The Beatles v. The Rolling Stones

It's not too suprising that there are people who find it necessary to declare themselves either a "Beatles person" or a "Stones" person. The two bands are fundamentally pretty different in terms of image, even though they hail from the same part of the world. Upon arriving in the U.S. during the British Invasion, the Beatles were marketed as very proper, clean cut young men in matching suits, singing high-pitched "ooh's" and playing songs about young love. This drove the teenage girls crazy, and almost everybody has heard about the screaming and fainting girls at early Beatles concerts. On the other hand, the Rolling Stones have always been a highly sexualized band, and play a very heavily blues-influenced rock and roll style. Their lyrics deal explicity with sex (Brown Sugar, I Can't Get No Satisfaction, etc.) as opposed to the more innocent early Beatles (I Wanna Hold Your Hand, etc). Basically, I can understand why some people would be more inclined to choose one band over the other, but I think it's kind of silly to limit one's music tastes in that way. Both are great bands.