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Originally Posted by SeattleUte
After all these years, I have to say it's between the Stones and the Beatles, neck and neck.
I must have grown up in the nadir of rock and roll. None of my old favorite bands have aged well. The Doobie Bros., The Eagles, Elton John, America, Loggins & Messina, Jethro Tull. Bleck! I can't bear to listen to any of them. I like Neil Young and still could enjoy him, but someone told me he's really, like Dylan, a '60's phenomenon.
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WHen is the last time you bought a Stones album? The Stones WERE rgeat, no doubt, but after the last 372 albums, all issued in support fo the steel wheel chair tour or somesuch, I can't say they do much for me now. SO you still like to hear Jagger bellow about sex but can't listen to the Eagles and tequila sunrise? Different strokes (Classic Stones is still great, IMO)
I think choosing the greatest band ever is very hard unless you define the criteria. Are we talking live perfromances? Beatles lose and Springsteen vaults very high. Are we tlakign recorded perfromances? Beatles leap back up and other groups like Steely Dan suddenly show well. SO it all depends on what we are talkign about. Eiother way, and I do admire Eddy's gyuitar work, Van Halen does not make my perosnla top 5 (and this is coming from a guy who was in a band that covered almost every song from their first two albums, so I know early VH pretty well).