Aiko Aiko said:

I never got into the stones at all. I love the beatles though from about rubber soul on.

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TheGreenArrow said:

Always been a beatles guy myself.  But hey sympathy for the devil is an awesome song.  They've got a few gems the stones.

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Sheekle said:

I don't know a whole lot of The Rolling Stones' songs, but one in particular that sticks out is "Miss you". It sticks out to me, because when I went to see the Mike Gordon band a couple months ago tripping balls in a pitch black room full of strangers, they played that song and it was a shred of familiarity in a world of chaos and confusion.

I like a lot of The Beatles' stuff.

Also, "Paint it Black" by TRS is a good one, I had that song as the music for my part in a skateboarding movie me and some friends threw together back in the day.

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Paint It Black is great, that's the early stuff which I love. It's a single of theirs too which is good. The albums suck because the songs that you don't know about, you don't know about for a reason.

Legend said:

These bands aren't even comparable. The stones aren't that great though, IMO.

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clock_of_omens said:

I think a better one is The Beatles vs. The Beach Boys because they were both influenced by each other.

I prefer The Beach Boys

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Brian Jones said:

The beetles came first and when they hit this country in 63 it was major cultural phenomena. Beetlemania really was a mania. It's hard to know if any 60's rock would have been real big if the beetles had not set the stage for it. But the last beetles live show was in 66, and once they became a recording only band it took away from their reputation.

    The Stones started slower. Their manager Andrew Loog Oldham came up with the marketing idea that since the beetles were nice guys, the Stones would be their antithesis and be the bad guys. Their entire first album is covers of blues and when Oldam told them to write the next album themselves, they didn't know if they has any capacity to write. Eventually by 65 Richards wrote Satisfaction so they had a number one American hit for a successful tour. The Stones hit their stride when they kicked out original Founder Brian Jones and replaced him with 20 year old virtuoso guitarist Mick Taylor. At the same time the added Producer Jimmy Miller and band hit its great creative peak with Beggars Banquet, Let it Bleed, Sticky Fingers and Exile on Main Street. This brought the band into the 70s and they attained the title of World Greatest Rock and Roll Band just as the beetles were fading out the picture. The 69 Altamonte free concert with one fan killed by Hell's Angel security was viewed as a tragedy, but for the Stones it was a coup, and for years later their evil satanic image was no joke

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peace of mind 1 said:

clock_of_omens said:

I think a better one is The Beatles vs. The Beach Boys because they were both influenced by each other.

I prefer The Beach Boys

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I would definitely put the Beatles first, but, that is by no means a shot at the Beach Boys. I love them, most notably Pet Sounds and Smiley Smile. Amazing stuff, Brian Wilson was brilliant. Also, as you said, they both fed off of each other. Sgt. Peppers wouldn't have been what it was if not for Pet Sounds, and the energy kind of just goes back and forth between the two bands. It's a shame Brian Wilson destroyed himself, what a fucking talent.

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Aiko Aiko said:

I never got into the stones at all. I love the beatles though from about rubber soul on.

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duff monkey said:

Beggars Banquet

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ToiletDuk said:

I love the Stones and I love the Beatles as well.

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