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Sydneyfan
08-16-2006, 04:37 PM
Which one?

Vote til you drop.
sicottem
08-16-2006, 05:16 PM
ive got to go with the stones... i find their sound more appealing than the beatles...and they get extra points because they are still touring even though they a incredibly old
foggy
08-16-2006, 05:37 PM
That's incredibly tough, I love them both and both were obviously incredibly influential. My heart is probably more on the side of The Beatles though, so that's what I went with.
Quincy
08-16-2006, 05:54 PM
I haven't heard much beatles so I can't make a valid choice.
Sydneyfan
08-16-2006, 06:28 PM
I admire the Beatles but I never listen to them much at all. I listen to the Stones all the time. Plus they have Keeeeefff.
Kevin McF
08-16-2006, 06:37 PM
where is the :ra option?
Sydneyfan
08-16-2006, 06:42 PM
where is the :ra option?

That's coming up in the next poll.
sicottem
08-16-2006, 11:10 PM
I admire the Beatles but I never listen to them much at all. I listen to the Stones all the time.

I have listened to the various Beatles solo projects more than the actual beatles
Sydneyfan
08-16-2006, 11:23 PM
I have listened to the various Beatles solo projects more than the actual beatles


I never got into any of the post-Beatles stuff either I must confess...
Factory Boy
08-17-2006, 11:09 AM
Beatles because The Stones were always following in their wake until they broke up. The Stones really found themselves after that as far as I'm concerned & the Mick Taylor period stuff still sounds amazing today.
It doesn't get much better than Exile On Maine Street.
It would've been interesting to see which direction The Beatles would have gone in, had they continued into the seventies. They were incredibly innovative in the studio & I think they did more to push the boundaries of pop music than practically anybody, with maybe the exception of The Beach Boys.
Personally, I don't go a bundle on most of the solo stuff. I think it was the sum of the parts that made them great.
I don't listen to either of them so much these days but I have everything The Beatles ever recorded & the Stones albums that are my favourites on CD.
foggy
08-17-2006, 12:27 PM
Personally, I don't go a bundle on most of the solo stuff. I think it was the sum of the parts that made them great. I don't listen to either of them so much these days but I have everything The Beatles ever recorded & the Stones albums that are my favourites on CD.

Pretty much the same for me. I have select Stones albums that I love, but I do have everything by The Beatles. I still listen to The White album, Revolver, and Rubber Soul quite often, brilliant stuff.
Gibba
08-17-2006, 01:21 PM
Real easy - The Beatles
martyb
08-19-2006, 07:05 AM
:( they get extra points because they are still touring even though they a incredibly old
as opposed to incredibly dead? :( it's hard to choose, they really are so different, but John Lennon is such a powerful presence, gotta go with thr Beatles
blueone
08-19-2006, 07:44 AM
I never really cared for either. Although I must confess I do own that Exile albumn. And the Stones are still around. So they get my vote.

Bob Dylan is my big 60's hero.
foggy
08-19-2006, 11:53 AM
Why are The Stones garnering points for still being around? I think that's more of a negative then a positive at this point. :wtf
Cgoodwin22
08-19-2006, 01:50 PM
Hmmm....Rubber Soul, Revolver, Sgt. Peppers, Magical Mystery Tour, The White Album, Abbey Road...all albums that i can play start to finish and never get tired of...I'll go with the Beatles.

The Stones have a few albums i think that are classic...Let It Bleed, Sticky Fingers, Exile On Main Street, Some Girls and Tattoo You...but they are still Poor Man's Beatles.
blueone
08-19-2006, 03:33 PM
Why are The Stones garnering points for still being around? I think that's more of a negative then a positive at this point. :wtf

Well, I just think it's pretty nifty that they're still around. The Beatles were shortlived and, in my opinion, worse off for it. The solo projects were pretty crap (except George Harrison) and one of remaining members is in the news for the wrong reasons and the other has lapsed into obscurity and more loved as a childs programme narrator than the Beatles drummer. :lol

The Stones? They're falling out of palm trees and on a sold out world tour. Mark of a good band, that.



But I'm just being a bastard. The Beatles are obviously more influential. But from my own experiences, the Stones get my vote. :)
Sydneyfan
08-19-2006, 04:23 PM
Last time the Stone played here, they were fantastic by all accounts. They warmed up by doing a gig at the Enmore (tiny theatre) before they hit the stadiums and everyone raved about it. There were hundreds of people standing outside in the streets trying to listen to the show for free and basically just be there.

