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I prefer the Stones because they were a bunch of white British kids that played essentially their own take on black American blues. The Beatles, while more musically complex their compositions are firmly rooted in the white European tradition.

On this note, I would take Zeppelin, Queen, The Who, Cream, David Bowie, The Kinks, Pink Floyd, and hell, even Radiohead to a desert island over the Beatles.