On the Fact that the Last Great Rolling Stones Record, "Exile On Main Street", Came Out In 1972, Just One Year After the Beatles Broke Up

Yeah, it's almost as if the Stones needed the Beatles to rattle their cages and motivate them. Either that or they just aged-out (rock music often needing the rebelliousness of youth to spearhead it) and the timing was simply a coincidence. Who knows.