Originally Posted by Swink

The Beatles early work was very well done, but they took a weird curve some time along the White Album and started doing nothing but silly pop/radio songs, while the Stones kept their original feel and somehow managed to not become boring.

Anyway, you can't really compare these two bands. The Beatles can be compared to, say, The Animals, and the Stones can be compared to bands like Yardbirds, Poison, etc.