This was a very clever way to disguise yet another "vs" thread. I guess we'll see how long it lasts.
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Let's go straight to the end
- Thread starter LastJaguar
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The Stones started as basically an R&B band and that's what they've been fundamentally for their entire career. That's not a criticism. You don't last 60+ years for nothing.
The Beatles started in skiffle/rockabilly and then essentially defined pop and rock music, against which everyone and everything else was compared. Along the way they pioneered songwriting, arranging, and production. Oh, and they drove the cultural zeitgeist for fans worldwide, and inspired just about every band that followed. Plus, they haven't produce ANY new music in over 50 years (Free as a Bird and Real Love don't count) and they are still among the most popular bands on the planet.
The Beatles started in skiffle/rockabilly and then essentially defined pop and rock music, against which everyone and everything else was compared. Along the way they pioneered songwriting, arranging, and production. Oh, and they drove the cultural zeitgeist for fans worldwide, and inspired just about every band that followed. Plus, they haven't produce ANY new music in over 50 years (Free as a Bird and Real Love don't count) and they are still among the most popular bands on the planet.
The Rock and Roll answer is: both!
End the rancor!!
Ironically, the Stones need a bass player and a drummer, and the Beatles are only a bass player and a drummer. It's time for a new beginning.
I gave you a like there but no. Just no.End the rancor!!
Ironically, the Stones need a bass player and a drummer, and the Beatles are only a bass player and a drummer. It's time for a new beginning.
I was never familiar with them and thought they were a bubble gum group with that name, they sound a lot like The Troggs here, great stuff.
I've always thought The Stones version of this blew away the Beatles version, I love both bands and used to go back and forth even when I was a kid but there's no competition on this tune to me. Of course to the Beatles it was just a throwaway and to the Stones it's was the single that put them on the map in England so I'm sure they spent a lot of time on it. I've read that it was almost all Brian Jones too. But seriously I doubt there would have been a stones without The Beatles, in fact we'd probably all be listening to polka bands.
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Johnny Ramone once said in an interview that what the British punk bands didn't understand was that the Ramones were a bubblegum group! (I mentioned that quote to a drum teacher friend of mine. He said that he always tells students who want to learn to play Ramones songs to listen to the 1910 Fruit Gum Company, the Archies, etc.)
Why the BBC banned the Troggs' I Can't Control Myself and not Bend It, I'll never understand.
On the other hand, I can see banning Cousin Jane by the Troggs.
Dave Dee, etc., were a constant presence on the charts in the '60s, back when UK bands being called a pop band wasn't an insult. Pete Townshend was happy to call the Who a pop band. I love the British pop bands, including Pink Floyd (except everything after Piper At The Gates Of Dawn), the Who (except everything after Sell Out), and the Troggs (pretty much everything).
I always thought this was a great tune
When I saw the Talking Heads for the first time, in a 300 seater club, second album tour, they did that song as an encore. Wrap your mind around that…
Oh yeah, I was able to give Tina a hug after the show.
I agree that the Stones version is far superior.
Our zippy little power pop band used to cover it like the Stones did although we didn’t have Brian Jones on slide guitar
When people find out that I grew up in England in the 60's (my parents used to go to "the Cave" most Saturday nights), they always ask me this. My answer is always the Who, although I didn't really like music until I heard Black Sabbath.
One outstanding thing about these tracks: Wyman used to hold his bass as if it were in upright position. Cool!
One more outstanding thing: the Beatles’ version rocks harder, has more energy, has more life, and has a more interesting arrangement. Thus validating the general tone displayed so far in this thread, and clearly hinting at why the Beatles would, within such a short time after that recording, find their music covered by greats in all genres.
