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Direct Link To This Post Posted: August 14 2007 at 23:12
More like Who's Next and Quadrophenia<Sgt. Peppers and Revolver.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: August 14 2007 at 23:15
Originally posted by Guzzman Guzzman wrote:

Originally posted by chopper chopper wrote:

Apple don't generally licence Beatles songs, this is why you don't find them on 60s compilations or adverts etc.
Quite true, Chopper, but it has been done nevertheless Cry: Ford used "Help" (the original recording) in 1985 with Apple reacting by enforcing a strict "No Beatles tunes in commercials"-policy. Yet in 1987 "Revolution" was used in a Nike-spot (original version again) and the company got sued by Apple (I don't know about the outcome). Philips used a part of "Getting Better" (although not the original Beatles-recording) to sell consumer electronics.  In the USA "Come Together" was used by Nortel Network, Joe Cockers version of "With A Little Help From My Friens" was in a Gateway Computers campaign. Sad, but true.


of course..... because Michael Jackson bought the rights to the Beatles back catalog and that's when you started seeing those songs in commercials.   That was... not by coincidence why you never saw Paul and Jack-O mugging it up in MTV videos again.  They had a total falling out... Apple might have sued... but if I recall correctly...they had no say. Michael Jackson owned the rights to them.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: August 14 2007 at 23:28
Originally posted by ProgBagel ProgBagel wrote:

Originally posted by GoldenSpiral GoldenSpiral wrote:

I know it's overrated to say "overrated".... but the freakin Beatles are overrated.and the Who rule.Who FTW!
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: August 14 2007 at 23:30
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: August 14 2007 at 23:36
I don't dare to say one is better than the other because this is too subjective.
 
As a band I prefer The Who, their albums are more consistent and even.
 
I couldn't care less for the Lollypop music of the Beatles, Please Please Me, A Ticket to Ride, etc mean nothing to me.
 
But Abbey Road is a great album, I'm not sure if The Who did something at that level.
 
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: August 14 2007 at 23:37
Abbey Road is the Beatles third best album.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: August 14 2007 at 23:43
I prefer the Who by a mile.


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Direct Link To This Post Posted: August 14 2007 at 23:52
Originally posted by MHDTV MHDTV wrote:

Abbey Road is the Beatles third best album.
 
That's also subjective my friend, for some is Rubber Soul, for others Revolver, for the most Sgt Peppers, but for me it's Abbey Road.
 
There's music for everybody.
 
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: August 15 2007 at 00:02
Thanks. Can we just leave the whole it's just an opinion thing out for once?
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: August 26 2007 at 02:16
wasnt helter skelter mcartney trying to rival the who,not sure where i heard that
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: August 31 2007 at 01:01
Originally posted by fuxi fuxi wrote:

Here we go again. What on earth does "the best" mean? Are the Beatles "better" than the Stones? Is (or was) Yes "better" than Genesis? Was Van Gogh "better" than Picasso? Was Dante "better" than Shakespeare? How on earth can you tell? And who really cares???


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Direct Link To This Post Posted: September 18 2007 at 04:43
I'll go with The Who, but I'm obviously biased. For me, they're both terrific studio rock bands, but The Who could absolutely blow the Beatles off the stage in live performance. That's the clincher for me. Just watch "The Kids Are Alright" and their mind-blowing performance at the Concert for New York City.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: September 18 2007 at 04:46
Originally posted by mrcozdude mrcozdude wrote:

wasnt helter skelter mcartney trying to rival the who,not sure where i heard that


Yeah, he was trying to top "I Can See For Miles" after hearing a review describing it as the heaviest, hardest hitting, grittiest rock song ever, or something like that. He hadn't even heard the song yet, and he was trying to top it! LOL
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: September 18 2007 at 15:43
Originally posted by ClashWho ClashWho wrote:

I'll go with The Who, but I'm obviously biased. For me, they're both terrific studio rock bands, but The Who could absolutely blow the Beatles off the stage in live performance. That's the clincher for me. Just watch "The Kids Are Alright" and their mind-blowing performance at the Concert for New York City.
Watch the rooftop performance of "I've Got a Feeling" from Let It Be, and it might change your mind about the Beatles as a live band.  Smile
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: September 18 2007 at 15:47
Originally posted by ClashWho ClashWho wrote:

I'll go with The Who, but I'm obviously biased. For me, they're both terrific studio rock bands, but The Who could absolutely blow the Beatles off the stage in live performance. That's the clincher for me. Just watch "The Kids Are Alright" and their mind-blowing performance at the Concert for New York City.

