Elite 8 (1960's) - #1 The Beatles vs #2 The Rolling Stones

YellowSnow

YellowSnow

#2 The Rolling Stones

The is the one the great all tim rock and roll debate. I was a Beatle freak as a kid and all through most of HS. Then my senior I bought "Let it Bleed" on CD because I though the album cover looked really cool. Everything changed for my after listening to that record and things have never been the same since.

Dennis_DeYoung

#1 The Beatles

The Beatles led the Stones around by the nose.

The Stones have some great shit, but they were always riding on the wave and the Beatles always created the wave.

I always think of it as the Beatles changed the culture and the Stones reflected the culture.

Hence this as a no-brainer for me.

YellowSnow

#2 The Rolling Stones

Dennis_DeYoung said:

The Beatles led the Stones around by the nose.

The Stones have some great shit, but they were always riding on the wave and the Beatles always created the wave.

I always think of it as the Beatles changed the culture and the Stones reflected the culture.

Hence this as a no-brainer for me.

Beatles are the most influential rock of all time, but the Stones are a very close second IMHO . The Stones were the original harder sounding rock group with a bad boy image. Jagger is the OG front man and everyone that came after was influenced by his shtick (borrowed heavily of course from James Brown and other bad ass blicks). What tips scales for me with the Stones is the duration of the time period where they were commercially and artistically relevant far exceeds that of anyone else in the business. They basically were a top 2 band in the world from 1964 to 1981 so almost two decades. No other artist in the Elite 8 here can touch that. Plus Beggars, Let it Bleed, Sticky and Exile is the greatest 4 album winning streak in rock history.

UW_Doog_Bot

#2 The Rolling Stones

I'd still rather listen to a Stones album if you put a gun to my head so they got the vote.

Tequilla

#1 The Beatles

Beatles are more influential and that goes a long way to me

There’s some Stones stuff I really like (led by Paint it Black) and other stuff that I am indifferent to.

For me an easy call

YellowSnow

#2 The Rolling Stones

Tequilla said:

Beatles are more influential and that goes a long way to me

There’s some Stones stuff I really like (led by Paint it Black) and other stuff that I am indifferent to.

For me an easy call

I can never fault anyone for choosing Beatles over Stones; they are my two most favorite recording artists. In terms of personal taste, I grew to appreciate the more blues, roots, soul and country flavor of the Stones over the more pop oriented Beatles.

Kaepsknee

#2 The Rolling Stones

Beatles were great. But the Stones were better.

YellowSnow

#2 The Rolling Stones

salemcoog said:

Beatles were great. But the Stones were better.

Probably the smartest thing anyone has said in the several years I've been here.

YellowSnow

#2 The Rolling Stones

We need more time Stones fans but not to fear time is on our side.

PurpleThrobber

#2 The Rolling Stones

YellowSnow said:

We need more time Stones fans but not to fear time is on our side.

You got your alt handles laying in wait?