beatles the better band. but exiles the greatest.
― Michael B, Monday, 26 January 2009 15:11 (fifteen years ago) link
Fuck, Exile, no question.
"1965: rubber soul vs out of our heads (beatles, easily)1966: aftermath vs revolver (beatles)1967: between the buttons vs sgt pepper (close to a tie, though i still give the edge to the beatles)1967 part two: their satanic majesties request vs MMT (Stones)1968: beggars banquet vs the white album (Stones)1969: let it bleed vs abbey road (stones)1970/71: sticky fingers vs let it be (stones)"
Fixed your wrongness. Though, frankly, it's mostly because of the match-ups (and because the American releases are confusing as hell to keep track of). Like, Aftermath would beat Sgt. Pepper for me, but Between The Buttons can't. And Satanic only barely clears MMT for me, mostly because I hate MMT and think only most of SMR is crap. But from Beggars on, there's no question.
― THESE ARE MY FEELINGS! FEEL MY FEELINGS! (I eat cannibals), Monday, 26 January 2009 21:52 (fifteen years ago) link
exile
I'd like to know though what's wrong w. Abbey Rd?
― seppuku toothbrush (Drugs A. Money), Monday, 26 January 2009 22:45 (fifteen years ago) link
it ain't Let It Bleed.
― Keep The Dogs Away (Ioannis), Monday, 26 January 2009 22:53 (fifteen years ago) link
im with gbx & he1geson
― twitty milk (deej), Monday, 26 January 2009 23:36 (fifteen years ago) link
Exile because of Charlie Watts.
― leavethecapital, Tuesday, 27 January 2009 01:49 (fifteen years ago) link
1964: A Hard Day's Night Vs. Rolling Stones: Beatles landslide1964: Help! Vs. Rolling Stones No. 2: Beatles landslide1965: Rubber Soul Vs. Out Of Our Heads: Beatles landslide1966: Revolver Vs. Aftermath: Better Stones albums, but still Beatles by a lot1967: Sgt. Pepper Vs. Between The Buttons: Beatles, but also a good Stones album1967: Magical Mystery Tour Vs. Their Majesties Satanic Request: Beatles still wins, ahead of the best Stones album1968: The White Album Vs. Beggar's Banquet: Both dipping a bit in quality from being too fixated with "roots" and leaving psych pop behind. Still Beatles1969: Abbey Road Vs. Let It Bleed: Landslide win for The Beatles.1970-71: Let It Be Vs. Sticky Fingers: Still Beatles although this is one or the worst Beatles albums.
― Geir Hongro, Tuesday, 27 January 2009 11:25 (fifteen years ago) link
Go away.
Exile wins this, tho White Album is the only Beatles I've ever actually contemplated owning.
― Vicious Cop Kills Gentle Fool (Tom D.), Tuesday, 27 January 2009 11:31 (fifteen years ago) link
Automatic thread bump. This poll is closing tomorrow.
― System, Monday, 9 February 2009 00:01 (fifteen years ago) link
both are badass rambles.
― nicky lo-fi, Monday, 9 February 2009 05:16 (fifteen years ago) link
exile for sure, cuz erratic stones sure tops erratic beatles
― Charlie Howard, Monday, 9 February 2009 05:18 (fifteen years ago) link
Exile, because no corny McCartney horsecrap.
this
― forecast from stonehenge (get bent), Monday, 9 February 2009 05:36 (fifteen years ago) link
give me 7 martha my dears
― PappaWheelie V, Monday, 9 February 2009 06:25 (fifteen years ago) link
It's like would I rather watch Saturday morning cartoons or read Hemingway? I love the shit out of Hemingway but most days I'm gonna pick Saturday morning cartoons cause I ain't always in the mood to edify myself.
― BIG HOOS aka the steendriver
what the hell are you talking about
― i like to fart and i am crazy (gbx)
This made me laugh. Hoos, if you don't like it, it's ok. The Rolling Stones are far from being medicinal, and you don't have to swallow it if you don't like the taste.
I voted for Exile, the rest of the thread sight unseen.
― Bad Banana On Broadway (kenan), Monday, 9 February 2009 07:18 (fifteen years ago) link
Hmm, so is this another where all the posts ref the Rollings, yet the White album wins?
― Mark G, Monday, 9 February 2009 08:06 (fifteen years ago) link
Hopefully.
