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Direct Link To This Post Posted: June 16 2012 at 02:45
Originally posted by geneyesontle geneyesontle wrote:

Every song of every Beatles record is well known.
No s$%t. I never heard or read anyone talk about "I Need You" or "You Won't See Me" or "The Word" ... unless you meant that statement as an exaggeration.
Originally posted by ExittheLemming ExittheLemming wrote:

BTW They both had crap drummers
But that's a good thing, right?


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Direct Link To This Post Posted: June 16 2012 at 02:47
Originally posted by Catcher10 Catcher10 wrote:

Ivan did a fine job disecting your list. Give me any obscure album over any beatles album and I will be happy...I prefer not to follow the masses.


So why PF, Rush or Iron Maiden instead of UZ, Art Zoyd or KD?  Sorry, couldn't resist.  Tongue
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: June 16 2012 at 02:53
Originally posted by Snow Dog Snow Dog wrote:

The Beatles.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: June 16 2012 at 02:58
Originally posted by Catcher10 Catcher10 wrote:

Originally posted by geneyesontle geneyesontle wrote:

Originally posted by Hercules Hercules wrote:

Floyd.

Vastly more talented.
 
I think that the Beatles accomplished much more things than Pink Floyd did.
 
Like what....do tell please.....Looking forward to your list.

Originally posted by Dayvenkirq Dayvenkirq wrote:

[The Beatles] used French chanson in their music, mixed sitar with R&B and experimentalism ... they practically invented pop-prog, pulled off backwards guitar, developed a technique of changing timbre by changing speed on tape (although that was G. Martin's fault), ... lots of technical, [stylistic,] and songwriting stuff. 
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: June 16 2012 at 09:18
Originally posted by rogerthat rogerthat wrote:

Originally posted by Catcher10 Catcher10 wrote:

Ivan did a fine job disecting your list. Give me any obscure album over any beatles album and I will be happy...I prefer not to follow the masses.


So why PF, Rush or Iron Maiden instead of UZ, Art Zoyd or KD?  Sorry, couldn't resist.  Tongue

In this cases the masses follow  us LOL

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Direct Link To This Post Posted: June 16 2012 at 09:24


Originally posted by Dayvenkirq Dayvenkirq wrote:

[The Beatles] used French chanson in their music, mixed sitar with R&B and experimentalism ... they practically invented pop-prog, pulled off backwards guitar, developed a technique of changing timbre by changing speed on tape (although that was G. Martin's fault), ... lots of technical, [stylistic,] and songwriting stuff. 

Tell me they invented POP and I'll follow you, they only became close to Prog in Abbey Road, they only joined Psyche after this genre was already pretty popular.

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Direct Link To This Post Posted: June 16 2012 at 12:40
I believe Floyd were much better songwriters, even if The Beatles more innovative.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: June 16 2012 at 16:21
Originally posted by Catcher10 Catcher10 wrote:

Originally posted by geneyesontle geneyesontle wrote:

Originally posted by geneyesontle geneyesontle wrote:

Originally posted by Catcher10 Catcher10 wrote:

Originally posted by geneyesontle geneyesontle wrote:

Originally posted by Hercules Hercules wrote:

Floyd.

Vastly more talented.
 
I think that the Beatles accomplished much more things than Pink Floyd did.
 
Like what....do tell please.....Looking forward to your list.
The Beatles had the top spot on Rolling Stone's 500 greatest albums of all time list with Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
Pink Floyd didn't
The Beatles had hit the number one spot on the Bilboard Hot 100 20 times.
Pink Floyd had hit the number one spot on the Bilboard Hot 100 only one time
The Beatles had sold more than one billion albums worldwide
Pink Floyd had sold 250 million albums worldwide
Every song of every Beatles record is well known
Pink Floyd has unknown records: More, Atom Heart Mother
The Beatles had released 206 songs during their seven year carrer
Pink Floyd had released 145 songs during their thirty-one year carrer
And the list goes on and on... 
 
I have a hammer and some nails I can give you, you can seal yourself in your own coffin. I probably can count on one hand how many people on this site care about Rolling Stone or Billbord...........
Those are bold comments in red.......ouch!
 
Ivan did a fine job disecting your list. Give me any obscure album over any beatles album and I will be happy...I prefer not to follow the masses.
 