I'd have to agree with that, The Who can blast most other bands off the stage (apart from Led Zep). But bear in mind that, even at Candlestick Park, The Beatles had no real PA and just used their Vox amps. The reason they gave up playing live was that they couldn't hear themselves play!
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: September 18 2007 at 16:04
Originally posted by chopper chopper wrote:

[But bear in mind that, even at Candlestick Park, The Beatles had no real PA and just used their Vox amps. The reason they gave up playing live was that they couldn't hear themselves play!
That is why the rooftop concert was so indicative of just how good the Beatles really were live. They had a real PA but just a couple of small Fender combo amps for the guitars. Sure there were some bum notes, and John's guitar came in early toward the end of "Dig a Pony", but they were so incredibly in the pocket  on "I've Got a Feeling" not to mention Paul was in top form vocally. The Who would have still bested them, but the Beatles would have given them a run for their money.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: September 18 2007 at 18:37
Originally posted by jimidom jimidom wrote:

Originally posted by ClashWho ClashWho wrote:

I'll go with The Who, but I'm obviously biased. For me, they're both terrific studio rock bands, but The Who could absolutely blow the Beatles off the stage in live performance. That's the clincher for me. Just watch "The Kids Are Alright" and their mind-blowing performance at the Concert for New York City.
Watch the rooftop performance of "I've Got a Feeling" from Let It Be, and it might change your mind about the Beatles as a live band.  Smile


Sure, that's a fine performance, but have you seen The Kids Are Alright? The performances of "A Quick One While He's Away", "See Me, Feel Me", "Won't Get Fooled Again", and so on, are cataclysmic. If The Who and the Beatles had ever shared a bill at their respective peaks, with identical soundsystems, I don't think it would be much different from watching the contrast between The Who and Macca at The Concert for New York City. I highly recommend that film. It's an incredible document and The Who's set is the very definition of blowing the roof off a place.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: September 18 2007 at 18:41
Originally posted by ClashWho ClashWho wrote:

Originally posted by jimidom jimidom wrote:

Originally posted by ClashWho ClashWho wrote:

I'll go with The Who, but I'm obviously biased. For me, they're both terrific studio rock bands, but The Who could absolutely blow the Beatles off the stage in live performance. That's the clincher for me. Just watch "The Kids Are Alright" and their mind-blowing performance at the Concert for New York City.
Watch the rooftop performance of "I've Got a Feeling" from Let It Be, and it might change your mind about the Beatles as a live band.  Smile


Sure, that's a fine performance, but have you seen The Kids Are Alright? The performances of "A Quick One While He's Away", "See Me, Feel Me", "Won't Get Fooled Again", and so on, are cataclysmic. If The Who and the Beatles had ever shared a bill at their respective peaks, with identical soundsystems, I don't think it would be much different from watching the contrast between The Who and Macca at The Concert for New York City. I highly recommend that film. It's an incredible document and The Who's set is the very definition of blowing the roof off a place.


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Direct Link To This Post Posted: September 18 2007 at 18:51
Originally posted by chopper chopper wrote:

I'd have to agree with that, The Who can blast most other bands off the stage (apart from Led Zep). But bear in mind that, even at Candlestick Park, The Beatles had no real PA and just used their Vox amps. The reason they gave up playing live was that they couldn't hear themselves play!


I think Led Zeppelin are a tremendously overrated live rock band in some quarters. Yes, I have the Led Zeppelin DVD and I have seen The Song Remains the Same. I'm not saying Led Zeppelin aren't a very good live band, but when they're placed on a level with The Who by some, then I just don't hear it or see it. At all. I think The Who were a stronger and more dynamic live rock band across the board, with the sole exception of Page being technically better at solos than Townshend in the seventies. Versions of "No Quarter", "Moby Dick" and "Dazed and Confused" extending to thirty or even forty minutes isn't my cup of tea. That's certainly more in the vein of progressive rock than The Who bashing out "I Can't Explain", though.
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