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Post by brutalis on Apr 1, 2020 9:08:14 GMT -5
Even if only choosing by comic book I would go Batman. His 70's/early 80's runs for me stand the test of time. Great stories, splendid artists, incredible villains. This was and is the Batman I know and love and read regularly.
And Bats had the better cartoons and television show and movies all handily kicking Supes butt IMO.
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Post by brutalis on Apr 6, 2020 8:21:25 GMT -5
This Monday's Which One: What you listen to says a lot about who you are. This week from superheroes to super-groups!
The Beatles or The Rolling Stones or The Who?
For me it would be THE WHO. The Rolling Stones were popular and getting lots of radio play alongside The Who as I grew up during the 70's. Both were a major part of my youth alongside Queen, Styx, The Moody Blues, Foreigner, ELO, Bad Company, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Boston, Kiss, Emerson Lake & Palmer, Heart, The Eagles, Alice Cooper, Earth Wind and Fire, Chicago, Parliament, and many others. And while I really liked a lot of the Stones stuff it was the Who I found myself enjoying more.
Which worked out quite well as my best friend living a couple blocks over was a Stones fanatic. So he bought Stones albums and I bought Who albums and we would trade and listen whenever we got together on a weekend. The best of both worlds so to say.
The Beatles were just a bit before my time so I didn't grow up with their music all around me on the radio. When I did listen it was the mid to late 70's after their breakup and more of what I was hearing was Ringo and George singles and McCartney/Wings. And I can say that I do appreciate all that the Beatles did for music and how much they influenced and changed the world of music. But I was a bit of a late comer to the lads from Liverpool.
Let the musical arguments begin!!!
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Post by impulse on Apr 6, 2020 9:03:55 GMT -5
The Beatles, hands-down. Their accomplishments in the studio and their influence is undeniable, as is their harmony and melody. However, the most important thing, I think, is that they broke up before they had time to suck and also before the 80s which ruined the sound of many prior decade acts.
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Post by Batflunkie on Apr 6, 2020 9:31:08 GMT -5
The Beatles or The Rolling Stones or The Who? Probably The Rolling Stones, they played so much of them on my local classic rock station that it's not even funny. Absolutely love Gimmie Shelter and Paint It Black |
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Post by Slam_Bradley on Apr 6, 2020 9:44:31 GMT -5
This Monday's Which One: What you listen to says a lot about who you are. This week from superheroes to super-groups! The Beatles or The Rolling Stones or The Who?Probably the Rolling Stones. I actually still listen to them if they happen to come on. I also usually won't turn off the Beatles but I prefer the Stones. If I never heard The Who again it would be just fine. I honestly won't go out of my way to listen to any of them at this point. I'm just generally tired of 60s and 70s rock. I did see The Stones in concert when they were on their Voodoo Lounge Tour in October 1994. Seventh row center. Great show. |
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Post by EdoBosnar on Apr 6, 2020 9:55:10 GMT -5
I can't really say that I like any these three (and why three choices instead of two?) bands better than the others, but I'll go with the Rolling Stones, because I think I tend to listen to their music more often in recent years. And yeah, "Gimme Shelter" is just one of the best and coolest damn songs ever.
(If you had asked me this question many years ago, when I was aged roughly 12 through about 23, the answer would have been the Beatles by a quite a long shot).
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Post by impulse on Apr 6, 2020 10:21:57 GMT -5
Yeah, generally I have had my fill of the Stones and Beatles, and like Slam most 70s rock. I've kind of grown past it in my preferences, plus I've just heard so, so so much of it that I'm kinda tapped out on it. Not saying grown past it as in I'm too good for it or anything, it's just I've gotten into the stuff they influenced and that grew out of it. It's just feels kind of rudimentary now and so played out. That said, if I let it rest for a while every now and then I hear something and get sucked back into it for a while, but that hasn't happened for a while.
I never did get much into The Who. Their first album is really good, especially if you can put your mindset back to the 60s. Their albums were fine enough, but there was a clear point where the milk soured and you could tell right away. Still my least favorite of the three.
