Listened to lots of music driving to work on Saturday and again on the drive to Marineland. I love the new Metric song where Emily Haines asks "Who'd you rather be, the Beatles or the Rolling Stones"... Really. Who would we rather be. The good guys with world notoriety or the bad boys with world notoriety. Would we still want to be trying to 'rock' in our golden years or have the class to appreciate where we were and not desperately grasp at the past (Sorry Mick!). Aesthetic purists or commercial success.... rocknrollas....It is a question that begs to be answered....
Why Rolling Stones:
.... the wild fun.
.... the sex (you know they were crazy)
.... the music that kicked ass and rocked
Why Beatles:
.... they were good boys you could take home
.... they were responsible for a whole change in music
.... everyone would know your songs and lyrics
.... they aged well and relatively gracefully (Sir's all around)
So it would seem that the Beatles are tipping the scale but if you had to choose knowing what you know now would you? Not me. I have lived a pretty safe life, give me the sex/drugs/rock&roll baby.... we only live once. Who'd you rather be... someone who bows out gracefully or keeps kicking to the end...
