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LoZoccolo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-13-07 11:48 AM
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72. If you want a band which is better than both the Beatles and the Rolling Stones, try Oasis.
They became international megastars in the 90s.
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  -Viet Nam experience? Stones much better than Beatles. DemoTex  Jun-12-07 09:07 PM   #0 
  - Stones were a bit edgier and less refined, but I'm hestitant to say better  DS1   Jun-12-07 09:09 PM   #1 
  - Well, I was as "edgy" as a cat scratching shit on a sidewalk.  DemoTex   Jun-12-07 09:13 PM   #5 
  - Didn't go to Viet Nam, but I always liked the Stones better than the Beatles.  ocelot   Jun-12-07 09:09 PM   #2 
  - Me too. I never tire of the Stones.  DemoTex   Jun-12-07 09:15 PM   #8 
  - The Beatles totally rocked the nation in a peaceful way.  Breeze54   Jun-12-07 09:11 PM   #3 
  - Good point.  DemoTex   Jun-12-07 09:23 PM   #18 
     - I really think that they  benddem   Jun-12-07 10:39 PM   #48 
  - The Beatles never turned into an oldies band or charactatures of themselves  K8-EEE   Jun-12-07 09:12 PM   #4 
  - Yes, but Keith Richards will never die. He can't.  ocelot   Jun-12-07 09:14 PM   #7 
     - Daddy's ashes + cocaine: Fountain of Youth  DemoTex   Jun-12-07 09:22 PM   #15 
  - My Chiropractor sez...  Turbineguy   Jun-12-07 09:14 PM   #6 
  - At the end Jesus Christ Super Star (on 8 tracks) was huge.  HereSince1628   Jun-12-07 09:15 PM   #9 
  - Because you had to play "HAIR" really loud!!  Breeze54   Jun-12-07 09:17 PM   #11 
  - I bought a TEAC 4010S.  DemoTex   Jun-12-07 09:27 PM   #21 
     - I sent any extra money back home to my 'bride'.  TahitiNut   Jun-12-07 09:51 PM   #37 
  - when i want to relax...the beatles  wildhorses   Jun-12-07 09:17 PM   #10 
  - I love them both, but..  tridim   Jun-12-07 09:18 PM   #12 
  - "From the Delta to the DMZ"  TomClash   Jun-12-07 09:20 PM   #13 
  - Cris Noel (AFVN-Saigon) used to send our unit kisses.  DemoTex   Jun-12-07 09:30 PM   #25 
     - H-O-T nt  TomClash   Jun-12-07 09:33 PM   #31 
     - You might be interested in this  notawol   Jun-12-07 10:44 PM   #49 
  - Paint it Black Rolling Stones  seemslikeadream   Jun-12-07 09:21 PM   #14 
  - "Paint it Black"  DemoTex   Jun-12-07 09:37 PM   #32 
  - "I see the girls walk by dressed in their summer clothes,  retread   Jun-13-07 06:12 PM   #75 
     - War, children, its just a shot away  seemslikeadream   Jun-13-07 07:29 PM   #79 
  - The stones all the way  monktonman   Jun-12-07 09:22 PM   #16 
  - B*A*L*O*N*E*Y!!!!  Breeze54   Jun-12-07 09:23 PM   #19 
  - RIGHT ON!! Mick would have stayed in accounting school w/o the Beatles  K8-EEE   Jun-12-07 09:28 PM   #22 
     - I don't think the Stones were edgier....maybe in style not substance  K8-EEE   Jun-12-07 09:30 PM   #27 
     - The feedback began "I Feel Fine," but, yes, I think even Mick would say the Beatles are better. nt  MookieWilson   Jun-12-07 09:42 PM   #33 
        - Oh DUH yeah! Hey L.A. area Stones/Beatles fans:  K8-EEE   Jun-12-07 11:43 PM   #60 
     - Absolutely! The Stones were followers! The Beatles were unique!  Breeze54   Jun-12-07 09:33 PM   #30 
     - Actually not.  Confound W   Jun-12-07 10:38 PM   #47 
        - Scuze me but Lennon/McCartney were influenced by blues FIRST!  K8-EEE   Jun-12-07 11:45 PM   #61 
           - And Elvis Presley!!!  Breeze54   Jun-12-07 11:53 PM   #63 
              - And the Everly Brothers. And Carl Perkins. nt  MookieWilson   Jun-13-07 06:09 AM   #66 
  - No better than the Back street Boys?  Zensea   Jun-12-07 09:42 PM   #34 
  - LMAO.. The Beatles sucked??? Maybe not your cup of tea  walldude   Jun-12-07 09:58 PM   #41 
  - Deleted message  Name removed   Jun-12-07 10:48 PM   #51 
