Which band is better? For some reason The Rolling Stones are of legendary status and I don't really know why. Anyways, I think The Who are better, they rock so much. Their band is so kickass. The Who is one of the Best bands in the 70s.

This is honestly one of those polls that I cant vote for. I love both groups and cant decide.

I never liked Stones except a couple of their songs.

I voted for the Rolling Stones even though I'm a fan of both of them equally & they're still rockin after all these years.  

i think it has to be the stones

Quoted from 197

i think it has to be the stones

The Stones were at their baddest & ballsiest during the late 60's/early 70's in their music, their image & their attitude.  I will always remember them from that period when I first became aware of them at the time.

Rolling Stones..but the who still rock  

Stones, too many many great albums..

Quoted from Wayne L.

The Stones were at their baddest & ballsiest during the late 60's/early 70's in their music, their image & their attitude.  I will always remember them from that period when I first became aware of them at the time.

Right on, their performance on the rolling stones rock n roll circus video is outstanding, i love it! and i can't believe they thought they had been upstaged by the who

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Right on, their performance on the rolling stones rock n roll circus video is outstanding, i love it! and i can't believe they thought they had been upstaged by the who

I f my opinion was just on Rock N' Roll circus I would say The Who. Mick's performance of Sympathy for the dvil was a little much IMO.

Quoted from Dmitry

I never liked Stones except a couple of their songs.

The catalouge of "quality songs" the Stones have performed is only surpassed prehaps by the Beatles themselves. A couple of songs? Satisfaction, Have You Seen Your Mother's Baby, Lady Jane, Paint It Black, Midnight Rambler, Jumping Jack Flash, Honkey Tonk Woman, Sympathy For The Devil, Gimme Shelter, Angie, Let It Bleed, Stray Cat Blues, Start Me Up, It's Only Rock And Roll, Brown Sugar, Tumbling Dice, Under My Thumb, She's A Rainbow, Danilion. As you can see these are but a few of the Rolling Stones hits. Which "couple" were you thinking about?

I believe Gimme Shelter has one of the best intro's in rock. Is that Keith doing the high bits? And Sympathy For The Devil is as about a perfect a rock song as can be. Killer guitar, awesome lyrics, sneering vocal, spooky backing vocals. Fantastic.
Never got off on The Who (except a couple of songs) but my exposure to them has been a lot less.

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The catalouge of "quality songs" the Stones have performed is only surpassed prehaps by the Beatles themselves.

Don't let BP catch you saying that. The Androids will be after you.

Quoted from apple sauce

The catalouge of "quality songs" the Stones have performed is only surpassed prehaps by the Beatles themselves. A couple of songs? Satisfaction, Have You Seen Your Mother's Baby, Lady Jane, Paint It Black, Midnight Rambler, Jumping Jack Flash, Honkey Tonk Woman, Sympathy For The Devil, Gimme Shelter, Angie, Let It Bleed, Stray Cat Blues, Start Me Up, It's Only Rock And Roll, Brown Sugar, Tumbling Dice, Under My Thumb, She's A Rainbow, Danilion. As you can see these are but a few of the Rolling Stones hits. Which "couple" were you thinking about?

I could easily add 75 top notch songs to that list

Yea my figers were starting to cramp up so I just listed a few of the more noteable ones.

I believe the "Who" never really broke in America like the Beatles nad Stones did! Yes they had some hits and did sell a few million lps, but their songs were never played on the radio the way the Stones and Beatles efforts were therefore their exposure to the mass public never really occured.

Huh? The Who have been and continue to be hugely popular over here. I hear their songs all the time. Especially since there are about five tv shows on now that have a Who song as its theme. Even when the Brits were starting to wise up to their subpar output in the 80's, their last record at that time which didn't do that well in the UK sold in HUGE numbers over here. They've been playing to massive crowds for ages and always sell out. I think the Who is up there with the Beatles, Stones, and Zeppelin in popularity in the US. No question. I think it's as true now as it was in the 60's/70's. I was always more into them then the Stones anyway. I'm so sick of the Stones these days. I recognize their greatness, but I can't really get all that into them. They were great in concert though. But the Who were way better. And that was minus Moon when I saw them. I can't even imagine now great they would have been with him.

