Here's something you might be interested in.
http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2012/mar/24/21520/
For decades, the battle has raged: Beatles or Stones? Through their heyday, fans accused London’s Rolling Stones of stealing ideas -- even entire albums – from their Liverpool counterparts.
At the same time, the Beatles secretly envied the Stones’ “bad boy” image and attitude, often copying their style. Both bands are unmistakably great, scoring an array of hits that changed musical history, but only one can be the best. The most infamous rivalry in rock and roll?
Beatles vs. Stones: A Musical Shoot Out takes the stage on April 4 at Anthology in Little Italy, featuring tribute bands Abbey Road and Jumping Jack Flash. The Palos Verdes High School String Quartet will perform four songs onstage with both bands.
Will the Stones be yelling for “Help” to fight the songwriting prowess of Lennon/McCartney?
Or will the Beatles cry “Gimme Shelter” from the relentless sonic barrage of Jagger/Richards classics?
“The Beatles cornered the rock market on cute suits and fluffy hairdos, but then they stood still on stage and modeled them,” according to Young Hutchison, who plays a dead ringer for Keith Richards in both swagger and ability. “The Stones rocked the stage, and worked as hard as the bluesmen they modeled their stage show after, generating the smoldering sexuality that came to be a hallmark of great rock-n-roll acts. The Beatles? Well, they were cute! The Stones were the original punks, outsiders at best. Beatles took tea with the bloody Queen, How rock-n-roll is that?!”
http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2012/mar/24/21517/
As for the Beatle response? "We got our Sgt. Pepper jackets made a little long so the Stones would have no problem riding our coattails," mocks drummer Axel Clarke as Ringo. "That Mick Jagger sure can move! It's a shame he has to work twice as hard to be half as good!"
To quote from the event press release, "This ultimate battle of the bands pits the mop tops against the bad boys. London against Liverpool. Guitars will weep and dice will tumble, and in the end, when the whip comes down, only one band shall emerge victorious."
http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2012/mar/24/21520/
For decades, the battle has raged: Beatles or Stones? Through their heyday, fans accused London’s Rolling Stones of stealing ideas -- even entire albums – from their Liverpool counterparts.
At the same time, the Beatles secretly envied the Stones’ “bad boy” image and attitude, often copying their style. Both bands are unmistakably great, scoring an array of hits that changed musical history, but only one can be the best. The most infamous rivalry in rock and roll?
Beatles vs. Stones: A Musical Shoot Out takes the stage on April 4 at Anthology in Little Italy, featuring tribute bands Abbey Road and Jumping Jack Flash. The Palos Verdes High School String Quartet will perform four songs onstage with both bands.
Will the Stones be yelling for “Help” to fight the songwriting prowess of Lennon/McCartney?
Or will the Beatles cry “Gimme Shelter” from the relentless sonic barrage of Jagger/Richards classics?
“The Beatles cornered the rock market on cute suits and fluffy hairdos, but then they stood still on stage and modeled them,” according to Young Hutchison, who plays a dead ringer for Keith Richards in both swagger and ability. “The Stones rocked the stage, and worked as hard as the bluesmen they modeled their stage show after, generating the smoldering sexuality that came to be a hallmark of great rock-n-roll acts. The Beatles? Well, they were cute! The Stones were the original punks, outsiders at best. Beatles took tea with the bloody Queen, How rock-n-roll is that?!”
http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2012/mar/24/21517/
As for the Beatle response? "We got our Sgt. Pepper jackets made a little long so the Stones would have no problem riding our coattails," mocks drummer Axel Clarke as Ringo. "That Mick Jagger sure can move! It's a shame he has to work twice as hard to be half as good!"
To quote from the event press release, "This ultimate battle of the bands pits the mop tops against the bad boys. London against Liverpool. Guitars will weep and dice will tumble, and in the end, when the whip comes down, only one band shall emerge victorious."