re. Beatles/Stones

[Joe Allonby]

Saw the Stones on that tour as well. I've often referred to the
records you mentioned as The Rolling Stones Streak. Beggars Banquet
thru Exile is an amazing series of records. Consider also that for
much of that time Keith Richards was to all intents and purposes the
only guitarist in the band. Thats when he developed his signaturre
open-tuned electric sound. He was at the height of his power.

On Fri, Aug 14, 2009 at 7:15 PM, Kai Frederik
Lorentzen<lorentzen at hotmail.de> wrote:
>
> Henry:
>
>>
>> That said, as much as I've enjoyed the Stones over their many years, when
>> people ask "Beatles or Stones," I'm always quick to answer, "Beatles."
>>
>
> Really (twice)?! With me it's somehow the other way round: I think that the
> last relevant record the Rolling Stones made was "Emotional Rescue" [1980],
> but would always shout out "Stones!"if asked that question. Of course there are truly
> great songs like "A Day in the Life", "I'm the Walrus" or "Tomorrow never knows", but
> if you'd offer me "Rubber Soul"or "Revolver", I'd take -- "Aftermath". And though "St.
> Pepper" has a really nice artwork plus this one (final) supersong, I find it hard to believe
> that most people back then found it essentially superior to "Their Satanic Majesties Request"
> ... If we want to compare the later works (we could, of course, also take the former
> ones: Though the early Beatles Sound was, Lennon spoke about this in interviews, also
> a product of Hamburg's subcultures in St. Pauli, I have to admit that I prefer early
> Stones R&B to any kind of 'Beatmusik' including early Beatles songs; for learning to
> play the guitar and then later a little piano both types of song-material were useful
> to me), I suggest to test the rest of the Beatles' longplayers ("Magical Mystery Tour";
> "The Beatles"; "Yellow Submarine"; "Abbey Road"; "Let It Be") in comparison to what The
> Stones brought out between 1968 und 1972: "Beggar's Banquet"; "Let it Bleed"; "Sticky Fingers";
> "Exile on Main Street" plus the live-recording "Get Yer Ya-Ya's Out"! While there's a nice
> Beatles title ("Im so tired") here and another one ("Everybody got spmething to hide except
> for me and my monkey") there on the 'White Album', I do  neither like "Abbey Road"
> (ok, the staw bubbles in "Octopus' Garden' are really funny) nor "Let It Be" that much,
> although I now and then still listen to them. Yet ALL the four named studio albums by
> the Rolling Stones are nothing less but PERFECT. From first to last note, imo. (I know,
> Keith Richards thinks "Exile on Main Street" should have had an other final cut, but to me
> it sounds just fine). Of songs like "No Expectations", "You can't always get what you want",
> "Gimme Shelter" or "Wild Horses" I'm as inspired today as I was when they first struck me ...
> For me The Stones are clearly the best UK Rock'n Roll Band of the 1960s and 1970s! Also the
> later longplayers of that era have great songs ("Fingerprint File", "Fool To Cry", "Beast
> of Burden", or --- a li'l GR-playlistAddition --- "Down in the Hole", to name just a few).
> A-and when I was 16, playing in bands with my Fender Stratocaster and my Marshall amp, a
> certain Keith Richars biography (by Babara Charone) was kinda bible to me ...
>
> So, although this was not exactly a "quick" answer: Stones!
>
> I know it's only Rock'n Roll, b-but ...
> Kai
>
> PS: Saw them '82 during the "Tattoo You"-Tour giving a concert in Hannover.
>
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OPCRIFLjfPo
>