Which Version of the Beatles do you prefer?

[The Batman]

The earlier, Rock N' Roll version, or the Experimental Beatles?

 

[Asteroid-Man]

 

[Catman]

Experimental Beatles. Thats when they matured into artists. Early Beatles were like boy bands.

 

[redmarvel]

Somewhere between the two... not the lovey dovey stuff they did in the beginning and not the truly weird stuff they did near the end (Happiness is a Warm Gun ) - Twist & Shout era is the one for me.

 

[Ahura Mazda]

I agree with Red Marvel. Some of their best songs were in 67-68 plus get back was a tribute to their rock n roll roots.

 

[Dwarf lord]

I like Rubber Soul, Revolver, and Sgt. Pepper. That's my era. I wouldn't call it the true experimental era like The White Album, but it wasn't the early period. I'm also a pretty big fan of Abbey Road, but that wasn't all that experimental either. For me, The Beatles can be divided into 3 distinct eras.:

The Pop Beatles: Please Please Me - Help
The Psychedellic Beatles: Rubber Soul - Magical Mystery Tour
The Experimental Beatles: The White Album - Let it Be

The mid one is my favorite.

 

[Mee]

They had some good stuff in their early days, but the studio albums are when they started making great stuff.

 

[Conan]

Never listened to the Beatles really.

 

[unstoppable]

I love both equally

 

[Kaboom]

i like the Beatles before they got that lame-o imposter to replace Paul.

 

[Conan]

Kaboom like the new name?

 

[Kaboom]

Kaboom like the new name?

i guess it would depend on what your old one is?

 

[Darthphere]

The one's that played instruments and sang and ****.

 

[Conan]

i guess it would depend on what your old one is?

All-Star

 

[Kaboom]

All-Star

oh what up dude.

it could grow on me.

conan was the original he-man and anythign he-man is

 

[Super Kal]

I like the Rock n Roll Beatles more than the experimental Beatles

 

[Conan]

oh what up dude.

it could grow on me.

conan was the original he-man and anythign he-man is

Yea I retired the name after 10,000 post.

 

[The Chairman]

Experimental, but they were always great.

 

[Kmack]

The Psychedellic Beatles: Rubber Soul - Magical Mystery Tour

That's my favorite era

 

[GunBlade]

NEITHER, lol.

 

[Kevin Roegele]

I like the early Beatles....

....but the later Beatles are much cooler. Most of my favourite tracks come from this period. And the fact that they stopped wearing exactly the same suits and haircuts helps a lot, lol.

 

[Captain_Death]

I love both equally

Same here.

 

[Motown Marvel]

i prefer the later years....but i dont think those years were any less rock and roll than the earlier years. they were merely redefining what rock and roll can be....rather than continuing to pander to mainstream pop that they made their career on. but, the early years were fantastic as well, dont get me wrong.

 

[Venomfan]

the backstreet beatles lol

 

[Tangled Web]

I like both. I'm going to have to go with the latter. Their maturation really started in Rubber Soul.
They could easily be divided up into more categories but this is a good topic.

And I agree with Motown Marvel. They weren't any less Rock and Roll they just redefined it. Prog rock,obviously psycadellic rock and even metal can be traced to The Beatles.