Here is my opinion to these two bands that both awesome.
Beatles all four members are composers and singers. For Led Zeppelin composer Robert plant and Jimmy page, singer only plant.
Individually:
Lennon & Plant: Both can do rock-scream and they can both elevate their voices to even worse screaming. But Lennon can play instrument instruments.
McCartney and JPJ: This one was really not matched. JPJ was a great man, awesome member of LZ, sometimes he called as LZ secret weapon, and I respect this guy, when it comes to His skills. But McCartney alone is a complete musician, respected composer until now. Can play piano, gtr, bass, drums. And considered as the superior balladeer of the Beatles, Create the 1st proto-heavy metal song. McCartney has many complicated bass over to JPJ, aside from that he’s one the main singer.
Harrison and Page: These guys for me are both best lead guitarist of their respective bands. Jimmy and George are composers. They are producers too, But Jimmy pages guitar skills was more advanced that time, his solos are fast, but again the basis of being great is not only the speed George and Jimmy will be tie on this part They have many Great Iconic solos and if you count them George still wins, the only solos I can recall from LZ was Stairway, Dazed and Confused, Black Dog.. George edge is that he sings man. both are great!
Starr and Bonzo: You can easily Judge by listening to their works. Bonham wins for being best drummer, he was like ranked as the No.1 best drummer of all time. Skills to skills JB > RS; But I would like to add that In considerations to the British Invasion, Ringo started the heavy metal Drumming. All songs of ZP have complicated drum fills because of Bonham’s greatness, but Ringo also have complicated fills like in Rain & A day in a life That makes him tough competitors to drums. Let’s go on to the composition, Ringo have compositions in beatles time. 1 to 2 songs per album, Ringo Starr sings too.. bonham no singer.
Beatles are good instrumentalist although they are softer and more on poppish..LZ,no question when it comes to instrument talents. Over-all even soft music, Beatles governs on the instrument because LZ was guitar-drums band while Beatles were more complete one. even I can’t deny that in speed/skills they have Bonzo & Page kills Ringo & George respectively. but doesn’t mean they are weak, remember most of the creation of George & Ringo are Remarkable
Beatles revolutionized the rock music, and started the British invasion to which LZ was influenced.
Best selling Album record between Beatles and LZ, LZ Win for their Led Zeppelin lV album, Then 2nd will be Beatles’ Sgt Pepper Lonely hearts. They had closed fight for these individual albums.
Now let’s go to over-all best selling bands. This time Beatles is greater than LZ and also Greater than every artist known in the universe… Beatles holds the title for the best selling band for more than A Billion units.
Beatles was the combined forces of Elvis Presley, Chuck Berry, Little Richard, Fats Domino, Dylan etc.
LZ was influenced by Elvis, Beatles (specially Rain song), Celtics, muddy water, etc.
Beatles sounds are everything, Pop, Acoustic, Country, Classic, Ballads, Psychedelic, Acid, Blues, Heavy-Proto Metal..
LZ Hard Rock, Blues, Acoustic.
LZ opened the door to some of the heavy rockers, not all because during LZ time, Sabbath and DP did already exist.
Beatles opened the door to all rockers including LZ, Sabbath and DP when they first started the British invasion and conquered America. LZ should thanks Beatles for opening the door for them. That’s why LZ easily market their name and works to US that time because of Beatles.
Beatles known as master of back masking, & Inventor the MTV when they create Rain and Paperback writer video.
Beatles started the 1st major concert/event in US Shea stadium for more than 60,000 audience. but LZ later break the record.
Beatles known to be 1st ever band to revolutionized music by experimentation, off course LZ do the same after.
Beatles known too as the band that appreciate black artist and western music in the 60’s.
LZ incorporate so much Blues music than beatles. The most bluesy song by the beatles is “I want you(She so heavy..)”
There was so called “Beatlesmania”. I wonder if LZ have “Zepmania or LedZepmania?
Because of the film “A hard days night” American Media proclaimed England as the center of the music, image and fashion.
Beatles also started the image of Long haired band before LZ, the Headbanging before Ozzy.
Some say that Stairway to heaven is the best rock song of all time, and I agree to that., but some list say it was Imagine by Lennon.
Have LZ beat the song “Yesterday”? the most covered and played song of all time.
LZ placed multiple no.1 songs in Charts? Big No. but Beatles Did many times during their hey days..
Beatles also do acting;
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Beatles Vs Led Zeppelin?
Posted on April 30, 2012.
I can see you really tried to do a complete comparison of the two, but it’s hard to compare two different bands that vary this much from each other.
Led Zeppelin!
Damn, that’s pretty informative. But i’ll give you my opinion in a nutshell, since you asked. To tell you the truth, but are great and I enjoy one more than the other only when i’m listening to them. As of now, i’m neutral. But if I were to pick up on House of Holy, I would go with led zeppelin . . . see how this works for me? Or if I started listening to Rubber soul, I would say beatles. But since i’m not listening to neither (as i’m currently typing this) of these great, revolutionizing bands, i’d say a tie.
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LOL. Paul McCartney created the first proto-heavy metal song? Which one do you mean? Don’t say Helter Skelter. I will go apeshit if you say that.
don’t like either but i’d choose led zeppelin
Where is frank when he is needed?
Beatles.
Led Zeppelin
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Yeah, you can’t really compare the two bands – they were both extremely innovative and influential in different ways. You’re right that the Beatles win hands down in hit singles – at one time they held the five top places in the U.S. billboard chart, a feat no other act has ever come close to. But then again you have to remember that Led Zeppelin were never a singles band – they made a decision early on never to release any singles at all, although they had to release a couple later on because of pressure from their record company.
And it’s true that the Beatles opened the door for most of the rock bands that emerged later, but it could be argued that Led Zeppelin would have been massive anyway – because like you said, LZ took a different route to fame. They followed in the footsteps of early British R&B and blues bands like John Mayalls Bluesbreakers, Alexis Korner, and the Yardbirds, rather than the mainstream pop/rock of the Beatles.
Both bands are brilliant and they are my personal favourites,- Led Zeppelin were the driving force of hard rock for many years and inspired all the heavy metal bands that followed – but for sheer musical innovation, worldwide cultural influence, and the total domination of the pop music scene for the few years they were together – you have got to hand it to the Beatles.
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I like them both, but Led Zeppelin is WAY better. Here’s why:
I’m a guitar player. The beatles were great songwriters, but there songs are more simple/ easier to play. Led Zeppelins songs are more complex and involve so many different techniques are all of the instruments.