Back in the day.. Could the Zombies go toe to toe with the Beatles?!?

[Joe Shlabotnik]

I know ...

[The Second Stone]

1. They had quality stuff that holds up well, but...

there wasn't enough of it to make a comparison, and their range was narrow by comparison.

[pinboy3niner]

2. Same for the Yardbirds and the Kinks

Two other great bands.

[WinkyDink]

3. Sure....until you run out of Zombies songs and still have hundreds of Beatles ones left.

[malthaussen]

4. Yeah, I share the consensus

There are many individual performances that can rise to the level of the Beatles, but no one in rock can match their sustained output, even bands that have stayed together much longer than the Beatles. Miles Davis can match (or exceed) them in range, but he's jazz, after all.

-- Mal

[NewJeffCT]

6. That's how I feel as well

There are many groups that have had 1, 2, 5 or 10 great songs, or maybe 1, 2 or 3 great albums. But, the Beatles just had so much high quality music in such a short time.

[rug]

5. The Dave Clark 5 were neck in neck out of the gate, but they faded.

The Beatles soared.

[rocktivity]

7. Not in America -- The Beatles had too big of a head start

Of course, my opinion could be colored by the fact that I was bitten by the Beatles at the tender age of nine. I was so "loyal" to them I wanted nothing to do with all the other copycat/wannabe "Brit invasion" bands -- especially those scruffy-looking Rolling Stones! Fortunately, my musical tolerances and tastes matured along with me, and found that I wasn't hurting The Beatles by liking the Kinks, Syndicate of Sound, Herman's Hermits, The Moody Blues, and especially Deep Purple.


rocktivity

[rurallib]

8. Zombies died quickly

[pinboy3niner]

9. Only if you got them in the head

[olddots]

10. commerce and art are like oil & water

they don't mix .