the beatles vs The rolling stones

SecondBass

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The time honoured debate. There are attributes on both sides. The Stones were more raunchy and bluesy, the Beatles were more diverse and probably better song-writers. On the down-side Paul McCartney is irritating beyond belief and Keith Richards has been a zombie since 1966.

So, on balance I'm choosing the Kinks.
 

Poddygood

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Beatles plus Stones = The Move

I like your cunning SecondBass. Much as I'm a long time Beatles AND Stones fan (I remember the Stones back from when I saw them at the Royal Albert Hall in November 1963..), I often feel that a choice between the real true greats should be wider. There were some better equals out there who get sadly overlooked in comparative terms.. The Kinks, The Who, The Move......:grin:
 

SecondBass

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Yeah - the Move. Can't really imagine either the Stones or Beatles doing Brontosaurus.

Welcome to the boards Poddygood - I think you can have some fun around here. Anybody that rates the Move has my backing.
 

traveller

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I found myself opting for one and then the other as I read through this thread. Its not that I can't make my mind up but that they are both good in their own way. Basically I agree with those who say they can't be compared but if I had to choose one, then it would be the Stones. They have a raw edge that the Beatles don't.
 

Maney

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The beatles don't even come close! Its the stones all the way for me, personally I can't stand the beatles, but the stones, well I could listen to them all day every day.
 

Museo

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What a tricky choice to make as both bands have contributed so much to the music scene.

Personally I would have to say the Beatles especially in their later period when George Harrison became more confident about writing and penned such hits as ""Something" and "Here comes the sun". Perhaps I have hippy tendencies :)
 

SecondBass

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OK, if I really have to choose I would probably go for the Beatles, even though it is against my louder tendencies. The variety of songs coming from Lennon, McCartney, and as Museo rightly points out, Harrison, really give it to them.
 

M.T. STYLE

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which do you prefer, and why? id hafta say the stones, because they were much more diverse than the beatles, and to me, the beatles songs all sound the same.
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Lol, Beatles are probably the most diverse(music) musician ever.

Just listen to:
She loves you
Tomorow never knows
a day in the life
strawberry fields forever
helter skelter
blackbird
birthday
revolution 9
golden slumber/carry that weight/the end
across the universe
let it be

then try to compare
 

M.T. STYLE

Banned
Beatles(1962-70)
20 US No.1 SINGLES
17 UK No.1 SINGLES
19 US No.1 ALBUMS
15 UK No.1 ALBUMS


Rolling Stones (1963-Present)
8 US No.1 SINGLES
8 UK No.1 SINGLES
9 US No.1 ALBUMS
10 UK No.1 ALBUMS
 

JLS

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I have to agree with the majority of posters here and go with The Beatles; and echo the sentiment that it isn't even close. Musically, The Beatles were far, far superior to the Stones. Their music was so universally acknowledged that it touched the whole world. My friend's parents once told me about how they would, as children in their home country of Egypt, gather the neighborhood into the one home with a radio just to collectively listen to The Beatles being broadcast. I discovered this when my friend and I walked into his house to find his mother, who only listens to Egyptian music, singing along to Yesterday. My friend, as surprised as I, asked where she learned that song...

To be honest, I've never understood the popularity of the Stones. They're a decent band, but quite unoriginal in my estimation. They pretty much just play straight-ahead blues rock. I don't see any real innovation there at all. Their musicianship is passable, but also nothing particularly special(I've honestly seen more talented musicians playing jazz at the local coffee house). The songwriting is a bit bland and complexity is not to be found.:smirk:
 

OGE1

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i see these questions all the time...my opinion tends to differ from time to time...ill go for the beatles this time...revolutionary.
 

oboegirl

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Personally i like the Beatles better. I also found them more diverse than the Rolling Stones and found the lyrics to be better as well. I think John Lennon was a genius with some of his music. Imagine , in my opinion is the best Beatles song they ever released. How profound and meaningful. It is honestly a song that touches and moves people. I just never got the same feelings from the Rolling Stones.
oboegirl
 

jnbammer

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Stones should retire

If the Stones would have retired 10 years ago, I might have picked them. Having said that, I think the Beatles music is diverse and very significant in history. The Stones are good, but the Beatles are better.:rolleyes:
 

oid

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hi every body i'm a italian girl and I must pass the trinity exam next week, do you know it?
I've chosen like principal topic "beatles vs rolling stones", but my english isn't so good.....so can you help me to do a paragraph abaut the competition they have in 60s????......please..... I love you.....
 

sparky

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Hello oid:tiphat: I do not know if it is the same exam but I took my 1st Trinity Exam at the age of 10 at Trinity College of Music London on the 17th June 1952 at 11:37 in the morning and I still remember it, I actually passed with Merit that was a score of 83% although I am sure the whole thing has changed now. I hope you do well and do not give up just remember Practice makes Perfect. As far as your English goes it is much better that my Italian :clap: Cheers Sparky
hi every body i'm a italian girl and I must pass the trinity exam next week, do you know it?
I've chosen like principal topic "beatles vs rolling stones", but my english isn't so good.....so can you help me to do a paragraph abaut the competition they have in 60s????......please..... I love you.....
 

Sybarite

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I like – and listen to – both, although I have only really got into the Stones in the last few years.

As has already been said, it's difficult to compare since they're so different. But if you actually want rock 'n' roll, then it has to be the Stones. There's something far more rebellious about the music – ironic really, that, in 1960s England, a middle-class band could be viewed as so much more subversive than a working-class one.

In my opinion, of course. ;)

Sympathy for the Devil and Paint it Black are two of my all-time favourite tracks.
 

ses

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In the 60-70-80 I prefer Beatles, now I more in the mood for the Stones.
I owe the Beatles a lot, when they started their hits I begin to get tired of 2-3 minutes music – and skipped pop music for many years to learn to listen to classical music.
So I missed the golden age of pop 60-70, but I have never regret my choice.
Now I can listen to pop again and I like both bands. I think it is important to learn that because one like this sort of music and musicians, it don’t mean that one need dislike the other(s).
 
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