i may be a bird in a cage but at least it's your cage

Tough poll, min, tough poll. Gun to my head, I would pick the Beatles. I heard both at the same time when I was a kid (my stepdad loves him the classic rock) and there are certain songs of both bands that I love but I feel like the Beatles almost always made good music. There are some Stones albums that are better forgotten. It's a consistency thing for me.

The Believer had an article that posed this same question sometime in 2007. I don't remember when and I don't have my old issues anymore but they explored the gap between the two bands in the 1960s. It was a good read.