WEll if you were around in the 60s you would realize that the "Beatles" and "Stones" were much more popular and were not classifyed as just a group for "Mods" as they were though of. The Beatles exposure is legendary and the Stones had to work hard to even try to keep up. The Who never had as many hits in N America to give them the same exposure! Yes lots of people liked the Who but for every Who fan there was probebly a 100 Beatle fans?

Neither...

I like the Stones mid to late 60's period, up to but not including Sticky Fingers. I like The Who up to Quadrophenia (not including Tommy). But I could easily live without both of them.

I'm suprised to see The Who ahead on the vote, seeing as so many people on this thread seem to prefer The Stones!

I have listened to my Who albums way more than the Stones. However, Rolling Stones are great fun to sing along with in the car.

The Who!! The Stone's annoy me after a while. They are too into the whole trying to be ethnic thing. The Who are straight up rock. They're more real to me. There's no one like them. I'm only talking about the original Who here. But they both blew me away in concert. But I didn't see the Who with Moon, so God only knows how much more floored I would have been had he been on that stage.

Though I'm not a big fan of either I saw The Who in 1976 at Charlton's football ground - The Valley. As I remember they were fantastic, though there was crowd trouble I think because of forged tickets. And unless my memory's on the blink, they played absolutely nothing from Quadrophenia!

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Though I'm not a big fan of either I saw The Who in 1976 at Charlton's football ground - The Valley. As I remember they were fantastic, though there was crowd trouble I think because of forged tickets. And unless my memory's on the blink, they played absolutely nothing from Quadrophenia!

A friend of mine was there too. He said their was a palpable air of violence in the crowd from the beginning. He agrees it was a great concert.

Quoted from Sandra

The Who!! The Stone's annoy me after a while. They are too into the whole trying to be ethnic thing. .

Hi Sandra. Ouch! They were originally a blues band after all, and that was at the core of their sound. And Mick's stage act probably owed more to James Brown than Bobby Darren, but "trying to be ethnic?"

For me its the Stones. from 69 to 73 they were top of the pile (imo). A run of great albums and singles.
My Generation is outstanding, but as a recording act they leave me cold. Never seen them live.

Quoted from Kevin

I believe Gimme Shelter has one of the best intro's in rock. Is that Keith doing the high bits? And Sympathy For The Devil is as about a perfect a rock song as can be. Killer guitar, awesome lyrics, sneering vocal, spooky backing vocals. Fantastic.
Never got off on The Who (except a couple of songs) but my exposure to them has been a lot less.

And Honky Tonk Women is my favourite riff song ... not only because of the guitar but bass and drums too! That's a stone in the way!

Love The Stones and The Who.The Who had the lyrics, The Stones had the Riffs! Gimme Shelter, Honky Tonk Women, Paint it Black,etc.,.........

So your vote goes to ...  

Can't really decide..............

Quoted from Revolution

Can't really decide..............

You're not the only one  

definately the stones for me- I just love Mick's vocals! and amazing songs like 'sympathy for the devil' just live on forever

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definately the stones for me[...]

But, have you voted?  

It's hard to compare these two bands cuz they're so different. I used to lean more towards the Who, but now I think I'd vote for the Stones. But I already voted a while ago so oh well!

How about which band's Keith was most insane? I used to think it was Moon, but I just heard this on the news tonight:

LONDON - Rolling Stones guitarist Keith Richards acknowledged that he mixed his father's ashes with cocaine and that "it went down pretty well."

The 63 year old icon told British music magazine NME: "The strangest thing I've tried to snort? My father. I snorted my father. He was cremated, and I couldn't resist grinding him up with a little bit of blow. My dad wouldn't have cared."

Richards' father, Bert, passed away in 2002, he was 84.

Richards went on to warn others of his lifestyle and did not in any way endorse such behavior. Speaking further with NME he stated, "I did it because that was the way I did it. Now people think it's a way of life."


I think that may slightly more insane than anything "Moon the Loon" ever did. I think. Ick.

That is some pretty weird stuff from Richards   But I still think The Who are better than Rolling stones. I think The Rolling Stones are more Mainstream which is why some people would think they're better than The Who.

If The Stones had stopped after 'Black and Blue' it would make things easier. I think because they've become a sad caricature of themselves there's no way I could vote for them.

The Who. The Stones are great, make no mistake, but I just think The Who are overall superior. Roger is a better frontman then Mick (and that's saying something), and I enjoy Townshend's guitar style more.