Beatles vs. Stones

1965 called.  It wants its 100 teen magazine covers back.

There seems to be a common thread to a lot of postings, being the "older" music is better music, citing The Everly Brothers, early Beach boys etc.... as being the real creative stuff.  I would submit that this is pure nonsense and just a bad case of "back in the old days" syndrome.  Not only has most every form of pop/rock music progressed and improved with time, but many, if not all the the greats, produced their best music in the later part of their careers.  Be honest and tell me which sounds better on your current system and you would really rather listen to:

Abbey Road or Revolver

Exile on Main Street or Out of Our Heads

Guitar Shop or Beck-Ola

Come On In This House or any previous Junior Wells LP

Damn Right I Got The Blues or any previous Buddy Guy LP

Freedom or Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere

Hard Again or any previous Muddy Waters LP

Young Lions and Old Tigers or Take Five

Time to accept that while the older music is great, in most every case the advancement in recording technology, experience and skills of the musicians etc,,, means the later stage recording far exceed the early discs.  IMHO 

@bigtwin I'll take Revolver, by far.  I'll take Exile.  I do like both the other alternatives, though.

@curtdr  Of course it's all personal taste when it comes to music, but I never understood why the "critics" continue to list Revolver as the greatest (or in the top 3) pop/rock LPs of all time.  I will admit that Taxman could be the greatest political commentary ever put to rock music.  "My advice to those who die, declare the pennies on your eyes".  That line still kills me.  But.......  listening to the groove laid down in "Come Together", or the brilliant use of two channels, and the vocals in "Because"....  I still use that track to show off my system.  Kills every time.  Revolver is a good record.  A couple uses of new techniques, but...........it's no Abbey Road.  IMHO 😁

White wine vs red wine.