Music battle: Stones vs Floyd

[crpntr1]

which ones pink? I got, it...but gotta say STONES...

 

[heraclitian]

For me it is simple to choose: Floyd.

However Stones is great in their own way: their teen-being.

 

[mluyckx]

Floyd.

 

[markw4mms]

Pink Floyd all the way for me!

 

[bigvan]

Adam12,
Name 3 "dancey songs" by Pink Floyd.

 

[dukdalf]

When about to go out: early Stones. On coming back: Floyd's Dark Side.

 

[ssjones]

I've been a Floyd fan for since I was 14. Animals probably my favorite album period. If you want a treat, listen to Les Claypools cover of the entire album on "Live Frogs". Les and his bandmates are no doubt far better musicians than any in Pink Floyd were and it is outstanding. He was going to cover one song, kept buying equipment and than realized he had enough to do the whole album. Awesome. "Meddle" also a favorite, particularly "Echoes". Oddly, I'm not a big fan of "The Wall" as I blame this ego trip by Roger on the demise of the band.
Claypools cover: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UtgnZ_pgEOo
While I was never a Stones fan, I've really come to appreciate their music as well. "Bitch" and "Monkey Man" two favorites.

 

[uberam3rica]

Pink Floyd

 

[deithial]

Dethklok enters the arena and burns both bands stages to the ground....lol
But I do dig the stones far more that floyd.

 

[juvat270]

I do not dislike Pink Floyd in anyway, but I'm going to have cast my vote for the Rolling Stones. :worship:

 

[smokenscotch]

Floyd all the way. I agree with Lawrence, the radio station is switched if Stones come on.

 

[tokerpipes]

Floyd.

 

[danno]

Jethro Tull!!! :D
ok, Floyd.
Never liked the Stones.

 

[ace57]

Floyd :clap:

 

[ohin3]

Pink Floyd.

 

[cynyr]

I do enjoy some of the Stones tunes, but vastly prefer Floyd.

 

[adam12]

Name 3 "dancey songs" by Pink Floyd.

Stones:
Roundly criticized as a disco ripoff when it was released, they even put out a disco 12" single of it, the bass is a pure dance-floor burn:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KuRxXRuAz-I
Totally a late-70's disco funk track:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xdO6DajbVW0
Takeoff of David Bowie's "Fame" which was a disco ripoff of Philadelphia International soul/Gamble & Huff etc:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=giOhzebqmDE
Really disco-ish thump, right down to the strings, which I have always thought recalled Elton John's "Philadelphia Freedom":
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RzTbTzUqJtM
Floyd:
A song that was also criticized as disco-y at the time. The guitar is a little Nile Rogers-like and the drums are very late disco-ish:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YR5ApYxkU-U
This one I have already posted so it's cheating, but the handclaps and thumpy beat were apparently a production decision:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ySO-gryuO-c
Although this may not qualify as "dance music", the bass is way too Bootsy Collins/Funkadelic (which if you believe the Schaffner book, they were listening to around the time of Wish You Were here alot), so it's likely the reason this sounds like something off "Standing On the Verge of Getting It On" is because of the funkified bass:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wGmIL2gtieU

 

[igloo]

And without a thought of the consequence I gave into my decadence .Floyd

 

[doctorthoss]

Pink Floyd, although that's kind of a tough call.

Floyd's whole catalogue is awesome, and both "Dark Side of the Moon" and "The Wall" are among the best albums ever recorded. Hell, even "The Final Cut" was an impressive LP, and it flopped.

On the other hand, I'm not sure that the Stones' run of singles in the late '60s has ever been equaled by anyone. I could listen to "Gimme Shelter,' "Sympathy for the Devil," "Jumping Jack Flash," "You Can't Always Get What You Want" and "Paint it Black" on a 24-7 loop and I'm not sure I'd ever get tired of listening to it. (Well, that's an exaggeration but you get my point).

Personally, my life would much poorer if I had to live without either "The Wall" or "Gimme Shelter."

As long as no one took my Led Zeppelin away, however, I think I'd survive....

 

[igloo]

With Floyd you get all of the albums , with the Stones you get thier greatest hit CD . That should sum it up . :nana: