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Originally Posted by almauro
Harrison was never considered a great soloist
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Maybe by people who have never listened to
Something, or any of his solo material. Harrison was a fantastic soloist, thing is he was a very modest fellow, they didn't call him the quiet Beatle for nothing. He didn't want to ruin great songs with long drawn out solos, which are why his solos are always sweet and to the point. Compare that to Jones' solo on
Sympathy for the Devil, which was stretched out too long and was sloppy beyond belief, some may like such an approach to guitar playing but for others it can ruin a good song.
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And consequently Beatle tunes are not remembered for their guitar work.
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I disagree. They were not just acclaimed as songwriters, they were a tight ensemble of musicians as well. And it was their style of instrumentation that really made them stood out from other bands at the time.
Day Tripper and
Taxman are riffs that everybody recognises.
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Yes other bands had two guitarists, but it was the Stones who first featured a blues soloist and rhythm guitarists and structured their songs around them.
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Yes, they are blues players. So they paved the way for the guys in Iron Maiden and Judas Priest how again?
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When Taylor joined up, it was like the Stones getting Eric Clapton
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Taylor is good. But Eric Clapton he is not.
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...their state of the art fret master. In fact it was the Stones who influenced the Beatles in this department when George and John started to jam Stones-like on the last song of Abbey Road, which was part of Lennon's scheme to try to bring the Beatles into the "purer" harder rock territory of the Stones.
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The Mothers of Invention greatly influenced Sgt Pepper, does this make them better than The Beatles too?
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The string of albums you mentioned are very respected, but compare the themes explored within them. On the one hand you got "Fixing a Hole", "Ticket to Ride", "Penny Lane", "She's Leaving Home", basically a bunch of sappy, banal, personal stuff, and on the other hand you got "Sympathy for the Devil", "Street Fighting Man", "Bitch" and "Brown Sugar", tough songs digging into the dark side of the human psyche which ushered in the dark era of rock n roll.
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Happiness is a Warm Gun anyone?
The Beatles wrote a lot of dark tracks for The White Album. And nothing really comes close to the rawness of John Lennons solo records.
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The Stones were the first princes of Darkness and as you mentioned also paved the way for Sabbath, Zepplin and DP. The Stones and their "dark aura" dominated the 60's and 70's as well as still being influential today. I think it's obvious that in the mythically battle between good vs evil, between light and dark, between the Beatles and the Stones...the Stones have won.
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I don't care how satanic they are, how does this make them better than The Beatles?
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But, if I was forced to boil it down to one thing, the Beatles don't have a song as good as "Satisfaction".
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I give up.
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As far toppling a government, Maggie Trudeau, the first lady of Canada decided to ditch your husbands re-election campaign so she could get banged by Woodie.
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Thats not quite "toppling" the Canadian goverment though.
Hybrid Mode