Mark Lansing wrote:Charlie Watts... still has arguably the greatest backbeat on Earth more than four decades after joining the band.

Seconded. He's a god.

NerblyBear wrote:Bonham is ass.

Paging Stabby Cat...

NerblyBear wrote:Keith Richards is the master of the riff. There's obviously no question about that.

"Master of the riff"? When I think of riffs and the guitarists who write them, Richards isn't even a contender.

ERawk wrote:NerblyBear, when is your retarded ass ever going to learn the difference between objective fact and subjective opinion?

You'd make a shit musicologist, BTW. Probably an even shittier lawyer.

I hope I learn his real name if I should ever get sent up and have to go on trial...so I know who not to hire

By the way...I love both the Stones and Zep in completely different ways, neither of them platonic.

So...Beatles Vs. Sabbath then?

Zack something.

BTW, I agree with the little twerp on his choice, but not for the same reasons. The Rolling Stones were a much better band IMO.

SecondEdition wrote:

Mark Lansing wrote:Charlie Watts... still has arguably the greatest backbeat on Earth more than four decades after joining the band.

Seconded. He's a god.

I agree. Watts is amazing at the backbeat. I do think Bonzo is being sold a little short, though, because while both Watts and Bonzo could funk, Bonzo could put enough balls on his funk to be able to hang with JBs-era James Brown if pressed. That counts for a shit-ton as far as I'm concerned.

I suddenly realised today the last time I found myself reading posts like the NB ones in this thread they were by one Waltermalling.

Some food for thought!

Zeppelin all the way for me. Their first five albums are just fucking great, even considering some of the ridiculous lyrics.

The Stones are really no competition at all.

Skronk wrote:

NerblyBear wrote:Keith Richards is the master of the riff. There's obviously no question about that.

"Master of the riff"? When I think of riffs and the guitarists who write them, Richards isn't even a contender.

Sorry to come off like a Stones fanboy (which I am, to a degree), but you're insane. Every guitarist that came after Richards, whether trying to emulate him or disregard his influence, owes something to him in some way, however small.

To say that Keith Richards isn't an important guitarist - and a rock-solid riffer - is not only pretentious, it's stupid. I mean, for God's sake, have you ever listened to "Monkey Man"?

Too tough. This is the one where I've listened to Zeppelin way more, and Zeppelin never put out anything I hated (yeah, I'm not a fan of the fantasy D&D stuff, too, but their worst lyrics weren't any less dumb than the one's on "As Tears Go By"), and I'd much rather see Zeppelin live than the Stones, who have always been spotty in that area, in my opinion. However, there's just something about the Stones at their best. So I'm gonna go Stones. It was tough, though.