Yeah but I don't care about Bilboard or Rolling Stone. And I say that the Beatles are better songwriters only because they were more magic. But still Pink Floyd is very magic. I love both artists. But in terms of musicianship, Pink Floyd wins:
Guitar players:
George Harisson and John Lennon vs David Gilmour. David Gilmour because he plays the good notes at the good time.
Keyboard players:
John Lennon and Paul McCartney vs Richard Wright. Righard Wright wins
Rythym sections:
Beatles vs Pink Floyd. I don't care. They are both not gifted 
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: June 16 2012 at 19:16
Have Beatles ever composed a song as good as Shine on? Or Echoes? Or Dogs? Have they ever thought of concepts such as Dark Side? Or the Wall?

My vote would go to the obvious.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: June 16 2012 at 19:34
Originally posted by mister nobody mister nobody wrote:

Have Beatles ever composed a song as good as Shine on? Or Echoes? Or Dogs? Have they ever thought of concepts such as Dark Side? Or the Wall?

My vote would go to the obvious.
 
Well no but the rule is the same. Without The Beatles, Nick Mason and Roger Waters would be architects, Richard Wright would be a pianist who would play in bars, Syd Barrett would be a painter and David Gilmour would be a poor guitarist.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: June 16 2012 at 21:15
^ I thought Rick would be an architect ... or designing toilet seats, as he said LOL .

Miss you, man. R. I. P. 

And besides, give the Fab boys a break; they've done enough to be beyond legendary. Indeed, without them, where would the Floyd really be?
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: June 16 2012 at 22:14
Originally posted by mister nobody mister nobody wrote:

Have Beatles ever composed a song as good as Shine on? Or Echoes? Or Dogs? Have they ever thought of concepts such as Dark Side? Or the Wall?

My vote would go to the obvious.

And Pink Floyd would fall flat on their face if they had to write a funny, whimsical album like Sgt Peppers.   If you are going to address this question by pointing out what the Beatles did not do that Floyd did, there's plenty more that Floyd could not do that the Beatles could.  In terms of versatility, there's simply no comparison at all.  
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: June 17 2012 at 06:57
The Beatles were certainly more influential band, if not the most influential band of the 20th century. But that doesn't mean they're better musically than Floyd. The question is who's better, not who's more influential, right? Sometimes student is better than his master, no?
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: June 17 2012 at 07:13
These discussions are silly:

A likes X more than Y
B likes Y more than X
A therefore does not like B
B therefore does not like A

Calculate who is right to two decimal places.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: June 17 2012 at 08:06
Originally posted by mister nobody mister nobody wrote:

The Beatles were certainly more influential band, if not the most influential band of the 20th century. But that doesn't mean they're better musically than Floyd. The question is who's better, not who's more influential, right? Sometimes student is better than his master, no?


Didn't say he cannot be.  But is it a fact, as you seem to be stating, that one band is better than the other? If so, based on what evidence do you propose to prove it? 
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: June 17 2012 at 09:24
Originally posted by ExittheLemming ExittheLemming wrote:

These discussions are silly:

A likes X more than Y
B likes Y more than X
A therefore does not like B
B therefore does not like A

Calculate who is right to two decimal places.

Might wanna be clearer on this one. I don't see any mutual dislikes so far.

Originally posted by mister nobody mister nobody wrote:

The Beatles were certainly more influential band, if not the most influential band of the 20th century. But that doesn't mean they're better musically than Floyd. The question is who's better, not who's more influential, right? Sometimes student is better than his master, no?

That's not clear either. The only hint you get is "Discuss" ... which does not sound like a question.


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Direct Link To This Post Posted: June 17 2012 at 10:02
I think you have that one backwards.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: June 17 2012 at 10:11
Originally posted by rogerthat rogerthat wrote:

Originally posted by mister nobody mister nobody wrote:

The Beatles were certainly more influential band, if not the most influential band of the 20th century. But that doesn't mean they're better musically than Floyd. The question is who's better, not who's more influential, right? Sometimes student is better than his master, no?


Didn't say he cannot be.  But is it a fact, as you seem to be stating, that one band is better than the other? If so, based on what evidence do you propose to prove it? 
I do not state  that Pink Floyd is objectively better band than Beatles (although it seems like I am). I merely state that influence does not equal quality. Their influence does not mean they are musically better. We have to look into other things (mainly compositions) to really compare these two bands. Although, in the end, it all comes down to personal preference, and my is that Pink Floyd is the better of these two. I was little too fast to say some things, I admit, but my vote would still stand (if I had right to vote LOL)
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: June 17 2012 at 11:26
I think Pink Floyd is objectively better than The Beatles according to my own objective evaluation.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: June 17 2012 at 11:46
Well thats settled it then.
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