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Although I cannot deny the importance of the Beatles and their impact on music, I still think the Rolling Stones were the better band and the more important band. It is true that the Beatles may have been necessary for the Rolling Stones to get anywhere, but once the Rolling Stones made it, I think they really bridged the way into the Hard Rock that we all love, and i think that their lyrics, song writing, and talent is far better. Mick Jagger is one of the greatest frontmen ever, and perhaps the most famous of all rock stars. Nobody ever denies the abilities, style, and influence of Keith Richards, either. And 42 years or whatever it is now and they're still rocking and just finished a major world tour... i think that's simply amazing. And they still put on one of the best shows out there, too!

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Although I cannot deny the importance of the Beatles and their impact on music, I still think the Rolling Stones were the better band and the more important band. It is true that the Beatles may have been necessary for the Rolling Stones to get anywhere, but once the Rolling Stones made it, I think they really bridged the way into the Hard Rock that we all love, and i think that their lyrics, song writing, and talent is far better. Mick Jagger is one of the greatest frontmen ever, and perhaps the most famous of all rock stars. Nobody ever denies the abilities, style, and influence of Keith Richards, either. And 42 years or whatever it is now and they're still rocking and just finished a major world tour... i think that's simply amazing. And they still put on one of the best shows out there, too!

What is your opinion?

i totally agree

and i go for the Rolling Stones

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Easily the Stones. I think Keith Richards, other than Eric Clapton, may have been the best guitarist to come out of that era of music, and has only improved over time. Charlie Watts is probably one of the top 5 rock drummers of all time. Mick Jagger is (IMO) second to none, the greatest frontman in rock history. At 60, he can still run like a madman, jump higher than me, and sing better than ever before (albeit, that's still not too great). And then, there's the variety. The Beatles, although great, did not have much variety. They had fast er songs and slower songs, and any song in either category sounded very similar to the others. The stones play multiple tempos, the songs dont sound identical to each other, and hell, they still sell out arenas faster than Paul McCartney!

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In the short time that the Beatles were around, the progression that they showed in their music was unbelievable.

Listen to their greatest hits compilation "1" (in which the songs are in a chronological order), and at the start you have all the happy-clappy stuff like "I Wanna Hold Your Hand" and "She Loves You" etc... and midway through you're getting more experimental stuff like "Eleanor Rigby", then later on you're getting into all out rock with stuff like "Come Together" and "Let It Be" (a true power ballad).

Having said that I think the Stones were just as important, because they brought their Mississippi blues influences to a much broader and wider audience than anyone previously had done, and as such laid the foundations for the music that is now referred to as classic rock.

Both bands were equally important in my opinion; without either one, rock music might have turned out very differently...

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I don't see why compare.... It's the two most succsesfull bands in history...

anyway The Beatles sold over 1.000.000.000 CD/LP/etc.. (1 milliard)

it's just cooler when it's so many '0'... it seems more...

so I have to go with them.... although I don't like their music very much

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The Rolling Stones.I could never get into The Beatles.Growing up in our house was very divided.My mum,sister and brother loved The Beatles,my dad and me Stones fans.To me The Rolling Stones r want u want from a rock band.The Beatles compared to The Stones r lightweights.

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i prefer the stones but the beatles were more important...anyone know 'shes a rainbow' by the stones fukin class underated song i think axl would do a good coveer of it

You are right enough ''She's a rainbow'' is a class song and it is underated.

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