greatest band of all time???

[Kel]

The Beatles were the best band ever and will probably never be beaten. Thats the truth.

[totalboxing1]

Only read the last page of this but for me The Beatles are the best band ever. And I'm just a huge huge fan of Oasis, which I know won't be considered as great, but they are to me.

People mentioned "self-destructive, self-indulgent, sad cases", how about Ray Charles! What a legend he was, love his music and he turned his life around without the drugs etc!

[El Kabong]

Yeah Ray Charles "had to turn his life around"....he was a self indulgent sad case for quite a while.


I still think The Rolling Stones are better than The Beatles...they weren't as poppy and they had a better blues sound to their songs

[Trainer Monkey]

Yeah Ray Charles "had to turn his life around"....he was a self indulgent sad case for quite a while.


I still think The Rolling Stones are better than The Beatles...they weren't as poppy and they had a better blues sound to their songs

But the Beatles had WAY better musical range,they could pretty much play whatever type of song they felt like,and do it well

[El Kabong]

And The Stones couldn't I think the Stones had better range than the Beatles....listen to "Brown Sugar" and "Midnight Rambler" then listen to "Dead Flowers" or "The Girl With Far Away Eyes"....they could do blues and country and all the crazy psychodellic stuff as well and even had some stuff which could be classified as disco "Miss You", "Emotional Rescue".


I like The Beatles, I just think they are too poppy to be considered the greatest ROCK band of all-time. They did have some great stuff as well though

[Trainer Monkey]

And The Stones couldn't I think the Stones had better range than the Beatles....listen to "Brown Sugar" and "Midnight Rambler" then listen to "Dead Flowers" or "The Girl With Far Away Eyes"....they could do blues and country and all the crazy psychodellic stuff as well and even had some stuff which could be classified as disco "Miss You", "Emotional Rescue".


I like The Beatles, I just think they are too poppy to be considered the greatest ROCK band of all-time. They did have some great stuff as well though

Why they are is theres at least one song even your grandparents like.
Your Mother Should Know-Big Band
Michelle-Folk
Helter Skelter-Proto Metal
The first two records-Straight rock
A Day In A lIfe-maybe one of the nastiest songs ever written
Lucy In The Sky-Acid Rock
Let It Be-Black Spiritual
Act Naturally-C/W

Almost no band ever existing had that range,its a crying shame their egos got in the way of making music together

[yvonne]

the VERVE were better than oasis!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Youngblood]

lol Lyle, it is almost, well no, not almost, it IS funny to watch you get so personally offended when someone doesn't agree with you on something, and then how you focus on one aspect of the others arguement. I will never think that Elvis is better then the Beatles (and especially not as a band nudge nudge wink).

I will always respect Elvis for what he has done and think him a great performer, but ultimately, yes, he shortened his legacy with his "self-destructive, self-indulgent, sad case" lifestyle.

Try to get things in perspective. In the little I've read about about Elvis it is cited how near the end his performances were really starting to be affected by his lifestyle and his focus on near everything was slipping, badly and sadly.

But the fact remains, Elvis ain't no band, sunshine. Make a thread about who the best rock and roll performer was, and maybe then you will have more weight to your arguement. I might even agree with you. (or I might not, just to watch you get soooo wound up)

[boozeboxer]

And The Stones couldn't I think the Stones had better range than the Beatles....listen to "Brown Sugar" and "Midnight Rambler" then listen to "Dead Flowers" or "The Girl With Far Away Eyes"....they could do blues and country and all the crazy psychodellic stuff as well and even had some stuff which could be classified as disco "Miss You", "Emotional Rescue".


I like The Beatles, I just think they are too poppy to be considered the greatest ROCK band of all-time. They did have some great stuff as well though

Lyle, I have a cd by Keith Richards and the Xpensive Winos. I think you would like it.

[totalboxing1]

Yeah Ray Charles "had to turn his life around"....he was a self indulgent sad case for quite a while.


I still think The Rolling Stones are better than The Beatles...they weren't as poppy and they had a better blues sound to their songs

Really need to listen to more of the Stones. Really love blues and have heard suprisingly little of them for some reason