To me, they have always played second fiddle to The Beatles.
*To me, they have always played second fiddle to The Beatles.*
The Beatles stopped playing fiddle before the Stones even hit their groove.
The wheels fell off the Beatlemobile after Sgt. Peppers. They stopped touring even before that.
Sgt. Pepper was an attempt to be “another band” and make an album. After that one, they made solo efforts on shared albums (Paul songs, John songs, George songs, and Ringo briefly left the band because Revolution 9 got space and Ringo didn’t get as many songs on as he could/should have).