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they both f**king awesome but the who always had their style (not motown rips offs) so the who wins



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Points: 824 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: August 05 2007 at 18:45
Originally posted by mrcozdude mrcozdude wrote:

they both f**king awesome but the who always had their style (not motown rips offs) so the who wins
 
The Who recorded Heat Wave..... if that isn't a Motown ripoff then I don't know what is.
 
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Points: 46828 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: August 05 2007 at 19:02
Originally posted by Walker Walker wrote:

Originally posted by mrcozdude mrcozdude wrote:

they both f**king awesome but the who always had their style (not motown rips offs) so the who wins
 
The Who recorded Heat Wave..... if that isn't a Motown ripoff then I don't know what is.
 


it was the only song Moon could compose LOL

by the way..... can anyone here actually admit to buying a copy of Moon's solo album.



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Points: 824 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: August 05 2007 at 19:23
^^^ DUDE!... was it really necessary to post that pic! Nuke
 
 
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Points: 46828 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: August 05 2007 at 19:25
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^^^ DUDE!... was it really necessary to post that pic! Nuke
 
 


what better way to describe the album LOL.  Sometimes a picture is worth a thousand words hahhaha.
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Points: 824 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: August 05 2007 at 19:26
A thousand words better left unsaid if you ask me! Ouch
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Points: 46828 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: August 05 2007 at 19:27
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A thousand words better left unsaid if you ask me! Ouch


yeah.... maybe I should have left that album out of the conversation hahhaha.
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Points: 2078 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: August 05 2007 at 19:36
Originally posted by Walker Walker wrote:

Originally posted by mrcozdude mrcozdude wrote:

they both f**king awesome but the who always had their style (not motown rips offs) so the who wins
 
The Who recorded Heat Wave..... if that isn't a Motown ripoff then I don't know what is.
 
 
well the beatles started their career as a motown rip off then where as the who were r&b



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Points: 37575 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: August 05 2007 at 19:44
Originally posted by mrcozdude mrcozdude wrote:

Originally posted by Walker Walker wrote:

Originally posted by mrcozdude mrcozdude wrote:

they both f**king awesome but the who always had their style (not motown rips offs) so the who wins
 
The Who recorded Heat Wave..... if that isn't a Motown ripoff then I don't know what is.
 
 
well the beatles started their career as a motown rip off then where as the who were r&b
In the early 1960's Motown was an R&B label - both The Beatles and The Who where Beat groups.
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Points: 144 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: August 05 2007 at 19:53
At the beginning of their career's the Who were way better. I'm talking Please Please Me, Beatles For Sale era here.
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The Beatles were recording their 5th album when The Who released My Generation, even by 1965 standards things had moved on considerably since Please Please Me and Beatles for Sale. You simple cannot compare their early careers - The Who were already benefiting from the influence of both the Beatles and the Stones and trailing in the wake of the Kinks and the Yardbirds. It wasn't until Revolver & Sgt Pepper did the Who themselves change direction and start bringing the Art-school thinking into pop music.
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Points: 824 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: August 05 2007 at 20:12
Originally posted by MHDTV MHDTV wrote:

At the beginning of their career's the Who were way better. I'm talking Please Please Me, Beatles For Sale era here.
 
To each his own
 
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Points: 824 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: August 05 2007 at 20:14
Originally posted by MHDTV MHDTV wrote:

At the beginning of their career's the Who were way better. I'm talking Please Please Me, Beatles For Sale era here.
 
The majority of the world didn't think so... witness the sales figures for proof.
 
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Points: 144 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: August 05 2007 at 20:17
Michael Jackson is more popular than Led Zeppelin...Go figure.

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Points: 824 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: August 05 2007 at 20:22
Originally posted by MHDTV MHDTV wrote:

Michael Jackson is more popular thanLed Zeppelin...Go figure.
 
good point there!
 
this doesn't mean I'm conceding the argument though! LOL LOL
 
 
 
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Originally posted by Walker Walker wrote:

Originally posted by MHDTV MHDTV wrote:

Michael Jackson is more popular thanLed Zeppelin...Go figure.
 
good point there!
 
this doesn't mean I'm conceding the argument though! LOL LOL
 
 
 
But they are not selling to the same audience - however, the Beatles and the Who were so their numbers are valid. Stern%20Smile
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Points: 144 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: August 05 2007 at 20:26
You're wrong on that. Thriller is marketed to the same audience as a song like Please Please Me.
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Originally posted by MHDTV MHDTV wrote:

You're wrong on that. Thriller is marketed to the same audience as a song like Please Please Me.
And when did Led Zeppelin record Please Please Me? You compared Zeppelin and Jackson - not Jackson and the Beatles.
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Points: 144 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: August 05 2007 at 20:35
Oh, true...Anyway, I'd say the Beatles were a lot better marketed than the Who, and far more mainstream. They knew how to ride their success better(Or their producers did anyway).
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Points: 2614 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: August 06 2007 at 01:43
I prefer the Who.  I love the Beatles and they are amazing, but I feel more connected to the Who.  The songs stick with me better (lyrically and musically) and I've tried learning more Who songs than Beatles which I guess is somewhat relevant. 
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