Originally Posted by DriveYourCarDownToTheSea

FWIW, I'm not here to argue that either band is "better" than the other. That is a matter of personal opinion. My point here is, even if you're not a BB fan for whatever reason, once you become familiar with and study their copus in some amount of depth, you do discover they were just as creative as the Beatles ever were. Even their early surf-and-sun pieces, plus their ballads of the time, more than hold up to the Beatles early stuff, on a creative level. The music is quite different, but that doesn't mean it's any less artistic.