[Kilane]

Best single song is The Stones (Gimme Shelter), but in almost all other categories I'd rather hear the Beatles.

 

[Cousin Patty]

The Beatles.

The stones are lame...

 

[bozebuttons]

Beatles are my all time favorite band,I saw them live at Shea stadium in 1965.

I finally saw the Stones live at the meadowlands 2years ago,I like the Stones.
But to me the Beatles ruled.

 

[afgeneral]

I love the Stones, but the Beatles is in a much different higher level.

 

[ecclesand]

I have always liked the Rolling Stones more than the Beatles.

 

[tru blu]

Love the Beatles (or more to the point, John Lennon), but they've never hit me the way the Stones did. It's undoubtedly a blues thing. To me, the Stones are the blueprint for so much that's just plain great about rock.

 

[Arainach]

If the Stones are the blueprint for what's so great in rock, the Beatles are the blueprint for what's so great in modern music period. They transcend genres, eras, and everything to be the band that everyone is compared to and no one is equal to.

 

[MilkyWay]

Man thats a hard one, I voted the Stones but their both great.

 

[Barock]

I'd be less likely to turn the radio off if the Beatles were being played.

 

[davidhunternyc]

Neither. Led Zeppelin.

 

[Tiemen]

Beatles: boring
Rolling Stones: exciting

 

[Wmcmanus]

Quote:

Originally Posted by Carmantom /img/forum/go_quote.gif This was a tough choice for me. I could find many reasons for either group. To me they both represent way different music. I found the Stones to be much more rooted in rock, where the Beatles were somewhat more a phenomenon of the time. Although very enjoyable, simple themes and songs. This I'm sure added to the popularity, since it spoke to the masses. By the way, I chose the Beatles

Nice analysis, but in the end, it's hard to choose any group over The Beatles.

I sort of grew up on the Stones and Springsteen and didn't really appreciate Elvis, The Beatles, Dylan, The Doors, Hendrix, etc., as much as I do now. Of course I listened to all of that and then some, but the Stones and Springsteen seemed to speak most directly to me at the time (mid to late 70s).

 

[TheAnomaly]

beatles no question

 

[carlosgp]

Beatles. For me the rolling stones are the most overrated rock band in history. They are boring, not the beatles

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[tjohnusa]

Don't you mean the "Rolling Fossils" I find they took r&b too a level no one else did. But I must say the Beatles did evlove like no band has then or since. They were not pigeon holed and we can here the progression. Sadly we are not likley to here that in our lifetimes because of the "big money" to be made in the music buisness.