I still think The Beatles were best overall, and the Stones had a lot of filler BUT when they were on, they put out some killer individual songs.
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Post by impulse on Apr 6, 2020 13:08:08 GMT -5
OK, this one is mean. You can pick an unlimited supply of whatever variety of the one you choose, but you never get to have the other again.
Coffee or alcohol?
I'd probably go with coffee.
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Post by brutalis on Apr 6, 2020 13:15:12 GMT -5
I can't really say that I like any these three (and why three choices instead of two?)Because sometimes there are several options. For this one it was the predominantly "BIG" 3 British Invasion bands that everyone would have listened to while growing up or later on a classic rock station. |
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Post by beccabear67 on Apr 6, 2020 13:29:34 GMT -5
Stones, but sheesh, it's an impossible choice. I couldn't live without The Beatles or The Who, are you crazy asking obscene questions like this?  Oh yeah, Mick looked a right pratt in that wizard's hat!  
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Post by brutalis on Apr 6, 2020 13:55:38 GMT -5
Stones, but sheesh, it's an impossible choice. I couldn't live without The Beatles or The Who, are you crazy asking obscene questions like this? Yes, I am totally whackadoodle crazy insane like a mad hatter. It is a difficult question and intended to spark up some conversation! But I do sympathize and empathize with you becca. I really am a child of the 70's and would not want to listen to just ONE, but if I was forced into only being allowed one as my "spirit" band then as tough as a choice it might be I can stick with my decision for the Who. I mean c'mon, it's not like I'm asking you to make a really tough decision like a choice between life or death or choosing which child, is it?  |
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Post by The Captain on Apr 6, 2020 14:11:49 GMT -5
For me, it's The Who. When I was growing up, my dad was always listening to them, so I developed a fondness for them at an early age. I do like both The Beatles and the Stones (Beatles more when I was younger, Stones more now), but not as much as The Who.
This is a good question, but honestly, I think the better question would have been: The Who, Led Zeppelin, or Pink Floyd. They were more contemporaries with each other than they were with either The Beatles or The Stones, both of whom came to prominence in the early 1960s as opposed to the late 60s for the other three.
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Post by Slam_Bradley on Apr 6, 2020 14:41:09 GMT -5
For me, it's The Who. When I was growing up, my dad was always listening to them, so I developed a fondness for them at an early age. I do like both The Beatles and the Stones (Beatles more when I was younger, Stones more now), but not as much as The Who. This is a good question, but honestly, I think the better question would have been: The Who, Led Zeppelin, or Pink Floyd. They were more contemporaries with each other than they were with either The Beatles or The Stones, both of whom came to prominence in the early 1960s as opposed to the late 60s for the other three.  |
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Post by impulse on Apr 6, 2020 14:52:06 GMT -5
For me, it's The Who. When I was growing up, my dad was always listening to them, so I developed a fondness for them at an early age. I do like both The Beatles and the Stones (Beatles more when I was younger, Stones more now), but not as much as The Who. This is a good question, but honestly, I think the better question would have been: The Who, Led Zeppelin, or Pink Floyd. They were more contemporaries with each other than they were with either The Beatles or The Stones, both of whom came to prominence in the early 1960s as opposed to the late 60s for the other three. There was a time I'd have said Led Zeppelin, hands down, by a mile. Today, I'd change the station. |
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Post by The Captain on Apr 6, 2020 15:02:33 GMT -5
For me, it's The Who. When I was growing up, my dad was always listening to them, so I developed a fondness for them at an early age. I do like both The Beatles and the Stones (Beatles more when I was younger, Stones more now), but not as much as The Who. This is a good question, but honestly, I think the better question would have been: The Who, Led Zeppelin, or Pink Floyd. They were more contemporaries with each other than they were with either The Beatles or The Stones, both of whom came to prominence in the early 1960s as opposed to the late 60s for the other three. For picking The Who, or for my question using Led Zeppelin and Pink Floyd? |
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