The Beatles (Page 2)

this inevitably leads to the universe collapsing question, Beatles or Stones? I've been back and forth but I would have to say Beatles atm.

Without a doubt - Beatles.  IMO and such.  Love me some Beatles...

The stones are overrated.

LOL  I wasn't trying to go there.  I just listened more intently to their music and had lots of WTF moments.  I believe I heard more of the LSD coming out than ever before.  My daughter, who likes their music said, "these guys are weird."

I think Cando nailed it.  I believe he is right that there are folks who are deeply into music and see it for more than just music.  They see it as a social thing, an art thing and may appreciate a whole other aspect of it.  

Everyone is entitled to their opinion. What I would find interesting is everyone's ages. I am willing to bet that the younger the respondent is the less they care for the Beatles. For me they are the cream of the crop. Some groups sound like they are repeating themselves over and over again. The Beatles never did for me. The fact that all of them sand lead helps as well as their constantly taking in new influnces.

But having said that I know my taste is vastly diferent than today's taste. I own no Nirvana albums, only GnR's greatest, only one rap album, hate American Idol, never got into NIN, etc.  The girl singers that dominate today all sound the same to me, except for maybe Pink, I think she is the person Joan Jett always wanted to be.

The other thing I notice is that much of the music I hear to day is made in the studio in such a way that it can never be reproduced live. Despite some of their later studio experiments, the beatles recorded most of their stuff in a single tape as multi-trck recording did not exist yet.