just listening to some random beatle tracks again today and it reminded me just how brilliant they were in all sorts of ways.....commercially huge all over the world and artistically superb....a rare combination....wonderful songwriting, and musicial development that has never been matched from 1962 to 1970.....

the beatles

blackbob said:

uummm like no they weren't , the Rolling Stones are like soooo much better

Just great. "Lucy in the sky" is running now.

GalaxyMasturbation said:

i was listening to "tomorrow never knows" and the rest of Revolver
again today whilst driving and that song just never ever ages. its
absolutely amazing.

i don't particularly like their early stuff, although i can see
how good it is. i just like the older, more experimental and eh
more mature stuff.

and that is imo unrivaled by any act that came after them.

I don't spin any Beatles albums recorded before Rubber Soul.

blackbob said:

lol In the same way that you can't mention Prince without somebody else mentioning MJ, somebody is always going to instantly compare the inferior Stones to The Beatles.

CinisterCee said:

i can respect the opinions of people who don't like the beatles and think they're overrated, but i will never understand.

to me, the beatles are to pop music as water is to cooking.

Anxiety said:

That about sums it up for me too.

CinisterCee said:

Anxiety said:

the beatles and prince....give me the complete collection on a desert island and i am happy....they ARE music to me.

Anxiety said:

They are to my ears what nails are to a chalkboard.

Moonbeam said:

across the universe

IstenSzek said:

double

RipHer2Shreds said:

The Beatles might be superior songwriters, but the Stones are just so much cooler!

GangstaFam said:

Oh, shush! You're new to the Stones and you're still on your post-concert high!

Moonbeam said:

oh, i know.


i know.

I love post-Rubber Soul Beatles, but had to discover them on my own. The only Beatles album my parents owned was the Sgt. Peppers soundtrack.

CinisterCee said:

I hear ya (I prefer them as hippies), but A Hard Days Night is about as classic as it gets. Also, it's the closest thing you get to a John Lennon solo record until 1970.

With the Beatles is great, too, and Help has some songs that surpass many of the songs on their later records.

sextonseven said:

You mean Bee Gees + Frampton ?

blackbob said:

John...and the others

PANDURITO said:

Yep. For the longest time the only version of "Come Together" I knew was Aerosmith's.

I had that one too, BEFORE the original

AND bought the remastered CD not too long ago

RipHer2Shreds said:

I love 'em both, so it's no knock against the Beatles.

GangstaFam said:

Only kidding. But you warmed up to The Stones pretty quick, didn't you? Did you say you weren't a fan before the show?

GangstaFam said:

This thread is only for people that think the Beatles are cooler.

And take Moonbeam with you when you leave, please.

Yes. They were as crucial to modern music as Jimi was to the electric guitar.

RipHer2Shreds said:

I've always liked them, but wasn't familiar with much of their work. I broke in "Forty Licks" a few weeks before the show and that's what made me a fan. The show was just the icing on the cake.