Are you an "Elvis" or "Beatles" person?

[srebbe64]

According to Quentin Tarrantino, it's an important question!

As for me, Elvis couldn't hold a light to The Beatles.

There again, I am British!

[C C]

The Beatles.

Could be a Brit thing though.

[zaktoo]

Elvis couldn't hold a light, period. He makes Westlife seem like talented men - I can't believe he was so popular.

Ciao

Zak

[Pigeon]

Beatles, no question. Elvis is OK, but the Beatles are great.

[srebbe64]

zaktoo said:

Elvis couldn't hold a light, period. He makes Westlife seem like talented men - I can't believe he was so popular. Ciao Zak

Indeed. The Beatles wrote their own songs - Elvis didn't. The Beatles performed with instruments, Elvis didn't - although his voice was amazing.

Personally I'd give The Beatles 10 out of 10, whereas Elvis gets 8 out of 10.

[allnighter]

Definitely The Beatles, the song writing and the melodies are just brilliant, never was mad keen on Elvis, but that's probably because my mum adored him, and had all his LPs.

[jimbeaux]

srebbe64 said:

zaktoo said: Elvis couldn't hold a light, period. He makes Westlife seem like talented men - I can't believe he was so popular. Ciao Zak Indeed. The Beatles wrote their own songs - Elvis didn't. The Beatles performed with instruments, Elvis didn't - although his voice was amazing. Personally I'd give The Beatles 10 out of 10, whereas Elvis gets 8 out of 10.

Right on the writing & instruments, Beatles were tops! Myself, I admire voice when it comes to music(since there is so little of that today)and very few, especially the Beatles, could match Elvis' voice.

[pesty]

stones

[speedy_thrills]

srebbe64 said:

The Beatles wrote their own songs - Elvis didn't. The Beatles performed with instruments, Elvis didn't - although his voice was amazing.

Elvis, I really can’t stand “the beatles”.

Just in reply to the above comments he did co-write a lot of his music, he often played the guitar but could not “read” music very well. The Beatles where the same, they did not write all of their music or write it without external guidance. I assume by the time most artists are famous this happens, there is a limited amount of time they can spend in the studio if they want to go on tour.

"It seemed like that kid knew [Elvis] every damn song in the world. Elvis played good rhythm guitar, but he didn't know all the chords to some of the songs, so he'd play as far as he could and just keep singing." – Guitarist Scotty Moore.

[towman]

pesty said:

stones

Beat me to it!
Deffo a third category.

[ZR1cliff]

Beatles,although i found a lot of their stuff very depressing as a kid.

[up-the-dubs]

Bright light city gonna set my soul, gonna set my soul on fire....
gotta whole lotta money thats a ready to burn so set my night on fire!,
theres a thousand pretty women waitin out there,
they're all livin, the devil may care,
well I'm just the devil so love beware,
Viva Las Vegas
Viva Las Vegas
Vivaaaaa
Vivaaaaaa
Las Vegaaaaaaaaas


The Beatles aren't a patch on the KING.

[telecat]

Cannot stand either, now if Bowie was added.

[Eric Mc]

If Elvis had appeared in 1965 rather than 1956, he wouldn't have been noticed. Elvis was lucky in bursting on the scene when he did. Kids were ready to throw out all their "parents" music in 1956 - Elvis provided them with the means to do that.

I still MUCH prefer The Beatles though.

[beano500]

Beatles

Creative little package.

Of their time.

More than the sum of their constituent parts.

[Bomber Denton]

Beatles - no contest.

Elvis was out of date before he started!

[koenig999]

Neither - Iggy & the Stooges please.

Koenig

[Jaglover]

I prefer the Beatles but Elvis was good as well and very revolutionary.

[motco]

Some of Elvis's best stuff was on B sides or on obscure albums, blues in particular. Nothing from his later stuff - after the Blue Hawaii period - is worthy of his voice really. As for the Beatles, they were too far up their own a*ses; especially Lennon. I have to admit that one track on 'Imagine' hits the spot though. Can't remeber the title but it starts "Oh my lover for the first time in my life...."

[simpo two]

Elvis, without a doubt, bringing black music to white ears. Unmatched voice too. By contrast the Beatles were just a fashion, and also influenced by Elvis and rock and roll (listen to their early stuff)

NB If the Beatles reformed now they'd do Drum 'n' Bass

>> Edited by simpo two on Saturday 10th December 10:22