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View Poll Results: Who's your preference?
The Beatles 25 73.53%
The Doors 9 26.47%
Voters: 34. You may not vote on this poll

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Old 07-18-2012, 12:57 PM
 
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Two of the best songwriting bands. Who's your preference?

The Beatles - In My Life - YouTube

The Doors - Roadhouse Blues - YouTube
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Old 07-18-2012, 01:40 PM
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The Beatles. Not even close, especially if Roadhouse Blues is an example of their best songwriting.
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Old 07-18-2012, 05:47 PM
 
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Really like both bands but the thing with The Beatles is if you really listen to them , especially their later stuff it's a carnival of sound for the ears, a bass line, a french horn, backing vocals....it's very busy music. The Doors , eh, you can only do so much with an electric organ and a guitar, drums..but they did it very well.
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Old 07-19-2012, 07:00 AM
 
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Really like both bands but the thing with The Beatles is if you really listen to them , especially their later stuff it's a carnival of sound for the ears, a bass line, a french horn, backing vocals....it's very busy music. The Doors , eh, you can only do so much with an electric organ and a guitar, drums..but they did it very well.
I found that they both represented the '60's so well. And were also a big part of it coming to an end.
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Old 07-19-2012, 07:36 AM
 
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The Beatles win, hands down. The songs, the depth, the passion of The Beatles,, pure magic.
I have never liked the Doors, though. It's one of the few bands I wan't listen to.
The organ really turns me off, & I never thought Jim Morrison was anything special.
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Old 07-19-2012, 08:41 AM
 
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I like The Doors well enough but I wouldn't compare them to The Stones or even The Who, let alone The Beatles (the masters of songwriting).
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Old 07-19-2012, 11:07 AM
 
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The Beatles ... and it ain't even close.

And I played in a Doors cover band for a little while.
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Old 07-19-2012, 11:33 AM
 
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The Beatles are nothing but a bubblegum pop band to me. The Doors all the way.
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Old 07-19-2012, 11:37 AM
 
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BUMMER _ I liked them both.. WE used to ask the question

BEATLES OR STONES? since they seemed to rival each other back in the day.

THe Doors had thier own niche it always seemed.

COKE or PEPSI
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Old 07-19-2012, 11:45 AM
 
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my two favorite '60s bands

if we are talking strictly songwriting then I'd give it to Lennon-McCartney, they are the cat's meow, nobody even comes close 'cept maybe for Bob Dylan

The Beatles blow your mind, The Doors are for when your mind is already blown
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