Rock 101.1 in Vancouver are having a vote for the Beatles versus the Stones in a number of different categories: best album, best song about women, best movie etc. It is Thanksgiving weekend here in Canada and the voting goes until tomorrow. We need your help as we are behind the Fab Four in several categories! You have to register but that takes seconds and is painless. Vote at:

[www.rock101.com]



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 2007-10-08 02:08 by georgeV.

voted!
always the same: the 4 liverpool boys will win, cause the majority hasn't got any balls..!

What will this prove?

I Want To Hold Your Hand vs. I Just Want To Make Love To You

Let's think about that for a minute........

Just listen to Keith in Monkey Man....is there any point in discussing it after listening to that?

i almost registered and voted but actually read the terms of agreement and decided not to give them my info for promotional purposes. it's not worth the spam.

The Beatles always win.

BEATLES WIN U BUFFOONS! MCCARTNEY CANNOT BE DENIED. MOST ORIGIONAL GREATEST EVER. IF U DON'T AGREE YOU BUFFOON SEE!?

Pointless debate but if i had to choose it would be the beatles, for they were simply the better band. I'm sure for a lot of voters (and i wouldnt bother) the beatles get the voted for a variety of reasons, nostalgia etc but also the beatles recorded output wasnt tarnished by substandard output, of course ity would have had they stuck around for another 3 decades.

The Beatles were slightly better than the Stones in the 1960's, but the Stones kicked their arses in the 70's, 80's, 90's and 2000's....
Rolling Stones - 4 decades
The Beatles - 1

i don't care much for the beatles. i never really got them. lots of songs that were kind of dumb. i guess i like the "let it be" album. that's about it. don't bother trying to point out what genious i'm missing. the bad boys win.

NumberOneStonesFan Wrote:
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> The Beatles were slightly better than the Stones
> in the 1960's, but the Stones kicked their arses
> in the 70's, 80's, 90's and 2000's....
> Rolling Stones - 4 decades
> The Beatles - 1


Eh? ...and what exactly does this prove? That the Beatles were not a functioning band in the 70's, the 80's, the 90's and the 00's?

But still - almost everytime a Beatles product is launched they still beat the Stones. I do believe that the Beatles' "Beatles 1" outsold "Forty Licks" by a large margin? And the funny thing is - every original Beatles album has probably outsold any Stones original album, therefore the logic says that more people would own the Beatles' songs already......

...and what of it? IMHO the Rolling Stones are the biggest, the baddest and everything else...and that is what matters - to me, anyways.

By every other objective standard - except concert wise (the Beatles did not have a Jagger) - the Beatles are the greatest.

But I don't lose any sleep over it.

it's_all_wrong Wrote:
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> What will this prove?


It proves beyond all doubt that its still 1964!

Tune in for tomorrow's vote - should we stay out of Vietnam? - and Wednesday's, which asks if it's possible that man will ever walk on the moon!

Pontless, pointless, pointless!

I will say though that I think the Beatles had the upper hand untill '68. Then it ALL changed!

It's got nothing to do who's better the Beatles will always win any pol because there where popular world wide.

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Stones have a great drummer The Beatles had none. Case closed

Dragged along to a beatles gig in the 60s. As the boys put it, it was 'the last time' As live musicians, they weren't. Worst gig ever and i have seen some artists live.

People were also phoning in with comments. From the ones I heard while driving in the car, it seemed to be more pro-Stones. There were comments like Beatles were pop...Stones were Rock, Beatles are nastalgia...Stones still kicking ass. No one compares to the Stones live even in their mid-sixties, etc. Lots of good music on the radio this weekend!

The Rolling Stones are Saturday night and the Beatles are Sunday morning.

It really doesn't matter who wins some dead-beat radio poll from somewhere in Canada nearly 40 years after the Beatles split. Just listen to and think what you want.



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 2007-10-08 18:24 by Singer_Not_The_Song.

I've listened to Gimme Shelter etc. a million times. But do people really listen to Beatles songs that many times? Perhaps they do. But to me, this is a big difference between The Stones and other artists.

