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Quite amusing idea to think No Beatles no Rush. Perhaps no Rolling Stones or Who. Nor forgetting the Yardbirds who had a bit of influence guitar wise... American music being resold to America - (country, blues and soul respectively).
When rock was in the doldums c. 1962 the Beatles arrived and people, as ever listening with their eyes saw and heard nice white boys playing country pop music and everyone felt safe. And thrilled. The Stones were not so lucky getting booed off stage at times when first touring. (But they played dangerous race records...)
Of course you can't get much more white than Rush (Geddy rap....??) but talk about an advance on the Beatles. 35 years of innovation and top performances.
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Posted: November 23 2017 at 17:34
Douglas wrote:
The Jester wrote:
What's the connection? It's like trying to compare Beethoven with Charles Mingus... I voted for The Beatles though...
My thoughts exactly!
Well, they both created music. Any of us can prefer one over the other. We might just as well vote for who we prefer, Yes or Justin Bieber. Both styles are completley different, but we must like better one over the other all the same.
^ Technically a lot better, but compositionally... the Beatles have the edge imo.
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Posted: November 24 2017 at 16:50
This poll is seriously flawed - how can you compare a band that changed popular music forever, and a great rock band like Rush who I've adored for years but most people in the world would not have heard of. I play Rush much more than the Beatles, and I play both much more than Mozart and Beethoven - but to try to choose is navel gazing at its most pretentious. Sorry.....the recent Joplin v Nicks poll is the same - a 30 second discussion over a pint in a pub- but a progarchives thread?
Edited by Squonk19 - November 24 2017 at 16:51
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^ I understand your point but I think this type of poll is still fun. It gets discussion going and makes you evaluate your taste which is always a quite healthy thing to do. The forum would feel dead if it wasn't for those nowadays.
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