Why You Hatin' On The Beatles?

In class today we compared and contrasted The Beatles v. The Rolling Stones. Obviously, this was done because they were both bands a part of the British Invasion. I've never even known of such a hardcore rivalry between both fans; I personally never linked the two together on account of that they were both British bands. Yes, I am a fan of both bands, considering my musical influences are from my Dad, but, I'll admit it, ever since I was young, The Beatles took the cake for me. I know a lot of people would argue that The Rolling Stones were innovative with their sound, and always changed it up in their music, and not one song was similar to another; but, let's not just focus on the early emergence of The Beatles in the U.S. Yes, The Beatles started off with their bubble gum pop songs such as "I Wanna Hold Your Hand" that made all the girls scream their heads off, but if you take a look at their later work, after they grew into their own sound a bit, they experimented just as much as the Stones. Every member (yes, even Ringo) contributed in song writing for the band, Paul McCartney's songs were blatantly diverse from John Lennon's songs, and the band experimented with new instrumentation, such as synthesizers and sitars. Other than experimenting with new sounds, many of The Beatles's songs had great meaning behind them, often referring to the state of the world. I mean, there was a whole musical movie created around The Beatles's songs depicting the Vietnam War ("Across The Universe"). All I got to say is that I personally don't think that it's fair to say that The Rolling Stones were more innovative with their sound, and this is because I think that most people usually associate only the songs from the album "Please Please Me" rather than songs from "Revolver" with The Beatles. Comparing The Beatles and The Rolling Stones is just too difficult a task simply because they are two, equally influential, and greatly different bands. I just wanted to give The Beatles some credit where it's due.