Ringo Wrote:
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> I've listened to Gimme Shelter etc. a million
> times. But do people really listen to Beatles
> songs that many times? Perhaps they do. But to
> me, this is a big difference between The Stones
> and other artists.


YES od course they do. you prefer is subjective, but facts are facts. both bands are hugly poplular for a variaty of reasons, and guess what you're allowed to like both.

I've said before on ohter boards, these polls are silly. The only poll that matters at all was one I participated in about 25 years ago. I was the only respondent. The STONES won in a LANDSLIDE 1-0.

The Beatles had the best music producer and engineers on the planet...and they made the Beatles sound so much better in the studio, almost magical.
The Beatles sounded like crap live in concert, very thin sounding.
The Stones are the unltimate live band and had a great studio sound too on occasion.

what a bullsh*t poll . there were some real discrepancies there that only proves that people only vote by name only .

Who wrote the best protest songs?
Rolling Stones: Street Fighting Man/Get Off My Cloud 27%
The Beatles: Helter Skelter/Revolution 73%

Who was the best live act?
The Beatles 24%
The Rolling Stones 76%

Who made the best movies?
The Rolling Stones: Let’s Spend The Night Together/Gimme Shelter 30%
The Beatles: Magical Mystery Tour/ Help! 70%

Who produced the best double album?
The Rolling Stones: Exile On Main St. 26%
The Beatles: The White Album 74%

Who had the best solo career?
Paul McCartney 62%
Mick Jagger 8%
Keith Richards 2%
John Lennon 28%

Who wrote the best acoustic ballads?
The Rolling Stones: Wild Horses/Play With Fire 45%
The Beatles: Blackbird/In My Life 55%

Who wrote the greatest guitar riffs?
The Rolling Stones: (I Can’t Get No) Satisfaction/Jumpin’ Jack Flash 70%
The Beatles: Ticket To Ride/Day Tripper 30%

Best album?
Let It Be 70%
Let It Bleed 30%

Who made the best use of horns?
The Rolling Stones: Waiting On A Friend/Bitch 35%
The Beatles: Got To Get You Into My Life/All You Need Is Love 65%

Who recorded the best songs under 3 minutes long?
The Rolling Stones: Not Fade Away/Time Is On My Side 57%
The Beatles: It’s Only Love/Anytime At All 43%

Who wrote the best drug reference songs (And Doctor songs to help bring them down?)
The Beatles: Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds/Doctor Robert 72%
The Rolling Stones: Sister Morphine/Dear Doctor 28%

Who made the best use of a sitar?
The Beatles 75%
The Rolling Stones 25%

Who recorded the best epic songs?
The Rolling Stones: You Can’t Always Get What You Want/Can’t You Hear Me Knocking 49%
The Beatles: I Want You (She’s So Heavy)/Hey Jude 51%

Who wrote the best songs about “doing it”?
The Rolling Stones: Let’s Spend The Night Together/Loving Cup 67%
The Beatles: Why Don’t We Do It In The Road/Happiness Is A Warm Gun 33%

Who did the best cover songs?
The Rolling Stones: Ain’t Too Proud To Beg/Around & Around 40%
The Beatles: Long Tall Sally/You Really Got A Hold On Me 60%

Who wrote the best songs about a girl?
The Rolling Stones: Angie/Ruby Tuesday 61%
The Beatles: Eleanor Rigby/Lovely Rita 39%

Ringo or Charlie?
Ringo 64%
Charlie 36%

Who wrote the best songs about animals?
The Beatles: Everybody’s Got Something To Hide Except For Me And My Monkey/Hey Bulldog 47%
The Rolling Stones: Monkey Man/Stray Cat Blues 53%

Who wrote the best #1 hits?
The Rolling Stones: Honky Tonk Women/Paint It Black 45%
The Beatles: Paperback Writer/Hey Jude 55%

WMiller Wrote:
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> The Rolling Stones are Saturday night and the
> Beatles are Sunday morning.


