Beatles or Stones?

[mrbig1]

The only reason why I bring this topic up is because two guys at work believe the rolling stone are better. They must be high. The stones are a great rock band but that's all they are. The Beatles are so much more. They change the world and music forever. I want to see what you cats think. Please set these guys straight.

[El Kabong]

The Stones were waaaaaay more versitlie as a band, The Beatles were great but only branched out near the end and then as individual acts.

[Andre]

I think the Beatles were more diverse just in that they wern't just driven from within the blues then out into hard rock.
The beatles could do a love song or a fun song or a rockin song or a heavy one with much different structures to the music than the stones do.

Take for instance Michelle,compared to Helter skelter or Revolution.
It isnt from the same music structure at all.
The stones are great and rule but they do stick more to their set ways, as do Ac/Dc for instance, but them even more so.

[paulwalrus]

Is this even a real question? I sincerely doubt the veracity that anyone even postulating what your 'friends' have are doing so for any other reason than to get a rise out of you. They are busting your Stones. If the Stones never existed, the world would be exactly as it is today. The Beatles? It would be a world unrecognizable to us, in a negative way. If they claim to be serious, have them take an IQ test - they probably won't even break double figures.

[Dark Lord Al]

its the stones
i hate the beatles

[mrbig1]

its the stones
i hate the beatles

You're British and hate the Beatles? Off with his head!!!

[CGM]

Is this even a real question? I sincerely doubt the veracity that anyone even postulating what your 'friends' have are doing so for any other reason than to get a rise out of you. They are busting your Stones. If the Stones never existed, the world would be exactly as it is today. The Beatles? It would be a world unrecognizable to us, in a negative way. If they claim to be serious, have them take an IQ test - they probably won't even break double figures.

The Walrus was Paul. Paul died about the time of Abbey Road. The bare feet prove it.

[Trainer Monkey]

The Stones were waaaaaay more versitlie as a band, The Beatles were great but only branched out near the end and then as individual acts.

Absolutely wrong Lyle
The Beatles played folk,big band swing,spirituals,psychedelia,straight rock n roll,country and western,et all
The Beatles used more and more complex instrumentation when noone else was.
I like early Stones,but no way on earth were they more versatile
Elanor Rigby
Your Mother Should Know
A Day In A Life
Act Naturally
Let It Be
Norweigan wood
vs
Satisfaction
Sympathy For The Devil
Brown Sugar
I wanna be your man(written by Lennon/McCartney)
Lets Spend The Night Together
The Last Time

I like the Stones before Jones snuffed it,but it isnt even close,as far as versatility

[mrbig1]

The Stones were waaaaaay more versitlie as a band, The Beatles were great but only branched out near the end and then as individual acts.

Absolutely wrong Lyle
The Beatles played folk,big band swing,spirituals,psychedelia,straight rock n roll,country and western,et all
The Beatles used more and more complex instrumentation when noone else was.
I like early Stones,but no way on earth were they more versatile
Elanor Rigby
Your Mother Should Know
A Day In A Life
Act Naturally
Let It Be
Norweigan wood
vs
Satisfaction
Sympathy For The Devil
Brown Sugar
I wanna be your man(written by Lennon/McCartney)
Lets Spend The Night Together
The Last Time

I like the Stones before Jones snuffed it,but it isnt even close,as far as versatility

Thank you. You are 100% right.

[CGM]

The Stones were waaaaaay more versitlie as a band, The Beatles were great but only branched out near the end and then as individual acts.

Absolutely wrong Lyle
The Beatles played folk,big band swing,spirituals,psychedelia,straight rock n roll,country and western,et all
The Beatles used more and more complex instrumentation when noone else was.
I like early Stones,but no way on earth were they more versatile
Elanor Rigby
Your Mother Should Know
A Day In A Life
Act Naturally
Let It Be
Norweigan wood
vs
Satisfaction
Sympathy For The Devil
Brown Sugar
I wanna be your man(written by Lennon/McCartney)
Lets Spend The Night Together
The Last Time

I like the Stones before Jones snuffed it,but it isnt even close,as far as versatility

Thank you. You are 100% right.

enlighten me. When did the Beatles do Country and Western? And did they ever do a straight ahead twelve bar blues?

They weren't too far behind with the insrumentation and psychedelia (Their Satanic Majesties Request ), they just didn't stick with it.

[Trainer Monkey]

Absolutely wrong Lyle
The Beatles played folk,big band swing,spirituals,psychedelia,straight rock n roll,country and western,et all
The Beatles used more and more complex instrumentation when noone else was.
I like early Stones,but no way on earth were they more versatile
Elanor Rigby
Your Mother Should Know
A Day In A Life
Act Naturally
Let It Be
Norweigan wood
vs
Satisfaction
Sympathy For The Devil
Brown Sugar
I wanna be your man(written by Lennon/McCartney)
Lets Spend The Night Together
The Last Time

I like the Stones before Jones snuffed it,but it isnt even close,as far as versatility

Thank you. You are 100% right.

enlighten me. When did the Beatles do Country and Western? And did they ever do a straight ahead twelve bar blues?

They weren't too far behind with the insrumentation and psychedelia (Their Satanic Majesties Request ), they just didn't stick with it.

Act Naturally was a straight C&W song that became a C&W hit by a different artist

[James_Teja]

Stones sucks. Beatles rules!

[Formerly D@vid Leeder]

The only reason why I bring this topic up is because two guys at work believe the rolling stone are better. They must be high. The stones are a great rock band but that's all they are. The Beatles are so much more. They change the world and music forever. I want to see what you cats think. Please set these guys straight.

I gotta say that when I was a kid, I liked the Beatles better. After all the music the Stones have done up until now, they've taken the goods. Songs like Angie, Undercover of the Night, Out of Tears, Street Fighting Man, Sympathy for the Devil, Paint It Black, Get Offa My Cloud, You Can't Always Get What You Want, Waiting on a Friend, Mixed Emotions, Anybody Seen My Baby, Let's Spend the Night Together, and Satisfaction.

For me, the Beatles are too syrupy by and large: Strawberry Fields, Penny Lane, Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds.

[Formerly D@vid Leeder]

The only reason why I bring this topic up is because two guys at work believe the rolling stone are better. They must be high. The stones are a great rock band but that's all they are. The Beatles are so much more. They change the world and music forever. I want to see what you cats think. Please set these guys straight.

I should make sure to answer the question posed: Beatles or Stones. Personally, in terms of longevity and staying power, I'd have to say The Stones. Not only are they still around, but they are usually the touring act which makes the most in each year they tour as far as I know.

The Stones, all the way.

[Andre]

http://au.youtube.com/watch?v=Q_3IUASoqfM

Check this wicked version by an Aussie band it really gets going.