The Animals or The Rolling Stones? AND NO YOU CAN'T PICK NEITHER

Or

Neither.

: )

Stones got bad. Animals were always good.

I thought the question was who should be dead logistically at this point.

For my money, The Animals were a much more versatile band. Eric Burdon was such a talented singer, capable of inserting an inconceivable amount of soul in to any given song for a white dude. Way better than Mick Jagger ever was. Of course, this is just one man's opinion and I'd like to hear yours. If you've got no taste for either band I'm sure you're going to complain about them here, but I'll be damned if I'm gonna let you vote in my poll!

I think the Animals were a fantastic band / group. they were overshadowed to a point that they didn't get the success I think they should of.

The Beatles

I didn't know who you were referring to when you said The Animals until I listened to the posted video. That's all I know by them.

Stones.

@Nightriff said:

The Beatles

I'll allow it

Stones, duh.

Edit: I changed my mind. Led Zeppelin.

I've actually been meaning to get into The Animals lately.

Animals are good, but the Rolling Stones are beastly

Stones I'd say.

That's the only song I've heard from the Animals, So I'm going to choose the Rolling Stones.

Now for a hard one The Beach Boys or the Beatles?

I love The Animals, while I think Burdon did his best stuff with War, House of the Rising Sun is still a damn good song even today.

@MooseyMcMan said:

Stones, duh.

Edit: I changed my mind. Led Zeppelin.

Look man, no one loves Led Zep more than me, but it's hardly a fair comparison. They're from different eras in music.

The Animals are underrated, but come on now...The Stones were brilliant.

@Getz: Paint it Black was written in 1966. Zeppelin formed in 1968. Two years is a difference in eras? Even if you go by when The Stones formed, that was '62. I think that's all still the same "era."

@Cloudenvy said:

Neither.

: )

Today I learned that House of the Rising sun was a song by the animals, i"m really not qualified to answer this poll it would seem, but I have to pick the Stones since I've had more exposure to them.

@MooseyMcMan said:

@Getz: Paint it Black was written in 1966. Zeppelin formed in 1968. Two years is a difference in eras? Even if you go by when The Stones formed, that was '62. I think that's all still the same "era."

5 years is plenty of time for music to shift, especially in an incredibly fertile musical environment such that the late sixties and early seventies were. If you listen to Zep's early recordings and then their later stuff like "Levee" you can see a pretty big leap as well.

The Stones have such a varied career. They're pretty great.

KoRn

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"AND NO YOU CAN'T PICK NEITHER" means that I can pick both. So I do. Brian Jones made that band what they are, of course. You'll probably have to go stare into your belly button a few moments longer to figure out who he is. Kachow!

I have no idea who the Animals are but based on the fact that I utterly loathe everything involved with the Stones I'd have to default to that.

Uh...The Beatles. There.

@frostyxc said:

"AND NO YOU CAN'T PICK NEITHER" means that I can pick both. So I do. Brian Jones made that band what they are, of course. You'll probably have to go stare into your belly button a few moments longer to figure out who he is. Kachow!

or, you know... google.

I personally love The Rolling Stones more, but I think The Animals were the better band. They had something unique about them that the stones just couldn't compare to.

@Nightriff said:

The Beatles

BEATLES FTW! (Best of the best!)

The Animals were pretty good, but dammit The Rolling Stones are timeless!

Stones, easily. 'House of the Rising Sun' is one annoying-ass song.

Rolling Stones

@MooseyMcMan said:

Stones, duh.

Edit: I changed my mind. Led Zeppelin.

Agreed. Led Zeppelin are still gods.

Stones, pretty easily, though House of the Rising Sun might be better than anything the Stones ever put out. I've always preferred the Beatles and the Kinks, though.

Neither.

: )

The Animals, thank you!

Pink Floyd

If I have to pick, stones easily. Rising Sun is good, but that's about it. The stones have like, 4 good songs.

Whoa, man. I don't even know "The Animals" by name. I know some of their songs, though. I'll look them up to do more research. House of the Rising Sun is an incredible song. Though, The Stones are my 2nd or 3rd favorite band, so I'm going with The Stones. Holy crap, though. The Animals are bad ass. Though I can see why they're lesser known. They let their music speak for itself, they don't really sell it. They're not as interesting to watch. There's not enough Jagger chicken dancing.

@Nightriff said:

The Beatles

I love the Animals but this isn't really a fair fight. Rolling Stones has such a huge body of work behind them spanning so many eras and styles. I admit they have much lower lows than the other band (than most bands actually), but... c'mon... Under my thumb, Sister Morphine, Sympathy for the Devil, Gimme Shelter, Wild Horses. They have more awesome tracks than The Animals total song collection.

Dinosaurs are extinct, doesn't matter who'd beat whom.

Is this even a question? Stones, obviously. Quantity and quality.

Animals didn't even write House of the Rising Sun.

@MooseyMcMan said:

@Getz: Paint it Black was written in 1966. Zeppelin formed in 1968. Two years is a difference in eras? Even if you go by when The Stones formed, that was '62. I think that's all still the same "era."

Led Zeppelin is very much a band steeped in the 70s. Stones were more universal and kinda just did what worked for each era. They were a more diverse band to be sure.

Have to go with animals Strictly for that song.. Paint it black is good but house of the rising sun just seems to be a better, more fulfilling song. Its a song I can listen to more then paint it black.

@XII_Sniper said:

Is this even a question? Stones, obviously. Quantity and quality.

Animals didn't even write House of the Rising Sun.

House of the Rising Sun existed as the name for a song before, sure, but saying that The Animals didn't write their version of it is absurd. That's like saying Led Zeppelin didn't really write most of their songs. A song is more than its lyrics and legacy dude.

@Getz said:

@XII_Sniper said:

Is this even a question? Stones, obviously. Quantity and quality.

Animals didn't even write House of the Rising Sun.

House of the Rising Sun existed as the name for a song before, sure, but saying that The Animals didn't write their version of it is absurd. That's like saying Led Zeppelin didn't really write most of their songs. A song is more than its lyrics and legacy dude.

I agree to an extent, no one even knows who wrote it originally. However I wouldn't say The Animals wrote their version. Their version is a classic, but the arrangement is pretty heavily based on Dave Van Ronk's version.

@Getz said:

@XII_Sniper said:

Is this even a question? Stones, obviously. Quantity and quality.

Animals didn't even write House of the Rising Sun.

House of the Rising Sun existed as the name for a song before, sure, but saying that The Animals didn't write their version of it is absurd. That's like saying Led Zeppelin didn't really write most of their songs. A song is more than its lyrics and legacy dude.

Psh, classic cover band excuse.

(I'm kinda just messing around. I love that cover, I even have a first run 45 of it)

But still, The Animals' cultural contributions are exponentially overshadowed by The Rolling Stones.

Exile on Main Street. There's not better argument for The Stones.

I could never get into music from that period of time.