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Originally Posted by CaptainYooh
P.S. As for Beatles vs. Stones - there's no effin' contest. Beatles' albums have been increasingly higher level and more complex, musically, with each consecutive record. If only they had a better drummer; who knows how much better they would have been. Stones have never written a single song above the standard 4-5 school band chord sequence. Simple, sing-along-ish, crowd pleasing, cool - all yes; but not even close to the musical complexity and advance frontiers achieved in the SPLHCB, White Album and Abbey Road.
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These are fair points. I love them both, but apples and oranges really. If forced to choose, I might prefer the Stones for having more soul and grit and sexiness. I really like Paul as a solo artist. As far as the Beatles being more complex, I would give George Martin a good deal of credit for that. My favorite band is XTC who are often compared to the Beatles, and influenced by the Kinks.