Not that bothered about either but if I had to choose it would be the Stones.
Some of the McCartney written Beatles stuff was tripe.

Always preferred The Who in front of Beatles/Stones but the only groups I really stuck with from their inception and purchased all their stuff was The Kinks and Hawkwind.

Yeah, I'll give you Gimme Shelter. If you haven't seen it, you might like reading this from a couple of days ago (it's not having a go at The Stones, despite the title of the article): [urlhttps://www.theguardian.com/music/2021/apr/08/gimme-shelter-left-a-dark-taste-in-my-mouth-merry-clayton[/url

I'm a big fan of The Stones. It's just that the more Delta blues I listen to, the more I hear them. I had the same feeling with The Specials, one of my favourite bands because they were my first real musical awakening when I was 14 in 1979, and then the more I listened to old Trojan stuff, I realised how much of it were either cover versions or rip-offs. Still love the music the same though, and I'm the same with The Stones.

I can fall out with myself over my own opinions, I hate the Beatles music, never got it, but they definitely did change the face/course of music. The Stones, I was always a bit meh with them then saw them at Glastonbury (2012 ish) first hour I was like “yeah I’m right, shi8e” then the second half they did a best of set and it was majestic.


Ps. Plus I like Wings.

With the 60's for me it's a bit of a shift for me ( well as wide as the Atlantic)
Creedance Clearwater Survival & Steppenwolf.

The Beatles and the mamas and papas

Revival?

Personally thought the coolest were the mighty Led Zeppelin who had they own plane and Rob Plant changed the look of the rock stars with is long blonde wavy hair and tight jeans if you are into that BUT most importantly they were the best in my opinion.

Pink Floyd and Led Zeppelin for me along with Black Sabbath of that period. Special mention to The Wall album

I’m far too young to understand what any of the posts on this topic mean.

Although lyrically The Beatles were better, personally, I do prefer The Stones.

Having said that my favourite of the 60's bands was The Kinks, and also big fan of The Hollies and Fleetwood Mac.

Fleetwood Mac with the late great Peter Green the first of the real Supergroups.