Neapolitan

Sorry, I've should had said 'irrespective and regardless of the poll numbers...'

You were so close to XTC as an equation man that would have been something, R = (X+T+C), but XTC would have been a stranger comparison The Rolling Stones then Poison, who's the numby numb nuts that thought of "R.S. V. P." anyway??

And your Beatles equation,B=-(X-C-T), should be simplified to B=(C+T-X) algebraically speaking.

I thouhgt of other factors:
C for Commercialism
M for Musicality
O for Overplayability on the Radio
S for Staying power
U for Undergroundness

I hope my formulae are fair to everyone, both The Beatles' and Stones' fans

The Beatles = (Staying power/Overplayedness)(Undergroundness)+(Musicality/Commercialism)
The Rolling Stones = (Commericalism/Overplayedness)(Musicality)+1/2(Undergroundness + Staying power)

TheCunningStunt

Wow.

The Stones 99.90% of the vote..

I always thought that The Stones vs The Beatles debate was very 50/50..

Seltzer

Depends on whether divine (mod) intervention is involved.

And Neapolitan, 'irregardless' is a cringe-worthy word.

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boo boo

I'm working on a bass guitarists list right now, and adding an album for each bassist.

And Urban, since you're the Stones expert, I have a question, which album has Bill Wyman's best bass work in your opinion?

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Neapolitan

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I always thought that the live album Get Yer Ya-Ya's Out! / The Rolling Stones in Concert had a lot of memorable Bill bass-lines.

JKSmith

Why not both?

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jmfmr

Stones are genious, Beatles are a band of pussy boys, but they dont sound bad. Anyway, Stones are the best band ever, they own Beatles alot, they bold much better the rock songs and they still do it, all generations love them and they continue spreading magic, they will rock till the day they die, for sure

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Neapolitan

Do you mean The Beatles are a band of Teddy Boys?

Gavin B.

And the Who owned the Stones when both bands were in their prime. Watch the documentary Rock and Roll Circus where the Who blew the Stones away when they both played on the same television special live. In fact the Stones looked so bad compared to the Who that they shelved the project and didn't release the video of the show for 25 years.

I posted each band's performance so you can see it for yourself.

The Who: The Who always gave a great performance even if the song was A Quick One, which kinda sucked. The Who always had difficult time finding a decent band to play on the same bill with them because no matter what band it was, the Who would always blow the other acts away. I went to a Who show in 1969 in St. Louis and the newly formed Led Zeppelin backed out of the top billing on the show because the Who was blowing them off the stage night after night on the tour. The only band that ever managed to look good on the same bill with the Who was the Jimi Hendrix Experience in 1967 at Monterey.



The Stones: Except for Keith it looked like the entire band wanted to be somewhere else. Brian Jones already looks dead and actually died a few months after this performance which was his last with the Rolling Stones. They're playing Jumping Jack Flash which was their take no prisoners song in 1968. I saw them the following year after Mick Taylor replaced Brian Jones on guitar and they were playing with a lot more passion and a sense of vision than this half baked performance.

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boo boo

The Beatles > The Who > The Kinks >>> The Stones

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