They haven't made a decent album in years (and probably never well again) but they can still rock it up.
foggy
08-19-2006, 05:03 PM
My own personal opinion is that they should have hung it up years ago. Watching them earlier this year at half time during the Super Bowl really made me cringe, just horrible, imo. Still, they're The Stones and they have a weighty legacy so I'm certainly not surprised people still excitedly go to see them, but I think it's more about nostalgia then anything else. That said, of course I'd stand outside in the street to hear the show for free too. :lol
blueone
08-19-2006, 05:14 PM
Foggy, what Rufus Wainwright song is in your sig?
foggy
08-19-2006, 07:20 PM
Foggy, what Rufus Wainwright song is in your sig?

It's "Go Or Go Ahead". :)
blueone
08-19-2006, 07:37 PM
Ah, that's it! (Sorry about that, I haven't listened to him in a good year or two, at least since Want Two).
la twinkle
10-10-2006, 02:15 AM
Beatles no doubt, never stopped listening and I never will. But the Stones from my point of view only have a handful of great songs. No offence to Stones fans. :)
maddiehope
10-10-2006, 10:06 AM
I listen to the Stones more, but The Beatles were a little more talented. The Stones earlier stuff was brilliant, but the Beatles improved as they went along. I'm not much for the "I love you yeah yeah yeah," but songs like Daytripper and Elenor Rigby and Let it Be just blow me away.

:upyours
blueone
10-10-2006, 01:59 PM
Umm... TBY needs a new calculator. I'm seeing 105% on the poll results. Mego-wrong!
foggy
10-10-2006, 02:01 PM
How funny. TBY exists in its own world. :lol
Quincy
10-10-2006, 02:25 PM
You can vote for both, that's why.
foggy
10-10-2006, 02:34 PM
Ah, well, there ya go. Strange for a poll of two though.
Sydneyfan
10-10-2006, 03:30 PM
Ah, well, there ya go. Strange for a poll of two though.

Oh sure, why not. Criticise the poll maker. :downyours
foggy
10-10-2006, 03:38 PM
Oh, that's right, it was your poll. So what the heck were you thinking? :lol
Sydneyfan
10-10-2006, 03:41 PM
Oh, that's right, it was your poll. So what the heck were you thinking? :lol

I'm thinking of editing my buddy list :downyours



(:lol )
foggy
10-10-2006, 03:48 PM
I'm thinking of editing my buddy list :downyours (:lol )

Hey, I'm not the one making bunk polls. :imp I take my polls very seriously.
Sydneyfan
10-10-2006, 03:50 PM
Hey, I'm not the one making bunk polls. :imp I take my polls very seriously.

This is a quality poll, thanks very much. And a highly successful one. :upyours
foggy
10-10-2006, 08:17 PM
This is a quality poll, thanks very much. And a highly successful one. :upyours

Everyone knows that quality polls are not multiple choice. :slap
Sydneyfan
10-10-2006, 08:23 PM
Everyone knows that quality polls are not multiple choice. :slap

I'm sorry, but your use of the slap smilie does not intimidate me in the least.
I stand by my poll.
foggy
10-10-2006, 08:24 PM
:loser
Sydneyfan
10-10-2006, 08:26 PM
:loser

You just want to try out all your new smilies, don't you?
foggy
10-10-2006, 08:27 PM
:box
Sydneyfan
10-10-2006, 08:29 PM
:box

I rest my case. :lol
foggy
10-10-2006, 08:33 PM
We have enough smilies that we don't even have to talk anymore.

I just noticed something disturbing. This:

:die

looks disturbingly like someone I know. :imp
Sydneyfan
10-10-2006, 08:36 PM
So that's your ex-boyfriend :upyours
foggy
10-10-2006, 08:37 PM
:lol Oh, that was low.
Sydneyfan
10-10-2006, 08:42 PM
:lol Oh, that was low.

What? He's kind of cute. He's got a Pete Doherty thing going on.
foggy
10-10-2006, 08:49 PM
What?

Oh, nevermind. I'm working on my own strange level today.
Sydneyfan
10-10-2006, 08:52 PM
Oh, nevermind. I'm working on my own strange level today.

I was kidding P. He's wearing a crash helmet for christs sake :lol :lol
foggy
10-10-2006, 08:54 PM
No, no, there was something else.. erm forget it. Go away now. :lol
Sydneyfan
10-10-2006, 08:55 PM
No, no, there was something else.. erm forget it. Go away now. :lol

Tell me. I hate not knowing things.
foggy
10-10-2006, 08:57 PM
I could have guessed that somehow and no. :imp
Sydneyfan
10-10-2006, 08:59 PM
I could have guessed that somehow and no. :imp

Fine, then I'll just make something up shall I? You know I will. :upyours
foggy
10-10-2006, 09:00 PM
Go for it. RASTA
Sydneyfan
10-10-2006, 09:01 PM
Go for it. RASTA

In that case, I won't. :downyours
foggy
10-10-2006, 09:02 PM
I'm shocked and disappointed.
Sydneyfan
10-10-2006, 09:03 PM
I'm shocked and disappointed.


Eveyone who knows me says that sooner or later....