Im sorry, but I fuckin hate the grateful Dead and Phish....They both bore me. The Beatles are great though.
Um... I just don't get vs. questions... it's just a load of people saying who they like best, at the end of the day it's only opinion, not fact, and a bit pointless really. I love them both equally.
if you mean better in terms of skill... then the dead, definately. if you mean in terms of songwriteing capability, its equal (those liverpool boys could write songs, but i do perceive them to be quite the overrated commercialised lads)
the Beatles are better in skill too. how are you comparing these two bands? The Beatles are the influence of the progressive rock. The Beatles are more progressive than the Grateful Dead.
Neutral question: why would you want to compare the two? I don't see what makes it so important to know which band is more liked than the other. What good will this knowledge be? Personally I wouldn't give a fuck if I was into either or both of them.
and the dead werent...'progressive'? and, for the sake of being an asshole, if one matched george harrison against jerry garcia in a guitar-playing-contest, you would actually predict george harrison the winner? thats where the 'skill' thing comes in, maybe i should have said 'the dead are more talented instrumentalists', perhaps that would have been more clear. good day all
music taste is all subjective to opinion. whatever that means. but yeah, theres arguments for both bands being better. neither are. it's just pointless. i say spice girls produce better music than the beatles. disagree? well the spice girls make me move, so they are better. see? pointless... all opinion. i don't really think that
I cant even believe we are asking ourselves this question...Without the Beatles there could be no Dead, dont get me wrong I LOVEEEE THE DEAD with all my heart, but the Beatles are gods in my opinion. The Grateful Dead were completley infulenced by The Beatles. Im sorry guys but you are crazy, this doesnt even come close Beatles win. Personally i think bob dylan comes close to winning it all, because without bobby d. there would be hardly and johnny l. and definitly no jerry g.
The Grateful Dead are influenced a lot by Jugband music of the 1920's. So are the Lovin' Spoonful. Jugband blues.