good analogy

boston2006 Wrote:
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> what a bullsh*t poll . there were some real
> discrepancies there that only proves that people
> only vote by name only .
>
> Who wrote the best protest songs?
> Rolling Stones: Street Fighting Man/Get Off My
> Cloud 27%
> The Beatles: Helter Skelter/Revolution 73%
>
> Who was the best live act?
> The Beatles 24%
> The Rolling Stones 76%
>
> Who made the best movies?
> The Rolling Stones: Let’s Spend The Night
> Together/Gimme Shelter 30%
> The Beatles: Magical Mystery Tour/ Help! 70%
>
> Who produced the best double album?
> The Rolling Stones: Exile On Main St. 26%
> The Beatles: The White Album 74%
>
> Who had the best solo career?
> Paul McCartney 62%
> Mick Jagger 8%
> Keith Richards 2%
> John Lennon 28%
>
> Who wrote the best acoustic ballads?
> The Rolling Stones: Wild Horses/Play With Fire 45%
>
> The Beatles: Blackbird/In My Life 55%
>
> Who wrote the greatest guitar riffs?
> The Rolling Stones: (I Can’t Get No)
> Satisfaction/Jumpin’ Jack Flash 70%
> The Beatles: Ticket To Ride/Day Tripper 30%
>
> Best album?
> Let It Be 70%
> Let It Bleed 30%
>
> Who made the best use of horns?
> The Rolling Stones: Waiting On A Friend/Bitch 35%
>
> The Beatles: Got To Get You Into My Life/All You
> Need Is Love 65%
>
> Who recorded the best songs under 3 minutes long?
>
> The Rolling Stones: Not Fade Away/Time Is On My
> Side 57%
> The Beatles: It’s Only Love/Anytime At All 43%
>
> Who wrote the best drug reference songs (And
> Doctor songs to help bring them down?)
> The Beatles: Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds/Doctor
> Robert 72%
> The Rolling Stones: Sister Morphine/Dear Doctor
> 28%
>
> Who made the best use of a sitar?
> The Beatles 75%
> The Rolling Stones 25%
>
> Who recorded the best epic songs?
> The Rolling Stones: You Can’t Always Get What You
> Want/Can’t You Hear Me Knocking 49%
> The Beatles: I Want You (She’s So Heavy)/Hey Jude
> 51%
>
> Who wrote the best songs about “doing it”?
> The Rolling Stones: Let’s Spend The Night
> Together/Loving Cup 67%
> The Beatles: Why Don’t We Do It In The
> Road/Happiness Is A Warm Gun 33%
>
> Who did the best cover songs?
> The Rolling Stones: Ain’t Too Proud To Beg/Around
> & Around 40%
> The Beatles: Long Tall Sally/You Really Got A Hold
> On Me 60%
>
> Who wrote the best songs about a girl?
> The Rolling Stones: Angie/Ruby Tuesday 61%
> The Beatles: Eleanor Rigby/Lovely Rita 39%
>
> Ringo or Charlie?
> Ringo 64%
> Charlie 36%
>
> Who wrote the best songs about animals?
> The Beatles: Everybody’s Got Something To Hide
> Except For Me And My Monkey/Hey Bulldog 47%
> The Rolling Stones: Monkey Man/Stray Cat Blues 53%
>
>
> Who wrote the best #1 hits?
> The Rolling Stones: Honky Tonk Women/Paint It
> Black 45%
> The Beatles: Paperback Writer/Hey Jude 55%



that really made me laugh, honestly.

little queenie Wrote:
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> WMiller Wrote:
> --------------------------------------------------
> -----
> > The Rolling Stones are Saturday night and the
> > Beatles are Sunday morning.
>
>
> good analogy

Thanks, LQ.

If the stones had split up after two albums and a few singles, who would have been the best british RnB act

Them or The Rolling Stones ??


Them of course.

looking forward to hearing the jimmy page nugget again.

Next week Blur Vs Oasis

Someone post a picture of that guy with the shirt that said "F*ck the Beatles"

They're like night and day. I don't think you can compare the two, because they eventually became two very different bands, and always were from the start.

Jumpin'JackFrash Wrote:
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> They're like night and day. I don't think you can
> compare the two, because they eventually became
> two very different bands, and always were from the
> start.


How could they 'eventually became two very different bands', if they 'always were from the start' ?
I think you mixed up a Keith quote with a Jagger quote there...



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 2007-10-08 22:35 by Erik_Snow.