:rolleyes: Where do I get in line to berate a new member some more for his ignorant remark?

i think he means bands like The Who and Yes

(sarcasm ahoy!)

The stones lasting popularity can be attributed to the music that play. Although they were influenced by what was popular at a particular time, they primarily stuck to their roots of blues and rock and roll.

Although I'm a big fan of the Beatles, its primarily because they were great musicians. At one point they themselves realized that they drifted too far from their roots into pop ballads and such prompting them to "Get Back" where they belonged.

No not hardly, I'm a big fan of the who but they don't compare to the stones. I did listen to Yes years ago, now that just history.

Rolling Stones - years active - 1962–present

"Genres: Rock, blues, blues rock, rhythm and blues, rock and roll"

"On 23 May 2010, the re-issue of Exile on Main St. stormed at No. 1 in the UK charts, almost 38 years to the week after it first occupied that position"

In comparison
The Beatles - Years active 1960–1970

"Genres: Rock, pop"

Love, a remix album of music recorded by The Beatles, released in November 2006. "Love placed at #3 in the UK Albums Chart during its first week of release. It was also successful in the United States, debuting at #4 in the Billboard 200"

I did see Cirque du Soleil's "Love" in Las Vegas, an awesome performance.

I like how the Stones play so many sub-genres of rock, and the Beatles only play rock in general. :laughing:

I'm not a fan of using record sales to show band greatness, but I'll give you home-thread advantage. If I remember correctly, the Beatles are the second highest selling artist of the 2000's (Eminem was #1). And they were the only non-active group in the top ten. What would you attribute that to?

Wha...? The Beatles played plenty of sub-genres of Rock and other genres of music. If you only went on wikipedia you would know that they are responsible for things like Heavy Metal, Grunge and Space Rock among other things.

The Beatles played:

• Avant Garde
• Beat Music
• Blues
• Country
• String Quartet
• R&B/Motown
• Rock and Roll
• Rock
• Hard Rock
• Soft Rock
• Blues Rock
• Country Rock
• Show Tunes Rock
• Psychedelic Rock
• Space Rock

I personally prefer the Stones' output over their entire careers, but the later Beatles stuff eclipses pretty much any and all Stones stuff. In my eyes (ears?) anyway.

To add to that, The Beatles were the pioneers of a large majority of the genres we listen to today. Evident from the genres you listed.

EDIT: I just read your post again and realized you had already stated that. My baaaaad.

Just because a band sticks to its roots, again is no indicator of greatness.

The Rolling Stones actually got more accolades in the rock world as better musicians, the Beatles strength was with song writing and innovation.

As for that last bit that I've highlighted, you've really got all your facts wrong there. The Beatles greatness is largely due to their mid and later period creativity where they diversified into numerous styles. They could've never gone back to the basic pop sound that they were putting out earlier on in the 1960s, as by the end of the decade rock music had evolved SO MUCH. Bands like the Beatles, the Kinks and the Byrds had been highly influential in that evolution and 1967 was probably one of the most pivotal years in the history of rock, where diversity actually buried a lot of the more basic styles.

I'm pretty sure his post was tongue-in-cheek. :laughing:

They definitely were not "the pioneers of a large majority of the genres we listen to today". Jazz? Blues? Hip hop? Country? R&B? Reggae? Ska? Salsa? Classical? Show tunes? Opera? Bluegrass? Rockabilly? Electronica? Folk? Hardcore? Extreme metal? Avant-Garde? Sorry, but I don't see it. They drew influence from a few of those genres but they weren't the pioneers of them.

Maybe pioneering wasn't the right phrasing, but The Beatles were responsible for taking genres to a whole new level.

There's a reason Sgt Pepper is one of the greatest albums of all time. They continued to bring their sound to new lengths, and that album alone was evidence of that.