This reminds me of how the NYJets , for some reason, were always considered “rivals” of the Patriots… even as the Super Bowls piled up.
Just like the supposed rivalry between The Beatles and The Rolling Stones. The Rolling Stones were the ‘bad boys’, to the Beatles.
But as Lemmy pointed out, the reality was far different:
The Beatles were from Liverpool, which is like Hamburg or Norfolk, Virginia – a hard, sea-farin’ town, all these dockers and sailors around all the time who would beat the piss out of you if you so much as winked at them. Ringo’s from the Dingle, which is like the f______ Bronx.”
The Rolling Stones were the mummy’s boys – they were all college students from the outskirts of London. They went to starve in London, but it was by choice, to give themselves some sort of aura of disrespectability. I did like the Stones, but they were never anywhere near the Beatles – not for humor, not for originality, not for songs, not for presentation. All they had was Mick Jagger dancing about. Fair enough, the Stones made great records, but they were always ____ on stage, whereas the Beatles were the gear.