― Donate your display name to Farfisa, I mean Moog (Autumn Almanac), Monday, 9 February 2009 09:13 (fifteen years ago) link
^^^ discourse
also, exiles a bit too 'americana' for me. call me close minded but i quite like british bands that still sound somewhat british ;)― uk grime faggot (titchyschneiderMk2), Sunday, 25 January 2009 18:54 (2 weeks ago)
― uk grime faggot (titchyschneiderMk2), Sunday, 25 January 2009 18:54 (2 weeks ago)
This is the reason i dont like the who
― X-101, Monday, 9 February 2009 10:05 (fifteen years ago) link
Both are the act's most overrated, but The Beatles >> Stones, so "The White Album" still has this.
― Geir Hongro, Monday, 9 February 2009 10:38 (fifteen years ago) link
Automatic thread bump. This poll's results are now in.
― System, Tuesday, 10 February 2009 00:01 (fifteen years ago) link
that's right beatles suck it
― 鬼の手 (Edward III), Tuesday, 10 February 2009 00:10 (fifteen years ago) link
wow! hearing only their major singles i have never had any interest in the stones, but now i'm tempted to check out this album. i'm not a huge white album fan, but still.
― samosa gibreel, Tuesday, 10 February 2009 00:37 (fifteen years ago) link
blimey, good turn out for this one. i have a lot of time for both of them.
― sam500, Tuesday, 10 February 2009 00:39 (fifteen years ago) link
Getting some bad vibes from the White Album when listening to it for the first time in a long time. Thought about other bad vibes albums and the first one that comes to mind was Exile. So Exile wins above pretty decisively on Best, but which one has the Worst Vibes?
Exile: I could see this album soundtracking some bad things, say a bank robbery, or overdosing on heroin, but this album seems fundamentally positive to me. Chaotic Good?White: This album "soundtracked" the Manson slayings. It seems really unhinged on some level. Lawful Evil?
― hocus pocus, alakazam (PBKR), Wednesday, 24 November 2021 23:47 (two years ago) link
Breakfast in America
― brimstead, Thursday, 25 November 2021 01:16 (two years ago) link
middle age despair, messy, suicidal
― brimstead, Thursday, 25 November 2021 01:17 (two years ago) link
Ugh I’m sorry, youre talking about something completely different
― brimstead, Thursday, 25 November 2021 01:18 (two years ago) link
LA Woman?
― brimstead, Thursday, 25 November 2021 01:19 (two years ago) link
Exile is like the 12 stages of being f'cked up, from elation to misery.
― earlnash, Thursday, 25 November 2021 01:25 (two years ago) link
Exile.
― Legalize Suburban Benches (Raymond Cummings), Thursday, 25 November 2021 04:28 (two years ago) link
On sober reflection in the morning I'm having a hard time separating my question in the revive re: bad vibes from the fundamental poll question of which is better. At this stage of my life I would much rather listen to Exile and if I could magically transport myself and friends (dead, or alive but scattered) to a bar to shoot pool and the shit over beers, Exile would be a contender for an album I could put on that would be perfect.
Exile is more laid back and cool even though it rocks, while the White Album is more aggro and insidious, though acoustic and mellow in parts. Maybe?
― hocus pocus, alakazam (PBKR), Thursday, 25 November 2021 13:27 (two years ago) link
Makes sense.
― Sporting with the Fbclid (James Redd and the Blecchs), Thursday, 25 November 2021 13:30 (two years ago) link
Beggars Banquet is the White Album equivalent for the Stones: folk guitar, funny accents, fiddles, Mellotrons making strange sounds, psychedelic hangover in a roots context.Not having seen it, I suspect the new documentary is the Exile equivalent for the Beatles.
― Halfway there but for you, Thursday, 25 November 2021 15:19 (two years ago) link
it's hard for me to me to compare an album where all the songs fuse together with an album where all the songs repel each other like magnets, but I've never gotten a bad vibe from Exile; there's too much love in it for that, even if it's a fuzzed-out hungover kind of love.
― Lily Dale, Thursday, 25 November 2021 15:36 (two years ago) link
^^truth!
― fancy like applebeez (morrisp), Thursday, 25 November 2021 16:52 (two years ago) link
Great post, Lily Dale, and interesting distinction between the two.
― hocus pocus, alakazam (PBKR), Saturday, 27 November 2021 00:30 (two years ago) link
Completely OTM Lily Dale.
― birdistheword, Saturday, 27 November 2021 00:46 (two years ago) link