Stones Vs. Beatles
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Written by: Patrick Daniels
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Date: Tue, 10 Nov 2009 |
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Depending on who you speak to you will hear different answers for who they feel is the greatest band of all time. Many give this honor to the Beatles, where other believe that the honor goes to The Rolling Stones. Although there are some that will argue for Pink Floyd, Led zeppelin or The Who, most of the people tend to be split between the Beatles and The Rolling Stones.
For many, the band even eclipses the Beatles as the greatest band ever. While that may be up to debate and I wouldn't consider it the case because of the influence and originality and popularity of The Beatles, the Stones are still a very influential and important band.
For argument sake, let's just agree that The Stones is the second best rock band of all time. For arguments sake at least, we will say that. Regardless of where they are on your personal list, virtually everybody can agree that the band has a ton of great songs in their catalog. Admittedly, most of their greatest music was written before'70, but they strung out a few gems through the seventies and eighties and even into the nineties.
At the time of their prime they commanded attention when they performed. They had a wonderful British rock sound mixed with gritty jazz and American southern rock. They infused all kinds of music sounds and were a force to be reckoned with. In the seventies they even stayed true to the times and incorporated some disco, which was all the craze, while still keeping their rock edge.
The Beatles made the choice to call it quits when they were at the top of their game, at their most popular, fueling the fire with the consumers for the next four decades because they couldn't get enough of them. The Stones went the other way and continued making records and touring well past their creative prime. This can be good and bad. Bad because you never want to see a band or athlete or anyone with talent performing at anything less than 100%, but good in the fact that the fans still got to see the band. I am sure that there are millions of fans that would kill to see The Beatles at 50% of their abilities.
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