but a fact based on polls, record sales, etc., etc., etc. With their trailblazing efforts in the studio, songwriting, influence, and overall impact on music and the world in general, the Beatles reign supreme. Unfortunately they stopped touring and then ultimately broke up right when sound systems, stages, etc. were evolving in arenas and stadiums - had they continued to tour and never broke up, whose to say they wouldn't have surpassed the Stones in that category also?
Yeah, it's easy for Mick to say "we were better at touring" when the competition doesn't even exist...
Love that the friendly rivalry still exists
If pushed, even I, a huge stones cheerleader as you know , would probably give the title of "best band" of all time to the Fab Four, for the reasons you mention.
But..
If asked who is the Greatest Rock 'n Roll band of all time, I'd say Rolling Stones without hesitation.
The Beatles, to me, have always been more of a "pop" band being a primary reason. Additionally to be considered the Greatest of all time, longevity is a big factor.
The Beatles may have played to hundreds of thousands of fans in their run, but the Stones eclipsed whatever that number is decades ago.
Lastly, It seems like the title of "greatest live band of all time" would go to The Rolling Stones, with little debate, so a lot of it is how the question is phrased.
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stickyfingers101
I'm sure I'll get slammed by some for this....but here goes:
The Beatles don't even crack my top five (or probably 10 or 20)...they have some good songs, for sure....but, I just never "got it" when it came to the Beatles.
Part of me feels that people just say "The Beatles" b/c it's been said for so long they feel they "have to"....I dunno....obviously this is just a wild speculation on my part....and maybe people have been saying it constantly b/c it's "true"....I dunno....
"Live" is the litmus test for a great band, IMO
if you can't do it live, then whatever....you're not a great band...
IMO.
...not breaking up doesn't hurt either.....
What constitutes a "band" anyway?
Jimi Hendrix Experience? Is that a "band?" I think so...and they were/are definitely better than the Beatles...not even a contest..
IMO.
AC/DC is awesome. So was Nirvana. They both dominate the Beatles, IMO.
(ps...it's not even a question at this point that it's the Stones at #1)
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jbwelda
that shedload was the undoing of the Beatles, especially John. Talk about jumping off the deep end, but apparently he couldn't handle it too well.
jb
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buttons67
apparently paul mccartney once said everything the stones did, we done it 11 months earlier.
cant ever remember hearing of the beatles doing beggars banquet in 1967 or sticky fingers in 1970, or satanic majesties in 1966, the myth grows every year, its time mick told mccartney where to go,