Getting into the Beatles...

When the Beatles were active, they were considered absolute gods by virtually every other major band in rock. Simply by the fact the Stones slavishly copied just about everything they ever did left no doubt that the Beatles were what they secretly aspired to be.

If you ever watch the "Rock and Roll Circus" from late 1968, you can see it too -- the Stones were running the show, the Who was a warmup act, but John Lennon was still treated like a god.

 

If you look at the work each Beatle did after they broke up, the combined work is staggering. Even Ringo was pumping out some quality work. That never happens with bands.

But, and I am paraphrasing and changing a quote I heard about the Pixies...

The Beatles wrote songs that no one else would think to write.
Led Zeppelin played songs that no one else would attempt to play.
The Rolling Stones performed songs with passion that no one else could match.

Pink Floyd and The Who, in my opinion, cannot crack this group. They might be close, but they fall short.

Shit, I'll be honest, I almost like what Harrison and Lennon did after the Beatles more than what they did with the Beatles. The great songs from those four guys just blows my mind. If they all played a concert in heaven someday and played every song you would expect to hear, how long would that set be? 100 songs? 90 songs? That's about a 10-hour concert.

But...

Sympathy for the Devil and Fool in the Rain are better songs than anything the Beatles have recorded.

 

"Fool In The Rain?" The rewrite of "When You Say Budweiser?"

 

Other than being a better collection of musicians who produced better music, Zeppelin is roughly equal to the Stones.

 

In your opinion.

Led Zeppelin is better than Starland Vocal Band is inarguable among the sane.

Led Zeppelin is better than the Rolling Stones is a subjective opinion.

 

Meh. I'll take Clapton over Hendrix.

 

I've never pretended otherwise.

 

No, I am an expert on music.

 

You'd likely do better than the dipshits at Rolling Stone, at any rate.

 

One thing I feel that the Stones were better at than a band like Zeppelin was producing consistently cohesive albums. To me, the album is an art form as much as the song. We've been concentrating on songs here. I think that the depth of the Stones catalog well outpaces the depth of Led Zeppelin's. I mean, just among the deep cuts you have songs like "Dead Flowers," "Jigsaw Puzzle," "Sweet Virginia," "All Down the Line." It goes on and on.

 

Someone post that Capt. Picard thing.