I figure we can settle this issue for good and move on with our lives.
I figure we can settle this issue for good and move on with our lives.
Originally Posted by Sting
Here's an idea--what if we took the top 10 songs of each--either objectively or subjectively--and ranked them from 1 to 20? Like that guy did with the 2018 and 2019 QB prospects.
Originally Posted by Sting
First, there’s is zero objectivity to this. The only objective item that could be discussed when comparing the bands would be chart success, but we all know how that would end and people resoundingly don’t like the Beatles at this website, so let’s not go there.
Second, these are the two greatest rock bands of all time (obviously my opinion, but know I’m going to laugh when anyone tries to tell me some obscure, non chart success type of music is better in terms of “GOAT” talk...that band simply isn’t in the conversation), so I’m not advocating specifically one or the other as I’ll never stop listening to either.
Their music was very different, so it's hard to compare and rate. Love them both though.
Off the top, Top 10s, something tells me no one is going to agree with this either.
Beatles
1. Hey Jude
2. Let It Be
3. Long and Winding Road
4. Help
5. Come Together
6. Daytripper
7. Blackbird
8. Can’t Buy Me Love
9. Two Of Us
10. While My Guitar Gently Weeps
Stones:
1. Gimme Shelter
2. Brown Sugar
3. Paint It Black
4. Satisfaction
5. Under My Thumb
6. Sympathy for the Devil
7. You Can’t Always Get What You Want
8. Wild Horses
9. Time Is On My Side
10. Start Me Up
*subject to change
For the Stones to *still* be going strong is based on longevity alone.
"I may not be a mathematician, but I can count to a million." - Shannon Sharpe
This is like racing a Volkswagen beetle (Ha) with flowers and a walrus painted on it against a black 69 Camero that shoots flames from its tail pipes and sounds like a demon. Unless it's a gas mileage competition it's not even close.
Harder than I thought. A lot of Beatles stuff I've heard so much more and have discarded through familiarity. It's hard to remember what it was like when I was captured by a song like "Here Comes the Sun" and listened with excitement. Conversely, rockers like Jumpin Jack Flash still pack a decent punch even though I listened to it just as much. Maybe the Stones good stuff just holds up better?
Here's a purely subjective list, many of my favorites aren't as popular. My criteria was these are the ten songs from each I get to put into my desert island jukebox, but I get a 50% rebate on overplay familiarity (I've heard some of these songs so damned much I might balk at including them).
My favorite Stones songs (today):
Gimme Shelter
Jumpin Jack Flash
Midnight Rambler
Rocks Off
Honky Tonk Women
Let's Spend the Night Together
Street Fighting Man
Paint It Black
Tumblin Dice
Sympathy for the Devil
Favorite Beatles songs (today):
Rain
A Day in the Life
Strawberry Fields Forever
And Your Bird Can Sing
In My Life
Something
Paperback Writer
Help
Dig a Pony
Hey Jude
(Come) Together:
Gimme Shelter
Rain
A Day in the Life
Strawberry Fields Forever
Jumpin Jack Flash
And Your Bird Can Sing
Midnight Rambler
Rocks Off
Honky Tonk Women
Let's Spend the Night Together
In My Life
Something
Street Fighting Man
Paint It Black
Tumblin Dice
Paperback Writer
Help
Dig a Pony
Sympathy for the Devil
Hey Jude
If #1 = 20 points and #20 = 1 point, the tally would be Stones: 109, Beatles: 101
Seems to support Abe's top heavy theory that the Stones best stuff is better. Of course, that scoring is too arbitrary. Better would be absolute scores for each song.
The question is, would I rather listen to #11 from each list? That would have been She's A Rainbow vs. Long and Winding Road... I have a feeling that I'd rather listen to the Beatles #21 song vs. the Stones #21 song. But maybe not. Definitely at #41 I'd prefer the Beatles.
Originally Posted by Sting
beatles all day, err day. . .
- John Elway“When we do find that guy, we’ve got to have the continuity on the offensive side to where we can train him and develop him and get him there. This is our fourth offense in probably three or four years. Quarterbacks need to be developed. You don’t find one ready-made. We got to have a solid system in place for when we do go after whatever guy it may be, a young guy or a trade or whatnot.”
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