re. Beatles/Stones

[Ian Livingston]

You can really mix it up by asking, "Mozart or Beethoven?"  It's a
similar differentiation in many ways.  Mozart is lovely, reaching
always for what is intellectually harmonious, where Beethoven goes for
the guts.  I think that is true of the Beatles v. Stones as well --
the Beatles always kept their approach to music intellectually
engaging, where the Stones reach down for the belly response.  Both
are delightful experiences on different levels and preference comes
down to what you most like to have tickled.  Also, there are no hard
lines of division, only shifts of emphasis between the two.  The
Stones could open a lovely and engaging intellectual vista, and the
Beatles could move crowds to a good romp.

On Sat, Aug 15, 2009 at 7:45 AM, Mark Kohut<markekohut at yahoo.com> wrote:
> Now I get it: Beatles/Stones is Sublime vs. Satanic in group form....
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> --- On Sat, 8/15/09, Carvill John <johncarvill at hotmail.com> wrote:
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>> From: Carvill John <johncarvill at hotmail.com>
>> Subject: RE: re. Beatles/Stones
>> To: scuffling at gmail.com, pynchon-l at waste.org
>> Date: Saturday, August 15, 2009, 8:38 AM
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>> << Great stuff, John, but you left out the two most
>> famous/recognizable notes
>> (and pauses) in rock: the first notes of I Feel Fine and of
>> Help. >>
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>> Or that first enormous chord of 'A Hard Day's Night'. Ah,
>> Henry, I miss many things! BUt yeah, that feedbacky start of
>> 'I Feel Fine' is sublime, and actually the beginning of the
>> music for the IV promo video reminds me a little of it, by
>> way of Sonic Youth.
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>> There are, to mu knowledge, one or two little sublime
>> moments in the Rolling Stones's catalogue - the opening of
>> Gimme Shelter for instance - but the Beatles' records are
>> brimming with them.
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>> I'm still trying to like the Beach Boys, and failing. Every
>> now and then I put on Pet Sounds and when I hear the start
>> of Wouldn't It Be Nice I think, yeeeeessss this is
>> grrrrreat, but as the album wears on I soon get tired of it.
>> I know, I know...
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