  - Beatles on Ed Sullivan (youtube) Look how geeky the audicence looks  K8-EEE   Jun-12-07 09:22 PM   #17 
  - Oh, this is good for a flame war!  Zensea   Jun-12-07 09:25 PM   #20 
  - Well, it's true that Mick Jagger attended the London School of Economics for awhile.  ocelot   Jun-12-07 09:29 PM   #23 
  - it's funny to think that Mick Jagger was a pretty good student ...  Lisa   Jun-12-07 09:30 PM   #24 
  - First line of subject narrowed the discussion: "Viet Nam experience?"  DemoTex   Jun-12-07 09:47 PM   #35 
     - 'xactly.  TahitiNut   Jun-12-07 09:49 PM   #36 
     - I remember hearing the Beatles in Nam  ben_meyers   Jun-12-07 09:56 PM   #39 
     - Don't get high and mighty with me  Zensea   Jun-12-07 10:00 PM   #42 
        - "Experience of death .." No, I did not experience death.  DemoTex   Jun-12-07 10:24 PM   #45 
           - Check my edit if you missed it, I did lighten up  Zensea   Jun-12-07 10:27 PM   #46 
              - Got it dude. Thanks. We are all in this leaky boat together.  DemoTex   Jun-12-07 10:48 PM   #50 
  - Not a Stones fan at all; used to think because they were  babylonsister   Jun-12-07 09:30 PM   #26 
  - Stones, Motown, Grand Funk, Country Joe, S&G ... stuff that makes me time travel.  TahitiNut   Jun-12-07 09:31 PM   #28 
  - "Mrs. Robinson" by S&G: Staple in my Viet Nam fiction. Based on reality.  DemoTex   Jun-12-07 09:56 PM   #40 
  - It was enormously popular for lots of reasons, I think.  TahitiNut   Jun-12-07 11:09 PM   #56 
  - Do you remember "We Gotta Get Out Of This Place" ?  aint_no_life_nowhere   Jun-12-07 11:16 PM   #57 
     - Did you read my post #28???  TahitiNut   Jun-12-07 11:25 PM   #58 
        - Sorry - too many posts to read and not enough time at the end of the day  aint_no_life_nowhere   Jun-12-07 11:29 PM   #59 
  - Well there was the White Album  Bandit   Jun-13-07 11:32 AM   #71 
     - How could I miss mentioning BS&T??  TahitiNut   Jun-13-07 12:01 PM   #73 
        - I think I know what you mean T.N.  annabanana   Jun-13-07 06:37 PM   #77 
  - for raw talent, the Beatles are second to none  AtomicKitten   Jun-12-07 09:32 PM   #29 
  - Beatles Were Much Better (After Owsley Turned 'em ON)  AndyTiedye   Jun-12-07 09:54 PM   #38 
  - Don't forget Dylan ...  Zensea   Jun-12-07 10:04 PM   #43 
  - I saw the Stones play live from the very beginning.  Lint Head   Jun-12-07 10:16 PM   #44 
     - Well said! Right on!  Breeze54   Jun-12-07 10:49 PM   #52 
     - The summer of 1977, I saw the Stones and ELO.  AtomicKitten   Jun-13-07 12:38 AM   #65 
  - The Rolling Stones were a bit more bluesy than the Beatles  aint_no_life_nowhere   Jun-12-07 10:56 PM   #53 
  - partying back in the 70's and 80's,  KCdemocrat   Jun-12-07 10:57 PM   #54 
  - According to my S/O ... a Vietnam Vet  tyedyeto   Jun-12-07 10:59 PM   #55 
  - Hahaha, You sound like my older brother.  Major Hogwash   Jun-12-07 11:47 PM   #62 
  - The Beatles damned near sucked all the air out of the world, when  Joe Fields   Jun-12-07 11:54 PM   #64 
  - Plus  H2O Man   Jun-13-07 06:19 AM   #67 
  - Did you ever hear the song "We got to get out of this Place"?  Toots   Jun-13-07 07:28 AM   #68 
  - See my post above.  TahitiNut   Jun-13-07 10:41 AM   #70 
  - Eric Burden. nt  Snotcicles   Jun-13-07 06:46 PM   #78 
  - Beatles and Stones were BOTH great.  FredfromSpace   Jun-13-07 07:48 AM   #69 
  - It's the other way around!!  Breeze54   Jun-13-07 05:12 PM   #74 
  - If you want a band which is better than both the Beatles and the Rolling Stones, try Oasis.  LoZoccolo   Jun-13-07 11:48 AM   #72 
  - Paul McCartney practically invented rock bass  Zodiak Ironfist   Jun-13-07 06:25 PM   #76 
  - I was/ am a bigger  Johonny   Jun-13-07 07:29 PM   #80 
 

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